Pairing: Seto/Jou, Yami+Yugi
Beta: JennieB. - Too good to be true.
Chapter threeLuckily for them, the area was full of small islands so they weren't forced to land in the middle of the sea. Seto expertly maneuvered the jet, and soon they landed in a clear area on an unknown island, surrounded by a forest. Jou looked at the scenario around him, his hands still gripping the arm rest tightly. He let out the breath he was holding and stared at the brunette.
“Where the hell are we? And what the fuck just happened?”
“How should I know?” answered the young CEO to both questions. He unfastened his seatbelt and got up, reaching for his bag and grabbing his cell phone. He opened the mobile and dialed. Seconds after that, he snapped it shut and threw it at the bag. “Un-fucking-believable.”
“What’s wrong?”
“The battery is dead,” Seto explained, obviously pissed. “Where’s your cell phone?”
Jou sweatdropped. He grinned nervously, speaking lowly, only the last word audible. “…it.”
“What? Speak like a normal person!” the brunette demanded in a menacing tone.
“I didn’t bring it.”
“You what?!” exclaimed the young CEO. “You brought a fucking sleeping bag – to a resort, mind you – but you didn’t bring your cell phone?”
“I forgot at Yugi’s and I thought I wouldn’t need it!” retorted the blond. “And looks like I’m gonna use that sleeping bag after all.”
“Oh no, I don’t think so. I’m not fucking staying on this island in the middle of God knows where,” Seto answered as he got up again and took off his leather coat.
“What are you doing? Where are you going?”
“I’m going to have a look at the turbines and engines, maybe figure out what's wrong.”
“But you’re no mechanic!”
“Yeah, but I think I know a thing or two about this,” the brunette retorted as he pushed a button on the control panel which opened the door that led outside.
Jou gaped and tried to think of something to say to stop the other, but knew it was useless; when Seto wanted something…, ‘I just wish it could be like this with me’ thought the blond bitterly. He decided to see if he could help the other to get out of that place as soon as possible. He got out of the plane, jumped softly to the ground and walked over to the brunette, who was standing next to one of the turbines. “So…?”
“Well, we can discard the possibility that it was a problem with the turbines. Both of them seem to be fine. Now we have to look at the internal engines.”
“I can try to contact the Domino control tower while you look at it,” the blond offered.
“You do that,” Seto said as he walked away from him to check the other parts of the jet.
Jou sighed and went back inside, and then climbed into the cockpit. He sat in Seto’s seat and looked at the panel, trying to figure out how he could contact the control tower. “I think I will take a course or something about these things when we return,” the blond mumbled to himself, growing confused by all the buttons. After trying to figure out which button he could press, he decided to try his luck – which hadn't done much for them up to that moment – and he pressed the big, green button on top. There was a loud bip for several minutes and then…silence. He tried the next button, and the same thing happened. He cursed and tried the next one. Nothing. “Fucking great.”
“It’s useless,” a voice behind him said.
The blond whirled around, his hands on his heart. “Jesus Seto, don’t scare me like that!”
The brunette arched one elegant eyebrow. Then, he sat in Jou’s seat, crossing his legs. “I discovered what our problem is. Electrical failure. Apparently, my so called mechanics didn’t see this little…are you even listening to me?”
The blond blinked, returning to reality. The last few minutes had been something of a daydream to Jou, ever since he had noticed that the brunette was shirtless. He couldn’t help but stare at the gorgeous body that filled his dreams, and his mind shut down to anything else. When he heard Seto's demand, he noticed what he had been doing and blushed furiously, hurriedly looking away.
“Ahn…how…long we gonna stay here?” the blond asked finally, settling for something neutral to talk about.
“Well, I can’t fix all of the damage, but I can probably make the panel work so that we can contact Domino airport.” Seto smirked. It hadn't gone unnoticed the way the other had looked at him, and he was flattered. More than that, actually, he was delirious. Sure, the shirtless thing had just been an idea he'd had to see if he could affect the other, even if only a little bit. It had worked better than he had expected. “I guess we're going to spend some time alone here on this island,” Seto finally concluded.
“What?! I mean…I guess so,” the blond exclaimed, his mind working furiously. He couldn’t help but feel that their situation had something to do with the former pharaoh. Or maybe he was being just paranoid. Yami wouldn’t do something that extreme just to give the blond a chance to confess. Yugi would kill him if he did. He looked shyly at the brunette, his amber eyes glowing in anticipation. It couldn’t hurt to confess, could it? Even if Seto rejected him, at least he would get that weight off of his chest. He sighed deeply. “Seto, I…”
“Do you want to go get some sun?”
“I have to tell…what?” asked the blond, confused by the sudden statement.
“I asked if you wanted to get a bit of a tan – while I try to fix the electrical system,” Seto answered.
“But…I wanna help.”
The young CEO smiled. There was that lovely pout again, the one that could make Jou look so much like a puppy. He got up and put his hand on the blond’s shoulder, feeling him shiver. Oh, this was going to be good. “There’s nothing much that you can do. I don’t even know if I can fix it, but I have to at least try. So, to make up for the lost trip to the resort, I am telling you to go have some fun. After all, we are on an island, and you bought some new swimsuits, right?”
Jou closed his eyes, enjoying the feeling of that hand on his shoulder – even if his shirt was preventing the skin-on-skin contact. He opened his eyes and looked up, almost drowning in those sapphire pools. He held his breath, feeling the air around them changing. Seto could feel it too, and without thinking, he lowered his head and kissed Jou softly on the lips. The blond sighed at the contact, his heart racing, his body tingling. But before he could respond, the brunette backed off.
“Go. I will join you later,” Seto said as he left the cockpit.
Jou sat there feeling stunned, and slowly, he touched his lips with his fingertips. Had Seto really kissed him? Did he feel something for him, too? Millions of questions ran through Jou’s head before he finally got up and went to retrieve his baggage. As he opened one of the bags, he smiled when he saw the scented sun block that was sitting there. Maybe he could use some of his friend’s ideas, after all.
Now, he was truly glad that the jet had suffered that problem. For the time being, he was going to have Seto all to himself.
TBC
