Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Time on a Chain ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter four: Morning, sort of


Seto dragged himself out of bed. It was getting harder and harder to keep going. He felt
like he was wading thru jello, some days he needed two or three Pick Me Ups and a gallon of
coffee just to get through all the paper work. {Delegate, Delegate Kaiba! Yeah, Sure. When every
lamebrain in Kaiba Corp. second guessed him just because he was young. He'd built this
company on his own. Starting at 14. He knew what he was doing. Spent more of his time fixing
messes than doing work. Maybe he'd really start firing people!}

Check on Joey, feed Mokuba, ask about Crazy Girl. Call office, tell them to... Seto
sighed. Today he wasn't going in. It was Saturday and he was playing hooky. After all he was
boss and he needed a day off. He needed a bunch of days off.

Seto grunted, got dressed and went down stairs, calling Mokuba from the game he was playing.
"Come to the kitchen, Mokie. I'll get breakfast in a minute. I want to check on Wheeler first."
Even though they had servants, Seto and Mokie ate breakfast in the kitchen with Seto making
Mokie's for him. Which wasn't hard as Mokie only ate cereal, refusing anything else as "Gross"

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Joey stretched. "Ow...ow...ow! Damn! Miserable ass-hole! Cock-sucker!" Everything
that was done to him came back in a rush. He was in Kaiba's house. In a bed. Warm. Dry.
Bandaged. "Oh, shit...I...he...that girl" Joey wanted to run...somewhere. Throwing back the
covers Joey looked for clothes.

Out the window Willow watched as the house woke up. It was fairly late by her
standards, but these rich, soft people slept late. Mokuba had been up for a while playing video
games, Seto had slept latest. He was up now and headed straight for Joey's room, little brother in
tow..

Crash! "Ow! Damn, I'm weak as a kitten." Joey fell down as he attempted to get out of
bed.

"How about, ‘as weak as a puppy', Mutt. What the hell do you think you're doing, Baka. You'll
open your wounds. Then where will you be. You can't afford to lose any more blood." Seto
picked Joey up and put him back into bed.

Joey glared at Seto. "I can't stay here. Even in servants quarters. You don't want me around and I
don't stay where I'm not wanted. I know that you don't like me, you've made that clear many
times. And don't call me Mutt!" Joey tossed back the covers again. Seto put them back and put
his hand on Joey's chest, careful not to push too hard and hurt him. Mokuba peeked in from the
hall. He'd followed Seto.

"Where will you go. Back to your Father? Yugi's? How about Tea's? Tristan, maybe? Your
Mom's? Tell me where, where someone will understand what you've gone thru" Seto spoke
coldly. He knew his actions were coming back to bite him in the ass.

"Seto, don't be mean to Joey! You know he's not ready to handle this yet. He needs to feel
safe....to be safe. Help him!! Please, Big Brother! He's my friend! Please.....please.....I'll make
sure he doesn't bother you." Mokuba hugged Seto around the waist and looked up at him
pleadingly.

"All right....All right! I'll see what I can do. Put away the puppy-dog eyes! But he'll be a bother
no matter what."

Joey watched Seto and Mokuba in disgust. "What the Hell. I can go. I will go. I'm not
sure where yet, but I don't need charity. I can take care of myself."

Mokuba started to cry. "No you can't! I know! You'll need at least a week before you are fit to
go. All that blood. All those cuts. I saw, Seto tried to keep me from seeing by running me after
stuff. But I'm smart. I have eyes. Your clothes are soaked in blood. Stay! Please! You're my
friend." "Please, Big Brother, don't be mean. Make him stay!"

Seto fumed. " Wheeler, you'll stay. Mokie wants you to. So you stay......Oh! Next time
you make him cry. I'll punch you silly." Seto glared at Joey.

Joey gave up. If Mokie wanted him to stay, he would. He really didn't have anywhere else to go.
He didn't fancy living in a box. Which was his only other choice. "All right Mokie I'll stay as
long as I can. But Pop is going to track me down sooner or later. Then I'll have to go with him."

"Yeah, We'll see about that." Seto snarled. "I'll call my lawyers and put them on the job. We'll
see what can be done to keep you away from your Dad. And not in foster care, I assume that you
don't want that." At Joey's solemn not, Seto managed a very small smile.