The Prince and His Pauper

Title: The Prince and His Pauper
Author: Kleptomaniac Can Opener
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Seto x Jounouchi/Jounouchi x Seto, various side pairings
Disclaimer: Trust me, I don't own Yugi-Oh.

Summary: As the head of Katsuya Corp., Jounouchi isn't used to being ignored. Especially by some ordinary classmate with a stick up his rear-end.

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The Prince and His Pauper
Part 3

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Seto feels he must be out of his mind. He should have said ‘hell no’, but Mokuba needs his medicine. Without it, his eyes won’t be in any condition for the surgery.
Everything is for Mokuba. And if he has to sleep with the annoying mutt, then so be it.

Though he has to admit...he doesn’t mind THAT much. If anything, Jounouchi amuses him. He could certainly do worse.
At least with Jounouchi, he stands a good chance of not having to hide anything like whip marks from Mokuba’s sensitive touch.
Seto shifts gears, speeding down the road.

“How did you afford this car?”
“It was a gift.” Seto’s tone leaves no room for questions. But Jounouchi can already guess, considering the situation. “A left at the next intersection, correct?”
“Yeah. You should be able to see the house soon.” Jounouchi shifts in his seat to stare at Seto, thinking. The brunet scowls.
“What?”
“Why do you need so much money?”
“Was my back story included in the deal?”
“Geez, I’ll tag on another fifty-g.” Seto smirks, satisfied with their bargain.
“It’s for my brother. The surgery itself is ridiculously priced; the medicine to prepare him for it is just as bad. A month’s worth costs eighty thousand.”
“SHIT! That’s robbery!”
“In short.”

The car stops at a red light and Seto flips on the left turn signal.

“...does your brother know?”
“No.”
“So...what’s this surgery he needs?” He flinches when Seto glares at him fiercely. “Okay, okay, we won’t touch that subject.” The car takes the turn in an angry jerk, making Jounouchi bump his head against the window. “Ow! Hey! I’m paying you a hundred-and-fifty grand! You can be a little gentler!”

The car slows as the Jounouchi Manor comes into view. Jounouchi pauses before getting out. “Sorry about the vagabond comment.”
“Whatever.” The blond sighs and goes inside with his ‘guest’.

Seto ignores the stares of the manor’s servants. Being stared at is something he’s gotten used to. He follows Jounouchi through the many halls and past several doors leading to who knows where. During the entire time, he has to listen to the blond ramble on about everything that happens to cross his mind. Seto always did peg him for the chatty type.

“Ah, damn! I forgot to call the guys!” Jounouchi pulls out his cell phone, dialing the number for the arcade. After a couple rings, the manager picks up. “Hey, this is Jounouchi. Yeah. My buddies there? Yeah, let me talk to them.” It’s not long before he can hear Honda speaking over the loud noises in the background.
“Where the hell are you, man?”
“Sorry, man, I won’t be able to make it today. Something came up.”
“Up being the secret word of the day,” cracks Seto. Jounouchi snorts, unable to completely hold in his laughter.
“What was that?”
“Nothin’, Honda, nothin’. Anyway, I’m sorry. I’ll treat you guys somewhere to make up for it! Honest!”
“Yeah, yeah, all right. See you around.”

Jounouchi slips his phone back into its holder. “Geez! You had to say that while I was talking?”
“You know you liked it.” Seto smirks. “Or are you telling me...” He twists and cups Jounouchi’s groin even as they’re walking. “...you’re not UP?”

Jounouchi thanks every god that he’s heard of that they’re right by his room.

Clothing is quickly discarded.
Hands touch skin, mouths and tongues taste.
Hot breath tickles his ear.

Seto’s words alone electrify his senses like the attack of a Blue Eyes White Dragon. Jounouchi arches and withers, begging for more.

A wet tongue trails down the side of his neck, taking a detour to lavish over his Adam’s apple before continuing lower to trace collarbone. Seto smirks as he finds how sensitive the top ridge is. It amuses him how the other teen whimpers like a needy puppy as he exploits other hotspots he finds.

He slides his hands along smooth thighs, spreading the blond’s legs further to better accommodate him. Jounouchi’s erection pulses against his stomach, a dewdrop of pre-cum blooming on the tip.

