My Abused Puppy (Rewrite)

Chapter 4 - Part 4

"But-" Joey tried to say to allow his sister in, but was interrupted by Kaiba.

" No. We are not yet done talking, Joey Wheeler," Kaiba said, his tone serious and a little scary.

"Kaiba, I want to speak with my sister, it may be important," Joey said defiantly, valuing his sister above himself.

"No Joey," Kaiba saighed, " I love you and I want to make sure you are okay and well. I don't want you to feel useless or worthless. You are my puppy and to me, you mean the world."

"What about Mokuba," Joey said, curious where the younger Kaiba would stand.

"He is my reason for living the way I am," Kaiba whispered, "Mokuba is the very reason I am who I am today. I have to keep him safe."

"Joey, don't ever think of yourself as less than me," Kaiba said, hugging Joey tightly, "Otherwise, what am I supposed to think of myself. You are worth far more than me, Joey Wheeler."

Kaiba, I love you, Joey thought, too embarrassed to say that out loud.

"Sir, Miss Wheeler said she would call later with important news," Jones said, leaving briskly after he reported the news.

They sat in each others arms. Joey aware of Kaiba's insecurities and loving him anyway.

"Why don't we go to bed," Kaiba said lightly, ushering Joey to the stairs. "Today has been too long. I just want to lie down and cuddle with you."

Joey chuckled and followed Kaiba to the bed, where they cuddled for the remainder of the day and slept together through the night, their arms interlocked and their breathing together.

"Kaiba, wake up."

Kaiba heard Mokuba's voice. He cracked his left eye open to black hair.

"Mokuba," Kaiba said tiredly.

"Yep." Mokuba replied, happy to be home with his brother.

"Where is Joey?" Kaiba wondered, missing his sleeping puppy.

"Showering, his friends will be here soon."

'What do you mean, they are not supposed to be here for another few days?" Kaiba looked to his calendar, seeing the past few days marked off. "What the hell?"

"You got a fever in your sleep and could hardly move. It is why I am home early. Joey and I had to take turns watching you." Mokuba said, his voice trembling slightly at the memories of those few days. "Your fever was so high that we couldn't leave you alone and risk anything... So we had our doctor come in. He said you were too stressed, little to no proper rest, and you lacked hydration... "

The shower stopped and Joey stepped out moments later, dripping wet and lacked a shirt.

Joey saw Kaiba with his eyes open and sitting up. The first thing he did was hug him in relief, before it quickly turned to anger.

"SETO KAIBA, THE NEXT TIME I FIND YOU DID NOT CARE FOR YOURSELF, I SWEAR I WILL BEAT YOUR ASS!!!!"

Both Kaibas were surprised with how angry Joey got. He was livid. It almost looked like steam was coming out of his ears.

Joey sighed, "I have to greet my friends and finish up my trauma story."

Joey's eyes were blank for a second before he looked to Kaiba and gave a thousand watt smile, "I will be downstairs, come and get me if you need me."

"Okay Joey," Mokuba said, excited to show Kaiba that he can care for him.

Joey smiled at the brother's and left them to see his friends and finish the talk of his trauma. He walked down the stairs, anxious about the topic, but he understood he had to talk wbout it if he wanted to keep his friends.