Hey, I am amazed at how some fics just get lots of attention and others don't. I got lots of reviews, thank you!

Just to point something out, although the main couple in the fic is Jou/Yami, I haven't written any mature scenes for the two of them, my focus primarily on the Prideshipping content. But, if there are any Dragonshippers reading this and you want me to add a steamy scene between Jou and Yami, please review and let me know, or PM me.

Also, I'd love yo know how you feel about Yami in this fic. He's kinda weak, but I don't think I could have used Yugi as the uke in this, because he's too soft. Yami has an edge, but at the same time, I wanted to make Jou want to protect him.

Anyway, here is a the second chapter. It's a bit short and I have to say it's been really tough to write it. I've got the whole story from the end of this chapter written...well, most of it anyway, but trying to link the two parts together was hard. I know where I was going, but may have wandered off the path a bit. I'll let you decide.

I don't own Yu-gi-oh.

Onwards!

INDECENT PROPOSAL - Chapter 2

Yami pushed the last piece of pizza towards his blonde boyfriend and watched as the other snatched it up quickly, in case he changed his mind. He sipped on the last of his fizzy drink and nearly choked when Jou stuffed the whole piece in his mouth. 'Jou, that's disgusting!' The blonde tried to talk with his mouth open but all that came out was muffled sounds and part of the pizza, and Yami burst out laughing. 'Correction: that's disgusting.'

The blonde managed to swallow the mouthful eventually and drank down the last of his drink, burping loudly to show his appreciation for the meal. Some of the other patrons found this uncouth and a group of girls giggled at the cute boy's antics. 'That was great,' he said. 'Thanks for this.'

Yami nodded slightly in response and signalled for the bill. 'Now that you're not hungry any more, how about we go to that late night grocery store and do the food shopping?' he asked.

'Ah, that was your plan, eh?' Jou winked rubbing his full belly. 'So when we go shopping I won't pick up anything unnecessary?'

Yami laughed and shrugged holding his hands up in surrender. 'You got me. I planned it from the beginning.'

Jou smirked. 'Ya sneaky little...'

They were interrupted by the waiter. Yami held his hand out for the bill, but the waiter leaned in to talk to him. 'Your bill has been paid by that guy over there,' he said pointing to a man wearing a smart business suit. When Yami and Jou looked at him, the man waved, his face remaining stoic. 'He also said to give you this, and that you should answer it before you leave the restaurant.' He handed Yami an envelope.

Yami frowned and took the crisp white envelope and the waiter left. Jou scooted his chair from opposite the table to next to Yami and took it from him. 'Let me open it. Wouldn't want you to get a paper cut.'

Yami let Jou open the letter only punching him lightly against his shoulder for the blatant act of over-protection. Who knew why a strange man was paying for their dinner and giving them ominous white envelopes. When it was obvious it wasn't laced with anthrax or another poison, nor was it a letter bomb, the two huddled together to read it.

'I hope you enjoyed dinner on me. I know about your dire financial circumstances and would be willing to help you out. If you are interested, speak to my driver and he will tell you where to go. Seto Kaiba.'

There was no doubting it was from the CEO of Kaibacorp. The letter-headed paper spoke for itself. Yami's chest had tightened at the sight of the name, but after quickly reading the note, he became intrigued. He knew that over the last few years, Kaiba had helped out many people in need by giving to charity, so maybe he wasn't so bad.

'I'll tell him where to go!' Jou said scrunching the paper up and standing abruptly, searching the room for the 'driver'.

'Wait, Jou,' Yami said. He took the paper from the angry blonde's hand and unscrunched it, reading it again. 'Maybe we should at least hear what he has to offer. He was our classmate and he is a well respected businessman. Maybe he's changed and just wants to help out.'

Jou contemplated this briefly. 'The guy's an asshole, Yami. After what he tried to do to you...'

Yami stood up and put a hand on Jou's arm. 'Yes, there is that, but people can change. And, it would appear he paid for our meal, so the least we can do is hear him out.'

Jou sighed. 'Fine,' he whinged. 'I suppose there is that.'

They both wandered warily over to the man in the suit. He stood up as they approached him and bowed. 'Courtesy of Kaiba-sama,' he said formally. 'And your answer?'

The two teens looked at each other before Yami answered. 'We'll see what he has to say.'

'He will be delighted,' the man said without expression. 'You are to accompany me to Kaibacorp, now.'

'Now?' Yami asked.

