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In The Name Of Love	By : Rroselavy Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 15410 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Title: In The Name Of Love (20/25)
Author: Rroselavy
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Jou/Ryou (briefly), Malik/Ryou, Kaiba/Jou, Mokuba/Shizuka, Yami/Yugi, Honda/Otogi
Beta: Akuchan
Spoilers: None, AU
Disclaimer: I do not own or profit in any way from Yu-gi-oh!
Summary: For eight years he has scrupulously avoided the brunet, but now with the impending marriage of their siblings, Jounouchi Katsuya and Kaiba Seto are forced to come to terms with the feelings they've secreted away since adolescence.
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CHAPTER 20
Jounouchi sat in the waiting area of his lawyer's office. He was nervous and anxious, and more than a little peeved that the older gentleman, Tanaka Isamu was running late. But after all the months of waiting he consoled himself that it was only a few minutes more before he would become Aiko's legal guardian. She'd trusted him throughout all the delays and he was ecstatic that he would finally be able to bring her home for good tonight. He still found it hard to believe that the logjam that had held up the adoption process for so long had finally disappeared into thin air, leaving a clear path to his becoming her father.
When he'd left her earlier at the orphanage, on his way to the lawyer's office, her one little satchel of belongings-the sum total of her entire worldly goods-had already been packed for her. Rini, having replaced the rag doll Kaiya as Aiko's favorite plaything had been laid protectively on top. Jou had promised her that he'd be back as soon as he could to bring her to her new life, one that they would share with Kaiba Seto.
He thought about the recent weeks and how his life had been turned upside down and inside out by his new relationship with his sexy lover. At times he felt as if he were on a runaway train, and he would become apprehensive with the blind certainty that something would come along to derail it. But he couldn't point his finger to anything specific. Maybe, he thought, it was because things seemed to be going so well that he had to imagine something would come along to fuck it up.
He smiled contentedly. Being involved with the brunet the past few weeks had been nothing short of amazing; he felt heat spreading from his groin just thinking about his talented lover. Kaiba must have memorized the Kama Sutra six ways to Sunday, because every time they'd made love since their first tryst, Jounouchi had been screwed in so many different positions that he'd lost count. He only knew that each session left him more and more enthralled with his lover, and he certainly couldn't complain about being an exclusive bottom.
He thought about the day that Kaiba and Aiko had finally met. It had been awkward at first, Aiko still being mistrustful of other adults. But Seto had been inordinately patient with her-not pressuring her into engaging with him at all-and by the end of their first day together Aiko had shyly given him a kiss on the cheek goodbye. Their relationship had warmed up considerably since, and she'd taken to calling them each 'daddy.' He felt a twinge of jealousy that Kaiba had so easily found a spot in the little girl's heart, but he was able to disregard it because he believed it to be born out of the cues she'd taken from his interactions with his lover.
What filled him with the most apprehension was that he'd agreed to move in with Kaiba. He knew that ultimately, it had been where their relationship was heading-he spent as much time at the Kaiba mansion as the brunet did at his place, and it seemed logical that he would eventually move to Kaiba's palatial estate-but he worried that they were moving it along too fast. Kaiba's doubts still haunted Jou, but the brunet had been more than reassuring that he believed that Jounouchi was 'the one.' His breath hitched as he thought of the many times during their pillow talk after making love, they'd marveled about the intensity of the feelings they shared, and how they both were certain that the emotions they felt were real.
In the end it hadn't taken that much convincing for Jounouchi to agree to move into the Kaiba mansion, but only after Kaiba agreed that they would look for a new place to live after Mokuba and Shizuka's wedding. It relieved Jounouchi that the brunet had been open to moving out of the very place where he'd suffered so much abuse. Jou thought it meant Kaiba might have finally begun to let go of the wretched events of his past.
