Author's Note: This is the first time our Yu-Gi-Oh! characters recognize the existence of the OCs.
Music Lover's Alert: If you enjoy listening to music while you read, I recommend "How Deep is Your Love" by the Bee Gees followed by "The First Noel."
Warnings: Lemon!
Chapter 23 Christmas Morning
It was Christmas Day and Seto Kaiba was still working. He had stayed at home long enough to open presents with his family, but then left. A framed photograph of Serenity, Janet, and Mokuba now sat on his desk beside the one of Mokuba as a little boy and his wedding picture with Serenity. Since Seto already had everything else, most of the gifts that Mokuba and Serenity gave him were sentimental items such as a plaster casting of Janet's tiny hand and some trinkets from Mokuba. The photograph was the only thing that Seto felt he could take to work and keep on his desk, but he greatly appreciated their gestures. If only he had more time.
Seto did not have time to pick out gifts for his family, so he let his secretary come up with several suggestions and then simply signed a few papers to approve the purchases. He gave Serenity several gift cards for massages and spa treatments along with some diamond earrings. It was essentially just a compilation of items that every CEO's wife must have. Serenity pretended to be excited, but all she really wanted was to spend more time with her husband.
Ms. Brown also picked gifts for Janet and Mokuba. Mokuba got a bunch of rare cards and some gadgets that would supposedly help him ace his college courses. Mokuba was doing fine in his classes, and he seriously doubted that expensive tricks would do anything for him other than waste his time. However, he still put on a good face and thanked Seto. Janet got a bunch of videos that were supposed to help children learn faster and some strange apparatuses to help her develop her motor skills. She also got a certificate for her trust fund, which she wanted to put in her mouth, but Serenity took it away from her to keep it in a safe place.
Although the presents from Seto weren't exactly thoughtful, Serenity and Mokuba appreciated the fact that he stayed at home long enough to watch them unwrap the gifts.
After Seto left for work, Serenity took Janet upstairs to her crib and installed a new mobile over it with Mokuba's help. Then, she leaned over the crib with a wistful sigh as she watched Janet reach out toward the dangling sun and planets. Mokuba came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. He kissed the side of her neck softly.
"Do you know how long it has been since I made love to Seto?" Serenity asked.
"No," Mokuba replied cautiously.
"Neither do I."
They were both silent for a moment
"Maybe I was too harsh on him. Maybe I should have been less dominant. I thought that stuff excited him, but maybe I was wrong," Serenity speculated.
"You realize I have no idea what you are talking about."
"Oh. Maybe I shouldn't be telling you this, but-"
"-Then don't. I don't need to know what happened between you and Seto. That's private. All I need to know is what is going to happen between you and me. I want you, Serenity." Mokuba kissed Serenity's neck again, this time working his way up to her ear. He latched onto her earlobe and sucked gently.
Serenity arched her back involuntarily and moaned. She never had a man make her feel quite like this before. "Mokuba, I… I…"
Mokuba released her earlobe, but kept his arms around her. "Do you want me to stop?"
"Don't stop! Mokuba, I want you, too." Serenity spun around to face him and gripped his hips to reinforce her statement. She pulled his pelvis close to hers and rocked her hips seductively.
Mokuba had to blink a few times to make sure that he wasn't dreaming. "Come on, let's go to my room."
Hand-in-hand, they traversed the corridor to Mokuba's room. With Janet safe in her crib, the mansion's intercom would alert them if she needed anything. Mokuba's room was almost as large as the master bedroom, but the bed was a much more reasonable King rather than a Quadruple King.
Serenity eased back onto the bed, and Mokuba lay on top of her. He balanced his weight carefully so that he would not crush her delicate body, and opened a drawer by the side of the bed with one hand. He grabbed a handful of colorful square packages and presented them to her. "Do you have any preference?" he asked.
"I don't know. Seto and I never used condoms."
"Not even before you got married?" Mokuba asked in wonder.
Serenity blushed. "No. We never even saw each other naked before we got married."
