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Chapter 13
Not long after Joey had agreed to temporarily date Seto Kaiba, and he still wasn't sure how he had gotten talked into that one, both teens arrived at the Kaiba mansion. By that time Seto of course was dressed as well and so they entered the huge place, that Kaiba called his home. Joey looked around the stunning entrance hall. The chandelier at the ceiling alone looked like it's worth enough to feed a whole country in the third world. The paintings and old looking vase that were standing in every corner not even counting. Ever since Joey had been in here for the first time, back then as Katsuya, he had wondered how people could live like this. Just two persons in such a huge place, they could hide from each other with ease for ages if they wanted to. It would be easy. Even with the maid that was there immediately upon Kaibas arrival, to take a coat or orders from her boss, it still didn't feel like a welcoming home. It felt more like a business, where a secretary might ask you if you wanted a coffee while waiting. Now Seto leaded him further in than he had ever been and the paintings and vases along the walls seemed to be endless.
After a while they reached a room that looked slightly more comfortable and had the feeling of a very old castle lounge. The floor was covered by a thick old looking and rather dark carpet. And a big black couch was in front of a fire place, that had a big flat screen TV looming above. The only thing in the room that didn't look old fashioned but that for completely out of place. The rest of the walls were once again covered in paintings and vases were in every corner. And some of the not in paintings covered places of the wall had old dark wand carpets to be covered. The light came from old looking small lights on the wall, that seemed to look like old candle holders.
"Would you like to watch a DVD?" Seto asked, watching the blond´s face for a bit of a change in it, to see what he might like and what not.
"Why not, what do you have?" Joey asked, looking at the brunets blue eyes to distract himself from the rest of the old fashioned ambiente. Seto was in serious need of some new interior decoration.
"Everything you could possibly think of" Seto said with a smug smile back on his lips.
"Then pick something." Joey said, unsure if he might regret it. The way this place looked and considering his intelligence, he might get stuck with an informational documentary about world war one. And it would not surprise him in the least. But what did surprise him, was that he decided to choose a modern day love comedy. A movie, just out in cinemas and one Joey had actually wanted to see but so far not gotten a chance to do so. Obviously, he really had a lot of movies. Even some that weren't out on DVD, how did he do that? Both boys settled on the big couch that, even so it looked old, was rather comfy and big. Joey sat all the way to the side, hoping to get a bit of space between them but Kaiba sat down right next to him and put an arm around him, causing Joey to blush a dark red colour.
Seto leaned closer and his lips were nearly at his ears, while Joey's heart was set on overdrive. His lips stopped right before they touched his ear and Joey could feel the brunet's breath on his skin, as he whispered: "Could it be, that I make you nervous?"
"You wish, moneybags." Joey immidiately blurted out. Now with an even darker shade of red in his face. He really was getting more and more nervous around the hot CEO and hated it. He didn't want to fall for someone like Seto and was sure to be the one that would get hurt in the end. It was always him that would get hurt.
He could see the smug face of the older from the corners of his eyes, as he focused on keeping his eyes glued to the TV. He didn't want to show him how much he distracted him.
For the rest of the movie Kaiba stayed quiet but he didn't seem to be interested in the movie either. He kept staring at his blond little lover. Glad to finally have caught him. And he would make damn sure to keep him. He wanted him. And he wanted him badly, he wanted to know all about him, study every little detail about him and if the blond was unwilling to give something away by just telling him his emotions or what he wanted to do, then he would find out with his facial expression.
Joey had trouble standing being watched this closely, it was starting to freak him out but he didn't say anything for now. He tried to focus on the movie, unable to see the comedy in anything, with Kaiba´s eyes boring into him from the side. How can anyone stare that long, without even freaking blinking? He thought whenever Kaiba seemed to go for way too long, even without as much as one blink not to mention looking anywhere but his face. But he didn't want to admit how much it bugged him right now.
"Don't you like comedies? Or just not this movie?" Seto asked as the movie had ended.
"Who said I didn't like it?" Joey asked, looking into the blue orbs that still were glued onto him.
"It's obvious, you didn't laugh once during the whole movie." Seto pointed out, looking confused about the blond´s statement.
"Neither did you." Joey just said.
"I know, but I already knew the film, I watched it with Mokuba a few times and I was distracted by watching something way more interesting." Seto said with a little smile that only grew after another blush spread over the blond´s face.
"Great and with that you annoyed me, by staring at me for the whole movie. I hate that." He just stated honestly.
"So I do distract you." Seto grinned at him at this new revelation.
