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No Vacation	By : AtomBunny Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 4447 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh!. That pleasure belongs to Kazuki Takahashi. This is solely written for fun and not for profit.

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"Jou... Jonouchi..." Jou woke up to find Yugi standing next to him in the train carriage.

"Yugi?" He said, sitting up in shock. "Am I back in Domino already?"

"No," Yugi shook his head, "I came out part way to meet you. I was really worried, you sounded so upset."

Jou moved over to let Yugi sit next to him. "Ah, Yug', you're a real pal. What would I do without you?"

"Have to spend the night sleeping outside?" Yugi made a lucky guess. "You don't seem to have much with you for being all the way out there."

"Yeah, you're right," Jou sighed. "So... I guess you want an explanation, huh?"

"Jou," Yugi put his hand on his friend's arm, "you don't have to tell me anything. I'm sure that you have your own reasons for doing whatever you did, but don't feel obligated to give me an explanation just because I helped you out."

"Thanks Yug'" Jou appreciated that Yugi wasn't just demanding answers like his other friends would have done, "but I do need to tell someone what's been going on," he said.

"Is it something... bad?" Yugi was wide eyed, worried over what trouble his friend had got himself into.

"No, not really," Jou said. "It kind of depends on your point of view I guess." At Yugi's concerned look he decided that he had to bite the bullet. "Thing is Yug'... I like guys, OK?"

"You're gay?" Yugi said with even wider eyes, if such a thing were even possible. "But what about..."

"Mai?" Jou shook his head. "I only ever liked her as a friend." He gave Yugi a sad look, "I understand if you don't want to know me anymore."

"Oh Jonouchi," Yugi sighed, "I'll admit that I'm surprised, but it's not a problem." He gave Jou a funny look, "But what does that have to do with you being all the way out in Solitaire and needing a train back?"

"I've kinda been seeing someone for the last six months," Jou said.

"you have?" Yugi was confused and surprised. "Anyone we know?"

"Yeah..." Jou paused, giving Yugi a sidelong look before he answered. "I've... I'vebeenseeingSetoKaiba." The words came out in a rush, almost unintelligibly,

"I'm sorry Jou," Yugi said "I'm not sure I caught that. For a moment there I thought you said that you'd been seeing Kaiba..."

"I did say that," Jou confirmed, lightly blushing at the admission.

"Not that I'm complaining or anything," Yugi said, "but I thought you hated each other. You were even arguing just last week."

"Well, we had to keep up appearances," Jou explained. "If we'd suddenly stopped fighting it would have aroused suspicion."

"Well, I guess I can understand that much," Yugi said slowly, "but... I still don't get how you ended up all but abandoned."

"Yeah, abandoned. That about sums it up," Jou said bitterly. "Like I said, we'd been together about six months and... we'd decided that we wanted to spend some quality time together and take our relationship to the next level. Seto decided to book us a vacation." He sighed, "He booked us into the penthouse suite at the most fancy hotel. The place was amazing, but..." Jou tailed off.

"But?" Yugi prompted.

"Not five minutes after we got there he was called out to the local Kaiba Corp offices to deal with some issues. He promised he wouldn't be long, but I knew it wouldn't be five minutes, you know?"

"Well, I guess that the company is a big responsibility..." Yugi reasoned.

"Oh yeah, I understand that," Jou said. "I've done my share of waiting around for him and I'm kinda used to it. Can't help but be annoyed that it happened when we were supposed to be on vacation, but when you own the company I guess you are always on call."

"So, what went wrong?" Yugi prompted Jou again.

"I was stupid enough to get locked out of the room," Jou explained, "so I decided to head over to see Kaiba." He sighed and looked at his hands, "I got thrown out by security because no-one knows me there, then when I tried to call him on his cell phone, I found out that he'd turned it off and my phone died before I could leave him a message. I went back to the hotel to get the staff to let me back into the room, but there had been a shift change and the new desk manager decided that I was lying and that there was no way that someone like me would be staying at their hotel, let alone in the penthouse suite." He turned stricken eyes on his friend. "They threw me out, Yug'. I ended up staying on a bench near the hotel, hoping that Seto would come back, but he never did. It was only this morning when one of the maids recognised me that I was able to call you and arrange to come home."

"Oh Jou, I'm so sorry," Yugi said, giving his friend a hug, "but I doubt he left you in the lurch deliberately."

