Atem threw himself on the bed of the hotel room, now not only was he jet lagged, in pain from his hand and just in general tired he was annoyed as well. He hadn't thought about the fact that people spoke a different language though he should've stopped to think about that fact. He closed his eyes and balled his hands into fists. The trip...wasn't starting off too well

Seth was considerably less annoyed. They had been minorly inconvenienced, but he had managed to get them what they wanted anyway. In fact, the fact that he was still wearing pants was the most irritating thing at the moment. He sat beside Atem and placed a hand silently on his back.

He opened his eyes and looked over at Seth. "Well, we're here, huh?" He didn't sound all that excited at the moment. He then got up and went into the bathroom. "My hand hurts." He whispered and then he unwrapped it and placed it under the water with a hiss. As he stood there his tired mind started to wander around aimless thinking about the duel....

Seth followed him, and inspected his hand. He still hadn't managed to learn how that happened... "I can take care of it now," He told him, and led him back to the bedroom, where he unpackedhte first aid kit he'd packed, just incase.

"Fine." was the soft and somewhat vacant reply from the pharaoh

Sethfrowned slightly. "Atem?" he asked as he wrapped hte hand tightly, anitbioticized and all. "What's wrong?" They were supposed to be coming ot relax...

He was silent for a long time as he watched Seth tend to his hand. His mind still wandering to his loss and everything else that had happened he closed his eyes. "It's nothing."

Seth frowned. "Atem..." he repeated. "it's obviously something .I thought you were looking forward to this trip."

"I'm just tired." He whispered

...Damn it. "Why won't you talk to me?" he demanded, then sighed slightly and let his hand go. "Nevermind, my pharaoh." Yes, that was an intentional dig.

"I'm sure you don't want to have my angst weighing you down along with your own." He said

"...yes, Atem, that's why I asked. because I don't want to know."

He sighed. "Sarcasm will get you nowhere, Seth." He closed his eyes again and then quickly opened them. "I keep seeing Marik...winning...I wasn't strong enough to defeat him on my own. Clearly...I'm in no way the pharaoh I'm supposed to be. He didn't lose."

"He had two Items, nd you only had one which barely recognized you..." Seth said, sitting on the bed again. "It wasn't your fault.”

"it was my fault."

"..........." What did Atem want him to say? it mighthave been partly his fault,but the majority ofhte blame rested with marik... "You will do better next tmie.'

"There won't be a next time." He said softly. "I lost because I wasn't strong enough. Because I lacked the skills and the power to do anything. "

"...So you won't fight him again?"

"No."

Seth wasn't certain how he felt about that. "Because you are sure you'll lose?"

"Yes. I'm pathetic."

"No, you're not, atem."

"Stop lying Seth. I know I am. I've finally admitted it to myself. I'm nothing like the person I should be or that I was. How you stand to be with me is beyond me."

"You're not pathetic," he repeated. "You were at a gret disadvantage there."

"The only disadvantage I was at was my own foolish notion that I would just magically win." He sighed. "I guess you were right all along...."

"Atem..." he murmured. "I never meant that..."

Atem was silent then for a while as he closed his eyes and thought some more. He was pretty sure he'd not forget or even be able to forgive himself for a while. "I can't change anything though." He said softly. "But...I wish I could. The only way I can make sure it doesn't happen again is to make sure I don't rise to the bait again..." He frowned. "And to somehow make myself stronger."

"I thought you were wanting to forget that this happened and just be happy and normal.."

"Easier said then done, my love."

Seth agreed with that ,at least. "I thought you wanted us to come here to try." If not... what were they doing here? He could be at home, groveling at Kisara's feet, if he and Atem werent goign ot try and be happyfor a while...

"I wanted to come here to have fun. This plan was in the making long before my fall from grace." He looked at Seth then. "Do you still love me even though I lost?"

"Of course I do, Atem... Look what I did for you, evenafter you lost..."

A faint smile flickered across his lips. "Will you allow me to train with you to get stronger?"

"Of course... Anything you wish," he told him at once.

"You're not just telling me that to placate me are you?"

"Why would I placate you? You would know later when I didn't allow you to train with me..."

"I guess I'm just not thinking clearly at the moment, sorry." He then pulled him close and kissed him suddenly.

