Seto stepped out of his limo once it was stopped in front of Murasaki's uncle's café, not waiting for the driver to come around and open it for him. He headed straight into the building, wanting to see how Murasaki was doing since Marik had hospitalized her about a month ago. Her uncle had brought her home the day before after she had begged since she was able to be without the oxygen mask, not liking doctors or hospitals very much. Seto had often taken her uncles place at her bedside, most of the time with his sister Miyako who was best friends with Murasaki. He still felt horrible for going off on her the night before she was kidnapped and was still trying to make it up to her but she forgave him right away after he apologized at her bedside the first time she regained consciousness, him being the first one there because he had been out running around and trying to find her.
Seto stepped into the café and was nearly hit with something, making him stumble back against the door as he saw it was Joey Wheeler with a platter of food in his hands. "Hey watch it Kaiba! I'm workin' here!" he said, giving the taller man a glare that copied the one being given to him before hurrying off to a table with a few elderly people waiting for their food. "What the hell?" he grumbled and looked around, not seeing Murasaki. "Oh Seto!" he heard someone call him and looked over to the left, seeing Murasaki's uncle, Kumo, behind the desk as a customer paid for their breakfast in his cook's uniform. As the customer left he headed towards the CEO, smiling and putting a hand on his shoulder. "Joey didn't startle you did he? He's taking Murasaki's job until she can walk again, which would be much sooner if she would stop trying to walk when she's not suppose to." he huffed and shook his head, not seeing the slight smile on Seto's face at how Murasaki was impatient as ever.
"Where is she? Would it be alright if I see her?" Seto asked and the older man nodded, pointing to the door in the very back that connected the café to their house. "If she tries to get up please stop her." her uncle sighed and headed back for the kitchen as Joey called for him. Seto started towards the door and into the connecting hallway, going straight for the door at the end. He didn't bother knocking before opening the door and stepping into the kitchen of the house, looking around and didn't see her anywhere. He heard the television on and went in the living room's direction, able to hear Murasaki swearing angrily under her breath. Seto looked into the other room, in the door way, and couldn't help but hold back a chuckle at seeing Murasaki's back was too him in a wheelchair that wouldn't move because she had accidentally locked the wheel and didn't know how to fix it.
"This is so stupid!" she huffed as she leaned over to the side, trying to move the wheel but it wouldn't budge. "It's locked." Ruby, the crystal beast ruby carbuncle who's spirit only Murasaki and her uncle could see, along with Miyako and now Seto since he saw Murasaki in the hospital with him on her bed, said bluntly from where he was sitting near her on the coffee table. "Oh really? I hadn't noticed!" she said sarcastically and narrowed her eyes at the monster who just rolled his eyes in response. Unable to contain his amusement any longer, Seto let out a chuckle that made the two look towards him, or in Murasaki's case, try to look at him because she couldn't turn very well in the wheelchair. "What are you laughing at?" she huffed and narrowed her eyes at the man who just shook his head. "Oh nothing." he mused and walked towards her, easily unlocking the wheels.
Murasaki blinked in surprise at how easily he had fixed her problem while she had spent the past half an hour trying to herself. "You need to move this." he said, grabbing the red lever that locked the wheels. "I-I knew that!" she said quickly, making an annoyed pouting face before folding her arms and turning around to sit correctly in the wheel chair. Seto just remained quiet as he looked to her arms, knowing they were still wrapped in bandages but thanks to the medicine there would be no scaring even though the cuts had needed stitches. Murasaki looked back to him and then glanced at her arms as she realized that's what he was looking at and started to rub her right arm with her left hand, looking down at them self-consciously. They were covered because she was wearing a long sleeved black shirt but it was obvious there were bandages all along her arms under them. "Do they still hurt?" Seto asked softly after a few seconds, almost unable to be heard.
Murasaki jumped slightly and looked to him, putting on a smile and shaking her head. "Nah, not unless someone pokes them." she added with a huff as she looked past Seto to the table at Ruby who blinked in alarm before sticking his tongue out at her and going to the kitchen. Murasaki rolled her eyes as she put a hand on her head, and leaned on the arm of the wheel chair, flinching slightly and Seto caught it. "Do you need the medication the doctor gave you?" he asked, leaning closer and she shook her head once slowly. "No, my uncle made me take some before he left." she answered looking towards him, rubbing the place where the stitches on her head were, thankful that they hadn't needed to remove any of her hair to fix the small crack in her skull. He just nodded and moved back slightly as he saw her grab the wheels of the chair and try to turn it around but was having a problem because of the carpet and lack of practice. Seto moved behind it and grabbed the handles, turning her around in the direction she wanted.