"I know," Jou said sadly, "But... I had no idea when he would come back and I had no way to contact him. I couldn't let the maid get into trouble for letting me back in the room and I couldn't face spending another night outside. I was lucky enough that it didn't rain and that no-one called the cops to move me on. I had no choice but to come home and really, I can't thank you enough, Yug'"

"You don't need to thank me," Yugi said, "I'm just glad you're safe, although I will admit I'm a little disappointed that you didn't feel that you could tell me about this before."

"I wasn't sure how you would take it and I was worried about damaging Seto's reputation." Jou smiled sadly, "After all, he didn't want people to know he was with someone like me."

"Are you sure about that?" Yugi asked. "Kaiba isn't the type of person to worry about what others think of him. Did you actually discuss it?"

"No, come to think of it, we never really did," Jou admitted. "But he never seemed to want to introduce me to anybody..."

"Well, if you assumed that he didn't want to acknowledge you because of his reputation, maybe he assumed that you might have problems due to your own situation."

Jou was totally pole-axed by that thought and he sat there open mouthed for several long moments as he started to get his brain around the idea that Seto might not be totally ashamed of him after all, but before he could say anything to Yugi, the tannoy crackled into life.

"We are now arriving at Domino Central station," the tinny voice said. "If you are leaving the train here, please make sure that you have all your personal belongings with you."

Jou openly scoffed at that. "Yeah, I would if they weren't all locked up back at the hotel."

"Come on, Jou," Yugi said, escorting his friend out of the carriage. "Come back to the game shop and we'll try and sort something out."

"Thanks Yug'" Jou said with obvious gratitude. Following his friend as he alighted from the carriage to the platform.

"So... what are you going to do now?" Yugi said as he guided his friend across to the taxi rank.

Jou shrugged. "Dunno. I haven't really thought that far ahead," he admitted. Yugi was about to speak again, when they were disturbed by a shout across the concourse.

"Jou!"

Jonouchi and Yugi turned at the sound, only to be confronted by the sight of Seto Kaiba running towards them.

"Seto?" Jou was so shocked he could hardly move.

"Jou," Seto panted as he reached the duo. "I'm so very sorry. Please forgive me."

Jou simply stared at Seto, almost unable to comprehend that the tall CEO was actually stood in front of him. "How... how did you get here before me?"

"I called for a helicopter as soon as I realised what had happened," Seto explained. "I... fell asleep on the couch in the office and didn't wake up until the secretary came in this morning. If I'd known..." he tailed off. "Please forgive me."

Jou carefully looked at Kaiba. He could see by the taller boy's demeanour that he was telling the truth, not to mention that his clothes were slightly rumpled from being slept in and he'd obviously been so desperate to get here that he hadn't even taken the time to change. That, coupled with the look of sincerity on Seto's face had him whispering "I forgive you," then he had the wind knocked out of him as Seto tackled him into a hug.

"I'm so sorry. I'll make sure that this can't happen again," Seto whispered into Jou's ear.

"you..." Jou was stunned, "You're not embarrassed to be seen with me?"

Seto pulled back and looked him in the eyes. "Why would I be?" He asked. "You're endearing, clever in your own way and the third ranked duelist in the world after Yugi and myself. Why on earth would I be embarrassed by you?"

"But... your company... your reputation," Jou spluttered in protest.

"Jou, my company should not be affected by who I choose to spend my life with and I could not care less what people think about me. I would have been more than happy to shout it from the rooftops, but I thought that you were the one that didn't want people to know."

"To be honest, Seto, I couldn't care less if people know or not either," he blushed. "I love you."

"I love you too," Seto leaned in and kissed Jou soundly, only to be brought around by the sound of a camera shutter and a smattering of applause.

"Yugi?" Jou looked at his friend who was innocently looking at his camera phone.

"Sorry Jou, Kaiba," He said with a smile, "that was too cute and the opportunity was way too good to pass up."

"Hmm, it would also seem that we've attracted quite an audience," Seto said, looking around at the people who had stopped to stare at the sight of the most eligible bachelor in Domino kissing another boy. "I think we should get out of here. What do you say, Jou? Will you come back with me? I still want to take the rest of our vacation, but only if you want to."

"Sure, I'd love to," Jou said with a smile, causing Seto to crush him into a hug again, "but can we drop Yugi off at the game shop first? It's the very least we could do after he helped me out like that."