One point where Jounouchi had remained stubbornly adamant, was finding a suitable car for his new family of two. Kaiba had offered him the new Lexus hybrid, which he'd coveted as a sweet ride, or his choice of any other of the many cars the brunet owned, but Jou had insisted that he could find one on his own. Despite being flummoxed by the blond's willfulness over the issue, the brunet had relented, and Jou had found a used Honda Civic that had low mileage and was in decent shape. He'd been relieved that Kaiba had conceded that point even though he knew he was being a bit unreasonable. He just didn't want to be totally consumed by the brunet's wealth, which Jou imagined it would be easy to let happen.
It would be tempting to just let Seto take care of him, to take care of all his wants and needs. Kaiba had more money and more clout than the Emperor, and yet Jounouchi knew that part of their mutual attraction was that he'd had never bought into the money and power that the brunet had assumed. Kaiba liked that he was independent, and Jounouchi needed to maintain his sense of independence.
All in all, Jounouchi believed that there was little worry that things wouldn't work out for them. It wasn't like they didn't ~know~ each other and their physical chemistry had been the icing on the cake; and he didn't see that dissipating any time soon.
His musings were interrupted by the lawyer's young secretary. "Mr. Jounouchi, Mr. Tanaka is ready for you now. Please follow me."
He cast a brilliant smile at the woman as he entered the lawyer's private office.
* * *
Kaiba Seto glanced down at his cell phone and noted the time. Right about now Jounouchi would probably be signing the guardianship papers that would legally make Aiko his daughter. He sat impassively as the sales rep for some nameless manufacturing company courting a small piece of Kaiba Corp.'s limited outsourcing droned on and on about 'state-of-the art plants' and 'cutting-edge technologies'. He was happy that Mokuba was sitting next to him, comfortable in the knowledge that his younger sibling was soaking up the facts and figures that were being presented, and would be able to fill him in on any of the mind-numbing minutia that he might miss. He let his mind wander, and soon found himself thinking about his golden lover. His mouth went dry as he relived some of the more gratifying sexual moments he'd experienced in their new relationship, and he quickly diverted his reflections to much less arousing thoughts.
It had taken him a while to fully understand Katsuya's need for independence; that the blond wasn't resisting him per se, but what he represented. It had been Mokuba whose off-hand comment about Shizuka's independent spirit that had connected the dots for the brunet, and mindful of his own lover's qualms over his generosity (which he found unfathomable, the money he spent on the blond was mere pocket change), he'd refrained from overwhelming Jou with monetary aid. He knew the blond struggled financially, but he also saw that he was frugal and spent what money he had well. That is, besides using his savings to buy Shizuka her wedding gown. Not that he was complaining, because ultimately that lack of funding had convinced Jounouchi that moving into the Kaiba estate was a wise choice. After a few days of fruitless searching, the blond had determined that he'd never be able to come up with the security and 2-months rent required by any of the places he found suitable for his soon-to-be charge.
He tuned back in to the presentation, listening with pride as Mokuba grilled the representative, finding his brother's line of questioning to be both pointed and thorough. He smiled to himself. Mokuba was every bit the shark that he was. He pitied the poor fool who mistook his sibling's sunny personality and even temper as a sign of weakness or mental frailty.
Accepting Mokuba as his equal, and perhaps as better than him in some aspects of business, had been an arduous journey for the CEO. It had been far easier to accept Yugi Motou as an expert gamer, and to take him on as a vice president. But he'd never wiped Motou's nose when he was sick or comforted him after a nightmare. Kaiba had never fully understood or imagined what his life would be like when Mokuba had come of age. He'd always seen himself as his brother's keeper; Mokuba's wedding plans had been a deluge of cold water, an altering of the fundamental core of his reality.
In those first few days he'd felt he was in a freefall with no safety net to fall back into. Regardless of the ultimate outcome, it had been fortuitous that Jounouchi had suggested Dr. Watanabe, and that he'd heeded the blond's advice. That was another relationship that had taken him some time to warm up to. He'd despised pouring his soul out to another human being, hated how weak it made him feel. But gradually, he'd come to see the strength in the ability to trust someone with his darkest secrets and not be judged for them, and to have that trust affirmed week after week. It had also made it easier to open up to his lover, though he'd still been unable to open up to Mokuba about his childhood, and he wasn't sure if he would ever be able to tell his younger sibling of the nightmare his adolescence had been.
