Seto heard the door close behind him; finally, he was alone. ‘God help me I love that kid, but his choice of friends leaves a hell of a lot to be desired.’ He started to unbutton his shirt while walking over to the bed, dropping it on the floor, ‘I’ll get it in the morning.’ ‘No, get it now or you won’t in the morning because you’ll be too hung over to remember it.’ He picked up the shirt from the floor and walked over to place it on the chair by the window. As he continued to undress, he played back the conversation he and Mokuba had had moments ago.
 
 
 
 ~~“Ithinkit’stimeyougotaloverorsomething.”~~
 
 The look on Mokuba’s face had been priceless with that one, ‘of course nearly choking on my drink wasn’t’.
 
 ~~“You need someone, besides me to take care of you. Someone who will listen when you started yelling and then yell back. Someone who won’t back down from you no matter how much you bully them too. All you ever do is work; you never have any real fun or do anything most people do. You need a life, or a wife, or something.”~~
 
 ‘I don’t always work…do I? No, obviously I don’t. And a WIFE?’ He tried to suppress a shutter, ‘last thing I need.’
 
 ~~“Fine a fuck buddy then…” “There has to be someone who you’d be interested in, Seto.” “So if you could have anybody who would it be?”~~
 
 ‘I almost told him…damn sneaky little shit, I almost told him. Wonder what he’d have said about that, if he knew who I was thinking about then.’
 
 ~~”Look we can talk about this later if you want, but we will keep talking about it.”~~
 
 ‘Defiantly my brother! Persistent, hardheaded, and a pain in the ass. God I love that kid sometimes, but I have to get his mind off this. Before I lose my mind…’
 
 
 
 It felt good to get out of the clothing he had been wearing. ‘Too many layers, a warm room, and too much to drink equals one hot Seto.’ He had to laugh at himself over that thought. ‘Shame no one will ever enjoy my wonderful sense of humor.’ “To hell with this, it’s hot and I’m not getting dressed again to turn down the thermostat,” so he crawled into bed.
 
 
 
 The first thing he noticed was the strong lingering odors of his favorite body wash and shampoo. ‘Must be from earlier…’ the thought came from his muddled brain, ‘but you didn’t take a shower earlier here, you took one at work before you left…wouldn’t have time once you got home.’ Just as his brain was processing this information, someone’s arm smacked him in the head. “What the fuck?” Seto jumped up, reached over and turned on the lamp next to his bed. “Jounouchinouchi! What the hell do you think you are doing in my bed?”
 
 
 
 The blonde turned over, and tried to look at the boy in front of him through his unruly hair. “Kaiba, don’t take this wrong but I think you had too much to drink earlier. This is my room. Mokuba brought me here, told me to go to bed.” Jounouchi watched an intense emotional play going over Kaiba’s face, ‘he did have too much if that ice shield he uses is gone.’ He started to grin, ‘wonder how long it’ll take him to realize he's not wearing any clothes?’ He was trying to not be caught staring at the impressive physical form. ‘Shame he passes out of PE…can’t wait to tell Otogi what he’s been missing.’ ‘Damn school uniforms, can’t tell what’s really under all those layers. That and those trench coats he seems so addicted to.’
 
 
 
 “You just happen to miss the painting on the wall? Think I have art like that in every room or something?” Seto’s voice brought him back to the moment. Jounouchi turned and looked at the impressive painting of the Blue Eyes hanging over the headboard.
 
 
 
 “Nice. Actually Mokuba told me not to turn the lights on, so I didn’t.”
 
 
 
 “And mutt since when did you start listening to orders?”
 
 
 
 Jounouchi just stared at Kaiba, cocking one eye at the boy and smiled. “I like your bother, he’s a good kid, so when he asked me to do something nicely, I did it. Are you sure, he’s your brother? I mean he isn’t nearly half the ass you are, when did that happen? I want to warn him before it’s too late.” ‘If he doesn’t realize soon that he’s standing there all in all, I’m not going to be able to get out of this bed…since my clothes are still in the bathroom. Damn, why’d I forget it was a sleep over?’
 
 
 
 ‘I can believe this, what the hell is going on, why would Mokuba put him in here, I know Mokuba knows this is my room, damn he looks so hot laying like that, that messy hair, those honey amber eyes…looking at me like that…looking up and down…me like that…’ Seto suddenly realizing why the blonde kept looking at him grabbed a blanket off the bed to cover up with, his face turning a very pretty shade of red that brought out his blue eyes even more. “Fine I am going to get Mokuba and we’ll figure all this out.” Seto turned and walked to the door, “That little shit!”
 
 
 
 “What’s wrong? Forget how to work a door knob without a computer?”
 
 
 
 “Why don’t you try it then smartass?”
 
 
 
 Jounouchi wrapped a sheet around his body, trying not to notice Kaiba noticing his unclothed state. “What the hell’s going on?”
 
 ‘Oh dear gods, he was in my bed, naked? Breathe Seto, nothing out of place here, or there…breathe, that’s it…in and out again…what the hell did he say?’
 
 
 
 “It’s locked, from the other side. Mokuba switched the doorknob, and there is no way to unlock it from this side. So we’re stuck here until morning.”
 
 
 
 “Goody, turn off the light so I can go back to sleep then,” Jounouchi turned and walked back over to the bed. ‘At least then I won’t have to keep not looking at him. Bad enough some of the things I’d been thinking but now, knowing what he looks like…I’m never gonna get any sleep.’
 
 
 
 ‘He is so not going to get back in my bed…like that? With me?’ Seto grabbed the other boy by the arm, “There is no way in hell you are sleeping in MY bed mutt! Dogs sleep on the floor around here.” ‘That’s it keep up the appearance…don’t let him know how much he’s getting to you…how you’d love to show him what, other than sleeping, he would be doing in your bed if it was up to you…’
 
 
 
 Jounouchi spun around, “This is your brother’s fault; the very least and most hospitable thing you could do is share.” He stared angrily into the dark blue eyes before him, ‘What I wouldn’t give to have him look at me with something other than contempt, that and get him to stop calling me a dog…why is he not looking at me, more around me?’
 
 
 
 “You’re right…” Seto couldn’t keep this up; he turned away so Jounouchi wouldn’t be able to watch his face. He knew he was losing his grip on both his sanity and his common sense, ‘Only way to explain this whole thing.’
 
 
 
 “What?” ‘Wait a minute did he just say I was right about something? No way, I wasn’t listening and completely missed what he was saying, damn boy get your mind back where it belongs…’
 
 
 
 “It’s Mokuba’s fault, and I am, more or less as his guardian, your host for the night. And I should give you the bed for the night.” ‘Breath stupid! And stop thinking about him in your bed! Ummm…dead kittens (shutter), Honda and Otogi downstairs in my office earlier (no bad idea, that was kinda fun to watch), if Mokuba set us up like this then…Bakura and Ryou together (cringe no, no, no don’t want to go that far), Yugi and Yami together…great now I’m ready to lose my supper.’
 
 
 
 “Look Kaib, I think the bed would be big enough for both of us…I didn’t mean you shouldn’t sleep there…” ‘God! Did that just sound so desperate? No, don’t think so…please don’t let him think I sounded like some stupid schoolgirl…’ “You sleep on one side, I stay on the other. We don’t touch or talk. Nobody has to know and in the morning we forget this whole thing.”
 
 
 
 “Agreed!”
 
 
 
 The boys climbed in the bed from opposite sides, keeping their respective bed coverings wrapped around their bodies. They turned away from each other, and both pretended to go to sleep knowing there was no way they were going to get any real rest while the other was there.

 

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