Author's Note: …Dragons. They're mythological.
:| I just thought I'd try something different and make Joey the dragon this time. He's a Chinese sort of dragon, though; keep that in mind.
And
yes, the plot moves sort of
fast. This is a drabble. Drabbles don't have to be super detailed.
Candle Wax
Seto raised an eyebrow as the golden-scaled dragon rubbed its face against his, then lifted it from his shoulder and dropped it back onto the pillow that was its bed. "Stop it, Joey. You know I don't like you touching me."
Joey mewed quietly, whiskers wilting, then curled his body around, hiding his head in his coils.
"Seto! Why do you always have to hurt Joey's feelings?" Mokuba frowned and reached out to gently stroke the dragon's fur on its back. "All he wants is to be close to you. Remember what that monk said! It's been hundreds of years since a golden dragon has found its human counterpart!"
"I. Don't. Care," the brunet replied, not looking up from his laptop. "I didn't
ask to be his human counterpart, and I'm not dropping everything to go do some ritual I shouldn't have to just so Joey can be bound to me forever. I'm not
interested in being bound to him for the rest of my life."
"
Seto!" the younger boy shouted, glaring at him, as the dragon curled up tighter. "He didn't ask for you to be his human counterpart, either! Why are you so mean to him!"
The older boy turned to look at him and frowned. "…I need a reason?"
"Ugh! You're such a jerk sometimes! Joey's only ever wanted to be friends!"
Joey watched the two brothers bicker, mewing quietly, but when he went ignored, he crawled off his pillow and over to the window. Taking one last peek at them, he slithered through the crack and onto the dirt outside. Then, he made his way away from the house, determined to find a way to make the brunet see he wasn't completely terrible. He decided on Pocky. Seto liked Pocky, no matter how much he insisted that he hated sweets.
He hadn't been expecting the dog down the back alley, and he
especially didn't expect the dog to have friends.
.-.-.-.-.
Seto grumbled and shoved his hands in his pockets. He hadn't
wanted to come out in the cold dark to look for Joey, but Mokuba had given him The Look. The Look meant that he'd messed up big time and, if he didn't want to wake up with half of his head shaved, he'd do what he was told.
Stupid dragon. Stupid Mokuba.
He turned his head as he heard something rustle, frowning as he saw a piece of newspaper moving along the ground. He watched it move slowly until it hit a trash can.
It let out a tiny, offended
'mew!' Then, it sighed and fell still.
Seto watched it a little longer, then reached over to lift the newspaper up. When he saw the little dragon, however, he felt his heart break a little.
Joey looked up at him with big, teary eyes, his thin little body bruised and his golden scales scuffed up and dull. But his eyes were so hopeful as he nudged something forward with his snout. Seto glanced down at what looked like a stick, frowning in confusion when he saw the pink coloring beneath some of the dirt.
…Pocky. The little dragon had left to go get some strawberry Pocky for him.
Joey's whiskers twitched as he watched the brunet hopefully. Perhaps he'd made him happy. He'd worked so very hard for just this one little piece, so maybe he'd finally make the human smile at him, just once.
"…You stupid
idiot!" Seto roared, standing up angrily. "Do you know how much you worried Mokuba? For some reason, he cares about you, though I don't know why he'd bother over a complete moron like you!"
The tears in Joey's eyes welled up and finally fell, rolling down his snout to drip down his whiskers. So he'd only made him mad. He couldn't do anything right.
The human sighed in frustration before reaching down to gather up the dragon's broken body, handling him in a surprisingly delicate manner as he lifted the reptile from the ground. He tucked the dragon in the crook of an arm and turned to go, then paused to look back at the stick of candy.
It was broken in half, and it had little teeth marks in it where the dragon had gripped it. The strawberry coating was smudged off in some places. It was covered in dirt, too, making it look more like chocolate Pocky than strawberry.
But Joey had worked very hard to bring it to him.
Hesitating only a moment longer, he bent down to grab the Pocky and turned to head back home. "You really are an idiot. You didn't need to get me anything."
Joey mewed tearfully. He only wanted to try and make him happy.
"…Don't… run off like that anymore. You worried us," Seto stated quietly.
The dragon looked up at him quickly, not quite believing what he'd heard, then let out a happy mewl. His human counterpart didn't completely despise him.
.-.-.-.-.-.
"So I put this candle here, and… turn this stone over three times… Joey. You're making this entirely difficult," Seto deadpanned, placing him back within the circle of wax he'd made from the candle. "Just because you've grown on me doesn't mean I've got endless patience."
