Katsuya stood in front of Seto’s door shifting on his feet uncomfortably. He tugged at his uniform with one hand, nearly dropping both pizzas as he did so. Katsuya rolled his eyes. Kaiba had only ordered one pizza, but his manager Sakura decided that if t

Author: insight_to_insanity

Rating: R

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Gi Oh (got that? So no suing for you, mister)

Warning: This fanfic contains *YAOI* in other words BOY/BOY material. DON’T LIKE, DON’T READ sigh, pretty simple I think.

"spoken"

‘thought’

*** time lapse, character switch, you get the picture.

Chapter Five

Katsuya stood in front of Seto’s door shifting on his feet uncomfortably. He tugged at his uniform with one hand, nearly dropping both pizzas as he did so. Katsuya rolled his eyes. Kaiba had only ordered one pizza, but his manager, Sakura, decided that if they gave Seto two that he would always choose Pizza Planet. Which was sort of dumb, where else would he get it? There really wasn’t very many pizzerias in Domino City.

They had just begun to clean the restaurant up to close when Kaiba called. The stoves had all been shut off and the ingredients put away, but when the girls found out who it was ordering, they persuaded Sakura to let them stay open for just a little while longer. And when Kaiba said he wanted it delivered all hell broke loose. Each girl had it in her mind that he would suddenly see their beauty and amazing personalities the moment he opened the door and saw them. Katsuya thought the girls were very nice, if not a bit spastic, but he knew Seto wasn’t so easily impressed.

One reason he would never have chance.

His ever-so-sweet-and-gentle-co workers had glared murderously at him and muttered dark promises under their breath when Sakura announced that he would be delivering it. According to her, Kaiba was less likely to be sexually assaulted by him. Katsuya didn’t bother telling her that he had already kissed Seto twice without his knowledge.

Katsuya really hadn’t wanted to deliver the pizza. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to see Seto, because he had wanted to see the other boy again since he saw Seto’s car drive away one week ago. He just didn’t want to see Kaiba looking like he did. He was wearing worn blue jeans, a Pizza Planet T-shirt that was covered up by his winter coat, and a baseball cap with a plastic slice of pizza held by a spring on the hat’s rim. It was the only hat Sakura had when she hired him and it was about two sizes too big for him. He had considered running home first to change and then head over to Kaiba’s, but if he did that the pizza would be late.

Balancing the pizzas on one forearm he pressed the door bell with his other hand. He could hear footsteps coming his way and the prospect of dropping the pizza and running away frantically looked more and more appealing. The door swung open and he was confronted by a slightly dazed looking Kaiba Seto. Apparently the other boy was surprised to him there. Katsuya couldn’t say that what he saw was exactly what he had expected either. Seto was wearing a pair of loose fitting black cotton pants that hung over his feet, which were clad only in a pair of white socks, and a dark blue T-shirt that was too big for him and simply draped on his thin body. Katsuya had never once seen Seto in something so casual.

He fought hard not to smile at how cute the taller boy looked.

"Puppy?" Seto said after he quietly watched Jou for a little while. "What are you doing here?"

"Working." Jou tilted his head towards the pizzas in his arm.

Seto eyes wandered up and down Katsuya’s body, finally resting on his head. "Nice hat." He sneered.

Katsuya’s cheeks flushed horribly. "Nice outfit," he returned with a weaker sneer. "I didn’t think the great Kaiba Seto owned any normal clothing."

"Hey Seto, what’s taking so--JOU!!" Mokuba came rushing into the hallway and skidded to a halt beside Seto. He frowned up at Jou. "What’s with your hat?"

Katsuya glared down at the short boy. "Shut up."

Mokuba then looked up at Seto. "You ordered two?"

Jou shook his head and answered for him. "No, my manager thought that it would be a good idea to give you one free."

"So how much is it, puppy?" Seto asked as he pulled out some money.

"It’s $7.95," Katsuya hesitated then narrowed his eyes and said, "I’m not a dog."

