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Chapter 5: Seto Wants A Puppy
Roland rushed into Seto's office with a worried look on his face and Seto already knew that something bad had happened to make him look that way. "I've got some bad news Mr. Kaiba. I just saw Joey Wheeler in the news. He was on the security footage the police got from inside a bank during a robbery that is going on right now."
Seto glared at Roland like he was personally responsible for it and asked with an angry voice that would scare even tougher man then Roland, "What bank?"
"It's the small national one in the center of town." Roland answered right away noticing his boss rise. "I already called for you limousine assuming that you'd like to get involved."
Another glare hits Roland as he'd expected. He had never hinted that he knew about Seto's crush before even though he noticed it way back in high school. He also knew his boss well enough to stay quiet about it. "How many robbers and does the police know anything about it yet?"
"I'm not sure." Roland admitted reluctantly knowing that Seto won't like the answer. "I only saw it on the news and came here to inform you right away. But I can make a few calls and see what I can find out."
"Do that and inform me of everything you find out no matter how small it might seem." Kaiba orders and leaves his office to drive to the bank. During the dive he used his laptop to get all the latest news updates and tried to hack into the police system to find out as much as he could in case Roland's connections turned out to be useless.
Back at the bank Joey was currently lying face down to the floor trying to keep at little girl calm. He managed to get her to stop crying and he was trying to distract her from the guys with guns by getting her to talk to him. When she was about to open her mouth a guy across the room jumped up and tried to take a gun from the smallest robber.
Joey knew this could only end badly so he moved himself closer to the girl and made her look at him and then the shot was fired.
Mattie knew there was something wrong when both Lily and V were at his classroom door after his teacher opened it. He hoped nothing was wrong with Joe or Mr. Kaiba. When his teacher stepped out he could feel Seth's arms snake around him and he leaned into his boyfriend's chest.
When his teacher came back in she had a worried look on her face. "Matthew, the principal and the guidance councillor need to see you for a while, please take your things with you". Mattie felt very cold and having to leave Seth's arms didn't help, after looking back at his boyfriend's face Mattie walked out the door.
Lily moved an arm around her godson. She had noticed his worried and longing look towards his boyfriend and felt with him. He was about to get some really bad news and probably guessed that much. Lily was sure that he would need all the comfort he could get and gave him a comforting smile. Instead of leaving though she turned to look at the teacher, "I also need Seth to come along please. And from what I heard it won't do him any harm anyway."
Seth didn't wait for the teacher to say anything and just calmly rose from his seat to walk as quickly towards his boyfriend as he could without running through the room. Once there he pulled Mattie out of Lily's arms and into his own. Part of him worried that it was about Joe after all but he was sure that he would have been summoned first then and feared that it had something to do with Joey.
Joey looked up in time to watch the guy fall to the floor, someone moved close to him to help him put pressure on his shoulder. When Joey noticed the girl begin to turn her head he tried to keep her attention. "No sweetie don't look that way, you really don't need to see that. What's your name?"
She listened to Joey and turned her head away, "Akiza…are we going to die?"
Joey pulled the girl into the best version of a hug he could do in their current position and whispered to her, "I promise I won't let anything happen to you. Where's your family?"
The girl buried her face into Joey's chest, "I haven't got a family, I was stupid and ran away from the orphanage that I was living at and it was so cold so I came in here to keep warm. That's when they came in".
Joey felt sorry for the girl she reminded him of Mattie. When the thoughts of possibly not being there and watching his son grow up entered his head he began to feel very cold. All he could do was hold Akiza tightly and hope someone was coming to save them.
Seto reached the bank and with a little help of his always present securities and his famous Kaiba death glare that scared away most of the people in his way he had no problem to get towards the police band and went over it with ease. A police officer was about to tell him to stay behind but with one glare and using his most threatening voice to say, "Don't even try to stop me when my friend is in there." he walked up towards the guy who obviously was in charge.
He stood behind some monitors and discussed something with some others. "What's going on here?" Seto wanted to know right away.
The guy turned and looked nearly as angry as Seto was until he saw the glare directed towards him. The officer started to suddenly look timid under Kaiba's glare and ask, "Why are you here?"
