Kaiba's New Assistant
Chapter 4
Soon they arrived at Kaiba’s mansion and Seto escorted Jou into the house where they were met by Seto’s eccentric housekeeper, Mrs Doyle.
"Good evening Master Seto and Master Katsuya," she greeted cheerfully in her distinctive Irish accented voice.
"Good evening Mrs Doyle," Seto replied, speaking in English, just as Mrs Doyle had done. Jou merely nodded. Seto continued, "Could you make the first guest room ready as Jonouchi will be staying with us tonight. Also could you run a bath for him in the adjoining bathroom?"
"Of course Master Seto," she answered, "but would you not like me to see to Master Katsuya’s injuries first?"
"That is quite alright, Mrs Doyle," Seto replied, "I can take care of those."
"OK so," she said then she shuffled away to carry out Seto’s wishes.
Kaiba brought Jonouchi through into the kitchen and seated him on one of the bar stools, then he retrieved the first aid kit from one of the numerous cupboards.
"Kaiba?" Jou got the attention of the taller boy.
"Yes, Jonouchi?"
"Why does your housekeeper call everyone by their first name?"
Seto shrugged, "It’s just how she is. I’ve tried to explain that she shouldn’t do it, but she just gives me a strange look, says ‘OK so’ in that way of hers, then just carries on like I never said anything. I’ve found that it’s far less frustrating just to accept it."
"I guess I can live with that," Jou sighed, then he hissed as Seto wiped at his newest wounds with an antiseptic wipe.
"Sorry," Seto said, "Does it really bother you that much?"
"No, I know you have to do it, I can cope."
"Not that, silly pup," Seto said in amusement, "I was talking about my housekeeper."
"Oh, no, it’s OK really," Jou said, "It’s just that nobody calls me Katsuya except for my sister and, on rare occasions, my mother. It just feels a little weird is all."
"OK, I'm all done here," Seto said, "but I'd like to check your other injuries."
"Um… do you have to?" Jou asked, "I'm fine, really."
"I just want to make sure that you are alright," Seto said gently, "There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. It's just for my own peace of mind."
Jou sighed again, then before Kaiba could say anything else, he shed his top and looked Kaiba in the eye defying him to day anything.
Seto gasped. Not just because of the fresh bruises showing up lividly against Jou’s pale skin, but because of various old scars that littered his torso. "He reached out and traced one of the more prominent ones with a stunned look upon his face. "Where did you get all those scars?" he asked.
"Actually most of them are a permanent reminder of the time I spent in that gang," Jonouchi couldn’t help a touch of shame leaking into his voice. "But this one," he indicated a largish scar on his left shoulder, "this one was where my dad caught me with a broken bottle one night when he was drunk out of his skull and I was lucky he didn’t catch an artery or something." He shrugged, "Bastard didn’t even remember he’d done it the next morning and it probably wouldn’t have scarred so badly if I’d been able to have it treated properly." At the time, Jou had felt that he couldn't even ask for first aid as too many questions would have been asked, so he'd had to patch himself up as best he could and just carry on.
"Things are worse at home than you have let on aren’t they?" Seto observed. Jou hung his head which was all the answer that he needed. "You can’t stay there," Seto put his arms around Jou and held him close. "I’ll worry that he is really going to hurt you…"
"Kaiba," Jou sighed, leaning into Seto's embrace, "I’ve already explained why I have to stay there for the moment. Please don’t worry about me. It’s just something I have to get through." What he didn’t add was that he didn’t want to cause trouble for Kaiba. If it came out that Kaiba was involved with a teen runaway, even if he were only a couple of months short of majority, it could bring his custody of Mokuba into question once again, legal adult or not.
Seto sighed. He could talk Jonouchi into many things, but he knew that this was something that he would be completely unbending on. "Alright pup. I won’t mention it again as long as you keep your promise to tell me if things get too bad or you need help."
"Deal," Jonouchi said, then he hastily pulled away and put his shirt back on as Mrs Doyle returned.
"Master Seto," she began, "I’ve drawn the bath for Master Katsuya. Will I be required to bathe him?"
Jou spoke up quickly, "No, that’s OK, Mrs Doyle. I’ll be fine on my own thanks."