Seth was slighty started, but kissed himback. From angstto smut?

Atem pulled out of the kiss and then stood up. He felt a little better, at least the idea of training was something he could look forward to. Maybe it would even make him better.

Seth didn't stand, watching him. He wondered what exactly was going on, but didn't question.

He turned and looked at Seth. "I'll work to make myself worthy again of being called pharaoh."

"You are worthy of being called paharaoh..."

He shook his head. "If that were the case I would've won. If that were the case the gods wouldn't be punishing me as they are." He looked down and balled his hand into a fist in determination. "I will honor the gods by working to make myself stronger and maybe in that they will find it in their hearts to grant me their blessing once more."

"...Atem... would you like my honest opinion?" Seth asked, watching him.

"Yes...please." But would Seth give t too him he wondered.

"I think... Right now, you are acting very much as you did in Egypt, before our year apart..."

"You're not going to tell me we need a year apart from one another are you?"

"No, I don't know that it would do any good. But whatever you did during that year helped you."

He thought about what Seth said. He did change in that year. There had been lots of things that had happened though, a fair few of them were things that could not be repeated and other things that he wouldn't want to repeat.

"I suppose, given the circumstances, that wasn't helpful," Seth admitted. "But it is true..."

He thought a little more and then smiled. "I'll try to do that."

"I hope it works for you." For himself, since he wasn't even certain of hte results he wanted, he didn't know what to do, for sure.

"I'm sorry if I've been horrible to live with since a few days before that duel..."

"Only mildly..."

"I've been a pain." He lowered his head. "I'm sorry."

Seth stood up to kiss him. "I believe you had a reason..."

He kissed him back. "Is there anything I can do to help you? You've listened to me...."

"No, Atem... You already know what's troubling me."

"I know. But I want to help you. We should help each other with getting through things like this. It's what couples do. We support one another."

"I don't know what you cn do to support me," Seth said honestly. "Aside from being here..."

"Will you promise to tell me if there's anything I can do?" He looked up at him and held his hands gently

Seth nodded. "Yes, Atem. I would have before, too..."

"I know. I just wanted you to know."

Seth nodded."Very well then... What now?"

He pulled Seth down and kissed him a little.

Seth kissed him back. It was nice to hate Atem mildly back to him...

He wrapped his arms about the other and deepened the kiss even more

Seth reutnred it and sat down once moer, guessing he knew where thiswas going.

The pharaoh paused and looked him. "What do you want to do, Seth?"

"I honestly have no opinion, Atem. Our options ar mildlylimited by not knowing hte language..."

"I don't know we could still walk around ans sight see or somethng."

"If you want to. being with you is enough, no matter where we are."

"How about...we stay here and spend our first day and night in the loving embrace of the other?"

Seth smiled. "I thought something like that might be one of your top choices..."

"You it like it's a bad thing my love." He pulled him in for another kiss.

"Of course not."

"Good."

Atem smiled and leaned in to kiss him once more. "You still have these clothes on. Why?"

"Because you said you liked them on me," Sethsuggested, rubbing hishands over Atem'ssides

"I do. But....it makes it hard to touch your skin then." He smiled as he slipped the shirt over Seth's head and threw it aside. "That's better." His hand glided over Seth's chest and abs then.

"Mm, I agree," Seth admitted, andran his hands under Atem's sides, underhisshirt.

He smirked and slapped Seth's hands away from his body. Then he pulled him down and kissed him deeply and roughtly.

Seth uttered a small moan and pressed against him,pushing his hands away.

"What do you want, my love?" He asked as he looked up at him

"I thought you wereeth one making decisions here," Seth pointed out.

"I suppose I am." He smiled. "So does that mean you never want me to ask what you want anymore? I should just take what I want instead?"

Seth gave a little smirky smile. "As is as it should be..."

"Really?" he caressed his face "My doing that would make you happy? Just coming in and pulling you into the bedroom to fuck your brains out?"

"Probably," Sethallowed. "believe me, if I didn't want it, I would let you know..."

