Chapter 33

" Dean come and go to the mall with me."

Seth stood up next to the couch with his hands on his hips.

Dean's head was resting against the back of the couch. His eyes closed. " I can't Sethie. I have to figure out how I'm going to come up with fifteen thousand dollars."

" Well you're not going to get inspired sitting on the couch."

Seth walked behind the couch and leaned over crossing his arms over Dean's chest and planting a kiss on his forehead. " Please?" He whined in the way that he knew that Dean couldn't resist.

Dean opened his eyes and looked up at him. " What do you need to go shopping for anyways? Didn't you just get a whole new set of clothes?"

" Yeah but Romie just gave me his card to make up for the fight that we had." He kissed Dean's forehead once more before standing up straight. " Besides I realized that someone has been using my night time moisturizer."

Dean chuckled a bit and sat up. " I like how it feels."

" Well then come and let me get you the one for your skin type." Seth picked up his car keys. " You definitely have dry skin."

" Seth I thought we were buying skincare products."

" We are."

Dean pulled back the dressing room curtain. " Then why the fuck am I wearing white leather pants that are so tight that I can't even zip them up?"

Seth ignored the first part of Dean's question and tugged the tabs of the pants together and pulled the zip up. " There. They fit." Seth stepped back and smiled.

Dean turned around to look at the full length mirror in his stall slowly. This was mainly due to the fact that the legs on the pants were so tight that he couldn't move his leg as freely as he would like.

" Oh fuck no!" Dean exclaimed as he look in dismay at his reflection in the mirror. " You can see my entire business in these."

He moved to unzip the pants but Seth quickly tapped his hand away. " I think they look great." He smooth his hand over the clear outline of Dean's shaft in the pants. " Everything that I want is right with in reach." Seth squeezed Dean's cock causing the man to moan.

" Seth stop that." He growled deep in his throat. " I'm gonna fuck you in this dressing room if you don't." He reached around and wrapped his arm around Seth's shoulder and pulled him in for a quick kiss. " You know how noisy you get." Seth's cheeks reddened. " The sales girls would all come running to see your sweet ass spread taking my dick." He kissed Seth again nipping his bottom lip lightly with his teeth. " I don't feel like sharing that much of you with the rest of the world."

Seth cupped Dean's ass as he unzipped the pants. " But your butt looks so good in them though." He pouted.

Dean peeled off the pants and stepped out of them. " Since when do you check my ass out?"

" All the time." Seth grinned. " But I normally can't find it under all of those baggy pants that you insist on wearing."

Dean pulled Seth against him even though he was only in his boxer briefs not even bothering to pull the curtain close in case the sales girl came back into the room. As soon as his lips touched Seth's he pushed his tongue into his mouth for a hot kiss. Being with Seth had made him forget for a little while about his financial worries and the fact that he was on the edge of losing his dream.

" Thank you." Dean kissed Seth's cheek.

Seth eyes' held that lustful gaze that Dean loved to see. " For what?"

" Taking my mind off everything."

Seth smiled. " I knew shopping would work."

Dean caressed Seth's face gently. It was definitely not the shopping. " C'mon. Maybe we can settle on a pair of jeans that we both like."

" Excellent choice Sir," the cashier said as she rang up Dean's purchase of pair of relaxed fit skinny jeans.

" Thank you." Dean replied as he watch the jeans being placed in a shopping bag.

" They fit you quite nicely." The young cashier continued smiling at him.

" That will be all." Seth cut in abruptly and took up the bag. He held Dean's hand and practically dragged him out of the store.

" What's the matter Seth?" Dean asked when they were outside.

" The nerve of that bitch to be flirting with you right in front of me." Seth seethed as they started to walk.

Dean laughed. " She wasn't flirting. She was just being friendly."

" Yeah right. I saw how she was looking at you. Eyeing my man like a piece of meat."

Dean couldn't help but to laugh some more much to Seth's chagrin. It was really strange seeing Seth so territorial especially about him. He was normally only like this around Roman.

