[Unknown]: my AIM's all screwed up *sulk*
EnsTren: weeeird
EnsTren: no wait! I know!
EnsTren: you're a pokemon!
[Unknown]: I am not a pokemon -_-;;
EnsTren: Seto's going to use his "ancient Egyptian" surprise so his yami stops thinking and worrying about him and thus prolong the happy period
[Unknown]: *sigh* Seto, Seto, Seto...
EnsTren: Seto: Hey... Mokuba only picked up on it recently.
EnsTren: hmn... *dressing Seto up in her head*
EnsTren: triangle of gold cheesecloth tied around his waist, maybe two so the points hung down on both sides of his legs, little chain belt with danglies and shinies and jangles
EnsTren: silver, with chains hanging down on it, ending in flat silver pendants, some with a tiny sapphire embedded in it
[Unknown]: and the slippers ^_^
EnsTren: malikthing jewlery, sans collar, in silver with inserts of lapis in wave patterns
EnsTren: and scraps of dark silky material tied around his limbs, because gold doesn't look good on him, if he had yummy honey skin like his yami, yes, but really dark colors are him, but metal isn't dark enough, and silver is better than gold on him
EnsTren: Egyptian beer, which isn't made with hops so it's sweet and fruity
EnsTren: a goblet of Egyptian alabaster
[Unknown]: fancy
EnsTren: yes, he wants to make his yami happy
EnsTren: so he also has replications of his yami's old cloathing laid out for him to change into
EnsTren: stubbornly dyed purple
EnsTren: and the headdress is a blue eyes rather than typical dragon
EnsTren: imported gazelle meat, pomagranate, cherries, peaches
EnsTren: and the bread cakes
EnsTren: redoing a room in the house to be Egyptian
[Unknown]: ...Seto is a bit on the obsessive side ^_^;;
EnsTren: Seto walked around the house, leaving a trail of very specific clothing that he had willed together out of sheets and gold. The last piece was a purple hat in a small anteroom to a specially prepared room, so his yami could get dressed before coming in.
EnsTren: He pulled on the skimpy scraps he had for himself, what his yami imagined for him, with improvements. He wished he had just honeyed skin like his yami so the gold would look better on him.
EnsTren: He looked in the mirror, golden cloth, beyond sheer, made from two long threads of pure gold and a few threads of silver, a triangle hanging off his waist, the corner almost down to his knee. And another such fabric on the other side, held up by long blackblue silk sash that wrapped lightly around his waist and hung to his ankles front and back to preserve his modesty.
EnsTren: He also had jewelry, much like Malik Ishtar had, the bands around his forearms, matching ones around his legs--only his were in silver and inlaid with dark lapis lazuli in a rippling pattern and bordering the edges so it didn't detract from his skin.
EnsTren: A silver chain belt with smaller chains hanging from certain links with little flat silver pendants hanging from them like fishscales, some with a small sapphire embeded. He made pretty sounds when he moved.
EnsTren: He went into the prepared room, double checking, a pitcher of sweet Egyptian beer, pomagranate, cherries, peaches, the bread cakes, imported gazzele meat. And the room itself was remade to look like it was a slice out of the past. He even put in an extra wall so there was a "balcony," his holographic projectors turned the small space into a view of the Nile.
EnsTren: He turned to his computer, kneeling on the ground with it in his lap and tapped at the keys, using one of Mokuba's old remote controlled cars to deliver a note and to "knock" on the door of his yami's room.
EnsTren: His Yami would come here, he would watch though the tiny camera to make sure he was coming then hide his laptop and wait. This would be a good surprise and his yami would stop worrying about him, forget about it and they could be happy for a little while longer.
EnsTren: He backed the car up and then charged full speed at the door. "Come on Yami," he murmured. "Open up the door."
[Unknown]: His yami opened the door just in time for the little car to smash into his foot.
EnsTren: He felt sorry for his yami, but he shouldn't be hurt, "Pick up the letter!" He was whining, he knew, but he was getting impatient.
[Unknown]: Finally, he did, a look of adorable confusion crossing his face as he tried to puzzle out his hikari's somewhat messy handwriting.
EnsTren: Seto grumped, his handwriting wasn't that bad! But it was a very simple note, "Pick up and follow the clothing, your surprise is ready. --Hikari"
[Unknown]: So he did.
EnsTren: Seto eyed the picture from the camera on his computer screen and then shut it down. He went out to the faux balcony and put the briefcase down outside so the hologram hid it. He then waited near the door, it shouldn't take long for his yami to get here, so he started putting the things he was going to serve on a platter of swirled silver and gold, which sometimes alloyed together into electrum.
[Unknown]: He came very close to giggling when he heard the sounds of muffled cursing coming from outside the door. "Set-be-damned these *THUNK* wretched *WHAM* idiot slippers!"
EnsTren: Poor yami. But he'd make him feel much much much better.
[Unknown]: And that loud thud and a rather plaintive-sounding "Hikari?" meant that his poor yami had just fallen into the door.
EnsTren: /Here. Try not to trip, you're the high priest in purple, after all. If you trip you're going to ruin your surprise, and the game./
[Unknown]: //I can pull the act off, hikari-mine.//
EnsTren: His hikari sent a grin over to him.
[Unknown]: He rapped his knuckles against the door. //So are you gonna let me in?//
EnsTren: /It's open, baka./
[Unknown]: A sudden wall of haughty indifference slammed against his consciousness. //Do you presume to tell me that you will not open your doors for the high priest of Kemet?//
EnsTren: He felt jangled and confused, but soon ordered his thoughts, stopping himself from flinching. /Of course not Master,/ he murmured mentally and crawled over, for the slippers were hard to walk in at times, and he knew his yami would like him kneeling. He opened the door for his yami, showing him what he made for him.
EnsTren: He glanced up from under his kohl lined lashes to see his yami's expression, hoping he was happy.
[Unknown]: ...he'd never known his own eyes could look so cold.
EnsTren: Had he upset his Yami? Should he not have been as realistic? Or was his Yami playing the game? Games weren't fair though. His first reaction was to be afraid and ashamed, because he didn't do it right, his big surprise was a total mess up.
EnsTren: His shoulders slumped and his eyes dropped. He had upset him when he wanted to make him happy.
[Unknown]: Long fingers raked through his hair, the gesture pure possession, and he tried not to flinch when the door slammed shut behind him.
