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Chapter 15

Seto watched Joey most of the next day trying to look seductive whenever he looked and even used some tricks he had found rather silly on some of his fan girls like putting the end of pen in his mouth or liking his lips all the time. He also had the upper buttons of his uniform jacket open which he never did. But he needed some information on how to get the blond hot for his back up Plan B.

And he was sure the test wouldn't harm Plan A considering how often he looked at him rather than at his surroundings he was already distracting him to a point that might actually be dangerous for him. Considering the fact that someone was out there that had been willing to pay a professional killer to take him out. He seriously needed to get onto the police's case to rush them a bit more. He needed to get Joey to stop being his bodyguard so that he could talk him into openly dating him. It would be hard enough to get the wolf to admit to his pack that he was dating a dragon (and at this thought even Seto couldn't stop a big grin from spreading over his face) and it would be impossible to do so if his job was on the line. And there was no way to get his boss to assign him another bodyguard without giving him a reason, and what reason would not discredit Joey, and if Seto would do that he could forget his Plan A and most likely Plan B too.

At least he knew that he would be able to have his wolf in his bed that night and that was a start. Even if he had to let him run wild with his pack during the daytime he still would have him home tonight. Again he had to grin, the wolf name really was suiting the wild blond perfectly. He was a wolf, wild and fierce.

Seto kept trying to get him hot for the rest of the school day and hoped to have him home sooner that way as well. But by the end of the day he had to admit that it didn't look like he had been as successful as he had hoped. Joey had looked more at him as before, but all things considered he might just have noticed it more since he himself was definitely keeping a closer eye on him then ever before. Apart from the day where he had tried to see if he flirted with someone else, but on even that day he had still looked more for Katsuya not knowing that it was Joey himself. Seto still wasn't over the fact that he had been tricked.

Right after school Seto went to his office hoping that he would get everything done fast so he could be home by the time Joey contacted him. Seto had passed him a note early that morning in school since after all the talk about pet-names they had gotten over the exchange of numbers that were necessary for Joey to check if he was finished with work before coming over. And now Seto would make sure to get everything done as fast as he could and if needed to take some home with him. He could still type a bit while his wolf was watching a movie or playing some games and it might be nice to just sit close together and do something even if it was different things.

And all he wanted to do in Plan A was to get Joey used to him and bond with him. He wanted him to start feeling at home in his mansion and be at ease with him around. It was more important than anything else since he obviously had easily gotten hot from small touches and a little fight the day before and the way he blushed even during that school day, even if it was not as often as Seto had hoped, had proven that there were also feelings on his side. And that meant that he needed to get him to admit to them more, thereby making them stronger.

But as much as the young CEO wanted to get done with his work, he was still slower with it then ever. His thoughts kept returning to his new and hopefully permanent boyfriend. The little wolf was never far from his mind and so he took nearly twice as long for most of the things he was doing. He also had wasted some time to try and find a little gift for Joey only to get to the conclusion that he didn't know what Joey might like apart from good duel monster cards and that was too easy to be considered thoughtful and that was what he was after.

In the meantime Joey was with his 'pack' in the game shop and had to keep picturing them as a pack of wolves with himself being the leader, the alpha wolf. And he loved it. Yugi was a pup even if not a newborn one, and Tristan was flanking him on his right side, second in command, followed by Yami. And like Seto had said Duke was the protector of the pup Yugi and somehow for the first time Joey thought of Duke as looking rather feminine like a mother wolf. The long hair was definitely doing its part in that thought. And obviously Tristan was the mommy wolf's mate and Yami interested in the young one already.

His pack was a strange one that was for sure but they all noticed that the alpha was different today. None of them knew what was going on in the blond's head but they all noticed that he was different. At some sentences during that afternoon his accent had been gone just to return a little while later. And a few times it had took them a few tries to get an answer or his attention. He was just drifting out in his thoughts again and again.

Tristan was the first to comment on it, how fitting for his second in comment command to take charge when the leader was out of it. "What's wrong man? You're acting weird today." he asked after needing to call his name four times again just to get his attention back from dream world.

"Nothing, why are you asking? I'm fine, just like always." he answered still looking a bit out of the window like he was thinking of something completely different. And strangely enough, his accent was gone once more, and had been gone only when he looked like he wasn't thinking, rather then focusing on his speech like he should have to get rid of an accent.

"What happened to your accent." Yami asked now, he had gotten more curious about the sudden change in his friend's speech, then in his absentmindedness.

"What aboud dad? Are ya Kaiba now dat ya makin fun of dad?" Joey asked hoping that he hadn't slipped too much.

"No but I'm wondering that why you only have your accent when you actually look like you're thinking about what you're saying and as soon as you look distracted again, like you are all afternoon, the accent goes. And it should be the other way unless you don't need the accent for a long time." Yami now pointed out.