"Of course," Seto said. "Come on." He grabbed Jou's hand and guided him out to the waiting car. Once they were all safely inside and on the move, Seto turned his attention to Yugi. "How much was that train ticket."

"Yugi was about to answer when Jou interrupted. "Seto, you don't have to pay for it. I said I would pay Yugi back and I meant it."

"But it was my fault," Seto said. "Paying Yugi back is the least I can do, especially as I consider this mess to be my responsibility."

"But..." Jou started to protest again, only for Seto to lean over and silence him with a kiss.

"Let me, please," Seto said.

"Fine," Jou subsided reluctantly as Seto pulled out his wallet and gave Yugi several bills.

"This is too much, Kaiba," Yugi said.

"You bought another ticket and went to meet him didn't you?" Seto pointed out.

"Well, yes, but it's still too much."

"Just take it please," Seto said as they pulled up outside the Game Shop, Yugi's grandpa coming out to meet them.

"OK," Yugi sighed. "So... congratulations," he said with a smile. "Enjoy the rest of your vacation." He opened the door to get out, only to be stopped as his Grandpa poked his head in.

"Congratulations Jonouchi, Kaiba," The old man said with a smile.

"What?" Jou looked confused. "How did you know?"

"It's all over the news," the old man said. "But I am glad that you finally admitted that you like each other."

"Looks like you are going to need that vacation," Yugi said with a smile as he finally got out of the car. Then, as he stood on the pavement, his phone began to ring. He answered it and listened for a moment. "Sorry Honda, they've just left me," he lied, giving Jou and Seto a pointed look.

"I think that's our cue to go," Jou said quietly, waving at Yugi, who was listening to Honda ranting down the phone. "See ya Gramps,"

"Yes, quite," the old man said. "Have a good time and don't rush back, OK?"

Seto nodded in response as Jou blushed, then he pulled the door closed and the car moved off again, this time towards Kaiba Corporation.

"Hey Seto," Jou said, "you know that Yugi will find a way to give you that money back, don't you?"

"Yes, I know," Seto said with a nod. "The challenge is in stopping him from doing so."

Jou stared at Seto incredulously for a moment, then smiled and shook his head. "You're impossible."

"But that's why you love me," Seto stated confidently.

"Arrogant prick," Jou said with a grin.

"You love that too," Seto pulled Jou to him.

"Yeah, you're right," Jou said, leaning in to kiss Seto deeply.

They were disturbed by the door of the car opening and they surfaced to find themselves at Kaiba Corp. They walked through the building to a chorus of whispers and covert glances. Jou flushed hotly under the scrutiny of the KC employees, but soon they were at Seto's private lift and on their way to the roof.

"Still with me?" Seto asked with some concern.

"Yeah," Jou said with an explosive exhalation of breath. "That was... quite intense."

"It won't last," Seto said reassuringly. "Everyone is going to want a piece of us for a while, but soon enough something else will grab their attention and we'll be left alone. This week away will help somewhat with that."

"Yeah, just gotta get through it I guess," Jou said, looking up as there was a ping and the doors opened, "and at least this way they'll probably get the message that you are supposed to be on vacation."

"I wouldn't count on it," Seto said wryly as they crossed the roof. "But rest assured that I will be incommunicado until at least the end of the week whether they like it or not."

They entered the waiting chopper and Jou clutched tightly to Seto's arm as they travelled back across the country to the roof of the branch office that Jou had been denied access to the previous day. Jou disembarked the aircraft with ill disguised relief, then followed Seto into the building.

Once in the office, Jou sat down on the couch and watched as Seto first reviewed the CCTV footage from the day before, then called for the receptionist that had had Jou thrown out. She came in quite sheepishly and apologetically having seen the news, but that did not stop Seto from giving her a good dressing down for her attitude. He fell short of sacking her at Jou's request, but he gave her a final warning and sent her for retraining.

Next, they travelled back to the hotel where Seto tore strips off the snotty desk manager and dealt smoothly with the conciliatory tone of the hotel manager who was terrified that Kaiba would simply up and leave under a cloud, thus tarnishing the hotel's reputation. Seto accepted the manager's apology on the provision that the maid that had helped Jonouchi got a commendation and a raise. The sweating man was more than happy to agree and the couple soon found themselves alone in the suite. As the door finally closed, Jou was shocked to find himself being embraced by a trembling Seto.

Jou wrapped his arms around the taller man. "What's wrong?" he asked in a worried tone.