Mokuba looked down at her with concern. "Are you sure you want to-"
"-Yes! Please, Mokuba! I can't stand waiting any longer." Serenity grabbed the buckle on Mokuba's belt and undid it with her nimble fingers. At the same time, she thrust her mouth up to his and aggressively seized his lower lip.
Surprised but pleased, Mokuba ran his hands along her body and slid off her clothes. He tossed her fancy nursing bra onto the floor and squeezed her bountiful breasts. A little milk squirted out of them and he lapped it up tenderly. Serenity did not seem to mind.
When Serenity got Mokuba's cock into her hands, she gasped in amazement. "It's huge!"
"It's only fifteen centimeters, but thanks."
Serenity rubbed it between her fingers enthusiastically while she kissed every piece of skin that she should reach.
Mokuba picked out a condom with spermicidal lubricant and carefully opened the package. He was not aware that frequently lactating women do not ovulate, so he wanted to take every precaution possible against getting her pregnant.
However, Serenity knew that the chances of getting pregnant with or without a condom in her current physical state were very slim. She continued to kiss him ravenously and stroked his manhood until Mokuba had to force her hand away to get the condom properly fitted over his manhood.
Serenity spread her legs wide in invitation and rubbed her sweet spot. Mokuba positioned himself carefully and entered her slowly. Serenity moaned as she stretched to accommodate him. It was not anywhere near as difficult as pushing out a baby, but it still took her some time to adjust.
When he was securely inside her, he began to thrust cautiously. Serenity grabbed his firm buttocks and aided him in his movements, indicating when she wanted him to go faster and when she wanted him to slow down. It felt so food being with a man who actually knew what he was doing. Serenity did not know how he got to be so good, and she did not bother to ask. Mokuba's college hookups were his own business.
When they were both too tired to go any longer. Mokuba pulled out and lay beside her. He stroked her body gently, running his fingers over the curves of her breasts and hips.
Then, a bright light on the intercom flashed. Serenity bolted out of bed and slipped on her skirt.
"What happened?" Mokuba asked.
"Janet is hungry. I should not have left her alone this long." Without bothering to put on her panties, bra or blouse, Serenity slipped out of Mokuba's room and made her way to the nursery. All of the servants except for a security guard had the day off, and Serenity had stopped worrying about him long ago. He just stayed in his box and never talked to anyone unless he was contacted directly of there was an imminent threat to their safety. I'm sure he's seen me naked before, Serenity thought absently.
Puzzled as the security guard was by Serenity's nudity and her interactions with Mokuba, he decided to enjoy it rather than report it. His boss had already indicated to him once that he preferred not to be troubled by such nonsense, so he kept his mouth shut. He briefly toyed with the idea of selling his tapes to Global Communications, but ultimately decided that long-term job security was more important to him than a quick wad of cash that Seto Kaiba could probably sue out of his hands anyway. Therefore, he simply microwaved himself some popcorn and sat back to watch the show.
…..
Seto Kaiba was reviewing his company's latest financial reports when the phone on his desk rang. He picked it up and answered it with a simple, "yes?"
"Kaiba-boy! It's so good to know that I'm not the only gaming executive in the office today," gushed the smooth yet obnoxious voice of Maximillion Pegasus.
"What do you want, Pegasus?" Seto growled. He never forgave the white-haired CEO for abducting his little brother and trying to take over his company.
"I just thought you'd like to see what's on the news," Pegasus said innocently, "I figured you would find out sooner or later, but I wanted to tell you first. It was quite a pleasant surprise to me when I first heard. Since we are both in essentially the same business, I thought you would feel the same."
"Spit it out already, Pegasus. I don't have all day."
"Well, If you're going to be rude about it, I think I'll let you find out for yourself," Pegasus pouted.