"I see." He pulled Seth clsoer down to him then and smiled. "I want you to get naked and get in the bed my love. I'll..." He paused a moment thinking about ordering them a bottle of wine but he didn't know if he could with the whole language issue. Of course they had a suite in the hotel so there was everything there that they would need anyway. "I'll go get a bottle of wine I think...if we have any. You better be in bed when I get back."

"And if I'm not?" Seth asked with a small smile, already pulledh is pants off.

"I'll punish you."

"Very well then, my pharaoh, I will await you."

He smiled a little and vanished into the other room. He did find some wine in the fridge there and some glasses. He paused a moment and thought, then he let go of the thought...then eh came back into the room

Seth wasn't in hte bed, instead meticulously folding his clothes, though theywere dirty, as he set them inside. "Pharaoh," he commented. "I hsdn"t expected you back so soon."

He narrowed his eyes a bit and was silent.

Seth silently stepped up to the bed, lying down on his stomach andlokoing at him.

"You should've moved faster." He sat down on the bed, popped the cork on the wine and then poured Seth a glass ful and handed it to him

"Perhaps I wanted to see about this so-called'punishment'..." He tok the wine and took a sip.

"Really?" Then he slapped him hard on the ass.

Seth jumped, startled, hten hid a smile takinganother sip of wine. "Yes, really. perhaps. Or perhaps IO'm a bad priest who cnan'tobey orders..."

Atem smiled a little and then sat down on the bed. "A bad priest who can't obey orders. Well, you do seem to have problems with that." He frowned slightly and then pushed aside the feeling of uneasiness at the mention of that whole thing. He thought a moment and moved closer to Seth. Then he placed the very cold wine bottle on the small of his back.

Seth gave a shudder and looked over his shoulder at the bottle. "that's very cold," he pointed out. How he hated cold... "You should probably make up your mind if you want me to be a good priest, or act pharaonic and your equal..."

He kept the bottle on Seth's flesh and smirked a little. He thought a little. "I would like us to be equals as we were both pharaoh at somepoint in our lives. But I have a sneaking suspicion that it will not happen."

"Perhaps not... You never knew me as pharaoh. You do still see me as your priest." He shifted slightly to try and get the bottle off.

"I would be interested in how you were like back then." He smirked a little and then removed the bottle from his back. However, after thinking a moment he tilted the bottle and poured wine along Seth's spine. A majority of the liquid running off onto the bed but enough of it pooled at the small of Seth's back. This pool of wine the pharaoh leaned in and started to suck up.

Seth shivered, both at the coldness and the sensation. He looked at the wine on the bed, though, and his personality just had ot come through. "...That's going ot stain..."

"I'm sure it won't be the only thing to stain the sheets tonight, my love." He said with a smirk as he finished the wine.

...Damn. Now Seth was thinking about cleaning. That was extremely not sexy.

Atem stood up from the bed and put the bottle aside then he stretched.

Seth looked up at him. "Did you only want me here to use as a drinking glass, Atem?"

"No." He said quickly then he turned back to him and smiled. "Though you do make a nice one." He walked back towards him and sat on the end of the bed, his fingers playing along Seth's ass gently.

Seth lay there, looking at him over his shoulder, smiling just a little, with his smile hidden in his shoulder. "I'm good at everything I do..."

"Even good at disobeying?"

"Extremely. Also extremely good at obeying, however."

"Is it possible to be good at both?"

"Yes. It's a matter of discretion when to exercise one and not theother... I would like ot think I'm good at utilizingthat discretion, but that may be my one lacking area..."

The pharaoh chuckled. "Interesting thought process." He leaned down and started to kiss the back of Seth's thigh lightly.

"You disagree with my thought process?" Seth asked, then let hishead fall forward.

"Perhaps." His tongue wandered slowlyalong the flesh then paused as his fingers started to fondle Seth a little.

Seth shifted so that Atem could fondle better. Who was he to argue, after all? "I happen to have faith in it...

"Really?" He leaned in and allowed his tongue to work onc emore on Seth's thigh as his fingers stroked him a little.

"Yes..." Seth affected notto noticed the touching, though it did make his breath speed just alittle. "It is mine, after all, so it muct be worthwile..."

"I suppose every thought process that you make it worthwhile just because you thought it." The pharaoh gave a chuckle. "I'm not sure I agree but I'll amuse you."