Kaiba handed the money to him and as their hands brushed he gave him a half smile, "Sure you’re not."

Mokuba’s eyes lit up.

"Hey Jou, where are you going after this?" Mokuba asked.

"Um, home, I guess." Jou answered, his eyes flickering to Seto for an instant to ask what was going on. Seto looked just as confused.

"Have you eaten dinner yet?" Mokuba questioned.

"Well, no..." Jou said slowly.

"Great!" Mokuba smiled broadly. "You can eat here with us! Can’t he Seto?"

"Uh..." Seto began.

"See? It’s fine with him! Come on Jou, the dining room is in here." Mokuba took Jou by the sleeve of his jacket and lead him away into the house.

***

Seto stared at Katsuya as the blonde talked animatedly to his brother. Since the puppy had arrived he had been attempting to get Seto to talk to him. Seto’s responses were longer than they had been in previous conversations with the boy, but nevertheless short. He was still recovering over seeing Katsuya, and it wasn’t the surprise of seeing him. It was just seeing him. It was that feeling in the pit of his stomach, only stronger. And warmer. And it felt...nice...

"Mokuba," Seto suddenly interrupted. "Come into the kitchen and help me get the dishes down for dinner."

"Okay big brother," he turned to Katsuya. "What do you want to drink, Jou?"

"Whatever soda you got, thanks." Jou smiled. Once again his eyes flickered over to Seto. They had been doing that a lot.

Mokuba nodded to Jou, and followed his brother into the kitchen. Once the door was shut Seto rounded on Mokuba.

"Mokuba, why the hell would you invite him to dinner?" Seto hissed.

"I like Jou." Mokuba answered casually, seemingly unaffected by his brother’s anger as he opened up the cupboards to get out some dishes. He then continued in a different, more deliberate tone. "I wouldn’t object if you wanted to invite him over more often, Seto."

Seto narrowed his eyes. "What’s that supposed to mean?"

Mokuba poured Jou’s drink. "I invited him in for you."

Kaiba gaped at his littler brother. "You...why would you do that?"

Mokuba spun around so he was facing Seto and with a roll of his eyes he said, "Oh, I don’t know. Maybe because you have a crush on him."

"I do not!" Seto whispered. "Why would you think that I felt anything for that mutt?"

"Because I finally figured out that look on your face. I mean, it should have been more obvious to me. You did start looking like that after you got back from Kaiba Corp."

Seto shook his head. "You’re looking to far into it."

"And maybe you’re not looking far enough."

Seto glared. "I don’t like him."

"You’re always thinking about him, right?"

Seto didn’t answer right away. "That’s his own fault."

"Yeah, because you like him-"

"No, because he kissed m--" Seto blanched as he realized what he had said.

"He kissed you!?" Mokuba whispered excitedly then adopted a serious expression. "Did you kiss back?"

"No...he thought I was asleep."

"If he had kissed you when he knew you were awake, would you have kissed him back then?" Mokuba asked with a hopeful look.

Seto was quiet. He didn’t know if he would have kissed back. All things considered there were many things worse than kissing Katsuya, and seemed that the list of things that were worse had been getting longer. So, unsure of how to answer, Kaiba slipped back into his original response. "I don’t like him."

Mokuba chuckled and balanced the plates in his hands. "Right. Whatever you say, Seto." He started to head for the door, but Seto seized him by the shoulder and pulled him back, almost causing him to drop the plates.

"You’re not going anywhere till we get a few things straight."

"Jou will wonder what we’re doing." Mokuba said at a leisurely pace.

"So? I don’t care." Seto snapped. "Now you have to understand that I don’t feel a thing for him, okay? Not a single thing. I don’t like him at all. I can’t stand him. I don’t-"

"Why are you protesting so much?" Mokuba asked with a smirk. "If you ask me it sounds like you’re in denial."

Seto growled at having his own suspicions voiced.

