Only Once ...   von Koinu
                                (SetoxKatsuya)
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                                  ... save me
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“Who am i?” 

The words kept repeating themselves in his mind.

And for the first time Seto Kaiba, the richest boy of Japan who had been
declared ‘sexiest man alive’, who could kill with only one glance of his icy
eyes, who owned his own company, who had Kaiba Corp. buildings and theme parks
all over the planet – if he had not already built any on other planets as
well! – and who always had a sharp comment on his tongue, was speechless.

Was this still a joke which the blond had just planned that carefully?

“I told you to stop fooling around, mutt!”

Seto had completely turned around to the blond and had gripped his shoulders
again. His voice had become a little louder than expected and he watched the
blond wince and moan quietly, digging the fingers into the strands of gold.
An accurately applied, white bandage came to light and Seto knew, from the
blond’s behaviour and the sound of Jou’s voice, that this wasn’t a joke at
all.
He felt something in his stomach tighten uncomfortably.
Carefully, the brunet had released one of the boy’s shoulders and reached for
the chin. Pushing it up slowly he had studied the blond’s face with the
chocolate brown eyes that were missing the usual sparkles.
A long time Seto had examined Jou’s face – especially his eyes - who had
started to become more and more uneasy and who had begun to move slowly trying
to free himself from the brunet’s grip on his shoulder which was instantly
countered by Seto in hardening it, keeping the blond in place. Except for the
red cheeks he had, the boy was rather pale and his body emitted an abnormal
amount of heat.
Suddenly, Seto felt a small tremor running through the blond who had pressed his
eyes shut, breaking the eye contact.

“It… it hurts.” It had been only a silent whimper but the blond’s voice
had hit the brunet as if Jou had shouted those words right into his ear. Seto
blinked in confusion then glanced over to his hand holding the blonds shoulder.
Almost instantly he realized what the cause for the boy’s pain was and so he
loosened the grip.

“What is wrong with him, Mr. Kaiba?” It was the teacher’s voice who had
watched the whole happening in confusion. The entire class seemed to have done
the same.

“Apparently it looks like he has a concussion and…” Seto released his hand
from Jou’s chin touching the boy’s cheek and forehead for a few seconds.
“… a rather high fever.”
He stepped a few centimetres away from the blond releasing him entirely.
“Moreover the mutt seems to have lost his memory so I suppose we call an
ambulance and take him into hospital. He looks like he needs some treatment.”

“What?” The teacher looked at the brunet in disbelieve then turned his gaze
towards the blond boy who looked pale and puzzled. Usually one could trust the
judgement of Seto Kaiba even if the two of them only had quarrels, Kaiba was
class representative and had a certain responsibility for his classmates. He
wouldn't lie or joke about something as serious as this. Besides that, Jou had
really behaved strange and he didn't look too well.
Slowly nodding the teacher had given the class some tasks and had left the room
to call an ambulance and inform the principal. The brunet had received the order
to take care of Jou and the class meanwhile.
But unfortunately the class had other things than working in mind.
Almost instantly, students had rushed over to the blond’s seat and had started
throwing questions at him whilst trying to beat each other in volume.
As the crowd around Seto and Jou got louder and louder and the blond got smaller
and smaller gripping his head and moaning in pain, the brunet started to react.

“You guys leave him alone already! You got your tasks because he needs peace
to not worsen everything! Don’t you cretins see that he’s in a lot of pain
because you keep shouting questions at him?! Go back to your seats and do what
you were told to do!”
A few students backed off immediately and sat down in silence after Seto had
finished but some others tried to resist and actually had dared to talk back to
him so Seto had shot a bunch of icy glares directly towards them. That seemed to
work at least.
He turned back to Jou releasing his ears which he had covered unconsciously to
protect the boy from the noise. The blond looked even paler than he had some
minutes ago.
Seto hadn’t hesitated long before he had lifted Jou from his seat and carried
him to the infirmary placing him on a bed there. He had felt the warmth of the
body in his arms. It had been almost like his skin was burning under the
drenched clothes.
“You stay here till the ambulance arrives. I’ll be right back. I’m just
going to pick up your bag and something dry for you to wear.” Seto had
muttered to the blond while he was pushing him lightly into the pillows.
There was no resistance.
He gave the nurse a short briefing, threw one last glance to the boy on the bed
and then took off to do what he had planned. It didn’t take him a lot of time
to get what he wanted and he returned to the blond after a mere 5 minutes.
Seto threw Jou’s school bag into the arms of the nurse, told her to look for
some medicine the blond might have and walked over to the bed. Jou was lying
there completely curled up and his arms wrapped around his head covering the
eyes. After a small analysis the brunet turned around and closed the windows
curtains, then stepped back to the boy.
Gently pulling him into an upright position Seto had started to explain the next
steps slowly so Jou could follow and take the words in.
“I brought you my second pair of clothes. We’re going to get you changed now
since you’re completely drenched. I’m going to help you because you look
like you can’t even sit by yourself. ”
Jou hadn’t said a thing. He just gave a small nod and started to move a little
to get rid of his shirt. As promised, Seto had helped him into a new pair of
trousers and a clean white shirt. He couldn’t avoid seeing the condition the
blond was in. Covered with bruises and scars the emaciated body had looked so
fragile Seto wondered why Jou didn’t have any broken bones yet. Moreover he
was suffering from the fever and trembled slightly.
As they had finished changing, Seto heard the siren of the ambulance and a few
minutes later a hand full of people had rushed into the room stepping to the
blond boy who had still been sitting on the bed.
Jou was asked some questions which he answered very insecure and only vaguely,
so after a little check on his condition the medics got a stretcher to take the
blond into hospital. 
As soon as they had started their way to the ambulance, Seto, who had been
standing next to the stretcher the whole time, felt someone grip his sleeve. He
needed only a short glance to realise whose hand it was. The blonds grip had
been only weak, his hand was trembling slightly and when the brunet had let his
gaze wander to the boy’s eyes he had seen how insecure and scared Jou was.
The stretcher kept moving and Seto didn’t have time to think. His body had
began to act on its own and so he had started walking, accompanying the blond to
the ambulance still captivated by a pair of lost brown eyes and a trembling hand
holding on to his sleeve.


To be continued

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