Chapter nine: Wrath.
It had been three weeks since Anzu went to the ball with Matt. Overall, she had a lot of fun, they spent most of the time dancing, which was a good way to avoid any unwanted question from the other guest of Matt's father. Anzu did not hear of Kaiba since then, but she just couldn't shake up this feeling inside of her that he was up to no good, especially after what Matt told him. She didn't know much about Kaiba's father, but she knew it was a sensible subject that anyone who wanted to live avoided religiously in front of the blue eyed CEO. Even thought Matt kept telling her she was being paranoid, she couldn't stop herself from worrying..She knew how passionate Kaiba could be about making people he held a grudge against suffer...
Anzu sighed as she stood up after looking under the couch, she was looking for a school book she needed, but so far she couldn't find it anywhere and it was starting to bother her, she had to leave for school and she needed that book now. Frustrated, she went to Matt's room for help. "Hey Matt, have you se-" But she stopped abruptly as soon as she glanced inside his room, she backed out as quickly as she came in. "Oh for god's sake, Matt. Close your door!" The only answer she got was a low chuckle as she made her way back to the kitchen. She was never going to get used to that. After stalling for almost a month, Matt finally had the courage to ask Rylan out, she didn't really mind that....but she felt there were some things she didn't need to see.
A few minutes later, Matt, wearing only slack pair of jeans, joined Anzu in the kitchen as she was making herself a quick breakfast. "Good morning." He said, a little tint on red on his cheek.
"Morning." Anzu answered, she too had a light shade of pink on her face.
"Sorry about that." Matt said with a small laugh.
Anzu smiled. "Oh it's alright, I just saw my best friend and the guy I work with making out half naked. I'm just traumatized for life." She joked.
"Oh come on, we weren't even doing anything...yet" Rylan said as he joined them in the kitchen. "You know, if you stopped forgetting your stuff at the job..." He handed Anzu her school book. "Those things wouldn't happen." He said with a grin.
Anzu sighed as she grabbed the book. "Thanks, I...I have to go." She said, still embarrassed. "I'll see you later."
Once Anzu had left, Rylan laid against the counter and smiled. "So, you want to do something after my shift tonight?" He asked with a grin
Matt sighed. "I wish I could, but I have to go back home. Family dinner." He said. "Anyway, I have to go too, my dad will kill me if I don't ace the next exam."
Rylan shook his head. "Your dad really seem to be rough on you." He followed Matt outside of the apartment.
"You can say that again." Matt said, shaking his head as they both walked out.
Kaiba was almost smiling as he patiently waited in the empty office. He was what could be considered happy, as happy as Seto Kaiba could get. For the first time since he came to America, he had the upper hand and he knew it, it didn't matter to him that Bristel was making him wait on purpose just to annoy him, nothing could spoil his mood. After making him lose 20 minutes of his time, Jeremiah Bristel finally entered his office, swiftly walked behind his desk, all the way looking at Kaiba with a superior air, the younger CEO simply stared back with a bored expression.
"This is better be good." Mr. Bristel said as he sat down on his chair. "I am a busy person."
Kaiba smirked, comfortably seating in the chair. He knew how much that would upset Bristel, the older man was such a strict person, he couldn't accept anything but perfection, that side of him reminded Kaiba of his own adopted father...which only added to the long list of things he hated about the other businessman. For a moment there it almost made him feel bad for what he was about to do...almost, but the little bastard deserved it.
"Oh, don't worry, I won't take much of your precious time." He said, his smirk widening. "What I want is really simple. You are going to back out of the deal with Johnson."
Jeremiah stared at him for a second before started laughing, Johnson company was one of the biggest one in America and his latest association offer was the biggest deal of the year, whoever managed to get it would have his profits assured for at least the next three years. Of course Mr. Bristel was in the best position to make the deal. "That has to be the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. Why would I ever let you have that deal?"
Kaiba smiled, an omen of bad luck to whoever saw it. "Because if you don't...tomorrow morning this picture will be on the first page of all the newspapers." He saw as he threw a picture on the desk.
Mr. Bristel frowned as he picked up the picture, he barely glanced at it before his eyes widened.
"I believe you recognize your son."
Matt sighed, looking at the big mansion in front of him, once every week he had to come here for a family dinner with his dad, which meant once a week he had to come over and listen to his father repeat day after day how much of a disappointment he was. He took a deep breath at he walked up the way to the front door. The door opened barely 5 seconds after he knocked, the butcher, an old strict man, looked down at him with cold eyes. Matt stared back at him with the same look, he never liked that man, and he knew the butcher felt the same. The older man moved out of the way to let the teen in the mansion.
Matt made his way to the dinning room, it was better to make this quick and get it over with until the next week. However, he found the dinning room to be completely empty, the table wasn't even set. He frowned, usually his father was already seated and complained about him being late, it wasn't like him to be late anywhere. He prepared himself for the worst as he turned around and went to check his father's home office.
The door was already opened, he looked inside, his father was seated behind his desk, looking down at something. Matthew frowned, something was wrong, he knocked on the door to get his father's attention. Jeremiah looked up at him, the look he gave him send shills up Matthew's spine...he was in trouble. "Father, is something wrong?" He asked.
Jeremiah sat up straight in his chair and glared at his son. "Come here, and close the door." He said, his voice dripping with anger.
