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Seth entered the room with steel eyes and a posture that would have suggested he had just condemned the world to death and held no regrets...not a man who had been stripped of his clothing and whipped for the last few hours. Twenty lashes he had been told and while the eventual scars on his back might have agreed to that number- the one dolling out justice had ways to make painful strokes leave no marks and knew of many places that couldn't be readily examined.
He noticed immediately that Jono wasn't there. He didn't really expect him to be and sighed, letting all his prideful pretense slip as he leaned against the wall trying to face the pain, and push away the thoughts that started to creep in. Being alone would make things easier but
was Jono really gone? Seth knew it was easy for others to leave him. It was what he wanted...noone to look out for or be tied to. Everyone leaves when given the chance.
"I...." Jonos voice came from behind him, and Seth whipped around to confirm it was really the object of his thoughts. Jono stood there with a hesitant expression holding a large tray that carried a basin of water, several towels, and gauze. " I...." The words stuck in the blond haired boys throat as he was faced with the man who had caused him so much agony look at him with such a heart wrenchingly tender look. Even as he stuttered, Seths hands had come to his own face to try and wipe away the expression that was so unlike him.
Jono set the tray on the nearby table so fast there was question it would topple over any second and lunged in close and pulled the hands away from the priests face. He struggled a bit but finally found his eyes. They had regained some of their hardness but not all. Not nearly all. Was this because of him? What had happened?
"I'm sorry..." Jono whispered, perhaps a little too close and forcefully into the brunettes ear.
"Why?"
"Because...I was careless...he...."
"No! I mean why did you even go to the Pharaoh?"
"Because...you said..." Uncertainty dotted Jonos features. He was supposed to escape? Was that the priests intent all along?
"Ah yes..." Seth cut off harshly, "Okay putting that aside...why did you come back here? You most certainly were given the option to go back...either home or to some other mans bed?"
"WHAT?! Did you want me to leave?"
Seth was beginning to feel dizzy and tried to keep himself steady by stealthily wrapping his hand around the wall drapery behind him...
"There are things happening. Things you shouldn't know. "
"What?!" It all seemed too much...did he actually care? Was he worried? What kind of things would it take to worry the priest? Jono noticed the tapestry sway under Seth's grip. How hurt was he? Really?
"Why did you wait for me?" Seth tried again. No false anger or frustration this time, just exhaustion and genuine curiosity. Jono walked over and unwrapped the hand from the tapestry and escorted him to the chair.
"Because someone had to take the job of taking off that shirt, cleaning you up, and putting you to bed....It might as well be me. Right?"
Seth cracked open an eye...
"You're volunteering?" A small tired smile reluctantly crossed his lips as Jono began to delicately remove his shirt. "Don't enjoy it too much...or I'll have to reciprocate tomorrow."
Jono smiled a cheshire grin. Even if Seth grew cold again tomorrow, Jono had seen a new layer of him. He couldn't help but smile...tonight was his.
"No promises."
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Jonouchi stood beside Seto's gate and paced before finally pushing the button. The heavens had blessed him with one school holiday every so often and he was determined not to waste it. Before he could meet up with Yugi or visit his sister though he needed to put this thing with Seto behind him. The dreams were getting clearer and Seto never left his thoughts since that incident where, for just a second, the dreams became too real. School again tomorrow morning would be torturous if he didn't at least have some sort of understanding with him that they both would just pretend it didn't happen and move on. Somewhere inside he knew this was not the only reason. If he could, it would be nice to find out if Seto really did like him, or perhaps more importantly, if he shared the same dreams.
The intercom clicked on and a the tv monitor flicked on to show one of Kaibas assistants complete with suit and glasses.
"Kaiba residence, can I help you?"
"Yes! I'm here to see Seto Kaiba please."
"Your name?"
"Jonouchi Katsuya." Jonouchi waited as he watched the man look at a clipboard, presumably to see if he had been expected. "I'm his partner...." The would-be guard looked up at the words and Jonouchi put his hands over his mouth in horror at the words he had just said so innocently...before laughing too loudly to cover it up. "...In Science class! We're partners...for class."
The man looked skeptical and Jonouchi knew that he had somehow blown it.
"Mr. Kaiba is busy elsewhere right now...feel free to wait."
"Wait? For how long?" But the monitor clicked off and Jonouchi fumed for a couple of moments at what a jerk the guy was. He should go do something fun and come back later, but he couldn't take the chance. What if he missed him? They would meet at school tomorrow and suddenly Seto would say something that triggers the dream from the night before and it is all that Jonouchi can do to keep from tackling him and humping his leg in front of the class. He shook the horrible and yet slightly stimulating image away. NO! NO! NO! He was going to talk to Seto and make sure he left either hating him or some understanding so this weirdness would stop.