"I'll do that then. Bye," Seto said quickly and hung up the phone. He would rather have his fingernails pulled than listen to Pegasus say another word. Perhaps it was because Seto recognized some of his own arrogance in the other CEO that Seto despised him so much, but Seto also had a legitimate reason to hate him. Nobody hurt his little brother and got away with it, but somehow Pegasus did. Mokuba was much more forgiving and understanding of Pegasus than Seto, and somehow persuaded him not to beat Pegasus to a pulp. Seto would do anything for his little brother. Anything.
Although Seto tried to ignore the rival CEO's call, curiosity got the better of him. He turned on the television in his office and flipped to a Global Communications news channel.
A woman in her mid-thirties with chin-length brown hair, azure eyes, and a neat cream-colored suit stared into the camera. "Pattel Corporation stock prices continue to plummet in response to this seemingly harmless prank. Many outraged parents are calling for immediate cessation of all Pattel's factory operations until quote, 'some serious changes are made,' end quote. As of right now, Pattel is unable to be reached for comment on this fiasco.
"I'm Cheryl Gardner with Global Communications news. More when we come back," the reporter concluded.
Intrigued, Seto took a seat in front of the television and waited through the commercials. He had obviously turned on the television too late in the program to find out what really happened. However, from what he had heard so far, it was indeed the sensational story that Pegasus had cracked it up to be.
Cheryl Gardner came back on the air with the unnecessary and annoying introductions that all Global Communications reporters used, "Merry Christmas and welcome back to Global Communications news. This is the Cheryl Gardner show and I'm your host Cheryl Gardner. I'm very pleased to have you all listening today."
Her studio audience cheered. Seto rolled his eyes and silently begged for her to get to the important part.
"For those of you just joining us, thousands and perhaps millions of children in Japan and America have woken up this morning to find some very distressing information engraved in their toys. The message states, 'Made in China by children like you forced into slave labor.' As of right now, this message cannot be verified and Pattel Corporation executives have not released a public statement on the matter. However, we have received a recording from an anonymous group that appears to be associated with the incident. Roll tape."
A strikingly beautiful young woman with high cheekbones and bleached blond hair appeared on the television screen. She appeared at first to be another reporter, but her makeup was slightly more elaborate. She appeared to be more like a rich sorority girl who was simply playing the part of a reporter. She spoke with poise and confidence, but it was the raw, unrefined poise and confidence of someone on a crusade.
"Children, parents, and anyone else who is listening, I have a most serious matter to discuss with you. For the past few years we have enjoyed a state of world peace, but that peace has come at a cost. Now that corporations run the planet, they can choose to hide information from us in order to sell well-off individuals more goods at slightly lower prices while they exploit people who cannot fend for themselves to provide these goods at practically no cost to the company. This practice is no better than stealing."
I wonder who trained that poodle to bark words, Seto mused.
"Now that you know what is really happening, I urge you to stand up and protect the rights of the innocent. I am not asking you to march or protest like your friends did in the past. That would simply be condemning you to suffer their same fate. However, you can make a difference by boycotting all Pattel products until Pattel changes its business practices. Now, in the spirit of Christmas, we invite you to join us in singing this classic carol with a twist."
The camera zoomed out to show three other individuals. Two of them were young men and one of them was a young woman. They all appeared to be in their early twenties; approximately the same age as the speaker. Together, they made a full quartet. Some music began to play, and the singers proudly belted out their song:
The first bad sell old Pattel did say
Was to certain poor children in China they slave
In shops where they sweated all of their lives
And Old Pattel the only one who thrives
Oh well, Oh well, Oh well, Oh well
Bored is the thing that loves to sell
The children yearned to be free
Just like the rich kids across the sea
But nobody heard their feeble cry
And so they continued to supply
Oh well, Oh well, Oh well, Oh well
Old Pattel kept them all under his spell
Until one day of fair Christmas light
Consumers discovered an unlikely sight
Right there on their goods, the truth was found
and no longer was this fact in the background
Oh well, Oh well, Oh well, Oh well
Out is the thing he tried not to tell
This simple fact began a boycott
And all Pattel's good began to rot
Now he must decide whether to pay
His workers fair wages on every workday
Oh well, Oh well, Oh well, Oh well
In his decision he must not dwell
Seto chucked and turned off the television. Normally this sort of lame parody singing did not appeal to him, but with Pattel he had to admit that the bastard had it coming. After months of trying to figure out how to compete with Pattel Corporation's brutally unfair tactics, Seto was relieved that someone else had blown the whistle on them. Had he tried to reveal the secret Pattel kept from the public on his own, Seto would have had to deal with fallout from Bakura, Jones, Schroeder, and all the other major CEOs in the oligarchy. Luckily, those kids who appeared on the news had done all the work for him.