"Oh, thank you!" she said, leaning back to look up at him and he just smiled slightly. "My pleasure." he said back "Where do you want to go?" "I was going to go to the café." she answered, putting her hands on the wheels and trying to move them to go forward but Seto pushed her towards the door, making her squeak in surprise at being helped. "Wait!" she said and he stopped, looking down at her curiously. "What is it?" he asked, not sure what was wrong. Murasaki didn't answer as she put her hands on the arms of the wheelchair and tried to push herself up to stand but Seto grabbed her shoulder and made her sit back down, ignoring the annoyed huff she gave him. "My deck's on my desk." she answered, looking up at him with pleading eyes. "Can you get it for me?"
"Why do you need it? You wont be dueling." he replied, trying to ignore the feeling her look was giving him. "But I never leave without my cards!" she whined, causing him to look away towards the stairs with a sigh. "Fine." he mumbled, letting go of the handles and starting towards her room. "Oh and if you want it…" Murasaki added, trying to turn in the chair to look at him. "Your present is on my bed." she finished and flinched in pain at the angle she was in before turning around, looking at the door that led to the café's back room, unable to see Seto look back at her with a slightly beaten-dog look at remembering how he knocked the gift from her hands the first time she tried to give it to him. "Alright." he answered, quieter than he had intended, and went up the stairs.
He found her room easily, remembering it from the first time he had to come up to get Miyako one night. Seto opened the door and stepped inside, seeing her bed was made with the present rewrapped in the same sparkling blue paper as nearly a month ago sitting in the middle of it. She must have slept on the couch last night. he thought to himself, knowing the girl wasn't the kind to make her bed every morning. He went to her desk, quickly seeing her Crystal Beast deck by her table lamp and picking it up carefully, knowing her cards were the only thing she really cared about aside from her uncle who had given her her first card, the ruby carbuncle no less. The man glanced to the present and frowned, knowing he didn't deserve any form of Murasaki's kindness after her had hurt her feelings but he knew if he didn't take the gift she would be upset all over again.
With a sigh of defeat Seto picked the present up and headed back downstairs, looking down at the wrapping as he got to the kitchen. "Here are your-" he stopped when he saw the wheelchair was empty and looked around the kitchen frantically, not knowing where she went. "Murasaki!" he huffed when he saw her laying down along the booth seating of one side of the dinner table with her legs hanging off the end, a water bottle in her hands against her stomach. "What?" she asked, propping herself up on her elbows. "You got up when you weren't suppose to." Seto grumbled, seeing it was at least three steps from the chair to the table, and walked over towards her, placing her deck and the present on the table as Ruby jumped up behind it, sitting between the present and the cards. "I tried to stop her." he said, getting a glare from Murasaki because he was lying.
"Sit up." Seto said bluntly, folding his arms and scowling when Murasaki shook her head. "Don't talk to me like I'm a child." she huffed and he moved so he was at her feet, making sure he wouldn't bump them on accident. "You're acting like a child so I assumed you were one." he replied and leaned over her as best he could, trying to look serious. "Oh really funny." she replied sarcastically, moving her arms so she was lying back down again before folding them defiantly. Seto huffed with annoyance and grabbed her by the hips, knowing she wasn't hurt there, and pulled her off the booth seating. "W-what are you doing?" Murasaki shouted, sounding alarmed as he picked her up and carried her back to the wheelchair. "I'm treating you like a child." he said bluntly, not sounding amused as he put her back into the chair.
She huffed angrily and folded her arms, narrowing her eyes at him as he went back to the table and picked up her deck. "And children don't get what they want when they've been bad." Seto said, turning back to her as he held up her cards with a slight smirk on his face as he saw her expression turn from annoyed to upset. "No give me my cards!" she whined, reaching for them but was too far away. She could almost grab his shirt but he was just inches out of her grasp. "That's not how you ask for something." he mused, enjoying how he was teasing her. Murasaki let out a whine as she pulled her hand back, wringing her hands together until it started to hurt. "Can I please have my deck?" she asked, obviously resenting how she had to ask for what was hers but she wanted her cards in her hands.
Seto chuckled as he placed them in her hands and turned to look at the present on the table, hardly noticing as Ruby moved past him to sit on Murasaki's lap. "Are you going to open it?" she asked, somewhat quietly as she watched him looking at the gift. "Do you want me to?" he asked, looking back at her and she started smiling. "Yes I want you to, but don't laugh at it…" she replied, losing the smile as she started becoming self-conscious and looked down at her cards, starting to look through them to make sure they were all there. "I would never laugh." Seto replied as he sat down at the edge of the booth seating, grabbing the present from the table and putting it in his lap before starting to pull the wrapping paper from it. He glanced up and noticed Murasaki frowning at him, making him stop as he began picking at the tape.
