Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ It Started With Snow ❯ Part 6 ( Chapter 6 )

~previous chapter~

Smiling wickedly, Jou's father looked to attack his son again with the belt. "So, my son's whoring himself out to a millionaire." He said slowly, partly from alcohol and partly from the satisfaction of knowing he was going to make this extremely painful for his son.

Cracking Jou again across the back, his father sneered, "You enjoy that, do you? Being used only for sex then getting thrown away. I'll show you what it's like to be used."

Jou was pushed down on the bed, on his stomach. He felt his father lifting his shirt up to reveal his back. Bracing himself for what was coming, Jou gripped the sheets. His father lashed down on his back with the belt repeatedly. Angry red welts began to develop, standing out against the pale flesh.

"I guarantee, you won't think about doing this again. Every time you think about your precious millionaire boy-toy, you'll remember how this feels!" Jou's father promised. The last few lashes to Jou's back were with the metal part of the belt. The hard metal bit into the tender skin and caused blood to rise from his abused back.

When he heard his father leave the room, Jou whispered as if it was a prayer, "I'm sorry Seto…"

~Chapter 6~

Slowly moving toward his jeans that had been thrown to the floor, Jou reached in his pocket and grabbed the cell phone he always carried. Dialing a number with shaking fingers, Jou prayed that the person on the other end wouldn't be too upset with him.

A sleepy voice answered, "Hello?"

"Kaiba, I'm sorry…" was all the blonde could get out before the tears overtook him.

"Jou, what's wrong? What happened?" Kaiba asked, now fully awake. After a few moments of dead silence, Kaiba began pulling on a pair of jeans and trying to talk Jou out of whatever trance he'd fallen into. "Jou, I'm coming over, get some clothes packed. I'm coming over as soon as I can get there."

Jou hung up on his end and slowly forced himself up. Dragging out a bag, he began packing clothes in it. He threw in the last pair of jeans in the bag, and crept downstairs. It was just after one in the morning. Praying that his father would still be asleep or unconscious, Jou slipped outside to wait on Kaiba.

He didn't have to wait long. Five minutes later, Kaiba himself drove up in a black Avalanche. Fearing that Jou was seriously hurt, Kaiba got out to help the blonde into the truck. Not seeing any real severe injuries puzzled Kaiba.

"Jou, what happened?"

The blonde teen let out a small cry of pain as his sensitive back touched the seat. "It was my dad. He was really mad about me not being home on time and all. Then he kept asking me where I was. I told him I called, but it didn't seem to matter. He…he beat me. Usually he just uses his hands." With that, Jou fell silent.

"What did he use?" The brunette asked fearing the worst.

Jou didn't reply. He was desperately trying to fight back another wave of tears. His eyes closed trying not to let Kaiba see him acting so weak. Feeling a warm hand close over his own cold one, Jou's amber eyes opened and he saw that Kaiba had put his own hand on Jou's to try and calm him down.

"Come on Jou, we're here. Let's get out and see if I can't make your back feel a little better." Catching Jou's questioning eyes, Kaiba replied, "It's not hard to figure out, love. When you went to lean against the seat, you winced as your back touched it."

As Kaiba led his love into the living room he asked, "Can I see? That way I can try to help."

Silently, Jou pulled his shirt off, cringing as the wounds were torn open again. Kaiba looked at it and was horrified. "Jou, what did he use? It looks like you got whipped."

"His belt. He hit me with the metal part." Jou pulled away from his lover's touch. Gentle as it was, it hurt badly.

"We have to get this cleaned up. I don't want it getting infected." Kaiba went upstairs and retrieved a first aid kit, a bowl of water, and some cloths. He began to clean the wounds as gently as possible.

An hour later, Jounouchi lay awake on Seto's bed. "Thanks for everything tonight. I didn't want to stay there. I'm afraid if I go back, he'll go further.

Seto climbed into the bed beside Jou. Wrapping his arms around his blonde love, "Don't worry about it tonight. Just get some sleep."

Jou cuddled as close to the brunette as his back would let him. Drifting off to a dreamless sleep, Jou whispered, "Thank you, God."

The next morning, Jou woke up with Seto still curled up around him. Wiggling away from the warm embrace, Jou went into the adjoining bathroom. He looked at himself. He was a little more pale than he remembered, but chalked it up to last night. His back still hurt, but not as bad as it did yesterday.

Going back to the bedroom after relieving himself, Jou sat back on the bed. The slight movement of the mattress woke up the blue-eyed youth.

"You're up early. Everything okay?" Kaiba asked, seriously worried that Jou didn't sleep.

Nodding, he replied, "I'm okay. Whatever you did last night really made my back feel better. Thank you."

Seto sat up and pulled Jou close to him before giving him a long slow kiss. "How about we get up, get dressed, and get something to eat. Then maybe we can go to the pool. The water will help clean your back again."

"I'd rather stay here with you and do nothing." Jou teased. Just then, the two were interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Hey big brother, you getting up today?" Mokuba sounded worried about his brother.

Looking at Jou, Seto smiled and whispered in his ear, "If we keep quiet, he might go away."

The door opened up a crack. Mokuba poked his head through the door and burst through in a full run before jumping onto the bed. Unfortunately for one blonde, he was the one who was dived on.

Jou jumped from his place near Seto and stood glaring at the raven-haired young boy. "I was under there!" he yelled, scaring Mokuba and sending Seto into a fit of laughter.

"Mokie, go down stairs and make whatever you can for us for breakfast. Then, if you're good, Jou and I are going to the pool. You can come if you want." Seto ordered his little brother.

Running off, Mokuba started singing "Seto and Jou sitting in a tree…" before he got too far away for the pair to hear.

Later, the boys were in the pool. Mokuba was swimming and Jou was playing pool with Seto. The water at first stung Jou's back, but after a short period, he couldn't even feel it.

"Seto, I'm going to go change. I'm going to Yugi's in a little." Mokuba swam over to where the pool table was.

Blue eyes looked away from the game to question the youth. "When are you coming back?"

"Well, is it okay? I was going to stay over. Can I?"

Seto threw a long look at the blonde. "I think that would be wonderful."

As Mokuba ran out of the pool, Seto's eyes never left Jou. "Jou, one game. Except we play it by my rules. You've heard of strip poker?"

Jou nodded. "Excellent," Kaiba purred. "The rules are simple. Each time you scratch or miss a shot, you take off one article of clothing."

"But...we only have one thing on." The blonde rationalized.

"Exactly. And, when you're completely naked, each time you miss, the other gets to have a little fun." Kaiba's eyes glinted seductively, if not a little bit dangerously.

Jou felt his shorts getting uncomfortable as he thought about his Dragon naked, wet, and leaning across the table to shoot. "You're on." Jou challenged.

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