Kaiba's New Assistant | By : AtomBunny Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 7443 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Soon they arrived at Kaiba’s mansion and Seto escorted Jou into the house where they were met by Seto’s eccentric housekeeper, Mrs Doyle.
"Good evening Master Seto and Master Katsuya," she greeted cheerfully in her distinctive Irish accented voice.
"Good evening Mrs Doyle," Seto replied, speaking in English, just as Mrs Doyle had done. Jou merely nodded. Seto continued, "Could you make the first guest room ready as Jonouchi will be staying with us tonight. Also could you run a bath for him in the adjoining bathroom?"
"Of course Master Seto," she answered, "but would you not like me to see to Master Katsuya’s injuries first?"
"That is quite alright, Mrs Doyle," Seto replied, "I can take care of those."
"OK so," she said then she shuffled away to carry out Seto’s wishes.
Kaiba brought Jonouchi through into the kitchen and seated him on one of the bar stools, then he retrieved the first aid kit from one of the numerous cupboards.
"Kaiba?" Jou got the attention of the taller boy.
"Yes, Jonouchi?"
"Why does your housekeeper call everyone by their first name?"
Seto shrugged, "It’s just how she is. I’ve tried to explain that she shouldn’t do it, but she just gives me a strange look, says ‘OK so’ in that way of hers, then just carries on like I never said anything. I’ve found that it’s far less frustrating just to accept it."
"I guess I can live with that," Jou sighed, then he hissed as Seto wiped at his newest wounds with an antiseptic wipe.
"Sorry," Seto said, "Does it really bother you that much?"
"No, I know you have to do it, I can cope."
"Not that, silly pup," Seto said in amusement, "I was talking about my housekeeper."
"Oh, no, it’s OK really," Jou said, "It’s just that nobody calls me Katsuya except for my sister and, on rare occasions, my mother. It just feels a little weird is all."
"OK, I'm all done here," Seto said, "but I'd like to check your other injuries."
"Um… do you have to?" Jou asked, "I'm fine, really."
"I just want to make sure that you are alright," Seto said gently, "There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. It's just for my own peace of mind."
Jou sighed again, then before Kaiba could say anything else, he shed his top and looked Kaiba in the eye defying him to day anything.
Seto gasped. Not just because of the fresh bruises showing up lividly against Jou’s pale skin, but because of various old scars that littered his torso. "He reached out and traced one of the more prominent ones with a stunned look upon his face. "Where did you get all those scars?" he asked.
"Actually most of them are a permanent reminder of the time I spent in that gang," Jonouchi couldn’t help a touch of shame leaking into his voice. "But this one," he indicated a largish scar on his left shoulder, "this one was where my dad caught me with a broken bottle one night when he was drunk out of his skull and I was lucky he didn’t catch an artery or something." He shrugged, "Bastard didn’t even remember he’d done it the next morning and it probably wouldn’t have scarred so badly if I’d been able to have it treated properly." At the time, Jou had felt that he couldn't even ask for first aid as too many questions would have been asked, so he'd had to patch himself up as best he could and just carry on.
"Things are worse at home than you have let on aren’t they?" Seto observed. Jou hung his head which was all the answer that he needed. "You can’t stay there," Seto put his arms around Jou and held him close. "I’ll worry that he is really going to hurt you…"
"Kaiba," Jou sighed, leaning into Seto's embrace, "I’ve already explained why I have to stay there for the moment. Please don’t worry about me. It’s just something I have to get through." What he didn’t add was that he didn’t want to cause trouble for Kaiba. If it came out that Kaiba was involved with a teen runaway, even if he were only a couple of months short of majority, it could bring his custody of Mokuba into question once again, legal adult or not.
Seto sighed. He could talk Jonouchi into many things, but he knew that this was something that he would be completely unbending on. "Alright pup. I won’t mention it again as long as you keep your promise to tell me if things get too bad or you need help."
"Deal," Jonouchi said, then he hastily pulled away and put his shirt back on as Mrs Doyle returned.
"Master Seto," she began, "I’ve drawn the bath for Master Katsuya. Will I be required to bathe him?"
Jou spoke up quickly, "No, that’s OK, Mrs Doyle. I’ll be fine on my own thanks."
"OK so," she said completely nonplussed. "I’ve put you in the guest room opposite Master Seto’s room." She turned towards Kaiba. "Will there be anything else Master Seto?"
"Not for the moment, Mrs Doyle," he said, "Although I will be requiring you to launder Jonouchi’s clothes later on."
"Very well, Master Seto" she said. "Will you be requiring an evening meal?" she asked. The cook wasn't in, so as things stood it fell to Mrs Doyle to prepare something unless they got take out delivered.
Seto looked at Jonouchi, knowing that it was very likely that he hadn't eaten yet and that Mokuba probably hadn't eaten yet either. "Yes please," he said. "Could you have it ready in about an hour and a half?" Seto now knew better than to ask her to prepare anything in particular as he'd found that he was much more likely to get a palatable meal if he left her to her own devices.