"What's the matter?" he asked, confused on why she didn't look happy because he was doing what she asked. "You aren't ripping the paper." she said, looking a little let down as she started pulling on her sleeve. Seto blinked in surprise, never really having ripped open a present before. He looked back down at the gift before holding in a sigh as he put his fingers under what paper he had gotten pulled off and ripped the wrapping, feeling foolish but upon seeing she was starting to smile again kept ripping the blue away from what he could tell was a white cardboard box. He crumbled the blue wrapping paper into a ball and placed it on the table to throw away when he got up and easily pulled the tape off that was keeping the box closed. Seto flipped the top of the box up and blinked in surprise as he saw what was inside.
He hesitated before reaching into the box and pulling out a plushy chibi version of the Blue Eyes White Dragon. "Where did you find this?" he asked finally, looking to her as he saw she was fidgeting awkwardly in her chair and looking down at her hands as she occupied herself with one of her sleeves. "I made it…" she mumbled, glancing at him finally and reaching out to grab the stuffed doll. He let her take it, a little embarrassed by the gift, but stayed quiet as he watched her lift the head up slightly and a charm bracelet became visible. "I don't expect you to wear the bracelet, obviously, but it's suppose to give you good dreams and I thought you might like it…since it matches and all…" she trailed off and held it back out to Seto without looking at him who took it and smiled before getting up.
"I wont let anything touch it." he said, putting it back in the box so it wouldn't get dirty but he also didn't really want to be seen walking with it in front of Joey as he went into the café. "It's okay to say you don't like it, I get that you're a big bad CEO and all and stuffed animals are for little girls." Murasaki said, having taken him putting the Blue Eyes back in the box the wrong way. "I do like it." he replied, turning back to face her with a somewhat surprised look on his face. He watched her for a second before turning back around and taking the plushy back out of the box, placing it in her lap next to Ruby. "Here, hold it for me until we get to the café because I can't hold it and push you at the same time." Seto said, figuring he could get past the blond without him becoming suspicious of the toy and then get out to the limo without Joey seeing him have it.
Murasaki blinked in surprise but nodded and put her arms around it to hold it so it didn't fall and get dirty as Seto moved to the back of the wheelchair with the crumbled wrapping paper in his hand and started pushing her towards the door, placing the trash in the garbage can next to the door when he got there. She remained silent as he managed to get the door open long enough to push her out into the connecting hallway and do the same with the other door, making it to the back room of the café rather quickly. Seto stopped when he heard Murasaki let out a sigh and looked down at her. "What's wrong?" he asked and she just shook her head before looking up at him with a smile. "Nothing, don't worry about it." she replied before looking back ahead. He hesitated, a frown on his face because she wouldn't tell him, but pushed her out into the main room of the café, seeing it wasn't that busy.
"There you are Murasaki!" Joey said, rather loudly, and Seto watched as she made a face, obviously not having appreciated being seen. The blond hurried over to them, his normal wide stupid smile on his face that made Seto scowl as he stopped in front of her. "I don't know why you complain about your job so much! It's awesome!" he said and Murasaki huffed, putting a finger on his forehead and flicking him. "I only complain when I'm serving you!" she said and Joey just chuckled, neither of them seeing the slightly surprised look on Seto's face. So she does complain about things. he thought to himself as he grabbed the handles on the wheelchair again, pushing her forward so one of the wheels hit Joey's foot. The blond shouted in pain and jumped back, glaring at the taller man. "Watch it!" he snapped and Seto just narrowed his eyes at him.
"Don't get mad at me if you can't stay out of the way, Wheeler." Seto said coldly and began to push Murasaki towards the front desk to the side of the door where her uncle was, pretending to ignore the annoyed look she gave him for hurting her friend but he noticed it and felt slightly guilty for annoying her. "Well look who's here!" Kumo said cheerfully as he saw his niece. The customer who had just finished paying was a regular at the café and gave Murasaki a pity smile when she saw her. "How are you doing dear?" the elderly woman asked and Murasaki just forced a smile. "Great!" she lied, but only Seto and her uncle could catch it. Kumo frowned and stepped away from the desk, motioning for Seto to follow him as Murasaki became busy talking to the customer.