EnsTren: He was trembling under his fingers, he was frightened under his fingers, what had he gotten himself into? But... his Yami was touching him, wasn't berating him or leaving him, so maybe... he did do it right? His yami was playing with him? Then... yes he could do this. Even if he was nearly delirious with nervousness.
[Unknown]: His yami tugged on his hair, just enough to hurt, and he realized shakily that he was meant to rise.
EnsTren: So he did, trying not to trip on the slippers or loose his balance out of having these jitters. He wanted to catch his Yami's eyes, taste his mind, something to reassure himself, but didn't want to anger him, now no longer certain of the rules.
[Unknown]: Seth released him and took a step back, blue eyes blank and assessing as they roamed over his body. He suddenly felt very small and very naked, unconsciously crossing his arms against a sudden chill.
EnsTren: The silver and lapis armlets clicked together and the chain belt he fashioned chinked musically and flashed. He wanted to touch his mind, was he hideous? Was he horrible? Did he mess up and dress like a tart and a whore? Was he not pleasing to his eyes? How could he fix it? His head turned subtly away and his eyes stared at the stone floor.
[Unknown]: The hand that caught his chin and forced his head back felt strange on his skin. "Why?" his yami hissed, less a question than an order.
EnsTren: A haze of confusion, in the game or outside the game? The tone was in but he didn't know if the question was, it was ambiguious, and he wasn't perfectly sure what he was asking.
EnsTren: He opened his mouth but found his vocal cords wouldn't work, his lips were too dry. /Makeyouhappy./
EnsTren: His thoughts came quick, nearly tumbling over each other with nervousness and a tint of fear. All he wanted right now was a sign, some sign that his Yami wasn't angry, that he was his yami and not a stranger that looked like him.
[Unknown]: A heavy sigh ghosted against his skin, and he almost flinched when his yami stepped forward and rested his forehead against his own. //...you idiot.//
EnsTren: /What's wrong? What didn't I do right? I'm sorry./ He was blinking fast to keep the tears from spilling, he didn't want to cry when he'd tried so hard to make him happy, and it would ruin the kohl he had lined his eyes with too, and then he'd be ugly. But maybe his Yami would laugh at him and it would be good.
EnsTren: /Is it the room? Is it how I'm dressed? It's almost exactly like you showed me! Or are you upset that your clothes are purple? I'll change it to indigo if you want!/
[Unknown]: He was babbling nervously, he knew, but he definitely wasn't expecting his yami to drag him closer and slam his mouth over his own.
EnsTren: He was stunned into nonreactance, but then he melted, because it was good and made him feel good, even if his stomach and soul didn't like it very much. He moaned into his mouth and hesitantly put his arms around him.
[Unknown]: His yami was usually hesitant about touching his skin, but now his hands were wandering all over him and he didn't quite know what to think.
EnsTren: It was good, it hurt and coldburned and made his insides tie up in knots, but he could pretend and make it good in his mind. He wanted to have skin to skin contact with his yami, even if it hurt, he needed it, and now he could have it. He could be possessed by his yami and hold this memory in his mind forever and pretend it was good.
[Unknown]: His yami drew back, grip loosening, pretty eyes no longer cold but wild and dark and very strange.
EnsTren: He was frightened and hungry and he thought he liked it, the strangeness and wildness. He thought he saw dragons and maybe perhaps his eyes were the same.
EnsTren: He wanted to kiss him, take the rotting worm into his mouth and the sour aftertaste and love him forever and ever. But he was frozen, not knowing what to do.
[Unknown]: //Mry,// his yami purred, voice liquid, and laced his fingers in his own, tugging for him to follow.
EnsTren: And he followed, beyond amazed that his legs were working and he wasn't tripping.
[Unknown]: But now that he watched him, he could see that his yami's steps were swift and fluid, and he wondered if the clumsiness had been an act to make him smile.
EnsTren: His Yami was wonderful and great and he'd do this everyday for his Yami to make him happy and repay him for being so kind to him.
[Unknown]: He almost squeaked when he was uncerimoniously shoved onto the bed, landing in an awkward pile of too-long arms and legs.
[Unknown]: It won him a smile.
EnsTren: That was good, he loved his Yami's smiles and it meant his Yami was happy. So he tried to get his limbs to co-operate and reached up beseechingly for him, smiling.
EnsTren: /There's food,/ he felt he should inform his yami, before it got cold or browned, /bread and peaches and cherries and pomagranates. I brought you beer, my lord, and gazelle./
EnsTren: The gazelle had been a real bitch to import, it wasn't as if it was raised on farms, no he had to pay people to go out and kill it and ship it over, which he had done on the damned Concord so it was fresh.
[Unknown]: At the mention of food, his yami darted across the room and hastily assembled a tray of the delicacies, ran back across the room again, poured out two goblets of beer, and made his way slowly back to the bed, handing one off to his hikari with a soft, "Ib?"
[Unknown]: (d'oh. ^_^;; 'mry' = beloved, 'ib' = thirsty person)
EnsTren: He took it from his yami softly in his hands, sitting up and tucking his knees to the side of him. He didn't much like alcoholic drinks, especially beer, as they clouded the mind and often tasted bad. But Egyptian beer as the ancients brewed it wasn't so bad, nor was it terribly alcoholic.
EnsTren: He smiled shyly at him and lowered his eyes, taking a a sip.
[Unknown]: His yami chuckled, setting down his goblet before throwing himself back on the bed, sending his hat tumbling and kicking off his slippers with a kind of vicious glee.
EnsTren: Seto squirmed a little and blushed, sipping his drink and then setting it down. He was very happy that he had succeded in pleasing his Yami.
[Unknown]: He wriggled back into the blankets, and the mask of the priest fully slipped away, leaving just a teenage boy who was gleefully stuffing his face with a fruit-filled piece of bread.
EnsTren: He giggled, covering his mouth with one hand.
[Unknown]: Somehow even with food hanging out of his mouth, Seth managed to raise a dignified eyebrow and not look totally ridiculous.
EnsTren: He giggled more and sat up fully on his knees properly, jangling and looking sparkly pretty.
[Unknown]: His yami sat up too, plucking up a piece of meat and holding it to his lips. "Dp," he instructed solemnly.
EnsTren: Seto leaned forward and opened his pretty mouth to taste the meat, obedient now that he wasn't frightened.
[Unknown]: Seth popped it in his mouth, and he almost choked on it when a slim finger tapped hard on his stomach.
