Alrighty! Here is Ch. 4! I hope you all enjoy it!

I don't own any Yu-Gi-Oh! characters, except my OC, Karen Rose.

The Challenge

"So, Karen, how was your first day of being Kaiba's assistant?" Téa asks.

I shrug. "Eh, it was alright. Long and boring, but alright."

"Alright? Ha! Ya look like hell! Ya can barely stay awake!" Joey chuckles. I can't refute that statement when my head is propped on my hand and my eyelids are falling down constantly.

I yawn while rubbing my eyes, "Man, I wonder if this is how Molly feels every day."

"Who's Molly?" Yugi asks.

"My secretary."

Téa stares at me with concern and wonder. "Karen, did you get any sleep last night?"

"A little. I've been working on the disk all night. I went to bed at two in the morning."

"You stayed up that long?! Are you crazy?! Karen that's not good for you. You need to rest," she says.

I stretch my arms out. "Hmm. It's fine Téa. I've done this all the time at work. Hell, I even stayed up for two days straight once."

"Jeez! Ya work like Kaiba. I heard dat man hardly sleeps. Probably why he's sucha jerk" Joey grumbles.

I groan and open my eyes a bit too look at him. "Don't compare me to him. It's bad enough that I have to assist him."

"Karen, the next time you leave work, you need to get some sleep! Don't worry about the disk. You have five weeks to worry about it anyway," Téa says.

"Téa's right, Karen. Don't stress yourself out by working too much. It's not healthy for you," Yugi says.

I groan. I'm too tired to argue with them about this. "Alright. Fine."

The bell rings for the next period. Next is gym. Maybe some exercise will wake me up. I change into the gym uniform: a white t-shirt, blue shorts, and white tennis shoes. I put my hair up in a ponytail and walk to the gym. When I enter the gym, I see a crowd of girls surrounding someone. I don't acknowledge it because it's probably a cute boy that girls like to surround.

"Oh my god, did you see that Seto Kaiba's in this class now?" a girl whispers excitedly to another.

"No freaking way!"

I freeze and my eyes widen. Did I hear them right? Did they just say that Seto Kaiba is in this class now?! I turn around to the group of girls and catch a glimpse of the man's face. My heart skips a beat. Kaiba?! What the hell is he doing here?! I didn't see him in this class yesterday. Maybe he's here for something?

He emerges from the flock of girls and I see his outfit. He's wearing a tight black sleeveless shirt and gray sweatpants, the type of clothes for running or moving around. Nope. He's in this class for sure. I guess he doesn't want to wear the uniform for gym. I sigh and look away. Well, if he's gonna be here, I'm gonna have to get used to it.

I look at him and observe him from head to toe. He may be a douche but I have to admit, he certainly has some nice buff arms and abs. Damn. Wait.

My eyes widen and look away again, blushing red. Why the hell am I staring at him?! I shake my head and slap my forehead. Good God, why?!

Mrs. Starch, our P.E teacher, blows the whistle and tells us to stretch our muscles and do a three minute jog. Everyone separates and spreads out. I go to my own spot and do my warm-up stretches. When I'm warmed up, I start to jog. I look around and see Kaiba running too.

'Strong legs, too. Ah! Stop staring at him!' I scream at myself in my head. This is getting ridiculous. I just need to ignore the arrogant man. There. Problem solved.

And I did just that.

Unfortunately, my luck ran out at the end of gym class. "Fancy seeing you here."

I sigh and turn around to Kaiba. "Why are you in this class? I didn't see you in there yesterday."

He crosses his arms. "Not that it's any of your business, but I need some physical education credit to pass. Now I'm here for the rest of the school year."

I groan and lean against the wall. "Great. Now I have to deal with you in P.E. Quite the five weeks this turned out for me."

He smirks, "What's the matter Rose? You don't enjoy my company anymore?"

When the bell rings, he walks past me. I look and walk after him. "What is that supposed to mean?" I catch up with him.

"Wouldn't you love to know?"

I widen my eyes and scrunch up my face. "Do you think I'm attracted to you or something?" I ask.

