Seto's drunk mind tried to function. "Mara Toriyama? I haven't seen you in years!"

"I saw you yesterday, dumb fuck. Now get down from there!"

"No way! I'm at just the right position. I'm going to fly!"

"Seto, don't-!"

Ignoring her completely, Seto spread his 'wings' and jumped. He crashed to the floor and passed out, snoring loudly. Mara put her hand over her eyes, holding her temples. She put her hand back on her hip. "Wow! What a tard."

She bent down, slung his arm around her shoulders, and pulled him out of the bar. "You owe me, rich boy. You know that?" She said to his unconscious form as she dragged him towards her house. "You owe me big time."

Five or ten minutes later, she looked down at her watch. "Wow, not even eleven. You sure don't waste time, do ya?"

Mara didn't expect an answer from him; she was just super bored, and talking to a drunk, unconscious millionaire to pass the time. She sighed, her muscles aching already, but she continued to drag his bulky form to her house. "Only three more blocks, huh Seto?"

She finally reached her house. With a relieved sigh, she plopped him down on her couch. She looked at him for a second, and then hurried off to get him a basin. She brought it out and sat it down in front of him on the floor. He woke, sat up, and opened his mouth with a questioning look on his face, but he doubled over above the basin, and the contents of his stomach came out instead of a question.

Although Mara knew that it was Seto's fault that he was in such a bad state, she couldn't help but feel sorry for her childhood's best friend. She sat down next to him, not too close because she didn't want to crowd him while he was depleting his stomach's storage capacity, and rubbed his back soothingly.

"Easy, now." She said as she felt his muscles straining under her hand. "Don't try and force it, but don't hold it back, either. Just let it happen."

She felt him stop straining underneath her hand. When he was done vomiting, she brought him some toilet paper. She noticed the tears of effort glistening on his face, and she put her hands on his cheeks and wiped them off. She made him lay back down, cleaned out the basin, and brought it back sparkling clean. "Now...you go to sleep. If you need me, Seto, I'm right upstairs." She said soothingly as she covered him with a blanket. When he only nodded, she smiled. "Wow. you're pretty passive when you're drunk. 'Night!"

She turned the light off, locked the door, and went upstairs to her room. Once she heard him snoring deeply, she crept downstairs with the baby monitor her parents had saved from her brother's childhood and left it on the stand near his head. 'I don't really want him to choke on his own puke.'

Later in the night, she heard him wake up to puke again. She went back downstairs, got the toilet paper and a glass of water, and rubbed his back again, muttering soothing words to him as she did so. After cleaning and replacing the basin for the second time, she got him comfortable once again.

"Alright, Seto. Like I said...if you need me, I'm right upstairs."

She began to walk away, but stopped suddenly, her face red. She was glad it was dark and he couldn't see her blushing face.

He held onto her hand tightly. "Please...Mara, will...will you stay with me until I...until I fall asleep?"

He looked up at her sadly with big blue eyes, pleading and scared. On the inside, Mara was falling in love all over again. On the outside, though, she wasn't quite as open about it.

She smiled at him with her 'Okay, I give in' smile. "Okay, Seto. If you want me to, of course I will."

He smiled at her, a tired smile filled with sadness. His next words were a pained whisper. "Thank you."

At that, her heart nearly broke. "No problem."

He fell asleep nearly five minutes after that, his hand still grasping hers, but she didn't leave him for almost an hour. 'Seto...if you only knew...'

Finally, yawning, she went upstairs to her room and her bed. Sinking into the pillows, she sighed in relief. She looked over at the clock. '3:37, huh? Wow. Long night.'

Then, she was asleep.