Fire and Ice

Chapter 5: Welcome to Your New Home

    When Joey woke from his slumber the next day he was surprised to be in a soft bed.

“Damn this bed feels so soft, I don’t want to get up.” He thought to himself as he nuzzled into the pillow.

    It was warm, fluffy, a lot better than his own shitty bed back home, but if he wasn’t home then where was he?

“Maybe I should get up and look around?” As the blonde sat up he looked around the room, it was large, and very fancy, large windows, a creamy white color with matching drapes and sheets on the bed and an oak hardwood floor.

    He swung his feet over the edge of the bed and walked to the door, but stopped in his tracks noticing his current state in the mirror, his hair was messy, covered in bandages, and he was still in his pj’s.

“Guess I should clean myself up first.” The blonde mumbled to himself as he looked around the room for his backpack.

    Having been unsuccessful with the search he decided to look under his bed and found a black bag.

“Bingo! Come to daddy.” The blonde spoke to no one in particular and pulled his bag from under the bed.

    On the bag was a note, he picked it off the bag and read it.

                                                     Dear puppy,

                                                              Welcome to your new home, I hope you enjoy the peace away

                                                             from your father who is now in jail for child abuse.

                                                                                                                                        -Seto Kaiba

“Seto did all this for me?” The events of the previous night came back to him.

After he escaped through his bedroom window, he was going to Yugi’s place so he could stay there until he could find his own place. Until Seto pulled up beside him and offered him a ride to his place and offered him to stay at his mansion.

“Guess he isn’t as bad as I thought.” Joey said to himself as he grabbed some fresh clothes and changed right by the bed.

    Meanwhile Seto was in his study working, or at least trying for he was too busy thinking about the blonde in the room next to his bedroom.

“Damn it I can’t concentrate. Maybe I should go check on the puppy? Maybe it will put me at ease knowing he is still in bed or up and moving about.” The brunette stood up from his seat and walked into the long hallway.

    Upon reaching the bedroom he placed his ear to the closed door, hearing shuffling he assumed the blonde was awake and opened the door, only to catch said male in dressing himself, his shirt still on the bed as he finished buttoning those tight pants of his, he was surprisingly muscular for a skinny male, then again he did have to toughen up. Seto was having a hard time keeping from showing his blush despite how warm his face felt.

“Oh, hey Seto,” The brunette snapped out of his daydreams by said male, “uhm, thanks for letting me stay. Once I find a place of my own I will get out of your hair-”

“No-” Joey looked at the other in surprise, “i-it’s alright you can stay here as long as you need to. Mokuba needs the company anyway so,” there was an awkward pause, “I’m going to get back to work so make yourself comfortable, call Denis, my butler, if you need anything.”

    With that said, Seto left the room closing the door behind him. Joey looked at the neatly written note once more, a small smile came to his face.

“Guess he really does care.” The blonde muttered as he finished changing.