EnsTren: He meeped and quickly averted his eyes before he glared at his yami. He chewed and found it to be surprisingly good and not like anything he had tasted before. He supposed it was because gazelles were active and lived in the wild.
[Unknown]: When he looked up again, a sweetmeat was dangling in front of his nose. "Wnm," Seth instructed primly.
[Unknown]: ('wnm' - eat)
EnsTren: Seto blushed and tilted his head to the side, lowering it and taking the meat from Seth's fingers from beneath. His lips and tongue touched his yami's fingertips, and he slowly pulled away, chewing.
[Unknown]: His yami smirked at him and held up another cake, waggling a finger chidingly in the exact fashion of Yugi's Dark Magician - a bug that he'd never managed to fully wipe from the system.
EnsTren: He pouted slightly and then lowered his eyes, hands together in his lap, trying to look contrite.
[Unknown]: He was getting the distinct impression that his yami wanted to stuff him.
EnsTren: He wasn't too sure how his yami wanted to stuff him though, with food, or with himself.
[Unknown]: Although the bed he was still dangling under his nose seemed to indicate the former, the lazy eyes that were trailing along his body suggested the latter.
EnsTren: He leaned forward and nibbled on the breadcake offered to him, hesitantly bringing his hands up to take hold of it, or at least avoid spilling crumbs.
[Unknown]: His yami looked pleased. Was he really that skinny?
EnsTren: He knew he was underweight, but he wasn't that bad, he actually gained weight despite all the extra exersise his yami gave him. It must be all those pizzas.
[Unknown]: His yami really really really liked pizzas.
EnsTren: "Iw wnm i," he murmured, gently extricating the cake from his yami's hands and eating it, feeling much like a squirrel for some odd reason.
EnsTren: (I eat)
[Unknown]: His yami smiled, but whether it was at the fact that he was eating or for speaking his native tongue, he wasn't certain.
EnsTren: He ate and eyed his yami much the same way his yami eyed him. With desire. He wondered if he really did look better to his yami or if he was just excited by the type of clothing he wore.
[Unknown]: He couldn't really tell what he was thinking - aside from the obvious way his eyes were roaming, there was a sly smirk on his lips, and he couldn't read him at all.
EnsTren: It was rather like being blindfolded, and made his body prickle, not knowing what was coming next. He disliked surprises but anticipation increased his "appetite" in this case.
EnsTren: He finished the bread cake and fastidiously licked his fingers clean of crumbs before shyly crawling over.
[Unknown]: Seth didn't move from his languid position, long lashes draped thickly over his dark eyes, regarding him with that same self-satisfied smirk.
EnsTren: He lowered himself to be bedding and looked a bit like a cat ready to pounce but instead he pressed his head against Seth's hand as if begging to be petted.
[Unknown]: His yami obliged him, stroking long fingers through his hair and trailing them along the back of his neck.
EnsTren: He shivered and closed his eyes, hesitently stretching his head out, lightly purring. "Iw mr i Tw," he sighed happily.
EnsTren: (iw mr(i) i Tw = I love/desire/wish you)
[Unknown]: He could almost taste his yami's devilish grin. "BiAw..." he purred, sliding his hand gently down the curve of his spine.
EnsTren: He moaned and arched his back, trembling pale and leaning into him and his touch. The small bits of clothing he wore did very little to hide his arousal, and his own will and skin did very well to hide his discomfort.
[Unknown]: His yami looked incredibly smug, using his other hand to trace over his collarbone and slide up his throat, tilting his chin forward. This time, the kiss was soft and light and tasted like sugar in the brief instant he had before his gut clenched.
EnsTren: He mewled into his mouth very quietly and came closer, holding the memory of sugar in his mind and pretending that was what it was.
EnsTren: "iw HqA k wi," he agreed quietly when he pulled away from the kiss and bowed his head to rub his cheek against his hand.
EnsTren: (you rule me)
EnsTren: "iw xrp k wi," he said again and he nuzzled, "iw mr i Tw."
EnsTren: (you control me, I love you)
EnsTren: He looked up at his yami and wondered if the top of his head would come off from grinning so widely.
[Unknown]: Seth purred audibly, eyes dark and intent as he leaned closer, breath brushing enticingly over his cheek.
EnsTren: His eyes flicked closed and his head tilted up, lips parted and craving him.
[Unknown]: His yami nipped at his earlobe instead of kissing him.
EnsTren: He moaned, squirming, and pressed his ear against his mouth, more and more of his body demanding more and more attention.
[Unknown]: His yami chuckled against him, suckling lightly on the lobe, one hand drifting down to graze enticingly over his chest.
EnsTren: His nipples tightened up into hard little pebbles and he whimpered, arching his neck out and back, "iw dbH i."
EnsTren: (I beg.)
[Unknown]: Sharp teeth grazed his neck while a second hand traveled the path opposite its twin, slipping down his back, over the soft curve of his buttocks and halfway down his leg, before reversing direction and dragging back upwards again.
EnsTren: "iw..." a soft moan, "n..i Hm k." He was shaking with desire and disgust and his knees slipped apart. His fingers curling and clenching the bedding.
EnsTren: (I am your slave.)
[Unknown]: His yami's hands grew bolder, teasing at his hips and the heavy jewelry there, gently palming the inside of his thighs, while he pressed wet kisses against his neck.
EnsTren: He gasped and trembling waited, even pressed into his hands and lips, desiring and craving and pretending. He came closer to him, on his knees with spread legs, his mind lightly seeming to float and press against his Yami's mind, wanting to join there as well.
[Unknown]: His yami smiled at him, and he suddenly realized that was what his yami had been waiting for. And then his hands were on his body and his mouth was on his own, and he was drowning in thick, heavy heat, mind tangled against his yami's and breath completely gone.
EnsTren: It was dizzying and confusing and good. It made him cry out against his own lips and and moan into his own mouth, and repeat what he had said before into his own ear.
[Unknown]: Hot and squirming and good. Hands on his body - whose hands? Whose body? No, it didn't matter, all fumbling and groping and soft bites against milk-pale (dark bronze) skin.
EnsTren: They were tumbling on the bed, falling over eachother, touchingtouching, pushing away the illness.
[Unknown]: He liked this, he liked this, and for the first time since forever he found himself wanting more and more and more and more and more.
