A/N: Son of a crack whore. Here's this Powershipping you asked for some years ago, Ruby of Raven. I finally got a decent plot for it. Seriously, I have rewritten this thing three times. No joke. Anyways. Do enjoy and review. They keep me writing, and I haven't been getting any lately. So yeah... I have a fic called Return the Favor. It's a one shot that will take you maybe ten minutes to read and it only has one review.

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Chapter Who's Counting Anyways: Powershipping

"I'm sorry, I was under the impression that you understood our little deal."

I scoffed. Our little deal? It hurt me, the way Seto spoke of it so dismissively. As though the agreement we had set up were nothing more than some contract. To him, maybe it was. Not to me.

"I do. But it's just... You don't feel anything for me?" I whispered. I hated how weak I sounded. Seto raised an eyebrow and leaned forward, propping his elbows up on the desk.

"Not a thing."

I refused to show how much that stung. I squirmed in my seat under his glare. "Seto... I don't-"

"Marik, listen. If it's too much for you, you can be easily replaced."

I cringed. I knew it was true. Anyone would sleep with Seto Kaiba, just to do it. But to be paid to? The lines would be miles long.

Upon returning to Domino City, I'd realized I needed a job. I never knew it would come in the form of Seto Kaiba. He approached me, made his offer, and that was that.

I never expected to fall in love with the arrogant bastard.

"No. It isn't. Seto-"

"Then we're done here." he said, a sense of finality in his words. Panic planted itself in the pit of my stomach. I couldn't let him go, this was supposed to end differently! He stood at the same time I did, though I moved to block him from getting around the desk.

"Marik, you are in my way." Seto said. I hated the way he spoke down to me, as though that weren't completely obvious. I was supposed to be in his way. That was the point.

"I know."

I didn't move.

"Marik. Get out of my way. We. Are. Done. Here."

I sighed and looked up at him, trying to force him to understand. He was my caregiver, my landlord, my boss.

He frowned at the obvious emotion on my face but said nothing. I cried out in frustration and shoved him back, lips pressing against his. I began to convey how much I needed him with my body, shifting so that I sat on the desk with him between my legs. He growled and gripped my upper arms, lips moving harshly. Seto Kaiba had the sex drive of a rabbit, the one thing I could always play to my advantage.I whispered in Arabic against his chest after I removed his shirt, glad that it was the one language Seto wasn't fluent in.

"Ana b'hibbak lel abad..."

He didn't pause to ask what that meant, for which I was greatful. I took one of his nipples into my mouth, suckling it gently, though my nails were busy causing angry red welts on his back. He groaned and forced my head away, claiming my lips and gently pawing at my member through my pants.

"You're so damn sexy." he murmured next to my ear. I shivered lightly as my pants were pulled down and our positions reversed. I lay atop him, propped up on my arms. He panted, eyes glazed over.

"What are you waiting for?"

I sighed and pulled his pants down, nipping at his member before returning to his lips. I fumbled around in a desk drawer until I found the lube. I smeared it over three fingers and Kaiba's entrance before sliding the first in. He didn't react to it, as I knew he wouldn't.

"Seto..." I whispered. "Seto, Seto."

He cried out softly as I inserted the second and I brushed his bangs away. "It's okay, I'm here."

He calmed and I took a sense of pride in the fact that I had calmed him. My words. My touches.

My body.

I slid the third finger in, grimacing when he cried out again. I hated to hurt him, even though he had no problems hurting me.

"I'm ready." he muttered. He was embarassed to show pain in front of me. I understood.

I nodded and sat up, pulling his hips up and wrapping his legs around my waist. I entered slowly, both to make it last longer and to hear Seto scream.

"Oh, gods. Ah... There." he mummbled. I grunted and pulled nearly all the way out before slamming back in. Seto arched and screamed silently. I smirked and continued to piston in and out of the body below me. Sweat slicked our bodies and our moans filled the air, along with the sound of Seto's desk hitting the wall due the force of my thrusts.

I'd known Seto for a long time. I'd studied his life as a priest in that gods be damned tomb. I knew every aspect of his life, then and now. I knew what he ate, where he slept, how he reacted.

Everything.

But it wasn't good enough.

Seto mewled as I gripped his member and began pumping in time with my thrusts.I felt his walls contract and his nails dig into my back. I knew he was climaxing.

"M-Marik!" he cried. I came right then, too shocked to understand what had just happened. That was the first time he'd ever said my name during our little trysts. Hope swelled in my chest as I looked at him. He looked up at me, seemingly shocked as I was. I brushed his hair aside and leaned in for a kiss-

"Mr. Kaiba. Yuugi is here for your scheduled lunch date."

I froze. "You're seeing someone?"

"I'll be right down, Shizuka."

He shoved me off and just like that my hope was destroyed. I stared after him as he left the room, fully clothed and looking immaculate. I sat there, even after I'd begun to shiver, even after the office lights dimmed.

Shizuka finally found me, a concerned look on her face. I brushed off all of her questions. I blocked out the pain in my chest. There was no reason to be upset.

After all, this was just an agreement.

Nothing more.

A/N: Poor Marik... Alright, finally here it is. I promise not to procrastinate anymore. I promise. So there was a bomb threat at the Wal-Mart down the street from me. That got evacuated. I got a kitten and named her Bastet. I also declared that I wished to brutally fuck Yuugi.

So, what are your plans this summer, people? PM me, I'm always up for talking to you lovely readers! Stay cool. ( I mean that literally. )

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~Nightingale.