A Year With You

Jou sneered as he looked at himself in the mirror. He was in a formal tux with bowtie and all. He looked like a penguin. He tugged at the collar not feeling like he was able to breathe. He walked slowly into Seto’s room and leaned against the doorjamb watching his lover get ready. Seto was in the mirror fixing his tie while humming a happy little tune. His eyes scrolled down his lover’s body admiring the way the tux looked on the long slender body. Seto was made for a tux. He on the other hand was not. “You look perfect, stop fussing.” He said what he thought was lightly but from the look his lover gave him, he must have snapped it. He would have thought that after going so long without sex, after Honda hooked up with Otogi, he would have been fine going with out sex for two weeks. However, he didn’t realize going with out sex meant not sleeping in the same bed as Seto at all. He hadn’t been able to sleep with out the sound of his lover’s breathing or the feel of Seto snuggling into him. Add lack of sleep with being hornier than he had ever been in his life, with no relief in sight, made for one very grumpy Jou. “I’m sorry, Seto, I didn’t mean to snap. I just hate this thing on me.” His lover looked him over and smiled pulling him in for a kiss. “You look great, Jou. However, I knew you would hate it so I got you something else.” His lover pointed to the bed and he turned.

On the bed lay a pair of suede pants in a deep chocolate paired with an emerald green button down shirt. He smiled and kissed his lover striping off the evil tux tossing it on the floor and pulling on the other cloths. He paused as the pants bunched his boxers. The pants were skin tight and there was no way he would be able to wear his boxers under the pants. He pulled them off then pulled on the pants sighing in contentment happy to be freed from the penguin suit.

Seto watched Jou carefully and swallowed hard when his lover carelessly striped his boxers. He looked his puppy over admiring the firm round ass under the soft as butter pants. His hormones surged and he just decided to give in. He had been fighting it all week and he was done. He growled low in this throat tossing off his cloths and grabbing his puppy in a hard demanding kiss. His lover got lucky because the nice silk shirt had not yet been buttoned. He stripped his lover of the lose garment and tossed it to the side. He lifted Jou’s legs carelessly depositing his puppy on the bed. He was ravaging Jou’s neck and lips while running his hands over Jou’s legs and butt. The pants were smooth and supple. The fact that he knew Jou had nothing on underneath had him wound in knots.

Jou was mewling in pleasure more than happy to let Seto do as he pleased. Sadly some rational part of his mind that was refusing to be shut off was demanding he stop this. Seto wanted to go without sex and he went along with the idea to show how he respected his lover. He had made a promise and he was going to stick to it even if he really just wanted to give up and give in. “Seto, we should stop.” He gasped softly as his lover bit down on his nipple. “Seto, we should really stop.” His lover ignored him and continued to trail kisses down his stomach. “MONEYBAGS!” He cried, softly regretting his decision. Seto stopped and pulled up so swiftly he was afraid he gave his love whiplash. One time, Seto was feeling kinky and wanted to be tied up so they had decided on safe words that they could use anytime and the other would stop no matter what. He had used his word. “What?” His lover snarled glaring at him. He looked over his proud naked lover and bit his fist before he did something stupid like pounce his dragon. “No sex for two weeks and three days. I promised! I love you and I don’t want to hurt you by breaking my promise.”

Seto stood looking at his puppy taking deep breaths trying to calm himself. It wasn’t working. Jou was just too sexy and vulnerable sprawled on his bed half naked while an impressive erection strained against tight leather pants. “Fuck it! Jou, I want you and I want you now. I’m so happy you want to keep your promise to me but I don’t want you to. So you can either give in now and do things the easy way or we can do things the hard way where I molest you all night until you give into me. I, personally, would like you to choose the easy way.” His stood and crossed his arms waiting for an answer. Jou looked at him and hot eyes traced down his body. His lover stood tossed off the pants grabbed the oil and spread his legs wide. “If you say fuck it, I say fuck it. I choose the easy way. Take me now, Seto, I’ve missed you.” He growled and pounced his puppy, fumbling with a quick prep then set a rapid pace of frantic lovemaking.

Mokuba heard the door chime and glanced to the top of the stairs wondering why his brother wasn’t down yet. His brother should have been down pacing the living room wondering why the hell Yami and Yugi were taking so damn long. He stood and walked over opening the door smiling at the two before him. “You guys look great! Come on in.” He showed the two to the living room and smiled. “I’m not sure where Seto and Jou are, let me go check.” He turned jogging up the stairs and knocked softly on his brother’s door. He didn’t hear and answer but he did hear movement. He cracked the door open and spotted Seto’s tux shirt on the floor. The cacophony of pleasured moans and other noises had him shutting the door quickly. He smiled; pleased that Jou and his beloved older brother might be a bit nicer again, now that they were getting laid. He opened the door closing his eyes. “Seto, Yami and Yugi are here, ready to go.” He waited not opening his eyes. There was the soft sound of lips detaching themselves from somewhere. “Tell them to take a fucking…” His brother trailed off as Jou let out a loud moan. His brother made a few soft noises and he grinned. “We’ll be ready in ten.” He nodded closing the door and bursting into giggles.

