Serenity rolled over with a sigh. She rubbed her eyes a little and looked over at the window. She slowly stood and walked over to it, humming lightly to herself as she did. It was dark, but the lights from the city below illuminated the room well enough. She lightly leaned against the wall and looked out the window once again. She lightly placed her hand against the glass, shivering as she was surprised at how cold it was, compared to how comfortable the room felt.
She ran her free hand through her hair and then changed the tune she was humming. She glanced over at her brother, he was sleeping soundly on his bed, snoring rather loudly. So she wasn't afraid that she'd wake him. She smiled a little as she looked at him, glad that he had brought her here. She was excited to see him duel. To see any one duel actually. She was always interested in duel monster, but was afraid she'd be bad at it, so she didn't really give it a chance.
She slowly turned, feeling too awake to get some sleep. So she slipped on her shoes and then walked out into the hallway. She heard the door hum close behind her and then she looked up and down the hallway, wondering which way to go.
She picked at random, and started on her journey.
Five minutes later she was absolutely lost. "Oh jeez…who would have thought that a blimp could be so big and confusing…" She whispered to herself, her heart beginning to feel heavy with worry. She bit her bottom lip and looked around her. All the hallways looked exactly the same.
"Great…" She muttered a little. She put her hand on the wall and continued walking down, not knowing if it was in the direction of her room or not. She saw a set of stairs, and knowing she had taken an elevator down, figured going up would be the best option, though she had no idea how many flights she went down. "I really should have been paying attention…" She whispered lightly.
She slipped into the next floor and then walked down it, looking left and right for a door that would lead her back into her room. She walked with her hands slipped behind her back and she sighed a little. Suddenly, she heard something. She looked confused, and was a little frightened, but as she strained to hear more, she realized that someone was crying.
Her heart quickly went out to the source, and she tried to find it. She walked towards a door and placed her ears beside it. Listening to realized that the crying was louder as she did so. She gave a little knock, not wanting to just walk in without permission. Manners were something her mother had always found terribly important to learn. She heard a sniffle and then a quiet "Come in…" She pressed the button by the door, and it hummed open.
She looked inside and saw that she had reached the room of Mokuba Kaiba. She knew he was the younger brother of the proprietor of the airship she was now on. She got a little nervous, afraid she wasn't supposed to be there, but he looked so sad. Serenity took a step forward and looked down. "Mokuba?" She asked lightly, "Are you alright?" She finished, and the raven haired boy quickly looked up.
"Oh, I thought you were Seto." He admitted, quickly trying to hide his tears. Serenity slowly looked over at him, and took a step closer.
"Sorry." She admitted, and then blushed a little. She scratched the back of her neck and gave a little giggle. "You see I got lost while walking around. I ended up here and heard you crying, so I came to make sure you were alright." She admitted, looking rather adorable as she did so. She didn't like saying how foolish she was for getting lost, but it seemed to make him laugh a little.
He gave a small chuckle, and looked up at her with a little smile. "I guess this place can be a bit confusing if you don't know your way around." He said with a little shrug. Maybe she wasn't so bad, she was friends with Yugi, so the small duelist he looked up to so much must like her. That was enough for Mokuba. After they both giggled a little about her mistake he looked at her a bit more seriously.
"You're Joey's little sister aren't you?" He asked her, and Serenity gave a proud nod.
"Yup. I'm here to cheer him on." She said, her eyes sparkling at the mention of her dear older brother. Mokuba smiled a little. He could see she loved her big brother just as much as he loved his. "I want to be there for him just like he was always there for me." She said gently, looking reminiscent.
Mokuba gasped a little. "Oh yeah! I completely forgot…" He said, looking at her with wide eyes. "You had that operation just before coming here, didn't you?" He asked, thinking he overheard Yugi and his friends talking about something like that. "It must have been really scary." He said looking down at his lap as he stayed sitting on his bed.
Serenity nodded a little. "It was. But with my brother beside me I was able to make it through. So now I know no matter what he's going to be there for me. I bet the same is true about your brother. I'm sure Kaiba would always be there for you." She said, speaking for the teenager, even though she had barely met him a couple of days ago, if you could call seeing him and not speaking any words to him a meeting.
Mokuba nodded a little, though didn't say anything. Seto's been so busy lately…I'm sure I could end up accidentally running off the side of this blimp and all he would think about was getting those God Cards Yugi and Marik have…He thought to himself, but didn't speak, until looking up at Serenity again. "I bet you're right." He said simply, though he was a bit jealous of the relationship Serenity had with her own big brother.
