Loraine couldn't believe my eyes when Seto came back the next day.

"You must have really enjoyed my coffee." She pulls out his cup that she prepared just seconds before. "I had a feeling you would be back. So I made black coffee with a pinch of sugar to give you a sweetness boost."

"What if I wanted something else?" His eyes pierced hers.

"Do you want something else?" She called his bluff.

"Then take your coffee." She rolled her eyes at him as he grabs it out of her hand and pays.

"Don't think that I have any infatuation for you just because I came back."

"Seto, you already turned me down so yah. Besides, you don't even know my name and if you weren't who you were, I wouldn't even know your name either." She watches as he starts walking out. "It's Loraine! Jackass." She mumbled the last part.

Their meetings at the coffee shop actually continued too.


Loraine was bent over the toilet again, and was having a hard time even keeping liquids down.

"Geez Loraine. Maybe you should go to the hospital."

Loraine sighed. "I have a confession… Mai, I'm.. Pregnant. And before you say anything, yes I have been to the doctors to have it confirmed."

"Holy…" Mai sat down on the bathroom floor, utterly stunned. "What are you going to do? Are you gonna abort it?"

"I would be lying if I said that I didn't think keep about it, but I think that I decided to keep the baby. I love kids, which is why I'm studying to become a teacher…. It's just happening earlier than expected. I'm sorry to put this on you Mai. Are you going to be okay with having a roommate with a baby?" Mai looked over at her with tears peeking out.

"Of course it's okay. We're best friends. And I'll be the best damn aunt to that baby." Loraine sighed in relief. It was nice to finally tell someone. "How far are you?"

"9 weeks. I still can't even believe I'm that far along already. I… I don't think I'm gonna tell Seto Kaiba about this either."

"What? You have to. Besides you and that baby would be set for life."

Loraine shook her head. "It was a one night stand. I'm not going to just use him for his money I would actually want him to be involved and I don't think that he would be." She stood up and brushed herself off. "I have to get to class. I just hope I can concentrate long enough to actually listen to the lectures."


9 weeks

Loraine was working in the coffee shop keeping Seto's coffee warm waiting for him to arrive any minute. When she heard the door jingle she looked up and smiled.

This time it was Mokuba who walked in. "Hi Loraine."

"Hey Mokuba. Long time no see. You never told your brother about it meeting that one day did you?" On the fateful morning, as Loraine was storming the house to leave, she ended up bumping into Mokuba.

He shakes his head. "Mm mm. I kept it a secret like you said." Loraine gets to making him a cup of white chocolate hot cocoa.

"So what brings you here today?"

"Seto has a business meeting to try and launch some new dueling technology and I get tired of being by myself all the time." He eagerly takes the hot cocoa.

Loraine laughs. "I'm not sure how much more entertaining a coffee shop to could be."

"Not the coffee shop. The coffee girl." Mokuba smiles up at her.

She sighs. "Alright alright. I may have something for you to do but first…" She goes into the supply closet and pulls out an extra coffee shop uniform. "You need to put these on. I'll show you how I make any type of coffee you can imagine." They both laughed.


During the presentation about the new upgrades to dueling machines, Seto could help but keep glancing at the clock and thinking about the coffee shop girl.

Why the hell was he even thinking about her? She was just some girl at a party, wasn't she? But he couldn't stop thinking about her. She was no different than any other girl.

He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. For some reason I just couldn't fully believe that statement as true. She truly was different. She didn't care about his fame or his money. She actually didn't show any care at all towards him. He couldn't take it any longer.

Seto stood up and began walking out. "The meeting for today is adjourned." He could hear the protests behind him but he ignored them as he left the room.

He strides gracefully into the coffee shop expecting to see her welcoming face but was instead greatest by Mokuba.

"You're late. And now your coffee is cold."

Seto looked at him surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"I came here to see Loraine. I get bored of being home all day." Mokuba frowns and puts on his pouty face.

"Yes but today you are supposed to have your lessons." He gave his young brother a stern look.

"Well those are boring! Maybe if I had someone like Loraine teach me then maybe I would enjoy it here."

"Don't argue with me and who the hell is Loraine?" Loraine at that time hearing all of the commotion comes out of the bathroom.

"Uhh… I guess that would be me."

"If you knew my brother was here then why didn't you call me to let me know?" He barked at her.

"Okay first off, I don't have any of your contact info and second, I'm not the one in charge of Mokuba." She put her hands on her hips and matched his intense glare.

"How do you two even know of each other? I don't let my brother get in the media."

Mokuba spoke up at that point. "Because unlike you, I actually talked to her. I like Loraine. Can't she be my teacher? Please? She's studying to be one anyways!"

"Wha… ehh? Mokuba…" Loraine looked at him surprised.

Seto closed his eyes to try not to get angry with his brother. "Mokuba, the teachers I hire are qualified with degrees. I don't know what silly ideas Loraine put into your head but we are leaving."

"She didn't put anything into my head! I'm staying!"

"Mokuba, you need to listen to your brother." Loraine cut in before Seto could.

"But…"

"No buts. Seto is right. I haven't even finished with my degree and it would be unfair to those who tried hard and have earned their degrees. So you with your brother. Thank you for hanging out with me today. Come back again. This time with permission for your brother." She smiles down at his and gets the hair out of his eyes.

Mokuba gives her a sad look and nods his head. His head is bent over as he slowly walks over to his brother. Seto nods a thank you to Loraine before leaving.

After that incident, neither Mokuba or Seto came back to the coffee shop.