"That's none of your business." Kaiba replied coldly, "And now tell me what's going on in there."
"I don't see how that is any of your business." The officer replied not nearly as intimidating as he wanted to sound.
"I know one of the people in there and if anything happens to him, I'll make your life a living hell." Seto threatened with a quiet but dangerous voice. "And now tell me everything and in return I'll offer my full support and the finances of Kaiba Corp. will make anything possible. My security team is also the best and well trained for rescue missions too." And for the first time in his life, Seto was actually glad that Mokuba had gotten kidnapped a few times during his childhood. It was the only reason he had his team trained so well, just in case someone got to Joe or Seth, which was highly unlikely since his security was much better then back then by now.
While the police officer started to fill Kaiba in against his better judgment Lily, followed by Mattie, Seth and V entered her office. "Sit down boy's." Trying to sound cheerful even though she was out of her right mind with worry, which actually made her act saner then V has ever seen her. She even had remembered to put her shoes on before walking to Matties class. "Would you like some meatballs?" She asked still fighting to sound cheerful but failing more with every passing second, "Or maybe some chocolate, I've got your favorite here?" She knew that he'll probably decline since he must guess that something really bad was going on but she much rather ensure that he had something in his stomach before risking him to go into a shock from the news she had for him. "And don't worry no one is hurt in any way." She didn't dare to speak out the yet she mentally added to that statement.
Once Akiza seemed to calm down a little Joey was able to realise her from his hug and scan the situation. From what he could tell there were four guys watching the hostages but he was sure there were more of them trying to open the bank vault. Back in his younger days he would try to do something to help these people but he knew that if anything were to happen to him it would destroy Mattie. His son had the life Joey always dreamed of having and he wasn't going to fuck that up now.
Okay Mattie definitely knew something was up. Not only was Lily acting almost normal but his father was nowhere to be seen, surely if something happened that was so bad that he was called by the principal and the guidance councillor his father would have been called. Then it clicked, "Lily, what happened to Daddy?"
Mattie saw her blink a few times while she fought the tears that threatened to spill. She knew that she had to be strong for the child but Joey was more like a brother to her then her real brother, which isn't surprising since that dude hardly seems to be able to remember her birthday considering that he always calls a few days after because he didn't get around to do so sooner.
Joey on the other hand, had saved her life the day they meet and ever since that day they had gotten really close and she loved Joey like an older brother. "Mattie darling sit down." She started to say quietly because she feared that her voice might break and any second. Once Mattie was sitting on his boyfriends lap she took a deep breath before, "Your dad is in a bit of trouble but I'm sure he'll be fine. Like I said, no one is hurt. But your dad sort of is one of many hostages in a bank robbery in town. But like I said, I'm sure he'll be just fine. The police are there and doing everything they can to get everyone out safe and from what I heard last, no one was injured." Once again she didn't dare to add the yet, not knowing that one person was already bleeding and urgently needed medical attention that couldn't get to him.
When Joey saw three more guys coming out of the vault holding bags he assumed were full of money he knew things were about to end or get worse. The guy who seemed to be the leader fired two shots at the roof to get the attention of the hostages and then ordered us all to stand and one by one walk out the door with our hands pressed to the backs of our heads. Joey felt relief wash over him, finally this would be over and he could get back to normal life of taking care of Mattie and trying to get over Seto.
Joey's happy bubble was broken by Akiza's screams one of the guys was holding her by her hair and dragging her toward the rest of the men. Joey preyed Mattie would forgive him and broke out of the line and ran for the girl. "Wait! Please don't shoot; she's my daughter where she goes I go!" The men lowered their guns and one of them started to push him along with Akiza, all Joey could do was prey he'd get to see Mattie again…and Seto.
Mattie was trying to be brave. He wanted to prove to Seth he wasn't some cry baby who broke down when there was the slightest amount of trouble but he knew he was barely keeping himself together. Mattie knew that being Seto Kaiba's son meant that Seth was at risk of getting kidnapped every day and by dating Seth, Mattie knew that he could also be in danger. This was his chance to prove to Seth that he was strong and could handle extreme situations; it took all of his will power not to think about what Seth might do if he thought Mattie couldn't handle it. He might have already lost his father the thought of maybe losing his boyfriend too would surly cause him to crack.