Serenity glance out the window and then looked back to Mokuba. "You wouldn't mind showing me back to my room would you? I'm afraid I'll get lost again…" She said, with a weak smile and a scratch at the back of her neck. Mokuba smiled brightly and nodded, then slipped off his bed.
The two walked out of the room and started walking quietly, suddenly Serenity realized she hadn't asked him why he was crying in the first place. "Mokuba…did you have a nightmare?" She guessed, and looked down at him as he walked them to the elevator.
He looked down at his feet and gave a little nod, embarrassed by it. "Don't worry, I won't tell any one if you don't want me to." Serenity said, wanting to have his trust, the boy looked relieved as the two slipped inside the elevator.
"Thanks Serenity." He said brightly, and pushed a button. Serenity glanced at what it was, in case this happened again. "Hey…You don't happen to sing do you?" He asked, and the question struck Serenity as odd. She looked a little confused, but gave a little nod. "When I was little, before Seto and I went to the orphanage, my Mom would always sing to me to help me go to sleep…do you think…you could?" He asked as the elevator started going up.
Serenity blushed a little, she didn't really like singing in front of others, she was afraid that she would mess up, or forget the words, but…she supposed…since he was having a bad night. She nodded a little and started singing a simple song she remembered from her own childhood. "Watching I keep waiting still anticipating love…" She continued singing as the elevator came to a stop.
Without really watching where she was going she stepped forward and suddenly hit something hard. She toppled a little and started falling, but felt two strong arms grab onto her to prevent her from hitting the ground. She gasped, stopped singing, and looked up to see just what she had hit. "Kaiba!" She exclaimed in shock, quickly taking a step back, and giving a bow. "I'm sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going." She explained, thinking to herself, Which is what got me here in the first place.
"Clearly." Kaiba said coldly and eyed her a little.
Serenity opened her mouth to apologize some more, but Mokuba ran out of the elevator to give Kaiba a hug. "Hey bro." He said brightly. "I was just helping Serenity back to her room." He explained, Kaiba looked down at him, and then Serenity.
"Got lost Wheeler?" He asked with a little smirk. Serenity just blushed, and looked down, ashamed. Kaiba expected a retort, she was the Mutt's sister after all. But nothing came. She just kept bowing. I wish she'd get up. That's just humiliating, bowing to me like that. Like she did when their little friend Bakura was hurt.
As if his thoughts had actually reached her, Serenity slowly rose and looked t the two brothers. "Thanks for helping me Mokuba." She said brightly, and then her eyes met Kaiba's. "I'm sorry I was a bother." She said in a near whisper. She then slipped out of the elevator, forgetting that Mokuba didn't exactly tell her which door was hers.
"Wheeler!" Kaiba called out, and Serenity immediately stopped and turned around obediently. Kaiba suddenly raised a hand and pointed to a door that she had passed. "You want to go in there." He said, an amused smirk on his face. Serenity blushed, and walked towards the door again.
"Thank you…" She said softly, bowing her head a little. "See ya!" She said, and then waved to Mokuba, and slipped inside the room.
"Hn…" Was all Kaiba muttered before he went into the elevator. Mokuba waved Serenity into the room.
"She was nice." Mokuba said brightly, looking up at Kaiba, all hints of his nightmare gone. Kaiba just looked down at him as they both went to the floor their rooms were on.
Kaiba looked down at him and shook his head. "She's a Wheeler Mokuba. All Wheeler's are the same. Weak, and useless…" He muttered coldly. Mokuba just frowned a little and shook his head.
"Nah, I don't think so Big Bro. She had a really pretty voice. Did ya hear her?" He asked as they started to their respective rooms. Kaiba shook his head, lying a bit. He had heard her, but didn't really feel like concentrating on how nice her voice sounded, and how she had been there to comfort her brother when he was gone. He didn't need any one looking out for Mokuba, he could do that himself well enough.
Kaiba went into his room quietly and thought about the Wheeler girl. A pathetic waste of space on my blimp. She and her brother could both jump overboard for all I care. He took off his trench coat and placed his deck on his desk. He ran his hand through his hair and closed his eyes and he walked to his bed. He fell on it lightly, and heaved a comfortable sigh, not bother to change out of his clothes.
As he started falling asleep he began humming to himself, words playing in his head. Watching I keep waiting still anticipating love… Slowly, he fell asleep, the tune lulling him to bed.