EnsTren: His back was to the crumpledsoft sheets and he was kissingbiting his yami's shoulder or his was being kissedbitten. He felt as if there was a fire in him, like the sun was in him, like he was swimming in it. It was supposed to be darkdark but this light was better than pain.
[Unknown]: And his yami felt it too, he knew, and that was why he was so desperate and clinging, why he wouldn't (couldn't) let go - or was he the one clutching him so hard? He didn't know, didn't care, couldn't think straight - and all he heard was the soft jingle of jewels and the sound of his (their?) own heartbeat rushing in his ears.
EnsTren: So he kissed (was kissed) pressed against and pressed. So they whimpered and pawed, things were ripped and torn and they were whole and he barely screamed at all. He was blinded by the light instead of the darkness, but he was blinded all the same and it made it good when his (their?) legs were opened and kissed and bitten on the insides.
[Unknown]: His squirmed and panted and caught his (their) hands in silky copper (chocolate) hair, cried and whimpered his delight, and everything was wet and hot and perfect.
EnsTren: And in the end they could barely move, barely breathe. They were them again and he felt sore and wet inside and his yami was looking unbearably smug. His pretty clothes were everywhere too, his own were only saved because there was so little of it.
EnsTren: He swallowed the vomit and mewled at Seth and pet his hair. He further decided he needed a drink and reached over for the goblets.
[Unknown]: Seth just purred at him, long lashes heavy against his cheeks, pretty eyes so dark a blue they edged on black.
EnsTren: He realized, in a dawning epiphany, that this thing that was meant to make his yami happy made them both very very happy. And even if he did become whole he would treasure this memory for the rest of his life.
EnsTren: He grabbed a goblet, not able to tell them apart or remember which was which and he nudged his yami, offering it to him.
[Unknown]: His yami accepted it, but not without first kissing his fingertips and making him blush.
EnsTren: His yami liked it when he blushed because his yami was an utter pervert. He reached over for the other goblet and sipped the brew, very happy that it made his stomach settle.
[Unknown]: And his yami was leaning over the side of the bed and fumbling around, and gave a crow of triumph as he popped back up, cradling his precious honey cakes to his chest.
EnsTren: He shook his head and laughed a little and then crawled over and laid his head down on his Yami's lap. /Why am I an idiot?/
[Unknown]: Seth gave a contented sigh around the cakes stuck in his mouth. //You don't have to go to all this trouble for me, pretty light.//
EnsTren: /I wanted to,/ he protested, pouting a little. It may be true that his reasons for wanting to might not be completely pure, but he still wanted to. /It made you happy, it made me happy, even if you did scare me a little in the beginning./
[Unknown]: //Was I really scary?//
EnsTren: /A little, because I didn't know what you were thinking and I didn't know if you were acting that way because I upset you or if you were playing./
[Unknown]: //Hn.// He broke off half of the cake that was dangling from his lips and placed it against his lips. //Eat.//
EnsTren: /I'm not that skinny,/ he protested but took and ate the cake anyways.
[Unknown]: //You have a test in school tomorrow,// he reminded him primly, //You must replenish your energy for your studies.//
EnsTren: /And to do this again after school./
[Unknown]: //Nuh-uh. You're going to be sore as hell tomorrow.//
EnsTren: /Then the day after tomorrow./
[Unknown]: //...perhaps.//
EnsTren: /...you didn't like it?/
[Unknown]: Seth gave him a very odd look.
EnsTren: /Then why did you say "perhaps?" And eat the meat too, you can have cakes almost any time but I had that gazelle shot and shipped over on the concord today just for you and you aren't going to waste it!/
[Unknown]: Seth rolled his eyes and fished around for the meat. //Yes, dear. And I said 'perhaps' because these bedsheets and clothes need to be laundered by hand.//
EnsTren: /I do have servants for that sort of thing, and I made a few extra pairs... of your clothes at least. Besides, if I can make something, how hard should it be to repair or clean it?/
[Unknown]: Seth yawned toothily. //Dunno. All I'm good for is killing people,// he muttered, and flopped his head back into the pillows.
EnsTren: /And sex./
[Unknown]: One blue-blue eye flicked open, a small smirk lifting the corner of his lips. //If you say so, pretty light.//
EnsTren: /Of course I do, and so did everyone else in the past - you were the phallic symbol./
[Unknown]: He tried to hide his face in the pillows. //Shut up.//
EnsTren: /Make me?/
[Unknown]: Long fingers wrapped around his shoulders, and before he could move, he found himself draped heavily across his yami's lap, one golden digit pressed against his lips. //Ssh.//
EnsTren: He took the digit into his mouth and swirled his tongue about it. Just as his yami saw his dreams he saw his yami's occasionally, and his fantasies. Oh, and the occasional porn site.
[Unknown]: Seth leaned over and bit him on the nose. //Flirt.//
EnsTren: He grinned.
[Unknown]: //Impertinent,// he scolded, //And you're taking these to lunch with you tomorrow. We can eat outside.//
EnsTren: /That sounds nice./
[Unknown]: //It will be nice. And we can find somewhere secluded and snuggle.//
EnsTren: He reached over and picked up the cherries, /We'll feed each other,/ he popped one into his own mouth and then into his yami's.
[Unknown]: //I'd like that.//
EnsTren: /.../ Seto gave him the mental version of the hairy eyeball, checking for perverted thoughts.
EnsTren: /Yes, is there anything you want me to especially bring?/
[Unknown]: Seth snorted softly. //Just this will be fine - unless you'll get in trouble for having alcohol on school grounds?//
EnsTren: /Like they'd try to get angry at me, we can bring a thermos of it, but I won't drink much./
[Unknown]: //Or sweet milk.//
EnsTren: /You don't mind milk like it is now? I don't think you had pasturization or such thin milk in your time./
[Unknown]: //Milk mixed with honey to make it richer. Milk now tastes... funny.//
EnsTren: /Hmn... it's too thin isn't it? Maybe we can mix some heavy cream into it to make it more likeable for you, and then add honey./
EnsTren: /And bring your beloved beer, because you're oogling your goblet./
[Unknown]: //It's a PRETTY goblet.//
EnsTren: /It's an expensive one, Egyptian alabaster, I'm sure you recognize it./
[Unknown]: //Pretty...?//
EnsTren: Seto laughed a little, /Silly yami./
[Unknown]: //Hmph.//
EnsTren: /Beer and sweet milk if we can get a good mix. Bread cakes and what?/
[Unknown]: //Bread cakes and fruit - you liked those pomegranates, didn't you?//
EnsTren: /Yes. Sweet and with a bite, blood red, a bit like me, don't you think?/
[Unknown]: He purred. //Pretty.//
EnsTren: /...If you say so./
[Unknown]: //If you're sitting there and sucking on a juicy red fruit, it's pretty.//
EnsTren: He blushed brightly and then daringly replied, /I'll bring bananas to further entertain you./
[Unknown]: Seth laughed. //Treading a dangerous line there, pretty light. I might not let you go back to class.//
EnsTren: /It's not like I have to go to school in the first place,/ he said with a shrug.
