Chapter Thirteen: Seto Tries…
Seto had started to worry when Masaki hadn't turned up for school the week after their little…difference of opinion. 'She must be really mad at me.' He though as he tried her home number, which he got from Mokuba. He had been annoyed to hell by Bakura and Marik. He then tried her mobile but even that was pointless. "Oh Kaiba-san, I'm sorry but Masaki-chan is busy at the moment. Can I take a message?" responding no he put the phone down. 'Ok she must be extremely mad at me…how can I get her to speak to me?' he wondered, having never been in that situation before. It was two days later when he asked Noah for advice. "What do you get a female who is annoyed with you, so she'll speak to you?" he asked hoping his brother wouldn't ask why. He cringed when Noah grinned "Let me guess, you've been trying to speak to Masaki and she has been 'unavailable'…" the brunette shifted a little from his siblings statement as the green haired teen continued. "Well, from what I've seen on the net…flowers work sometimes…or chocolates! That can work." He thought about what the green haired teen said as he left. 'Flowers…what kind for flowers though…' he wondered as he checked the internet for flowers that he thought Masaki would like, not knowing her well enough to be sure. He called for his limo and went to a florist.
Masaki coughed a little as she sat at her laptop going through her work…although her workload was decreased from the norm the teen was often stopped by Bakura or Marik, literally dragging her away at times. She was reading an e-mail in German when she heard a knock on her door. Sighing she typed a response, knowing that, while she was busy someone else would answer. Downstairs Marik answered the door. "Can I help you?" he watched Kaiba twitch a little but didn't express his annoyance. "I'm here to see Masaki!" he responded dryly…unfortunately for him Marik noticed the flowers and ignored his comment. "You shouldn't have!" he said as he grabbed the flowers from Kaiba's hand and shut the door in his face. He pulled the card from it and handed them to Ryou. "Put these in water. They'll cheer Masaki up a treat!" Ryou raised an eyebrow at Marik but did as he was asked for the brunette teens sake. Marik then took the flowers to Masaki's study. "For you off a friend!" he said as he placed the vase down with a little thud…which made her look up from her work and to the flowers. "These are my favorite! But…how did you know?" Marik grinned a little as he responded "Like I said…a friend sent them, they're not from me!" he left with a confused look at his words.
The next day Kaiba returned with a small bear, having been given the idea from Mokuba. Knocking he hoped Masaki would answer the door, he frowned when Malik answered the door. "Yeeeesssss?" he asked as he looked at Kaiba for a moment, before taking the bear and closing the door. The brunette teen growled a little. 'Either they're enjoying this or Masaki is really pissed at me!' he thought as his phone rang. "Hello?" he quired wondering who could be calling him. "Ni-san! Did you patch things up with Masaki?" Mokuba's voice rang clear through the speaker. "No Moki, I don't know what to do." He admitted to his younger brother while walking to the limo. "Why don't you get something personal! Something that she'll know it's off you!" he thought about it for a moment and a pervious conversation he'd listened to filtered through his mind. "So Masaki, what do you think about Dragons?" Yami asked her, she laughed a little. "I love them Yami, after all I do run a light deck with quite a few dragon in it!" he chuckled until Yugi asked, "So what do you think about statues?" She paused for a moment before responding. "Of course I love them…I used to collect them...when I wasn't busy with work" The tri-hair coloured teen then asked. "So what statues did you collect?" the brunette laughed before responding "Well, Dragon's obviously…and Me to You bears, I used to collect them but I haven't had the time…" He snapped back to reality when he heard Mokuba's concerned voice through the phone. "I'm fine Moki, I just got an idea on what I can get her." He finished the conversation and rang his assistant. "I need you to request something to be made for me…" he told his assistant before giving him the details of exactly what he wanted.
Masaki looked over to Ryou with a small smile as she shut down her laptop for the day. Yami had gone into school this time, so Ryou and Malik were helping her around the house. "Masaki-chan, what are you going to do now?" he asked, wondering what she was doing so he could inform the others. "I'm going to take a nap, considering that I'm still battling with the flu, the rest will do me good." He smiled as he placed the cover over her and tucked her in a little. "You don't have to do that Ryou, I'm not a little kid." He smiled at her. "You need to keep warm…besides I don't mind, after all you are ill and also my friend." She smiled at him and closed her eyes. Ryou shut the door and wandered into the living room where Marik and Bakura were having a play fight, with Malik cheering them on. "Guys, can you give it a break for a while? Masaki-chan's asleep." He sighed at the pair, who actually did as they were told, and actually helped Ryou make some food for later.
Mokuba giggled as he stepped out of the limo with Seto's gift in his hands. He chuckled as he thought of how he'd found the little gift. Mokuba walked into his brother's office and giggled when he saw the statue. "Seto…I didn't know you liked them?" he asked with a small smile. His brother's eyes flicked towards him. "it's not for me is it! You know it's for Masaki, but can you take it. I know I should but I'm really busy here and I know she won't answer to me." He smiled and grabbed the little gift off his brother's desk. "Sure Ni-san!" Ringing the doorbell, he waited for someone to answer. "Yes, can I help…oh Mokuba, it's nice to see you again." Ryou answered with a small smile. Mokuba nodded and asked. "Is Masaki in, I wanted to see her." the British teen sighed, "She is but she's just gone to sleep, can I take a message?" the raven haired teen shook his head and responded. "No, can you make sure she gets this though…" he trailed as he handed the gift to Ryou, who looked at it with a small smile. "Of course I will, I'm sorry that you couldn't see her." Mokuba shook his head and said goodbye to Ryou.
When Masaki awoke from her cat nap she nearly jumped out of her skin as she saw Ryou right next to her. "Ryou! For Kami's sake, don't do that!" the white haired teen smiled "I'm sorry Masaki-chan, I didn't mean to frighten you but I was asked to give you this. She was slightly confused when he handed her a small object…not being quite awake yet. "Mokuba brought it round for you, I think he wanted to cheer you up." She smiled when she saw that it was a Me to You bear with a small bouquet of flowers. "I'll have to tell him thank you when I'm better…oh Ryou, why were you waiting here?" she asked, curious as to exactly why he was sat on her bed. "Oh, I was about to wake you to tell you that everyone is back and the food is ready." She smiled at him and stretched before pulling the covers off and responding "Lead the way my friend, my stomach is calling for food!" hearing Ryou chuckle slightly the brunette followed him a small smile on her face.