Seto casually hummed "The First Noel" to himself while he sat back down in front of his computer. He checked Pattel's stock price online and found that it was still falling. Then, he shut down his computer, slung his white trench coat over his shoulders, and walked merrily out of his office.
Seto had been generous enough to let his secretary, his driver, and most of his other staff members have Christmas off, only keeping a skeleton staff. He did it mainly because of his wife. She did not seem to mind him working on Christmas, but anytime he mentioned that one of his employees might be commissioned to work on a holiday, she pouted and said it would not be fair to force other people to work on a holiday. At least, that's what she communicated to him. Seto smiled as he thought about her soft olivine eyes and luscious lips. He would give her the sun and the moon if they were for sale. He could not wait to surprise her by coming home early.
Seto got into his red sports car, and the engine roared to life. He had grown so accustomed to riding in his electric limo that the sound made him shiver a bit-or maybe that was just the cold air. Seto turned on the heater full blast and headed home to see his wife, daughter, and brother.
When Seto got in the door, he noticed a light blinking on the intercom. He vaguely remembered Serenity telling him that the intercom was programmed to alert them to Janet's needs, so he decided to investigate the nursery. Figuring that it would be as good a place as any to surprise Serenity, Seto climbed the stairs and made his way to the nursery. By the time he got there, the intercom was beeping impatiently at him.
Seto found Janet in her crib crying heartily. Her little fingers stretched into the air when she saw Seto and a little light danced in her electric blue eyes. Seto picked her up and held her close to him. That calmed her temporarily as she rooted around his chest trying to find a nipple. However, all she found was smooth black silk.
"Seto! When did you get home?" came Serenity's voice from the doorway.
Seto turned and saw his wife's bulging breasts in front of him. Her olivine eyes were wide and a crimson blush covered her cheeks. She was wearing nothing but a festive holiday skirt. "Hello beautiful," Seto said with a smirk, "Were you masturbating again? Thinking about me?"
Serenity blushed harder and played with a lock of her long auburn hair. It felt not quite as smooth as usual, and she wondered how it looked. "Um… yeah." It wasn't quite a lie, but it wasn't the whole truth, either. She had been masturbating Mokuba, and then they did more. Serenity was not quite ready to tell Seto what else had happened while he was gone.
When Janet failed to find a satisfactory nipple on her father's chest, she cried once again. "I think she wants you," Seto said. His smirk broadened and transformed into a warm, genuine smile.
Serenity could not help but smile back. Maybe Mokuba was right when he said that things would go back to normal as soon as Seto dealt with all of the pressing matters at work. Serenity took Janet gently out of Seto's arms and sat down in a chair to nurse her. Seto sat beside them, extended his arms around both of them, and kissed Serenity on the forehead.
"I missed you," Serenity said sincerely, "did you get everything at Kaiba Corp. worked out?"
"Things seem to have worked themselves out for now."
"For now?" Serenity asked, sounding worried. She did not know if she could take losing him again.
"Have you seen the news?" Seto said instead of answering her question.
"No."
Seto rubbed his hand on his chin thoughtfully, "We never bought any Pattel products, did we?"
"Of course not. Mokuba told me that Pattel Corporation used dangerous chemicals and didn't pay its employees properly, so we never bought a single item from them. Besides, they're your biggest competitor. Buying something from them would be like… um… wrong."
