Mokuba's Secret

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Chapter Five


As Roland and Joey got to the hospital, they went inside and they took the elevator to the third floor, they went to the Nurses station, Roland spoke to the head nurse and she smiled and said, “Alright, but just for a few minutes.”

They walked to the room where Mokuba was, and as Roland opened the door, he let Joey go in first and tears filled Joey’s eyes as he saw his life mate lying there on that bed with bruises on his face and body and his left leg in a cast.

Joey walked over to the bed and he softly said, “Mokie, are you awake?”

Mokuba opened his eyes and when he saw Joey, tears ran down both their faces as Mokuba reached out his hand toward Joey. Roland stood by the door and when he observed Mokuba reaching out to Joey, tears ran down his face when he heard Joey whisper, “I thought that I lost you forever and I just wanted to die.”

When they held hands, Joey leaned down and he tenderly kissed Mokuba’s lips and as their lips met, Mokuba put his hand on the side of Joey’s face and Roland just lost it.

He had never witnessed so much love between two people and he made a silent promise to both Mokuba and Joey, he would talk to Seto when he got home.

He would ask Seto to please try to understand how his younger brother felt, and what he would do if it were Ishizu lying there in that hospital room what would he do.”

Roland walked over to the bed and he softly said, “Joey it’s time, we have to leave.”

Mokuba looked up at Roland and he said, “You know about me all along, didn’t you?”

Roland smiled down at they young man lying there and he said, “Yes, I have known but I think that it is time for you to talk to Seto and let him know. It’s the only way for the two of you to ever really be happy.”

Mokuba reached out his hand, Roland leaned over and gave him a hug, he kissed Mokie’s cheek, and then he went to stand by the door to give him and Joey a little privacy.

Joey leaned over, he kissed Mokuba on the lips, and he whispered, “Roland’s right, we have to talk to Seto and I want to be there with you when you do talk to him. This concerns both of our lives and I don’t want you to have to do this alone.” Then he kissed Mokie one more time before he and Roland walked out the door and left the hospital.

When they left, Mokuba closed his eyes and tears ran down his cheeks. He was happy to see Joey, but he did not what him to have to go. Roland was right; Mokuba knew that when he got home he and Seto had to have a talk.

He was thankful that Joey was going to be there when he did talk to Seto, because even though he did not want to admit it, Mokuba was scared of his older brother.

When Roland and Joey got outside the hospital, Joey held out his hand and as Roland shook it Joey said, “I meant what I said to Mokie, I want to be with him when he talks to Seto. This is about both of us and I won’t let anyone even Seto hurt Mokuba.”

Roland smiled a Joey and he said, “The love that you both have for each other is so strong that you’ll be able to face Seto and win. I am so proud of both of you for wanting to stand up for how you feel and I will be there to stand beside you both.”

Roland gave Joey a ride back to his apartment and as Joey stood there watching him drive away, tears filled his eyes but there was a big smile on his face because Mokuba was going to all right.


When Roland got home, Seto was there and as he walked into the living room, Seto asked Roland in a very demanding way, “Where did you go?”

Roland stood there and then he said, “Listen young man, you may think that you’re grown up, but don’t ever take that tone with me again or I swear I’ll beat your ass until you can’t sit down, is that clear?”

Seto knew that he had crossed the line and he said, “I’m sorry, but this accident that Mokuba had has put me on edge. What if he had died, what then?”

Roland went over to where Seto was sitting, he sat down, and put his arm around Seto’s shoulder and he said, “He is going to be alright, so stop thinking about what could have happened and be thankful that he is okay.”

Seto lost it then and all Roland could do was to hold him as he cried, he cried tears of frustration and worry and as his body shook, Roland had tears of his own falling down his face.

They sat there and then Seto wiped his face off and said, “Thank you for being here for Mokuba and me all these years and for making me understand that I’ve still got some growing to do before I can consider myself an adult.”


Joey went inside his apartment and he called Bakura and said, “Can you and Ryou come over here, I really need someone to talk to.”

Bakura heard something in Joey’s voice that he had never heard before, he sounded so forlorn, as if he did not know what to do. Bakura said, “We’ll be right there, and Wheeler, don’t do anything stupid.”

Joey hung up the phone and tears ran down his face as he tried not to worry about Mokie, but he just could not help it. His life mate was lying in that room alone and Joey wanted to go there and hold him in his arms.

There was a knock on Joey’s door and as he opened it and there stood Bakura, Joey just fell apart and if Bakura hadn’t caught him Joey would of hit the floor. Bakura helped him over to the couch and then Ryou asked Joey, “What’s wrong?”

Through his tears Joey told them what happened and how he could have lost Mokuba if that driver hadn’t slammed on the brakes in time. The bumper of the truck struck Mokuba and he was thrown onto the street. When Joey was done, he was a blubbering mess.

Bakura looked at Ryou and he said, “Go get me some booze and make it strong, it’s going to be a long night and I’m going to need my strength.”

Ryou kissed Bakura, he left to go buy some whisky, he got soda for Joey and himself, and as he got back, he say Bakura sitting there with Joey’s head on his shoulder and Joey was asleep. Bakura looked up and he said, “Give me a double shot of that stuff.”

By morning, Bakura was sitting there on the couch and he was somewhat drunk, Ryou was sitting beside him and Joey was asleep on the floor covered by a blanket and as Ryou looked at Joey he said, “I hope that Kaiba doesn’t try anything stupid to try to break them up.”

He looked up at Bakura and he was sound asleep and then the sound of snoring came from both Bakura and Joey and Ryou sat there and he smiled, closed his eyes and went to sleep too.


Roland called Joey’s apartment the next morning and when Joey answered the phone he heard Roland say, “Seto and I are going to go and bring Mokuba home in an hour, when we get home I’ll call you and you can come over and be here when Mokuba talks to his brother.”

Joey thanked him and hung up the phone and then he looked over at the couch and there was Bakura sleeping and Ryou was lying on top of him.

Joey laughed and then he said, “Ryou, it’s time to get up.”

Ryou opened his eyes and smiled at Joey and as he sat up, he asked Joey, “How are you today?”

Joey said, “I’m better and I want to thank both of you for coming over here and listening to me all night long.”

Bakura then said, “Hell that’s what friends do isn’t it?”

After Bakura and Ryou left, Joey sat there thinking about tomorrow and how Kaiba was going to react when Mokuba told him his secret.

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