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Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh GX
Title: Enchantment: Chapter 6: Tales Not Told
Romance: Yubel x Juudai x Johan
Word Count: chapter: 1,631||story: 10,064
Genre: Romance, SupernaturalRated: PG-13
Challenge: Written for the Diversity Writing Challenge, section I, #12, a multichap with exactly 10 chapters; Written for the Valentine's to White Day Advent, day 24, write about a brainwashing/trickery.
Summary: On Johan's wedding day, he goes for a breath of fresh air in the forest, and encounters a creature he's never seen before. He will still marry this day. But not who he expected. For who would expect to marry the King of the Fae?

"Juudai." Yubel's voice gave the impression that should the situation require it, stinging smacks were not completely out of the picture for the Fae King.

Juudai didn't lift his eyes from the mirror wherein Johan remained reflected, up to his neck in soapy hot water. "I'm not touching him, Yubel." Not yet, anyway. Sunset remained stubbornly farther away than Juudai wanted it to be, the shadows sliding toward the west at a snail's pace.

Yubel's clawed hand rested on his shoulder with a hint of warning. "I didn't say that you were. But you have your own preparations to make."

Juudai didn't want to admit Yubel was right. Not when he had a naked and soapy Johan to stare at. Yubel's grip tightened.

"You have to prepare for our wedding," Yubel reminded him, tone growing harsher with each word. "Then you can do as you wish with him."

Oh. Yes. That was right. Juudai managed to pull his gaze away from the mirror, only pouting a little when Yubel broke the connection that allowed him to watch Johan in his bath.

I'll get to see the real thing soon enough. He'd seen Johan in every form of dress or undress possible, watching him through his enchanted mirrors over the years. He knew what Johan looked like in every form of attire the human world had ever provided him. But seeing him through images in a mirror, no matter how magical, and seeing him in person were so very different, as he'd already learned.

With a long indrawn breath, Juudai set out from his quarters to see to it that everything that needed taking care of was taken care of. There wasn't much; he'd known today would be the day for quite some time, as had his people. The wedding feast would soon groan on the tables. The ritual wine for the wedding itself, and the three cups they would drink from, awaited only the pouring and being blessed.

The marriage bed itself, where he and Yubel had slept with only one another for so long, also awaited their arrival, crisp clean satin sheets in the precise shade of Johan's hair spread out beneath the warm blankets.

Juudai ran his hand across those sheets, imagining what would come so very soon. He did not let himself dwell on that too long, since that would lead to fantasies that would distract him from the important business of marriage.

He did check on the mirror one more time, but not for Johan, not directly. This time he observed the mortals, who by now had discovered Johan wasn't anywhere around there. Terror filled their eyes as Johan's parents hurried here and there, both clearly hoping that what they feared the most hadn't happened.

Too late. He's mine now, as he was always meant to be. Even if you hadn't promised him, he would be mine, because he promised me. Juudai smiled, a slash of dark pleasure across his features. He had plans for one more trip to that world, but that would come later. After he, Yubel, and their consort had consummated their marriage.

Consort Johan of the Fae would be a very different person from Johan Andersen. Juudai had laid his plans very well.

Johan didn't want to get out of the tub. Not only was it -of course- the most magnificent of its kind he'd ever encountered, but the water was hot and eased aches he hadn't even known he'd had, both inside and out.

Unfortunately, he knew that he couldn't spend his life like this, even if it was a little enticing. He doubted Juudai would let him.

He might want to join me, though. Johan shivered all over at the thought, and he had no idea of it was a good shiver or a bad one. He just knew the thought was true.

He scrambled out of the bath, dried himself off, and padded his way into the wardrobe room to pick out something to wear. At least that had been his half-formed plan; as soon as he stepped into the room, he saw a magnificent outfit had been laid out for him. He wasn't certain if he wanted to know who had done that.

The more time he spent here, the more he realized he didn't want to know some things. There were other things he did want to know, especially concerning the Gem Beasts, but there were others where he shied away from the knowledge, out of a hope to maintain some form of sanity and control. He didn't think it was working very well but he tried anyway.