Dean placed his arm around Seth's waist and pulled him in kissing his temple. " You're too much sometimes." He said affectionately.

Seth's big brown eyes sparkled as he smiled at him. He could tell that Seth wanted to kiss him but they couldn't then in the mall. He rubbed the small of his back and moved his hand to hold Seth's who intertwined their fingers immediately.

They walked in a peaceful silence for a couple of minutes before Seth stopped them infront of a store. Dean looked up and read the Chopard sign.

" I have to go get my watch adjusted." Seth said holding up a bag that Dean guessed contained the watch. " The bezel stones are off by a millimeter and it's driving me crazy."

Dean chuckled. Seth could be so anal when he was ready. " Cool. I'll just be over here in the Sears store."

They went their separate ways and met back up ten minutes later. After that they stopped by a bank, a hardware store, some funny smelling place that sold lots of candles where Seth bought about ten and then they hit the food court. After eating their fill they decided to head home with their purchases. Along with his jeans, Dean had a whole bag full of skincare items to try out. He didn't want to admit it out loud but he was kind of excited to try them.

Dean was sitting in the middle of his bed cross legged going through the various products that sales girl insisted that he needed and others that Seth threw into his shopping basket. One item said that it contained real gold. Why the fuck would he need real gold on his skin? He turned over the bottle and read the synopsis of the product but was left even more confused.

" Hi."

He looked up and saw Seth standing in his doorway with a small smile on his face.

" Hi baby." Dean pushed some of the products around so that Seth could have some space to sit.

When Seth sat next to him he could see that he had something on his mind. Dean gently bumped his shoulder. " What's the matter?"

Seth sighed and turned to face him. " Have you figured out what you're going to do about the bar?"

Dean shook his head and picked at a piece of lint on his shorts. " I think that I'm going to have to let it go. I can't afford to even match or let alone beat the other offer."

The disappointment in Dean's entire demeanour ate away at Seth. He was sure that he had done the right thing. " What if you can?"

Dean looked puzzled. " How?"

Seth pulled a piece of paper out of his gym shorts pocket and handed it to Dean.

Dean's eyes grew wide when he unfolded it and saw that it was cheque made out to him from Seth for twenty five thousand dollars.

" Where the hell did you get this kind of money from Seth?"

" Don't worry about it. I just want you to have it." He hoped Dean would drop it.

" No Seth. I need to know." He turned the cheque over in his hands when a terrible thought hit him. " You didn't use Roman's card did you?"

" No!" Seth was actually hurt that Dean would think that he would do such a thing. " I wouldn't do that." He got off the bed. " The money's mine, okay?"

Dean shook his head. " Seth I can't take your savings." He offered the cheque back to him but Seth refused to take it.

" I didn't use my savings." Seth look agitated. His eyes shiny as if he was on the brink of tears. " Why can't you just take it? I just wanted to do something for you. I just wanted you to have your dream come true."

" Sethie, I need to know that you didn't do anything stupid to get this money." Dean tried to calm himself. It wasn't that he didn't appreciate Seth's gesture but he was scared to think about what he had done to get the money in such a short space of time.

" God!" Seth looked up at the ceiling while a tear rolled down his face. " Why do you have to make everything so difficult?"

Dean eased forward to the edge of the bed and placed his hands on Seth's hips. " What did you do Sethie?"

Seth took in a big gulp of air and wiped away a few tears with his fingers. He looked down at Dean and he could see that he was genuinely concerned about him.

" I sold my watch."

The words clung in the air for a while before Dean processed everything.

" You mean when you went into that watch store you really weren't getting anything fixed?"

Seth shook his head. " Nope. I sold it back at nearly full retail price." He sighed before he continued. " Damien gave me that watch and every time I see it, it reminded me of the times when he thought that he owned me. I just couldn't get over it." He pushed his fingers through Dean's messy auburn locks. " I wanted to help you get your bar and by selling the watch it kinda helped me as well. Help me to forgive myself a bit." Seth's voice dropped a bit at the last sentence.

