Pairing: Seto/Jou, Yami+Yugi
Beta: JennieB. - Too good to be true.
Chapter two“What the hell is that? I thought we were buying swimsuits!”
“Yes, we will be. But, you need this if you want to win Seto’s heart.” Explained Yugi as he held out a bottle of sun block “Here, smell it.”
Jou just looked at his friend as he grabbed the bottle and opened it. He took a sniff and frowned. “Mango? You want me to use a sun block that smells like mango?!”
“It’s an aphrodisiac, you know,” stated the shorter one with a smirk.
“Says who?”
“The company who created it,” Yami answered as he hugged his aibou around the waist. “And I can guarantee its veracity. It drove me crazy when Yugi used it and then we…”
“Stop. I don’t want to know,” the blond interrupted, stopping him before the pharaoh could go any further. “You should know by now Yami that it’s too much information for me.”
The former pharaoh smiled lightly. “In any case, you should take it with you. Just in case. Who knows what sort of a reaction Seto will have?”
“He will laugh his ass off!” replied the blond with a frown. “He’s not the kind of guy who will be attracted by this kind of thing.”
“Just try it. You could be surprised,” Yami said as they got in the line that led to the register.
“I’m surprised that you guys are making all sort of suggestions about my love life,” Jou, mumbled in annoyance.
“Yeah, and without us, you never would take the first step, am I right?” pondered Yugi, looking at his best friend.
Jou didn’t answer that. He hated when the other was right.
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“All these years, and you still haven’t improved your skills.”
“Shut up. It’s your turn, could you hurry up?” said the blond, obviously very annoyed.
Seto smirked at the reaction he, and he alone, could still elicit from the blond. They were in the brunette’s office, on a Friday afternoon, and they were dueling. Since the day had been so slow at work, the young CEO had suggested a little Duel Monsters to pass the time. And now, as expected, he was winning.
“I will put this card face down, and I summon Judge Man in defense mode…for now,” Seto said as he looked across the table at the other, waiting for him to make his move.
“I summon the Red Eyes Black Dragon in attack mode,” Jou stated triumphantly, giving his boss a smirk. “Red Eyes will destroy your little Judge.”
“So, are you attacking me?”
“Damned right.”
Seto laughed. “As always, you act before you think. Did you forget my face down card? I change my Judge Man to attack mode, and I reveal my trap card: Reinforcements.” The brunette smirked, and his eyes glowed in pleasure at the distraught look on the blond’s face. “Guess I have more attack points than you now, am I right?”
Before Jou could answer the taunting, he saw his beloved dragon get destroyed by Seto’s powerful card. He pouted without realizing it, crossing his arms across his chest. “It’s no fun dueling with you.”
“Because you always lose?” asked Seto, his smirk widening at the lovely pout he saw on the other’s lips.
“I do not!” exclaimed the affronted blond.
“With me you do,” the brunette answered without missing a beat.
“Go to hell, Seto,” the blond shot back, but a little smile was on his lips.
The young CEO grinned. He didn’t know what he had been thinking when he had invited the other to be his assistant two years ago. But, when Jou had come to his corporation looking for a job, he knew he had found someone he could finally trust. Unlike his last five assistants.
And the blond had really surprised him, in more ways than one. He was much more intelligent than anyone had ever given him credit for, and much more mature when he wasn’t around the gang. In fact…little by little, the brunette had started to see the other in a new light.
Still, it had caught him by surprise when, one day, he felt his heart beat a little harder in his chest for the other after watching the blond expertly convince one of their advisors change his mind about a new corporate strategy. Part of this was probably because Jou had come to him after his little victory and hugged him. And, when the blond had backed away with a blush and apologizing for his actions, he had felt like he could have grabbed him and kissed him for all he was worth.
After that, the young CEO had still taken some time so he could come to terms with his feelings. Now he knew how he felt, and how he would act on that. He didn’t know if the blond would say yes or no; but he would cross that bridge when he came to it. All he knew for sure was that for the first time in his life, he had found somebody he liked that was worth fighting for.
“Seto? Seto, I’m talking to you!”
The brunette blinked and looked over at the other. Again Jou crossed his arms, this time in annoyance.
“Are you ignoring my words now?” He couldn’t help but sound a little hurt.
“Sorry…I was thinking about something…nothing important and…what?” Seto asked when he noticed that Jou was looking at him strangely.
“You really apologized to me?” The blond sounded surprised.
“Is it really that amazing?”
“Well, considering it’s the first time I've ever heard you apologize for anything you've done, yes, it’s incredible,” Jou answered.
“I’m not that…harsh.”
“Believe me…you are.”
“I’m not.”
Jou arched one eyebrow, and shook his head.
After a minute under that amber stare, Seto looked away. “Okay, maybe sometimes…I can be a little…rough.”
“A little? Oh, you’re being modest,” taunted Jou as he smiled warmly.
“Shut up, Jounouchi,” the brunette said as he glared at him.
The blond smiled even wider. He had turned the tables, and that felt
so good.
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“What kind of luggage is that?”
Jou blinked questioningly at the other, looking at his bags and then looking up at him again. “It’s some necessary things I might need for the trip.”
“That much? You do know we're just spending one week there, right?” asked the young CEO, humor dancing in his eyes.
“Yeah, why?”
“Because it looks like you brought your entire house,” explained the taller one, now smirking fully.
“I guess that’s not going to spoil the trip because you two are going in your private jet, right Seto?” asked Yugi as he helped them with their luggage.
It was Saturday morning, and the couple had come to the private airport to help their friends with the last minute details before their trip.
“What do you mean by that Yugi?” asked the brunette.
“Well, Jou can put some of his…things inside the jet, right?”
“Who’s going to pilot?” asked the former pharaoh.
“I will,” answered Seto, who was waiting for permission to depart from the control tower. “It’s a short trip, so I can manage.”
“Oh, I see.” Yami smiled.
“Come on Jou, let’s check in this…luggage,” the brunette said with a sigh, resigning himself to accept the number of bags.
After checking-in and receiving the permission to depart, they said their goodbyes to the couple and taxied to the runway. Behind them, Yugi and Yami crossed his fingers hoping that Jou’s innate luck would give the blond a chance to confess his feelings.
Inside the jet, Jou was thrilled. It was the first time ever that he was going to be fully alone with the brunette, knowing that no one would interrupt them – at least for one hour. At the same time, he was terrified, as well. What would he say? How would he say it? Just thinking about that was making his insides turn. He wouldn’t survive this trip, he was sure of it.
They took off swiftly, and he spent most of the time asking the brunette questions about the plane, the controls, and everything else so that he wouldn't think about the other thoughts he was having. When they had been in the air for forty minutes, something beeped on the control panel.
“What happened?” asked Jou, suddenly having a bad feeling about that.
Seto looked at the panel and frowned. “Strange. Usually that sound means the jet is running out of gas, but the gas gauge shows we still have full tanks.”
“Are we there yet?”
“Almost; we have more twenty minutes in our flight.”
As soon as he said those words, the jet lost some altitude and started to tremble. Jou grabbed the sides of his seat, his eyes wide as saucers. Seto frowned again, looking once more at the gas gauge, which was now beeping non-stop. “Fuck! What the hell is happening?”
“We are not falling, are we?” murmured the blond.
“Of course not.” The jet lost even more altitude. “But I think we will have to make an emergency landing.”
“What?!”
So much for a nice, quiet summer trip.
TBC