"I thought I'd really lost you," Seto breathed into his neck. "I'm so sorry."

"Well, I'm still here," Jou replied gently. "I told you never to doubt my feelings for you."

"I know, but once I realised what my negligence had caused..."

Jou leaned back and placed a finger on Seto's lips, silencing him. "I already forgave you," he said. "and it's at least partly my fault for getting locked out in the first place, so let's not rehash it over and over, OK?" Jou's stomach then growled and he flushed.

"I'll call room service," Seto said, letting go of Jou and making to move over towards the phone, but he stopped as he saw Jou blanch slightly. "What is it?" he asked.

"Room service is where everything started going wrong yesterday," Jou said, then he shook his head. "But we said that we wouldn't re-hash it."

"No Jou," Seto said with concern. "I think I need to hear this. What happened?"

Jou sighed. "It's silly really."

"Let me be the judge of that," Seto said.

"Fine," Jou flopped down onto the sofa. "When I ordered room service yesterday, I wasn't aware that I needed to give a tip. That was really embarrassing."

Seto was taken aback. "But... I have strict instructions that no one is to receive a tip in person from me or anyone in my party. I have any gratuity added to the hotel bill at the end of my stay as I don't always have cash on me and it saves a lot of unpleasantness. Are you sure that you weren't mistaken?"

"Oh no, he definitely wanted a tip," Jou confirmed. "And he was pretty pissed at not getting one if the filthy look he gave me on the way out was anything to go by.

"Hmm... I'll have to deal with that," Seto said with a frown. "If they did it to you then what is to stop them doing it to someone else?" He then gave Jou a look. "But I suspect that there is more to this. Am I right?"

"Yeah, you are," Jou replied. "I'd... ordered rather a lot of food. Something I was glad of because it meant that I wouldn't have to be looked at like something that had just crawled in off the street again." He sighed, "But when I went to use the bathroom, someone came in and removed everything."

"That is not supposed to happen either," Seto observed with a frown. "You either call down when you have finished or they are supposed to ask you before taking anything away." From what Jou had told him so far, Seto wouldn't be surprised if someone had been waiting until he was indisposed before doing this for spite.

"I guessed as much," Jou said with another sigh, "so I left the room hoping to catch whoever it was to make them bring it back. That's when I got locked out."

"You know, I'm not sure I want to stay here any longer," Seto mused. "The more I hear, the worse it gets..."

"Can we stay here tonight at least?" Jou gave a pleading look to Seto. "I'm tired and hungry and I want a shower and clean clothes..."

Seto thought about it for a moment, but quickly came to the conclusion that his lover's needs came before anything else and Jou really did look tired. Besides, he had a plan. "Alright," he capitulated. "But I will call room service and they had better not step even slightly out of line or I will have them dealt with on the spot."

"I wouldn't expect anything less from you," Jou smiled as Seto made to place the call. Shortly, the plush softness of the expensive couch had him relaxing and dropping off into slumber.

"Jou... wake up Katsuya..." Seto's voice roused Jou into wakefulness.

"Oh, I didn't mean to fall asleep on you," Jou said, then he stretched and yawned. "Sorry."

"Don't apologise. You must have needed the rest if you dropped off like that," Seto said reasonably.

Jou sniffed, the aroma of food bringing him to full awareness. "Room service delivered already?" he asked.

"You've been out for about half an hour, so there has been ample time."

"Did they want a tip?" Jou asked.

"No," Seto looked satisfied. "The waiter was scared stiff when he realised just who he was delivering to and he went ever paler when he spotted you sleeping on the couch. His hands were shaking so much that I'm surprised that he didn't spill everything. However, I will still have him dealt with..."

"OK Seto, do as you see fit, but in the mean time," Jou put on his best puppy-dog look, "Can we eat now? I'm starved!"

Seto smiled and guided Jou into the dining room where they ate quickly. Once they were done with that, Jou showered and went to bed while Seto stayed up a little longer dealing with something on his laptop. Soon enough, he closed the machine down with a most satisfied look on his face, then he showered, joined Jou in bed and was shortly in the land of nod.

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A/N - Oho... I wonder what Seto has been up to?

It's going to be a little while for the next chapter as I need to make an edited version so I can post it on FF.net as well. I'm right in the middle of NaNoWriMo so I can't spare a lot of time for it at the moment, but I'll try to get it out fairly soon. ^_^
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