Part 5 – Media: Outed

Seto slowly opened his eyes. It took him a moment to realize where he was. As he opened them he was definitely in a bed, that was at least a good sign. But who's bed? As he further opened his eyes he recognized the blue tint of his walls, as he moved his head slowly he saw his night table, with a picture of Mokuba on it, and next to Mokuba's picture was a framed image of Yugi looking into the distance. Where was Yugi? Seto sat up in bed, hair dishevelled, and bags under his eyes.

"Ngghh..." Seto mumbled, putting a hand to his head. It hurt like hell. What had he done last night? He remembered he went clubbing but most of it was a blur. Either way he decided he needed to get up and out of bed. As he stood up he realized his legs ached terribly. What the hell had he done? "Oh right..." he mumbled, hand still rubbing his sore head. He remembered the high heels he wore, and being unaccustomed to them, his legs would hurt, Yugi warned him of this.

Seto slowly made his way downstairs in his mansion, and to the kitchen. He found Yugi sitting at the table with Mokuba. Yugi had been kind enough to make Mokuba a breakfast, even though Mokuba was plenty old enough to make it himself. Yugi cold cook though, Mokuba, not so much.

"Morning Seto," Yugi said as Seto stood there, looking ghastly. "You look a bit hung-over," he remarked, giggling slightly. Yugi didn't drink too much the night before, he was fine. And he was sure thankful he wasn't in Seto's condition, he had been there done that. This meant Yugi would be able to spend the day at the mansion caring for Seto. He was going to enjoy this thouroughly.

"Morning..." Seto replied.

"Look Seto!" Mokuba said, "I made this!" he said pointing to his breakfast. "Yugi helped me, he taught me how to make eggs! "

Suddenly the smell of Mokuba's breakfast hit Seto. His stomach lurched. He could feel the bile of last night creeping it's way up his throat, as he darted from the kitchen to the nearest bathroom, ignoring the pain in his legs.

Yugi looked at Mokuba, "I better go take care of him! You stay here and eat your breakfast."

Mokuba stopped eating, looking slightly pale, "Seto's not sick is he? I mean...we won't get sick?" Yugi had forgotten Mokuba's fear of germs, and remembered that Seto rarely drinks to that extent, and when he had in the past Mokuba was never around to see the hang-over. More or less though, Seto was usually at Yugi's place dealing with the hangover.

"Oh heaven's no Mokuba, you have nothing to worry about," Yugi chuckled. "It's called a hang-over. When you drink to much alcohol it can make you sick, but only you, you can't catch it from anybody else at all. Drinking alcohol is kinda like a poison to the body, so it needs to get rid of it if there's too much."

Mokuba relaxed and colour returned to his face, "Oh, I see! So I guess Seto had too much to drink then, I've heard of that. Ok, yeah, you better make sure he's ok!" he said.

Yugi headed to the bathroom, and upon entering he found Seto on the ground, draped over the toilet, head turned inwards towards the toilet. He heard Seto moan and cringe slightly, then suddenly he wretched into the toilet, shaking his body. "Oh dear," Yugi said, walking over to Seto, and combing his fingers through Seto's hair, "that bad huh?"

Seto simply moaned as an answer. Yugi felt bad for him, but at the same time excited. He could stay over! "When you're done we can move you up to your room, and I can check on you periodically. And keep Mokuba entertained for the day. How does that sound?"

Seto lifed his head from the toilet. He was starting to feel better, he no longer felt he needed to be draped over the toilet. He placed a hand on Yugi's shoulder, slowly stood up, and flushed. "That would be nice," Seto mumbled, as his arm slowly collapsed over Yugi's shoulders. Yugi couldn't help but smile, he was excited to play the "doctor" or "caretaker" or whatever, he was going to care for Seto! Of course, usually hangover's cured themselves by midday or so...but hopefully he could stay longer.

They slowly made their way back upstairs and into Seto's room. Yugi helped Seto back into bed, and covered him with his sheets. "I'll come check on you periodically," Yugi said, and patted Seto's arm gently. He walked out of the room, making sure to close the door gently. As he returned downstairs he found Mokuba had finished his breakfast and putting his dishes away. "Hey Yugi!" he said, "Can we play Guitar Hero?"

"I don't think that would be such a good idea!" Yugi laughed. "Your brother has a mighty headache, and that would only make it worse."

"We could use headphones!"

Yugi thought for a moment. "That wouldn't be such a bad idea! I guess we could then, so long as the noise doesn't reach Seto."

"No problem!" Mokuba dashed to the basement and Yugi followed. Mokuba set up the system, and pulled out two sets of headphones with extra long cords. He plugged everything in, and they started to play.

As they played Yugi felt a vibration in his pant pocket. He gestured at Mokuba to pause the game, and Mokuba paused it. It was Bakura calling. "Hey!" Yugi exclaimed into his phone, "What's up?"

"Yugi! Not much, just getting up is all," Bakura replied. "How are you all feeling?"

"I'm feeling pretty good, I hardly had anything to drink. Seto on the other hand has a terrible hang over, probably good enough for the two of us. How about you?"

"Oh I'm just smashing! You know me, I don't really get hangovers. Marik has a slight headache but he's faring better than I thought. I must be rubbing off on him!"

"Figuratively and literally...anyways I'm going to be at the Kaiba mansion for a while"
"I figured you would, anyways I have something to tell you."
"Hm? What is it?"

"Well the newspaper came out this morning...and...ooh! Heeeyyy"

Yugi laughed, "Marik doing something stupid?"
"No, Marik needs to learn to keep his hands to himself!" As Bakura said this, Yugi cold hear a slight slap and a "ah!" in the background, followed by some giggling. "Anyways, what I was going to tell you is you should check the newspaper. There's something in it I think you should check out. It'll be easy to find...it's on the front cover."

Yugi frowned and put took off the guitar controller. "What is the headlining story?"

"Well...it's about you and Seto...they're on to him."

Yugi's heart dropped to his stomach. "Thanks for telling me, I'll go check it out right now."

"No problem. See you when you get home!"

"See ya," Yugi hung up and put his phone back in his pocket. "Mokuba I'll be right back."

"Something happen?" Mokuba asked.

"Yeah...I just need to check something out. I'll be back in a minute. I just need to know where do you put the newspaper?"

"Oh I brought it in already, I didn't look at it. It should be on the family room table upstairs."

"Thanks!" Yugi said as he was running upstairs. He found the family room and the newspaper, unfolded it and read the headlining title.

SETO KAIBA: DRAG QUEEN IN DISGUISE?

Underneath the headlining title was a photo of him and Seto, kissing at the bar from last night.

'Fuck.' Yugi thought. 'This is NOT going to go over well.'