"OK so," she said. She moved towards the sink to fill the kettle in order to make yet another pot of tea as Jou and Kaiba left the kitchen.
"Why in hell did she ask if she’d have to bathe me?" Jou asked once they were out of earshot. Not that it would have mattered as Mrs Doyle didn't speak Japanese.
"She hasn't shared a great deal about her life in Ireland," Seto replied, "but something she did tell me was that one of the priests she was housekeeper for had the mental age of a child and she used to bathe him." He smirked, "She even offered to bathe me once."
Jou repressed a shudder at the mental image of Seto being bathed by the crazy housekeeper, "Man, that’s creepy. Do you think she’ll come in and try to bathe me anyway?"
"No, I think you are quite safe," Seto reassured him as they reached what would be Jou’s room for the night. Seto left Jou to get settled in for a moment as he popped into his own bathroom to fetch the bath salts that he’d offered to Jou earlier on. He came back to find Jou lying spread-eagled on the bed with his legs hanging over the end. "Come on Pup," Seto encouraged, "You don’t want to fall asleep before you get to eat, do you?"
"No, I guess not." Jou said with more than a hint of fatigue in his voice. He followed Seto into the bathroom where the other boy emptied some crystals into the water then swirled them around to get them to dissolve thoroughly."
"Will you be alright from here?" Seto asked.
"Yes, thanks Kaiba," Jou said, "But..."
"What is it?"
Jou picked at his clothes. "What am I going to wear afterwards? These clothes are a little..." he trailed off, knowing that he looked like crap.
"I’ll arrange something while you are in the bath." Seto thought it likely that he had something in the mansion that would fit the smaller boy’s frame. "Just leave your clothes and I’ll have Mrs Doyle deal with them."
"Are you sure she won’t come in here?" Jou asked with some trepidation. He was still a little freaked out by the offer she had made earlier.
"Don’t worry," Seto said amusement, "I’ll take them to her myself, then she’ll have no need to come anywhere near you." He turned to leave. "I just need to go and check on Mokuba to make sure he’s doing his homework, then I’ll bring in some clothes and leave them on the bed."
"Ok, thanks Kaiba," Jou said with gratitude.
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Seto knocked on Mokuba’s door before entering the youngster's room. "Hey Mokie," he said by way of greeting.
"Seto!" Mokuba exclaimed in genuine surprise. "You’re home early!"
"Yes, there was an incident at the office which means I’m going to need a new secretary."
"Oh, how come?" Mokuba asked. "She seemed like a decent enough worker to me."
Seto gave a wry smile. "She decided to question my decision to hire Jonouchi as my personal assistant and completely overstepped her bounds as she did so," Seto explained. "I’ve also brought Jonouchi here as he was injured and he will be staying here tonight."
"Is he OK," Mokuba asked with some concern.
"He’s fine, or he insists he is at any rate," Seto replied, "At the moment he is taking a bath in the first guest room."
"How was he injured?" Mokuba asked.
"It’s not really relevant Mokuba, and you don’t get out of finishing your homework so easily," Seto admonished, knowing that Mokuba was prolonging the conversation in order to avoid it. That and he didn't think it was appropriate to share that information with his brother.
"Ok, Seto," Mokuba replied contritely, knowing he wouldn’t get any more from his brother on the subject, "but what are you going to do about a new secretary?"
"As I don’t really have the time to spare to deal with it at the moment, I’m going to get Jonouchi to arrange one for me. I know that he is a good judge of character and I’m pretty sure that I can rely on him to pick the best person for the job."
"That sounds like a great idea," Mokuba agreed. "I don’t think he could make a worse choice than you always do anyway."
"So, have you got much homework left to do?" Seto asked as he gave his brother a sharp look for his previous remark, true though it may be.
"I’m nearly done." Mokuba replied with some relief.
"Good." The older boy said. "I’ll check it later on. I need to go and find something for Jonouchi to wear and I need to go and fetch his clothes for laundering before Mrs Doyle goes in to find them."
Mokuba stifled a snigger, "Did she offer to bathe him?" he asked in amusement, then held his hand up. "Don’t answer that, I can guess. I hope he wasn’t too traumatised." Mokuba couldn’t help but giggle.
"Quite," Seto nodded. "I’ll see you downstairs for dinner in about an hour, Mokuba," he said, "so make sure that you don't fill up with snacks." Once Mokuba nodded, he left the room.
After Seto had left the room, Mokuba put his homework to one side and reached into a drawer in his desk. He pulled out his digital camera and made sure it was fully charged and ready to go, smiling as everything checked out.
After he had taken the picture of Jonouchi and Seto shaking hands a few weeks previously he’d wanted to catch them interacting again. In the intervening time he'd seen a few looks from both of them that made it quite plain that they felt something for each other and he was sure that now Jonouchi was staying overnight that he might catch them glancing at each other at the very least. Of course, if he could get something more then it could be good blackmail material for the future. He smirked as he put the camera to one side on the desk, then went back to finish his homework. This promised to be fun.
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