"OK so," she said completely nonplussed. "I’ve put you in the guest room opposite Master Seto’s room." She turned towards Kaiba. "Will there be anything else Master Seto?"
"Not for the moment, Mrs Doyle," he said, "Although I will be requiring you to launder Jonouchi’s clothes later on."
"Very well, Master Seto" she said. "Will you be requiring an evening meal?" she asked. The cook wasn't in, so as things stood it fell to Mrs Doyle to prepare something unless they got take out delivered.
Seto looked at Jonouchi, knowing that it was very likely that he hadn't eaten yet and that Mokuba probably hadn't eaten yet either. "Yes please," he said. "Could you have it ready in about an hour and a half?" Seto now knew better than to ask her to prepare anything in particular as he'd found that he was much more likely to get a palatable meal if he left her to her own devices.
"OK so," she said. She moved towards the sink to fill the kettle in order to make yet another pot of tea as Jou and Kaiba left the kitchen.
"Why in hell did she ask if she’d have to bathe me?" Jou asked once they were out of earshot. Not that it would have mattered as Mrs Doyle didn't speak Japanese.
"She hasn't shared a great deal about her life in Ireland," Seto replied, "but something she did tell me was that one of the priests she was housekeeper for had the mental age of a child and she used to bathe him." He smirked, "She even offered to bathe me once."
Jou repressed a shudder at the mental image of Seto being bathed by the crazy housekeeper, "Man, that’s creepy. Do you think she’ll come in and try to bathe me anyway?"
"No, I think you are quite safe," Seto reassured him as they reached what would be Jou’s room for the night. Seto left Jou to get settled in for a moment as he popped into his own bathroom to fetch the bath salts that he’d offered to Jou earlier on. He came back to find Jou lying spread-eagled on the bed with his legs hanging over the end. "Come on Pup," Seto encouraged, "You don’t want to fall asleep before you get to eat, do you?"
"No, I guess not." Jou said with more than a hint of fatigue in his voice. He followed Seto into the bathroom where the other boy emptied some crystals into the water then swirled them around to get them to dissolve thoroughly."
"Will you be alright from here?" Seto asked.
"Yes, thanks Kaiba," Jou said, "But..."
"What is it?"
Jou picked at his clothes. "What am I going to wear afterwards? These clothes are a little..." he trailed off, knowing that he looked like crap.
"I’ll arrange something while you are in the bath." Seto thought it likely that he had something in the mansion that would fit the smaller boy’s frame. "Just leave your clothes and I’ll have Mrs Doyle deal with them."
"Are you sure she won’t come in here?" Jou asked with some trepidation. He was still a little freaked out by the offer she had made earlier.
"Don’t worry," Seto said amusement, "I’ll take them to her myself, then she’ll have no need to come anywhere near you." He turned to leave. "I just need to go and check on Mokuba to make sure he’s doing his homework, then I’ll bring in some clothes and leave them on the bed."
"Ok, thanks Kaiba," Jou said with gratitude.
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Seto knocked on Mokuba’s door before entering the youngster's room. "Hey Mokie," he said by way of greeting.
"Seto!" Mokuba exclaimed in genuine surprise. "You’re home early!"
"Yes, there was an incident at the office which means I’m going to need a new secretary."
"Oh, how come?" Mokuba asked. "She seemed like a decent enough worker to me."
Seto gave a wry smile. "She decided to question my decision to hire Jonouchi as my personal assistant and completely overstepped her bounds as she did so," Seto explained. "I’ve also brought Jonouchi here as he was injured and he will be staying here tonight."
"Is he OK," Mokuba asked with some concern.
"He’s fine, or he insists he is at any rate," Seto replied, "At the moment he is taking a bath in the first guest room."
"How was he injured?" Mokuba asked.
"It’s not really relevant Mokuba, and you don’t get out of finishing your homework so easily," Seto admonished, knowing that Mokuba was prolonging the conversation in order to avoid it. That and he didn't think it was appropriate to share that information with his brother.
"Ok, Seto," Mokuba replied contritely, knowing he wouldn’t get any more from his brother on the subject, "but what are you going to do about a new secretary?"