"Of course you agree," Seth said confidently. "I don'tthink useless thoughts."

"Getting arrogant my priest?" He slapped his ass once more and stopped what he was doing

"It's one of my better traits..." Seth looked back at him, waiting for something to begin again.

He snorted and then stood up, pouring himself a glass a wine.

Seth smiledslightly at Atem, to himself, pleased to have gotten to him. He calmly took a sip from his own glass.

"I'm not really fond of arrogance though. AS it does seem to lead to disobediance."

"Shouldi change for yu then, my pharaoh?"

"Like you would do that." He smirked a little but turned away.

"Yuo know Iwould, Atem. I would change anything youwanted me to."

"But if you exercise your ability to either follow my orders or not follow them..." He sighed a little. "I suppose I should just keep you as you are."

"Would you rather not keep me as I am? I would follow your orders. I only disobey when it puts you in danger to obey... I never would have done even so much before, but I can no longer just stand aside and watch you be hurt..."

"What if I ordered you to be pharaonic?" He smirked. "Would you do it?"

"Quite probably not," Seth answered. "Because there cannot betwo pharaohs."

He raised an eyebrow." How can you say there cannot be two pharaohs when there already is...since I have another me out there somewhere." He smirked then

"Do I acknowledge your other self as pharaoh?" Sethaskedwith his eyebrow slightly raised. "You, and you alone, are my pharaoh. Neither Atemu, nor Yuugi, though even Mahaado considers them, or your or their other selves, are pharaohs in my eyes."

He sighed a little and drank his wine. "I only thought that perhaps you would've liked to show off just how pharaonic wou could be. But, I guess if you're not up to the challenge."

"I, unlike you, can resist a challenge, and all goading tohte contrary... But you knowI would not give you orders,even if I were pharaoh. I doubt i would act any differently toward you than I have been."

"Who said anything about giving me orders?"

"You said pharaonic. That's the greatest part of being pharaoh."

The pharaoh shrugged a little. "I suppose it is."

"I can't act very pharonic with you... because however unfortunately you may see it, you are my pharaoh."

"I know you can't." He smiled at him and then walked back towrads the bed. "It would just be nice to see you all pharaonic once. I wish that I had been able to see it before." Then he shrugged, it didn't really matter. He sat back down and then slapped him once more on the ass. "Roll over now."

Seth obediently rolled over to his back, hands behind hishead. "To see it you would have had to be alive... and then I never would have been pharaoh."

"I know." He then leaned in and kissed him deeply. Just seeing Steh laying there like that amde him want him even more.

Seth leaned up to kiss him back, holding onto his sides lightly.

He slapped his hands away. "I've come up with your punishment for tonight I think. I'm going to restrain you so you can't touch me and then...I'm going to be painstakingly slow with everything I do." Not that he thought the last part was all that much of a punishment.

"As you wish, my pharaoh," he murmured, and rested his hands above his head. This was going ot be torture...'

"Not even going to fight back?" He smirked a little and then kissed him once more.

"I will if you want me to," Seth said with a slight smirk, just to get under hisskin.

He snorted. "Like that would happen." He looked around for something to tie the other down with...he hadn't come with any sextoys or anything at all really so he was left with whatever was in the room.

(Well, something has to get left accidentally behind XD Figured I'd go with that)

Seth smiled slightly and laced his hands idly through the headboard.

Atem smiled and then took off his own shirt. He then ripped it so he would have something to bind the otehr with. Of course, this left him with only one other shirt but that was the furthest concern from his mind at the moment. He pulled Seth's hands from where they were and smirked a little as he kissed each wrist gently before he did anything more.

Seth shivered, hand instictively trying ot squirm away. "You know what that does..." he murmuerd, then shut his mouth. Of course he knew.

He slapped him on the wrist. "No fighting!"

Seth's hands obediently went still, though he clenched and unclenched his hands a couple times, just from the feeling of them being held.

Atem crawled over Seth and sat on his chest as he continued to kiss and lick his hands.

Seth shuddered, struggling notot try and pull his hands away from the overwhelming sensations. His breath was coming a lot faster now, feeling hot underhte collarhe was no longer wearing.

The pharaoh took a finger into his mouth and started to suck on it a few moments.

