The Rave

So, we are getting somewhere eventually, though I did put a chapter limit on myself of 15. So might end this on the Caribbean trip that Otogi was going to give, or maybe before, and have that as a potential sequel. Either way, won't know what you think about it until you review and leave me a message or an idea.


Chapter 9


The week seem to fly for Jou. He still was trying to sort out his feeling for Seto and he didn't want to talk to anyone about it. The closeness he used to have with Tristan was really gone and Yugi was not around anymore. Though him and Atemu were returning soon for Ben's birthday they would still be a week away.


In the meantime, every afternoon he saw Seto at the cafe, much to his chagrin. And Hanna was no help to him. She constantly encouraged, which was getting disconcerting to him. Thankfully he had kept the PDA to a minimum again but he could not resist occasionally running his finger along his arm, or cupping his face only to move a hair aside that would get loose from his braid that Ben would wrap each morning for him.


Every time he did, it made him feel things he didn't know how to deal with. Mostly it made him feel so hot, and at the pit of his stomach, the butterflies he used to get when he was around Seto constantly swirled. He didn't get it, but there was no way he was talking to anyone about it. Last thing he needed was to give anyone any fodder for them to tease the hell out of him. He hated being teased, and even when he saw his father about Ben, his father would still call him a worthless mutt, unworthy of any love. He constantly reminded him that he couldn't find a girlfriend and that he was a loser and nothing.


He knew he wasn't, but it still hurt that despite nearly being a doctor, his father could still reduce him to that tiny child he was, so long ago and berate him and try to make him feel like nothing. It was one of the reasons that he kept the visits to a bare minimum, as his own self esteem could not handle frequent visits. The last one had been a few days ago and it had still left him raw and exposed.


Which did not help his current state of mind.


Sitting in the cafe later in the evening was one of his favourite things to do. He liked sitting in the corner, sipping his warm butter caramel coffee that had been made for him. It was another of the specialities of the cafe that they would serve after 10pm until the close at 11pm. He was supposed to be working on his thesis on the Occipital Lobe and how that effects the Visual Cortex. He did not want anyone else to go through what his sister did and wanted to make a difference with it.


Instead of doing this, he sat there contemplating what he wanted to do with Seto. It made no sense to him, the feelings he got from Seto. The feelings he always got from Seto. He wished Yugi was here.


Out of all his friends, Yugi was the only one that he could talk about his feelings with without being teased and hounded about it. He was always quiet and reserved about it and he always felt better about it. He didn't know about what his father would say about him, but those first few years with Ben, he had needed his friend's guidance. Now he could use another opinion, and who better then his best friend and his object of affection's only other living relative.


Even if they were 5,000 years removed.

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"Temmmy...." a voice said curled up on the other side of the luxurious limo that had just arrived at their destination


"Dearest wife, how many times have I told you NOT to call me that? Last thing I need is for YOUR god-son to hear that." the second, more groggy voice said from his position on the plush seat in the back of the car.


"But Temmy...we are here." the child-like voice said, still quiet but nearly in a whining voice.


"Yugi-love thank you." Atemu said as he pulled a handkerchief from his inside jacket and used it to wipe away any potential drool. They had just arrived from Egypt as a surprise as Yugi had gotten an email from Otogi about a new 'member' of the family.


Intrigued, Yugi had convinced Atemu to leave immediately versus the week later that they had scheduled off. They were going to rent the penthouse suite of the Kaiba Hotels, as with Yugi's status as world champion, he had an automatic room there, but Tristan and Otogi had convinced them to stay with them in the spare bedroom. At first, Atemu had been against it, not because he didn't want to stay with his friends, but for their own privacy, but Otogi had insisted that they should be here to meet the new family member, which confused Atemu more.


Giving in they agreed and boarded the private plane that Isis had purchased for them, with Atem's treasure that his father had made sure he came back with, which had delighted the Egyptologist. Yugi had been beside himself when he discovered that not only was his love back in his life, but that they would never want for anything, ever again. Something that Atemu had done for all of his friends. Another thing that Jou did not know, as they all respected his wish to do things on his own. Atem's gift to him when he graduated was the 50 million yen that he would inherit. Right now, Isis was investing it for him and the returns on it had already looked promising.


Right now though they arrived just outside of the cafe that they knew was Jou's favourite and stepped inside to get the blond a decaf drink. As they came in, they caught the blond in the corner, nursing his coffee, his legs sprawled out and the braid draped along his chest, making his hair look like it was nearly as long as Otogi's. Ben loved to play with it, as Jou had always told him that him and his sister both had silky hair, so Ben oftentimes would crawl into bed and hug his hair. It seemed incredibly childish, but Ben was of a special breed, with having no female involvement in his life, and only Jou as his closest mother figure.