Seto let out a short laugh. "Don't be ridiculous, Serenity. If you ever find that one of my competitors makes a better product than me, you're welcome to buy it. Of course, that will never happen," he added arrogantly.
Serenity giggled nervously and re-secured her grip on Janet.
Mokuba poked his head into the room. "Serenity, can I get you anyth-Oh! Hi Seto!"
"Hi Mokuba. Come on in. I was just about to tell Serenity about what happened to Pattel Corporation and I don't like repeating myself, so take a seat."
Mokuba entered the room slowly and tried not to look at Serenity. Unlike her, he had taken the time to put all of his clothes back on. He sat down beside Seto cautiously in a brightly colored plastic chair. "OK. What happened to Pattel Corporation?" he said as casually as he could muster. He hoped that Seto would not notice the shaking in his voice.
"Some kids found out what they were up to and blew the whistle on them. I don't know how they managed to pull it off, but they engraved a message in every single Pattel toy out there. Then, everyone discovered it when they opened their Christmas presents this morning. What I can't figure out is how Pattel let something like that slip by him. He probably has some pretty lousy quality control personnel," Seto mused.
"You say that kids did this? Did they get caught? How old were they?" Mokuba wondered.
"Slow down, little brother. Pattel and his goons are probably searching for the people who did this, but as far as I know they have not been apprehended. However, some kids about your age appeared on a recording and claimed to have some involvement in the stunt. They sang a Christmas carol, too. Quite amusing."
"Kids my age? Seto, I'm twenty one. So is Serenity," Mokuba added quietly.
Seto gave a tired sigh. "I'm sorry, Mokuba. I deal with so many old farts every day that I forget my own age sometimes. Many of my employees have children my age, but they know better than to treat me like one of their kids."
Mokuba looked at Seto's clean-shaven face and tried to think of something he could say to lighten the mood. However, all he could think about was Serenity's bra still lying on the floor in his room. Mokuba's eyes darted to his sister-in-law and then back to Seto.
Serenity had finished nursing Janet, but continued to hold her in front of her bare breasts. Janet seemed quite content with this situation, and Seto did not seem to notice. "So, what does this all mean for Pattel?" she asked.
Seto perked up again. His electric blue eyes sizzled with new energy. "It means that people will start returning their toys to the stores tomorrow and buy Kaiba Corp. duel disks instead. Plus, Pattel's stock is already dropping rapidly even though the stock market is officially closed today. The company is headed for ruin!"
"Is there a chance that Pattel could get back on its feet?" Serenity wondered.
"Maybe, but they would have to actually treat their workers right this time. A company that pays fair wages is a lot easier to compete with than a company that does not."
Serenity shivered and held her daughter close. She was growing increasingly self-conscious of her bare torso. "If only Pattel had played fair from the start, none of this would have happened," she lamented more to herself than to Seto.
Seto stood up, swept his trench coat off his shoulders, and put it over Serenity's shoulders. "Come on, gorgeous. Let's go see how Pattel's stocks are faring now."
Serenity let Seto hold Janet while she wiggled her arms into the sleeves of the coat. It was far too big for her and she felt silly wearing it, but at the same time it was comforting. She wrapped it around her chest and used a belt to fasten it closed. Then, she stood up and took Janet back into her arms.
"Mokuba, are you coming?" Seto asked.
"In a minute. I think there's something I forgot to do."
"Suit yourself."
After Seto and Serenity went downstairs, Mokuba mad a mad dash to his room. He picked up Serenity's clothes off the floor and ran to the master bedroom. There, he paced around the room trying to figure out where to put them. He knew that Serenity masturbated. It was one of those "healthy things" that she had learned about when she was studying to be a nurse. However, he had no idea how she usually went about doing it.
A thousand questions spun through Mokuba's head. Did she have any special props such as dildos or vibrators? Would she leave such things lying around the room after use? Did she toss her clothes on the floor, in the hamper, or fold them up neatly so that she could put them back on when she was done? What side of the bed did she use? Did she keep a towel handy, or was that just a guy thing? Did she keep magazines under her bed, or was that just a guy thing, too?