A tense shiver travelled up Seth's body and he gave a groan. arching up in bland need.

He pulled his mouth away. "What would you do if I stopped right now, Seth?"

"...die..."

"Would you really?"

Right now? He felt like yeah, really. "...maybe not... maybe..."

He smirked and went back to sucking on his fingers, tending to each one slowly and carefully, his tongue and lips not missing any inch of him

Seth's eyes rolled back as he pante, fingers twitching. Gods, he could almost come from this feeling alone...

"I wonder why this makes you so turned on my love." He said with a smirk then he slipped his hand behind him and started to stroke Seth

Seth uttered a choked cry. "Atem..." he panted. "Don't... I'm so close..."

He smirked. "You're not at liberty to tell what what I can and cant do, priest." He said with a chuckle then he stroked him even more

Seth ground his teeth and ried to hold himself back, but it wasn't more than a few minutes before he choked back another cry and arched up into Atems's hand ashecame.

He smirked as he felt the sticky substance on his finger. then he stopped what he was doing and he licked the cum from his own fingers as he looked at Seth.

Seth shuddered with his eyes closed, recovering for a few minutes before he looked up at him. Gods... he was so hot. "Atem..."

"Yes?"

He finished licking the cum from his fingers with a slight smirk at the otehr

"...I want you..." he admiteted leabthlessly.

"Do you?"

"Despreately..."

"how desperatly?"

"There aren't words for it."

"Really? Try to think of some."

Seth groaned. Words weren't his forte... Actions were. Sohe leaned upp quickly to kiss Atem slowly nd deeply, pouringall of his desperation into it.

The pharaoh did enjoy the kiss but after sustaining it for a few moments he pulled out. "Words my priest."

"...morethan I want air, right now..."

He smirked. "Anything else?"

"Not, there are no words that come close... I want you mor than I want anything...."

"Do you want me enough to get me out of these pants?" He smirkked

"Yes, defnititely..."

He crawled off him and then pulled him up to stand with him. He leaned in and kissed him deeply

Seth kissed him back eagerly, undoinghte pants quickly and pushing them down.

Atem smiled and then finished removing them but not breaking the kiss to do so

Seth pulled them lose together and groaned into the kiss.

Atem wrapped his hands around him a moment, his tongue exploring Seth's mouth slowly

Seth groaned, pressing forward further. Gods he wanted him... The handsm that was what had done him in.

Atem pulled slowly out of the kiss his hands running over Seth's chest and shoulders slowly. "Gods, you're so sexy. I'm glad that I was given the chance to be with you again."

Seth smiled a little. "You didn't have a reason to say that... am i not allowedto be flattered?"

"I had every reason to say it. I am your lover after all."

"So I'm allowed ot get flattered at your compliments... That's good ot know."

"Of course you are." He smirked and then pushed him back down on the bed. "Now..." He grabbed his hands once more and kissed them again before he wrapped the makeshift bindings around his wrist and secured them to the headboard there was a bit of "rope" left over enough for Seth to change positions if he was told to

"Now?" Seth asked as he waited, after he was bound.

"Now it's time for me to make you want me even more then you did a moment ago." He smriked down at him as he straddled him around the chest, his swollen mass just touching Seth's chin lightly

Seth's eyes traveled down Atem's face and body, resting on his member finally. "Can I?" he askedfinally.

"I order you to."

Thank the gods for that, at least... Seth ducked his head down andslid his teeth along what of it he could reach, playingwith the ridge aroundhte headas he began to such.

The pharaoh watched him intently with a small smirk playing in his lips. He would give Seth this chance -at least for now. He moved clsoer to that mouth and allowed his eyes to fall shut for a moment as he gave a moan of approval

Encouraged, Seth began to suck in earnest, paying little attention to anything else.

The pharaoh gasped and then looked down at the other. He started to caress his face and neck gently as he watched him work.

Seth looked up at him, though his bangs, soaking in the view of him as he twriled his tngue over him and ucked hard onhim.

He ran his hands thought his lover's hair then and gave another moan. "You do have a nice mouth my love."

Seth verbally agreed, which since his mouth was full only came out in a series of vibrations.

Atem's ahnds clinched in Seth hair and then he smirked as he moved back away from him slowly

Seth losed his teeth enough to ave them drag over him, looking up as him and breathing deeply as he pulled uot.