"No, you just annoy the hell out of me, that's all." Joey corrected with an even darker blush on his face.
Again the blue eyed teen leaned closer to whisper into his ear before saying "Then why do you blush?"
Joey stood up and said "All right, I´m going. This is just too much for one day, I need a break from your ego."
"Oh, come on," Seto said, once again sounding annoyed at the complication he once again got thrown into his way by the blond´s stubbornness. "I didn't even do anything, please stay, we could watch something else or play some video games or whatever a mutt likes to do."
"For starters, I don't appreciate being called a mutt." Joey stated, still walking towards the entrance but unfortunately he got lost in the huge building.
"But you are wild like one." Seto said with an evil grin on his face.
Joey glared at him and said: "Okay, how the hell do I get out of this hell hole?"
"Please stay, and if not mutt how should I call you? Puppy?" Seto suggested.
"Call me puppy and I call you bunny." Joey threatened and the look on Seto's face would even be worth the dog comments. He definetly had found something he really hated. And he so would use it at any chance he could possibly get.
"Please not that, how about you suggest a pet name I can use for you and I think of one you can use for me." Seto tried again.
"Oh, how boring and I had another REALLY good one for you, damsel in distress. After all, I was your night in shining armour or lets say with shining gun." Joey received an even better look on the brunets face. He started to thoroughly enjoy himself.
"Call me that and someone is about to die." Seto said, sounding for once way more threatening than his face looked.
"You threaten to kill me? Really moneybags, where is the love now?" Joey said ironically.
"No, but every single person that hears it." Seto clarified.
"You know it would be so much easier to just quit the dog names." Joey tried again.
"But you are like a wild untameable street dog and that's why I want you so much to be mine." Seto insisted. He didn't like it that Joey had the upper hand against him yet again. How the hell did this fucking street dog do it? He used to be nothing but a dumb street dog and now he was winning one of their verbal fights, with a smug smile all over his adorable face.
"But I'm not some dumb animal." Joey insisted again, still walking through this mess of a mansion to find an exit. "How the hell do I get out?"
"How about, not at all?" Seto suggested and tried to hold on to his arm, he was getting closer right now and Seto worried that he might stumble in the entrance hall.
"Let me the hell go when I want to." He said, fighting to get away again until Seto finally said: "Fine, you won. I´ll show you the way"
And so he did. The way to his bedroom. Right after Joey was in and saw where the hell he had been lead to, he wanted to turn but Seto once again held on to him and said: "Come on, just a little longer please, I have a great gaming system here, after all I OWN and RUN a gaming company, trust me it's the best." He tried to convince the young man that still struggled to get free causing another fight and not long after that, both were undressing each other once again. The 'fight' had found the same end as the last, just this time on Seto's king size bed.
Seto had asked the blond endless questions after the 'fight' had ended. Partly to distract him from trying to leave again and partly because he wanted to know everything about him. Starting from favourite colour and food to where he would want to go to on dates or holidays. He still needed to charm him after all. And it wouldn't be easy to charm such a stubborn young man. By know Joey was either asleep or pretending to be so, to escape the questioning. Seto wasn't sure but he liked the relaxed look on his face. And he enjoyed playing with his silk like hair. He used to think it looked like hay, but it was too soft for it and too shiny really. It was beautiful and he just had to find a way to make sure he could keep him by his side forever. He just had to tame his wild nature, just enough for him to stay. It would be the greatest victory ever and the price a trophy like no other. For the first time Seto truly understood the meaning of 'trophy wife', just he wanted his trophy Joey. He wanted him for himself, he was his now and he wouldn't let him go. No matter how wild he was, no matter how hard it might be to tame him, Seto would do it.
As he watched the blond, he heard his room door open and looked up. Mokuba was standing there and smiled. While Seto was just pleased that they had a blanket covering them up and that Mokuba haden't walked in on a 'fight'. "I heard that you´re home and not even alone, so I thought I´d check out if that could possibly be true." The young boy said with a grin.
Seto grinned and said "Did you doubt it possible that I could charm my mutt?"
Mokuba rolled his eyes and said: "No, but I doubt that you'll keep him, if you keep calling him mutt."
Seto chuckled and said: "You know, we just had a fight about that before you came." And Seto had to grin at the memory that said fight had leaded him to where he was now.
Mokuba just rolled his eyes as he mumbled: "It's your fault when he leaves you."
Seto's smile was gone immediately, there was a slight possibility that he couldn't charm Joey, like he had subconciously done with his countless fan girls. Sill he insisted: "I wouldn't let him, I got others to like me without even trying, I will get him too."
