Okay, I have been debating on writing a SetoxYugi fanfiction for a while now and I think I FINALLY have a good idea for one.

I have always kinda wanted to write about Seto because he's my favorite character in Yu-Gi-Oh! XP aaand I think he will be a interesting character to write about so yeah

And Yugi and Seto are my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! Pairing besides Yami and Yugi, so yeah, it'll be fun.

Hope you all like the 1st chapter, the story and I have to warn you, I might be a bit slow but I will get the chapters written. Just send in those reviews and I'll try my hardest to write and update as fast as I can

And another warning, If you do not like Shounen-ai then I suggest you leave cuz this is a Shounen-ai ficcie

But if you like Yu-Gi-Oh! and Shounen-ai then sit back and enjoy!!!

DISCLAIMER : I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, Seto, Yugi or any other character in the show as well! If I did, I would be insanely rich and at the moment, I haven't got a dollar to my name, lol

The Winter Heart

Prologue

Two hearts, totally different in every way but attracted, attracted beyond all reason and sanity because of the hopelessness of never coming to anything because of those differences…

But there's one little question, one phrase that may change the hopelessness of the situation…

What if?

What if these two could collide and become one? There's always a chance in all of eternity that it could happen.

What if?

Chapter One

"Seto! Seto, wait!"

He knew that voice, he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt who it was without even having to turn around to look to see who it was.

That high pitched voice that was always tugging and pulling at his conscience, telling him to stop and think of the consequences of his brash actions when in the future, he would've thrown all caution to the wind and stabbed whoever he wanted to in the back and would've been as ruthless and coldhearted as he pleased.

That voice that haunted him. Damn that voice.

"Seto, please stop! I want to talk to you." As these pleading words faded in the air but somehow seemed to have the ability to still ring in his ears long after, he felt a slight pressure on his sleeve.

Seto's icy blue eyes narrowed as he stiffly stopped in his tracks. He turned around to glare icy daggers at the spiky haired, short, violet eyed boy who was looking up at him, a little desperate look on his face as his little hand clutched Seto's sleeve.

Seto snarled, "Let go of me." He coldly jerked his arm out of the young boy's grip as he menacingly whispered, "And don't you ever call me by my first name again. Understand?" He put all of his bitterness for the young boy into his stare as he looked into the boy's wide, violet eyes.

The timid, small boy shivered at the cold tone in his voice as he slowly nodded his head, "I understand, Kaiba."

Seto felt his blue eye twitch but he ignored it as he crossed his leather-clad arms over his chest, his voice never losing its icy tone as he asked, "Now. What did you want?"

The boy suddenly switched from looking intimidated and frightened to immensely embarrassed and shy.

Seto felt his eye twitch again but he ignored it again as he intently watched the boy, secretly intrigued by his actions.

To tell the honest truth, the usually icy, reserved man was surprised when the spiky haired youth stepped closer to him, his arm outstretched as he held his hand out.

An open invitation for Seto to shake his hand as he timidly said, a little flicker of hope shining in his eyes, "Since this whole ordeal is over and um, the Pharaoh is gone. I was wondering… if we could be friends?"

The question hung in the air like a thick, choking smoke flowing with feelings as Seto felt the young boy's hopefulness and his unwavering determination for Seto to answer him and all Seto could feel was confusion and anger.

The anger won out over his confusion over why the boy was asking him such a preposterous question.

He felt his anger burning through him like fire as he thought to himself, his fingers in his right hand twitching, 'How dare he?! How dare he ask for his friendship?!'

He snarled, "Absolutely not! I would never be friends with the likes of you!"

His twitching hand snapped up as he slapped the boy's hand away, the resounding sound of the slap echoing through the white hall they were standing in as one side of his mouth curled up in a cold smirk as he laughed to himself, 'That will teach him to not mock me.'

His blue eyes widened slightly, his breath caught in his throat as the boy looked up at him, holding onto his hand as he smiled sadly at him.

But what shocked the cold man the most was the look in the boy's eyes.

His large violet eyes that were usually bright and filled with life were covered and dulled by sadness and something else that the tall, brown haired and blue-eyed male couldn't understand.

The young boy blinked as he looked down at the ground briefly, "I thought you would say that but I had hoped that it would have been different. I guess I was being naïve."

Seto stepped back a little bit as the boy grinned sadly, his voice cracking a bit as he whispered, "Well, goodbye Kaiba."

He watched as the boy turned and slowly walked away.

And all he could feel was overwhelming confusion as he watched him slowly disappear as Seto slowly turned around and whispered, "Yugi…"

"Why?"

He felt himself jerk awake, his blue eyes snapping open as he murmured, "Yugi…why?"

He stiffened his shoulders and back as he was staring into a pair of blue eyes, the same color as his own except they were bigger and they held more innocence then his own.