Seto shifts a hand to stand the throbbing organ upright, then bends down to sample Jounouchi’s essence, eliciting a whimper from his new lover. His flavor is bitter but a little sweet. It’s not a surprise to the brunet since he’s seen how much chocolate his classmate can pack away.

He holds Jounouchi’s hips still as he runs his tongue over the full length and swirls around each heavy globe of his sac. The blond’s moans make him grin. Never has Seto had such a sensitive partner.

“Lube, mutt.” Jounouchi points in the general direction of the nightstand.
“That...that thing. The-the drawer...thing.” Seto chuckles. He’s already blowing the puppy’s mind away and the fun has only gotten started. He pops open the cap.
“Mutt, I’m going to make you howl.”

And howl he did.
Loud, long, and many times.


Seto watches Jounouchi’s chest gently rise and fall with each breath. In sleep, he can almost mistake Jounouchi for an angel.
He glances to the clock on the nightstand. He still has some time before he has to return home.

It won’t hurt to stay a while.
Just a little while.

After some time, Jounouchi stirs from his satisfied slumber. “Man, I don’t remember ever feeling THIS good.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
“Go for it.” Jounouchi stretches like a great golden cat, a soft smile on his pretty face.
Seto’s heart skips a beat.

Seto has had his fair share of good-looking, even gorgeous, lovers, male and female alike. But Jounouchi is different. There’s just...something about him.
When Jounouchi smiles at him it feels...sincere. It makes his heart pound in an unfamiliar beat.

Jounouchi works a hand through the knots in his hair, musing how long he must have slept. There’s a bit of moisture in the air, so he supposes Seto must have taken a shower. He figures he must have been out at least an hour. After doing the Sexual Olympics for the last several, it’s not a big surprise.

“Hey, what are you doing?” The blond sits up, glaring at his classmate. “You better not be messin’ with my business papers!”
“Your sense of business needs improvement, mutt. And all I did was provide some footnotes, free of charge.” Jounouchi growls.
“What would you know about the gaming industry?”
“More than you apparently. It’s just free advice, take it or leave it.” Seto places the papers in a neat pile then stands. “The account number to which you can wire the money is in the main drawer. I’m going home.”
“Hey, I didn’t mean nothin’ by it. You can stay.” Jounouchi slides off the bed, taking long strides to Seto’s side. For some reason, he doesn’t feel ready to let the taller teen go. He wraps his arms around Seto, pressing his body to the other’s back and kissing his neck. He feels a warmth in his chest when Seto shivers and takes a calming breath.
“I have to give Mokuba his medicine.”
“Oh...” Jounouchi takes a slow step away. “Uh, see you at school, I guess.”

Seto doesn’t even say goodbye.

Jounouchi sighs and sits at his reading desk. The leather is uncomfortable against his naked flesh, but he’s too lazy to put his pants on. “My god...I didn’t think it would be that fucking incredible. I’m getting hard again just thinking about it.” He rests his elbows on the now uncluttered top of his desk. “What the? He rearranged everything! How am I gonna find anything? Oh, hey, I’ve been looking for this all week.”

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“Oniisama! You’re back!”
“Of course. Did you have fun while I was gone?”
“Sure did! The new microphone you got me let me talk to a girl all the way in America! She’s blind too!” Seto ruffles the child’s thick mane of hair.
“I’m glad you made a new friend. Go get ready to take your medicine while I get out of my work clothes.”
“Aww, okay.” Mokuba runs to his room to fetch his hair tie, then he pokes his head back out. “Oh, the doctor wants you to set up another appointment before the end of the month. He’s going to be gone for a few days because of a business trip.”
“All right.” Once in his room, Seto relaxes and removes the offending articles of clothing. In truth, he prefers more conservative outfits, but those don’t pay the bills as often.

“Oniisama! I’m ready!” Slipping on something more comfortable, a tee shirt and sweatpants, Seto joins his brother in the living room. “How was work today?” the boy asks as he pulls his hair up.
“I had a rowdy customer.”
“What happened? You didn’t get in trouble with your boss or anything, right? I know you have a temper.” Seto chuckles at his brother’s statement, knowing it to be true. “No, I didn’t get in any trouble. I handled it.”
“What was he being rowdy about? Owww!” Seto kisses the back of his neck before answering.
“He wanted to be bumped up in line, is all. Childish, really. Like a puppy that saw another dog get the bone he wanted.”
“Geez, being a waiter sounds like it’s hard work.”
“It is, don’t ever do it. Go on and play now.”
“Okay!” Mokuba beams and kisses his brother’s cheek before running back to his room.

