Black out
Chapter 4
"Hey Joey, did you talk to Kaiba already?" came the curious voice of Mai over the phone right after Joey had picked up said phone. She hadn't even given him a chance to say hi or anything else for that matter.
"Yeah I did talk to him," Joey grumbled. "And I think I'm risking my life at the moment."
"What happened?" Mai asked, slightly worried but still mostly curious and slightly amused.
"He is more of a jerk than even I thought," Joey answered. "I mean he is gentle, that much is certain, maybe even too gentle. And I think he can be nice, but he most certainly is a jerk."
"What did he do?" Mai asked.
"Today, nothing," Joey answered with a sigh. "But he knew everything all along. I mean he knew that we were married and that I got two tattoos."
"One second," Mai interrupted her friend. "Two tattoos? I thought you only had that little KC on your back."
"Apparently I got his freaking dragon flying under my butt and towards…well his head is between my legs," Joey answered with a blush. "But that isn't even the worst that he told me."
"Why? What else did he do?" Mai asked, much more excited than she should be in Joey's opinion. "Are you pierced too?"
"Nope," Joey answered, "but I'm being stalked."
"He is stalking you?" Mai asked and had to fight a laughing fit. This was so unexpected and she knew that it was totally wrong from Seto to stalk Joey, but she really found it amusing as well.
"Nope he isn't," Joey said in a grumble. "But, and the jerk really said it that way, unfortunately he doesn't have the time to stalk anyone."
"But you said he is stalking you." Mai was clearly a little confused.
"He is paying someone to stalk me," Joey explained. "Or rather to 'watch me' just to make sure that no one is using me while I'm wasted. And that's why he knew that I was wasted and could use that fact to talk me into marrying him, getting two tattoos and fucking him."
It was quiet for a moment but then Mai asked, sounding absolutely serious, "Maybe you shouldn't date him. At least not until he's in a mental institution."
"Maybe you're right," Joey mussed with a grin. "But I bet he gets kicked out of every mental institution, being the hopeless case he is."
Mai laughed and then asked, "You like him anyway don't you?"
"I'm afraid I do," Joey replied. "But I think it would be safer to jump off a cliff than date him."
"You might be right there," Mai mussed, and it was quiet for a moment before she continued to talk. "But I think you'll be fine. You know that you need to be careful around him and, even more importantly, you have a strong mind and can fight for yourself. If anyone can live with a jerk like Kaiba and survive without a mental problem himself, it's you."
"Thanks Mai," Joey said and felt much better. "I'm still going to give it a shot, but I'll be careful and take it slow. I already refused to wear the ring he gave back too me. Seems like it didn't fit which is why he had it."
"So you have a ring to go with your new name now?" Mai asked, curious. "You've got to take a picture and mail it to me. I have to see the ring as soon as possible. Or even better, talk Kaiba into giving you a private plane with pilot and come over every weekend at least."
Joey laughed and said, "Mai, do you really think I would do that?"
"Why not?" Mai asked. "I would do that for sure if I had such a rich boyfriend that had done something like that. I mean he basically raped you since you were in no fit state to give your consent to the sex. You should totally make him pay for it. Oh I got it, you should tie him up and do some really dirty things to him."
"Mai," Joey said, upset. "Go and buy some yaoi manga's again to get those perverted tendencies out of your system without using me."
"Sorry Joey," Mai chuckled. "But I bet it would be hot. And you really should make him pay for raping you."
"Maybe…" Joey mused. "I mean you're right, technically he did rape me, but he didn't need to get me drunk today."
It was quiet for a moment again while Mai slowly took in what Joey had implied and then Mai asked, sounding much too excited, "Where did you talk to him? Was it in the office? Did you have sex on his desk or have you been on his lap in his chair? Does he really have that huge window behind him? Did you maybe stand in front of it while he took you? Or where you in his mansion? I bet his bed is huge and he probably has a Jacuzzi too! You would need to be careful that Mokuba doesn't catch you, but doing it where he might catch you would be such a rush!"
"Mai shut it!" Joey interrupted her rambling thoughts. "We did it at none of your business and now quit using me for your freaking yaoi addiction! If I had known that, I would never have told you that I'm gay."
"Sorry," Mai replied. Not many people knew that she had a thing for yaoi manga and fan-fictions. To be more precise, only her gay friends knew and only because she always started rambling when they started to talk about their boyfriends or a one nightstand, making it kind of hard to hide from them. "But back to the topic, you said he could be nice, what nice thing did he do?"
"He paid for the hotel suit for an extra night," Joey answered.
"Oh yes and the breakfast. You mentioned that," Mai remembered. "But was that already all?"
"Forget the breakfast," Joey mumbled. "Those where payments."
"Payment for what?" Mai asked in interest.
"The first was for marrying him, the second for one of my tattoos and the third for the other one since we couldn't decide which one to get," Joey answered. "Even though I'm rather sure that I couldn't have much to do with that decision since I was completely out of it."
Mai laughed, "And you married him for a breakfast?"
"And a hotel room because I had trouble opening the door to my place," Joey repeated what Seto had told him. "At least that's what he said, but I dare to say that he might be capable of lying to me."
"Might?" Mai asked, laughing. "I'd say he definitely would lie to you if it was to his advantage. But I believe that you had trouble opening the door and that you were so far gone that you might do anything for food. You tend to think with your stomach anyway."