'Dat bastard!' Jou growled. 'Thinkin' we'd just drop everything to go see him. What if we got plans tonight?'

'Food shopping?' the man enquired with a raised eyebrow. 'Surely that can wait until after you have spoken to Kaiba-sama?'

Yami put a hand against Jou's chest to prevent him from thumping the smartly-dressed man. 'It's fine. We'll come now.'

The man nodded and turned to leave, not saying another word. Yami took Jou's hand and followed him out of the restaurant and to the waiting limo.

As the limo pulled into a gated area of the parking lot, the two boys looked intensely out of the window at the huge building that was Kaibacorp Headquarters in front of them. It was intimidating how tall it was, almost rivalling Taipei 101. Jou chuckled when he got over his amazement. 'It's almost as big as his ego.'

Inside the building, even this late in the evening, there was a flurry of activity. Women and men in suits and holding piles of paperwork rushed left and right. There was a collision and the two involved were in hysterics trying to get their papers in order. Others rushed over to help them citing that if they didn't hurry up, there were hundreds of ways that they would be punished.

'You still think Kaiba's changed?' Jou whispered to Yami as the well-dressed man lead them over to an elevator marked 'private'. Yami shrugged and they watched as the man punch in a code and then swipe a card through. The doors opened and he stepped in, beckoning them to follow.

Once inside and the doors closed, he entered another code and swiped his card again and the lift began to rise. 'Kaiba-sama has been notified of your decision to speak with him regarding his offer, and I must say, he was delighted when I told him.'

'It had better be worth our while,' Jou said, hands in his pockets.

The man grinned. 'I'm sure it will.'

The teens looked at each other, but said nothing further. When the elevator stopped and dinged, the man swiped his card again to open the doors. A long hallway with large double doors at the end with a desk off to the left presented itself. The desk was empty, no doubt the secretary had already gone home. The man walked up to the door. 'Wait here,' he said. He then knocked on the door and let himself in without waiting for a reply. The door shut behind him.

Jou pressed his ear to the door to see if he could hear anything. 'Must be made of solid wood or concrete or somethin'. Can't hear a thi...' He jumped back when the door opened and immediately put on a nonchalant air. Yami had to hide the smile behind his hand.

The man raised an eyebrow, suspecting something. 'You may go in.' He stepped aside.

Jou took Yami's hand and tightly locked his fingers with the smaller male's. 'Come on. Let's find out what the jerk wants and get out of here.' Yami nodded and allowed Jou to pull him along and into the office.

The office itself was normal. Plush carpet on the floor in a slate grey, white walls with the occasional piece of artwork, and surprisingly, a potted plant was sitting neatly in the corner. There were numerous filing cabinets and a huge window covered by blinds that were currently open. The view was amazing, nearly covering all of Domino City.

Yami and Jou looked around the room, but there was no sign of their former upper classman. Just a large desk with paperwork and a computer and a high back chair and two less magnificent chairs in front for visitors. 'Well, where is he?' Jou asked the man behind them.

'I'm right here.' The two turned suddenly to look at a door that they had initially thought was just another cabinet, but was actually a door into a bathroom. Seto's hair was wet and he had a towel wrapped around his shoulders to catch the drips. He was wearing a white shirt that was open showing off a well toned chest and defined abs, and a pair of black trousers. 'You caught me just getting out of the shower.'

'You have showers here, rich boy?' Jou asked indignantly. 'Don't you have a multi-million yen mansion with about a zillion showers waiting for you?'

Seto smiled, his blue eyes flashing. 'Well, that's some greeting there, Katsuya,' he said rubbing the towel on his head as a droplet of water escaped down his chest. 'Not very polite when the man who just paid for your meal invites you into his office to help you out of financial difficulties.'

Jou chuckled. 'Believe me, that was the polite version.'

Seto shrugged. 'Indeed.' He looked directly at Yami and smiled. 'Hello to you.'

Yami frowned but bowed at the waist. 'Thank you for the meal.'

'You're welcome.' He turned towards his desk and sat down in the high back chair. 'Please have a seat.' He looked at the man who'd brought them to the office. 'Thank you, you may go, and have the limo ready to transport these two gentlemen back to their home when we conclude our meeting.'

'Yes sir, Kaiba-sama.' The man bowed and left the room closing the door behind him.

Jou and Yami settled into the two chairs opposite to Kaiba. Protectively, Jou pulled the chair that Yami sat on closer to him.