Yugi sat calmly looking around at Kaiba’s living room. There were pictures of Jou and Mokuba scatter about along with some priceless looking antiques, that he was willing to bet, cost more than some countries made in a year. “What is taking them so long?” Yami growled, tapping his foot restlessly. He smiled and shrugged slightly. “Stupid Kaiba! I hope he’s bleeding!” Yugi spun looking at his darker half hoping he didn’t hear right. “YAMI! Take that back.” His lover looked at him and glared with deep crimson eyes. “No. You have been oddly protective of him lately and I demand to know why! What has Kaiba ever done for us?” He stared at his Yami for a long time. “It’s not what he’s done for us but what was done to him that makes me want to protect him. The real question is what has he done to you to make you hate him so? He’s not Seth, Yami. He’s not your lover and he’s not cheating on you. You are no longer a pharaoh of Egypt and he is not trying to take anything from you. Why all the hostility?” His Yami glared at him for a long time. “I hate him because he’s the only one who hasn’t had to suffer! I lost you and I almost died! He has everything and he always has. I’m sick and tired of every one suddenly deciding Seto Kaiba is so fucking special! He’s lived a life of luxury while the rest of us suffered loneliness in the darkness of our items.” Yugi sat calmly watching his Yami pace. He might have admitted Yami had a point if he didn’t know what he knew. “Maybe he has lived a thousand lives of loneliness and pain atoning for the sins of what he did in Egypt and so in this life his has been given happiness. Then again, maybe he was never Seth and he’s getting happiness because he’s actually never hurt anyone.”

Yami paused and spun ready to scream at his light but he saw something in those big violet eyes that made him pause. He swiftly retreated to his puzzle and went to Yugi’s soul room. His light’s happy soul had been smeared with darkness. He searched the lovely soul for a sign of what his love was hiding but only found it locked up so tightly he would never get it open. “What are you hiding from me, Yugi?” He growled, shaking his light. “I can’t tell you.” He growled again grabbing a pillow and ripping it apart. “Why?” His love leveled him with a flat cool gaze. “I don’t trust you with this secret. It could be used to hurt some one very badly and I can’t trust you not to use it. I love you, Yami, but recently I haven’t liked you all that much.” The words made him pause and his lover, his light, his other half stood and walked out of the room.

Seto walked calmly down the stairs with a grinning Jou and a giggling Mokuba in toe. He smiled at Yugi who gave him a knowing look but said nothing. “You look very handsome, Kaiba.” He looked over the small boy wearing a nice deep blue pin striped suite. “As do you, Yugi. I apologize for making you wait. Shall we go?” The small boy nodded once but did not turn to leave. “Kaiba, I am sorry to say but Yami destroyed one of your couch pillows. I would like to replace it.” He smiled and shrugged easily. “It is no big deal. It’s just a pillow.” Yugi nodded to him and smiled walking calmly out of the house. Seto looked to Jou who shrugged and fallowed his friend.

Yami walked out of the living room only to find Kaiba standing alone. White hot rage over took him and he walked over and slammed his fist into the brunette’s face. Seto spun, surprised and dodged his second punch, landing a solid fist in his gut. The wind escaped his lungs and he crumpled to the ground. “What the hell is your problem?” He glared up at the brunette who turned and stormed from the house. Kaiba was not gone long but came back with security and his little light.

Jou fallowed Yugi curious as to what was going on. He took one look at the heaving Yami and the slight swelling of his lover’s face and snapped. He hauled Yami away from the security guards and started beating the shit out of the ancient pharaoh. His mind stopped functioning. All of his old street fighting skills came in to play.

Seto grabbed Jou and tried to get his furious lover away from Yami. However, Yami wasn’t going to have any of it. The darker side of Yugi was pounding on Jou. He saw Mokuba step in and start to pull Yami back and he gave his little brother a grateful nod.

Yugi watched the whole fight impassively. Seto’s security stood by ready but seeming content to let their boss handle things. Jou had calmed considerably even though his eyes still burned in bright gold fury. Yami on the other hand was struggling against Mokuba for all he was worth. He saw Yami get an arm free and an elbow land right above Mokuba’s eye. The young boy stumbled back in surprise and pain. He watched as Mokuba tripped and slammed into the small table knocking it over. The young boy looked stunned but mostly unharmed. It was odd but he swore the whole world stood still and took a breath. His Yami looked stunned as did Jou. Kaiba on the other hand looked… there was no proper way to describe the way Kaiba looked in one word. Kaiba looked like a dragon, who just found some one trying to harm it’s young. A purely animalistic growl started low in the brunette’s throat then moved up till there was nothing natural or human about it. Then Seto moved.

