Thank you for your kind reviews. I'm glad that chapter wasn't too extreme for anyone. A few notes though. I haven't wrote an Atemu/Yugi scene in years so I'm sorry to disappoint, their relationship will not be in this story. Also the child that Jounouchi saved will come back in. I originally left him out, but I found an ending that I loved more than when I first wrote this rewrite. It adds him in the end, but I'm not saying anything more on that topic n_n I don't want to reveal too much.

Warnings: None

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Chapter Sixteen

Jounouchi remained quiet for several days after Atemu killed Shamus, but he still allowed people to touch him and ate normally. Doctor Tsuzuki assured Kaiba that Jounouchi was fine, and when the blond was ready, he will talk to him. That small fact didn't leave Kaiba comfortable. He began second guessing himself about allowing Jounouchi to see the death of Shamus. Kaiba stared out the large window that opened to his balcony. The golden sunlight was rising and pushing away the navy of the night. Gentle arms wrapping around his waist caused him to jump, but relaxed when he smelt Jounouchi's familiar shampoo. He leaned against him, feeling the blond placing his head on his shoulder and running his fingers along Kaiba's stomach. "Beautiful sunrise," Jounouchi whispered.

"Fails in comparison to you."

Jounouchi smiled. "You sappy romantic. Now, what is troubling you enough to watch the sunrise?"

Kaiba arched his back slightly and turned his head to kiss the side of the blond's forehead. "Lots of things."

"I bet one of them is me."

Kaiba chuckled and turned around to pull the blond in his arms. "I am worried about you." He rested his chin on the smaller man's head. "Do you regret coming with us?"

Jounouchi shook his head. "I regret what I put you through and making you doubt yourself. You made the correct decision. In the end, I know for a fact that he can never hurt me or any other person again. But, there is one thing you can do to help ease my mind."

"You already know I'll do anything for you. You don't need to hesitate in asking me anything."

Jounouchi smiled. He knew all of that. It wasn't so much of a hesitation to ask Kaiba, but more along the lines of if he truly wanted to do this. "Can you find that boy? I want to know if he's okay I know that Ra said he was happy, but happiness doesn't necessary mean that you are okay."

Kaiba frowned. He knew eventually Jounouchi would ask that. He didn't know if it was possible to find the child. Everything the child went through would be classified, and that's if the boy told his parents exactly what happened. There would be hundreds of case files and no judge would sign a release form just to ease Jounouchi's mind. Then, there were the parents. They probably wouldn't want their child to relieve all his horrors by seeing Jounouchi. Kaiba squeezed the blond close. He saved the child, but the brunet didn't even know if it was possible to find the boy. "I don't know if I can keep that promise, Jounouchi," Kaiba finally whispered. "Even if you do remember what he looks like, it would be difficult to find out who he is considering that he's still a minor. On top of we don't even know if he told his parents what happened."

Jounouchi frowned. He knew Kaiba might answer with something like that. "It was just a thought. I didn't want to meet him or anything. I just wanted to make sure he's okay. I know all my test results came back thankfully with no STDs, but I don't know if he was hurt in any other way that damaged him more severely. I know I should be satisfied just knowing that he's still alive, but I want to make sure he's not hurting or wishing he'd rather be dead. I feel extremely guilty for not helping those other seven children. I need to know he's okay."

Kaiba thought for a few minutes, swaying them back and forth without even noticing that he was moving. "I can try, but you need to know that you weren't the cause of those boys dying. Even if you weren't in that place, there would have never been any guarantees that they would still be alive today."

"Thank you for anything that you find and for always being there for me," Jounouchi whispered, pulling the brunet over towards the bed. He knew that Kaiba must have been up for hours, and he knew that the busy CEO could use more sleep. Kaiba didn't fight the blond. Right at the moment sleep sounding like the best idea. His mind eased with Jounouchi talking to him. At least he knew part of what was going on in Jounouchi's head.

