100 Puppies and Dragons

Patience

Joey gripped the bars to his cell and pressed up against them, frowning. "Seto, I want to get out of here. Please, just lemme out."

"You have to be patient. You only have to stay in here a few more days," Seto sighed, turning his gaze away so he didn't have to see the heartbroken expression on his lover's face. "It's your own fault you're in here, Joey. You started a fight with that foreign diplomat on purpose. I couldn't just let that go unpunished; you could have started a war."

"He thought I was your whore!" the blond spat, heartbreak and hurt quickly turning to jealousy and rage. "Maybe, if ya told people I was your lover instead of some prostitute—"

Seto scowled. "And have everyone know I'm in love with a man? We're on tenuous ground with those religion-based countries already. You really want to get me involved in a war, don't you?"

Joey stayed silent for a few minutes, then scowled and turned away from him, stalking over to the small, hard cot in the corner. He sat down and crossed his arms, shooting the brunet one last glare. "If that's the case, then find someone else t' be your bed warmer. First ya didn't want anyone t' know because I was from the slums, then ya didn't want anyone t' know because I'm a commoner, and now ya don't want anyone t' know because I have a dick. I don't think ya understand just how fuckin' patient I've been already."

The brunet sighed again. "Joey, I've already explained to you—"

"Fuck you and your explanations," the younger boy spat, glaring at him. "If you're gonna upset me, just leave me alone."

Seto scowled. "I don't mean to upset you and you can't make me leave if I don't want to."

A moment later he wheezed as a hand around his neck dragged him up against the bars, head hitting one of them with a violent clang as the blond began cursing at him. The guards that had escorted him down promptly ripped him from the other boy's grip and ushered him up from the dungeons before he could even process what was going on.

Only once he was at the top of the stairs that led to the dungeons did he realize that Joey had, in fact, made him leave him alone under the guise of making his guards rescue him. "…Well, damn."

He paused as he recalled why Joey had been so upset, then frowned. Perhaps Joey had been waiting a long time to be publicly acknowledged as his lover.

But still. He hadn't needed to punch the foreign diplomat in the face. He was still trying to smooth that over.

Spying his lover's friend walking by, he called out, "Yugi, what do you get your lover if you've wholly and truly fucked up?"

Yugi turned to blink at him. "…Flowers, candy, and heartfelt apologies."

"…Does Joey like flowers?"

"I have no idea."

"Does he like candy?"

"All kinds."

"Do you think I can manage a heartfelt apology without looking like an ass?"

Yugi paused, then firmly replied, "No." Then, he turned and walked away.

Seto turned and began pounding his head against the wall.