To describe what happened would take more words than time. It was a dance of pure frightening deadly grace and power. There was nothing stopping Seto and his actions were only slowed by Yami’s feeble attempt to stay alive. It became very clear in a very short time just what Seto Kaiba was capable of and what lengths he was willing to go for his little brother. There were whispered rumors that Seto would kill for his brother. They were rumors no longer. It was painfully obvious that Seto Kaiba, when provoked, was capable of just about anything.

Mokuba saw the problem before it would arise. Seto had hit a level so beyond rational thought that he was going to kill Yami if he wasn’t stopped. However, his brother was a trained fighter and all the speed, grace, and skill he had was being used to hurt Yami. He looked to the full security team including Isono. “Someone stop my brother before he kills Yami! NOW!” In the next few seconds all hell broke loose. It took seven people to pin down his brother and another four to get Yami far enough away that Seto couldn’t kill him. He looked to Jou for help but the blond was standing there staring at his brother with his mouth hanging open in shock. His brother was firmly in the grasp of four men twice his size and heaving like a caged animal. Blue eyes never left the limp and bleeding form of Yami. “Let go.” His brother hissed in a deadly whisper that had many people taking a step back. However, the men holding him didn’t even twitch.

Mokuba stood for several seconds waiting. “Seto.” He said, softly; calmly walking over to his brother. He touched a smooth face and blue eyes flicked to him. In that single glance he learned more than he thought was possible. The abuse and darkness that his brother suffered had warped his soul until it was so focused on one thing that all humanity fled in it’s wake. His brother only cared about his safety. He had never been hurt while kidnapped and he had never seen Seto like this except for once when a fourteen year old managed to lift a man three times his size and toss him out of an office window. He remembered something suddenly from that day that he had forgotten. The day Gozoburo died, not only was he threatened but the man slapped him. “Seto, look at me.” Blue eyes flicked to him once more and he grabbed his brother’s face. “I’m fine. I’m safe. I’m not hurt. It was an accident. You need to calm down. I’m fine. I’m fine.” He kept repeating that he was fine until his brother took a deep shuddering breath and went limp. He looked to the guards and they nodded still holding his brother. He stood and went to call the good doctor.

Jou didn’t think it was possible for any one person to feel that much rage. He slowly walked over to his lover and lifted a limp head. Blue eyes sparkled with tears and he sighed softly. “Oh, my love if only I had known the extent of your pain.” He whispered, feeling oddly poetic. He kissed Seto tenderly trying to ease the rage, fear and pain he saw behind blue eyes.

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Mokuba rolled his eyes as his brother hovered over him while the doctor calmly looked him over. His brother was trembling. He wasn’t sure what emotion currently ruled to cause his brother to tremble but at least Seto seemed in control. Granted the twelve security guards at the door were a nice precaution. “A few bumps and bruises but nothing serious. You are a healthy, strong, young lad.” He was patted gently on the cheek and his brother relaxed slightly. “Doctor, what about Mouto-san?” He watched at the old man turned to his brother and gave him a patient smile. “Seto, I have known you since you were a young boy. I saw only some of what that monster did to you. Well the results anyway. Wounds like you suffered take time and love to heal. For a long time you have only had Mokuba to love. Love that strong and all encompassing can do strange things to a person especially when that person has faced all that you have. I have heard stories of mothers being able to lift cars off their children. In many ways, Mokuba is like your child.”

Seto raised a brow and waved a hand halting the man before he could ramble any further. “Doctor, I’m sure there is a point here somewhere, so get to it.” The old man smiled and patted his cheek. “He’s beat up but nothing is broken and he’s not seriously injured. He’ll have bruises for a good few months but other than that nothing is wrong with him. However, from what I have heard of your actions and seen of that young man…well, he’s lucky you didn’t want to kill him. I think you knew it was an accident and that Mokuba wasn’t seriously hurt so you just beat him. If you didn’t know, on some level, that Mokuba was fine, that young man would be dead. I love you, Seto, I love you like a son so it pains me to say this but if I were you I would go seek counseling. Your physical health is great. Your mental health needs some work.” Seto snorted and bowed to the doctor. “Thank you for coming on such short notice. I do believe since every one is fine, we are done here.” The doctor gave him a small bow in turn and left.

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Thanks to those of you who stuck around and left a review. For those of you that have left me....c'est la vie. Thanks again hoped you all enjoyed reading about Yami getting the shit kicked out of him. I forgot how much I liked this chapter.