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I'll be Home for Christmas	By : Whytney Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1613 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Phantom: And here we are with chapter three. Enjoy!

Three French Hens

Everyone had gone to the mall that day after school, Jou included. Honda had conned him into coming by saying he'd buy him takeaways. `Fat chance of that happening,' Jou thought. He came anyway though, not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings and not really wanting to confront his father quite so soon. He would avoid him as much as he could from now on, he decided.
"Are you buying anyone presents for Christmas, Jou?" Ryou asked cheerily as he bobbed along beside him at the back of the group.
Jou hmmed in thought. "Yeah, I'll probably get something for my sister; but how am I supposed to get any of you something if you're all here?"
Ryou grinned. "You don't have to tell anyone who you're getting presents for. I'm buying all my presents today, you included!"
`Ah, shit,' Jou thought. `Now I'll have to get everyone presents! Damn Ryou� so bloody nice and generous and cheerful�'
*~***~*
It was kind of awkward walking around with the group buying things. Everyone had hinting suspicions that they knew what presents were theirs from other people. Jou decided on not buying anything until they had finished. That way he could be alone and buy all their presents while they weren't there. Jou noticed that Grand Theft Auto IV was written on Ryou's list. He vaguely wondered what Bakura had blackmailed him with in order for Ryou to buy it for him.
"Well, that's everything for me!" Ryou cried in relief, sitting down on a couch in the mall with all his shopping bags.
"I think you bought the most out of all of us, Ryou!" Otogi said, sitting down next to him.
"When you're in competition with Anzu, that's really saying something." Yuugi teased. The brunette girl rolled her eyes and nudged him playfully.
Ryou chuckled. "I think I like giving more than I do receiving gifts at Christmas time. When my birthday comes around I always feel spoilt and� well kind of greedy."
"But that's what birthdays are for!" Malik screeched. "Speaking of which, mine is two days before Christmas, so I expect double the presents from all of you." He smirked and crossed his arms.
Everyone had to roll their eyes at that. Despite Malik's change of tack, his cockiness and expectations were still with him. Nobody was really sure if he was having them on or not, but that was to be expected. He still had an air of mystery about him, even if he had been living in Domino and hanging out with them for quite some time.
"Well," Jou piped up. "I'm gonna go and see if I can find my sister something."
"Would you like some company? I know what she likes." Honda said while grinning.
"No thank you, Honda." Jou replied. "You better not have got her anything either, you bastard!"
Honda bellowed with laughter. "Dude, I just never get tired of riling you up. I'll see you round." With that said, the tall brunet youth sauntered off.
Everyone began to declare that they had to go too, looking at their watches and picking up their shopping bags. After everybody had said their goodbyes, Ryou and Jou were the only ones left, standing alone in the mall that was still buzzing with late-night shoppers. Jou dug his wallet out of his pocket and withdrew his cash-flow card.
"Er, well, I better go get this shopping done. No doubt you wanna get home and start wrapping those presents up." Jou said to Ryou, gesturing to his colossal amount of shopping bags.
"I can come with you!" He replied cheerily. "If you don't mind of course� or unless you're buying a present for m- uh, no, of course you're not, oh, don't worry, uh-"
Jou tilted his head to the side. "�Come again?"
Ryou laughed out loud to himself. "Oh, nothing. It's nothing. Do you mind if I come along?"
"Not a bit. I just gotta check my account to see what my limit is� I don't want to spend too much of my life savings after all." He laughed a little.
Ryou gave him a peculiar look. "Life savings?" He asked. "You mean you don't have a separate account for that?"
Jou shook his head. "Once my student-saver - which is free - has run out, I'll have to start paying to keep it open. I won't be able to afford keeping two accounts, that's for sure." He said, and began to walk amidst the passersby with Ryou. "Besides, one account does me fine."
Ryou smiled timidly. "May I ask what it is you're saving for?"
"My own place," Jou replied. "It's really not that bad living with Pops� But I just want my own independence, you know? Like you, for example; you live by yourself and Bakura in your own place� That's how I wanna be. I don't want to have to depend on my Dad for food or anything anymore�"
"That's all good and well, Jou-san� but don't think that living independently isn't expensive." Ryou pointed out. "You have to make some sacrifices; like instead of going nightclubbing on the weekends, you have to save your money to pay for bills and things. It's not all as great as it sounds."