V was beyond worried about Mattie, Joey and, Seto. Mattie, Seth, Lily, and himself were currently all in V`s car driving to the bank to be there waiting for Joey to come out. Mattie hadn`t said a word since Lily told Mattie the news, the only form of communication that he was able to do was nod his head. He was sitting usually far from Seth; the two were on opposite sides of the car holding hands. V wasn`t sure who looked worse Mattie or Seth.
Seth could see the worry written all over his little kittens face and would give almost anything to help him but he had no idea what to do. He had never been the best with showing his own emotions, never mind react to the emotions of others. Joe had more than once rolled her eyes at him and complained that he should just give it up when he tried to comfort her back during their time in an orphanage.
The more distant Mattie seemed the more worried Seth got that he was doing something wrong again and might even lose his new boyfriend. Once they got close to the bank he leaned over, still not sure if he was doing the right thing. "Listen Mattie, I really want to be there for you and help you, but I have no idea how to. So please, if there's anything I can do to make you feel better, please tell me what it is and don't hate me if I do something wrong, I really don't want to lose you."
Seto didn't see the first people come out because his man had noticed something while watching the bank. There was a helicopter on the banks roof and he was sure that it belonged to the robbers and would be used for their escape. Seto also assumed that the robbers would take a hostage and considering that there was a little girl in there it would be stupid not to use her. With a sigh Seto had summed up the conclusion that Joey would never leave the girl alone after seeing them so close on the security tape.
By now Seto had used his own Helicopter to get to the roof top himself together with some of his man. While the robbers had still been in the vault he also had prepared the roof to fit his plan before his man used Seto's helicopter to get down. Seto watched from his hiding place inside of the helicopter how the robbers pushed the girl out. Joey was right there with her at the front. One of the robbers entered the helicopter first and held a gun to the girls head while Joey was pushed to enter right after them. In that moment Seto pushed a button. The roof was wet from the rain of the last few days so all he had needed to do was to get some electricity onto it to give them all enough of a shop to knock them out. The Helicopter was isolated by Seto enough to ensure that everyone on it was safe. Seto quickly came out of his hiding place seeing the shock on the face of the robber inside after seeing his man fall to the ground after the short but intense electrical shock. Seto quickly used a fire extinguisher on board to knock the man unconscious.
Seto didn't see the shocked or scared look on the girls face after seeing all the man fall to the floor, all he saw was that Joey was finally safe again. He glared at Joey and asked angrily, "How dare you scare me to hell by getting into something like this and then risking your own life even further by protecting some girl? Do you have any idea how worried I was? I thought I lost you before I could even tell you that I love you!"
As soon as Joey heard those three words he was in Seto's arms before the brunette could even blink. "I thought you were supposed to be a genus? Why did it take so long to tell me that? I love you too money-bags". Joey smiled at the confused man and pulled him into a kiss.
It only took Seto a moment to get his game face back on and he grinned his smug smile at him saying, "I admit, I should have known that my little puppy can't resist his master but with all your barking it was kind of hard to say anything." After that Seto kissed him to stop Seto from complaining and then quickly added, "And you better don't even think about running away again, you're mine now."
Mattie smiled at Seth and quickly moved back into his boyfriends arms. "Seth you're doing everything right, I love you and I never plan on leaving you. I just wanted to prove to you that I can be strong and handle these kinds of situations in case something happens one day. I know how important you are and I wanted to prove to you that I can handle everything that comes with your life…I know we've only been together for less than a week but this feels so right; is it crazy to say that I want to spend the rest of my life with you?" Mattie hide his face into his boyfriends chest, he just told Seth everything he was thinking about and now he was just worried he might have scared Seth away with how serious this was to him so early in their relationship.
Seth smiled a little at his little kitten and said, "That's not crazy, it's helpful. I was already wondering how I can ensure that I get to keep you forever because I have no intention to ever let my little Kitten escape again." After that he gave him a little kiss and added, "And don't worry about your dad too much. I want you to be happy and since that requires you dad's safety, I want that too. And what a Kaiba want's a Kaiba gets. I'll personally will see to that once we're there."