Atem moaned a little and then he looked down at the other.

Seth let him go and looked up, waiting. Atemwouldn't have stopped that for nothing...

He leaned in and kissed Seth deeply then he pulled back. "I should've let you continue but if I did we might never get to the part where I'm inside you."

"Wouldn't want to lose that part..." Seth agreed eagerly.

"I didnt think you would." He smiled a little and then kissed his lips once more. From there his lips went to Seth's neck and started to suck on his flesh gently, long enough to leave a mark

Seth's eyes fell mostly closed and he groaned a little.

Then his lips traveled along his collarbone, leaving a mark there. Then to his lover's nipples which he sucked on deeply.

Seth shuddered, making smal noises of pleasure.

The pharaoh's lips traveled slowly along every portion of Seth's chest that he could reach, slowly. He enjoyed the sounds he was hearing as they were making him more excited as well.

Seth arched upward a little, wishing Atem didn't have to stop at some pointto enter him... damn...

HIs tongue then slid down he center of Seth's chest slowly before stopping at his navel where his tongue played along his flesh there for several moments. His hands then slipped down to wrap around Seth's member giving it several swift jerks

Seth gave a choked cray and archedupward. "Atem-!"

"Yes?" He smirked as he moved his lips down onto the tip of his lover a little

"Gods..." he panted. "...Need..."

"How bad do you need it?"

"... Enough notto make... complete sentences..."

He chuckled a little blowing over the tip as he spread Seth's legs a little. "You know...we really should look into other methods of love making. Something to raise the bar even higher on our passion."

"...there's more...?" Seth asked. What morecould there be?

"Of course there is." He whispered as he slipped a finger into Seth a moment.

"...What?" Seth asked, and relaxed for the finger.

"Interesting postitions and a myriad of things that can be done to increase sensations...wonderful forms of stimutations."  He slipped anotehr finger in for a moment and then smiled before he slipped himself in deeply

Seth groaned and relaxed, acceptinghte slight pain and moving pat it. "I neverthought about it..."

"Not that we really need to spice up our sex life." He said softly as he forced himself deeper into the other with a groan and then he was silent as he started to thrust through him

Seth didn't answer, arching upto meethis thrusts. he was fine with their sex life... but he was always up to trying newthings, too...

He started to slam into the other, gasping for air as he worked.

Seth panted out sharp cries, arching up toward him. Oh, gods...

Mmm, he loved being this deep inside the other. It wasn't going to be long now though before he came. He quickened the pace and then slowed only to speed up even more then before

Seth was caughtoff guard, as always, by the change in ace, and cried out a bit, giving up on tryignot keep up and just settling for trying not to come too fast,. It wasa losing battle.

He buried hismelf deeply in the other, his breath coming in short gasps. "Seth..." He whispered. "My love. my love." He said repeatedly as he thrusted deeper into him his body dragging over Seth's excited part as well

"Oh gods..." Seth shuddered. "Yes, yours... my pharaoh... gods-!" He arched up as he came with a cry.

It was so nice to hear Seth crying out like this. It made the pharaoh shiver in delight and he came after Seth did, crying out as well. Then he leaned down and kissed him gently before he rested his head in the crook of Seth's neck

Seth panted, feeling good and complete now, with Atem completed inside him. Gods, he wishedthey never had to move... "Atem..." he murmured.

"Seth." He replied softly, thrusting himself into the other a little deeper. "I love being like this with you."

Seth gave a contented moan. "Yes... I as well...."

The pharaoh smiled and nuzzled him. "I could stay inside you forever."

"And I wouldkeep you here, if I could..."

"Mmm, I bet. You do seem to rather enjoy it."

"I'm notthe only one..."

"I won't deny it. I love sex with you." He whispered. "I always have and I always will."

Seth smiled a little. "What about your concubines and Amane? Don't you miss having a female in your bed?"

"No I don't miss it at all."

"Really? Since I seem to have been the only man you ever sought out, I thought you mihgt..."

"You're the only one I've ever wanted." He said softly. "I may have bedded girls as was my duty but it never really meant much. Though I suppose I did love Amane -at one point anyway. Though it was never the sameway that I loved you."