"I don't care, I can do that, easy." Jou replied stubbornly. "Anyway, enough about me for one day, sheesh!" He laughed. Ryou laughed too. "Let's try and find something for my sister."
Together the boys walked into a designer fragrances shop for women and men. It had all the brand labels like Christian Dior, Chanel, Kenzo, Ralph Lauren, Hugo Boss, Est�e Lauder, Giorgio Armani, Yves Saint Laurent and many more. Jounouchi loathed going into these shops, but Shizuka was worth every cent, and he knew how much she loved perfume and other girlie things like that.
"Wow Jou� are you sure you can afford to buy anything from here?" Ryou asked, marveling at the prices he saw on some of the goods.
"Yup! And hey look� if you buy two different Issey Miyake perfumes then you get a discount!" Jou said, moving over to the stand and having a look.
"They are rather dear, Jounouchi�" Ryou said quietly.
Jou picked up one bottle, sprayed some on a card and smelt it. "This is definitely Shizuka. I'll have to get this for her� I might as well get another one for a discount too."
Ryou stood quietly, watching Jou taking samples of each of the perfumes he liked or didn't like. After making the purchase, the shop clerk wrapped the bottles of perfume into fancy wrapping paper, tied a ribbon around them, and put them in a bag.
"How much did that come to?" Ryou asked curiously.
Jou chuckled. "Wouldn't you like to know?"
Roses stained Ryou's cheeks and he looked away, feeling embarrassed for being nosey. "Sorry� but what about that cologne you bought? The masculine one. Who's that going to?"
Jou shrugged. "I don't really know� Probably Honda - that guy stinks!"
Ryou and Jou both laughed out loud. "No seriously� What about your father?" Ryou asked.
Jou nearly choked. "Are you nuts? That guy don't deserve nada nothin' from my poor ass. He never gets me anythin' for Christmas; thinks that providing a home and food for me is enough. He only gets Shizuka presents."
"Oh�" Ryou said, so quietly it was almost a whisper. "That's terrible� I'm sorry, Jounou."
"Don't be." Jou said. "I should be the one that's sorry; you don't need to hear about this."
Ryou smiled at him as they came near the exit of the mall. "Its fine, Jou. If you ever need to talk, you know I will always listen."
"Yeah�" Jou said, scratching the back of his head, wincing as he remembered his stitches were still in. "Anyways, I should get home. I'll see you at school tomorrow, yeah?"
Ryou nodded, his silvery-white bangs rustling about his eyes. "Take care, Jou."
"I will. You too, eh?"
"Yeah� see you tomorrow." Ryou took a step forward and embraced the blond for a minute, startling Jounouchi at the gesture of mutual affection. He curled his arms around Jou's broad shoulders and propped his chin up on the left one. Just as quickly as he had initiated the embrace, he pulled back from it and smiled. "Bye now!"
Jou stood in the foyer of the mall, gob-smacked, and watched Ryou walk off into the cold evening outside. His frosty white breath countered against the chill of the winter air all the way until he was out of sight. Jou's heart thundered inside his ribcage; hot blood pulsing through his arms and thighs, eventually reaching his face. That quick embrace had felt a little too intimate to be `just friendly', the way Ryou had gently pressed his chest against Jou's and rested his chin on his shoulder. Not that Jou was in opposition to it or anything� He liked it� He liked it a lot.
*~***~*
Taro was again home before Jounouchi. This time he had company however. Jou looked her from the feet upward, taking into account the black fishnet stockings, short white leather mini skirt, hot-pink corset and amazingly slutty cleavage she was showing off. White blonde hair sailed in curling ribbons down her shoulders and blue eyes were dusted with a sprinkling of blue eye shadow.
"Ooh, who's this handsome young man?" She asked, looking Jou's body up and down. He suddenly felt violated, wanting to get away from both of them before any trouble started.
"My son, Katsuya. What are you doing home so late anyway, you son of a bitch?" Taro grunted.
Jou stared at them, expressionless. The blonde hooker was still smiling up at him childishly. "It's only nine o'clock, Pop."
