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Seto never understood how they could trust him to blindfold them during sex. Letting him have his way with them baffled the brunette. The first time they brought up blindfolding them, he was hesitant.
Thoughts of insecurities ran through his head. Did they not like looking at him while they had sex? Was he making a funny face?
They assured him that it was something new that they wanted to try. Some of their friends said sex felt more intense when not being able to see their partner, so they wanted to try it out. It was something new to try in the bedroom, as they had both suggested doing something new before.
With his insecurities squashed, they tried it out, and it was some of the best sex they've both had in a while.
A few years went by with his partner occasionally being blindfolded sometimes during sex. Usually save for special occasions or when Seto was feeling insecure about his body, especially his back.
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Seto removed the blindfold from his partner after coming down from his high.
"How are you feeling?” he asked.
"Like I went to heaven," they replied as their eyes were adjusting to the dim light in the bedroom.
Seto rolled his eyes at them, shaking his head with a small smile.
"Well, as you are coming back down to Earth, I'm getting cleaned up, and I'll be back with a washcloth to clean you up."
"Hmmm, make sure it's warm this time. Last time, it was a shock to have a cold rag,” they teased.
After they were both cleaned up, Seto pulled them into his embrace. He was tracing odd shapes onto their back, slowly lulling them to sleep.
“Maybe we should try blindfolding you next time,” they murmured half asleep.
Seto froze… The thought of being blindfolded brought him back to his childhood with Gozaburo. He looked at his lover and noticed they hadn't felt him freeze. They were already asleep.
Seto slipped himself out of his lover’s embrace and got dressed. There was no way he was going to sleep tonight after hearing what his lover blurted out while half asleep. He might as well work to get his mind off of what was said.
It was mid-morning when his lover padded into his study.
“Seto,” they called out. “Have you been here all night?”
He only hummed in response, too absorbed in his work.
“What's the matter?” they inquired.
“Nothing,” he snapped. He noticed them flinch. He must have been too harsh.
“Okay, I'll go start breakfast and get the strongest coffee we've got brewing,” they said calmly as they left his office.
Seto sighed. He didn't mean to snap at them. His mind wandered to last night. They had the right to know, but his trauma from back then was the problem. He's only mentioned a few things that Gozaburo had done to him, never going into much detail about it.
He knows that he has to tell them what happened last night, why he left the bedroom, and worked all night. He doesn't want to be seen as weak, and he certainly doesn't want them to pity him. The past is the past, and there's no changing it.
He got up from his desk and walked to the kitchen. There he found his partner cooking their breakfast.
“Hey, I'm sorry for snapping at you,” he said while leaning against the door to the kitchen.
They turned around and asked slowly, not wanting to upset him, “What happened last night that made you leave the room to go work all night?”
“You don't remember, do you?” he questioned. “You suggested that I try being the one blindfolded. It blindsided me and brought me back to my childhood with Gozaburo.”
“Seto, I'm so sorry. I don't even remember saying that. I take it that's why you were in your office when I woke up this morning,”
Seto groaned. He felt like an ass. He should have stayed in bed with his partner and talked to them this morning when they had gotten up. They did nothing wrong to deserve his attitude this morning.
He came up behind them and hugged them. “I’m sorry for running to my office and ignoring you instead of staying in bed this morning and talking to you,” he whispered.
They turned off the heat to the stove and turned in his arms to face him. “Seto, I love you. If this isn’t something you’re comfortable with, then we don’t have to do it. I never meant to put you in a situation like that… I'm sorry”
Seto sighed, “I know: you didn’t deserve how I treated you this morning. I love you too.”
“My childhood was very traumatic, especially with Gozaburo. You suggesting to blindfold me next time just brought me to a very bad place, a place where I had no control,” he explained. “He would punish me by blindfolding me and whipping me. That's why my back is scarred like it is.”
They cried hearing him explain his past. He saw hurt and pity in their eyes, then empathy and anger.
They embraced him. “I swear if that bastard wasn't already dead, I'd kill him myself. I had no idea it was that bad, Seto. You didn't deserve his punishment and torture. He’s a horrible human being, and the world is better off without him. You’re smart, handsome, a hard worker, and caring to those you love. You’re an amazing boyfriend, and I wouldn’t change it for the world,” they stated.
He embraced them back and buried his head in their neck and asked, “Can we stay like this for a moment?”
“Only for the moment,” they teased.
After eating their breakfast and cleaning up, the couple split ways. Seto went to his office to finish up some paperwork and to think over their talk. He was glad that they were able to talk through the misunderstanding that came from something his partner mumbled in their sleep. He thought back to when they first had brought up blindfolding them and the insecurities it brought out of him. He thought about how long it took them to finally talk it out between them. He would have to think about the possibility.