He doesn't say anything but his smirk answers me. Now my mouth widens.

"Oh Good God! Are you kidding me right now?!" I yell.

"We both know that it's true," he says.

"No, it is not! What the hell gave you that assumption?!"

"Two things. One: Women can't resist me, so neither can you. Two: I saw you checking me out back there. Don't even deny it," he leers.

He noticed me staring at him?! I blush red and stutter. Is he serious right now?! I literally met the guy three days ago and he thinks that I'm attracted to him. What kind of sick joke is this?! He stops and smirks at me.

"You're blushing Rose."

"I-You-What?! I was only looking at you because I was surprised that you were in my P.E class!" I touch my cheeks. Why the hell am I blushing?!

"Sure you were, Rose," he says unconvinced. "Admit it. You can't help but be enchanted by me."

I growl and push past his arm as I storm away from him

"Your figure is quite appealing as well," he says from behind me. I stop and immediately turn around. He's gone. That bastard was checking me out?! When?! Was it when I was stretching? God, I hope not! I clutch my jacket and pull my skirt down a little. Why do they make skirts like these anyway?! They're short. I run up the stairs towards my next class.

"He said what?!" Téa exclaims over the phone.

Téa and I are getting pretty close, so we exchanged numbers and kinda gossip back and forth about our day and what happened.

"He said that I checked him out and that I was attracted to him," I say, getting in my car.

She pauses.

"Were you and are you?" she asks suspiciously.

I blush red and my eyes widen. "What?! No! Do you seriously think that I would be attracted to that prick?! We only met three days ago!" I close the car door.

"Oh, Karen, he's just trying to piss you off. It's what he does for a living."

"Well, he's gonna regret messing with me if he doesn't get his shit together. Because I'm not going to let him treat me like garbage anymore." My phone beeps. "Oh, damn it! Téa, I gotta go. I got another call."

"Oh, okay! Talk to you later, Karen!" she says.

I take the phone off my ear and press the answer button for the other call.

"Hello?"

"Are you still working?" Mom asks.

Uh-oh. I'm in trouble now.

"Oh, Mom! Look, I'm really sorry I came down on you so hard but you literally called me at the wrong time. I was with him," I say through my teeth.

"Him? Seto Kaiba?" she asks.

"Yeah, and my speaker was on, so he pretty much heard everything that you were saying."

She stays silent for a while. Then, "Oh, I am so sorry honey! I didn't know!"

"Yeah, that's what I was trying to tell you."

"Wait a minute. You mean you were with him after school?!" she exclaims.

"No!" I yell. "God no! Stop jumping to conclusions!" I sigh and shake my head. "I'm his personal assistant now."

"A personal assistant?! I thought that you were fixing his stuff down there."

"I am but..." I then see KaibaCorps up ahead. "Oh! Uh mom, I gotta go now. I'm at work."

"Call me as soon as you're done young lady. You've got some serious explaining to do." She hangs up before I could even say goodbye. Good ol' mom. I park my car and walk in KaibaCorps. I walk to the elevator and go all the way up to Kaiba's office.

"Good evening, Miss Rose," the secretary, Charlene, greets me once I step out of the elevator.

"Good evening, Charlene. Mr. Kaiba busy in there?" I ask cautiously.

"No, you can go in." she says.

I nod and go into the office.

"Listen here, Shenin! If I say that you need to send down the documents, then you better send the goddamn documents down now! I don't want any excuses!" Kaiba yells. I jump when he slams the phone down. Oookay! Someone's having a rough day at work. I close the door, catching his attention. I put up my hands and walk to a table.

"Easy. It's just me, your personal assistant," I say. He rolls his eyes and sits down. I set my suitcase down on the table and open it, while stealing a few glances at his frustrated face. "Are you alright?"

"I'd appreciate it if you would shut up for one minute," he hisses.

"Jeez! Annoyed much?" I ask rolling my eyes. I take out his schedule for today and read through it.

4:45-Inspect the card industry

I better give him some time to cool down before I tell him his next errand. I cross my arms and walk to the bookshelf. I run a finger down the end of one to check for any dust. None so far. I look at him.

