A/N: This is a relatively short chapter in comparison to the last few. Many apologies, I had two assignments due for college this week :O I will keep on top of everything though! Read, enjoy and drop a review! :')


Chapter Six: Discovery

Her eyes opened wide with surprise. She gasped and looked down at the dish in disbelief.

"What's wrong? Don't you like it?" Mokuba asked quickly, quite content with his meal.

"I... I don't know what to say..." Alyssa looked up at Mokuba and a broad smile broke out across her face. "It's the second most delicious thing I have ever tasted..."

"Only the second? What was the first?" Mokuba leaned across the table with curiosity.

"Um... This brown sweet called chocolate... Proper chocolate, with milk and sugar and stuff..." Alyssa focused on her food and ate wholeheartedly, while Mokuba asked Kaiba what she meant by 'proper chocolate'.

"She was allowed to have dark chocolate while she was kept locked up, but there was no mention of milk chocolate on her reports..." Kaiba turned toward Alyssa. "Alyssa, when did you have milk chocolate?"

"Every year, once a year, for my birthday..." She looked up from her food momentarily. "Ryuuka would bring me a big box of chocolates and turn off all the cameras and stuff, so we wouldn't be caught..."

"Did he tell you he turned off the cameras?" Mokuba realised that such an occurrence would be odd, considering the situation Ryuuka was in.

"No, but I always saw him do it."

"How could you see him? You were trapped in that room! Did he leave you out?" Kaiba was shocked. 'What is going on here? This makes no sense...'

Alyssa laughed. "No, I saw him through the glass!"

"It was two-way glass; For the outside it was a window, but for you it was a mirror."

"No, I could always see through it."

The knives and forks remained stationary in mid-air, as the tension in the room became thicker.

"How?" Kaiba demanded, somewhat harshly. Alyssa swallowed her last morsel and pushed away the empty plate, licking her perfect lips.

"They gave me some stuff when I was small, an injection, and since then my eyesight is better..." Alyssa was confused by Kaiba's behaviour. "I've been wrong again, haven't I?"

"What do you mea..." Mokuba's voice died away when Alyssa stood and bowed slightly. She stared at the sea-green carpet on the floor in sadness and spoke in a tone that matched her expression.

"I should go to bed... I'm very sorry for this..." And away she walked. Kaiba stared at her with disbelief evident in his eyes and Mokuba turned toward him.

"Seto! She'll miss dessert!" Kaiba smirked.

"I'll bring her some in a while... I don't think she'll attempt to sleep yet."


It was some time later when Kaiba brought a small plate covered with aluminium foil upstairs to Alyssa's room. He checked his watch and noticed it was only a little after eight in the evening. Nevertheless, he knocked on her door.

"Um... Yes?" Her sweet voice, full of uncertainty and remorse, came from behind the wooden obstacle, making Kaiba smirk once more.

"Alyssa, it's Kaiba. Is it alright if I come in?" He waited for a full ten seconds before she answered again.

"Alright..."

He opened the door and walked inside, closing the door behind him. She was curled up on the large bed, with her back facing the door. Kaiba felt slightly awkward and simply stood at the door, while she turned her head toward him,

"Are you alright?" He watched her face as she frowned and shook her head. "What's wrong?"

"I've been wrong... I'm very sorry..." She turned her head back into the pillow and trembled.

"You haven't been wrong. Alyssa, explain this to me, please..." Kaiba sat on the edge of the bed and placed the plate on the duvet. Alyssa turned around and saw him, then sat up quickly.

"What's this?" She pointed at the plate.

"Dessert. You ran away from the table during dinner..." Kaiba removed the foil and revealed a thin slice of chocolate cheese cake. Alyssa's eyes widened.

"It's a chocolate cake?" She looked up. "You'd like me to explain how I was wrong?"

"Yes." Kaiba handed her a fork and motioned to the cake.

"Okay..." She took a mouthful of chocolate cheesecake and chewed contently. Her aqua eyes closed and she hummed slightly. Kaiba smirked and raised an eyebrow.

"Anytime, back there..." She waved her left hand in the air, making reference to the institute once again. "...If I did something wrong, I would be punished. Wrong things are looking through the window, knowing what you're thinking and things like that..." She took another mouthful of the cake and hummed again. "But I suppose I wasn't wrong, considering you gave me a slice of this cake..."

"Did you say... Looking through the window? And reading people's minds?" Kaiba moved toward her slightly with intrigue. She giggled and nodded her head.

"Yeah, why?" She blushed and had to look down at the plate.

"Because that is known as telepathy, which hasn't been mentioned in your reports..." He leaned away from her. "So I'm not sure if it's true..."

"Will you answer a question for me please?" Alyssa smiled prettily at him and he nodded. "How am I cute?"

'Cute?! I haven't said it aloud, have I?' Kaiba stared at her for a long moment and she smiled again. "Did Mokuba say you were cute?"

"No, you think it..." Alyssa smirked and finished the last piece of the cheese cake. 'You constantly think it, even though back when you saw me for the first time, you were angry with me."

"I wasn't angry with you... I was angry with my stepfather..." Kaiba closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose with his forefinger and thumb. "The institution where you grew up was illegal. It housed many different illegal narcotics that were tested on you and I was angry with my stepfather for establishing such a place..."

"You're changing the subject slightly." Alyssa smiled and looked down at the bedsheets, "But from the sounds of it, your stepfather isn't a very nice man..."

"Wasn't a nice man..." Kaiba corrected. Alyssa's eyes widened as she looked up at him.

"He was pushed out of a window?" She brought her hand up to her mouth in horror. "Who did it to him?"

"It was never proven that he was pushed... Though people suspect that I did it..." He looked out of her window and muttered, "I often wonder if I had pushed him, and sooner too, would things be different now?" He looked down at his crossed arms. "Besides, his body was never found, so people suspect that he may still be alive..."

"Your parents aren't here anymore either. We're the same..." Alyssa's voice broke Kaiba's train of thought.

"In a way, I suppose we are rather similar... Though I'm not telepathic." Kaiba smirked at Alyssa and she blushed. 'I have to be careful about what I think around her...'

"I heard that too you know..." She looked around the room and sighed. "There's so much stuff to take in..."

"You're accepting a lot of information very quickly Alyssa. It's impressive." Kaiba stood up from the bed and looked at her thin form. "I'll let you sleep, I plan on waking you early tomorrow so I can take you shopping."

"Um, alright... Thank you Kaiba." She stood and bowed slightly. "I'm very sorry about tonight, I promise I don't mean to do it..."

"Don't apologise Alyssa. Good night." Kaiba smirked and left the room promptly. Alyssa stood for a moment and wondered where to find clothes for bed. She checked the wardrobe and found a matching cream silk pajama shirt and pants, folded neatly on a shelf. She smiled and got ready for bed.