• 1-In the end
• 2-In the beginning
• 3-Cascades
• 4-Earning Beauty
• 5-Deceiving grace
• 6-Ad Infinituum
• 7-Have you seen me?
• 8-Behind barred souls
• 9-Dirtied repent
• 10-To the dust
• 11-Feigning distrust
• 12-Being here, being there
• 13-Speckled dreams
• 14-Caught in the rim
• 15-The fire settling
• 16-Hired help
• 17-Bending reality
• 18-The best is yet to come
• 19-Gone in the morning
• 20-Why should you know?
• 21-Another part of me
• 22-Vanitas, vanitatum et omnia vanitas
• 23-Mukashi, mukashi
• 24-In a matter of time
• 25-Between the one and the one before
• 26-For the better or the worse
• 27-If not for me
• 28-Be sweet to me
• 29-Laughter for my fears
• 30-Just by mistake
• 31-Not sufficient
• 32-Don't be the one to hurt me
• 33-Perfect closure
• 34-The tears that tore the silk
• 35-Lost and founds are not for lovers
• 36-Polynesian riddle
• 37-Cinnamon and ice
• 38-Pepper and blood
• 39-Respective loss
• 40-To a future we never had
• 41-Doing things so bad
• 42-You're pretty, when you smile
• 43-Fluid elegance
• 44-Considering the things I did
• 45-Loss of light, gain of grief
• 46-Have I told you lately that I love you?
• 47-Maintaining the edge
• 48-Catering, caring, caving in
• 49-Be mine and be yourself
• 50-Justice by the minute
• 51-Feeling better
• 52-One lonely kiss
• 53-Koi, koibito, aibou
• 54-Giving out standards
• 55-Wonderful time up there
• 56-Hitting the roof
• 57-Quick and steady
• 58-Freude, schöner Götterfunken
• 59-Hitori, futari
• 60-Delphiniums, irises, rhododendrons
• 61-Last tango in Paris
• 62-Buttered Rum and bloodied thoughts
• 63-Conquests and complications
• 64-Honesty is for those who love
• 65-Per aspera ad astra
• 66-Porcelain dreams
• 67-Transparent
• 68-Translucent
• 69-Because of me
• 70-Brightest darkness
• 71-Full Circle
• 72-Pulling tight
• 73-Et maitenant?
• 74-Sleep, my dear, and do not worry
• 75-Insinuated gamble
• 76-Holding close
• 77-Sweet and because of it
• 78-Over and over the mountain again
• 79-To be rescued
• 80-Because you loved me
• 81-Empathic empire
• 82-Beyond the treasures found
• 83-Letting go
• 84-Epilogue

One last
bit of fluff, before-but read for yourselves!

Ja ne!^^

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27. If
not for me

Winter
passed by, and if not fot Shizuka, respectivly Mokuba, both Jou and Kaiba would have all but forgotten Valentine’s Day.

Actually,
they had tried to forget, but it was rather difficult with two stubborn siblings grinding your nerves systematically to powder.

They had given in, under one condition: they would stay well inside the mansion.

In complete privacy.

That’s how it came, that Seto and Jou found
themselves locked inside the brunet’s dorm, surrounded by lit candles, obscene
amounts of roses, a beautifully decorated dinner table(complete with champagne)
set for two, a bed wich had been showered with petals of various flowers and..a toy box.

“One of these days, we need to have a seriou>
t>
talk with our kyoudai*” stated Jou, as he pulled a pair of handcuffs and a silk scarf from the cask, then wrinkled his nose at the sight of the silver chain.to fto frowned.

“And why is tha-a-atchoo!”

Jou stared at his sneezing lover, then sighed.

“You’re allergic to flowers, right?” Seto
nodded.

“So desu, yo.”

Narrowing his eyes, Jou reflected a few seconds, then added:

“And it’s not the roses, ne?”

Pausing in cleaning his nose, the brunet shot him a suspicious glance.

“How would you know?”

Jou shrugged.

“You crossed up at my birthday with a whole bundle of roses, and didn’t even as much as sniffle, so I figured, it must be
one of the other kinds.”

Oh, there was that gleam again, the one which meant a night of near-insane fucking.

Jou smirked, when Seto stalked over to the bed and growled:

“We need to get rid of these plants, now.”

They exchanged a look of silent agreement.

“And there is but one way to do it.”

Seconds later, the deep blue comforter took a dive out of Seto’s bedroom window…

In time, the sight of the two young men coyly holding hands or giving each other meaningful glances lost it’s impact.

With the first heralding of spring, people could hardly remember the time previous to their dating.

Needless to
say, when one morning they came to school and their argument could be heard down the entire hall, it came as a mild shock to the other pupils.

“I thought
we agreed on that point a long time ago, then why can’t you just drop it? Why the hell do you have to be so-so-insistent?” shouted Jou.

“Oh, forgive
me for taking this a little more personal than you, but I prefer to now the whereabouts of my people!” yelled Kaiba back.

“Your people?
I’m not a member of your staff, neither am I a kid, pet or prize possession, so stop being so obsessive!”

“I am not!
Besides, there would be no need for that, if you would be more reasonable!”

“Reasonable?
I think, I’m being perfectly reasonable for taking that offer!”

Seto fumed:

“Ja, I
simply do not see the reason for going to Toyohashi, if you could study in Osaka. The faculties are equal to those of Toyohashi, aside of you remaining
within familiar surroundings.”

“That may
be, but Toyohashi offers more possibilities. Besides, it’s closer to Tokyo.”

Glaring,
the CEO pressed the words out from between clenched teeth:

“Why on
earth would you want to go to Tokyo?”

“Why on
earth not?” shot the blond back, even as Yugi and Honda approached the fighting couple.

Shyly
pulling at Jou’s sleeve, Yugi tried to draw his friend's attention, while urging:

“Jou,
Kaiba, please stop fighting. What’s gotten into you? You used to-“

The blond’s
head snapped around, amber eyes shooting daggers, as he roared:

“PISS OFF!”

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Ok, I admit,
the yelling at Yugi was inspired by a scene from SIP-I pictured the shell-shocked look on both Honda’s and Yugi’s face, and couldn’t stop laughing…^^

Don’t worry,
they’ll get along soon enough(if I let them, hehehehahahamwuahahahahahaa, cackle,
snort)…

* Jap:
siblings(I think, it’s a little late for the bees and flowers preach,
ne..? ¬ ¬)