He glanced at his watch again. If all had gone smoothly, and he was sure it had, Katsuya would have been done signing all the paperwork, and he would be on his way to pick Aiko up once and for all from that dreadful place, the orphanage.
He thought about the little girl who'd managed to steal a piece of his heart. He'd been surprised by the emotions she'd managed to evoke in him. But after all Jounouchi had told him about the life she'd lead before she'd ended up at the orphanage-the same place he'd been desperate to escape from-it had been easy for him to feel empathy toward her. It had been the steel he'd sensed in her calm demeanor. She'd been tremendously shy, but it hadn't been from fear so much as it seemed that she was appraising each new person she met and situation she was placed in. She'd also turned out to be quite bright. Jounouchi had had her IQ tested for placement in school and she'd done well enough to qualify for a gifted program. But he decided the main reason it was easy to love Aiko was because it was so evident how much she loved Jounouchi and he loved her. Just a few short months ago, he knew that he would have been made insanely jealous by their relationship.
Mokuba's voice brought him back to the present. "Thank you for your time, Oyama-san," the grey-eyed man rose to shake the hapless salesman's hand, "I believe we have more than enough information on which to base our decision."
He'd cut the salesman off mid-sentence and Oyama stood there for a few seconds with his mouth left hanging open. Kaiba, and Yugi, who'd also attended, each rose and shook Oyama's hand, effectively dismissing him. They waited in silence as the salesman gathered his things, Mokuba and Kaiba locking eyes, and the younger brother's head shaking imperceptibly. Kaiba nodded, that exchange underscoring how easily the two brothers communicated. The door shut, and Kaiba turned to Yugi.
"He was just so full of it," the smaller man said in disbelief, and all three broke out in mirthful laughter. As each man headed back to his respective office, Kaiba realized that the tenor of the office had changed. People seemed more relaxed, at ease around him, though his employees still treated him with respect and deference. It was refreshing. He wondered if this is what happened when one was in love. If somehow the euphoria he felt was rubbing off on the people around him.
* * *
All the papers had been signed and Tanaka had thoroughly explained to Jounouchi his legal responsibilities. The caseworker had been completely satisfied that Aiko would be properly cared for; Dr. Watanabe had presented a glowing report that had brought tears to Jounouchi's eyes. He hadn't been at all aware of the esteem in which his mentor had held him. It had warmed his heart to hear her listing all of what she termed as his fine qualities, and he believed in that moment that he'd risen above his humble and somewhat less than ideal beginnings.
It felt surreal that after the ordeal of the adoption process that he could just simply go pick Aiko up, but that was exactly what he was set to do. His heart was overflowing with joy as he left the lawyers offices and headed down to his car in the parking garage. He'd just gotten to the elevator when he realized he was missing his iPod. He found the headphones in his pocket, so thinking that he must have left the player in the reception area, he sprinted back down the long hallway to Tanaka's office. He slipped in the door unnoticed by the secretary, who had her back turned to him and was chatting on the telephone. He searched the chair for the Nano, finding it in the crease where the seat cushion met the upholstered arm.
He froze suddenly at something he overheard the young woman say. "I can't believe Kaiba Seto actually bought his boyfriend a daughter." He felt the blood drain from his face and his body grew cold as he digested the sentence he'd caught the secretary say.
He managed to escape the office without being detected and as he walked toward the elevator bank, a rage grew in his belly unmatched by any anger he'd ever experienced. He turned the sentence over and over again trying to uncover some alternative meaning, knowing full well there'd been nothing ambiguous about what he'd heard. By the time he'd reached the garage level, he'd come to the conclusion that Kaiba Seto had acted in a despicable way. And the only thing on his mind at that moment in time as he gunned his car out of the garage was that he was going to confront his lover and find out exactly why he had done something so contemptible.
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