His eyes widened slightly as he heard a little giggle fill the air and a bright smile lit up the face in front of him.

Oh dear god, no!

His younger brother smiled mischievously as he said in a mocking, playful voice, "Yugi… WHY?! Hehe, does Seto have a crush on… oof!"

Seto didn't give him the chance to say anything else for while he had been talking, he had slowly slipped his hand under his pillow, positioning it just right then he launched the pillow right in his brother's face, knocking the boy sprawling on his back over the side of the bed, "Are you retarded? Do you actually think I would even think or let alone let it slip into my head, affectionate thoughts about that little shrimp?! God, no!"

He sat up in the bed, swinging his legs out over the side as he said with a slight grunt, "It makes me sick just thinking about it."

His brother giggled as he shot up, leaning on the bed as he shouted at Seto's back, "Seto's in denial! Seto's in denial!"

His brother knew when Seto's back straightened and looked as hard as a board, he knew it was time to get out as he ran like lightning for the door, Seto yelling and throwing a pillow out the door after him, "GET OUT!"

Seto growled in frustration as he stood up, running the fingers of one hand across the soft covers of his bed as he walked over to his closet, glaring at all the suits, coats and formal wear.

His eyes twitched as he reached into the closet, pulling out a white suit and pair of pants as he mumbled to himself, "I am not in denial. Mokuba doesn't know what he's talking about."

As he undressed, he shivered as the chill in the air crept over his bare skin and as he slipped on the suit, the coolness of the fabric touched his skin and he couldn't help but think to himself, 'How ironic.'

The cold belongs with the winter heart.

He was delighted with the cold.

He always loved winter, the snow falling down from gray clouds, the wind blowing delightfully chilling shivers down his back and everything, and well… it all fit him.

He arched an eyebrow as he mentally reprimanded himself for standing in front of his closet for at least 10 minutes, staring into space like a dimwit and thinking about how he matched the cold.

He needed to get going, he'd be late.

After he got dressed all the way, he went to the bathroom, brushed his teeth, neatly combed his hair and afterwards, he glared at himself in the mirror.

His eyes clouded over as he smirked at himself, 'It's back to the usual routine.'

He walked back into his room, grabbed his trusty laptop computer, his black briefcase filled with legal papers and plans for future projects for Kaiba Corp's inventions, his black, very used wallet with a BIG SK on the front and he smirked as he walked to his door, leaning down to pick up the pillow that he had thrown at Mokuba that morning as he lightly threw it back on the bed.

He walked back into the hallway, heading down the stairs to the front doors.

He was looking straight at the brown wooden doors, his ears sharply listening to the light tap of his shoes on the shining hardwood floors and he stopped, starting suddenly at the sound of a very high pitched voice, shouting, "SETO!"

He growled in annoyance as he turned towards the voice and he lifted an eyebrow at the bouncing little figure of his brother as he held his arms out, apparently wanting a hug as he smiled from ear to ear, "I want a hug!!! PLEAAAASE??? PRETTY PLEAAAAASE!!!"

Seto winced in pain at the high pitched voice as he sighed in defeat, holding a very reluctant arm out to his brother who quickly while he still had the chance, jumped at him, circling his arms around his brother's waist as he squeezed him tightly, "I love you, Seto."

Seto grimaced as he held his arms out straight in front of him, his laptop and briefcase dangling from his clenched fists, his body stiff as he endured the whole scene and he gently but firmly pushed the boy away as he grunted, "Goodbye Mokuba."

The boy was still smiling as Seto walked out the open door that was held open by the house butler, Reef.

Seto sighed as he squinted in the glaring sunlight and he quickly walked down to the waiting black limousine where another servant in a black suit was holding the door open for him as he quietly said, "Have a nice day, Master Kaiba."

He couldn't help but glare a little harder as he sniffed indignantly.

For some reason that little spoken sentiment that he heard every morning was annoying to him.

He couldn't really place the reason why but it was very annoying.

He sat down, getting comfortable as he told the driver where to go, why he had no clue. The driver knew where they were going; they always go to the same place at the same time.

The same old routine.

He crossed his legs, sitting back in the seat as he crossed his arms over his chest, glaring out the window as he watched the people, the shops, the houses and the café's pass by.

They stopped at a red light and at that moment he could feel a small headache settling in between his eyes.

He sighed and closed his eyes as he whispered, "Why?"

He opened his eyes and his breath got caught in his throat as he couldn't believe who he just saw walk into a Coffee shop, his spiky hair sticking out of the crowd as he turned into the doors of the shop and he had an overwhelming urge to go into the shop as well.

He frantically looked down at his light blue watch and he mentally calculated that he had at least 15 minutes to get to his job and he calculated how much time it would take to get a cup of coffee in the shop and he didn't think he could make it to his job.

He growled, "Well, screw it."