Yugi could see that his friend was in a deep contemplative mood, so a quietly as he could he came over to Jou and came over to him, crawling into his lap as his friend came out of his stupor and a wide grin came over the blond's face as he realized who had crawled into his lap.


"Yugi! Oh Gods man! How ARE YOU!" Jou said in a excited voice as he began hugging him close to him, Yugi settling into Jou's neck as he always did when near his best friend. He then noticed Atemu at the counter getting the coffee's and hurried up to greet him, Yugi following right behind him.


The first thing that Jou did was grab the 5,000 year old man and hug him close to him, whispering to him. The next thing he did, which shocked Hanna who was handing him his change just before, was to see him drop to the floor and bow to him, in the manner that a servant of Ra would have done for their sovereign.


"Jou, how many times have I told you not to do that in public. Please rise. You are embarrassing me." Atemu said in a quiet but hurried manner. Jou grinned as he did so, and stood back up.


"Yes your highness." Jou said of which Hanna heard and perked her eyebrow at him


"He's ROYALTY! In MY SHOP!!" she exclaimed and then fluttered slightly at the thought of the sovereign.


"Hanna! Shush!!" Jou said and then placed his hand on hers. "Yes, he is Royalty. Hanna, I would like you to meet Pharaoh Atemu, of Lower Egypt. And his wife Yugi." Jou added as his best friend scrunched up his face and glared at him.


"I'm not a girl!" he said, though he could see the smirk on his friend's face


"Ya sure about that?. Ya haven't grown, and you do have soft features and that..." Jou said trailing off as he could see his friend about to blow his top, and his husband was no help as he could see the snicker on his face as well


"Bastard! Just for that you can't have the cake I baked for you." Yugi threatened him, with the one thing that would always get complete compliance from Jou. One of Yugi's sweet baked goods.


"Aww Yug', ya know I don't mean it. I'll be good to ya." Jou said whining as he tried to get back into his friends good graces. Yugi seemed to think about it, and watched as he friend got onto his knees and sporting his deadly puppy dog eyes, something that Yugi used to pelt him with at a drop of a hat.


"I'll think about it." Yugi said slowly, his husband standing behind Jou though had a wide smirk on his face, as he could see that Yugi wasn't truly mad at him and was making him wait, drawing out the suspense even longer.


"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese!" Jou begged, with no shame as Hanna looked on, very amused. She had met Yugi a few times and had not realized that not only was he gay, but married and married to a high profile person. Now seeing that sparkle in his eye, he could see that while Jou may not have a love of his life, he was loved, and very much.


"Maybe. Now. Tell me why you looked so melancholy?" Yugi said as he watched the myriad of emotions go over his friends face. Shock, Pain, Sadness, Hurt, Hope and something else. Something that he thought he had seen on his face, long ago. After Jou had returned from the dead, he remembered the same look on his face when he had been looking at his friends up on the top of the tower where the final battle had taken place. Now looking at it, he thought he knew what it was, but wasn't sure.


"Later Yug'. Though Atemu, I wanted to ask you a few things. Things I should have asked a long time ago." Jou said quietly now, making both men look at their best friend in wonder as to what would make him act like that.


"Very well Jounouchi. We shall speak after we have gotten settled in. The flight was a long one, and I am still not used to flying like a bird." Atemu said, about his distaste for some modern times and their contraptions that he called them.


"I understand. I assume that your servants have brought up the luggage?" Jou said assuming that they were staying with them.


"Yes, Otogi asked us to stay again. One of these days we will put our foot down and say no." Atemu said but Yugi finished by saying "But until then, you get to put up with us."


"Considering all the times I stayed with you, both before Battle City and after Ben you belong with us." Jou said and then graced him with his smile of love. One that Yugi had coined so long ago when Jou had first lain eyes on Ben and for the first time in his life was completely happy. It had been very rare now to see it, and there had been only a few other times that Jou had used that particular expression, though all of it had involved Ben, so seeing it shine on him, made his heart swell.


"Jou is anything the matter?" Yugi said now wondering what would have caused him to share such an intimate smile.


"Later. Okay?" Jou said, the smile disappearing and in its place a look of near heartbreak.


"Okay." Yugi said, but internally he spoke to Atemu


//Beloved, what could be wrong with him?// Yugi asked within his mind


\I wish I knew Aibou.\ Atemu said using the telepathy that they still had as soul mates.


//I don't like seeing him so sad. It hurts me inside.// Yugi said about his own ties to his best friend


\I know my beautiful Hikari. But my priest must come into his own. He must remember without interference.\ Atemu said hinting to things that they had been loathe at one time to admit to their friend