Kaiba lied on the bed with Jounouchi, feeling the covers being pulled over them. He snuggled close to the warmth beside him and held the blond as tightly as he could. He felt more at ease with Jounouchi close, knowing that the blond was safe. He fell asleep quickly, not noticing that Jounouchi was still awake and watching him. The blond worried about Kaiba's health if he continued to stay awake all night. He ran his fingers down his back. A suddenly thought ran through his mind. He eased himself out of the bed and into the still dark hallway. Moving into the kitchen, he started to pull out all the ingredients he would need.

Jounouchi washed and chopped up various fruits. He placed them all in small dishes and set them on a large tray before walking over to the stove and started boiling the water. He poured the water into a smaller tea kettle and placed a few packages of Chamomile Tea. He glanced at the clock and noted that only an hour passed. He moved through the hallways again and entered back into Kaiba's room. He placed the tray on the floor and reached into the nightstand where he knew Kaiba kept his massaging oil. He remembered finding it the one day and smiled. He didn't know if Kaiba used it to massage parts of his body that he could reach or if Mokuba helped massage his sore back. Jounouchi figured it was more for his shoulders than any other part of his body.

The blond walked into the bathroom and washed his hands. He grabbed a few towels and walked back into the room. "Kaiba," he softly whispered. The CEO didn't move at first. Jounouchi chuckled and rubbed his hands along his back. "Come on, sleepyhead. I have something for you."

Kaiba rolled over towards the voice and rubbed his tired eyes. "What is it?"

"A relaxing massage."

The brunet continued to stare at him as if he didn't register what the blond said. "What do you mean?"

"I'm going to massage your back and shoulders. Get up and take your shirt off." Kaiba yawned and curled back under the blanket. Jounouchi chuckled. "Come on, Sleepy Dragon. You'll feel great after this and sleep better."

"Unless I smell coffee, I'm not waking up. No matter what name you call me."

"No coffee for you this morning. You need to relax. Drink some tea, but first take that shirt off." Kaiba smiled at the blond but complied with him. He slowly unbuttoned his shirt and slid it off the side bed. He took the cup of tea that Jounouchi offered him and sipped it. His eyes fluttered shut, enjoying the soothing effects. The blond placed the tray of food beside Kaiba. "Flip on your stomach."

The CEO set the cup on the nightstand before turning on his stomach like Jounouchi asked. He felt weight on his waist and tried to turn around. "Wait."

Jounouchi pressed his hand down on his back. "Relax." The duelist picked up a grape and pushed it into Kaiba's lips. "Remember I had a job working at the massaging parlor. I didn't really do massaging, but I did learn enough from the people there." Kaiba relaxed as Jounouchi placed his hand in between his shoulder blades. The blond placed the oil under his leg to heat it up with his body heat. He continued to feed the brunet while he waited for the oil to heat slightly. He took the bottle back in his hand and rubbed the oil over his hands. He let it warm on his skin before reaching down to rub some of it into Kaiba's back. Using his strong hands, he pulled the muscles and skin from the top of his back down to his waist. He twirled his fingers along his waist before moving back up to the top and repeating the same motion.

Half a bottle later, Kaiba found himself completely relaxed. The term "magic fingers" defiantly had Jounouchi's name beside the definition. He moaned softly into the pillow, feeling his sore shoulders ease completely. He had never gotten his shoulders to feel like that. He felt Jounouchi's hands rest on his shoulder blades for a few seconds longer than he had on any part of his body. He felt the blond quickly get off his back and head towards the door. "Uh, I need to clean up the kitchen before you chef gets in. I don't want to get him angry." Before, Kaiba could say anything, Jounouchi was out the door. Frowning, Kaiba rolled over on his back. He didn't know what caused the blond to run away, but he didn't go after him. He figured that he needed time to calm down.

