Updated (07-09-12): This chapter has been edited to fit the guidelines of the fanfiction site. The adult version can be found over on adultfanfiction under the same username. There's a link on my author's page.

Awkward II

Seto scowled as his beeper went off. Luckily, they were just coming to a break in the meeting. He hurriedly silenced it and waved his hand for the man to continue.

Ten minutes later, he excused himself as the rest of the shareholders went to the bathroom or for snacks or coffee. Pulling out his beeper, he made a bet with himself of whether it would be Mokuba's emergency "I forgot I have a thing for class today HELP ME" or Mokuba's annoying "Just wanted to bother you at work, big brother." However, when he saw the large, blinking letters H-E-A-T on his beeper, he nearly panicked.

Joey had been acting strange this morning, but he'd figured it was because the blond wasn't a morning person! He hadn't realized he'd been starting his heat! And they still had about an hour and a half of the meeting—maybe two—and his puppy was in heat, wanting Seto to fill him up but at the point where he would allow anyone to use him in his drive to get pregnant and make the heat stop—

Seto jumped as his phone began to ring and hurriedly fumbled it open. "Hello?"

"OHMYGOD SETO HE TRIED TO HUMP ME!" Mokuba wailed on the other line. "I'LL TRADE YOU! I'D RATHER SIT THROUGH A HUNDRED HOURS OF SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS THAN HAVE JOEY HUMP ME AND BEG ME TO FUCK HIM AGAIN!"

Seto immediately used his powers to transport to the mansion, grabbing his little brother by the collar and flinging him out the front door. "Stay at a hotel for a few nights, Mokie! …Make it a week!"

Mokuba caught himself to keep from falling and turned toward him sharply, looking paler than normal and a little sick. "I sent all the maids home and locked him in your bedroom! I'm sorry, he just—Agh, I have to burn these clothes now!" He shuddered. "Ugh, so gross! My brother-in-law humped me!"

The brunet let out an angry hiss at the thought and turned to storm up the stairs. He knew it wasn't really Joey's fault. He probably wouldn't be able to handle going into heat nearly as peacefully as Joey usually did. However, it still pissed him off that Joey would lose control simply because they'd planned on having children this time. It especially pissed him off because Joey had humped his little brother!

Snarling furiously, Seto kicked the door to his room open. "Joseph Wheeler—"

He was immediately tackled to the ground as soon as he'd stepped inside. "Seto! Ahn!"

The brunet growled in annoyance as the werewolf immediately began bucking his hips against him and sat up straight, even as the blond frantically humped his thigh. "Joey, you—JOEY!"

Joey yelped in surprise and froze, looking up at him in shock. "…W-what?"

"Don't just hump me as soon as I walk in! Did you really think you could hump my little brother and get away with it?" the vampire snarled. "What the hell! We decide to have kids this one time and you just—just lose control and start humping anything in sight!"

The blond frowned in confusion. "I-I didn't mean to, though, I just—"

"Just wanted to be fucked and anything with a penis and a pulse was good enough! If this is how you act every time we decide to have children and you go into heat, I don't know if I want anything to do with it!"

Joey winced, then whimpered quietly and ducked his head in shame. "I-I'm sorry. I wasn't thinkin'—"

"Obviously!" Seto spat, glaring at him.

The werewolf winced again, then hurriedly turned and scampered under the bed. "I'm sorry!"

The brunet sighed and stood, dusting himself off, then walked over to the bed and leaned over to peer at him. "Joey, come out so I can talk to you. You know I don't like it when you hide and—"

"I'm sorry!" Joey repeated tearfully, then crawled further under the bed. "I'm sorry, I'm SORRY!"

Seto sighed again and got on his hands and knees. "Joey, I understand that you're sorry, and I'm sure now that you didn't mean it. Please come out so we can talk face-to-face." When he only heard a quiet sob, he frantically clawed under the bed, just barely catching the hem of his shirt before he moved out of his reach. "Joey! Damn it! Come here!"

"You don't wanna have puppies with me anymore, do ya? Ya don't wanna have any kids with a whore—"

"I never called you a whore! Stop putting words in my mouth! I'm angry that you humped my brother, not—" He frowned as the blond's words finally registered. "…Of… Of course I want to have puppies with you, Joey. I'm just… a little angry right now. You know how protective I get of Mokuba, and then I heard that you—" He paused.