Mokuba took a peek under the bed and found nothing but a bunch of scented candles and a diary. Mokuba picked a candle that had already been lit and set it on a table beside the bed and tossed Serenity's clothes off to one side. He then thrashed around on the bed to mess up the comforters. Hopefully, that would be enough evidence that she had been masturbating. It would have to suffice in any case.
Mokuba took a deep breath and went downstairs. He found Seto and Serenity sitting in front of the television together with Janet between them. Janet seemed to be enjoying the difference in textures between Seto's black silk shirt and the leather trench coat on her mother. She grasped the fabric and giggled, squealing with delight when she let go of the material and it went back to its original shape.
There was more space beside Serenity than there was beside Seto, so Mokuba sat there and consciously kept his hands to himself. Everything suddenly felt so stiff and awkward. He wondered how long he would be able to pretend that nothing had happened between him and Serenity.
On the television screen, Pattel Corporation's stocks continued to drop. A man with a round face and beady eyes who all three Kaiba adults recognized as Mr. Pattel appeared on the television screen. A blonde wearing a gigantic fake smile stood by his side. She sported a cute Mrs. Clause outfit and lots of gaudy jewelry.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Mr. Pattel began, "It has come to my attention that certain allegations have been made about my company. First, let me assure you that I do not employ children in my factory. I do, however, use elves. Cynthia Clause will now explain how Pattel Corporation truly operates and why some people may have gotten the wrong idea about us."
"Hey Mokuba, isn't that the girl who humped you in your office a few years ago?" Seto teased.
"If it is… Oh my Ra! It is her!" Mokuba said. The experience had not exactly been pleasant for him. All she wanted was his money, and all he wanted was to make Serenity jealous. Neither of them succeeded in their goals that day, but they each found different paths to their dreams.
The young woman began talking in a friendly voice geared towards little kids. "Santa Clause and I often do not have enough space at our workshop to make toys for all the little girls and boys around the world, so we came to Mr. Pattel for help. He let us use his factory and we send our elves down to work for him. They like China because the weather is nicer down there than at the North Pole.
"All of our elves are volunteers. None of them are forced to make toys. They simply like making little boys and girls happy."
Seto turned off the television. "Pattel is more pathetic than I thought. That little maneuver is going to keep parents from taking their presents back to the store tomorrow." Seto gritted his teeth. "This Santa bullshit that parents feed their children is ludicrous. Serenity, do me a favor and don't fill Janet's head with lies about the world."
Serenity nodded. While she found some enjoyment of Christmas traditions and would have liked to instill a belief in Santa Clause in Janet, it was not that important to her and she realized the importance of what Seto was saying. She herself had learned that there was no Santa Clause early in life. Since her family never had an abundance of money, but she was always on the nice list, it didn't take her long to figure out that some of her naughty rich classmates were getting more presents that she was. If a belief in Santa Clause would prevent social justice, she could not condone it.
Seto continued to brood. "I bet the stock prices are going to go back up now. Damn those peons!"
"Don't worry about it now," Serenity soothed, "It's out of your control. Let's just enjoy the holidays together."
"You're right. I've spent way too much time at the office lately. I've been a naughty boy and I need a good spanking," Seto said deviously.
Serenity hesitated. "You really want me to do that to you?"
Seto leaned over and whispered in her ear. "Of course I do. I love being under your control."
Serenity blushed and giggled.
"Mokuba, could you watch Janet for an hour or three?" Seto said a little louder.
"Yeah. No problem," Mokuba agreed.
Seto handed his little girl to Mokuba, and then went upstairs with Serenity. Mokuba worried about what Seto would think when he saw his sorry attempt at simulating Serenity's masturbation. In order to calm his mind, he picked up one of Janet's new toys from under the Christmas tree and started playing with her.
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