It was the end of an extremely tiring day. Seto was sitting in his office, discussing with Pegasus. He always liked his company- Pegasus' unique sense of humour, that always came with a few glasses of good wine, relaxed Seto. The brunette was smiling at

Pegasus, who was telling him all the reasons he should work less.

"My, Kaiba-boy... I haven't seen you smiling in quite some time..." the silver-haired man said, looking at Seto above his glass.
"I suppose..." the tired CEO answered.
"You look extremely concerned- in fact, more than usual."

There was a mischievous look on his face- that was never good. Every time he saw that charming, cunning look on Pegasus' face, Seto knew his secrets weren't secrets anymore.
"I am going to take a wild guess... and say that you have been like this for a week- it was exactly a week ago Yugi-boy and his handsome blonde friend spent a night here." the red liquid in his glass met his lips, his eyes fixed on the younger brunette.

Was it really necessary to deny that Pegasus was right? To tell his ex-lover and himself that Jounouchi had absolutely nothing to do with his mood?
Well, he was going to.

If a certain blonde hadn't invaded the room.

"Don't you ever knock?", Seto said, giving Jounouchi a cold look.
"I wanna talk to you." He sounded determined.
"I'm not alone, mutt, and even if I was-"

"Oh, yes Kaiba-boy, you are." Pegasus looked surprised and despicably delighted at the same time. "I will wait outside." he smiled and quickly left the room, before Seto had the time to protest.

When the door was closed behind Jounouchi, the boy moved closer to Seto. He stopped right in front of his desk- he knew it wasn't wise to go any closer- for now at least.

"Make it quick. I had a really long day." Seto said, leaning back on his chair.

Looks can't kill- but they can certainly freeze. And Seto's eyes were frozen when he met Jounouchi's. The boy felt his skin crawl.

"You know why I'm here." He folded his arms on his chest, but looked away- Seto's look was unnerving him
"Who let you in, anyway?!" Seto said. He knew exactly why Jounouchi was here and he knew exactly what he was going to say to the boy to get rid of him for good.
Because that was exactly what he wanted...
...Right?

"Is that the point?! Mokuba!" he said, looking back at the man he had been dreaming about for a long time.
"Let's cut things short, shall we? I know exactly why you are here. But I do believe I asked you to forget about it." he said.
"No, Seto, I can't 'forget about it'! " he answered, finally sitting on the chair that was in front of Seto's desk.
"And what do you want...?" he sounded annoyed. The fact that he didn't seem to be able to get it out of his mind either, was completely irrelevant at the moment.

Jounouchi blushed. He was never good with words... but there was really no other way. If he moved closer and tried to kiss Seto again, he would probably get kicked to places that would really hurt.
"I want... you!" he answered quietly.

He knew he had just put himself in a vulnerable position, but at the moment, he didn't care.

He expected Seto to give him a cold look, maybe raise an eyebrow. But he hadn't expected him to laugh. He sat there, looking at the laughing brunette, unsure of how to react to that.
"Um...Seto?" he said.
"You... you really thought..." Seto couldn't stop laughing.

All of a sudden, there was a knot in Jounouchi's throat.
The CEO finally stopped laughing and looked at the blonde.

"You really thought... that this actually meant something?" he said, looking at Jounouchi as if he was the most entertaining thing he had ever seen.
"Well...I'm actually sure it did!" he felt uneasy now, but he wasn't going to let it show.
"I am not sure if I should be insulted or entertained, mutt. You are hilarious...". Seto looked as if he had suddenly realised something. "So, if you thought that this meant something... you expected me to become your-" he stopped and looked away from Jounouchi, smirking. "No. I can't even say it."

He was quiet for a few seconds and then started laughing again. Apparently, Seto Kaiba had been replaced by the Joker.
Jounouchi jumped up. "Stop laughing.", he said angrily. He wasn't sure if he felt embarassed or simply... desperate.

"Well, you are hilarious, I give you that. To think that I would ever want to be with someone like you..."
"Why, what's wrong with me?!" he said abruptly.
"You want everything listed in an alphabetical order?" he answered, still smirking at the boy.
"Kaiba..." he growled and slammed his fist on the desk. "You might not want to admit it, but I know you feel something for me..."
"Disgust." he answered coldly.

Jounouchi froze and looked straight in his eyes, hoping he would find the Seto he had seen that night, in them.
He was there, hidden behind the glacier his eyes had turned to right now. It would be too late when he would come out again.
"You are an incompetent fool that doesn't deserve anything. Especially my attention. So why don't you stick to people that like your kind?" Seto answered, trying to ignore the pain he saw in Jounouchi's eyes. For some reason... he hated that image.
But he would go on...

"Such as?" Jounouchi was shaking- not out of fear, but of rage.
He knew this answer would probably be the final blow.
"There certainly must be people that have no dignity or self-respect. Unfortunately for you, I have both."

It was only a matter of seconds before Jounouchi jumped on the desk and started hitting him. So, he decided he would use those seconds.
"So, why don't you go cry somewhere else? Maybe, if you are lucky, it will start raining again and you will have an excuse."

He expected the blonde to jump right away. He expected yelling and cursing and probably a few bruises to hide from Mokuba.
Life was full of surprises and though he thought he knew the boy pretty well to be able to foresee his every reaction... this time he was wrong.
Jounouchi stepped back, looking down. Then, he put his hands in his pockets and simply walked out of Kaiba's office. He closed the door behind him softly.

Somehow, Seto was hoping he would have slammed it, or that they would have gotten in a fight.
A few minutes later, Pegasus came back in, to find a competely still Seto, staring blankly at the wall right across him.

Pegasus closed the door behind him, walked in and put the wine bottle and their glasses back on the desk- Seto hadn't noticed he had taken them.
He filled Seto's glass.
"Let's talk about something other than that..." Seto whispered, while taking his glass in his hand.
"He will be back sooner than you think. And this time, no matter what you say, Seto dear, you won't be able to escape him. I really doubt you would want to, anyway." he smiled at Seto and filled his own glass.

Seto didn't answer. Pegasus' words were surprisingly soothing... and that wasn't right.
"Let's get back to work..." he muttered.

There was a flash of lightning- it was going to rain, again.
Would Jounouchi get home safely...?