Seto quickly jumped out of the car, the driver starting to protest but he quickly cut him off, saying in his most commanding voice, "I'm going to get me a cup of coffee and I'll walk to Kaiba Corp. You just go back to the house and make sure Mokuba gets to school on time, got that?"

The driver nodded, a confused look on his face as he said, "Yes, Master Kaiba."

Seto sniffed indignantly as he slammed the door shut.

He set out towards the shop at a brisk walk and all the way to the little shop, all he could think was, 'You've lost your mind! You're going to be late for your work! You've gone insane!'

All the time he was mentally fussing at himself for being very stupid and out of character, he walked into the coffee shop named quite ironically The Little Cup of Happiness and his eyebrows almost raised off his face as he looked at the person behind the counter, serving people their coffee and taking orders.

It was Yugi.

Seto quickly walked over to the line of three people in front of him as he leaned ever so slightly to the side, taking a few glances at Yugi every once in a while and he mentally thought to himself, 'You have gone mad! …but goodness, he has changed. When was the last time you saw him? When he was 15? …you have really lost it. You need to get your cup of coffee and get your crazy butt out of here.'

"Um, excuse me?"

Seto felt like he was a deer standing in headlights as that familiar voice that was slightly different, deeper but not too deep filled his ears and he looked at the slightly taller and definitely more mature looking Yugi who was looking very, very worried at Seto as he asked again, "Um, you okay?"

Seto shook himself lightly as he replied, his cold, hard voice slightly shaking a little as he waved his hand dismissively, "I'm fine. Um… I just want a Iced Mocha."

Yugi smiled as he asked, "What size would you like your Mocha, Kaiba?"

Seto grimaced as he talked in a deep voice, trying to cover up his annoyance with himself for all his thoughts flying out the window and his not knowing what you called the sizes of the coffee, "I… the smallest size that you have. Whatever that may be."

Yugi chuckled a bit as he punched in the price as he brightly said, "That will be four dollars and seventy five cents and your order will be out shortly."

He quickly busied himself with making the coffee and Seto pulled out his wallet as he watched the older version of Yugi moving around behind the counter and before he knew it, his mouth had opened and the words, "How old are you now?" came out of his mouth and he wanted to clamp his mouth shut and throw it away.

Yugi looked a little surprised that he was speaking to him so casually but he quickly covered up his surprise as he crushed the ice up in one of the machines, lightly leaning back to look at Seto and he grinned, "Ah, I'm 18 now. It's been a while since we've seen each other, hasn't it?"

Seto nodded his head stiffly as he replied, "It has been a while."

Yugi looked a little uncomfortable as the silence hung between them, thick and filled with uneasiness so he quickly jumped back into his work, finishing it up and quickly pushing the drink towards Kaiba, smiling really big as he took the cash from him but he couldn't help but notice that Seto's fingers stiffened when his hand brushed his.

Yugi quickly placed the money into the cash register as he gave the man his change back and he said brightly, "Well, it was nice seeing you again, Kaiba."

Seto grunted in reply as he briskly walked towards the door and all the while kicking himself for even walking into the store.

Yugi watched the man go, thoughts racing through his head as he bit his lip in thought. 'Maybe… I don't know, he might come back…'

Just as Seto was pushing open the door to leave, Yugi yelled out, "Hey!"

Seto felt like he had been shot as he quickly turned around, almost dropping his Mocha all over his white suit but he steadied it as he looked curiously at Yugi, "Yes?"

Yugi looked a little uncomfortable but he went on as he nervously tapped his foot on the floor, "Um… I was wondering if you would like to come back tomorrow? So we can catch up. I'm off tomorrow and well, yeah… I'll be here at 11 a.m. and if you can't come then you don't have to, I'll understand but come if you can, okay?"

Seto looked thoughtful for a second and he said in a deep voice filled with thought, "I'll think on it. Bye Yugi."

He turned to leave, pushing on the door as Yugi beamed at his back, "Bye Kaiba."

Yugi sighed and quickly rushed back to work, his very impatient customers barking out orders and him rushing to fulfill them as he let a little smile slip out.

Maybe he'll come back.

And while Yugi was having hopeful thoughts, Seto was briskly walking down the cold street, taking deep sips of his Mocha as he glared at anything that was in front of him as he said to himself, "Seto… you ARE losing it."

He took one last gulp of his drink as he tossed the plastic cup into a trash bin, clutching his laptop and briefcase close to his side as a cold breeze blew through his hair as he walked back into his regular, same old routine of life.

And that is the end of the first chapter. Hope you all like it although I hope it wasn't too dreary and too blah XP

Oh and I wanna point out that I use dollars and cents besides Yen because I don't know how you would price things with Yen so I thought I would just use dollars and cents XP

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But anyways, Thanks for Reading!!! (bows)