Stinging Beauty

I just can't cut on the fluff, but I'll try to tone it down -oh, and kat, hope you get well soon!

Thanks for reviewing so far, minna-san!^^

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26. For the better or the worse
 

They were Domino High’s hottest item.

Despite the fact that the way they interacted with one another was still rather similar to before, everyone could see how much they meant to one another.
It was not as if they were inseparable, in contrary.
Often, Jou would be found hanging with his friends, while Kaiba sat alone at his desk.
On the other hand, the CEO sometimes seemingly failed to notice his koi when he passed him in the crowded hall.
Lunchtimes however, were entirely different:The couple would sit in the secluded areas scattered across the school building, doing homework while devouring their meals, occasionally feeding one another(truth be told, Jou did most of the feeding, so Seto had both hands free to work on his laptop).
Of course, the reactions of their environment to their relationship were quite various.

From heartfelt, cheerful encouragement(their siblings), well-meant understanding(Honda and Ryou), over surprised indifference(Yugi, Otogi, a smaller part of their schoolmates and business partners)and grudged acceptance(the major part of the community, including Anzu and the Kaiba fanclubs), to downright hostility and alienation(various parents, bullies, associates and, sadly enough, their gym teacher).
It didn’t matter to them.
People who tried to ‘talk them out of it’, found themselves being ridiculed and laughed at.
Guys who attempted to ‘set them straight’ by force, made the painful discovery that neither teen was even remotely a push-over.
And that the lovers were constantly watching each other’s backs.

After one particularly nasty fight, which ended for Kaiba with a bruised shoulder, Jou a black eye and the guys who had ganged up on them with a visit to the nurse’s office, the couple found themselves facing the school director.
Sighing, the elder man drove a brawny hand over his balding head, before he adressed the assembled lovers.
“Kaiba-san, Jounouchi-san. I am very well aware that your new-found…understanding is an almost-miraculous development and, in my own opinion, far more preferable than your previous constant arguing. Yet,”
he held one hand up to stop any forthcoming arguments,
“yet I must insist that the two of you keep your..affectionate displays well within the school codex.”Kaiba tilted a brow, but it was Jou who answered:
“Pardon my disapproval, sensei, but I doubt we offended any rules, even less initiate any behaviour different than the various other couples attending this faculty.”
The director’s eyes bulged and Seto had to fight down a grin at the elder man’s flustered expression.Clearing his throat, the director glared at Jou and deadpanned:
“Yes, well, I recall a certain..incident in the janitor’s facilities.”
A blush, swift and faint like a summer breeze, ghosted across the blond’s features, who replied in a monotonous voice:
“That was but one single deterrent. Rest assured, such inconviniences will not reoccur.”
Minutes later, the director sent them back to their class with nothing but the advise to be careful.

 Halfway down the hall, Kaiba pulled his lover into the washroom, shut the door -and all but collapsed in hilarity.
Jou only gawked.
He had never heard the brunet guffaw like this; it was not his usual, evil, semi-maniac cackle, but honest, good laughter. The blond was quite certain, Seto hadn’t done so in years.
Finally, the CEO had his amusement back under control and, wiping away some tears, chuckled:
“Jounouchi, I must admit, that was simply brilliant!”
He straightened himself and repeated in his ‘business’ voice:
“’Rest assured, such inconviniences will not reoccur.’ I really thought, the poor man was going to have a stroke.”
Smiling, he traced Jou’s lips, who reacted by suckling on Seto’s fingertips.
“You are very sexy, when you sound sophisticated.”
Golden eyes held azure ones.
“I know” mumbled the blond around the digits. The CEO blinked.
“You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” Jou only smirked.
Kaiba shook his head.
“Jounouchi Katsuya, you are truly evil.”
One particularly languid lick across his index finger sent shivers up the brunet’s back.
“Is that a complaint?”
“Of course not.”
Lips crushed upon another, kisses were trailed down throats and jawlines, showered faces and left marks on necks.
“N, Seto, more” sighed Jou, grinding himself against his lover.
“Gomen, koi, we can’t.”
“Onegai, Seto, onegai.”
“You promised.”
“Fuck.”
A dirty grin spread across the brunet’s features.
“My sentiments exactly.”

Twelve minutes later, the limo came to pick up Kaiba for an emergency meeting.
Twenty-five minutes later, Jounouchi Katsuya was reported for not being found on the school grounds.
 

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Hey, they didn't do it in the washroom -and no one said, they weren't allowed to leave, if
they really needed..^^
In all honesty, I just wanted Jou to show the effect his relationship with Seto has on
him -he sounds like a Rhodes scholar, ne?