The younger man went after Kumo, wondering what he wanted. "She got up didn't she?" Kumo asked quietly, glancing to his niece for a quick second before setting his worried gaze on the CEO again. "Once, she walked maybe three steps to the table and laid on the seats when I went up to her room to get her deck for her. She tried to get up once before that but I stopped her." he said, watching the older man sigh and put a hand to the side of his head, rubbing his temple. "Alright. She doesn't understand she wont get better if she doesn't stop doing that when she's not well enough." he shook his head as he looked back to Murasaki, seeing she was talking to three little kids now as Joey was leading their parents to a table. "What about physical therapy?" Seto asked and Kumo looked back to him.
"I cant close the café down to take her, if I do we'll go bankrupt because of all the days I had it closed while she was in the hospital." he said, sounding defeated. Seto looked to Murasaki for a second before tuning back to her uncle. "I'll take her." he said rather quickly but Kumo just shook his head, looking alarmed. "I cant ask you to do that." he replied but Seto waved a hand. "Then don't. I'll do it because I want to help my little sister's friend." he said and the older man remained quiet for a moment before sighing and nodding. "Okay but you'll have to take my motorcycle, I attached the side car and you'll have to put the wheelchair on the back behind the seat, there's a rack that should be easy to figure out." he said, sounding grateful as he stepped back towards the kitchen. "There was an appointment set up today for her in about an hour. Do you know where it is?"
"I'll figure it out." Seto replied as Kumo thanked him again and hurried into the kitchen to start the order Joey had for him. Seto looked back to Murasaki who had started juggling apples from the bowl sitting on the desk for the kids next to her, something she usually did if a child had become upset in the café to amuse them. He walked over and caught one of the three apples she was juggling, making her catch the other two as she glared up at him. "Hey! I was juggling that!" she huffed as she watched him put the fruit back into the bowl. "Well not anymore. We're going." he said, grabbing the other two from her hands and putting them back. "Going? Going where?" she asked, obviously annoyed because she enjoyed amusing little kids since she had no younger sibling of her own.
"Sorry kids, Murasaki's got an appointment to go to." Seto said, pulling her chair back away from them as they waved good bye to her and hurried off to the table their parents were at. "Appointment for what?" Murasaki asked, sounding alarmed now as she tried to get up out of the seat but Seto stepped in front of her, causing her to sit back down. "Don't get up again." he said and she narrowed her eyes at him. "And if I do?" she huffed. "I'll strap you into it." he replied, sounding amused as she blinked in shock at the idea. "With what?" she demanded, folding her arms angrily. Seto bent down and reached behind her, making her squeak in alarm as he grabbed one of the belts and pulled it up in front of her face. "With this." he replied, slightly amused as he watched her give another huff before leaning back in the seat.
Seto chuckled as he let the belt fall into her lap and moved to the back of the wheelchair, starting to push her back to the back room. "Seriously, where am I going?" she asked, looking up at him. "You'll see." he replied, not looking down at her until they were back in her house and he headed towards the garage. She remained quiet as he went to the garage door and looked down at the concrete steps, sure he shouldn't move her down them while in the wheelchair. Seto went back to Murasaki and took the plushy from her, setting it on the carpet by the chair as he ignored the questioning look she gave him and picked her up without warning her, making her gasp in alarm and wrap her arms around his neck so she wouldn't be dropped.
He felt his face grow warm but ignored it as he went down the steps, quickly spotting the shining red motorcycle that he had grown use to seeing Murasaki riding on behind her uncle when he sometimes dropped her off to see Miyako when she wasn't walking with her after school. It looked strange with the sidecar attached to it but he knew she would be safer in her condition in the car. She'd be safer in my limo… he thought but knew he shouldn't suggest putting her in an actual car since she was terrified of them. Seto put her in the sidecar and made sure she put the seatbelt on before going back into the house and folding up the wheelchair. Once he had it attached to the back of the motorcycle he looked to the work bench and grabbed the purple helmet he usually saw Murasaki wearing before handing it to her. She took it without a word but watched him suspiciously, not knowing where he was taking her.
"I'll be right back." Seto said as he went back up into the house, picking the stuffed Blue Eyes up and going into the kitchen where he left the white box it was in. He placed it back inside and went out the front door, walking around the corner to where he saw his limo still parked. He went to the driver's door and handed him the box before telling him to take it and put it in his room and that he would call him when he needed to be picked up before hurrying back around the corner into the house. Seto made sure it was locked before going back into the garage and opening the large white door. "Are you kidnapping me now?" Murasaki asked, not sounding too excited as she watched him. "Sure. Now put the helmet on." he replied, going to the work bench and taking the spare white one, not wanting to wear her uncle's because it was his specifically.