Mokuba watched them for a moment, wondering if he should tell his brother that getting into his pants that fast was most likely not helpful for a long lasting relationship but he already had mentioned the mutt thing and Seto wasn't likely to listen to the second objection of his kid brother any more than to the first one. He was just hopeless. And it obviously was too late for that advise anyway. "I give up on you." He mumbled before leaving.
As soon as Mokuba was out of the room again, Joey turned, eyes still closed but he mumbled: "Ya know he's right, it ain't gonna help da call me names."
Seto grumbled and said: "Quit the accent, you sound stupid with that." Joey grinned, his eyes still closed and said: "Na da sleepy da focus, can't be bothered."
Seto watched him yawn and chuckled, saying: "And here I thought you're wild, seems like you wouldn't have the energy to be considered wild."
Joey turned once again towards him and said, this time with his eyes slightly opened and looking even sleepier that way and so adorable, that Seto would squeak if his manly ego would allow it. "First, if ya think it's dad easy to get me to fuck with ya again, I'll have da disappoint ya and second, trust me I usually have more energy but didn't sleep well for da last couple of days so cut me some slack ya perverted arrogant spoilt rich bastard"
Seto chuckled and said: "Fine, but I think you need to come up with a shorter name for me."
Seto heard a groan, followed by a mumbled "Moneybags, rich guy, brat, show off, perv..."
"I got the point; you've got plenty of names. It will be hard to tame you, won't it?" Seto said, as he tried to pull the blond into his arms. And to his surprise the young beauty cuddled into his embrace, mumbling: "It won't be hard, it'll be impossible."
Seto smiled a little, after all he had done things others had believed impossible before and he loved a challenge.
Joey still couldn't really believe that he was currently not only inside of the Kaiba mansion, no he also was in Kaiba's bedroom, and as if that wasn't shocking enough, he was in Kaiba's king size bed. And unbelievable as it was, he could top that shocking fact with not only them being naked, no he was also cuddled into the rich arrogant basterd´s arms. How had he ended up here? Oh yes, he had started to fight and both had gotten hot because of THAT. It's official, Joey thought, I'm pathetic. I completely sick. Joey still couldn't believe that he had ended up agreeing to give Seto Kaiba a chance. If anyone would have told Joey, just a bit more than a week ago, on the day where the stupid killer had tried to kill the jerk the first time, that he would end up dating the cold hearted CEO, Joey would have called some nice guys with nice white jackets, with very long sleeve in which they could show themselves some love because the sleeves were tied together at the end, so they could hug themselves in them and then he would have send them off into the nut bin to meet some very nice friends that were just as carzy. After all, they must have been delusional or just have an incurable case of extreme craziness and or stupidity. Or at least he would have believed it then.
Joey gave a sigh, before turning away from Seto again. He didn't want to get too close to him. This was Kaiba, the guy who had tortured him and no matter what weird feelings he started to get, he couldn't let it get to him.
"Are you okay?" He heard him ask and said: "No, I can't sleep because someone keeps bugging with stupid questions."
This time it was Seto, who sighed before mumbling: "All right I got it, I was just worried, since you said you hadn't slept well and now the sigh and all." Joey once again had a hard time believing his ears. Did Kaiba just say that he was worried about him and to top it off, he had actually listened to him? This was getting way too weird. Joey decided to just go with it until the brunet´s shock fades and he could get back to hating him, because this wasn't normal.
Joey just stayed there, moving less with closed eyes, trying to sleep and this time while listening to the CEO's even breathing, he fell asleep rather fast. Dreaming about the brunet, while said brunet developed a master plan on how to get Joey for good.
Please Review
And who wants to know the master plan or has his own idea on what Seto might be planing to get his blond and who has an idea about the condition Joey had said about dating in the last chapter, for it will be named in the next.
To Akki, his tries will not only be funny but also end with a few more 'fight' scenes :P espacially once Seto is pulling some nicknames out. And it taks him a few tries to get to Wolf.
and to suzanne: no, this had nothing to do with Joeys revenge from earlier. That was finished as he left Seto standing in front of his door. Joey just doesn't want to admit to himself that the feelings he suddenly developed, after seeing Seto behaving differently, can possibly be love. And he also doesn't believe the brunets feelings to be genuine, since he fell for the Katsuya act first and now all of a sudden loves him, even so he just played a role and Seto can't know the real him. So it is more or less that he doesn't want to love the 'jerk' and doesn't want to get hurt by him either. And now Seto needs to do some winning over.