Mokuba's Secret

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Chapter Twenty-Two

Mokuba walked out of the kitchen and he went into the living room and stood looking outside. Joey followed him and as he stood behind Mokie, Mokuba said, “How can one man think that he can do what that bastard did to my brother and call himself our father?”

Joey put his arm around Mokuba and pulled him back against his body and he softly said, “What Gozaburo did to Seto was horrific and no one should be allowed to do that.

But you can’t put all parents into that category; some are loving people and will do everything in their power to make sure that their children know that they love them.”

Mokuba turned around and laid his head on Joey’s shoulder and he said, “Seto doesn’t even know that I found out what Gozaburo did to him and he can never find out, because if he does it will kill him.”

Joey gently rubbed Mokie’s back and he told him, “He will never find out, but how did you discover what was happening?”

Mokuba looked into Joey’s face and he said, “One night, Seto was having a nightmare and I went into his bedroom to find out what was wrong and he was screaming things that made my blood turn cold. I ran and got Roland who asked me to go to my room that he’d take care of the situation.”

Joey kissed Mokuba and then he said, “Listen, tomorrow would you like to ask Bakura and Ryou to go with us and we could just go for a drive and see where we end up?”

Mokuba smiled at Joey and gave him a hug and they walked upstairs and went to their room and as they laid there in each other’s arms, Joey wiped away a tear as he thought of what Mokuba said and how no child should ever find something like that out ever.


Back in Tokyo:

Seto woke up and as he moved, he realized that he wasn’t alone and when he opened his eyes there lay Roland with his arms around Seto and tears filled Seto’s eyes as he remembered what happen last night.

Roland was the closest thing to a father that he and Mokuba had and he laid his head back on Roland’s shoulder and just lay there loving the feeling of how safe he felt here in this man’s arms.

Roland opened his eyes and he knew that Seto was awake and he softly said, “Did you sleep alright?”

Seto lifted his head and he said, “Thank you for staying with me, I was terrified that that damn dream would come back and I never want to go through that again.”

Roland stretched and he said, “Let’s get up and go see if Ethan’s got breakfast ready. Kelly and Kyle are really worried about you and I think that it would do everyone some good to see you up and around.”

Roland stood up and that allowed Seto get up and as they stood there facing each other, Roland said, “Mokuba called here last night. He was worried about you, and I told him that you had a nightmare.”

Seto got defensive and then Roland said, “Listen to me, your brother does know what that bastard did to you and nothing is going to change that, so you have to be able to deal with it.”

Seto then said, “I’m sorry, but it embarrasses me to have my baby brother know that our so called father use to beat me if I didn’t do what he wanted. Does he also know that if I didn’t do what Gozaburo said, that he was going to start on him?”

Roland couldn’t lie to him and so he said, “Seto, Mokuba knows all of it and he’s been so brave about all of this. His love for you has allowed him to understand what you have been going through. Mokuba is one hell of a young man and if I say this I know that you’re not going to like it, but Joey is one hell of a man to stand beside your brother and support him.”

Seto looked at Roland and for once, he had to agree with him. Joey has been there for his brother all through this and well if he had to say so, he did agree that Joey was one hell of a man. Seto then said, “When do I start back with my therapy with Peter?”

Roland then told him, “Peter has left to go back to his apartment, so he could resume his practice, but he said to tell you, to come in when you feel ready to start again.”

Roland then said, “Why don’t you take a shower and change your clothes and I’ll go do the same and then we can go to see if breakfast is ready.”

As Roland started to leave, Seto said, “You’re right about Joey, even though I still don’t know if I can accept him being with my brother.”

Roland smiled at Seto and he said, “Well it’s beginning, and who knows it might not be to long before you can really accept them being together.” Then Roland left and Seto went to take a shower.

As they walked together to the kitchen, Ethan and Shawn were having some coffee and Ethan smiled as he saw both Roland and Seto come in.

“Good morning, how are you today?” Ethan asked Seto.

“Better, but I’m still not all the way there yet. I still have some things that have to be resolved, but I really think that I’ll be able to do that soon.” Seto said.

Just as Roland and Seto had sat down at the table they heard, “Seto, are you better?” Both Kelly and Kyle asked together.

Seto smiled at them and he said, “Yes, I’m better and I want to thank you both for telling Roland to let me know that you both care about me.”

Kelly and Kyle went over; they both gave Seto a hug and kiss, and then Ethan stood up and said, “Alright who wants pancakes and eggs for breakfast?”

Everyone cheered and said, “We do.”


Back in Domino:

Joey woke up and lay there looking down at Mokuba and he smiled. He was so in love with him that it actually hurt. Mokuba opened his eyes, he stretched, and he said, “Good morning.”

Joey kissed Mokie and then he said, “Let’s go see if Greta has breakfast ready, I’m hungry.” His stomach growled then and they both burst out laughing.

After they took a shower together, they got dressed and they walked downstairs and went to the kitchen. As they were near the kitchen, they smelled something good, there was Greta, she was making cinnamon buns, and they both almost started drooling.

Greta looked up and she laughed as she noticed them standing there and she said, “Come on, sit down and I’ll get you both some of these delicious buns and some cold milk.”

They didn’t have to be asked twice and as they sat down Greta said, “How are you both this morning?”

Mokuba smiled at her and he said, “We’re both fine and thanks for the hot chocolate last night it really helped.”

As they ate those delicious buns, Great asked them, “What are you both going to do today?”

Joey wiped his mouth and then he said, “We thought about asking two of our friends if they want to go driving with us.”

Greta went over, she kissed Joey, and she said, “You are the best thing that has ever happened to my boy here and I want to thank you for everything.”

This made Joey blush and he said, “Thank you for saying that.”

Mokuba couldn’t help but giggle as he saw Joey blush but he didn’t say a thing. He too agreed with Greta that Joey was the best damn thing that ever happened to him.

Greta said, “You’d better call and let Roland know where you’re going to be.”

Mokuba went over, gave her a big hug, and kissed her cheek and he said, “I’m going to call him now.”

After they were done eating, they both gave Greta a kiss and hug and then they walked back to the living room where Mokuba picked up the phone and started dialing Ryou’s phone.

When Ryou answered, Mokuba asked him, “Would you and Bakura like to go for a drive with Joey and me?”

Ryou said, “We’d love to, when you want to leave?”

Mokuba looked at Joey and he asked, “When are we leaving?”

Joey hugged him and he said, “First you call Roland and then we’ll go pick up Ryou and Bakura, I’d say we can leave in about an hour.”

Mokuba told Ryou, “We’ll be there in about an hour.”

Ryou said, “We’ll be waiting.” Then he hung up the phone.

Next Mokie called Ethan’s number and asked if he could please talk to Roland. “Hello, how are you both this morning?” Roland asked.

Mokuba told him, “We’re both fine, I’m calling because we’re going to go for a drive and we’re inviting two friends to go with us.”

Roland smiled and handed the phone to Seto, who said, “Mokuba are you alright?”

Please R&R.....

Chapter Twenty-Three Coming Up.....