Mokuba pushed the door open, but before he stepped out, he turned his head and to Seto whispered, "Kaiba Katsuya...has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?"

He narrowly got away from Seto who had lunged at the door. Seto growled again. Then mentally yelled at himself for doing so. Growling reminded him of the puppy, and he did not want to think about him right then. Not after everything Mokuba had just said.

Seto scooped up the three glasses and walked into the dining room with all the feigned calmness he could muster. Upon his entrance Katsuya smiled. "I thought you got lost." He teased the taller boy.

"When we first moved in here we both would get lost." Mokuba said, then grinning at Jou he added. "You would too. But I imagine you’ll learn your way around quick enough."

Seto graced Mokuba with a quick glare.

Katsuya cocked his head to the side in puzzlement. "Huh? What do you mean by that, Mokuba?"

"Nothing."

"Oh, okay." Jou replied cheerfully, but still had a confused look in his eyes.

Seto couldn’t get it out of his mind just how much like a puppy Katsuya really looked when he was confused. Hell, if the puppy had dog ears he imagined they would rise up.

"Seto," Mokuba cut into his thoughts. "You barely touched your pizza."

Seto frowned at his brother’s knowing countenance.

***

Katsuya didn’t know what it was, but he was sure something was going on with Seto. The other boy refused to meet his eye, especially after Mokuba would say something. He pushed all his suspicious thoughts away and focused on his good fortune. He was eating pizza, which was always a good thing, but he was eating it in Seto’s house...with Seto! Mind you, Mokuba was there as well to which Katsuya had ambivalent feelings to. He was glad Mokuba was there because he relaxed him. There wasn’t that uncomfortable silence that he would sometimes get from Seto. On the other hand, if it was just him and Seto, he would have an excuse to talk to Seto. If he just kept trying to get Kaiba to join in the conversations, then Seto would know something was up and would probably discover how Katsuya felt about him.

"So Jou," Mokuba said smiling. "What was it like to get stuck with my brother all night at Kaiba Corp?"

Katsuya set down the pizza he had eating and nervously took a drink of his soda. "It wasn’t that bad." Katsuya said with a blush, feverishly hoping Mokuba would drop the subject.

The boy did, but picked up another subject that made Jou instantly wish they were on the last. "There’s this girl in my class who asked me out a few days ago...are you seeing anyone Jou?"

Jou hoped that his answer would be put off by Seto demanding to know everything about this girl, but instead all he did was raise his eyebrow...at Jou, that is.

"Erm, not exactly..." Katsuya mumbled.

"Not exactly?" Mokuba echoed with a frown, but his eyes were lit.

"Well, I-I kinda like someone." He stammered, forcing himself not to look at Kaiba..

"Really? Who?" Mokuba asked sweetly.

Jou flushed but refused to answer.

"Is it anyone I know?" Mokuba asked. Katsuya could have sworn he had glanced over at Seto but soon dismissed it as his own paranoia.

Katsuya shook his head. "No, I don’t think you know them." He laughed nervously. ‘Oh yeah, Katsuya. That’s convincing.’

Mokuba smiled and Jou expected him to launch in to all sorts of questions about his crush, but instead he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay. So how long have you been working at Pizza Planet, Jou?"

"Oh, for about a week." Katsuya replied, grateful that they were off the previous topic. "I had to get a job there since Kaiba here wouldn’t hire me."

"Oh yeah, you went out for personal assistant, right?" Mokuba asked.

Jou nodded. His mouth was full of pizza.

"I think you would have made a good personal assistant." Mokuba mused aloud.

Katsuya grinned triumphantly at Seto. "See? I told you."

Mokuba went on as if he hadn’t even heard the comment. "And he really does need an assistant, no matter what he says. He works himself to death. Or at least someone to talk to. Kinda like an release when it gets hard."

Katsuya choked on an ice cube in his soda.