[Unknown]: //Allow me to put this another way: everyone will know where you went.//
EnsTren: He blushed again, /Pervy yami./
[Unknown]: //Honest yami.//
EnsTren: /Biting hikari./
[Unknown]: //Where?//
EnsTren: /Rar!/ and he showed his teeth.
[Unknown]: He poked his tummy.
EnsTren: He poked back.
[Unknown]: He tickled his tummy.
EnsTren: His hikari giggled and tried to curl up but couldn't very well because of his yami's hand and his rather sore rear.
[Unknown]: He laughed again and snuggled him closer.
EnsTren: /...Do you like the room?/
[Unknown]: //Mmmhmm.//
EnsTren: /...Why were you scary in the begining?/
[Unknown]: //I wanted to see if you realized what you had gotten into.//
EnsTren: He closed his eyes, /I couldn't tell if you were playing or insulted or angry because of what I did./
EnsTren: /And you changed quick from making me laugh to being cold, so I didn't know that either./
[Unknown]: He shrugged. //It is our nature. And... it reminded me of other times.//
EnsTren: /That's why I thought you might be angry,/ terribly horribly angry, /when you became so cold, like you might have thought I was... dishonoring the past by making this, even though you wove me a story and said you wished I wore something like this for you./
[Unknown]: His lips twisted in a bitter smile. //You said before that I changed so quickly -? That was nothing. There were plenty of times... the mask is a habit I thought I had broken. It seems as though I were wrong.//
EnsTren: /I know I can change quickly too, but to others. And I was afraid of touching your mind, if you were playing it might be against the rules or I might have offended you because... you always say you want me to trust you, and if you were angry... I don't,/ he sniffled and cursed himself for it.
EnsTren: "If you were angry at me I don't think I could bear it."
[Unknown]: //Hikari...// Seth nuzzled him gently, //I'm not angry with you, and you didn't offend me. I'm sorry I frightened you, pretty love.//
EnsTren: /I'm sorry I didn't pass your test./
[Unknown]: //Who said you didn't?//
EnsTren: His hikari gave him a funny look, /You changed again after I answered you,/ fearfully. /It wouldn't make sense for you to change again if I passed./
[Unknown]: He smiled and tapped his nose. //Why not?//
EnsTren: /Because if it was a test to see if I knew what I was getting into then what I was getting into would be similar to the test./
[Unknown]: He licked his cheek. //Or maybe I just said that to confuse you.//
EnsTren: /Then I was fooled by the ploy,/ he tipped his head back, /And again failed./
[Unknown]: //Or maybe it wasn't about that at all.//
EnsTren: Seto's shoulders sagged, confused again, failed again. Tests with Gozaburo revolved around remaining clear headed and right minded.
[Unknown]: Seth pinched him. //Hey, you.//
EnsTren: Half squirm half flinch, more confusion, /What, me?/
[Unknown]: //No, I'm talking to the other guy who lives in my head. His name is Bob. Bob, meet Seto, Seto, meet Bob.//
EnsTren: /...I'm jealous! I'm supposed to be the only one in your head!/ He smiled cheerfully despite his wailed words.
[Unknown]: Seth grinned. //Oh Seto, of course you're my true love - but Bob! He's my butler, Seto, can't you see? I need him too!//
EnsTren: Seto fwaped him on the head.
[Unknown]: Seth laughed and kissed him. //Sorry, darling!//
EnsTren: He kissed back and wished for that bond so it didn't feel so bad and cuddled him, /So?/
[Unknown]: //So you passed.//
EnsTren: /...I'm confused./
[Unknown]: Seth nuzzled him again. //You passed.//
EnsTren: /How?/
[Unknown]: He shrugged. //Because even though I scared you, you trusted me.//
EnsTren: /...I told you the truth./
[Unknown]: //Mmm.// He caught his senses and kissed him again, slow and sweet and lingering.
EnsTren: Sugar and honey and putrid waste with maggots.
EnsTren: He smiled, his yami's kisses, he loved and hated them.
[Unknown]: Seth pulled away again, too soon for his liking, and gave him a searching look. //Do you understand?//
EnsTren: /...No./
[Unknown]: He sighed. //I need to know if you can trust all of me - not just the sweetness I give you.//
EnsTren: /I love you, I'd do anything for you,/ unfortunately he had proved that in a disturbing fashion. /And I know if you could help it you wouldn't hurt me,/ though he had, and has, his doubts if his Yami becomes truely angry. No one is the same when they are mad, because sometimes then they can go mad.
[Unknown]: //...that's close enough, I guess,// Seth murmured, and pulled him back down into the pillows with him.
EnsTren: He moaned softly and snuggled squirmed into the comfortable warmth.
[Unknown]: Seth cuddled him closely and snagged an unsoiled sheet to wrap around them. //Nice?// he asked teasingly.
EnsTren: /Yes./ Hesitation and he lowered his eyes, squirming a little, /Will you be "testing" me each time we do this,/ he asked with traces of tripidation.
[Unknown]: //Any time you let me touch you is a test, or a blessing.//
EnsTren: He blushed again, /You speak as if I'm some sacred object that obliterates the unworthy./
[Unknown]: //Aren't you?//
EnsTren: And he turned redder.
[Unknown]: Seth smirked at him.
