Out of the dark.

Happy birthday, Seto!

Joey POV

I turned my notifications off and set my phone on the dresser. "Now that that part is over," I said smirking, I moved closer to my boyfriend. "it's time for the other present."

"I think we might be drunk," Seto mumbled as he turned his phone off completely, I gave him a strange look. "What?"

"I know that we are. Either way, in the mornin, you're still my boyfriend." I pointed out. "Aaand, ya just turned your phone off. Like off off?"

"You're right." Kaiba agreed. "Also, Mokuba can handle anything for a few hours. If it's a serious emergency, a few people know where we are."

"Okay okay. Please let me make your birthday better?"

"... okay."

"What do ya wanna do? We can cuddle or watch tv or ya know, sex." I smirked.

"I really really want to snuggle with you, is that the wrong answer?" Seto asked.

"Of course not. Come here," I said reaching for my dark haired boyfriend. "Let's get in bed. We can snuggle all day tomorrow too if ya want." I smiled earning a smile in return from Seto as we undressed to our boxers.
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October 25th

I woke up to find Seto curled around me. It felt like nothing could  go wrong. I slipped out of bed and picked my phone up from the dresser.  Checking my Instagram, I about died.
40,000 comments, 270,000 likes. I walked to the kitchen as I thumbed through the comments.

'Why can't #JoeyWheeler love me?'

'Seto Kaiba is a scary robot #unbelievable'

'Bullshit!'

'I'll never get to have sex with Joey!!'

Some of them were funny, some of them were homophobic, most of them were congratulating the us. I had to wonder, is this what it feels like to be married? It was a high, a great one. Suddenly I got a phone call from my sister.

"Hey sis what's up?"

"I saw you guys finally did it!!!"

"Oh yeah, I thought it was time. I'm makin Seto breakfast. Oh! I didn't show you what I got him!" I smiled while pulling some eggs out of the stocked fridge.  "Hang on, lemme send ya a picture."

"Okay I'm waiting."

"There, ya should get it soon." There was an audible ding sound on Serenity's end of the conversation.

"Okay- hang on let me- OH JOEY WOW!" She screeched through the phone. "ARE THOSE ENGAGEMENT RINGS!?"

"Ha. No. Serenity, I wanted them to be promise rings, they go on our middle fingers instead. I didn't really explain it before we went to sleep. So did you see how many people liked the pictures of Seto and I? I think I gained like 20,000 more followers. Well hey, I gotta make breakfast for the birthday boy." I smiled.

"Tell him happy birthday from me."

"Will do sis. Love ya." We said our goodbyes and hung up.

"Awe, how sweet," 

"Jesus Christ Kaiba!" I screamed dropping my phone into the frying pan with eggs. "Aw shit!" I pulled my phone out of the eggs and checked it over.

"Is it okay?" Seto asked walking close to me. He looked good in the mornings. His hair slightly askew, his dark eyes fresh from sleep, plus he was only wearing boxers.

"It's just a phone, but yeah it's okay. How'd ya sleep, birthday boy?"

"It was a pleasant experience until I woke up alone."

"Ah, well I thought ya might be hungry. Oh! OH WHERES YOUR PHONE?"

"Uh, in the bedroom? Why?" Seto looked confused.

"Go get it- wait no- here! Just look at mine," I was excited to bring up instagram. Handing the phone to Seto, his eyes nearly doubled in size.

"I'm no stranger to publicity but this is something new. Ha, did you read these?" Kaiba let out a soft chuckle as he looked through the comments. "Here's some good ones, 'Seto Kaiba is a robot incapable of human emotion.' '#SetoKaiba and #JoeyWheeler? Head for the hills, this is the apocalypse, I know it!'
Seto burst out laughing at the apocalypse one but kept reading to me as I made omelettes.

"Oh this is bullshit! Let me read this one," The ceo sounded irritated but I nodded for him to continue, " this one says '#SetoKaiba is gay? Selling all of my KaibaCorp merch today only, cheap!'"

"What a little asshole," I offered, I knew he was upset, but he wouldn't let it out. "Here, have some food, I made coffee already."

Seto was clearly upset but agreed to breakfast. Throwing a shirt on and grabbing his phone he re-entered the kitchen, sitting down to breakfast, he turned his phone on. "Uhgghggh! Oh my god," he groaned.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I'm getting so many notifications that my phone isn't doing anything." He complained, tapping the unresponsive screen while the nonstop notification ding assaulted the kitchen.

"It'll work eventually. Now, eat your birthday breakfast."

"...Fine."

"Hey, here," I slid my phone across the table to Seto, " call Mokuba. I'm sure he's been tryin to get a hold of ya."

Seto called Mokuba and relayed the prior evening events.

"Yeah, Serenity showed me the picture Joey sent of the rings, getting married soon eh?" Mokuba teased his older brother.

"We're not- that's- shut up Mokuba. That's not what they are-"

"Hahaha!!! SURE!!" Mokuba laughed through the phone.

"ANYWAY! Changing the subject! Have you gotten any unhappy customers?"

"A few but nothing serious, I'm actually at KaibaCorp right now-."

"You better not be-."

"I'M IN YOUR OFFICE USING YOUR ROLLY CHAIR! Hahaha!!!"

Seto groaned, "just don't break it. I like that one."

"Fine fine. Happy birthday bro, oh, have you checked twitter yet?"

"No, my phone is not working so I'm using Joeys. Why?"

"Oh, no reason. Nothing bad but it's like instagram but worse. People are losing their shit." Mokuba paused, "sales have gone up."

"What a nice birthday present to me then, I'm going to finish breakfast Mokuba. I'll talk to you when my phone starts working."

The two brothers said their goodbyes and Seto handed me back my phone.

"So, are things okay?" I asked tentatively.

"Well, sales are up, Mokuba is probably destroying my new office chair, no homophobic threats other than the dickweed saying he was selling his stuff." He took a sip of coffee and continued, "most importantly, I'm here with you."