***

Seto’s eyes snapped wide. ‘Did Mokuba really just say that?! Does he even know the innuendo of that?’ A quick glance at Mokuba, who was slapping the puppy’s back so he wouldn’t choke, told him that his little brother was clueless to the other meaning. ‘Thank God.’ He nearly chuckled as Katsuya raised his hand and said in a hoarse voice that he was all right. ‘It looks as if the puppy picked up on the double meaning instantly.’

"Was it something I said Jou?" Mokuba asked worriedly.

"No, no, not at all." Jou smiled at him. "It’s just...uh...heh heh, doesn’t matter, I’m okay."

"You sure, pup?" Seto asked with a playful sneer.

Katsuya blushed brightly under his gaze. "Ye-yeah, I’m fine."

Mokuba looked back and forth between the two boys. He was awfully confused and his brother had no intention what so ever to explain to him.

The young boy soon after gave a long, and obviously fake, yawn. He then announced that he was going off to bed. When Mokuba reached the foot of the stairs he turned around and quickly winked at his brother, then clamored up the staircase, leaving Seto alone with Katsuya.

Seto glared at the stairs momentarily. Brother or not, Mokuba was going to pay for that.

Seto spun his head around as he heard Jou stand up. "Where are you going?" He asked as the blonde pulled his coat on.

"Home. All the pizza is gone so-"

"Desert." Kaiba cut in.

"What?"

"We have a banana cream pie in the refrigerator. We could have that as desert." Kaiba said hastily. Luckily Jou didn’t notice.

Katsuya beamed happily at him. "I love banana cream! It’s my favorite."

Kaiba nodded and ducked into the kitchen to get two new plates, forks, and the pie. ‘I asked him to stay for dessert.’ He sighed. ‘Why the hell didn’t I just let him leave?’ There was a rational explanation. He knew there was, and it had nothing to do with what Mokuba had said. ‘I’m just doing this to be a good host.’ He told himself. ‘It’s not like I want the puppy to stay with me a little longer. I’m just being a good host.’

He brought the slices of pie back out in to the dining room and set a plate before Katsuya.

"Um, Kaiba?" Jou asked. "Do you think we could sit on the couch? It’d be more comfortable after all."

Seto agreed and followed the puppy to the couch and took his seat next to him. He couldn’t help suspecting Katsuya was purposely sitting closer than necessary. When the puppy shifted a little, causing Jou to slide even closer to him Seto didn’t move away or push the blonde back. Once again he began praising himself for what a good host he was.

"This is really good, Kaiba." Katsuya said pointing to the more than half eaten pie on his plate. Obviously the puppy was tired of the silence they had slipped into.

"Mokuba made it when you and I were snowed in at Kaiba Corp." Seto replied.

"Mokuba made this?" Katsuya sounded impressed. "He’s really good cook."

Seto shook his head. "No he isn’t. This was his eighth attempt. Our garbage can was full with it’s predecessors."

Katsuya laughed and finished off his last piece. All that was left was a little bit of whipped toping on the side of the plate. Katsuya set his fork down and scooped the cream up with his finger. He brought it to his lips and leisurely licked it off.

The piece of pie Seto was bringing up to his mouth fell off his fork and back onto his plate. He couldn’t help staring at what Katsuya was doing. The blonde’s eyes were closed contentedly and his tongue flicked gently along the top of his index finger. Seto felt as if he was going to have a heart attack.

‘Wha-what the hell is he doing?!’ Seto thought frantically. ‘He shouldn’t be doing something like that! He shouldn’t be doing something so...so...he just shouldn’t do it! Not when it looks so...good.’ Seto’s eyes widened at the thought. ‘Why the hell did I just think that?! I don’t like him, I don’t! It’s just...and he’s so...that damn mutt probably planned this. Sadistic little bastard. Does he even realize what he’s doing to me!? Thank God I’m wearing loose pants...’

Katsuya took his entire finger into his mouth and pulled it out just as quickly. He smiled at the now clean finger, but frowned when he saw Seto.

"Uh, Kaiba? Are you okay? You look kinda...red." Katsuya said in concern.