~*~*~*~

Jounouchi didn’t count on feeling so awkward at school the next morning, or the morning after that and the morning after that. It was just sex. Really hot, oh-my-god-I’m-gonna-die sex, but it was JUST sex. At least, that’s what he keeps telling himself.

“There’s no way I can LIKE that guy!”

“What are you mumbling to yourself about?” asks Miho.
“Ack! Don’t scare me like that, Ribbon! I’m delicate, you know!” Miho rolls her eyes.
“Whatever. So, what’s going on? You’re acting weirder than usual.”
“Just thinkin’. Nothing you gotta worry about.”
“You sure? Cause Yugi and Honda are kinda worried too.”
“I’m cool, I’m cool. I just have some things I need to work out. It’s business related.” He pastes a large grin on his face to show everything’s fine. Miho smiles back.
“Well, okay. You know you can talk to us anytime, Jou-kun.”

Once Miho rejoins the rest of their small group by the window, Jounouchi risks a quick glance at Seto in the back of the class. He frowns. Unlike himself, Seto doesn’t appear to feel awkward, or anything, at all.
He’s normal, as always.
Jounouchi mentally frowns. Then again, he must be used to having sex for money, so it IS normal for the brunet. He wants to help his classmate out of such a bad situation, but he knows the other teen would never accept the help as they stand right now. “I wonder where their parents are?” Seto glances up for a moment, as if feeling Jounouchi’s eyes on him.
Lately Jounouchi has found that when he gazes into Seto’s eyes, where they used to appear cold, they just look sad now.

Sad and a little lonely.

Speaking of Seto, the brunet is currently gathering his things to leave. But, it’s still the middle of the school day. “Where you going, Kaiba?”
“None of your business, mutt.”
“Jerk!”

He can’t believe he likes that guy! Wait, scratch that. He does NOT like Seto!
PERIOD!

Seto hands the teacher a folded note. After she looks it over, she nods and gives her student the okay to go.

Jounouchi fumes for a few minutes more before it occurs to him that it might have to do with Seto’s brother. “Wonder if he’s okay...?”

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The rest of the school week crawls by at an agonizingly slow pace. Jounouchi knows he has been driving his friends up the proverbial wall with his uncharacteristic spacing out, so he’s almost glad when Saturday’s business meeting comes around to distract him.
It’s a fairly important meeting, important enough that he earlier thought it would best to rent one of the more expensive business rooms at the Domino Conference Center. He even managed to secure a good grade translator last minute, as his usual just came down with a case of the mumps last night.

It goes off without a hitch.
The correct papers are signed, everyone bows, and they even shake hands. Katsuya Corp. is finally breaking into the toy business, starring the cast of his hit video game ‘Dragon Gods of Valor’. He anticipates they will sell well, especially the King of Winter Dragon Valley. The girls won’t stop sending letters about his ‘gorgeous’ blue eyes, and other assets.
Jounouchi blushes as he packs the last of his notes into his briefcase. It wasn’t until a moment ago that he realized that particular character has a striking resemblance to a certain classmate. He wonders if he can get Seto to dress up and sign autographs at a convention.

After making sure he has all his stuff and that no one has left anything in the room, he locks up and heads towards the elevators. A familiar voice speaking gibberish catches his attention.

The door to one of the other rooms swings open, allowing a handful of men to exit, one being a teenage brunet with blue eyes who looks absolutely stunning in an Italian suit.
Seto is without a doubt the translator between the businessmen, his silver tongue speaking the harsh Russian language in clear, even tones.

Jounouchi can scarcely believe his eyes. Seto is being charming and polite like he invented the role. It’s a complete one-eighty from how he always is!
Seto accepts a card from the foreign man before the two parties split ways.

The blond doesn’t like how close Seto and his supposed employer stand together as they talk. He doesn’t like how he slips a card into the brunet’s breast pocket or how his hand lingers after he brushes away imaginary lint from Seto’s broad shoulder.
Fortunately, Jounouchi manages to keep his professional face on when the man passes by.