Seth smiled a little.He loved feeling special... "All right then."

"We were destined for one another. Soulmates." He said as ge nuzzled his neck gently. "We belong together

"...I hope you're right," Seth said contentedly. "I love beingwith you..."

"Mmm, of course I'm right. I'm pharaoh." He smiled a little.

Seth returned it. "Of course. How odd of me to have forgotten..."

"Indeed." He gave a chuckle. He then closed his eyes. "I'm tired..."

"You're always tired after sex," Seth pointed out. "Weshould sleep..."

"Are you telling me you're not tired?"

He smirked a little. "My stamina must begreater then yours."

"The only reason why I lack stamina to go on right now is because I'm really tired. I think my body's already sleep the rest of me is just lagging behind the more sensable part of me." He said with a chuckle.

"You're getting weak in your old age," Seth said in amusement. "Go to sleep, old man."

"Well, when you're the one doing most of the work, priest, then maybe you'll be free to say such comments like that. I should punish you harshly for such a comment."

Well, it was true that he mostly had to lie there and moan.Not that he really minded. "Perhaps you should," he allowed.

"I can't think of any punishment that would be worthy of the crime though..." He sighed. " Though maybe I'll just leave you tied up here for the cleaning people to find you when they come to take care of our room."

Seth raised his head to look down at him, blinking once. "You wouldn't," he finally said.

"I would."

Seth watched him a moment longer. "................I don't believe you," he finally said confidently,and laid his head back down. "I'll see you in the morning."

"Believe what you will...." Atem never finished the statement ad a fell asleep suddenly

Seth smiled slightly and started trying ot work his hands out of hte ties, confident in his ability to get free even if Atem somehow decided he wasgoing ot leave him there, then frowned as he realized he was tied to tightly to get out of without several hours' work. ......Damn.

The pharaoh stired a little. "Go to sleep Seth." He murmered.

Seth scowled slightly at the ceiling. Now he had to hope Atem really wouldn't leave him. "Very wel..." he murmured, and decided to relax, allowing himself drift off.

The next morning the pharaoh did rise early dispite everything. He was good to his punishment as well. He left the bed, dressing himself and going to work out a little before they did anything more. There was a gasp from the doorway to the bedroom when the cleaning women did appear.

luckily, Seth had awoken and at least managed to pull his legs up to hide his most blatant nudity. "Stop staring," he said shortly, resisting the urge to snap to her to untie him. He asumed Atem would, eventually, untie him.

He blinked at him and giggled a little not having a clue what he said of course. She walked over towards the bed and looked at him. Then she yelled back and a few other girls came into the room to gawk at him too.

Seth glared at them all, tugging ineffectually at the ties. Ruight. They didnt' speak his language.Damned inconvenient... He was going toget Atem for this... He managedot look only angry and not embarrassed, legs still held up protectively, for all the good it did.

The three girls smiled at him and one of them came near him and sat on the bed. The other two girls came around on the other side of the bed and started to reach for the ties on his wrist. "I wonder who left such a hot guy tied up." One of them said. "I don't know but he doesn't speak English that's for sure."

"Go away," he snapped, glaring at them for daring to babble in a foreign language when there was a perfectly good Japanese language existing.  He tried ot yank his arms and hte bindings away from them, but that really only succeeded in hurting his wrists.

The girls jumped up and gasped at his anger. Then they giggled. "Do you think we should elave him here like this?" "Well, he doesn't seem to want to have us help him." "Hmmmmm, I say we leave him."

Seth just glared. At least they seemed to be going away.

"But he's hot!!!!!!!" The girl who had been being quiet said with a high screek to her voice And she ran back to the bed and wrapped her arms about Seth. "And he has a nice one too." She said...

Ew! Human contact! With a girl! Seth gasped in surprise, tensing up, then tried ot squirm away. "Get off me you stupid tramp!"

She blinked and pouted as she moved away. "I think we should leave him be. Someone is probbaly going to come back. After all he didn't tie himself up." The other two pulled the one girl away back into the other room and then out the door.

Finally, Seth could relax. A little. "ATEM!"

