How to Raise a Well-Mannered Puppy

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CHAPTER 15

They were on their way to Kaiba Corp. Jou wormed his way into Kaiba's lap, only to be pushed to the seat next to him.

"Not now, I have look good for my meeting."

"I think ya look very good."

"Can't you think of anything else? I can't sit at a board meeting in a rumpled suit." Kaiba rolled his eyes in mock exasperation.

"Lotsa things ..." Jou purred, licking Kaiba's cheek.

"Something that doesn't involve molesting me?" Kaiba swatted at him.

"Okay." Jou shrugged his shoulders in defeat. "So, umm, I told Yuugi, Honda and Anzu about us. But I swore them to secrecy!" Jou added.

"I figured as much," Kaiba snorted.

"Oh?"

"Yeah, Anzu was boring holes right through me last period. I finally told her to 'take a picture, it lasts longer.' For once she didn't have some snappy comeback."

"So you're okay with it, with me tellin' them?"

Kaiba looked evenly into Jou's amber eyes. "Why wouldn't I be? I'm not about to go into hiding because I'm dating someone--you. I'm not ashamed. Just don't expect me to be all warm and fuzzy to your friends. I find them tolerable at best."

"Like I said to them, I don't expect miracles. But what about when it gets out in the papers, on TV?"

Kaiba shrugged his shoulders. "The world will just have to deal. I've never denied the rumors that I am gay. Kaiba Corp.'s record speaks for itself and anyone who refuses to buy my products because of my sexuality is a customer I don't want, don't need."

"So, have you told anybody?"

"I told Mokuba he should expect to see you around the mansion."

"And?"

Kaiba smiled. "He said he was happy for me, but I'd have to share you."

Jou's eyes widened with alarm, "Share me?"

"Idiot! Not like THAT. Get your mind out of the gutter!" Kaiba hissed. "He wants to play video games with you."

* * *

Kaiba's office was a lot more comfortable than Jou expected. He was sitting on an overstuffed leather couch that faced Kaiba's desk, toiling away at his homework, listening absently to the cadences of Kaiba's voice as he alternately returned phone calls and delegated work to either of his two secretaries. He had a beautiful voice, Jou decided.

"Pup, it's time for my meeting. I've ordered in some dinner for you, I'll eat when I get back." He leaned over Jou, kissed him gently on the forehead. Glancing down at Jou's homework, he noticed a glaring error. "You've inverted those two numbers." His slender finger pointed to the two offending digits.

"Wha--?" Jou looked down at the math formula he'd been parsing, the numbers Kaiba pointed to. He'd have to start all over. "Oh, I see it now!"

"You must have copied it wrong off the blackboard. You should be more careful," Kaiba said as he slipped out of the office.

"Easy fah you to say," Jou replied, "YOU sit in front of ME."

Kaiba's head ducked back through the door. "It's all about discipline, mutt." He snickered, closing the door as Jou's notebook slammed against it.

* * *

He'd finished his homework, and now was watching the lights of Domino City twinkle on one by one in the dusk from the floor to ceiling windows. Kaiba worked way too hard, he really needed to loosen up.

There was a knock at the door, and before he could answer it, a cart was wheeled in. On it was an array of sandwiches, an ice bucket, bottled water and soda.

"Mr. Kaiba said you don't need to wait for him for to eat. Help yourself." The young secretary said. "His meeting has delayed him, but he should be down soon."

Jou looked at the time, 8:30. He was ravenous. Then looked at the secretary. "Do you always work this late?"

"Yes, but I don't start until one. I'm off now, have a nice weekend." She bowed,
and closed the door behind her.

He poured himself a glass of soda, and dug into the sandwiches, trying to think of how best to enact his plan. He was never good at details.

He knew that above all else, Kaiba needed to be in control. And because of that, Jou wanted more than anything to get him to give some of that up to him. To let him have his way with him. But how to get Kaiba to do it?

When Kaiba had suggested tying him up, he'd made it sound so reasonable, made Jou want to do it for him. And it had been worth it, Jou thought, a shiver coursing through his body. Now he wanted to turn the tables, to have Kaiba helpless beneath him, to remind him that even good dogs could bite.

But, wresting control from Kaiba would not be that easy. But if he made it a challenge ... Jou smiled, that was it. Kaiba never backed down from a challenge.

* * *

The meeting had been mind-numbingly boring. Sometimes Kaiba truly believed that his Board of Directors existed only to torment him. Profits were up, costs were down. They should be happy. But everyone had to put their two cents in, make sure they were quoted in the meeting minutes. God his head hurt.

Jou was looking out the windows when Kaiba returned to his office. Wordlessly he sat down at his desk, intent on firing off some email. He was exhausted, and knew he would not be able to wade through all the work he'd wanted to. It wasn't unusual. He always had too much on his plate. He nibbled at one of the sandwiches he picked up from the cart as he read through messages.

He didn't sense Jou until he felt his hands on his neck, loosening his tie. He'd come up behind Kaiba, was leaning over him.

"You need a break, Set." Jou said softly, undoing the knot, pulling the tie from his neck. He spun him around in his chair and straddled him. He looked deep into tired blue eyes, noticed the darkening rings under them. "You work too hard, don't take enough time for yourself, for Mokuba."

Kaiba leaned back in the chair. "And just what am I supposed to do about it? This company doesn't just run itself."

"How would you feel if you died tomorrow?"

"I wouldn't feel anything. I'd be dead."

Jou sighed in frustration. "How do you think Mokuba would feel? Would he rather be rich or have a brother?"

Jou had him there. It was Mokuba's argument. He was all he had. They were all each other had.

"So what am I supposed to do about it?" Kaiba repeated.

"Slow down. Delegate. Ya keep going like this and you'll be lucky to be burnt out by the time you're twenty-one, if ya ain't dead by then." He kissed Kaiba softly, tentatively, on the lips. Was answered with a crushing embrace, with Kaiba's tongue seeking entrance into his mouth.

Jou pulled away, wound Kaiba's silk tie around his hand, brought both hands up to his face. "On Monday, you asked me to trust you. Can you do the same?"

He felt Kaiba stiffen underneath him. "What do you mean?"

"I think you know." Jou said, letting the tie unwind, he slid it across Kaiba's neck.

"No."

"'No,' you don't understand? Or 'No,' you can't trust me?" He leaned in and kissed Kaiba again, gently biting his lip, felt his cock hardening underneath him.

He saw the haunted look in Kaiba's eyes, almost felt bad for pushing him, but then saw something else replace it. Something that made him smile. He was right, Kaiba couldn't back down from the challenge.

"Take your best shot, Mutt."

Jou's eyes narrowed. "Ya gonna regret that," he said smiling.

A/N: Final chapter later today, I PROMISE!!!