EnsTren: /Y-you liked the clothing,/ he asked, trying to change the subject, /And the jewelry? Anything I should change?/
[Unknown]: //Seto, are you trying to change the subject on me?//
EnsTren: /Yes, so cooperate./
[Unknown]: He scrunched his nose at him. //Spoilsport.//
EnsTren: /So answer the questions./
EnsTren: He gave him a stubborn pout, /Make me blush later./
[Unknown]: //Yay clothes boo slippers yay pretty hikari in jewels.//
EnsTren: Yay giggling hikari. /Not many jewels,/ he corrected, picking up one of the hanging chains which practically made up a second metal skirt, /See? Just little sapphires, and not many of them either./
[Unknown]: Seth tilted his head up and smiled at him. //Pretty jewel.//
EnsTren: And he blushed again. /I-is there anything special or specific you want next time?/
[Unknown]: Seth seemed to contemplate this deeply. //Sex.//
EnsTren: /We had sex this time,/ and he lightly and playfully shoved his yami. /...You know,/ he said suddenly and bit his lower lip, /If you wanted me to I'd wear one of those collar things, so long as it wasn't,/ brief flash of memory of the hurting ones that had been forced around his neck before.
[Unknown]: He shook his head. //You wouldn't be comfortable, pretty love. They're heavy and take some getting used to.//
EnsTren: /I'd wear it for you, the big wide ones or like Malik wears./
[Unknown]: //I don't want you doing things you won't enjoy, pretty love.//
EnsTren: /I want to make you happy, I like making you happy./
[Unknown]: //You make me happy without it.//
EnsTren: /Would you be happier,/ he countered. /If, for instance, I had nothing against collars?/
[Unknown]: //Hikari, allow me to be frank. I am happiest when you are naked.//
EnsTren: His hikari blushed and giggled at the same time, /You were more insistant this time, and I never did get naked./
EnsTren: All right, he was as good as naked, but he wasn't.
[Unknown]: Seth chuckled. //Close enough.//
EnsTren: /You touched me all over,/ he pointed out, /My skin under your hands, your bare hands, you are usually more catious even though I don't mind./
[Unknown]: //Did I hurt you?//
EnsTren: /I enjoy having sex with you./
[Unknown]: //That's not what I asked, pretty light.//
EnsTren: /I'm only sore./
[Unknown]: //...when we were... did I hurt you then?//
EnsTren: /I'm fine Yami,/ and he used one of his aces, a smile at his yami.
[Unknown]: Seth smiled back. //Promise?//
EnsTren: /Yes, I think I might be better than I have been before./
[Unknown]: //Really?//
EnsTren: /Best sex ever. Even when we... join I can still feel it, this time I don't think I did./
[Unknown]: Seth's smile grew blinding. //I'm glad...//
EnsTren: /I think it might be because of the story, and you have to tell me more, you promised. Because if I was sure Mokuba would be all right I would sell myself if it meant I could touch you, and even if I would be a slave back then, I would be whole and right. And that's what I think about, so I made this place and can pretend a little./
[Unknown]: A hint of tears glittered in his eyes. //I'm glad I made you happy.//
EnsTren: He leaned up and kissed his yami on the forehead.
[Unknown]: Seth rubbed noses with him again. //Love you so much, pretty jewel...//
EnsTren: He nuzled back and closed his eyes, despite the pain and illness he felt this was heaven to him. /Love you./
[Unknown]: //Pretty light...?//
EnsTren: /Yes?/
[Unknown]: //It's past your bedtime, love. Go to sleep.//
EnsTren: He scrunched his nose at him, /Okay, but only if you promise to flatter me and praise my surprise more in the morning./
[Unknown]: Seth kissed his scrunched nose. //Of course. And I'll even wash your hair in the shower.//
EnsTren: He purred and pillowed his head on Seth's shoulder, /Good night then./
[Unknown]: He snuggled against him contentedly. //Good night, precious hikari. I love you.//
EnsTren: His hikari smiled.
[Unknown]: //Pretty...//
EnsTren: Sleeping...
[Unknown]: Sleep.

EnsTren: (hmn... Seth's pet name! Anx)
EnsTren: ("Mirror")
EnsTren: (and it has some resemblance to the word "anhk" the first hiroglyph in anx is actually an anhk)
EnsTren: (anhk is life)
EnsTren: (Seto can be anhk and Seth cand be anx.)

EnsTren: ("Hmn...Anx," he murmured and curled to him.)
EnsTren: ("Anx? You call me "Mirror?" Well, I suppose it fits, but then I shall add "Anhk" to my list of pet names for you.")
[Unknown]: ("Hmm... okay.")
EnsTren: (And they kissed.)

EnsTren: (Seth hugged his cousin, "Hikari made me a room that looks like it's overlooking the Nile and bought me gazelle and beer!")
[Unknown]: (Atemu grinned. "Have fun, did you?")
EnsTren: (Seth had a dazed smile on his face and handed his cousin a thermos. "Here, I snuck it away, he doesn't want me to share," his smile fell.)
[Unknown]: (Atemu hesitated. "If he doesn't want you to share..." And he offered it back.)
EnsTren: ("Here, my hikari is being... hurt and irrational, we'll share it, I have some cakes too. How long has it been since you've had good beer and bread? The alcohol they make now is horrible.")
[Unknown]: (Atemu hesitated again. "But if he really minds... I don't want you to get kicked out of bed like the tomb robber.")
EnsTren: (He shook his head, "He won't know and he wouldn't. Besides if he finds out or I tell him it would be good for him... he... sometimes he scares me by how devoted he is.")
[Unknown]: (A tiny smile curled his cousin's lips. "Overwhelming?")
EnsTren: ("Don't smile, Atemu, you know very well he almost ripped his mind apart trying to make me happy.")
[Unknown]: (The smile faded into his usual somber expression. "I was referring to your status in his bed, dear cousin, not that.")
EnsTren: (Seth had the good grace to look contrite.)
[Unknown]: (Atemu reached over and patted his arm consolingly. "I thought he was getting better...?")
EnsTren: ("The sex? Oh yes, I think so and he agrees with me, and I believe him.")
[Unknown]: (Atemu popped open the top and sniffed it, a pleased expression crossing his face. "That's a good sign, isn't it?")
EnsTren: ("He still lies, and he's afraid of me sometimes, but yes, I think it's progress.")
[Unknown]: (His cousin sat back, taking a long drink, eyes sparkling with mischeif. "You didn't go all psychotic priest on him, did you?")
EnsTren: ("Maybe a little," he admitted and pulled out two cups, "And don't drink from the thermos, I want some too." He put out the bread and some of the meat, it was cold but still good. "He doesn't trust me, though.")
[Unknown]: (Atemu blinked at him, pouring out the beer into the cups. "That strikes me as a little strange, if you don't mind me saying so. He's let you get so close already, but he doesn't trust you... to do what?")
