Chapter 11 - Help From Above
Ryou hesitantly approached the tall building. The albino was nervous about heading inside. Was he expected so soon? What if now was a bad time? He shook his head in an attempt to clear it from self-anxious thoughts. He wanted to see Kaiba. That was the end of that!
Ryou shakily put one foot in front of the other before he could lose his nerve and pushed open the large doors. There was a man waiting at the door.
"Is your name Bakura Ryou?" he inquired. With a simple nod of his head, the male told him, "Kaiba-sama is waiting for you. Follow me, please." He turned on his heel and walked away from a very confused albino.
Ryou quickly followed him and couldn't help looking around the busy workers. It made him feel a little intimidated, but refused to leave now since he was already inside. As the two walked into the elevator, the employee pressed a button before saying to him, "There's nothing to worry about. Kaiba-sama is expecting you." Ryou looked relieved as the doors opened to their floor.
They walked for a minute or two before they approached the young CEO's office. "Here we are." The man mumbled before knocking on the door.
"Who is it?" Kaiba's almost venomous tone cut through the shy male and it made him visibly twitch. "S-Seto-kun, it's Ryou." He hesitantly called back, hoping that he had done nothing wrong to make him so angry.
"Let him in."
He gently pushed the wooden door open to see the brunette on the phone, an angry scowl on his face. "Look, I really don't give a damn! Until he could get something that's worth my time, I don't want to hear it!" The door was quickly closed behind him as Ryou approached him cautiously. Maybe this really was a bad time to come see him…
Kaiba slammed the phone onto the receiver and started to massage his temple to stop an oncoming headache. His ire showed in his cobalt eyes until it caught Ryou's terrified brown eyes. Softening his gaze, Kaiba let put a sigh and said, "It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you, I promise."
Ryou made his way over to one of the chairs near his desk. Kaiba patiently waited until he was seated to ask, "So, what did you want to talk about?" Watching him close his laptop, the nervous albino took a deep breath to gather his thoughts. He still believed that this was a bad time to see his crush.
"Erm..." Ryou couldn't help the faint blush that began to form on his face. "W-Well..." He couldn't even form an appropriate response that carried his feelings.
The young brunette stood to his feet and walked to him. "There's nothing to be scared of, Ryou." he assured him, knowing that no one in this building was foolish enough to walk in when he clearly with someone else.
Ryou lost his nerve and quickly got up, confusing Kaiba. "Never mind. It wasn't important anyway." With that, the Britain turned on his heel and headed for the door. *I just can't do it!* he thought before something caught his attention.
The blue-eyed male refused to let the shy albino go. Kaiba knew that whenever someone said that after going through the trouble of coming to see him, it must be very important to them. He didn't want Ryou to leave just yet. Without the words to explain the sudden change in his demeanor, he pulled Ryou into a gentle embrace, like he would to Mokuba when his little brother was bothered by something. Kaiba failed to notice that Ryou's blush had darkened quickly at the action, but he did notice him tensing up.
"If you want to tell me something, you may as well say it." Kaiba mumbled as the smaller glanced up to meet his warm gaze. Ryou bit his lower lip in his nervousness almost to the point of making it bleed. "You have nothing to be afraid of." he repeated.
Ryou couldn't quite express how he felt about the taller male in words, so he turned, hesitating for only a moment before placing a shy kiss on his lips. He then flinched back in case Kaiba had tried to push him away instinctively. Seeing the albino quickly get away from him made Kaiba realize how much it took for Ryou to do this, to realize...
"You love me..." he mumbled, his eyes widened in surprise.
Ryou drew the wrong conclusion and quickly began apologizing, "I-I'm sorry! I knew this was a bad idea! I shouldn't have-" His flurry of words were silenced by the returned kiss, slightly more passionate and sweet.
To say Ryou was completely bewildered was an understatement. *It would seem Kaiba-kun felt the same way.* he thought as he surrendered himself to the sensations taking over his system. Kaiba had tangled one of his hands into his snow white hair to get more of him, deepening their kiss. Both males abruptly stopped whatever they were doing when they heard a soft knock at the door.
"Damn it, what now?!" he shouted at the closed wooden door, allowing Ryou to sit back down. A woman with black hair and green eyes walked in as if she didn't notice her boss's rage.
"Sir, a group of people are here to see you. However, the blonde has been trying to get up here. Should I send them away?" Kaiba thought about it for a moment. "Must be the Yuugi-tachi." he unknowingly mumbled aloud. Gazing coldly into her eyes, he commanded, "Go ahead and send them up. Let's see what the mutt has to say to me now."
"Right away, sir." she bowed before quickly making her exit. Ryou made a startled sound drawing Kaiba's attention to him. "What is it?"
"The Yuugi-tachi is here?!" he asked, sounding a little frightened, thus confusing the brunette once again.
"Yeah…?" Kaiba said slowly, failing to understand the source of the albino's fears. "Don't they know that you're here?"
