Slight lemon in this one.

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Chapter 10

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"Uh... ew." Kaiba's eyes snapped open. Pressed gently against him, Serenity's body laid and Joey stood with blank face in the doorway. Kaiba smirked. Having Joey around, teasing and joking with him was actually quite entertaining. He shook the sleeping girl as Joey moved closer.

"Uhhnnn?" She responded, slowly stretching.

"Yo, Ren, we gotta go. You got that doc appointment tomorrow." Kaiba looked between them for a moment.

"Doctors? Why are you seeing a doctor?" He looked down at her, but she smiled back to him.

"Oh, it's just a follow up appointment. I have them every three months for my eyes." She had mentioned a surgery before. They bid their farewells and took off, but he knew he would see them again the next day. About an hour after they left, the thing he was waiting for finally showed.

"What is wrong with you? You push the blame onto her, when you probably didn't even realize you were living with her." He let slide quietly out to the man at his bedside.

'You wont understand until you're older. It's not something you can avoid.'

"What are you, high? Cant avoid? It's not hard to give a girl an orgasm. I'm fucking fantastic at it." The elder glared down at him, but turned away again soon after.

' I had a meeting. I didn't have time-'

"I will always have time." Kaiba was getting sick of his excuses.

'Maybe now you do. Think about it I run three companies, all at least twice the size of the one you run now. You will forget about her some days, be frustrated with her others, and sometimes, you will hate her. It happens. It happens to everyone. It just happens more to us. You cant tell me you haven't seen it in the past. A forgotten play date? A birthday dinner? It happens because it's your personal life and to you... to us, the personal side is the weakest. It deserves less attention. And that's what it gets.'

"Then I'll change it." He narrowed his gaze as the elder burst out in laughter.

'How can you change something that is such a part of you? A habit that is so inherent, it's subconscious. You would have to be consciously thinking about changing yourself in every minute of every day. Your concentration on other things will be halved. Your productivity, your innovation. Cut, dramatically.'

" I don't care. I'll do it. What's a few weeks of hard work and half the reward opposed to a lifetime of misery?" The elder found himself thoroughly silenced. Kaiba won, but he wasn't happy about I as the memories mixed with his own of missed time with Mokuba and the days he wished he could do over.

It took over two months for the pains to finally finish. They became more and more sparse over the last two months and he had been going to work for the last week. He was two weeks painless and just beginning to feel alive again. He made sure the first thing he did after work was take Mokuba, Serenity, and even Joey out to dinner. He got a memory every once in a while, sometimes it was just an average day where he and Serenity would live together as if they lived separately, and other times it was him hurting her in some unregistered way. Though, there was the rare occasion where they would just be so happy, like a fairy tale.

His efforts to change himself, though constant, weren't showing many results. He would think about it at home, or with her, but once he was at work it was like he was a different person entirely. His brain simply didn't have time for his personal life. Work flow was picking up and because of the time he spent out and sick, the stocks had plummeted and he was working hard to make it up.

Serenity, though, understood completely. He apologized to her, but she wouldn't hear it.

"You're a very important person to the company. The most important. I knew this coming into the relationship. You wont always have time for me, and that's expected, but... just be there when it matters, ok?" She was really something. Something special. Sweet. Perfect. He would always be there when it mattered. All she had to do was ask him and he was putty in her hands. There was little he wouldn't do for her, and though she knew that, she never asked for anything.

"Where's Mokuba?" She asked as he stepped out of the building. She had agreed to meet him at his office after work this day.

"He's not coming. Tonight it's just you and me." She looked at him in surprise for a few moments before smiling and taking his arm.

"Where to?" He shook his head. She was in for more surprises tonight. The place he took her was any classic romantics venue. They got a small table for two with a single rose and candle in the center. They talked and held hands as the food was prepared and fed each other dessert. She liked it simple. Not trying to out do the last date, or go anywhere crazy to be romantic. Romance wasn't the actions he took, it was the simple joy of being the only thing in the room he cared about.

After their fancy dinner he brought her back to the mansion to watch a movie in his personal theater. A few interruptions and one business call later, they finally finished to movie and moved onto a more private setting. They had made out before, but this time he was on fire. His hands pressed against her back and pulled her into him roughly. His tongue slid into her mouth expertly, dancing with hers and she moaned out.

He could tell he burned her like she did him. He wanted her. He wanted her so badly. She slid next to him, rubbing against him and he had to pull back, groaning from the contact. He opened his eyes and she was beneath him, looking at him worriedly.

"Sorry." he muttered, figuring that stopping now was best. She grabbed hold of his collar, pulling him down and kissing him. "Wait, Serenity," She did stop for a moment, looking up at him. "I need to stop, or I'll-"

"I know. It's ok." He paused, stunned. He carefully lowered himself over her again and she smiled. She kissed his jaw and he drank in the sight of her. He didn't hesitate to crash down on her, lips claiming hers as he rubbed against her again. He stripped his pants off and she giggled at his enthusiasm. He was ready to go and wanted nothing more than to hear her calling out for him. He lifted her dress and slowly removed the thing from over her head. She wore orange panties and a matching bra. It was adorable.

They looked even better from the floor, or they would have if he was looking there. Soon the rest of his clothes joined them. She was very tentative at first, being a virgin, but eventually she was calling out to him, legs clamped around him as he rocked into her. Her whole body tensed against him and her legs tightened as she came, but he was far from done.

He rocked roughly into her as she spasmed and she cried out, grabbing onto anything she could before settling on one of his shoulders and the sheets beneath her. He smirked down on her and picked up his pace. She cried and twisted, jerking against him and forcing him on all fours around her. He was almost there.

He pushed harder and faster, making her scream as he came. He just held her as he spilled into her, unable to move or think or even breathe. He laid beside her and pulled her against him and they just breathed heavily together for some time.

"I love you." He turned down to her and she smiled up at him as well.

"Serenity... I... I love you too." He wasn't expecting her to say it, but now that he thought about it, if she wasn't sure she loved him, she probably wouldn't have slept with him.

"I know." She giggled and moved closer to him, but there was something on his chest that he needed to get off. He needed to let her know. He needed her to understand. He couldn't let it happen. He wouldn't let it happen.

"Serenity, I do love you. Never forget that. I wont ever stop loving you. But..." Her eyes searched his in confusion. He didn't want her to think he was breaking up with her or pulling another douche bag move, but what he had to say was harsh, and putting it lightly would just undermine what he wanted her to understand. "I'm going to forget you." He could already see the hurt in her eyes, but continued. "I'm going to neglect you. Not on purpose. I wont stop loving you, I just wont notice. And it's not ok. If you ever feel I'm taking you for granted, tell me. And... don't ever let me get away with it. Not even once." The elder Kaiba was right. He couldn't break his habit. Not alone at least.

"Seto-"

"No. You cant be lenient on me. Ever. I don't want to forget about important things, like spending time with you or Mokuba. I don't want to neglect you. I want you to always feel loved. Always feel wanted and needed. I wont be able to always make you feel that way, and what's worse is I wont realize when it happens. You need to tell me. I need you to tell me. Don't ever let me use you. Don't ever let me treat you like you're not worth my time, because you are. You're worth more than that. More than I can even begin to understand. I love you."

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Dawwwww... ouch, but dawww. Ok, what did you guys think? after a weekend off, you havn't forgotten about me right?

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