Seto got on the motorcycle and put the helmet on after making sure she had put hers on and started it, trying to remember which way the office was. Murasaki folded her arms as she leaned back in the seat, obviously annoyed because he wouldn't tell her where he was taking her. Seto got on the road and was glad that there were hardly any cars, meaning Murasaki wouldn't be so stressed out about it by the time they got to her appointment. Not long after Seto pulled into the parking lot of the physical therapist's and turned the motorcycle off in a handicap parking spot. He got off as Murasaki quickly pulled her helmet off and stared up at the sign that told her where she was, obviously nervous. "Why are we here?" she asked, turning to look at Seto who was taking his helmet off. "You have an appointment." he said flatly, putting the helmet on the seat of the motorcycle before starting to take the wheelchair off and set it back up.
"I don't need physical therapy!" she nearly shouted, her voice cracking slightly as she turned back around in the seat and tried to undo the seatbelt. Seto looked over at her with slight surprise, not knowing why she was freaking out so much. He pushed the wheelchair over to the side of the sidecar and watched as she flinched away, still trying to undo the seatbelt. Seto kneeled down next to her and grabbed her hands, pulling them away from the seatbelt. "Why are you so afraid? They wont hurt you." he said, knowing he was lying because he didn't know what they were going to do. Murasaki looked at him, obviously panicked about having to get out of the sidecar. "They'll stick me with needles!" she exclaimed, sounding frightened and Seto remembered how she had tried pulling the needles out of her arms when she had realized what they were during her first week in the hospital.
Ruby told him she was afraid someone might try to poison her that way since it was a direct route to her blood stream but he had managed to convince her to leave them. "They make you take this medicine that causes you to hallucinate or lose feeling in your hands or other parts of your body and…and…" she trailed off starting to shiver as he pulled her hands away from his to start rubbing her shoulders, obviously frightened. "Who the hell told you that?" Seto asked, knowing for sure none of that happened even if he knew practically nothing about physical therapy. "Joey…" Murasaki whined quietly, making Seto have to strain to hear her. Damn you Wheeler! he thought angrily to himself and held back a growl, going to have to have a talk with the blond. "You honestly believe what he said?" he asked, sounding annoyed as he realized he should have stayed with her while Yugi and the other brats were visiting her in the hospital to make sure none of them said anything stupid to her like Joey had apparently did.
Murasaki just stayed as she was, biting her lip to keep herself from whining. "I can promise you that if they try to make you take anything I'll stop them and if they come near you with needles we'll leave." Seto said, trying to sound soothing as he held out his hand for her to take so he could pick her up and put her in the wheelchair. She glanced at him, starting to stop shuttering, and slowly moved so she was holding his hand. Seto smiled slightly as he got to his feet and lifted her up out of the sidecar and into the chair, watching as Ruby climbed into her lap and she petted him once before putting her hands together, trying to calm down. "It's going to be fine." he said as he began to push her to the doors that opened automatically, going straight to the desk he saw across the door.
After asking the person behind it a few questions he was pointed down one of the halls and given a room and he pushed Murasaki in it's direction, seeing she was glancing around with a slightly worried look on her face as she tried to hide the fact she was afraid. Seto felt bad that he couldn't tell her he knew what they were going to do because he didn't, and he didn't want to lie to her. "How long is this going to take?" she asked, managing to get her voice to keep from shaking as she looked at the door they stopped at. "I'm not sure, do you want me to ask?" he asked as he looked down at her and he frowned when he saw her shake her head quickly "Alright, are you ready then?" "As I'll ever be…" she mumbled back, starting to wring her hands together again.
Seto looked back to the door and pushed it open before taking her inside, seeing the room was empty aside from a man not much older than him sitting in one of the chairs who jumped up when he saw them come in. "Ah you must be Murasaki!" he said cheerfully as he walked up to them, smiling down at Murasaki who opened her mouth to reply but Seto spoke before she could. "Yes and who are you?" he asked coldly, not wanting him to hurt her. "My name's Shei," he replied, looking down at the file in his hands before turning his attention back on the taller man. "Are you her uncle?" Shei asked, sounding surprised and Seto snorted "Of course not." "Then who are you?" he questioned, looking at him with slightly narrowed eyes. "Why does my relation to her concern you?" Seto growled and glared at him before Murasaki raised a hand to put on his stomach, telling him to calm down.