Jounouchi ran the whole way back down to the kitchen with tears running down his face. He wiped them away quickly, frustrated that he was crying to begin with. He leaned against the wall, breathing heavily as he slowly slipped down to the floor. He pulled his legs up to his chest, feeling extremely aroused and angry at himself. He slammed his head against the wall a few times. He felt disgusting and hoped that Kaiba didn't feel his erection while he sat on top of him. He jumped when he felt someone's hand touching his. He glanced up into the blue-gray eyes. "Mokuba," he whispered.

"Do you want to go for a walk? I can tell Seto that I'm taking you to the park." Jounouchi nodded, rapidly, feeling his pants loosing again. "Stay right here."

Mokuba moved out of the kitchen and quickly walked up to his brother's room. He saw the look on Jounouchi's face and knew that he might need to get out of the house and away from Kaiba. He didn't think he'd be able to get the blond to talk while they were gone, but he was willing to try. He walked into his brother's room without knocking, noticing the calm look on Kaiba's face. He hated disturbing his brother and wanted to keep him relax. "Seto, is it okay if I go for a walk in the park with Jounouchi?"

Kaiba instantly went on defense. "What's wrong?"

Mokuba frowned. He should have known that Kaiba would instantly tense when he mentioned leaving the house. "I'm feeling a bit claustrophobic and want to go for a walk. I figured it would be nice if Jounouchi went with me."

Kaiba stared skeptically at him but nodded. "As long as you take Roland with you."

"Thanks, Big Brother. We'll be back in an hour or two." Mokuba left the room quickly to get Jounouchi out of the house. He knew something happened to the blond, and he wanted to help him any way he could, knowing that his brother would do anything to help the blond, but Mokuba wanted him to relax.

Kaiba got out of bed and watched them leave the house from his bedroom window. He didn't see anything wrong with Jounouchi, but that didn't mean anything. The CEO sighed and decided to move down to his office, knowing that he wasn't going to get any sleep that day. He spent the remainder of the day working on locating that child or at least finding out if he was alright. Every turn he made, he was met with the same results; a sealed case file. He rubbed his tried eyes and didn't even notice that six hours went by. Worried that Mokuba and Jounouchi didn't come back, Kaiba moved out of his office and down the hallway. He smiled when he heard Mokuba laughing upstairs in his room.

As he got closer to the room, he heard Jounouchi telling Mokuba stories about what him and his friends used to do at the Game Shop when they were bored. Kaiba moved the slightly ajar door open and leaned against the doorframe. "Then, Yugi spat his drink all over Anzu," Jounouchi finished his story with a laugh. "She was furious and chased Yugi around the shop." Mokuba continued laughing while Jounouchi glanced up at Kaiba.

The brunet smiled at him. "Telling stories?"

Jounouchi moved slightly off the bed he currently sat on. "Everything that you missed by not hanging with us. We'll talk more later, Mokuba." The blond reached for Kaiba's arm and pulled him out of the younger man's bedroom. Mokuba smiled at the two and went back to the video game he was playing before he discovered Jounouchi curled up on the kitchen floor much earlier that day. Once Jounouchi shut the door to Kaiba's room he bowed his head. "I'm sorry."

Kaiba was shocked. This wasn't the first time that Jounouchi had apologized for something that didn't require it. "What do you have to be sorry for?" Kaiba whispered.

"I ran from you this morning. I was ashamed." Kaiba pulled the now trembling blond into his arms. Nothing made sense. He knew that he never asked the blond to massage his back and that he did it on his own. "I am just like the whore he says I am."

Kaiba grabbed Jounouchi's chin and tilted his watery gaze up to him. "Didn't I tell you never to call yourself that? What could you have possibly done to think you deserve that title for yourself?"

Jounouchi broke away and wrapped his arms around himself, turning his back on Kaiba. "I-I got hard when I was massaging your back."

Kaiba walked around him to face him again. "Jounouchi, do you find me attractive?"

"Very much," he whispered, finally admitting to himself and the brunet that he indeed love Kaiba. If only he could tell him he was in love with him more than just the person that rescued him. The old feelings he had for Kaiba returned along with his memories.