"As I don’t really have the time to spare to deal with it at the moment, I’m going to get Jonouchi to arrange one for me. I know that he is a good judge of character and I’m pretty sure that I can rely on him to pick the best person for the job."
"That sounds like a great idea," Mokuba agreed. "I don’t think he could make a worse choice than you always do anyway."
"So, have you got much homework left to do?" Seto asked as he gave his brother a sharp look for his previous remark, true though it may be.
"I’m nearly done." Mokuba replied with some relief.
"Good." The older boy said. "I’ll check it later on. I need to go and find something for Jonouchi to wear and I need to go and fetch his clothes for laundering before Mrs Doyle goes in to find them."
Mokuba stifled a snigger, "Did she offer to bathe him?" he asked in amusement, then held his hand up. "Don’t answer that, I can guess. I hope he wasn’t too traumatised." Mokuba couldn’t help but giggle.
"Quite," Seto nodded. "I’ll see you downstairs for dinner in about an hour, Mokuba," he said, "so make sure that you don't fill up with snacks." Once Mokuba nodded, he left the room.
After Seto had left the room, Mokuba put his homework to one side and reached into a drawer in his desk. He pulled out his digital camera and made sure it was fully charged and ready to go, smiling as everything checked out.
After he had taken the picture of Jonouchi and Seto shaking hands a few weeks previously he’d wanted to catch them interacting again. In the intervening time he'd seen a few looks from both of them that made it quite plain that they felt something for each other and he was sure that now Jonouchi was staying overnight that he might catch them glancing at each other at the very least. Of course, if he could get something more then it could be good blackmail material for the future. He smirked as he put the camera to one side on the desk, then went back to finish his homework. This promised to be fun.
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"Dammit!" Jou exclaimed, "I completely forgot. Sorry."
"Will it be OK if I step inside and get them? Mrs Doyle will likely come looking for them before too long if I don’t."
"Shit!" Jou swore. "It’s OK to come in I guess."
Having gained permission, Seto opened the door and stepped inside. The room was humid from the heat of the water and Jou was sat quite stiffly in the bath. His modesty was saved by the water being cloudy from the bath salts that Seto had stirred in earlier. Seto stepped across to retrieve the clothes from the floor, but stopped half way. "Are you feeling better?" he asked.
"Yeah, I’m great," Jou replied. "This stuff is amazing. I really do feel a lot better, thanks."
Seto wasn’t convinced. "I wondering about that because you seem to be sitting rather stiffly." His scepticism was evident in his tone.
"Eh? I hadn’t really noticed," Jou evaded. He was kind of embarrassed that he was quite naked under the water, but he didn't want to let Kaiba know that.
"Well take it from me, you are," Seto observed, "and you won’t do yourself any good if you don’t relax." He paused. "I could help you with that if you like?"
"What... what do you mean?" Jou looked at Seto, clearly flustered.
"Don't worry, it's nothing out of the ordinary, just a bit of a shoulder massage and backrub." Seto said as he moved behind Jou and rolled his sleeves up a bit. "It really will help you to relax I promise."
Jou didn’t seem to be totally convinced, but he nodded his consent for Seto to continue anyway. However, he couldn’t contain a satisfied groan as Seto began to work on his tense shoulders and neck. "You have magic hands, Kaiba," he breathed as he finally relaxed.
"Thank you Puppy," Seto said softly, his breath ghosting over Jonouchi’s ear. Jou shivered at the feeling and suddenly a certain part of his anatomy definitely wasn’t so relaxed any more and he was very grateful for the cloudiness of the water.
After a moment longer Seto stopped and pulled away from the bathing blond, causing Jou to sigh with slight disappointment. Then Seto bent to pick up the discarded clothes, giving Jou a close up view of his pert behind in the process, something he couldn't help but stare at.
Seto stood, still facing away from Jou. "I’ll take these now," he said shortly. "I still need to find you something to wear, but I should only be a few more minutes with that. Dinner will be served in about three quarters of an hour, so don’t stay in there for too long."
"I won’t, thanks Kaiba," Jou watched as Seto walked out of the room more rather more stiffly than he’d walked in. He couldn't help but notice that Kaiba had kept his back to him after that back-rub and he couldn't help but wonder if Kaiba wasn’t as unaffected as he tried to make himself out to be.
