Seto and Rebecca walked in silence for what seemed like forever down the many paths that snaked their way through out the Kaiba mansion's grounds.

"So…. Um Angela seems nice." Rebecca stumbled awkwardly kicking at a rock that laid at her feet.

"Who?" Seto asked with his usual cold tone.

"Angela, your girlfriend remember?" Rebecca pushed her voice harsher then it really should have been.

"Hmm." Seto answered without even so much as a glance at Rebecca.

"Your heartless that girl loves you." Rebecca snapped stopping dead in her tracks.

"So what if I am, you know she nothing more then a pawn in her father game to try and get his company farther ahead anyway." Seto said sharply. " Just like your precious Scott."

"You think I took the black deal ?" Rebecca snapped glaring at the back of Seto's head.

"Didn't you ," Seto snapped turning to face Rebecca "Wouldn't want to upset your precious uncle now would you.?"

"No I didn't take the deal, I flat out refused it." Rebecca snapped pain poorly hidden in her voice.

"You didn't?" Seto blurted out in surprise.

"Oh don't act like you care," Rebecca said coldly walking away from Seto over to a near by fountain. " You were with Angela not even a week after I left."

"How did you?" Seto started.

"She told me !" Rebecca mumbled.

"Rebecca I…I thought." Seto stumbled.

"Thought you just through away a four year relationship on the next pretty girl in a short skirt you met." Rebecca spoke testily. " And I thought my uncle was wrong."

"Rebecca ."

"Save it Seto, I don't want to hear your excuses."

"I don't haft to take this from you." Seto snapped. " Your nothing but a useless no good, waist of space Clarke."

"That saved your ass." Rebecca yelled back her fist clenched painfully by her sided." They would have shot you dead that night ,if I hadn't gone with them."

Seto looked down with a deep cold growl before walking slowly over to Rebecca who looked away at his approach. Tripping over an un pruned root causing her to stumble to what she thought would be the ground cold flat embrace but instead Rebecca had fallen into the warm hard embrace of none other then the last person on earth she though would catch her. Seto looked down at Rebecca concern softening is normally harsh eyes.

"Are you alright?" Seto asked pulling Rebecca back to her feet.

"Yea." Rebecca mumbled looking up at Seto with a rather large gulp before timidly pulling Seto into a tight hug.

Seto stood stunned and stiff for a moment before returning the hug. " Rebecca there wasn't a day that I didn't." Seto started but Rebecca's silenced him with a finger to his lips .

"Shss," Rebecca smiled slipping something into Seto's hand. "I haft to go Angela coming."

"Rebecca." Seto started grabbing Rebecca's shoulder with his free hand.

"Remember I'm only a Clarke by title not by nature." Rebecca laughed before disappearing down one of the far paths.

"There you are sweetie I've been looking for you." Angela spoke sweetly.

"Hmm." Seto answered squeezing what laid in his now sweating palm.

"So I was just wondering if you knew or not that Rebecca was leaving tomorrow?" Angela responded unfazed.

"No why?" Seto answered.

"Oh I just thought with the house all to our self's we could maybe…" Angela started grabbing Seto's free hand.

"I have work." Seto spoke sharply.

"Hey what's that in your other hand?" Angela asked reaching for it.

Seto opened his hand to expose a silver ring engraved around it was a Blue Eyes White dragon with it's eyes forming as the center of the ring in a impressive sappier .

"Oh Seto Yes… Yes !" Angela squealed.

"She kept it." Seto blurted out ignoring Angela attempts to retrieve the ring.

Meanwhile back up at the mansion Rebecca had taken to passing ignoring her phone's vibrations in her pocket.

"Hello?" Rebecca answered in defeat after about the twentieth ring

"What is this I hear about you staying with a Kaiba." Michaels cruel voice sounded from the phone.

"Its just one year." Rebecca almost pleated.

"Its three hundred and sixty -five days too long."

"Please Uncle." Rebecca spoke softly.

"On one condition." Michael spoke oddly come.

"Witch is." Rebecca asked hesitantly.

"Get the account." Was all Michael said.

"But.." Rebecca tried to protest.

"He only a Kaiba my dear Rebecca."

"I'm not doing it," Rebecca said firmly. " I couldn't do that to Seto."

"What did you call him!"

"Nothing." Rebecca mumbled.

"That's what I thought." Michael spoke coldly. " One week."

"Yes Uncle." Rebecca sighed slamming her phone shut. "Jerk."

"Rebecca, Rebecca !" Angela squealed as she busted through the large front doors

"Yes?" Rebecca answered coldly.

"Seto proposed!" Angela gushed tackling Rebecca to the ground in a hug.

"What?" Rebecca chocked.

"|Seto pro…" Angela began to repeat.

"No I heard you , trust me, where's the ring?"

"Oh well he still has it." Angela spoke shyly. " Must be getting it sized but its gorges."

"I see and where is Seto now?" Rebecca asked formally.

"In his study." Angela answered proudly. " He said he had some work to do or something."

"Angela would you excuses me. I haft to go get ready for school tomorrow." Rebecca lied.

"Yea sure." Angela smiled cheerfully.

"Night." Rebecca spoke flatly as she hurried up the stairs to her room phone tightly held in her hand.

.