"He's my friend. My uncle couldn't make it." she said to Shei, sounding bored as she looked up to him much to Seto's surprise since she had been shaking just moments before out in the parking lot. "Ah well that's a shame, I would have loved to meet him at your first appointment." he replied, smiling to Murasaki but frowning when he looked back to Seto for a second before turning around. "I don't like him." Seto grumbled under his breath as Shei headed across the room so only she could hear him. "You don't like anyone!" Murasaki whispered back to him, smiling slightly as she looked up to see his face. Seto just huffed and began pushing her after Shei, thinking he was not going to be able to tolerate the other man since it would be him helping her get better and not himself.
"Why are you pushing her?" Shei asked as he turned to look back at them, not looking amused as he folded his arms. "She can't work a wheel chair on her own." Seto replied harshly, tightening his grip on the handles like Shei was about to pull the chair away from him. "She might if you would stop pushing her." he replied, obviously irritated and Murasaki sighed as she waved a hand for them to stop. "I had nurses push me where I needed to go so it's because of them I never figured it out." she said, not wanting him to blame Seto for her horrible wheelchair skills. "I'd rather just go back to walking anyway." she added quickly, not wanting to talk about it anymore.
Shei pulled his gaze away from Seto to smile at her. "Alright then let's get started." he said and motioned to the seat he was standing by. "Why cant she just stay sitting in the wheelchair? She wont have to get up." Seto said and narrowed his eyes at the physical therapist who returned the look to him. "Because I want to see how well she can walk. It's been a month hasn't it? Most can start walking with little pain by now." Shei replied and Murasaki started wringing her hands together. "I can walk but not very far…" she mumbled, making to the two shut up so they could hear her since she had started to grow quiet. "Well that's why you're here, to get better." Shei said and placed a hand on her head to comfort her, ignoring the glare Seto gave him for touching her.
Around an hour and a half later Seto was wheeling Murasaki away from the building towards the motorcycle, glad the appointment was over. "Those were the longest two hours of my life." he grumbled and she smiled slightly as they stopped next to the sidecar. "It was an hour and thirty minutes, counting the arguments." she replied as the CEO just rolled his eyes and lifted her up out of the wheelchair before placing her in the sidecar. "I'm getting you a specialist." Seto huffed and it was her turn to roll her eyes as she put her helmet on and Ruby climbed into her lap. "Not jealous are you?" she taunted, starting to put the seatbelt on as he folded the wheelchair and attached it to the motorcycle. "Of what? That quack? Please." he scoffed as he put the other helmet on and got onto the bike.
Murasaki just shook her head and her smile grew slightly but Seto couldn't see it because of the helmet she was wearing as he started the motorcycle. Half an hour later he drove the bike into the garage and turned it off before pulling the helmet off his head and placing it back on the work bench. He looked back to the street as Murasaki pulled her helmet off and he took it from her, setting it next to her uncle's before shutting the garage door. "Stay there." he said as he took the wheel chair off the rack and started up the stairs to the inside of the house. "Yes master." she replied sarcastically and leaned her elbow on the side of the sidecar, resting her chin in her palm with obvious annoyance in her voice that made Seto smirk slightly as he looked back at her. "That's more like it." he taunted back and watched her stick her tongue out at him.
He chuckled and went up the stairs, setting the wheel chair back up by the door before going back down and lifting Murasaki out of the sidecar's seat. She automatically clung to his jacket, not wanting to be dropped by accident, and Seto tried not to tense up with embarrassment as he felt his face get slightly warm. He set her down in the wheelchair and fixed his jacket that she had pulled on, finding it uncomfortable now so he took it off and placed it on the recliner by the couch and coffee table. "Sorry." Murasaki apologized with a small laugh, seeing she had probably almost choked him by grabbing his jacket, but he just shook his head. "It's no problem." he said and went behind the chair, beginning to push her towards the kitchen. "You want to go back to the café right?" he asked and she smiled more before nodding.
"Yeah, I want to see how much Joey hates my job." she replied and he held back a scowl at remembering how he needed to 'talk' with the blond. "He probably enjoys the attention." Ruby yawned as he stretched out on Murasaki's lap, making Seto jump slightly at hearing the other voice because he hadn't seen the monster since he climbed onto Murasaki's lap in the sidecar. "Yeah probably." she replied, leaning her head in her hand, obviously tired. "Would you rather me take you to your room?" Seto asked, catching the yawn she almost couldn't stop. "No I want to go sit in the café." she replied, sounding like she was getting ready to argue but he just nodded and stayed quiet, sure she would just get out of bed and try to make her way down the stairs. He didn't want her to hurt herself trying to walk down stairs knowing she could hardly walk on a flat surface because she hadn't walked really at all for the weeks she was in the hospital.