"That is your wedding outfit," Amethyst Cat said, appearing to one side, tail draped neatly over her front paws. "It's only another couple of hours until sundown."

Sundown. He'd expected to be married already by now, perhaps still at the wedding feast, listening to speeches from the various members of the town as they praised his parents' wisdom in selecting such a fine bride for him or the wisdom of his bride's parents at choosing a fine husband for her.

The idea didn't seem as pleasing as it had a few days ago, and it hadn't been very pleasing then.

He still didn't know who he would marry if he had a full and complete choice of his own, but he did think Juudai had much more going for him than he would've thought when he first arrived. Memories of lives long ago flickered through his mind, and promises uttered that he'd meant then and wasn't sure if he did now, but could not be certain he didn't mean them.

Slowly he started to dress, finding the garb unfamiliar, but easy to figure out, and once it was on, it fit well and he thought he liked it.

Juudai's arm fitted itself around his neck and a teasing tongue brushed by his ear. "You look fantastic."

Johan's breath stuttered and caught in his throat, even as Juudai pulled him close against him. "Juudai..."

"If we didn't need to wait, I would do so much more to you right now," Juudai whispered, fingers trailing across the back of Johan's neck. His other hand dropped to rest on Johan's waist before sliding across his stomach. "But we don't have much longer to wait."

With a regretful sigh he stepped back and Johan began to learn how to breathe again. Every part of him that Juudai touched tingled and stung in the most pleasant of ways.

"What...what will I have to do? For the wedding?" Johan's voice trembled as he asked, still trying to get himself together. He wasn't having a great deal of luck doing so and very much hoped once this wedding was over that would change.

Juudai still looked as if he wanted to devour Johan in all the very best ways. Johan kept his own attention on Juudai's eyes, glimmering with desire as they were.

"Hm? Oh, not much. The usual. Just agree whenever you're asked a question. I'm sure you saw weddings in the mortal world."

Johan could not help but laugh at that. "But why would your wedding be like one of those?" He could think of a dozen ways already that this would be different: the fact there were three participants was only the beginning.

"You could have a point there," Juudai agreed, a flash of a grin across his lips. "But really, there's nothing for you to worry about. The ceremony is a formality. The real pleasure is going to be what we do afterward."

From the look he shot Johan, there was no doubt at all about what he meant by that. Johan would've blushed, if Yubel hadn't coughed from the doorway, interrupting the moment.

"Juudai, you need to get ready for the ceremony. Johan, I'll have food brought to you. You should have something to eat before the feast."

"I thought he was the feast," Juudai muttered, earning a swat from Yubel for that.

Johan put all of that out of his mind. Not that the idea didn't have some appeal, but he knew for a fact if he started thinking about it, he'd never stop, and he had so much else that he needed to think about that he almost wanted to ask for something to write with.

Instead, he followed Amethyst Cat to one of the rooms in the suite, where the promised food already waited for him. He didn't wait to start eating, thrilled at the tastes and textures, so like what he knew from the mortal world and unlike at the same time.

"Johan," Amethyst Cat murmured as the first morsels passed his lips. "Your parents never told you anything about the world of the fae, did they?" The way she said it didn't really seem to be a question. He looked toward her in curiosity.

"Not really. They barely wanted to admit they existed." He waved a hand around them to the castle's glory. "Juudai told me about the bargain that they'd made." He wished he'd have a chance to talk to them and ask questions, but that didn't seem all that likely.

Amethyst Cat watched as he ate, each bite awakening a fierce hunger he'd never known before in him. One by one the other Gem Beasts appeared, all watching with that same sadness they seemed to want to hide.

"Are you all right?" Johan asked once he'd cleaned off the plate. He'd never been this full before. His family had always eaten well but the food here was, like everything else, completely different in all the best ways.

There was a sort of collective sigh, as Ruby Carbuncle leaped up to snuggle against the side of Johan's head.

"Yes, Johan," Sapphire Pegasus said quietly. "We're fine."

To Be Continued