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Chapter 6

In everyone's life there is that one defining moment that makes everything seem like a dream. You feel somehow out of your body and a spectator to your own life. Reality just seems to fade away into something unbelievable and suddenly just like when you where little you believed in the magic of the universe and in fate and you felt at peace for once in your life. Because nothing could hurt you in this magical world.

"This is how I feel right now," thought Serenity as she watched Seto's uncharacteristic fidgeting. She knew she should be worried about her brother and about Tristan and yet at the same time they couldn't have been further from her thoughts. Once she stepped into Seto's limo she stopped second guessing herself.

"This feels right. I want this." She placed her hand into his and smiled up at Seto. He fixed his blue stare on her. To anyone else he would have been intimidating but to her he had her entranced the moment she had laid eyes on him.

He hadn't really been sure about what to say, a lot had happened and he was the first one to admit the finer points of relationships eluded even him. He had been waging his own war within himself ever since they had gotten into the car,

"What am I doing? What did I do? Why did I lose control like that?" He thought, letting his gaze drift over the passing scenery.

"Why am I so nervous," he asked himself angrily. He looked over again at Serenity when he noticed to his surprise that she was smiling at him. She had reached over and placed her hand in his and was now genuinely smiling at him. Her smile had a calming effect on him and he let his body relax into the seat more comfortably. He felt her settle her weight into him as she lay her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. He closed his eyes and breathed in her scent.

"I have missed you," he stated softly into her hair.

"And I you," she replied, weaving her hand into his. They sat together for the rest of the short drive, both all too aware of what was to come later that night.

"I am ready," thought Serenity when the limo came to a stop outside the house, steeling herself as she stepped out into the cool night air, followed shortly by Seto. He took her hand gently and led her forward. She followed him without resistance into the house, removed her shoes and let herself be led upstairs. Neither of them said a word their intentions where in their actions. When they reached the second floor landing he turned left and walked a few paces down the hall to the first door and opened it stepping inside pulling her forward with him. This part wasn't new to him. He new how it went from here. He pulled her roughly against him, he couldn't stop himself even if he had wanted to. He didn't want to. He kissed her lips softly at first waiting for her to submit to him completely. She bent into his kiss moving her hands up to his shoulders a sense of urgency racing through her body. She had been waiting for this to happen. She wanted this, to be with him in this way. She was the one who broke the kiss first. He looked into her eyes a questioning expression on his face. She smirked up at him, her nervousness replaced by a temporary feeling of exhilaration as she placed her hands on his chest and started removing his jacket and shirt.

Seto felt his world tilt and his pulse quicken. The blood running to his brain had already fled the scene and was moving south at an ever increasing rate. His brain was becoming clouded in the red mists of desire. "Easy," he growled,

"You sure you want this?" Serenity locked her eyes with his and without hesitation pressed her lips again his. He felt his world drop away the moment Serenity's lips were on his. Twining her arms around his neck as they kissed he buried his fingers in her hair, she gasped slightly when he broke free of her mouth and gently pulled her head back before placing a line of soft kisses along the underside of her jaw. Tenderly, he claimed her mouth once more, his fingers running soothing caresses along her cheeks as he slowly drew back from her. Her eyes were still closed and a small smile danced about her parted lips as if she was savoring the last delicious moments of their kiss. Silently, he began to urging towards his bed.

"Towards something wonderful," she thought as he led her forward.

LATER THAT NIGHT

He leaned closer to her and kissed the side of her neck before getting up off the bed. She watched him walk over to a door and flip on the light to what she could only assume to be the bathroom. She smiled at his naked figure being silhouetted in the darkness by the bathroom light. Once he had closed the door he looked again up at the ceiling as she waited. Her thoughts were clear. She was sure that this was the right decision. She had wanted to be with Seto in this way and it had been wonderful. She heard water running and the door open. Seto walked towards the bed wearing only a towel and holding another towel in his hand. He smiled down at her as he held out his hand to her. She took it smiling back her heart fluttering as she sat up and stood in front of him. In an incredibly intimate gesture he placed the towel around her. She looked at him questioningly.

"The first time can be uh-messy," he said simply before turning back to the bathroom. She looked back at the bed noticing for the first time the dark red stain.

"Oh no," she said horrified.

"I should have remembered. I'm so sorry," she said not being able to help the tears from running down her face. He turned back to her bringing her hand to his lips.

"Don't worry about it. It's being taken care of, you have nothing to be ashamed of. Now come on before the water gets cold." Serenity smiled up at Seto looking into his sincere eyes feeling relief flood through her.

"Everything will be alright," she thought as she closed the door to the bathroom behind her.