"I’m fine," Seto replied in a shockingly even voice.

"Are you sure?" Katsuya inched closer to him. "You might have a fever." The blonde reached out and placed the back of his hand on Seto’s forehead.

Seto swatted the hand away. "Really. I’m fine."

Katsuya frowned. "If you say so. But you really should try to relax more. Tension causes a lot of health problems, you know, it also...what are you laughing about?"

Seto chuckled. "You. You’re talking so solemnly. You can’t honestly expect me to take you serious when you’re wearing a hat like that."

Katsuya blushed, and snatched the hat off his head muttering, "I hate this stupid hat."

Seto smiled. "Your hair’s a mess now."

"Yeah, it always is after I take any hats off." Katsuya replied sheepishly.

Jou lifted his hand to fix it, but Seto beat him to it. He ran his fingers through the golden tresses, pushing them back into place and sliding closer to Katsuya as he did so. He soon realized just how close he was to the other boy, but he didn’t pull away. His breathing hitched slightly.

He saw Jou’s face was bright red. He could also hear the pounding of Jou’s heart and noticed the now quicker risings and fallings of the blonde’s chest.

Katsuya sat a little straighter so his face was closer to Seto’s, leaned in slowly, and began to shut his eyes.

Seto promptly pulled away. He didn’t have to look at Jou to know that the boy appeared totally crushed. "It’s getting late." Seto said. "Your father might start to worry."

Jou nodded and got off the sofa, refusing to look at Kaiba. "Yeah, you’re right. I should probably get going."

"If you want to you can start your car up now and come back in here to wait." Seto offered. "That way it has time to warm up, I know that it really isn’t that cold tonig-"

"I don’t have car." Katsuya cut in.

"Then how did you get here?"

"I walked," Jou said. "The pizzeria isn’t that far away. Just about two blocks."

"Oh...I could drive you if you wa-"

"No thanks." Jou said quickly, still not looking at Seto. "I’d rather walk home. It’s only thirty minutes away by foot and it’s a really nice night."

"Then I’ll come with you."

At that Katsuya turned around. His eyes were a bit red and Seto imagined it was because he had been on the brink of crying. Kaiba felt a pang in his chest.

"What?" Katsuya asked softly.

"I’ll come with you." Seto repeated. He didn’t have the heart to tease Jou with calling him a puppy, not when it looked like he had come so close to crying. "You’re right, it is a very nice out tonight...so, can I come with you?"

Katsuya smiled broadly. "Yeah, of course you can!"

Seto went to the closet and pulled out a winter trench coat and a scarf. He saw Katsuya rub his eyes dry from a mirror that hung near the closet door. The puppy looked as if he was trying hard not to start giggling. Seto smiled to himself, pleased that he had been able make Jou happy again.

When he had moved away just before Katsuya could kiss him it wasn’t because he didn’t want the puppy to kiss him. The reason he moved was because he was afraid that if Katsuya kissed him, he would like it.

Seto met Jou in the hall right in front of the door. Katsuya looked him up and down. "Do you have one of those coats for every season?" He asked teasingly, all traces of former sorrow vanished.

"Yes, I do. Do you have a problem with that, puppy?" He asked in an equally teasing voice.

"No..." Katsuya said slowly, then quickly stated with a serious face but same light tone. "But I do have a problem with you calling me a dog."

"I didn’t call you a dog." Seto replied as he opened the door for both of them. "I called you a puppy."

"But I’m not a-"

"Yes you are." Kaiba interrupted.

"No I’m n-"

"Yes you are."

"NO! I’m not a-"

"You’re a puppy, Katsuya, you may as well get used to it." Seto said in a final way.

***

The two boys walked in silence for a few minutes, but it wasn’t the uncomfortable silence they had previously experienced while in each other's company. It seemed as if they had an unspoken agreement to simply enjoy the other’s presence.

Then Jou said, "That was the first time."

Seto looked down at the blonde, who was actually pretty near to him. "What was?"