Joey broke the kiss the two were sharing when he felt a tug on his jacket. He looked down and met the eyes of Akiza. He quickly pulled the girl into his arms, "Oh sweetie we made it you were so brave". Joey was smiling at the girl but when he pulled away there was sadness in her eyes. Joey turned around and saw what he assumed was a social worker who was probably here to take Akiza away.
Seto noticed the worried and sad expression on Joey's face and once the woman that was approaching introduced herself, he knew why. The woman was about to take Akiza to an orphanage when Seto ordered, "Akiza stays." Both females turned again and stared at Seto who added, "I'm Seto Kaiba and I want to adopt her together with Joey Wheeler."
"To adopter together, you two would need to be married." The woman reminds him.
"I know that." Kaiba nearly growled at her, "But it's still pointless to take her away since I'm going to be married to him within the next hour and since I'm a Kaiba the adoption will not take more than a few seconds after that and you know that as well as I do. With my money and my social standard it'll be easy to get any kid I want and I want her."
"You forgot something, money-bags." Joey pointed out in a whisper.
"And what would that be?" Seto asked smugly.
"You forgot to ask me if I even want to marry you." Joey reminded him.
Seto grinned even more smugly and pointed out, "Whether you want to or not won't matter! I can see that you want her, which will ensure that I get my puppy."
Joey sighed, "Or you could just ask me like a normal person". Joey could see that Seto was about to correct him in so way so he planted another kiss on his soon-to-be husband and whispered in his ear, "but since you know I would say yes anyway why don't we move along". Joey kissed Seto once more but it was cut short by the familiar call of 'Daddy!' that he knew so well. Spinning around he was met with the sight of Mattie and Seth. After pulling his son into his arms he realised he had some explaining to do about the kiss and everything.
Seto saw the worry creep onto Joey's face after the initial relive of seeing his son and assumed it to be since the boy had just caught them kissing and the reaction the boys might have to their fathers suddenly not only dating but also getting married. "Hello Matthew, what would you say about moving into Seth's room since I'm going to marry your father in about an hour? I know it's sudden but we'd like to adopt the little girl that got caught up into the bank robbery with your father, which by the way had the up side that we got together after I saved his cute little butt."
Mattie smiled and Seth quickly answered, "Congratulations paps, it only took you a little over 10 years to get your high school sweetheart and you even managed to do it all by yourself." He didn't want to point out that they only had gotten in tough thanks to their planning since he didn't want to step on his father's pride which also was the reason he didn't let Mattie say anything first to prevent him talking about their plan. "And I certainly wouldn't mind sharing a room with my Kitten. I must say though that I'm mildly surprised that you let us share a room."
"Giving him a room for himself probably won't do much good anyway." Seto assumed, "I guess we'd already be too late to stop you from doing anything since Joe pointed out how distracted you were from teaching her during the tutoring. I guess she wasn't even in the same room."
"She was." Seth disagreed before admitting with a very smug grin, "For about a minute. I guess another girl in the house to keep her company when I'm distracted mightn't be too bad."
Joey felt relief after seeing how well Mattie was taking the news. He was happy he could finally give him a family. Joey smiled up at Seto and then looked down at Akiza and the little girl looked so happy you would've never known that she was a hostage only a few moments ago. Joey looked around and wondered how his son, had gotten here; "Mattie how did you guys get here?"
Mattie smiled, "Well Lily and V brought us but then they forgot that Joe knows nothing about this so they went back to school to get her, Seth's texting V to fill him in on everything and to let him know that he has to get back here soon to perform the marriage".
Joey looked over at Seto, "did you make your best friend get ordained online to marry us today?"
Seto smirked at his puppy, "no I had him do that a while ago".
Joey rolled his eyes, "why am I not surprized; all your missing is the custom made ring".
Seto's smile grew "thanks for reminding me puppy. Roland bring me the ring!"
Joey's eyes grew wide, "really Seto, how long have you had this planned"
Once Roland got there Seto took the box from him and gently grabbed Joey's hand, "since the first day I laid eyes on you". Seto said slipping the ring on Joey's finger.
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