The pharaoh was enjoying the hot tub at the moment after his work out so he had no clue as to what had happened. Though after a few moments he slowly made his way bacl to the room. He did see the girls leaving...and all three of them swooned at the pharaoh. He blinked a little and then kept walking as he unlocked the door and went inside.

Seth was glaring darkly, silent. Murder shone in his bright blue eyes. Cold... fiery... painful murder.

The pharaoh walked into the bedroom and smiled at Seth. "Good morning."

Sethwilled his bushy head ot burst into flames.

Atem blinked. "What's wrong?"

"The maid came in. And then brought in too of her friends. One of them hugged me." Twitch.

He blinked once more. "Ah, so someone did find oyu all tied up. I told you I would leave you like that after your comment last night. Not my fault you didn't think I would do it."

Glaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare.

"Not able to take the punishment?"

"I'm still alive."

"So you are." He smiled and walked towards him

Seth was still glaring. He hadn't yet blinked. "That was inhumane." Letting him be ogled and touched by a bunch of girls...

"Was it?" He frowned a little.

"They touched me," he said in disgust, feeling hte need ot reiterate that part. he didn't like being touched.

"I didn't think they would touch you." He sat down on the bed and started to untie him.

Seth waited until he was free, and then rubbed his wrists. "Thanks," he said a bt gruffly. He probably couldn't have gotten outofthat on his own.

Then the pharaoh leaned in and hugged him. "I'll make sure that those maids don't come back to our room." Then he paused. "Oogling at you is one thing but they had no right to touch you. Though, I can see why they didn't want to keep their hands on themselves."

Seth favored him with another glare.

The pharaoh laughed. "Such anger from my priest. I suppose you'll think twice before you make such comments about me being an old man, huh?"

"I'm only two months old," Seth told him. "Whereas you are more than a year... nearly a year and a half, in this life. You're ancient compared to me."

He chuckled once more. "Whatever you wish to think Seth." He got up off the bed then and opened the curtains in the room. "It's nice outside today we should go do something."

"What do you want to do?"

"I don't know." He smiled as he opened the sliding door. "There's a balcony out here with a nice view." He commented as he walked out on it then he paused and turned around to look at Seth. "Are you angry with me love for my little punishment?"

"I get angry very easily," Seth said evasively,coming ot join him.

He pulled him close and kissed him deeply

Seth kissed him back, leaning against him.

"You shouldn't get angry when your pharaoh punishes you though. You should jsut accept it." He ran his hands along Seth's back and then they came to rest on his ass. "However, the only one permitted to touch you is me."

"...true..." Seth allowed, and then looked slightly troubled. He shouldn't have gotten angry. There was more of that irritating pharaonicness hat kept him from being a good priest...  He leaned up close to him, trying to smooth away the expression. He would worry about it later. "They touched me a lot," he pointed out. "And gawked."

He looked at Seth and frowned a little as he ran a finger over his cheek. "Maybe I should punish them."

"Perhaps you should," Seth said. He felt they deserved it, at least. havingthe nerve ot ogle him! He'd hunt them down himself, if Atem didn't tell him not to...

He leaned in and kissed him gently. "I'll make sure to tell them what for...providing they can understand me that is. And if not I'll inform the hotel manager."

"Good," Seth said, and kissed him back.

He smiled and contiued to caress his face. "I love you. You know that right."

Seth nodded. "Yes, I know."

The pharaoh chuckled. It was nice to be there with Seth and not to have to worry about anything at all. He leaned in for another kiss, a long and gentle one

Seth contentedly wrapped his arms around him, kissing him back. this was nice... Hopefully, this trip wouldn't be interrupted, or cut short... It was beautiful not to worry aboutthings.

The pharaoh pulled out of the kiss and looked at the other. "I'm happy to be here with you. To get away."

Seth nodded a little. "It's wonderful. everything that happened in Japan can stay n japan, for the time being."

"Yes. All we have to do is concern ourselves with one another." He leaned in and gave him another peck on the lips.

Seth smiled and leaned contentedly with him, looking out from the balcony.

Atem wrapped his arm about Seth's shoulders. He was about to utter something....when he vanished

Seth tensed up, looking back in time to see a writhing mass of purple-black shadows engulf his pharaoh, and pull him away, He tried in vain to reach out for him, but he was left alone.