A Year With You

Jou hauled his boyfriend up the stairs and flung open the door of his apartment. The walls and floor were stark cold white but they were his. His lover looked around and nodded silently. He beamed and skipped over kissing Seto happily. “I move in a week. I’m excited.” His lover just nodded silently not saying a word. Granted his lover hadn’t said much since graduation. Then after Mokuba left Seto hadn’t talked to anyone but Mokuba, when he called. He was getting sick of the silence. “I have some really great stuff. Yugi left me some things so did Ryou and Bakura. Isis gave me a kick ass poster for one of the walls. Plus I have the stuff in the bedroom you said I could take. I also have the picture Mokuba gave me of you and I cuddled on the couch. It’s going to go above my couch.” His lover nodded again and he sighed deeply running a hand though his hair. “Seto stop this.” His lover turned giving him a puzzled look and he growled. “Stop being so silent! You are driving me crazy.” Seto stood very still but still said nothing. Jou growled smacked himself in the head. “I fucking hate this. Either talk to me or break up with me. I won’t have a boyfriend who won’t say anything to me.” His lover looked wounded beyond belief. Jou felt a deep regret for what he said and reached for Seto who silently walked out.

Seto wasn’t sure what to do. He loved Jou but he didn’t want to talk to his puppy. Every one was leaving him and he was afraid he would blame Jou. However his lover just dumped him. “Seto wait!” He paused and looked at his puppy and felt anger he had been harboring for months finally push its way to the surface. “I’m done waiting! I’m done with this game. I gave you my heart and soul and as soon as your debt is paid you up and leave.” His lover paused blinking at him and he exploded. “Our anniversary is in a week Jou. You are leaving exactly a year after our deal. Did I really mean so little to you?”

Jou was hurt. He was hurt that his lover could say such things about him.
However he knew Seto was suffering and lashing out. “You forgot another part of our deal. You said if I seriously dated some one for a month I could leave. I could have left months ago Seto. I didn’t. I love you and you mean the world to me. I know you are hurt, angry and not thinking clearly. I love you. I wanted to be closer to work and school and I am. I wanted a place all my own and now I have one. I want to be with you always so that is why I live a block from your office. Seto please don’t be mad at me. I love you dragon and I’m sorry I said what I did about breaking up. I’m just really annoyed that you haven’t really said a word to me since before Mokuba left. I love you dragon I just need you to talk to me. I’m not a mind reader so I need you to tell me things.”

Seto felt tears fill his eyes and he turned not facing his lover. Jou gently grabbed his arm and lead him back into the empty apartment closing the door. Seto could no longer hold back the tears and pain he had been hiding so he pulled his puppy close and cried into a strong shoulder. “I’m afraid to be alone Jou. I don’t want to be alone. Please don’t leave me.” His lover gently stroked his back making small noises to calm him. “Don’t worry dragon. It is only a year. Then I was thinking we could buy a condo or something down here so I would be closer to school and you could be closer to work. It will then be our place not your and not mine but ours. I just need to know I can have a place all my own.” He felt more clam hearing his puppy.

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Seto sullenly hauled the last of Jou’s boxes up the stairs to his lover’s apartment. He opened the door and his love grinned and skipped over kissing him deeply. All of the heavy furniture was already in place and he had surprised Jou with a T.V. “That goes in the bed room.” He nodded and moved over to the small room and set the box down opening it up. On the top of the box was his pillow. He rolled his eyes and pulled it out dumping it on the bed. Below his pillow were some of his shirts and other things of his. He looked up as Jou walked into the room. His lover shrugged and sighed deeply. “I can’t live with out you Seto. I want you here with me in any way I can get you. I want you to stay here as much as possible because I can’t sleep when you aren’t next to me. So will you stay the night?” Seto blinked and pulled his puppy down into the bed.

Jou giggled and kissed his love with reckless abandon. A wise person once said ‘home is where the heart is.’ His house may be at this apartment but his home would always be in Seto’s arms. Seto had his heart and he wasn’t willing to give his home up ever. As long as he had Seto he would always have a home. For now that was enough. For tonight at least he could spend the night in his new apartment while still being safe at home in Seto’s arms. Home is where the heart is, the heart is where home is found.


THE END!

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well that is it. The end has come at last. It has only taken me oh a few years to post this whole thing. I'm a slacker. As for now I have gone back to my first love Weiss as well as my own original stories. However I don't think I've fully given up on Seto and Jou. I have a few ideas for a sequal to this story bouncing in my brain as well as a few new stories involving these two. However I think this is it from me for a while.

Thank you to all my faithful readers. It has been a long journey and I am forever grateful for all your support. Thank you to all of those who reviewed. I could not have made it this far with out you. This is my longest story to date and it is all because of you. So give your self a big pat on the back.

For now it is farewell.

thanks again

happy reading and writing

love always

firelilly