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Seto, Meanwhile, having un-tucked his shirt from his trousers in an attempt to hide his own not so small problem, had taken Jou’s sizes from his clothing but had so far failed to turn up much that would fit the smaller teen. In the end he settled for a pair of sweatpants and a T-shirt, knowing that Jou wouldn’t mind too much what he was wearing, within reason, as long as he was clothed. He also picked up a new pair of boxers and headed back to the guest room. Once there he laid the clothes out on the bed, ready for Jou to wear. He was about to call out to Jou to let him know when he heard a low moan from the bathroom.
Seto froze. Was his puppy really in that much pain? Why was he hiding it before? Seto was about to knock on the door and ask Jou if he really was OK when there came a gasp and a more distinctive groan of pleasure. Carefully, so as not to alert the bathing teen, Seto cracked the door open and peeked inside. He had to stifle his own gasp at the sight that greeted him. Jou was relaxing in the bath, head thrown back and face flushed while his right arm was making an unmistakeable motion beneath the water. Seto shifted uncomfortably as his trousers once again became almost unbearably tight.
He was about to close the door and leave, unwilling to disturb Jou's private moment, but even as the thought crossed his mind Jou arched his whole body and groaned Seto’s name, his cock breaking the surface of the water as his release pulsed from it. With his face burning and being more turned on than he’d ever been before in his life, Seto quietly closed the door and hurriedly left the room.
Jou lay in the bath for a few moments more, utterly spent after what had been one of the more intense orgasms he'd ever experienced. If it was this good after Kaiba had only touched his shoulders and breathed into his ear then how would it be... Jou quickly stopped that train of thought. It wouldn’t do him any good to get all worked up again so quickly. Besides, there had something odd going on between them when it came the very few intimate encounters they'd had and he had yet to get his head around it. He really did not want to make a misstep and ruin things before they even started.
With a sigh of regret he put that musing aside, stood and got out of the bath, pulling the plug as he did so. He quickly jumped into the shower to rinse off, then towelled himself dry and walked out into the bedroom wearing nothing but a towel around his waist. He stopped short at the sight of the clothes laid out on the bed ready for him. He hadn’t heard Kaiba come back and surely he would have called out to let him know about the clothes, unless...
Jou flushed at the thought that Kaiba might have heard what he was up to in the bathroom. It wasn't something he would normally do when he was a guest in someone else's home, but he just hadn’t been able to help himself. After Kaiba had given him that relaxing back-rub and then breathed into his ear he had been afflicted with a problem that had refused to go away even after several minutes of trying to think of un-sexy things. He’d even gone so far as to imagine that Mrs Doyle had come in to bathe him, but when after a moment that imagery changed to Kaiba running his hands all over his body, he knew he would have to give it up and just deal with it. To think that Kaiba may have heard him was quite embarrassing, but then again, there was no saying that he had.
Jou decided to put it out of his mind for now as worrying about it wouldn’t help anything. He got dressed and exited the room, then knocked on Seto’s door.
"Come in," Seto’s distinctive voice drifted through the wood. Jou didn't miss that there was a hint of strain in his tone.
However, Jou didn’t hesitate and entered the room. "Hey Kaiba," he said.
Seto looked up "I see that the clothes fit you adequately. I’m sorry, but I didn’t really have anything else for you."
Jou shrugged, "They're fine," he smiled, "and it’s gotta be better than hanging around in a towel all evening."
"Oh, I don’t know about that," Seto said lowly, a slight flush upon his face.
Jou almost gasped at Seto’s tone, then shook his head and walked over to where the older boy was continuing to work on his laptop. " So what’cha doin’ Kaiba?" he asked as he leaned over the other boy’s shoulder.
"I’m just catching up on some work that I would have finished earlier if things hadn’t turned out like they did," Seto said, then he glanced at Jonouchi. "And by the way," he said, "I’m going to have you select my new secretary for me."
Jou stood up straight, taken aback for a moment. "That’s quite a responsibility you’re giving me there, Kaiba."
"It’s all part of being my personal assistant," Seto replied, spinning his chair around so that he was facing Jonouchi.
Jou smiled. "Yeah, I gathered that and I’m up for it!" Jonouchi exclaimed. "I take it that you will have final say in the matter though?"