EnsTren: ("To not hurt him, to have faith in me, all those things, great and small. He stands by me and doesn't pull away because he loves me and wants to make me happy," he drank deeply form his cup.)
[Unknown]: (Atemu broke off a corner of the bread and gnawed on it thoughtfully. "...it's going to take him a long time, cousin.")
EnsTren: (A heavy sigh, "I know...What I don't understand is how he feels about you two, or maybe just your Yugi.")
[Unknown]: (He chuckled somewhat ruefully. "What's to understand? He hates us.")
EnsTren: ("Hates, despises, loathes, and more terrible things when your Yugi touches him.")
[Unknown]: (Atemu stiffened.)
EnsTren: ("He says he feels filthy and then tries desperately to get clean, he... He scratches himself until he draws blood and the skin is caught under his nails in an attempt to get the dirt off," he stared into the distance, a strange look on his face, trying to understand. "And he doesn't even realize what he's doing.")
[Unknown]: (He leaned forward and tugged on a lock of copper hair to steal his attention back, just as he had when they were children. "Seth... if you want to blame me, I won't mind.")
EnsTren: ("I blame myself," he said morosely, "I wasn't there in time, like you were. I'm afraid that he'll hate me for it, but he never does.")
[Unknown]: ("You couldn't help it," he said softly, "You were in no position to get to him.")
EnsTren: ("At least... He doesn't play anymore, not game of cards or of boards. Sometimes he plays with me, pillow fights and keeping in a role. He doesn't play anymore because he says games aren't fair, just like life. But at least, in his hate against you he is still playing fair.")
[Unknown]: ("...for what it's worth, I'm sorry.")
EnsTren: ("Not worth much, my Pharaoh, because it won't make him better and he refuses to come near your Yugi, who very well might be able to help him. He becomes so distraught over the very idea of it I cannot bring myself to force him. Yet he still...")
[Unknown]: ("...still?")
EnsTren: ("Protects your hikari and his friends.")
[Unknown]: (Those large eyes blinked at him inquisitively.)
EnsTren: ("I should be protecting him, you should be protecting him like you protect Yugi's friends, and you do try, I know this Atemu. But he's the one protecting you and protecting you more by not letting you know about it.")
[Unknown]: ("...Yugi's father.")
EnsTren: ("And your mistakes, cousin," he drank from the thermos wishing he could get drunk, but his hikari would most certainly not approve, or help him with the hangover.)
[Unknown]: (He blinked, then quietly cursed. "What did I leave behind?")
EnsTren: ("Fingerprints, filaments from your clothes, hair.")
[Unknown]: (His pharaoh uttered a blasphemy.)
EnsTren: ("They place you at the place and in many cases the time when you punished those people. Your hikari's file, because they don't know about you, is thicker than a dueling deck.")
[Unknown]: (Another curse.)
EnsTren: ("Even if it's all circumstantial, none of it actually proving either of you actually did the deed, there's so much that they might very well be able lock you up.")
[Unknown]: (His pharaoh proceeded to utter a curse so foul that he was momentarily taken aback.)
EnsTren: ("He protects all of you, has Katsuya's file, Honda's, Ryou's because his yami still has sticky fingers and sometimes forgets to clean up completely when he kills people.")
EnsTren: (He watched him and blinked, then added the sprinkles once he came back to himself, "Oh, and Anzu has a file for forging documents that said she could take a part time job, Seto took it off the file.")
[Unknown]: (Atemu settled back, staring into his drink with a guarded expression on his face. "If he hates aibou so much, why bother protecting him? It would be easy enough to get us out of the way... sort of.")
EnsTren: ("Easier than you think, Yugi's Grandpa doesn't own the building, I don't know who does but if it's not Seto's he could buy it easy. He's been protecting the lot of you since he noticed the two of you. So far as the police are concerned he's pissed all over you to make sure they know you're "his business."" He smiled a bit sadly, "He protects you because despite his hate, and his disillusionment, he still plays fair.")
[Unknown]: ("I never doubted his honor, cousin," Atemu said softly, "If you believe anything of me, believe that.")
EnsTren: ("I do," he said, a sad, wry smile twisting his lips, "I thought... I thought I should tell you though, because though I don't think he'll ever do something like that while sane," and he emphasized the word, "He's not exactly stable now. And if your hikari and his friends push him too much he might just threaten you with it.")
[Unknown]: (Those beautiful eyes flickered sadly at him. "I understand... I'll try to make aibou understand. He... he can't comprehend that someone would push him away for that." His expression turned inwards to some quiet turmoil. "...he's been crying a lot, lately...")
EnsTren: ("Your aibou's touch makes mine puke," he said bluntly, "I think it might be all in his head, but each time he's vomited, cried, vomited again and scratched himself bloody and kept on crying.")
[Unknown]: (He sighed heavily. "Do have any idea at all why this might be happening? Yugi's touch should cause nothing but... well... pleasure.")
EnsTren: ("He thinks it's because of the same reason my touch hurts him. I think he's convinced himself of it and is so twisted up with disgust with himself he makes it hurt.")
[Unknown]: (Atemu let out a heavy sigh and took a large gulp of his drink. "He needs to heal himself, but he needs help, and the only help that will work is help he doesn't want. Am I on the right track here?")
EnsTren: ("Unfortunately yes. Even if I could steel my heart to him and drag him kicking and screaming and crying hysterically to your Yugi he'd put Yugi off helping him by throwing up all over him.")
[Unknown]: ("We could always hang his head over the toilet.")
EnsTren: ("...Could Yugi's touch help him when he doesn't want it to and is convinced it won't?")
[Unknown]: ("...it's not improbable. We still don't know the extent of Yugi's magic yet.")
EnsTren: ("Seto's making progress but is upset that he hasn't figured out how to make things move on their own, if it's even possible for his magic--But he "cheats" and makes robotic versions. And I think he's been practicing manipulating the insides of his laptop so he can program with his mind alone.")
[Unknown]: ("...does he ever sleep?")
EnsTren: ("Not much, which is why he does it in class often, and I've been trying to get him to eat more." Heavy sigh, "He's gained some weight but still admits he's underweight.")
[Unknown]: (Atemu sighed and ran a hand through his hair, ruffling his bangs. "I hope you've been feeding him more than pizza.")