“Hey, Kaiba,” Jounouchi greets as he walks up to the other. “I’m surprised to see you here.”
“I choose to take that as a compliment, mutt.” The blond scowls.
“I didn’t mean nothin’ by it! I just meant I didn’t think I’d see you here.”
“With my clothes on.”
“Yeah. I mean no!”

Seto smirks. Watching the other teen squirm is so amusing. “Was there something you needed?” For some reason, he finds himself hoping for a ‘yes’.
“I, um...er...” Seto’s smirk grows.
“Or were you just jealous?”
“No! ...yes, no! Definitely not!” The brunet hooks a finger in the loop of Jounouchi’s tie and pulls him closer.
“If you’re that jealous, you should do what they do and buy me.” The blond’s mouth goes dry. Those artic blues are pulling him in deep. So deep he wonders if it’s possible to ever escape.

His body moves on its own, pulling Seto into the room he had only just left. He traps the brunet against the door, sucking on his tongue and grinding their hips together.
Jounouchi is knocked out of his self-induced buzz when Seto pushes him hard. He stumbles backwards and lands roughly on a chair. “Ow! Fuck!” He grabs his side where the chair arm took a stab at him. “A ‘no’ would have been enough!”
“Who’s saying no?”

Then Seto is between his legs, pulling him out of his pants. His tongue burns a trail of pleasure over the throbbing flesh, making Jounouchi moan. He tries to push himself into that sweet mouth, but Seto will have none of that. He holds the blond’s hips against the seat while he licks and swirls, tasting every bit of hungry cock and the dewdrops of precum beginning to blossom from the slick head.
Jounouchi buries his hands in Seto’s hair. “Oh God!” He thought the blowjob he got the first time was good; that was nothing compared to what Seto is doing to him now! He’ll go crazy if the brunet keeps doing that with his tongue! It just keeps swirling and swirling and teasing and... “I-I’m gonna...!”

Searing heat engulfs him. One good, hard suck and he’s cumming inside of Seto’s tight throat. Jounouchi bites his hand to keep from screaming and alerting the entire building of their torrid affair. Bursts of starlight blind his vision and numb senses that have nothing to do with what just happened between his legs.

Jounouchi pants heavily, his body boneless and his suit too stifling. Heavy-lidded eyes manage to make out Seto standing and straightening his suit...and holding Jounouchi’s wallet in one elegant hand. Several bills are extracted before Seto leans forward to slip the wallet back into its original pocket. Their lips brush in a teasing caress.

“I’ll see you in school, mutt.” Seto then turns away, intent on leaving as he still has other business to attend to. But long arms wrap around his waist and a warm body presses against his back.
“Tomorrow. All day tomorrow, however much you want. I know you have a few things you need to do, but come back to me afterwards.” Shivers run up and down Seto’s spine. There’s no reason for the blond’s words to affect him this way but, he’s already quivering in anticipation.
“As long as you pay...”
“I will.”

~*~*~*~

Domino Private Hospital is expensive to say the least. But the patients receive the best care from the best doctors...provided they can afford their service. It’s here that the Kaiba brothers spend their early Sunday morning.

Seto watches Mokuba read a children’s book, his dexterous fingers sliding over the pages. The room is filled with bright colors and toys meant to entertain and comfort young patients. Seto muses it suits his brother quite well. “How is he, Sanada-san?” The old doctor sighs, treading a hand through his beard.
“His situation is deteriorating. He needs to get the operation soon or it may become impossible.”
“How soon?”
“Another month. Tops.”
“I see.”

Doctor Sanada removes his spectacles to clean them with a cloth. “As a licensed physician, I can’t legally advise the surgery since you’re both minors.”
“I know, Sanada-san. I thank you for taking such a risk.”
“You two are still children. As a human being, I couldn’t turn you away when I know of means that could benefit you. Just be careful.” He places his glasses back on. “Sight is an important sense, but Mokuba-kun wouldn’t want you to be permanently hurt or even killed trying to get the money.”
“I’ll be careful.” Seto looks to the doctor, eyes steeled with determination. “But he will have that surgery.”