"No, Jonouchi," Seto replied, "it’s all up to you. I trust that you will make a good decision, after all I’m not the only one that will have to work with them."
"OK Kaiba," Jou replied seriously, "I won’t let you down."
"I know you won’t, pup." Seto looked up at Jou and his breath caught at the intensity of the other’s gaze. He unconsciously widened his legs and leaned back in invitation and that invitation was rewarded as Jou stepped forwards and deliberately planted his lips on Seto’s.
Seto was both in heaven and in hell. In heaven because it felt so damned good, and in hell because he was having a hard time not coming in his pants right there. To be 'dominated' by Jou was one of the biggest turn-ons ever. He moaned wantonly into Jou’s mouth as the other boy deepened the kiss. He was so hard right now... unconsciously he shifted and rubbed his erection against Jou’s taut body as the blond moved to suck on the tender skin of his neck. However, his undoing came as Jonouchi groaned ‘Mmm, Seto’ into his ear. Seto bucked up sharply and cried out as he released. It took a moment for him to come back to himself, and when he did it was to find a pair of brown eyes regarding him worriedly.
"Kaiba, are you alright?" Jou asked contritely, "I didn’t mean..."
"I’m fine, Jou." Seto cut him off. "More than fine actually, although perhaps a little sticky." He grimaced in distaste.
"I’m sorry..." Jou started apologising again, but he was once again interrupted by Kaiba.
"Don’t be," the brunet said, "Really it was my own stubbornness that caused it."
"What do you mean?" Jou asked.
"Well," Seto was blushing a little now, "I first became... aroused... when I gave you that massage, but I stubbornly decided to ignore it. Then when I brought the clothes to your room..."
"You... you heard me?" It was Jou’s turn to blush.
Kaiba also blushed. "I didn’t just hear you, I saw you too. I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist peeking into the bathroom once I realised that you weren’t groaning in pain." He looked up into Jou’s eyes, "That has to count as the most erotic things I have ever seen."
"Ah, thanks, I guess." Jou scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. He really wasn’t sure what to say to that.
"As I was saying," Seto continued, "I carried on ignoring my... problem… even after that. I tried to distract myself with work, but to no avail. I just couldn’t concentrate at all as all I could think about was the sight of you in the bath. I was just about to go to the bathroom to... deal with the problem when you knocked on the door. You know the rest."
"Ah, I’m..."
"Jonouchi, please don’t apologise again. I told you that it’s alright and I meant it." He grimaced again at the wet feeling in his pants. "I’ll just need to go and freshen up a bit is all."
"Before you do that, will it be OK if I call Yugi?" Jou asked, "I need to let someone know where I am or they might think I’ve been kidnapped." He smiled as he said that, as if it were a big joke.
"That will be fine. You can use the phone in your room." Seto then stood up and pulled Jonouchi into a gentle kiss, full of feeling. "After that you can head downstairs. I’m sure that Mokuba will be along soon."
"Alright Kaiba," Jou said as he kissed Kaiba again, then stepped back as he turned to leave the room. "See you shortly."
"Seto, Jou," Kaiba called after him. "Call me Seto."
"OK Seto." Jou turned back to him and smiled. "You can call me Katsuya if you like."
"Are you sure?" Seto asked, "If you aren’t comfortable with it..."
"No, it’s fine." Jou said, "But only when we are alone, you know?"
"I understand, Katsuya," Seto tried out saying Jou’s name. It felt weird and he knew that he'd still call him Jou most of the time, but it was nice that he'd been permission, especially as Jou had made it clear that he wasn't too keen on his name.
Jou smiled. "It’s not so bad coming from you," he said. "Right then, I’d better make that call and leave you to get, err, cleaned up. We’ll have time to talk later though won’t we?"
"Yes pup, now be off with you," Kaiba shooed Jonouchi away as he headed towards the bathroom. Things were beginning to move quickly now and once Jonouchi finally figured out just what it was that Kaiba wanted, he knew that he was going to be in for the ride of his life. -------------------------------------------------------------- A/N - This chapter feels a bit odd to me, but it might just be that I've looked at it so much. I may come back to it at a later date, but for now it's time to move on. Thank you for reading.