"Is it safe to talk now?" I ask. His sigh tells me 'Yes.' I walk back to the table and grab the schedule. "Good! Because at 4:45, you got an inspection at the card industry."

He growls and leans back in his chair. "I swear to God that if this headache doesn't go away soon, I'm going to go fucking insane." He leans on his desk, holding his head in pain. I put the papers down, staring at him curiously.

"Is it that bad?" I ask.

He glares at me. "Are my pained expressions not enough for you to see that?!" he snaps.

"Jesus! Are you always this pissy on a hard day?! You're like a pregnant woman with some serious mood swings buddy!"

He rolls his eyes and closes them as he holds his head again. He winces softly and growls lowly. He may be a jerk, but I can't help but feel a little sorry for him. Headaches like he's having are nothing but a real pain in the ass. It's like you're head's being drilled. I sigh and put my papers down. I roll up my sleeves and walk over to him.

"Alright, clearly your headache is killing you and making you more of an ass than usual. That's why I need you to relax," I say getting behind him.

As soon as I place my hands on his head he smacks them away.

"What the hell are you doing?!" he hisses.

I put my hands on my hips and sigh. "Do you want this headache gone or not?!"

"It'll go away on its own. So don't touch me!" He tries standing up but I'm not having it. I push him back down in the chair.

"First of all, it won't go away for a while, and second, I'm not going to be dealing with you and your moody attitude the whole freaking day." I place my hands on his shoulders. "I'm trying to help you get this weight off your shoulders. You look like you really need it."

He growls as I begin to massage his tense shoulders.

"Stop it. Just relax," I coax. He sighs and his muscles eventually relax. "There you go."

I begin to rub his shoulder blades slowly. I then move from his shoulders towards his neck. He exhales slowly and leans back into his chair more. Now I move up to his head, rubbing my fingertips on the side of his head slowly. He closes his eyes and sighs. When I'm done, I release his head and pat his arm.

"There you go. All better?" I ask.

He opens his eyes like he was in a trance and looks at me.

"How did you do that?"

I dust off my hands and walk back to my suitcase.

"Oh, uh, I took a few classes on massaging. Most of my employees usually have a hard day at work too, and to be nice, I give them free massages and they're right as rain. They say I have a gift with my hands."

He rubs the back of his neck and shoulder.

"I can see why," he says.

I smile proudly and look back down at my suitcase. I bet that he has those type of headaches all the time. He really needs to take care of himself. I look at Kaiba and can't help but see Dad in there. I'm not saying that he's like my dad, no way in hell; Kaiba's health is similar to Dad's before he died. A small pain hits my heart when I thought about him again. That always happens when I do. I look away and sigh sadly.

"Look Kaiba." I close my suitcase and look at him. "I know that you have to be strong for your company, and I get that! Really, I do." I then cross my arms. "But that doesn't mean you have to... you know, work overtime. I mean, I've been noticing that you've been looking pale and tired lately. Are you... getting enough sleep and food to eat?"

He scoffs, "What are you my doctor? I'm fine."

"I... I don't think you are Kaiba. I mean-"

"Stop thinking. I didn't hire you to tell me what to do. I'm fine." he growls.

I put my hands up. "Alright, fine! I'll drop it!"

"And you're the one to talk. Yes, I heard your conversation with the dweebs."

I slam my suitcase shut and whip around. "They're not dweebs!" I nearly yell. "God, why do you have to be such a jerk to them? What did they ever do to you?"

Realizing that I'm asking him something that won't have a good answer to it, I sigh in annoyance and put my hands up.

"You know what, don't even answer that." I turn and go back to rummaging through my suitcase. "I don't know why I even put up with you in the first place." I grumble.

"You think you don't know."

I stiffen and turn around only to find Kaiba behind me. He backs me up until I hit the table. He place his hands on each side of the table beside me and leans down towards my face. I couldn't help but blush because of how close he is.

"But I believe you do."

I stare into his eyes for a moment until I compel myself to regain my bearings. I shake my head a little and push him away, frustrated and annoyed.