Joey looked at him for a moment and gave a sigh before saying, "I guess I might as well tell you a bit then, but I can't tell you guys all. Just that I lost the accent for a job that I can't tell you about. But you needn't worry about it. And it has nothing to do with why I'm so distracted. I've had the job for over a year now and have been fine so no worries."

All of the others looked at him with a worried expression on their faces. It wasn't like Joey to keep something secret unless he needed help like the time he needed money for his sisters operation.

"Then why are you so distracted Joey?" Yugi now asked tenderly. Seto had called him a wolf's pup but sometimes he was more like a mother than a pup. He was gentle and caring and still strong for his friends if they needed him. And Yugi was also closer to him than even Yami had ever gotten. Sure he liked him too but he loved Yugi ever since he had helped him even when he had done nothing but bully him. He sighed again, it was like with Kaiba and him. Yugi had all too easily forgiven and forgotten about all the nasty things that he had done to him, so maybe he should do the same for Kaiba so they could be together like he and Yugi were now best friends. It had worked with Yugi, and maybe he could be even more with his dragon. But unfortunately he wasn't as forgiving and kind as Yugi, hardly anyone was, and even though Joey loved the little one for that reason he doubted that he could just become like him, but maybe he could give Seto a fair chance during this month.

"Joey?" Yugi asked once more since Joey had been lost in his thoughts once again and now looked back at him.

He said "Sorry guys, I think I'll walk home, I'm not good company right now anyway and don't worry, I just need to make an important decision and no, none of you can help with it because it's really private and I just need to figure it out for myself, I'll let you know when I've decided, that is if I decide to go for it all right?"

And with that he stood and left the game shop to walk home with a detour through the park. He needed another long walk. He'd had one the day before after leaving Kaiba's place. He enjoyed a long walk when he needed to think about something that was important and this was important because if he made the wrong choice he might regret it for a long time. He had feelings for his dragon and noticed already how the pet-name thing had only increased with them. He loved it to be called his wild wolf and the alpha of his pack of friends. He also started to enjoy calling Seto his dragon or at least think of him as one. He certainly was proud like one and most likely believed himself as strong.

Once home he sat on the couch next to his father who was watching TV and thought about how to tell him that he would be spending the night with a temporary boyfriend, what a great conversation to have with your dad. Maybe he could talk his way around it. Find an excuse for his absence like that he would be staying the night with a friend but knowing his dragon it would occur rather often from now on. There wasn't that much time for dating since he wanted to spent time with his 'pack' and wanting the whole thing to stay secret for now and Seto had his work. But that might play out to his advantage, he thought, as he said to his father, "You know dad, it's really annoying when private stuff collides with work stuff."

"Ya mean since ya know Kaiba?" He asked still watching the TV.

"That too, but more because of Mokuba, he is so worried and Seto still doesn't take it seriously enough. And now Mokuba is trying to talk Seto into having me near him for more time even at home and work but Seto doesn't want that so Mokuba is begging me to have a few sleepovers with him during the next couple of days so I'm in the house just to be safe He already talked Seto into allowing it as long as I stay out of his way. And now I don't know what to do." Joey explained hoping his dad would fall for it and giving him the perfect excuse to be in the dragon's lair as often as he wanted to.

His father was now looking at his son and he immediately noticed the blush that was on his face. Something was fishy, but his son was not only old enough to keep himself safe, he did so for others in his job too and his son was smarter then he himself was. So there wasn't much need of him in trying to protect him so he only said, "Fine, but if anythin' is wrong no matter what ya talk to me and I listen. I can see that dere is somethin' 'bout dis ya ain't tellin' me and it's fine I won't pry on ya I trust ya son da know what ya doin', but if ya need someone da talk or anythin', ya still got ya old man even if I ain't as smart as ya, got it?"

Joey smiled and gave him a hug before saying "You're still smart enough to look right through me it seems but thanks dad and don't worry, I do know what I'm doing, or at least I hope so and if I need someone you're the first I come to deal?"

"Ya right, right after ya friends. Ya are a teenager I know how dad is, ya friends are ya family." His father said but with a proud smile on his face. It was normal for a boy of Joey's age to rather talk to friends about problems than to his old parents. And he didn't really mind as long as his son knew that he could come to him too if needed.

Joey gave him a short hug and said "You're the best dad in the world you know that?" and with that he went to his room to get a few things packed like his uniform in case he didn't get a chance to go home before they went to school and the most necessary things for school as well. And then he was out the door but not before saying bye to his dad and telling him that he can phone him if he needed something only to get a gentle smack and be told off. It was the father's job to tell him he could phone if needed, not the other way around.

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