Kaiba ran his fingers under his eyes to collect the tears that were threatening to fall. "Do you know what I think? I take it as a complement that your body reacts to me like that. It means that you not only have an attraction to me but feelings. It means that you desire something more from the relationship we started. You should never feel ashamed for feeling the way you do towards me. You accepted me even when I told you about how I wanted you even when you were in mental turmoil along with all the things I had to do to you while you didn't understand. You've forgiven me. That is something I truly am grateful for. Allow me to return the favor. Jounouchi, it's okay that you had an erection while massaging my back. I will never hate you for something like that." Kaiba reached down and pulled the blond's hand up to his lips and kissed it.

The blond blushed, knowing that Kaiba was right and feeling better knowing that the brunet didn't hate him. "Did you enjoy the massage?"

"I'm feeling very relaxed. Thank you. While you were gone, I did try to find some information on that boy. Unfortunately, I was only able to find out that the boy was taken to a local hospital after being discovered on the street by that place. I checked the hospital records to try to find his name, but those were sealed as well. I believe he was released a few days later. I'm sorry I can't get anything besides that."

Jounouchi shook his head and smiled. "You got more than I thought you would be able to get. Thank you. It makes me feel great that he got the help he needed. I managed to save one at least."

Kaiba smiled and wrapped his arms around him. "That's better. You need to start thinking more positively."

Jounouchi chuckled. "I will when you do. So, what are we going to do now?"

"How about we go downstairs and call you friends over for pizza and a movie." When Jounouchi continued to stare at Kaiba, he asked, "What?"

"It's strange hearing you suggest bring my friends over and eating pizza all in one sentence. Don't you usually suggest that I hang out with my friends while you work in your office?"

"If you don't want to…"

"No! It's fine. I'll call my friends and you order the pizzas and pick the movie."

"Okay." Jounouchi ran out the door and downstairs to use the phone while Kaiba walked into Mokuba's room to inform them what they were doing. Mokuba instantly turned his game off and ran downstairs, telling him that he'll pick the movie while Kaiba ordered the pizzas.

A half hour later, the living room was filled with Jounouchi's friends and several boxes of pizza. The small group was enjoying the food while watching a comedy movie that Jounouchi had yet to see. Anzu sat in one of the chairs directly beside Honda and slightly diagonal from Kaiba. Mokuba was on the couch while Yugi curled up in Atemu's lap. Jounouchi decided to sit on the floor directly in front of the couch, but not far from Kaiba. Even though he was glad to have his friends over, he still yearned to stay near the brunet. However, before long, Jounouchi found himself engross in the movie.

Halfway through the movie, Jounouchi glanced up from where he sat on the floor to see that Kaiba had fallen asleep, leaning against the side of the chair. He pressed his finger to his lips while he reached for the blanket that Atemu took off the back of the couch. He draped it over the CEO and smiled at how peaceful he looked. He sat down in front of the chair and continued to watch the movie. At the end of the movie, Mokuba got up from the couch by the fireplace to take the movie out. He smiled at Jounouchi's friends and pointed over to the blond who fell asleep with his head against Kaiba's knee. The raven haired man grabbed his phone and took a picture of the two snuggled against each other. Jounouchi's friends quietly said their goodbyes while Mokuba went into the hall closet to get another blanket for the blond. He didn't want to leave Jounouchi on the floor, but he didn't have the heart to wake both Jounouchi and his brother. He was delighted that Jounouchi and Kaiba were still getting closer. He just hoped that they would get together even with everything that happened to Jounouchi. They were made for each other. Jounouchi's weaknesses was Kaiba's strengths and vise versa.

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I was trying for a slightly cute chapter. I hope it was okay and not too boring. Two chapters left. The next one will be of course uploaded on Sunday and then I'll upload the last epilogue hopefully the next day. I just want to make sure I have the ending right where I want it. Thank you all for reading. Please drop me a line.

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