Ruby began bugging Murasaki to get him something to eat since he was hungry when they were almost into the back room of the café and Murasaki just rolled her eyes. "Go ask Uncle, I'll get in trouble if I leave someone's sight." she replied flatly and Seto rolled his eyes, knowing she was talking about him. "Well if you showed me I could trust you maybe I would let you do things without my supervision." he replied like he was talking to a little kid and she huffed. "I am not a child!" she complained, picking up what was started earlier that morning. "If you act like one, I'll treat you like one." Seto mused, knowing he was irritating her, and she was about to say something else when Joey calling her name cut her off. Seto looked over and stopped a growl as he glared at the approaching blond who was pretending to ignore the taller man. "Murasaki duel me!" he demanded like he normally did and she rolled her eyes.
"No. You always accuse me of cheating because I beat you so easily." she huffed, folding her arms as she narrowed her eyes at him. "I wont this time!" he whined, putting his hands on her knees as he leaned closer, mush too close for Seto's liking. The CEO moved away from the back of the wheelchair and went around behind Joey, grabbing the back of his shirt and hauling him backwards so he fell. "Ouch!" he shouted in pain, rubbing his lower back as he sat up. "Seto!" Murasaki exclaimed, turning her upset look to him as he folded his arms. He knew Joey didn't like Murasaki any more than a sister and Murasaki didn't like Joey any more than a brother but when he got too close it still bothered him. "Sheesh Kaiba!" Joey snapped as he got to his feet, glaring at him. "You don't need to be so rough!" Murasaki added and being scolded by her made the brunette tense up, forcing himself not flinch at how upset she sounded with him.
Murasaki huffed and put her hands on the wheels, starting to move the chair towards the desk by the front door, figuring she would sit there until the café closed, but Joey went behind the chair and grabbed the handles, pushing her in it's direction before Seto could say anything. The taller man glared at the blond but it was halfhearted, thanks to the fact he knew Murasaki was mad at him. Why am I a fucking idiot? he growled to himself, rubbing one of his temples because he was beginning to get a headache. He had gone nearly all day without really upsetting her and when he managed to do it, it was about Joey. Seto looked after them and saw that Joey had moved Murasaki behind the desk and she was looking through her Crystal Beast deck to calm down as the blond hurried off to take care of a table.
He noticed she wasn't paying attention to him or Joey and he walked after him, pushing him into the swinging kitchen door so he stumbled into the other room. Seto stepped after him and held back a sigh of relief at seeing Kumo wasn't there, probably having gone to the bathroom, and he grabbed the front of the blonds shirt as he shoved him against him against the wall. "What the hell Kaiba!" Joey nearly shouted and the taller man glared at him, making him shut up but was given a glare in return. "I heard you told Murasaki about physical therapy." the CEO growled coldly as Joey brought his hands up to try and pull his shirt away. "Yeah? What of it!" the blond snapped but flinched slightly as the grip on his shirt was tightened.
"You fed her lies that terrified her!" Seto snapped back and watched the smaller man flinch slightly at the tone of his voice. "I didn't know!" Joey replied harshly, narrowing his eyes at him. "I only told her what I saw in a movie!" "Then why didn't you tell her that's where you got your information?" Seto asked angrily and held back the urge to knock the stupid look on Joey's face off. "I don't know! It was weeks ago! How do you expect me to remember something like that?" the blond grumbled, not so alarmed by the CEO's actions now. Seto just scowled and let his shirt go, turning away and heading to go back out into the seating area, not having anything to say to him now. "You know Kaiba," Joey said as he straightened out his bunched up shirt, causing Seto to stop but not turn to face him. "If you like Murasaki you should just tell her." the blond finished and jumped back as the brunette quickly turned to face him. "I only like her because she's the only one of Miyako's friends who have a brain that they know how to use, Wheeler." Seto said harshly before shoving through the swinging door, not caring that it almost swung back around and hit him when he walked through the doorframe.
Seto looked over towards the door and the desk, stopping when he saw his sister and brother talking to Murasaki, the two girls smiling as they spoke while Mokuba was busy looking through Murasaki's deck curiously. He started to head over to them and noticed they stopped talking as they noticed him, Murasaki giving him a look that showed she was still upset with him that Miyako hadn't caught. "We came in the limo." his sister said as he stopped a few steps away from them. "Can we eat here for dinner?" Mokuba asked, looking up at his big brother with pleading eyes as he handed Murasaki back her deck. "I don't think-" Seto started but stopped as he saw Murasaki's uncle heading towards them.