Joey's tail wiggled happily. It had taken a lot of time, but the brunet was finally going through the ceremony to bind them together. He couldn't be happier if he tried.
"And finally… Candle here…" Seto pulled another candle right in front of him, then lifted a knife, frowning. "…Blood and wax…"
The dragon let out a squeal of distress as the human sliced the end of his thumb open and started to move out of the circle again, but then the brunet shot him such a dirty look that he stopped in his tracks.
The brunet sighed quietly and squeezed some of his blood from his thumb to drip into the melted wax around the flame. He watched the blood swirl around the white wax, streaking it and somehow making it look beautiful instead of gruesome. He glanced back at the scroll he was reading from, then frowned.
It said to drizzle the wax onto the dragon's body. Now, he knew that Joey could handle high temperatures (he'd once found the golden reptile frolicking in the fireplace), but he just couldn't feel comfortable drizzling it on what he now saw as his companion.
Turning to look at the dragon, Seto felt oddly reassured when Joey looked up at him and smiled a dragony little smile. So, he grabbed the candle, held it over him, then tilted it to dribble the melted wax over him. "…And now that's finished."
Funny, he'd expected… more. Like a little shock, or something. Something that felt… final. He didn't say anything, though, because Joey was looking up at him with eyes so full of love and happiness that he almost felt embarrassed.
"…Am I supposed to just… leave that wax on you?" When the dragon only continued to smile at him, he sighed. "I'll take that as a yes. Come on, Joey. Let's go to bed."
Joey purred as he was lifted up and carried over to the bed, curling up on his pillow next to the brunet's. He watched the brunet lie down beside him, then cooed happily. He was so very happy for this.
.-.-.-.-.-.
"S-Seto? S… Ssseto?"
Seto grunted and opened his eyes slowly. "What? …Mokuba?" He heard a giggle nothing like his brother's and snapped into an alert state, sitting up immediately.
There was a stranger in his bed, with golden-tan skin and blond hair—and brown eyes similar to Joey's. He jerked his head around to look for the dragon, then let out a snarl and grabbed the stranger by the front of his robes, slamming him onto the bed on his back and hovering over him threateningly.
"What did you do with Joey?"
The blond didn't appear worried, however, and instead giggled and turned his head away. "I think the question is what
you did t' Joey!"
Seto glared at him angrily. "Don't play with me! Where is Joey?"
The blond tilted his head and smiled coyly. "I'm right here."
"…I just told you not to play with me!" the brunet snarled, but was surprised when the other boy grabbed one of his hands and drew it to his ears, which he felt came to a point, and he saw that the blond's nails came to a point like humans' didn't. "…Joey?"
"You
did go through the ceremony with me, didn't ya?" Joey raised an eyebrow, still smiling. "Now we can really become one."
Seto stared at him for a few moments, frowning in confusion. Eventually, though, his eyes widened. "Are you suggesting I—"
"That's what it means t' be counterparts. A dragon willingly gives his or her body to their human partner, and in return, the humans protect their dragons." Joey tilted his head back to offer his neck submissively. "I can't use my powers in this form unless my life depends on it, so I'll especially need ya t' watch out for me."
"…I don't understand. Are you saying… you're supposed to be my lover now?" the brunet asked quietly.
The blond nodded a little, suddenly looking unsure. "Do ya… do ya not want to use my body, Seto? I'm afraid it's all I have t' give ya…" He blushed. "I don't… know anything else. I can't cook, or clean. I… I really wanna repay ya, but… I only know that my instincts will help me pleasure ya. I only ever wanted to make ya happy."
"But I don't… understand
why."
Joey glared at him. "Maybe if you'd been listenin' t' the monk instead of pitchin' a fit over how ya didn't want me, you'd have heard him say that a dragon's human counterpart is usually destined for a long, lonely life without a steady partner unless the dragon finds them. I didn't want that t' happen to you."
"Well I'm
sorry if I didn't want to add to having to take care of my brother and keeping the company running! Do you have any idea how stressed out I get just trying to deal with those two things?" Seto snapped, glaring back at him.
The blond huffed and turned his head away. "If I'd been human
earlier I would've been able t' help ya relieve the stress."
"…By sex."
"Is there any better way?" Joey looked back up at him and frowned, raising his hips a little. "Um… This is gettin' a little painful. If you're not gonna have sex with me, can I go take care of myself really quick?"