Matt took a deep breath, he entered the office and closed the door behind him before walking up to the desk. His father threw something in front of him, silently, Matt picked it up and looked at it. It was a picture....a picture of him with Rylan on one of their date...a picture of them kissing. Panicked, he looked up at his father to explain, but the man didn't let him say a word.
"Do you have any idea how much your stupidity just cost me?" Mr. Bristel yelled so loud it made Matt flinch. "I just lost the most important deal of the year because of you. So this wouldn't be all over the news?"
Matt frowned. "You didn't have to." He replied, trying to stay calm.
"And have the entire world see you in that disgusting display of misplaced affection?" His father yelled back.
"What I do with my life is none of your business!" Matthew shot back.
His father grabbed him by the collar and pulled him closer. "Oh yes it is, you are my son, the heir of the Bristel empire and I won't let you destroy everything I worked so hard to build for...This." He said, gesturing to the picture with disgust. "I did what I had to so this picture will not be seen. You will not see that boy anymore, am I clear?."
"No-"
His father backhanded him before he could say anything else, sending Matt on the ground. "You are my son and will do what I tell you." He yelled, glaring at him with all his might. Matt stared up at his father in shock as he raised his hand to his sore cheek. Silently, he stood up and turned around to leave the office. "If you leave now, you are not my son anymore."
Math looked back over his shoulder, his face showing just how hurt he was as he stared at his dad before looking down and walking out of the office. He quickly made his way down the stairs and toward the front door, he always knew it would come down t this one day, but he never expected today to be that day and he never thought his father would learn it that way. As he reached the front door, he stopped and turned around, it was true he never really liked that place, but it was still his home, and he still loved his father, but right now, he knew he couldn't do anything to make his father accept him. He took one final deep breath before opening the door and walking out if his father's mansion.
He ignored the limo that was waiting for him, he didn't want to take it, it was still early and he needed to think before going back home and the two hours it took him to travel from his father's mansion back to his apartment by public transportation was just what he needed to process what just happened. As soon as he walked through the front gate, he felt someone was watching him, he looked up from the ground and saw him, then, he understood everything. Matt frowned, staring at Kaiba as he was casually leaning on his black limo, his arm crossed and a mocking smirk on his face as he stared back at him. At first, Matt was tempted to cross the street and tell him a piece of his mind, but finally deciding against it, he was not going to give him that satisfaction so he forced himself to tear his gaze away from him and leave.
Anzu quickly walked inside the Kaiba Corp. she walked straight for the elevators. She was mad, no, mad wasn't a strong enough word to describe all the hatred and anger she felt toward a certain blue eyes stuck up bastard of a CEO and she was going to give him a piece of his mind even if it was the last thing she did. As soon as the door opened, on the last floor of the building, Anzu walked straight for the large door in front of her, not sparing a glance at the secretary who asked her if she had an appointment.
She stormed inside Kaiba's office without knocking, still not paying any attention to the panicked secretary behind her. She stopped in front of Kaiba's desk and glared heatedly at the CEO, she couldn't remember ever being so mad at someone. Kaiba stopped his work and looked up at the fuming brunette, unimpressed by the sudden intrusion, he almost looked bored as he motioned to his secretary to leave, but Anzu could swear she saw satisfaction hidden in the back of his cold, emotionless eyes.
"What did you do?" She spat out, her voice cold and accusing.
"You know, it's not really mature of you to storm in here without even knocking." Was it's only answer.
"Oh spare me the crap Kaiba. What did you do to Matt? And don't even try lying to me, I know it was you."
Kaiba dropped the bored facade and smirked. "I simply made a little deal with Bristel. I shut up about his son's preference for guys and he stays out of my way "
Anzu stared at him in shock, how could Kaiba know about that?
Kaiba chuckled. "If he didn't want his little dirty secret to be known, he should have hid it better."
Anzu glared at him. "How could you do something like that?"
The blue eyed CEO smirked. "Simple, I am a worldwide known heartless bastard, after all."
"You're actually enjoying this." She said, more to herself than to him. "You really are pathetic."
A dangerous expression appeared on Kaiba's face. "What did you just say?"
Anzu only glared more fiercely as she got closer to the desk and slightly leaned over it. "You heard me. Even though I'm a nobody, an unimportant part of this world, I'm surrounded by friends, and family, I'm living my dream and I'm happy." Anzu smirked almost evilly as she continued. "And it bothers you, because you, Mr. Almighty CEO, even with all your money and power, you have nothing, no dream, no friend, even Mokuba doesn't want to be with you anymore. Face it, you are miserable and you can't stand the fact that I am happy."
Anzu's words took Kaiba by surprise, but more than anything, they angered him, but before he could make her face his wrath, she had turned around and left. "Enjoy the rest of your pathetic, lonely life Kaiba!" She told him over her shoulder, slamming the door shut behind her as she left the office.
Kaiba was left alone to glare at the door, he was angry, angry at her because of what she said, but at the same time, angry because her words affected him. They shouldn't. He shouldn't even care what she said so why did her words angered him so much?
Whew, that chapter was so hard to write. I am terribly sorry for this....2 months delay, no I'm not stopping writing yet, but after my trip I ended up spending the entire summer with my friend so I really didn't have the time. But I just started school today so now I'm falling into a routine again, I will do my best to update more this year, since I moved, I should be feeling more like it, I already like this place so much more. I actually just got my ass wiped at Mario Kart on the 64 by my roommate and a classmate who is always over XD.
Next chapter: Mokuba is back in town!!!!!!!
