Recap!!
It is official! They are together! ^.^ Yayness anyone? And well…now comes the drama right? Lol Serenity and Kaiba shared a nice little kiss in the library, now let's see what happens.
The sound of paper brushing over itself drifted through the office. There was a dim light coming from a lamp next to the couch, but other then that the room was dark. The window granted no sunlight at this early morning hour. It had been four weeks since Kaiba and Serenity's kiss in the library. Four weeks since they started their secret relationship. And right now, that was all Kaiba could think about while he was trying to read over a document for Kaiba Corp.
He sighed, and returned to the last page, realizing that even though his eyes had drifted over all the words they didn't come near to registering with him. It was just hard to concentrate when a beautiful girl was sleeping lightly on your chest. He gazed away from his work and looked down at Serenity's sleeping face, gently laying on his chest with one arm tucked around his side and the other lightly holding on to the front of his shirt. He had to admit, it was more than cute. A smile hit his face and he reached a hand down to stroke her cheek.
He had both of his legs on either side of her and his arms lightly wrapped around her middle. Laying on the couch trying to do work wasn't the most comfortable thing, especially because the arm rest was getting hard on his back, but he didn't want to disturb the resting girl. She had been kind enough to stay at Kaiba Corp, waiting for him to finish his work. The least he could do is let her sleep peacefully.
With a little sigh he looked back at his papers. A contract, a company wanting Kaiba Corp to invest in one of their products. Though he hadn't liked what he'd been reading so far, he knew he had to read the entire document. He was probably only holding a grudge against it because it made him skip out on taking Serenity on their date like he had promised. Of course, when he told her the girl didn't frown, or anything. Just looked down at the ground and nodded. He felt bad, but at least she understand that work was important to him.
He was expecting her to be at least a little angry and leave, saying she'd find something else to do. But instead she just said she'd wait, and went to sit on the couch. Soon enough he went to join her, and about an hour later they ended up in their current position. Why would I think she'd get angry. I know she never gets angry…even when she should. He thought to himself, starting to read at the top of the page he'd already gone over but completely ignored.
Though they had chosen to keep their relationship a secret that didn't stop Rin from pestering Serenity every chance she got. Whenever Kaiba had tried to defend the innocent girl's honor she would tell him not to, that they needed to forgive Rin. He hated that. Rin didn't deserve forgiveness in his mind. But…he wanted to make Serenity happy.
Suddenly he felt movement on his chest. He looked down and saw Serenity was slowly waking up. She groaned a little, and, probably not realizing where she was, started pushing up. Kaiba's arms lightly pushed her back down however. "You should go back to sleep." He practically ordered, though in the softest voice he knew.
The girl didn't seem to put up much of a fight as she laid her head back on his chest and, yawning once, seemed to relax back to sleep. However a couple minutes later her hold on his shirt loosened and she lightly looked up at him. "What time is it?" She asked, her voice groggy, and slow. She blinked her eyes more often then she should, obviously trying to shake the sleep from her.
Not having been keeping track Kaiba lightly looked at his watch. Nonchalantly he replied, "About three in the morning." He said, looking back at his papers, trying to cover up the fact he'd been day dreaming about her.
Serenity's eyes immediately widened. "Seto!" She exclaimed, Kaiba with held a smile. She often called him by his first name when she was tired, when she didn't really think about what she was saying, most of the time she didn't even catch herself doing it. He just looked at her quizzically, lightly raising an eyebrow as if he didn't understand what was wrong. "It's so late…" She responded to his look, having been used to his silently asked questions by now.
He shrugged, and taking this opportunity, pushing himself to sit up and drawing his legs out from around her to sit them at the floor in front of him. Moving made him realize how sore he had become holding that position for so long, but he didn't show it, lest he make serenity feel bad for falling asleep on top of him, which he wasn't going to complain about.
As he moved Serenity got up as well, and sat herself with her legs tucked beneath her. She looked at him softly, thinking about how tired he looked. She then reached out and tried putting a hand on hisshoulder, but he stood, preventing her from doing so, though he hadn't been aware of her movement in the first place. She returned her hands to her lap and watched him pace around the office to his desk. He lightly threw the documents on his desk and then looked at her placidly.
Serenity waited for him to talk, or do something. She was used to his silence, because even though they've almost been dating for a month now she had done little to bring down his emotional barriers. But she figured that would come with time. For now, she would be patient and deal with his introvert-ness. Though she did hate not knowing what he was thinking about, and she'd learned that if she'd ask him, all he'd do is smirk.
"I should take you home." He finally said, grabbing a couple of things from his desk and stuffing them into his briefcase. He shut it swiftly and then grabbed his keys, then looked at her wonder if she was ready.
"Oh, right." She said, seeming to have been falling asleep again. She slowly stood from the couch, and stretched her arms up over her head. She ran her fingers through her hair, trying to get out any tangles, and then grabbed her purse and jacket from the floor. She slipped both over her shoulders and then started for the office door. He got there before her and held it open for her to slip out before him.