Seto blinked at him for a moment, then looked down, raising an eyebrow as he saw the robes the blond was wearing were tented at his crotch. "Hmm. Well, whatever god wanted to torture me with you certainly made you right."
The blond tilted his head in confusion. "Eh?"
"…I'm really attracted to blonds."
Joey gasped and jerked his head back as the brunet cupped his erection through the cloth, hips jerking in surprise. "Nn, fuck, ancestors help me…!"
Seto smirked as the dragon-turned-human mewed and wiggled his hips. "Are you telling me you were going to have sex with me and yet had no idea what it actually felt like?"
"Dragons don't really have hands t' touch themselves with!" the younger boy exclaimed, blushing a little. "Stop teasin' m—Nn-! Ah!" He arched his back as his robes were pushed up and the brunet gently began stroking his shaft. "W-wha-! Seto!" He gasped as he felt a finger slide between his cheeks until it came to his entrance and prodded it a little. "Seto!"
"…What…?" The brunet frowned, then leaned back to look at him. "…Joey, you're… wet…"
"Dragons don't usually have set genders! We're both!" Joey blushed a little more. "When I turned into a human, my body realized you liked guys, so it just… I dunno how to explain it! I just—my body's doin' its best t' keep both of us happy, okay?" He turned his head away in shame. "…I'm sorry!"
"Hmm." Seto raised an eyebrow. "Well, at least I don't have to worry about lube."
The blond looked up at him again, confused, only to gasp as the brunet slid two fingers into him. "Ah-! Seto—wha—" He moaned and arched his hips upward as the older boy moved his fingers around, gripping the blankets tightly. "Ooh! Seto!"
"If you think that feels good, wait until I find it," the brunet muttered, smirking.
Joey was about to ask what he was looking for when his vision went white and his back arched off the bed as fire went up his spine. "Oh ancestors-! Seto! Ah! Help!" He moaned and squirmed helplessly, then looked up at the older boy, eyes beseeching. "What was-?"
"…It's supposed to do that," Seto stated after a moment, unable to help thinking that it had been cute that the blond had cried for help in his inexperience. "Don't worry. I know what I'm doing."
"Nn-! Nn! Seto!" The younger boy squirmed a little more. "Is this what happens every time-?"
"Well, I won't have to prepare you once we start doing this regularly. Until then, yes." The brunet smiled a little as he spread his fingers, watching the blond wriggle beneath him desperately. Then, deciding he'd been stretched enough (he really didn't understand dragon bodies, but somehow, he felt the blond was well prepared), he reached up to pull the rest of the dragon's robes off. "Is this why I was supposed to leave the wax?"
"Turned int' my clothes—Hah!" Joey arched his body upward and began fumbling with the brunet's pants. "I wanna—how do I—"
Seto chuckled quietly and grabbed his hands. "Let me get that, Joey." When the blond mewed in complaint but merely pouted at him, he stripped himself of his sleep-pants, then leaned over him again. "…You're so beautiful."
Joey blushed and turned his head away, biting his bottom lip. He'd often been told he was beautiful as a dragon (and not by just the Kaiba brothers), but he'd worried that when he turned into a human, he wouldn't be attractive. He was glad that the brunet still thought he was beautiful, he'd just… never thought he might say it aloud.
Seto smiled a little and positioned himself between the blond's legs. "Did that embarrass you? You're awfully cute when you're embarrassed, Joey."
"Nn…!" The dragon looked down anxiously. "That's goin' in me now? It… it's not gonna hurt too much, is it?"
"I have no idea," the brunet answered honestly. "Your body is different. I have no idea how this is going to work."
"…Okay, just make it quick." Joey turned his head away and squeezed his eyes shut.
Seto lifted one of the blond's hands to look at his fingernails, then decided that the pleasure would be worth the pain. "You can dig your nails into my back if you want. Don't worry about breaking the skin. After all, you'll be able to tend to the scratches, won't you?"
The blond blushed lightly and nodded. "Yes. Okay." He mewed in complaint as his head was tilted back, but then his eyes widened as the brunet's lips brushed against his, unable to help a gasp of surprise. He'd never kissed or been kissed before, but he'd seen humans do it. It felt… really nice.
Joey moaned as the older boy's tongue slipped past his lips to twine with his. He squirmed a little when the brunet's hand slipped behind his neck, deepening the kiss as he pulled him closer. Feeling light-headed, he decided he should concentrate more on breathing and less on kissing, despite how interesting it was and how good it felt.