She lay in bed staring up at the ceiling thinking about all that had happened that night. And she thought about Seto. A smile crossed her lips as she thought about him and her together. She never wanted this feeling to end. She heard the door open and the light switch off followed by the bed shifting as Seto lay down beside her. She had to admit she was surprised by him. Usually even his actions to her had some degree of distance but tonight he had been wonderful and so kind to her. She felt the bed shift again and a warm hand begin stroking her stomach making her giggle.

"A lot of people have had a lot of different reactions to me in the past. I have to say giggling has never been on of those reactions," whispered Seto poking her sides playfully. Serenity tried in vain to escape the onslaught so instead she turned to him kissed him letting her lips and her hands convey her feelings for him. When then broke apart she was suddenly hit with the full implications of what she had done to him.

"I'm so sorry Seto," she blurted moving away from him.

"You have nothing to apologize for," he responded his voice a low whisper. She tried to hold down her tears.

"If only I had been stronger, or talked to my brother instead of avoiding you-," she started only to be cut off by Seto.

"We are together now and that's all that is important now right. The here and now is all that is important. What's in the past is in the past"

"I have to...tell you. I want you to know." She took a deep breath and went on, he clenched his jaw tightly trying to keep a tight hold on his anger.

"If I had been stronger things wouldn't have happened the way they did and worse, now half the school thinks you're the villain when really I am. But most of all the reason I pulled away from you was because I was afraid of what Joey would think and I turn went to the safer person," she exclaimed tears starting to roll down her face, as she looked at Seto's dark expression while she talked. She was shaking, her hands fumbling and trembling as she weaved her fingers together nervously. Seto wanted to stop her from talking, from remembering, but he couldn't. Something held him still and quiet, taking in all she had to say.

"So I avoided you and tried to forget you. And I hoped that you would forget me."

"I know..." He said and his eyes dropped to his hands.

"Oh... I'm sorry Seto. I never wanted to hurt you, I never wanted that." She moved her face closer to his and kissed his lips softly. "Please forgive me. I didn't really am sorry." She felt him pull her to him, his strong arms tightening around her, holding her, and she was suddenly stretched out with him, on top of him, on the bed. She looked down at him in surprise and saw him smile softly at her, his fingers playing with her hair, moving it behind her ear, brushing her face. She felt more tears roll down her face.

"It's ok..." He whispered his arms pulling her to him as she rested her face on his chest. "We're ok..."

Seto reached for the blanket she had on and pulled it over their bodies.

"You ok with sleeping here?" He asked.

"You comfortable like this?" He continued, praying she'd say yes, because he liked the way she felt snuggled in his arms, her hair brushing his face every now and then, he liked to smell her, kiss her, play with her too. He wanted to fall asleep like this and wake up like this.

"Forever," he thought as he drifted into sleep.

MONDAY

She groaned again pulling the sheets over her head.

"I'm not going. You can't make me." She squirmed a little when she felt the bed beside her shift.

"You can't stay here forever, you have to go to school and face them eventually and you have to fill your brain with all sorts of facts or at least that's what Mokuba says," came the familiar voice of Seto Kaiba located somewhere above her. She felt a gentle tugging of the sheets as a hand snuck its way underneath pulling the sheets away from her partly naked form. Presently she was clad only in one of his t-shirts trying not to giggle as his hand began its bold exploration of her thighs.

"Time for school," exclaimed Seto grinning wickedly.

SCHOOL

"They weren't late, Seto had seen to that," thought Serenity as she walked slowly towards the school or what she had been calling it on the drive over, her doom.

"Even after our morning ah, session," she thought trying unsuccessfully from keeping the blush from her cheeks as she remembered his fingers. He looked down at her noticing the blush on her cheeks. "Your thinking about me aren't you. About what we did, and what we are going to do to one another," he said wickedly, his hand trailing secretly under her shirt to stroke her back causing her to shiver and gasp in response. She walked faster away from his wandering hands and the feelings he was trying to arouse in her.

"Seto not here. Someone will see." She muttered, flustered by his actions.

"They will see only how lucky I am to be here with you," he replied giving her a devilish grin. Serenity gave him a withering look, giggling,

"I would never have thought of you as the romantic type, with all that cheesiness."

"You know you just ruined a perfectly good moment," he replied leaning over to give her a kiss.

That's when he saw them. Staring at them or more importantly him.

"Seto what is it?" Asked Serenity in earnest upon seeing Seto's formerly mischievous expression turn cold and dark. She followed the direction of his gaze to where her brother and his friends now stood watching them.

"Big brother," thought Serenity too scared to move.