'So get on with it, Kaiba,' Jou said. 'We don't got all night.'

Seto laughed. 'Impatient. But I know you must have more important things to do, like go food shopping. I, on the other hand, cancelled a very important conference call to have this meeting. It could cost millions.' Jou growled. 'Although, having said that, it's not my millions that would be lost, but the other Company's. Lucky for them, I was willing to reschedule.'

'What do you want?' Jou asked through grit teeth. 'You said you wanted to help us get out of money troubles. What, you gonna offer me a job or something?'

Seto laughed as if he'd just heard the best joke in the world. This caused Jou to stand up quickly. Yami immediately pulled him back down again. 'The guy's a creep!' he whispered to him. 'I'm not gonna sit here and let him laugh at me for his own amusement!'

Yami shook his head as the laughter died. He smiled politely at Kaiba. 'If that is not the case, maybe you could tell us how you want to help us?'

Seto's smile didn't fade. 'Of course.' He stood up and began pacing slowly, his arms behind his back. 'Firstly, you may like to know that I keep a close watch on my former school mates. It is something I have been doing since taking over my step-father's legacy. The reason I do this is for any future business partnership potential, and to keep an eye on anyone who could potentially become an enemy.'

'Got a lot of enemies, moneybags?'

Seto stopped and glanced sidelong at Jou. 'As a matter of fact, I do.'

The blonde scoffed. 'There's a surprise...'

Seto came round the desk and sat on its corner, closest to Yami. 'Anyway, that's how I know that the two of you are in a bit of trouble, what with you, Katsuya, not being able to find a job. I have done a calculation on your living expences, debts and other factors and have decided that in order to get you out of trouble for at least a year, which will give you plenty of time to get another job, I would be willing to give you 1 million yen.'

'E...excuse me?' Jou spluttered looking at Yami, who looked equally dumbfounded.

'1 million yen; to pay off your debts and pay for your rent the rest of the year and all your expenses too.'

Jou stood up . 'What, just like that? What's the catch?'

'No catch, just a...favour to ask, really.' Seto ignored Jou and leaned down to look at Yami. 'The pleasure of your company for one night.'

'WHAT?!?' Jou stormed over to Kaiba and grabbed his shirt. 'Why you pompous, arrogant little piece of shit! There is no way...'

'Jou, wait.'

The blonde stopped trying to throttle the brunette and looked at Yami as if he turned into an alien. 'Wha...wait?'

Yami stood up. 'What would the night entail?'

Seto forcefully pushed Jou away and the blonde stumbled back into his chair. 'A date. Dinner, maybe some dancing, and then you come back to mine.'

'To do what?'

Seto chuckled and stepped closer to the shorter teen and lightly ran his fingers along his neckline and up to his ear. 'Well, I suppose that depends on how well the rest of the date goes...'

'No fucking way!' Jou pushed Kaiba away from Yami and stood in front of him.

Seto stepped back and sat back on the desk. 'Really? You wouldn't lend him to me for 1 million yen?'

'Yami is a person, not a thing to be leant out!'

'Jou, wait.'

'Again with the wait?' Jou asked turning round to look at his apparently mad boyfriend. 'You're not seriously considering this?'

Yami looked at him with a serious expression. 'Kaiba, could we please discuss this in private?'

Seto nodded and stood up. He left the room via the doors they had come in and the door closed behind him.

'Yami,' Jou started, but Yami put a hand up to silence him.

'Jou, it's a million yen, the answer to all our problems. And all he's asking is dinner and for me to stay the night. It doesn't mean anything else has to happen.'

'But what happens if he wants to...'

'Do you trust me?'

'Of course I do.'

'Then trust me that I will not sleep with him.'

'What if he doesn't give you a choice...like last time?'

Yami lowered his head. 'We'll have to hope he's changed and won't do something like that.'

'You're going to taken that chance?'

'What choice do we have, Jou?' Yami asked getting angry. 'This is an easy way out, otherwise we'll lose everything; the bike, the apartment. I'll have to go back to living with my Grandpa and you with you dad. You're so adamant that I don't drop out of University! So we'll just have to seal the deal so that each party is happy with the outcome, which means that he plays by the rules.'

Jou pulled Yami into a tight embrace. 'Calm down, Babe.' He knew Yami could get flustered when angry and it often lead to a bit of a breakdown and irrational thought. 'Look, no one wants their other half to be with another person, but I trust you. It's not something you want, but you're sacrificing yourself for us, and that's commendable, so if you think it's what's best, I'll support ya.'