A few moments later, Seto broke the kiss, allowing him to gasp and pant a little. Seto took a moment to look at him, smirking when he saw the trail of drool from the corner of his lip. "You know, for a virgin, you come off pretty sexy."
Joey blushed a little, looking up at him shyly. "…Am I sexy? In human standards?"
"You're sexy in
any standards." The brunet stroked his cheek, using his thumb to brush away the trickle of drool from their kiss. "…Beautiful. The gods would be jealous of you." He smiled when the blond's blush darkened, then slid his hand down to his hip. "I'm going to start now. Are you ready?"
"Oh…" The younger boy squirmed a little, then nodded meekly, reaching up to wrap his arms around him and dig his nails lightly into his back. "Okay. I'm ready." He mewed as the brunet kissed him again and leaned into the kiss.
Apparently, it was only a distraction, as suddenly he felt something invading him that was much bigger than the two fingers he'd used before. He jerked his head back with a squeal of discomfort, but that's all it was; there was very little pain. Seto was right. His body may appear human, but it was made differently.
"Nn-!" Seto grunted as the blond's nails broke the skin on his back, and he worriedly checked the dragon's face for signs of pain. He was relieved to find discomfort and a little surprise, but had to ask, just to make sure. "Is this okay?"
"Uhn… y-yes." Joey bit his bottom lip, then nodded slowly. "It just… feels a little weird, but…" He looked up at him through his lashes and managed a small, shy smile. "…It's supposed t' feel better, right?"
"Yeah. So just hold onto me," the brunet ordered, then began to move again.
The dragon closed his eyes tightly and let out a quiet mewl as he felt the older boy withdrawing, body suddenly feeling empty, then yipped in surprise when he slammed back in, back arching as he hit the spot that had made him writhe before. "Ah-! Ah! Seto! Right there—please—right there—"
"Calm down. I'm not going to leave you unsatisfied," the human cooed, then smirked. "Let's try a different position, though, okay?"
"Hah?
Ah!" Joey bleated as he was yanked upward and pulled down onto the brunet's lap. "Nyu! Ah! Nn, so deep—" He sobbed weakly as the hands at his hips brought him down harder, blushing at the loud slap of skin on skin, and dragged his sharp nails down the older boy's back. "Ah! Ha! Se-! Seto! Ah!"
Seto grunted quietly at the pain but, somehow, it wasn't a turn off for him. In fact, he sort of liked the blond like this, so desperate that he didn't even realize he was hurting him. "Wrap your legs around me."
The blond did as he was told and moaned loudly as it pulled their hips closer together. "
Ahah!"
"Hnn, you're not going to last very long at this rate, are you?" the brunet mumbled, scowling a little. "We'll have to work on that, won't we?"
Joey bleated again as the older boy grasped his erection and began stroking it. "Ah! Se-! I'm—I'm
sorry-!"
"There's no helping it now, Joey. We'll work on your control later." Seto paused thoughtfully, then smirked. "
Much later."
"Ah! Ah!
Ah!" The blond threw his head back with a long, loud keen, body jerking a little as he reached his climax. "Seto!" His vision went white as the brunet continued to move beneath him, thrusting and stroking and touching—then, it went dark.
Seto groaned as he reached his own peak, holding the blond's smaller body closer, then sighed quietly. "…Nothing to say, Joey? I thought you'd be more talkative…" He trailed off as the blond's head rolled limply when he tried to sit him up straight, then chuckled quietly. "Well, it's been a while since I've made anyone black out after sex."
…Joey looked incredibly breathtaking like that, though, tears of pleasure clinging to his lashes and lips parted, body stained with the evidence of their love-making. He looked even more beautiful when Seto laid him down, hands sliding from his shoulders to fall beside his head limply.
Seto chuckled quietly and kissed his forehead, then went to the bathroom for a washcloth to clean him up. They'd talk later, after he woke up; for now, he was content having the dragon on his bed, sleeping off a round of sex.
"Silly little dragon, always so eager to please and happiest at even the smallest showing of approval." He smiled a little when the blond squirmed, as if to protest, then frowned when he saw something twitch on the side of the bed, tangled in the robes he'd been wearing that the brunet had tossed aside.
It was a tail. Joey still had a tail. He hadn't noticed it before because it hadn't been moving, tangled as it was in the white cloth.
…Well. That was going to take some explaining if he ever revealed Joey to the public.