"Not exactly…" Ryou was worried about his friends' opinions about his crush on Kaiba and he didn't really want to be in the middle of the drama. "I'm just a little concerned if Jounouchi makes a connection between us." the teen said. "And you know how he is, right?"
Kaiba knew exactly how the blonde might react if they were caught in a compromising position. In fact, he could just hear him now.
*Wait…* he thought before turning to the door. If he didn't know any better, Jounouchi could raise the dead if he was any louder. "If you don't want to get involved," Kaiba started, taking him gently by the arm. "Then hide under my desk and don't make a sound. I'll let you know when they're gone." Ryou did as he was told and just got out of sight before the office door was forced open, startling him.
"Kaiba, where's Ryou?!" Jounouchi immediately demanded of him, knowing that he wasn't going to get a straight answer from the brunette on the first try.
"You expect me to know where your little friend is?" Kaiba scoffed, his blue eyes as cold as ever. "Why would I know?"
"We were told that Ryou had come to see you, asshole!" Jounouchi growled. "If you've hurt him in any way, I'll tear you apart!"
"I'd love to see you try, mutt." The brunette laughed, already preparing himself for the blonde's first strike. However, it never came as Honda, Ryuuji, and Anzu held him back. As they dragged the rampant male out kicking and screaming, Yuugi glanced sympathetically over to Kaiba.
"I'm really sorry about this, Kaiba-kun." he apologized. "We all know how Jounouchi can be."
"Don't worry about it, Yuugi." Kaiba stopped him. "It's not like he could have done any serious damage."
"I guess you're right." Yuugi sighed, relieved that Kaiba wasn't pissed off at the inconvenience of their appearance. "In any case, could you call us if you see him?"
"I'll let you know." Kaiba replied, turning on his heel and walking back to his desk. "Thank you, Kaiba-kun!" he said cheerily, opening the door and, as it was closing, let a card slip in between the door and the frame, walking away silently as Jounouchi's shouts could be heard down the hall.
The brunette turned to see if he had really gone to meet up with his friends and noticed the card stuck in the door. He pulled it out and looked at the fine writing on it. The card read:
Kaiba,
We know about you and Ryou.
Don't worry; we won't say a word about you two if you just come to the address listed on the back. We can help you and Ryou in your growing relationship. Just trust me.
~Keiro Loki and
Sakura Beth Valentine
Kaiba put the card next to his laptop and sighed, "You can come out now, Ryou. They're gone."
The albino quickly crawled out of his hiding place and dusted himself off. "For a second there, I thought you two were really going to start fighting." he laughed, a little surprised that Kaiba and Jounouchi hadn't exactly gone for each other's throat.
"Well, your friends dragged him out of the room before he could. Not that he would've gotten very far." Kaiba shrugged nonchalantly at the thought.
"Still, it's nice to see that you two aren't going to kill each other." Ryou smiled.
"He should consider himself lucky that his friends intervened." Kaiba sighed, more from exhaustion than irritation at the moment.
Ryou rather doubted that Jounouchi would let this go, but perhaps it was for the best. Kaiba took the moment to look into those deep brown eyes. "Why don't you come over? I'll bet Mokuba would be thrilled to see you."
That caught the albino off guard. "Really?" The taller smiled, "Why not?"
Ryou nodded quickly, "Sure, I'll come over!" The brunette watched as the smaller made sure he didn't leave anything in his office before calling, "I'll see you later!" over his shoulder and running out the door. He smiled to himself. Mokuba's going to enjoy seeing Ryou again.
Yami had been dragged into his bedroom by his elder sister before he fell to his knees when she released him. "Sakura, what is going on?!"
The female ignored him, finding the scenery suddenly interesting. "Sakura, answer me!" he demanded. She turned to look into his crimson eyes, mentally looking him over.
"Has anything happened recently? Anything that seems to be... strange?" Yami rolled his eyes at her. "The only thing strange lately is you. You look at me like I have the plague or something."
*And with good reason.* she mentally sighed, placing the back of her hand on his forehead to check his temperature. "What are you doing?"
"Making sure your okay." she said, hiding the actual reason behind her worrying. *What am I supposed to tell him? That history is going to repeat itself?*
"Either you're lying or you're not telling me everything." Yami sighed. "I suppose you're not going to tell me anytime soon."
"You would be right, brother of mine!" she giggled. Quickly changing the subject she asked, "By the way, did he get the note?" Yami smiled, "Yeah, he got the note. I made sure of that. Think he'll show up?"
"Well, he is also bound by curiosity just like we are. He's going to take a look for himself whether he would admit to it or not." Sakura said. "All we have to do is wait."
~A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Yes, the truth or dare fic is in progress and will plan on posting the first chapter as soon as I can. All I can hope for is that you guys like this chapter and, hopefully, understand what's going on a little better.
Next Chapter: Meeting the Matchmaker
Kaiba glanced up to see that a shooting star appeared in the sky and looked about for anyone that seemed to be strange. That is, if you count the male who seemed to have a fetish for dressing up as some white cat/human jester as one of them.
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