Dean stood and embraced him. Seth was a lot deeper than he gave him credit for. He had no idea that he was still punishing himself over his relationship with Damien.

" Hey, it's okay." Dean cooed gently as he heard Seth sobbing softly on his shoulder. " What Damien did was not your fault. We all do make mistakes sometimes Seth we just have to learn from them. Don't beat yourself up about it." He tugged Seth's hair lightly so that he could see his face.

" I do appreciate what you're doing for me Seth but I don't know when I'll be able to pay you back."

" No it's a gift." Seth insisted.

" No Sethie. It's too much." He kissed him on the forehead softly.

" Then let's make it a trade then." Seth proposed.

" What do you want in return baby?" Dean's curiosity was piqued. He wonder what Seth was cooking up in that pretty little head of his.

" I want you to hire me."

" What?" Dean didn't understand Seth's request at all.

" When you open your bar I want to come work for you." Seth looked him in the eye as he spoke. " You 've been teaching me how to mix drinks. I could work the bar or I could be the host or I could help you manage things. Just let me work for you."

Dean smiled broadly. " Sethie, are you sure this is what you want?"

Seth shrugged his shoulders. " Well I can't strip for the rest of my life and I would get to be with you every day."

" Oh Sethie, of course you can work for me." He pulled Seth into a tight hug. " Hey this means that you earn your money back in less than a year."

Seth smiled broadly. " Yup."

Dean laughed at his moxie. " You're a shrewd business man Seth Rollins."

Seth laughed. " See? I'm earning my keep already." He pecked Dean's lips. " Now go call the realtor before the seller makes the call."

Dean looked at his baby boy in his arms. He didn't know what he did to be so damn lucky to get a man like him. " I love you." He kissed his lips softly. Seth whimpered when he stopped. " Don't worry baby. You'll get more of that after I call the realtor."

Dean came back five minutes later with a huge smile on his face. " We did it baby!" He picked Seth up and swung him around. " We got the place. I matched the other guy's fifteen thousand with twenty and the seller took it immediately."

" Woohoo!" Seth cheered. Dean spun him around again and then placed him on the bed. He tugged Dean's shirt bringing him down for a hot searing kiss. Seth eased up on the bed pulling Dean on top of him. Dean kissed him again and grabbed his phone.

" Who are you calling babe?" Seth asked as he kissed the spot behind Dean's ear.

" Roman." He responded as the phone rang.

His other boyfriend picked up on the third ring. He excitedly broke the news to him. Roman cheered and promised him a vintage bottle of wine to celebrate when he got home. He then asked to speak to Seth. Seth took the phone and Dean noticed him turning bright red at whatever Roman was telling him. " Okay Romie." That was all Seth said as he ended the call.

" What was that about?" Dean asked as Seth moved his hand from underneath his shirt.

" Romie told me not to you wear you out before he got home." Seth blushed.

" Is that all he told you?" Dean prodded.

" Just some other stuff." Seth looked away nervously. Roman had told him that he had missed being with Seth and some of the things that he wanted to do to him had gotten him hard almost instantly.

Dean laid down on the bed and pulled Seth on top of him. "That doesn't mean that we can't makeout until it's time to go to work."

Seth giggled. " That is true." He said as he lowered his head to kiss Dean.

It was after ten thirty at night and Roman was still in his office. He wanted to be home hours ago. The wine that he had picked up for Dean was gift wrapped and on the table with his briefcase. He drained another one of the five hour energy drinks and threw it in the trash where it landed on top four others. He knew that he was overdoing it with the energy drinks but he needed the caffeine to keep him alert.

Barrett Industries was a mess. Seven out of the ten companies that had been audited had some disreprencies going on that just didn't add up even though the reports tried to gloss over them. He requested some sample invoices from each of them along with their book keeping and it was turning out just how he feared. These seven companies were working with one another forging invoices, hiding capital and under reporting profits. The more he dugged into it, the more confused he became. His deadline was in about four weeks time and he was no place near ready.