"For the last freaking time, I'm not attracted to you! Seriously, what do I have to do to prove that?! Kiss you and not get affected by it?"

He raises an eyebrow and gets close to me again. Why does he keep on doing that?!

"Don't say things that will make you regret it later." I step away from him again and he smirks. "Tell you what. If you can prove that you're not attracted to me, then I'll give you a whole week off."

I laugh sarcastically. "Yeah, that's not happening, Mr. Big Shot. The reward is tempting, but hell no. Lord knows what you want me to do to prove that I'm not attracted you. Besides, I know for a fact that you're the one who's attracted to me." I point to him and myself.

"Hmph." He crosses his arms. "And what makes you think that?"

I put my hand on my hips and roll my eyes. "Please. I know how this game works Kaiba. Guys like you love a good challenge. And the fact that I'm denying my so-called 'attraction' for you, makes you want to woo me anyways. Why else are you trying to make me admit it to you so much?"

He taps his two fingers on his chin. "This is becoming really interesting."

I roll my eyes. So he wants to play it this way huh? Well two can play it on that game. I close my suitcase and cross my arms.

"You know what? Despite the fact of me hating your guts, I'm curious too. We both deny of being attracted to each other, so why not do a challenge?"

"Perfect. What's the challenge?" he asks.

"Whenever we have the chance, we flirt or put the moves on each other. But not in public because it'll give them the wrong idea. Whoever breaks first, loses. Simple as that."

He grins. "What do I get if I win?"

I stare at him. Why do I have a bad feeling about this already? I clear my throat and cross my arms. Now's not the time to be awkward around him. Stand your ground, Karen.

"Whatever you want I guess," I manage to get out.

He stands there, thinking for a minute.

"Alright. I accept this challenge. May the best player win. And that will be me," he smirks.

I roll my eyes. "Yeah, okay, Mr. Overachiever. I do believe that you have an inspection to go to. It is 4:15, and that gives you half an hour to get there." I look at my watch. "So I suggest that you should get a move on." I then point to the doors.

He grabs his suitcase from his desk and straightens his tie before walking towards the doors. "Whatever you say." I gasp and freeze when he wraps an arm around my waist and puts his lips near my ear. "Rose," he murmurs against my neck, which almost makes my whole body tremble.

He walks out of his office, leaving me to stand there frozen and speechless. What have I done?

"So you made a deal with him to be his personal assistant so he can leave your new friends alone? That was a sweet thing to do Karen!" Mom says sweetly over the phone.

I sigh with relief. I thought she was going to be mad at me.

"Well, I didn't want him to make it harder for them. So I did what I could." Someone is knocking on my door. "Oh! I gotta go mom. Dinner's here. Bye!"

I hang up and roll off my bed. I walk to the door and get my dinner: stuffed crust pizza! I have a few slices and go back to work on the duel disk.

Already, a couple hours pass and I still haven't found anything! I swear to God, I'm this close to giving up on this stupid contraption. There's nothing wrong with it!

I sigh when I remember what Dad always told me: 'never give up on the customer if they really need you.' Apparently Seto Kaiba really needs me to fix his duel disk. Damn conscience. I prop my elbow on the table and place my head on my hand. I'd better get a good paycheck out of this.

I work on it until 1 am, then I go to bed. But I couldn't get that much sleep because my stupid brain then started replaying what happened earlier. I literally shivered when he touched me and froze when he got close to me today. It was like I was under a spell of some kind. His eyes. It was like he was...

My eyes widen and I growl, embarrassed and ashamed. I slam a pillow on my face and hit it many times. Ugh! Stop thinking about him! I'm not attracted to him, he's just playing mind games with me, that's all! And I won't fall for it! No way in hell!

With those lovely thoughts, I finally fall asleep, hoping to God that I'll forget what happened today.

Well, well, well! Are sparks gonna happen between the two CEO's or not? That little mystery will be solved in the near future. So until then, farewell and have a wonder life!

OH! And I wanna thank Starlit Storyteller and Cuddlekinz0 for favoriting, following, and reviewing my story! It really made my morning when I read them. So thank you very much:)