He shut the door and locked it behind him, and then the two started down the abandoned halls of Kaiba Corp towards the elevator. Kaiba walked slowly, mostly for Serenity's sake as her legs were shorter then his, and with her fatigue she was moving extra slow. He pressed the button for the elevator and the two waited in silence. Though Kaiba did have something he wanted to talk about, but even he was nervous about bringing it up. Just as he had been when he had kissed her.
He may be a ruthless CEO, but when it came to Serenity he found himself floundering.
"You know…Homecoming is next week." He said simply, he glanced at Serenity, gauging her reacting. He knew if they went to the dance their relationship would be out in the open, and he didn't know if they were ready for that. For Serenity that meant dealing with her brother and reporters. For him it meant dealing with angry fangirls trying to kill his girlfriend.
Serenity just nodded a little, continuing to look at the spot the elevator would arrive at soon enough. He was about to drop it when she looked up at him, her face wearing her gentle smile. "Do you want to go?" She asked, not meaning to ask him, but wondering how he felt about it. She knew as well as he did what the consequences of them going together would be.
Kaiba just shrugged a little. "Could be fun." He was going to continue but Serenity giggled a little, catching him off guard. "What's so funny?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her.
"You Kaiba." She said, seeming to be awake enough to no longer call him by his first name. Though he never really understood why she didn't in the first place. Maybe he didn't make her feel like she could. He felt bad about that, but he was being as open as he was able to be. It may not feel like it to her, but this was him trying. But if anyone besides Mokuba would be allowed to use his first name it'd be Serenity Wheeler. When she didn't continue her explanation he gave her a look that suggested she should, because he didn't understand what joke he made.
"I guess I'd just never imagined you talking about fun and a High School dance…" She said with another giggle. He smiled a little, she was right. It was a bit unlike him. But he did think they could enjoy themselves there. Though maybe there was a part of him that wouldn't take enjoyment from the dance itself. Just everyone's reaction to their relationship. Mostly Joey's reaction. Though tormenting the mutt because of Serenity's attachment to him wasn't why he started this relationship he did think it could be a nice perk.
The elevator came and both of them slipped in quietly, Kaiba just pressed the button for the first floor and kept quiet till they started going down. "Well?" He asked her, still curious if she was willing to go or not.
Serenity looked down at her feet, a blush across her cheeks. "I couldn't afford a dress…" She admitted, once again embarrassed about their different social classes. Had they been born a hundred years ago they probably wouldn't even be talking to each other, and that was something she thought about often, Kaiba on the other hand didn't think anything of it.
He just gave a shrug to her excuse. "I can buy you one." He said, not trying to force her to go, but he didn't want her to not go just because of something as stupid as a dress. He knew how she'd react to that though. He knew that if there was anything Serenity did hate, it was taking his money. And just as he suspected the girl quickly began shaking her head.
"Kaiba no, I couldn't." She was going to continue, but once again Kaiba cut her off, this time with a raised hand.
"If I can afford to give you a $200 hair cut don't you think I can afford a dress? Do I need to show you bank accounts?" He asked her, not trying to be funny, it was a serious question, and Serenity knew that. Kaiba was always serious. Serenity sighed, and knew where the debate would go. Kaiba would win, he always did. "So…would you like to go? With me?" He added, just in case it wasn't clear.
Serenity smiled a little and nodded. She was ready for their relationship to be known. At least…she thought she was. "I'd love to." She said lightly, her smile brightening when she noticed how relieved he looked. He bent to kiss her cheek and Serenity blushed a bit more.
"Good." Was all he said just as the elevator came to a stop. The main lobby of Kaiba Corp was revealed to both of them. Something that always seemed to impress Serenity, no matter how many times in the past month she'd come there to see Kaiba. They both stepped out and walked to the front doors. Kaiba had to swipe his key card to get passed them, but it only took a moment, and soon enough the two were on the other side, in the cold air.
"Oh jeez!" Serenity exclaimed, quickly wrapping her arms around herself. Kaiba, and someone else chuckled. Serenity looked over quickly, initially nervous that someone had snuck up on them, but soon enough she saw that it was only Roland, and she relaxed. He must be on guard duty here tonight. She thought to herself.
"Mr. Kaiba. Ms. Wheeler." He said, giving a small nod of his head to both. He then brushed passed them and continued on his way. Serenity watched him go as Kaiba put his jacket over her shoulders. It was a short walk to the car, but that wasn't going to be warm either.
"Thank you." She said brightly as she followed him to one of only three cars in the parking lot. They both slipped inside and Kaiba quickly got the car started and the heat going. Soon enough he was out of the Kaiba Corp parking lot and on his way to Serenity's apartment. Little did he know she was dreading going back home.
