"Do you always eat alone?" Gwen asked Kaiba, lunch tray in hand. Kaiba sipped some coffee and went back to typing on his laptop.

"In all technicalities, I'm not eating." He replied. Gwen shifted nervously,

"May I sit with you?" Amazingly, Kaiba moved his briefcase. She sat down across from him. The lunchroom was a buzz with laughter and loud talking. Gwen ate quietly waiting for Kaiba to say something. When five minutes passed she had finally decided to talk.

"So, how were your other classes?"

"Uneventful."

"And whys that? Did you not learn anything fun?"

"Because I already know half the stuff these so called educated people teach us." He said, all the while still typing and not looking at Gwen.

"Then why even come to school? Why not just graduate early? Have you always been ahead of everyone?"

"What is this? Twenty questions?" Kaiba snapped, looking directly at her, "Would you like my life story?"

Gwen felt herself shrink back. She didn't know why she felt the need to stick around Kaiba when all his words did was hurt her. But the companionship, the need to be next to him was there. But it wasn't even in a romantic way.

"I'm sorry, Kaiba." Gwen said, quietly. She looked into his icy blue gaze and noticed that somehow they seemed to have softened before her.

"No, its fine." He said, "Those were legitimate questions. I'm just stressed."

Gwen but her lip, trying to fight back yet another question, but couldn't help it. "Why are you stressed?" She asked.

"The company. I need to find new board members. The other five who use to run it, lets just say they tried to have me killed." Kaiba replied, a smirk on his lips.

"Yea, my father told me about that. Lucky you survived." Gwen smiled.

Kaiba didn't seem to have heard her. "I'm actually considering Ahknen for a position."

"I think," She swallowed down hard, "my dad is qualified."

Kaiba nodded and went back to typing, but in all truthfulness his mind was on other matters.

His mind seemed to be dragging memories out from the very depths of his soul. Gwen and he were suddenly children running about a courtyard made of limestone.

"Seto! I'm going to catch you!" Gwen giggled. Kaiba laughed as he swung back around suddenly and tackled Gwen.

She screeched in glee and they both fell to the ground. Their clothes were of shimmering cloth and they had gold necklaces draped around their necks. Their faces, were young and sun-kissed, full of innocence.

"Kaiba?" asked a voice waking him from his thoughts. He blinked his vibrant blue eyes and looked around.

"Yes?" He questioned, looking at Gwen and feeling the strangest surge of de ja vu.

"I was just wondering: do you have any siblings?" She asked shyly.

"One." Kaiba responded, his eyes were firm and did not show the panic he felt.

"What's their name?" "Mokuba. He's my brother." Kaiba said, "What about you?"

"Only child. And always will be. My mother died a couple years ago." She said, the sadness over-whelming her.

Tears filled her eyes, and she sniffled. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't be such a baby about this." She said, looking directly into Kaiba's eyes.

"No, don't be. I know the pain. I was younger when both my parents died. Mokuba and I were sent to an orphanage. I use to cry myself to sleep." Damnit. The words spilled out of his mouth before he could stop them.

Why was he suddenly telling Gwen all of this? Why was speaking about things he had never told anyone else? He felt as if he could trust her. A word so foreign to him!

He was Seto Kaiba, richest man in all of Domino City, in the entire World! He didn't trust anyone; trust meant dependence and caring of others. The only person he cared about was Mokuba! But Gwen was suddenly here and an automatic trust had been formed. Like it had always been there before they even met.

"Well, at least your doing well now." Gwen grinned at Kaiba, wanting to lighten the mood for both of them.

"Well?" He grinned, attempting to get his usual cold demeanor back. "I run the biggest technology franchise in the World. I'm doing more then well." He looked smug, but Gwen wasn't affected.

"Of course you do." He couldn't tell if she was mocking or praising him.

The bell rang.

Kaiba and Gwen both got to their feet and headed toward the nearest exit doors.

"Gwen!" called a voice. She turned to see Bakura walking towards her, waving in full delight.

"Hey, Bakura!" She called back.

"Well I'd love to stay and chat with you and the Limey fruitcake, but I best be off. Goodbye, Gwen." Kaiba grinned before setting off at a faster pace.

"Oh, did Kaiba leave because of me?" Bakura asked, face apologetic.

"No, he had to get to class." Gwen said, not wanting to tell Bakura what Kaiba had really said