EnsTren: ("It wouldn't matter even if I did--He knows he doesn't get enough to eat so takes vitamin pills.")
[Unknown]: ("How you get so big, eating food of this kind?" he cousin quoted softly, "How's Mokuba?")
EnsTren: ("Very worried, and thinks his brother might be going crazy again because he's eating fermented soybeans straight from the container.")
[Unknown]: ("He does that in front of Mokuba? He'll traumatize the poor boy.")
EnsTren: ("He picks the goop right out of the container with his fingers and eats it all at once in front of me.")
[Unknown]: (Atemu cringed. "...poor cousin.")
EnsTren: ("Once when I made him angry he kissed me with it still in his mouth!")
[Unknown]: ("EW!")
EnsTren: ("How I suffer for my hikari," he bemoaned. "But then he brought me beer and I was happy.")
[Unknown]: ("How fickle is the heart of a hikari, he who can drag us to the depths and place us back in the heavens, within the space of a heartbeat.")
EnsTren: (He grinned at his cousin and then his smile faded, "I wonder...What kind of hell I put him though, though?")
[Unknown]: ("...he hasn't told you?")
EnsTren: ("He still lies to me, Atemu.")
[Unknown]: ("Hn... do you ever lie to him?")
EnsTren: (He paused and considered it, "I don't think so, I might deceive him like this, and I have never lied to him about what is important." A furrowed brow and he blinked, "I.. don't think he considers himself important, at least in comparison to me.")
[Unknown]: (Atemu stared at him. "What? But - that doesn't make any sense.")
EnsTren: ("He's said it to me time and time again, "I don't matter except for how I can make you and Mokuba happy."")
[Unknown]: ("...have you told him?")
EnsTren: ("Yes, I've managed to convince him to not say it anymore, and he doesn't except for when he forgets. He says he wants to make me happy.")
[Unknown]: ("...and he can't convince himself that he is truly capable of what would make you happy.")
EnsTren: ("...He's been insisting on sex very much now, has even admitted to using me when I broached the subject. My hikari... It takes a great imagination as well as a great mind to make the things he does... He likes to... pretend, and forget. And it's easiest during sex--to forget and pretend.")
[Unknown]: ("...and what he needs most right now is to find himself and heal. But he wants to forget it instead of facing it. I wonder how frightened he must be...")
EnsTren: ("Is your hikari ever frightened of you? Does he ever flinch from you or what you do?")
[Unknown]: (Atemu frowned. "...very rarely, nowadays, but there were times before this when it happened quite often.")
EnsTren: ("I say I am only good for killing things, and he knows this is true and he teases me. I slam the door too hard and he flinches.")
[Unknown]: ("He's not afraid of your magic, dear cousin. He's been around us too long for that.")
EnsTren: ("He's not afraid of killing either, he's fully prepared to do it himself for Mokuba's sake or my own, or his own life. He's afraid of me.")
[Unknown]: ("Not you, of what you represent. A physical presence he hasn't quite gotten used to yet - and you are much bigger than Mokuba.")
EnsTren: ("So?")
[Unknown]: ("So the only other person he's used to having in that big house was Gozaburo.")
EnsTren: ("Atemu, he could be looking right at the door when I come in and shut it hard and he still flinches.")
[Unknown]: ("Then, dear cousin, I suggest you take more care with your door-slamming. And... I don't know why he does such a thing. You leave him vulnerable, I think, and it makes him uneasy.")
EnsTren: ("Sometimes I can hear him... almost gibbering in his mind when he cries on my shoulder. How he hates to cry but loves that he can cry and that I can bring him to it.")
[Unknown]: ("...it must be a strange thing, for him to lose control.")
EnsTren: ("I believe so, but he lets me take care of him in little ways and I think that makes him happy, to be taken care of.")
[Unknown]: ("That is a good thing, isn't it?")
EnsTren: "Yes, I suppose it is. And he's not overly dependant either, but I wish he were more dependant."
EnsTren: "He keeps putting himself in place to be the yami to me, and Mokuba and your entire group, the protector, unknown, like you were in the beginning with Yugi."
[Unknown]: "...I take it you don't approve."
EnsTren: "No, he's supposed to be a hikari, damnit. But he's so busy being yami to everyone, and he has to, which is the horrid part."
[Unknown]: Atemu sighed heavily and downed the last of his beer. "He's lost his balance..."
EnsTren: "He's lost hope." He poured both of them more, "I told you I saw it once, even if I was almost hysterical. But I believe it was a true vision." Deep sigh and a brooding look, "Unfortunetly if it was that means that there's only the very heart of my hikari's light left, and he very nearly stopped being a hikari."
[Unknown]: "...we're lucky we found him in time."
EnsTren: "Atemu?" Blue eyes that seemed ready to shed tears blinked at him, and there was fear in his voice, "W-what would have happened to me if he did?"
[Unknown]: "...I don't know."
[Unknown]: He didn't say what was lurking on the tip of his tongue.
[Unknown]: One death was more than enough.
EnsTren: Seth shivered as if cold and looked at him with a hunted expression, "I think it was only his will that kept him as intact as he is. If it wasn't for his will your penalty game would have destroyed him completely, if it wasn't for his will he wouldn't have put himself back together right. But... Neither of you realized, I think, that there was already a piece broken off."
[Unknown]: Atemu leaned forward and clasped his larger hands in his own. "That's possible," he said quietly, voice neutral, "But if anything, you and I both know that lost things can always be found again."
EnsTren: "..But in time?"
[Unknown]: "He has you now. You have an eternity to find him."
EnsTren: "He deserves it in this lifetime."
[Unknown]: "...that you may well have..."
EnsTren: "I hope you're right."
[Unknown]: "For all of our sakes, I hope you find him."
EnsTren: "...Do you fear what will happen if I don't? I have barely been able to look to the future, every day I spend focused on keeping him together and helping him rebuild."
[Unknown]: "All I know is we are stronger united than apart. And... you need him, cousin."
EnsTren: "...Yes."
[Unknown]: "...I worry for you."
EnsTren: "You are most wise oh pharaoh," his voice was dry but not mocking.
[Unknown]: He flicked at his bangs. "And you are most needed at home, my priest."
EnsTren: "Yes, goodbye cousin," he took the thermos and empty cups and nodded goodbye.
[Unknown]: His cousin nodded back. "Goodbye."
EnsTren: And they parted ways for a time.
[Unknown]: (and now... bed.)