Taro glared at him. "I had dinner ready for you at six o'clock! That's three hours ago, you little bastard! Don't you respect the fact that I give you whatever you need?!"
`Drunk again, huh Dad? Nice. Real nice.' "Doesn't it occur to you that I'll be eighteen in just over a month's time and I can do whatever the fuck I want?"
That did it. Taro launched himself off of the couch and had Jounouchi pinned to the floor before he could blink. Jou's stomach churned as he smelt the potent and unmistakable stench of bourbon on his father's breath. He could hear the blonde prostitute giggling in the background, as if she was enjoying the show. `Sadistic bitch'.
"You wanna repeat that, boy?" Taro hissed.
Jou nearly threw up at the smell. "I would if you'd get your fat ass off of me so I can breathe!"
"Ungrateful little bastard! I'll show you respect!"
*~***~*
Jou examined his eye carefully. It had once been bleeding, but now it was just plain raw and stinging, and swollen shut. He could hardly see out of it, and it was painful to the touch. He sighed and put the bag of frozen peas back over it as tenderly as he could. Now he knew the torture that Pegasus J. Crawford went through when Yami Bakura ripped out the Sennen Eye. Thinking of Bakura, Jou paused. A streak of panic promptly ran through his system. What was Ryou going to say when he saw this? `He'd totally freak out�' Jou thought. `Not to mention everyone else� And I can't just lie to them either. They know the truth already. Everyone does� I can't afford to miss school either. Exams are coming up next week�'
Stressed, worn out and completely on edge - not to mention in pain - Jounouchi Katsuya curled up in his much-loved double-bed under the covers. His room was really his only sanctuary to get away from his father. He had installed a lock on it a few years back when things started to get rough between him and Taro. When Jounouchi had his door locked, Taro knew not to disturb him. Jou knew that he would have to face him sometime soon, though. Probably in the morning.
Jou lay in bed, trying his best to drown out the thumping and moaning coming from the room across and down the hall. The familiar feeling of a migraine was coming on, but he knew he could prolong it at least until the morning if he put his mind elsewhere. At about two o'clock in the morning, Jounouchi finally slept.
*~***~*
Everyone in Domino High was staring at Jounouchi like he was some sort of joke. Smart remarks came from most of the arrogant little assholes that called themselves freshmen, and sympathetic looks came from the girls. One girl who had had a crush on Jounouchi since she started high school even wrote a note to him saying how she wish she could make his pain fade.
"It's not Halloween yet, freak show!"
"Look at that! What an attention-seeker!"
"He probably beat himself up!"
Jou glared their way letting them know that - if he wanted to bother - could smash their lights out in one hit. He was a lot more sexually mature than the younger students, had broad shoulders, and behind the bulging muscles was a lot of power. `Scrawny little preteen fucks�' Jou muttered to himself mentally. `They need to grow some balls and say it to my face.'
"Don't listen to them, Jou-san." Ryou said, putting a hand on Jou's back as they walked.
It was kind of funny how Ryou and Jou had been spending so much time together. It was ironic, even. Jou wasn't as close to him as he was to Honda or Yuugi, and Ryou wasn't as close to Jou as he was with Malik. Yuugi on the other hand had been spending most of his time with Anzu-chan "studying" as he so implausibly put it. Nobody believed them. It was obvious what they were really doing. Honda had been using his time with Otogi-san doing God-knows-what. Jou wasn't sure if he really wanted to know.
"You know Ryou�" Jou began.
Ryou turned to him, his cheeks puffed out like a chipmunk from eating his lunch. He quickly swallowed. "Yeah?"
"I might take you up on that offer� of coming to stay with you for a while. I don't know how much more I can take with that father of mine."
Ryou blinked for a moment, registering what Jou had just said. "That's a wise decision, Jounou� I'm glad you came to your senses."
Jou nodded a little. "Yeah� I can't thank you enough. It won't be for long, I promise."
Ryou smiled. "You can stay for as long as you need, Jou."
Jou smiled to himself, going over a few things in his head. There really was no other option - either put up with his father's beatings, or swallow his pride and let Ryou take him under his wing. He definitely knew which one he preferred more.

+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+ ~TBC

Phantom: Your thoughts are appreciated! And fear not... shounen-ai smut is yet to come!!
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