"That you called me Katsuya. You never did that before."

"So?" Seto asked.

"Nothing. It was just different. And not just that it was you calling me by my name, but no one else really seems to call me Katsuya aside from my dad."

Seto was quiet for a moment as if he was pondering something. "Am I the only person who calls you puppy?" He asked softly.

Katsuya looked up at him questioningly. "Yeah...I guess you are."

A small smirk appeared on Seto’s face. "Good." He said.

About half way into their walk, Katsuya began to shiver. The temperature had dropped in the later hours of the night, and his winter coat wasn’t doing much to keep the heat in. He wrapped his arms around himself and would blow periodically into his hands.

"Puppy, stop. You’re going to get pneumonia." Seto said. Jou stopped walking and looked up at him. Seto took his blue scarf off and wrapped it around Katsuya’s neck, his blue eyes were locked with Jou’s honey colored ones. "There." He whispered. "That should keep you warmer."

Katsuya smiled up at him. "Thanks...Seto."

They continued on their way with Katsuya grinning widely at the thought of wearing an article of Seto’s clothing. He could even smell Seto on it! It had that same sweet, warm scent as Seto himself. Like cinnamon.

"That’s your apartment over there, right?" Seto asked as he pointed to a building.

Katsuya sighed. "Yeah. That’s it."

They crossed the street to get to the building, a lone figure was standing outside it.

"Oh no," Katsuya muttered as he saw who it was.

"What?" Seto asked.

"Mrs. Shindou..."

They stopped in front of the old woman who was staring at them both. She stepped closer and looked Seto critically up and down. "Are you the boy who dropped Katsuya off last week?"

"Yes, I am." Seto replied, seeming a little confused as to why the woman would care. "My name is Kaiba Seto."

Her eyebrows shot up and she glanced over at Katsuya. "Really? That’s impressive Katsuya."

Seto opened his mouth, most likely to ask what was impressive about it, when Mrs. Shindou began speaking again.

"That scarf," she pointed to the blue scarf on Jou’s neck. "Did you let him wear that?"

"Yeah, he was cold."

Mrs. Shindou smiled and patted Seto’s arm affectionately. "You’re a sweet boy." She threw one final grin to Katsuya and walked back inside the building out of the cold.

Seto turned to Katsuya. "What was that?"

Jou sighed. "That was Mrs. Shindou. She’s always like that."

"Well, good night puppy. I suppose I’ll see Monday in school." He started to leave but Katsuya held him back.

"Wait, your scarf-"

"Keep it. My coat keeps me warm enough." Seto answered, then began walking away again.

"Um, wait!" Jou said again. Seto turned around once more. "Uh, thanks. For the scarf and walking me home."

"It’s no problem." Seto started to leave again.

"Wait!" Katsuya called out behind him.

Seto spun around quickly feeling agitated this time. "What do you..." The words died on his lips as Katsuya pulled him into a brief hug.

"Good night." Katsuya whispered once he pulled back, and cute blush gracing his cheeks.

"Good night." Seto whispered back after Katsuya had disappeared into the building.

Awwww...it’s fluffy! I really liked this chapter, it turned out better than I thought it would...which I guess isn’t saying much considering how I expected it to turn out @.@

Okay, about the next chapter...no clue when it’s coming out. Apparently you can’t trust me when I say it’s going to be a while (didn’t say two weeks for this one?) but that doesn’t mean they’ll all come out that early. Believe me. They won’t. Now, I had a four day weekend that is the main reason why this got out so soon. I won’t have that luxury for quite a while. So...the next chapter shall be out no later than two weeks from now. That will be my standard. If it isn’t out before the end of two weeks, I’m obviously dead.

***Does anyone know about the manga Rash! Love Like Tide? It’s about this boy who falls for a famous music composer (at least I think he’s a composer) I want to know if this manga comes in English. And if it does where I can find it. Please help! Oh, there’s also this other manga Skip Kiss. I got the same questions about that. ***

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