Joey should have been angry, should have been yelling at him about how he'd left him alone despite acting odd that morning. He should have been snarling and pissed and disgusted with him as a mate because it was his fault he was so sexually frustrated. He shouldn't have been cowering under a bed, crying and feeling ashamed. This wasn't right. It wasn't—

Seto looked up as he heard a loud click and felt his heart break little as he saw a flash of the blond's golden tail before the closet door shut again. "Joey…"

Joey's father had always locked him in a closet during his heats, saying it was the only way the blond wouldn't embarrass himself or the family. Never mind that Joey didn't really want puppies if he didn't have a mate—which he hadn't at that point—and was actually very good at laying low during his heat; the only reason people really knew he was in heat was because he was usually missing for a couple of weeks, or they stopped by his house and heard his father screaming at him about bastard children and how he'd be lucky to ever find a mate—and a mate that would want to have children with him, no less, and—

"Oh… Oh, puppy…" Feeling a little guilty for hurting his mate, the brunet stood and walked over to the closet door. "…I… I didn't mean to…" He hesitated before reaching out and gently sliding the door open.

Joey looked up at him tearfully and let out a small, broken bleat, then buried his face in his hand and continued to whimper. "I'm so—so soooorrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy!"

Seto knelt in front of him and carefully pulled him into a hug. "No, Joey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have just yelled at you like that. I'm sure there were other ways to get your attention." He took a moment to pet him, paying special attention to his trembling ears, then ducked down to kiss his cheeks and lips. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you."

The blond sniffled and leaned in to nuzzle his shoulder. "I didn't realize it was Mokuba until he screamed. You guys… you guys smell really alike. I didn't realize until… Oh, I'm so sorry!" He let out a howl of shame.

"…What do you mean, we smell alike? Our soaps are nothing al— …That monster. He's stolen my soap again! Joey, he brought the molestation upon himself. And I'll be buying us separate soaps from now on."

Joey sniffed again and looked up at him in confusion. "…But he's like two feet shorter than ya and he's got black hair—"

"…Joey, did you even know that it was me when you jumped me?" the brunet deadpanned.

"…Well, you were tall enough, so…"

Seto let out an annoyed growl and grabbed the blond's hair to yank his head back. When he saw the glazed-over brown eyes, however, and he took notice of how hot the blond's skin was (even for a werewolf), he realized that he was lucky that Joey could even take stock of his basic height and coloring. "I see."

"…I'm… still sorry, Seto. I probably coulda waited until I heard it was you before I started tacklin' and humpin'."

"Hmm." The brunet let out a quiet grumble but instead of getting angry again, he turned his head and caught one of the werewolf's ears between his teeth, nibbling on the tip tenderly as he lifted his hand to gently pinch the tip of his other ear—spots he'd learned early in the relationship that made his lover squirm.

"Uhn!" Joey jerked his head in surprise, then whimpered and fell limp against him, fingers clenching his coat tightly as his hips began to shift a little. "Ooh, Seto, nnnn…!" He shuddered a little when the brunet's fangs flicked over the tip, then sighed quietly and began rolling his hips appreciatively. "Seto…"

.-.-.-.-.-.

Mokuba frowned as he found his brother in his bathroom, snarling as he took all of his soaps and shampoos and shoved them into a trash bag. "…Seto? What are you doing?"

"He humped you because you smelled like me, Mokuba. Stop stealing my soap, buy your own God damn soap, and stop confusing him when he's so horny he can't see straight and is going by smell and general outline!" Seto growled, turning to glare at him. "Why are you stealing my soaps, anyway?"

"…'Cause I was too lazy to go out and buy my own," he mumbled, wincing when his brother's glare darkened. "Alright, I'm sorry! I'll go out and buy some new bath stuff right now!" Turning, he began to step out of his bathroom.

"Seto, I thought ya said that you were gonna change soaps, not—Oh." Joey froze in the doorway and bit his bottom lip as he saw the younger boy also come to a stop. "…Um… I'll just… go… this way…" he stated haltingly, the blushed brightly and scurried out of the room.

Mokuba, cheeks already burning in embarrassment, ducked his head and hurried out of his room, headed for the front door. "I'll make sure that my soap's nothing like yours, Seto!"

Seto, who had peeked out of the bathroom at his mate's sudden silence, raised an eyebrow, then turned back to shoving his pilfered soaps into the trash bag. "This bodes for a very awkward dinner."