Puppyshipping) Why is he so cold?

Waking up

Soooo here is another chapter. Don't know what to say except thank you for the support and please comment!

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Soft satin sheets wrap loosely around my body as I lay on a bed that feels like heaven. I open my eyes and stare up at the ceiling that seems so far away. The room is dim with only a soft purple glow emitting from a lamp on the nightstand next to the bed.

Where am I and what happened?

I sit up and wince in pain at what feels like fire rips across my chest and left ribs. I look down and notice I'm not wearing a shirt and that white bandages wrap across my entire chest.

I close my eyes and hiss in pain as I take a deep breath, trying to remember what happened but only able to bring up a foggy image of my father with a knife.

It's best if I just get up out of the comfortable bed and try and find out where I'm at. With that I slowly get up, holding my side with my right arm, the dark blue carpet hugging my bare feet. I look around at the spacious room, who would bring me, a poor boy from the bad side of town, to a place as nice as this?

I open the white wooden door with carvings and that curves at the top like you find at the entrance of a palace. The hallway is deserted with a faint sound of talking from the end of the hall. I silently creep out of the room toward the sound of the voice, making sure to stay quiet to not bring attention to myself, probably an irrational fear.

"He is still asleep down the hall, yeah yeah, just be home soon okay?" says a young boy from behind a door, probably into a cell phone.

I push open the door and peer in only to find a raven haired young boy in blue silk pajamas looking at a cell phone sadly.

"Um, hi, could ya tell me where I am?" I ask stepping into the room.

"AH!" the boy yells in shock, his head shooting up to look at me before he seemed to relax again and smile at me, "Oh, sorry you surprised me! Your in my home, or well, my big brothers..."

"So who are ya, who is your brother, who brought me here, and why?" I ask, wanting to know as much as I can about the situation even though my head is a little fuzzy.

"My name is Mokuba, my brother is Seto Kaiba and he was the one who brought you here! I don't know exactly why but that doesn't matter now, you want to play a video game with me?" he asks, looking at me with hopeful eyes.

I lost track of what he was saying at the name Seto Kaiba, he brought me here? Why? And then it all came back to me in a flash, getting home late, my father with his knife and bat, the impatient knocks on the door, moneybags seeing my father beat me, and how I ended up in Kaiba's arms before blacking out.

"Where is Kaiba right now?" I ask looking at Mokuba.

"He is at work but he said he would be home soon...anyways about that video game..." he says turning his puppy dog eyes on me.

"I guess playing a video game until Kaiba gets back wouldn't hurt," I say smiling and walking up to the boy, ruffling his hair slightly.

"You are the best Joey! Seto never has time to play with me anymore," he says excitedly, jumping up to fetch us a video game as I sit down on his plush bed. He seems like a nice kid, nothing like his cold older brother. Kaiba...

"Here!" he says handing me a handheld gadget while keeping one for himself, "This game is my favorite! Are you ready to be beat?"

"Ha! No ones gonna beat the one and only Joey Wheeler!" I say grinning and staring down at the gadget, trying to figure it out.

Turns out time flys when your having fun trying to beat a kid who has the skills of a pro at his own game.

"Mokuba, I'm home," calls a tired voice from what I believe to be downstairs. My heart skips a beat and I freeze as though I've been caught doing something wrong.

"Coming big brother!" Mokuba calls out to him and looks up from the game beaming at me, "Come on Joey!"

"I don't know if I should," I say looking at the door of Mokuba's room as if a monster is going to come out and bite my head off.

"Don't be silly!" he says laughing and grabbing my hand. He jumps off his bed, pulling me with him as he races down the hall, leaving me wincing and holding my wounds.

We come to a grand staircase which he leads me down, straight to the front door where Kaiba stands in a white business suit. The front door is even more beautiful than the door that lead from the room I woke up in. It is lined with windows from which you can see Kaiba's whole garden, containing lush yellow roses, trimmed hedges and weeping willow trees.

"So the mutt finally woke up," Kaiba says looking at me and pulling my attention back to him. His chocolate brown hair look neat as did the rest of him but the bags under his eyes told a story of countless nights without sleep.

"Why did ya bring me here rich boy?" I sneer back at him crossing my arms but wincing.

"I couldn't very well leave a beaten puppy out in the cold now could I? I wanted to drop you off at Yugi's place but then Mokuba begged me to keep you," he says eyeing the younger Kaiba who just smiled at me.

"Why were ya at my house anyways Kaiba?" I ask.

"I'll explain later, right now I'm starving and I'm sure you are too mutt, you were out for three days."

"I WAS WHAT?!"

"You were out for three whole days, Seto took off two days to make sure you were all right! That's the longest he has ever taken off for something other than a tournament!" Mokuba says looking over at Kaiba who walked away.

"Mokuba I think it's time for you to head to bed, Wheeler, follow me," Kaiba says his back still turned to us.

"But Seto!" Mokuba whines but heads up the stairs pausing at the top to look back at us with a mopey look.

"Mutt, now!" Kaiba demands, snapping his fingers to get my attention.

"I'm not a mutt!" I huff but follow anyways, he was right, I hadn't noticed before but I was starving.

He lead me into a grand dining hall and takes a seat at the head of the table, gesturing for me to sit next to him. I do and look up as chefs bring out food and set it in front of Kaiba and me. Not pausing I begin wolfing down the meal, not even knowing what it is I am eating. Kaiba watches me amusedly while just picking at his own food.

"So Kaiba," I say when I finally feel full, "why were you at my house?"

"Well..." He begins looking at his barely touched meal.

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Ooo cliffhanger! Just kidding, it isn't good enough to have a cliffhanger. Anyways, sorry for the short chapter!

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