He wanted to go home to Seth and Dean. He missed them terribly. He knew that he had promised Seth that he would have him this weekend and he really wanted to keep that promise. It felt as if it had been ages since he held Seth in his arms and made love to him. He missed his sense of humour and the way how their bodies just fit together perfectly when they made love. He missed Dean as well. Always ready with a sarcastic comeback but yielded to him in such a satisfying manner.

He broke the seal on another energy drink. Half an hour more and then he would call it quits and go home to his boys. He wanted to do all of the naughty things that he had promised to Seth when they had talked hours earlier.

By eleven thirty Dean was home on the couch watching television and Seth was curled up next to him. He had worked the early shift that evening and Seth's act had gone on early so he was home early too.

Their excitement had waned when they both had arrived home and saw that Roman's car wasn't there. Dean didn't feel like celebrating much afterwards and he could tell by Seth's expression that he wasn't in the mood either.

" Romie should be home by now." Seth saying what Dean had been thinking.

" I know baby." He rubbed Seth's side. " He's probably just lost track of time working."

" But he promised!" Seth whined. He sat up on the couch and pouted. " I hate this stupid job that he took. It's stealing our Romie."

Dean reached for the remote and turned off the television. He didn't want to say that he disliked how hard the job made Roman work as well. Besides neither of them had told Seth that Roman was working for one of Damien's friends. He could imagine that Seth wouldn't be pleased at that news.

Dean took Seth's hand and pulled him up. " Come on. Let's go to bed."

Seth nodded and followed Dean into his bedroom.

" Dean wake up!"

Dean heard Seth's voice and felt him hitting his face. He opened his eyes and looked at Seth in the pale moonlight. " What is it baby?"

" It's two thirty in the morning and Romie isn't home yet. I'm scared." Dean could see that Seth was clearly worried and he was working his bottom lip into overtime with the edge of his teeth.

" Don't be scared Seth." He kissed his forehead. " I'm sure he's okay."

" No." Seth got out of bed and turned on the light. He started pulling on his clothes. " I'm going to look for him. Romie always comes home. This isn't like him."

Dean could hear the fear and nervousness in Seth voice and knew that he was serious. He was worried about Roman as well and prayed that nothing had happened to him. He got out of bed and started to get dressed as well.

" Okay I'm coming with you."

Seth gave him a grateful look. He didn't even glance in a mirror before he left the apartment and that's when Dean knew how scared Seth was.

" I'm going to drive," Dean said as they locked the apartment door. The night wind whipped bitterly cold around them. He held Seth's hand as they went down the stairs. " We'll go by his office and see if he's there okay?"

Seth just nodded. He looked as if he was on the brink of tears already. Dean pressed his lips into Seth's when they got into the Mustang. " Every thing is going to be okay Sethie. You'll see." Dean didn't believe his own words but he didn't want Seth to worry any more.

The roads were empty this time of night and they got to Roman's office in less than five minutes. His Mercedes was still there and it was the only one in the parking lot.

Seth produced the key for Roman's office and he unlocked the door and went inside.

" Romie!" Seth yelled and ran to Roman's side while Dean ran to the other. His body was slumped over the desk as if he was sleeping while a small bottle of what looked like and an energy drink soaked his deskpad.

Seth shook his arm but Roman remained unresponsive. Dean pushed him up to a seated position hoping that some fresh air would bring him around but nothing.

" Romie." Seth flung his arms around the Samoan's neck as the tears flowed freely down his cheeks.

A/N: What a week it has been for The Shield. When Seth left them on Raw I was like you two knuckleheads have done it now. You've made poor Seth upset with all of your bickering. Get it together. Then The Shield Summit on Smackdown was glorious. I loved it when Dean pushed Seth how Roman got in and pushed Dean down. I was like that's right Roman. Let Dean know he can't put his hands on your man, lol. It was interesting how Roman did nothing when Seth hit Dean but pushed Dean off whenever he went after Seth. I love these group dynamics.

P.S. I posted a new oneshot on Thursday called 7 Minutes in Heaven. Can you believe it's my first Ambreigns oneshot?