He sat on the ground next to the gate with resolve. Five hours later, he still sat there only now drenched and cold from the rain that started an hour before. His resolve was starting to melt. He wanted to see Seto but he didn't really want Seto to see him like this. The potential wet dog comments alone were enough to spur the boy to stand, and then curse as he spotted the car come up the street. How could he be so lucky in cards but not in everything else?
The car pulled up next to him and the window rolled down, revealing Seto behind the glass.
"Waiting for me again?"
"Again?" Jonouchis heart lifted a bit. Perhaps he wasn't the only one having these bizarre dreams.
"This is the second time I just happened to come across you, looking so pathetically needy."
Jonouchis heart sank back down.
"Shut up! I am not needy!!"
"But you are pathetic. Was it really worth skipping school to wait here in the rain?"
"Skip school? Today we had off..."
"No, mutt, today was a half-day. You still have to go to those, you know."
"Oh..." Jonouchi mumbled as he turned to leave. He knew the circle on his calender ment something good. He just wanted to go home now. He had already wasted the day...and being seen as stupid in front of Seto really made him mad.
"Wait!" Seto called out and Jonouchi stopped. "Are you really such a coward you'd run away after waiting so long?"
"I'm not a coward." He called over his shoulder.
"Good, then come in and we'll get you dried off. " Seto paused as he realized how he had just implied he would help in the drying off...but pressed on anyway. The mutt wasn't doing all that great in English class either he probably missed it. "We can't afford you to miss more school because of a cold and due to your stupidity, I have the assignment from today to still give you."
Jonouchi nodded and tried to get the image of Seto toweling off his body out of his head. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, after all, but it was too late now.
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darkmus, hope the set-up is full of potential! have fun! You're up!
Seth entered the room with steel eyes and a posture that would have suggested he had just condemned the world to death and held no regrets...not a man who had been stripped of his clothing and whipped for the last few hours. Twenty lashes he had been told and while the eventual scars on his back might have agreed to that number- the one dolling out justice had ways to make painful strokes leave no marks and knew of many places that couldn't be readily examined.
He noticed immediately that Jono wasn't there. He didn't really expect him to be and sighed, letting all his prideful pretense slip as he leaned against the wall trying to face the pain, and push away the thoughts that started to creep in. Being alone would make things easier but
was Jono really gone? Seth knew it was easy for others to leave him. It was what he wanted...noone to look out for or be tied to. Everyone leaves when given the chance.
"I...." Jonos voice came from behind him, and Seth whipped around to confirm it was really the object of his thoughts. Jono stood there with a hesitant expression holding a large tray that carried a basin of water, several towels, and gauze. " I...." The words stuck in the blond haired boys throat as he was faced with the man who had caused him so much agony look at him with such a heart wrenchingly tender look. Even as he stuttered, Seths hands had come to his own face to try and wipe away the expression that was so unlike him.
Jono set the tray on the nearby table so fast there was question it would topple over any second and lunged in close and pulled the hands away from the priests face. He struggled a bit but finally found his eyes. They had regained some of their hardness but not all. Not nearly all. Was this because of him? What had happened?
"I'm sorry..." Jono whispered, perhaps a little too close and forcefully into the brunettes ear.
"Why?"
"Because...I was careless...he...."
"No! I mean why did you even go to the Pharaoh?"
"Because...you said..." Uncertainty dotted Jonos features. He was supposed to escape? Was that the priests intent all along?
"Ah yes..." Seth cut off harshly, "Okay putting that aside...why did you come back here? You most certainly were given the option to go back...either home or to some other mans bed?"
"WHAT?! Did you want me to leave?"
Seth was beginning to feel dizzy and tried to keep himself steady by stealthily wrapping his hand around the wall drapery behind him...
"There are things happening. Things you shouldn't know. "
"What?!" It all seemed too much...did he actually care? Was he worried? What kind of things would it take to worry the priest? Jono noticed the tapestry sway under Seth's grip. How hurt was he? Really?
"Why did you wait for me?" Seth tried again. No false anger or frustration this time, just exhaustion and genuine curiosity. Jono walked over and unwrapped the hand from the tapestry and escorted him to the chair.
"Because someone had to take the job of taking off that shirt, cleaning you up, and putting you to bed....It might as well be me. Right?"
Seth cracked open an eye...
"You're volunteering?" A small tired smile reluctantly crossed his lips as Jono began to delicately remove his shirt. "Don't enjoy it too much...or I'll have to reciprocate tomorrow."