Yami put his arms around his boyfriend. 'Okay.'

They disengaged and Jou wiped the tears from Yami's face. He then opened the door and saw Kaiba speaking to his man-servant. 'We're ready for ya.'

Seto strolled back into his office. 'So, do we have a deal?'

'Not so fast, Kaiba. We have a few rules,' Jou explained. 'Firstly, no sex. Secondly...'

'I'm not going to agree to that, in fact, I'm placing on the table that sex is a definite part of the night, otherwise the deal is off.'

Jou looked at Yami helplessly. Yami looked back equally. This was a chance to get their lives back on track, but, were the stakes too high? 'Could you...excuse us again?'

'No.' Seto folded his arms. 'I'm a very busy man. Take it or leave it.'

Yami watched Jou battle with himself. He also found himself wondering if it would be such a bad thing in the long run. He and Jou were solid, surely something like him being 'forced' to sleep with someone else wouldn't diminish their love for each other. 'Jou?'

Jou glanced at him. 'It's your call.'

He took a deep breath and thought more on the subject. Jou's relationship with his father was dodgy at best andd there was no way the man would welcome Jou back into his home. His grandfather would take him back, but had never liked 'that Katsuya kid' because of his father and when he'd found out that he and Yami were a couple, he'd forbidden Jou from coming to the apartment. The only alternative would be homelessness for Jou.

'Against my will, seeing no other way out of financial debt, I agree to have dinner with you and afterwards...' He looked at Jou again, hoping he's made the right decision. Jou nodded at him. They had to do this. '...let you sleep with me.'

Seto smirked. 'Excellent. Dinner, tomorrow. My driver will give you the details. See you tomorrow.'

They turned to leave. They walked stiffly next to one another and when the doors closed shut behind them, Yami fell to the floor.

'Yami!' Jou knelt down next to him.

'I'm so sorry!' he cried, his head in his hands. 'I don't want this, but it's the only way.'

'I know, Babe. Don't worry! We'll get through it. It's just one night. One meaningless act of sex, and then we'll have 1 million yen to fix everything. I love you. Please don't worry.'

Yami lifted his tear-streaked face and then buried it in the crook of Jou's neck. 'I'm so sorry.'

For a further 5 minutes, the two sat on the floor, holding each other whilst the man who'd brought them to the building waited patiently for them to recover. When they finally stood up, he lead them to the elevator and down to the parking lot. 'Tomorrow morning, Kaiba-sama says I am to take you to his tailor to be suited up for dinner. That will be at 9am sharp. When the suit has been made, you will then be taken to your home again for you to get ready. Dinner will be at 8pm. Again, I will escort you.' The information was absorbed, but the two lovers were non-responsive save for the odd nod of their heads.

When they were dropped off, the man reminded them of the plans and then drove off. Jou and Yami entered their apartment and sat down in silence. Jou took Yami's hands and managed a weak smile. He then leaned forwards and kissed him softly on the lips.

'It'll be alright.'

Yami hoped he was right.

At 9am sharp, the doorbell rung. Yami answered and there was the man whose name they didn't know. He hadn't volunteered the information, and they didn't ask. 'Are you ready?' he asked Yami.

Yami nodded. 'Ready.'

'Can I come too?' Jou asked from the kitchen area. He had a good idea he knew the answer would be 'no'.

'Kaiba-sama gave clear instructions that I pick up Yami for the tailoring session and to return him to your home when it was done, therefore, I would assume not.'

Jou snorted. 'Whatever.' He returned to making his breakfast. 'Any idea how long it will take?'

'The measuring will only take minutes, but the suit has to be made and then several fittings...'

'I get it...all day.'

Yami walked quickly to the kitchen and put his arms around Jou. The night before had been tense between them after they got home, with Jou constantly telling Yami things would be fine. When they went to bed, Jou had made sure that he was going to be on Yami's mind during his evening with Kaiba, using all his skills to make Yami come three times during their love-making. But, this morning, just before the doorbell went, Yami could tell no matter how much Jou was trying to keep his anger and annoyance in check, a bit was brimming over like a stewing pot.

'I love you,' he whispered and nipped Jou's ear before turning back to leave.

Jou watched his leave and when the door shut behind them, he sighed. 'I love you too,' he said to no one.

I really think I have messed this up. Did I mess it up? The rest of the story is going to be much better, I promise.

R&R...pwease???