"Thanks so much for the support Mai," Joey grumbled. "But there is something else that will definitely interest you and I wouldn't mind at all if you told all your little yaoi fan friends about it. Like you said he does deserve a little pay back."
"What is it?" Mai asked curiously. This had to be good.
"Seto got a tattoo too," Joey answered with a grin. "A little puppy right on his sexy ass. It's supposed to remind him of me and he said it does because I'm just as loving, caring, loyal and protective as a dog and that he really likes dogs and would have one if he had enough time to take proper care of it himself. So technically every time he called me a mutt he meant it as a compliment."
"And again," Mai chuckled, "you really might want to get him a placement in a mental institution."
"Like I said," Joey repeated himself, "they're just going to kick him out because he is a hopeless case."
"Are you sure that he is hopeless?" Mai asked in amusement.
"Yeah," Joey answered. "He is way too sure of himself to ever admit that his behavior might be a little irrational and off the norm."
"If he's that bad why do you sound like you really like the fact that he is so crazy?" Mai asked.
"I don't know," Joey answered. "I'm just starting to find it rather cute when he acts that crazy. I guess I could use a mental institution too."
"I guess you're right," Mai said, amused. "But I think you'll make it without. I think you two might be perfect together. But you still should take it slow and be careful or you might end up with a kid."
"I doubt it. He didn't get a dog because of his lack of time, so until he's sure that I'll stay with him he won't get a kid either."
"Are you sure?" Mai asked.
"Yeah. I'm sure he gets that it wouldn't be good for a kid to grow up with parents that don't get along. He was adopted by a jerk and I'm sure he would want to offer a kid a good home and all. And if he is so considerate of a dog, he must be for a kid too. On top of that, he was a great big brother to Mokuba and knows about how to raise a kid. He won't do something like that."
"If he's that considerate why did he do something that inconsiderate to you?"
"Because he knows me," Joey answered, unsure if he really was right but he would make damn sure to ask Seto once he got around to it. "I think he knows that I can handle it while a little child probably couldn't handle it to be put in the mess he pulled me into."
"It seems like you think much higher of him than you let on by calling him a jerk all the time," Mai mussed.
"I probably do," Joey replied. "I wouldn't be dating him if I didn't. And I told you that he can be nice too. And I truly believe that he is smart enough to know his limit and won't cross it too far. He probably stretched it as far as he would already. I mean he said that he only did it at all to talk me into dating him a few times before signing the papers to get it annulled. He just wanted me to give him a chance, and to be honest I would never have done it if he hadn't done any of that. I never thought about him the way I do now, not until I thought about it for awhile after finding the first tattoo."
"Wow what a surprise," Mai chuckled. "You didn't think about him the way you do after you thought about him a bit more. Well duh. But I'm glad that he likes you too, even if he has a strange way to show that affection."
"Maybe he learns to show it differently," Joey answered, amused. "Maybe I can even force him to see a psychologist to help him with his mental problems."
"I don't think that Seto Kaiba can be talked into anything," Mai said doubtfully.
"I beg to differ," Joey said proudly. "I managed to talk him into the dog tattoo while I was totally wasted, so I should be able to talk him into anything when I'm sober."
"How did you do that?" Mai questioned, curious again.
"Easy," Joey said. "He wanted me to take his name and I was stubborn."
"That's your specialty," Mai answered with a laugh. "That and your infectious happy go lucky nature. Do you even know that I never laugh or chuckle as much around anyone else?"
Joey blushed and was happy that she couldn't see it. He also was happy that Kaiba had great timing because right when Joey didn't know what to answer, the doorbell rang and Joey was sure that it had to be Kaiba considering that it was close to 7. "I guess Kaiba is here," Joey told Mai.
"Then let him wait. Remember, payback," Mai suggested.
Joey laughed and opened a window of his apartment and called down to Seto. "Just a moment. I'm just on the phone." Then he said loud enough that Kaiba could hear him too, "Don't worry I told Kaiba to wait a moment so we got plenty of time to talk."
"I bet he looks scary," Mai joked, amused.
"I fear he does," Joey said worriedly.
"Don't tell me that you're getting scared of his death glare now," Mai said, still amused.
"Never," Joey answered. "But when he's smirking while he should be pissed I am getting a little worried."
"He's what?" Mai asked, just as surprised as Joey was by the fact that Kaiba was indeed smirking up at him.
But Joey didn't stay surprised for long. He watched Kaiba put a hand in his pocket and a moment later said hand held up a key. "You're freaking kidding me," Joey said.
"What?" Mai asked curiously. She started to feel like she was watching a movie where the picture failed to work right when the hero of the story is about to get attacked. "What is he doing?"
"He's got a freaking key to my apartment block. How the hell did he get that?"
Authors note: Thanks to lolcari, LovelyRose5001, Sasu-Sama' Sarukiji-Sempai, Sezthekitty, gina and Eternal-Shinigami27 for the review.
Sorry that this chapter was mostly a repeat but I thought it might be funny to hear Joey disguise it with someone and complain about Seto and I also wanted to turn Mai into a Yaoi fangirl for once. Next chapter will reveal how Seto got the key and the first date which won't start to great but end really sweet.