"Oh are you guys having dinner here?" he asked as Mokuba hurried over to him with a smile. "Yeah! Can you make me that ice cream like last time?" he asked and Kumo chuckled before patting his head. "You are not having ice cream for dinner." Seto said sternly and Mokuba pouted and folded his arms. "I know that! I meant for dessert!" he replied before running off to find a table, taking what his brother said as a confirmation that they were eating there. Seto sighed before pinching the bridge of his nose with irritation, nothing having been agreeing with him lately. "I'll get your order's in a few minutes, I have to see where Joey ran off to." Kumo said and turned to head for the kitchen. "I'll do it." Murasaki said as she stuck her tongue out in concentration and got the wheelchair to back up away from the desk and managed to slowly get it around the desk close to her uncle who looked surprised. "What do you mean?" Kumo asked, leaning down to be closer to her as she put on a smile. "I mean I'll serve them." she replied and looked ahead before moving the chair forward so her uncle couldn't do anything more than sigh and let her do what she wanted.
"I'll help!" Miyako said cheerfully as she walked beside her friend, the two heading towards the kitchen to find Joey. Seto watched the two girls leave and sighed with annoyance before heading after Mokuba who was sitting at the table Yugi and the rest usual sat at when they came to the café for a free meal. "What are you going to get Seto?" Mokuba asked curiously as he looked to his brother. "Nothing." he replied, sitting down next to him and folding his arms. "But aren't you hungry?" the younger asked, leaning closer to him with wide eyes and the older just shook his head. "Lost my appetite." he replied, leaning his elbow on the arm of the chair and putting his chin in his hand.
"Oh." Mokuba replied, sounding less enthusiastic now as he looked around and saw Murasaki's uncle go into the kitchen to start cooking. The café was empty aside from them. "Where's your jacket Seto?" he asked curiously, looking back to his big brother who blinked and looked down, remembering he left it in the house, and sighed with annoyance as he got up to get it. "Stay there, I'll be right back." he said and headed for the back room. He could feel Mokuba's gaze on his back as he got into the other room and went straight for the door leading to the hallway that connected the two buildings. It didn't take long for him to remember where he had his jacket and once he had put it back on he went back into the café in time to see Joey waving goodbye to Miyako and Mokuba who were eating at the table already as he headed out the door.
Seto went over to them and sat in the seat next to his brother like before as he looked around, trying to see where Murasaki was because she wasn't at the desk. He turned back around and folded his arms, thinking he was waiting patiently but he could see that Miyako kept glancing over at him. "Is something wrong Seto?" she asked after a few minutes, making him look over at her. "No. Why?" he asked, a little more harshly than he had expected, and noticed Mokuba was looking at him now. "You keep scowling and drumming your fingers." his sister pointed, not looking amused "You only do that when you're irritated about something." "It's nothing." Seto replied flatly as he stood up, seeing they were done eating. "Bye Murasaki!" Miyako called over to the kitchen and Murasaki's head and shoulders came up on the other side of the open rectangular window where Kumo handed out food to be taken to tables. "Bye!" she called back, smiling as she waved but once Miyako and Mokuba turned away towards the door she stopped smiling and put her hand down, hardly glancing at Seto as she disappeared behind the wall again.
He looked towards the window for a few seconds after he couldn't see her and held back a sigh, knowing she would be mad for a while, and started stacking the plates his siblings had eaten off of, trying to leave as little mess as possible for her and her uncle as he headed after Miyako and Mokuba. He noticed the limo waiting out in front of the café and got in across from his brother and sister, folding his arms after shutting the door. The man could tell they were watching him as he kept his gaze on the darkened window, trying to look as he normally did so they wouldn't get even more suspicious and start questioning him. Not long after the limo had started it stopped and Seto quickly got out, heading into the building before he could get interrogated by his siblings, or Miyako mostly.
He headed straight for his room, shutting the door behind him and locking it. He stayed leaning against the door as he looked at the floor before glancing up and blinking with surprise, seeing a white box on his bed. Seto stared at it for a moment before remembering it was the Blue Eyes White Dragon plushy and started towards his bed, sitting on the edge and grabbing the box. He placed it in his lap and opened it, glancing at the door to make sure he locked it, and pulled the stuffed toy out. He looked it over for a moment before standing up, the toy in one hand and the box it was wrapped in in the other, and put the Blue Eyes on the night stand by his clock and lamp before putting the box under his bed. He looked at the stuffed toy for a moment before heading into the bathroom to change and go to bed.