Jono smiled a cheshire grin. Even if Seth grew cold again tomorrow, Jono had seen a new layer of him. He couldn't help but smile...tonight was his.
"No promises."
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Jonouchi stood beside Seto's gate and paced before finally pushing the button. The heavens had blessed him with one school holiday every so often and he was determined not to waste it. Before he could meet up with Yugi or visit his sister though he needed to put this thing with Seto behind him. The dreams were getting clearer and Seto never left his thoughts since that incident where, for just a second, the dreams became too real. School again tomorrow morning would be torturous if he didn't at least have some sort of understanding with him that they both would just pretend it didn't happen and move on. Somewhere inside he knew this was not the only reason. If he could, it would be nice to find out if Seto really did like him, or perhaps more importantly, if he shared the same dreams.
The intercom clicked on and a the tv monitor flicked on to show one of Kaibas assistants complete with suit and glasses.
"Kaiba residence, can I help you?"
"Yes! I'm here to see Seto Kaiba please."
"Your name?"
"Jonouchi Katsuya." Jonouchi waited as he watched the man look at a clipboard, presumably to see if he had been expected. "I'm his partner...." The would-be guard looked up at the words and Jonouchi put his hands over his mouth in horror at the words he had just said so innocently...before laughing too loudly to cover it up. "...In Science class! We're partners...for class."
The man looked skeptical and Jonouchi knew that he had somehow blown it.
"Mr. Kaiba is busy elsewhere right now...feel free to wait."
"Wait? For how long?" But the monitor clicked off and Jonouchi fumed for a couple of moments at what a jerk the guy was. He should go do something fun and come back later, but he couldn't take the chance. What if he missed him? They would meet at school tomorrow and suddenly Seto would say something that triggers the dream from the night before and it is all that Jonouchi can do to keep from tackling him and humping his leg in front of the class. He shook the horrible and yet slightly stimulating image away. NO! NO! NO! He was going to talk to Seto and make sure he left either hating him or some understanding so this weirdness would stop.
He sat on the ground next to the gate with resolve. Five hours later, he still sat there only now drenched and cold from the rain that started an hour before. His resolve was starting to melt. He wanted to see Seto but he didn't really want Seto to see him like this. The potential wet dog comments alone were enough to spur the boy to stand, and then curse as he spotted the car come up the street. How could he be so lucky in cards but not in everything else?
The car pulled up next to him and the window rolled down, revealing Seto behind the glass.
"Waiting for me again?"
"Again?" Jonouchis heart lifted a bit. Perhaps he wasn't the only one having these bizarre dreams.
"This is the second time I just happened to come across you, looking so pathetically needy."
Jonouchis heart sank back down.
"Shut up! I am not needy!!"
"But you are pathetic. Was it really worth skipping school to wait here in the rain?"
"Skip school? Today we had off..."
"No, mutt, today was a half-day. You still have to go to those, you know."
"Oh..." Jonouchi mumbled as he turned to leave. He knew the circle on his calender ment something good. He just wanted to go home now. He had already wasted the day...and being seen as stupid in front of Seto really made him mad.
"Wait!" Seto called out and Jonouchi stopped. "Are you really such a coward you'd run away after waiting so long?"
"I'm not a coward." He called over his shoulder.
"Good, then come in and we'll get you dried off. " Seto paused as he realized how he had just implied he would help in the drying off...but pressed on anyway. The mutt wasn't doing all that great in English class either he probably missed it. "We can't afford you to miss more school because of a cold and due to your stupidity, I have the assignment from today to still give you."
Jonouchi nodded and tried to get the image of Seto toweling off his body out of his head. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, after all, but it was too late now.
darkmus, hope the set-up is full of potential! have fun! You're up!
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Date: 2004-10-01 09:00 pm (UTC)Nice installation-- we get to see the nice side of Seth. ^^
Woot!
Date: 2004-10-01 09:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-01 09:48 pm (UTC)And Jono's chesire grin. Squeeable.
Yes. Very nice installation.
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Date: 2004-10-01 10:43 pm (UTC)Good piece. :)
BWHAHAHAH! (*evil laugh*)
Date: 2004-10-01 11:01 pm (UTC)Re: BWHAHAHAH! (*evil laugh*)
Date: 2004-10-01 11:29 pm (UTC)I think it was inevitible that Seth soften up eventually -- after all, Jono has to fall in love with him eventually, right? ^_^ And I think you did a good job and showing a sense of reluctance in Seth, and a glimmer of hope in Jono.
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Date: 2004-10-02 09:54 pm (UTC)Now let's see it translate over to Seto next. Then we can get some smut going on.
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Date: 2004-10-07 09:01 am (UTC)