In February, it was Valentine's Day. Kaiba never cared for the holiday, as he felt it was a scam that a lot of industries used to make money. He received a lot of giri choco – obligation chocolate – as he was the CEO of a company which many women worked for, but he normally gave them all to his brother, who also normally received an infinite supply of chocolates. Kaiba didn't understand his brother's sweet tooth.

"Happy Valentine's Day!" Kisara squealed as she burst through the doors that morning for work. She was nibbling on some chocolates that she had probably bought for co-workers, but began eating. She was holding a big pink bag which Kaiba could only assume was filled with chocolates for her co-workers downstairs.

"Valentine's Day is a scam," Kaiba responded, clicking on something on his computer. He had heard no word from Pegasus since before his birthday so Kaiba had just decided to keep that psycho at the back of his mind for now.

"Valentine's Day is lovely," she said with a smile. "I finished Death Note this past weekend, by the way. I do believe that Kira was modeled after you. It was so crazy! I was screaming when Kira made himself forget everything, and when L died, and when N cornered Kira, ah, it was absolutely amazing, thank you!"

"I completed One Outs," Kaiba responded. "You did not give me all of the volumes."

"It's on-going," she said, laughing. "I buy them as they come out. Did you want to read them after me?"

"Obviously."

Kisara giggled, nodding. "Okay. Well, when I go buy the next volume, I'll be sure to let you know. Read Naruto in the meantime."

"I don't care for ninjas."

The silver haired woman made a face. "But…please…I love ninjas."

Kaiba sighed, shaking his head. "Fine."

"Okay, great!" Kisara immediately perked up. She glanced at the clock. "Ope, sorry, I have to go downstairs and work and whatnot. I'll see you for lunch?"

"I have a meeting."

"Okay, then I'll see you after work, then. Have fun at your meeting."

"Whatever."

Kisara smiled and left without another word, and Kaiba couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. It didn't go without saying that he expected to receive chocolates from Kisara, but he did think that she would give him something. While they certainly were not a couple, they did spend a lot of time together and Kaiba was a little more comfortable with intimate settings now, mostly with her sitting with her legs over his lap, but that was still better than nothing.

While Kaiba didn't believe in Valentine's Day, he couldn't help but be annoyed that he didn't even receive giri choco from Kisara. He forced himself to stop thinking about it. It didn't even matter anyway.

Downstairs, Kisara plopped her bag down. "Izumi-saaaaan," she said, lifting a box from her bag. "Happy Valentine's Day!"

Izumi smiled, running a hand through his hair. "Thanks, Kisara," he said, taking the box from her. Even though he knew that it was giri choco, it was very nicely wrapped and he appreciated it. Kisara handed another box to Otogi Ryuji, who flashed her a charming smile. It was quite obvious that Otogi had a little crush on Kisara, and he tried to hide his disappointment at receiving giri choco from her, but at the same time, he seemed to have expected it.

Rumors had been circling about Kisara and Kaiba after that tabloid photo of them together at Kaiba Land, but then a few months later, she had done a magazine spread with Classy with Otogi. Anyone that tried to ask Kisara about Kaiba got no answers; she was as tight as a vault, but it was quite obvious that the person she seemed to care for was indeed the CEO of Kaiba Corporations. Izumi wondered what kind of chocolates she had given him, so he decided to ask.

Kisara laughed, waving him off. "Oh, come now, do you think that Kaiba-shachou believes in Valentine's Day? I'm sure that he'd throw the chocolate back in my face should I offer him any," she said, shaking her head. "I'm sure he gets a lot of chocolate anyway, so it doesn't really matter if I gave him any, right?"

Izumi raised his eyebrows. "So, you did get him chocolate, then?"

"Well, he's my boss," she answered simply, once again giving a vague, ambiguous answer and Izumi knew that he would get no further information. She just proceeded into giving the rest of the males in her department little chocolate boxes.

Normally, Kisara left for lunch at twelve-thirty, no questions asked, and everyone knew she was going off with Kaiba somewhere to eat, but today, she didn't look like she was going to be going to lunch with him. Izumi cleared his throat quietly. "Kisara, are you free for lunch today?"

She looked up from her computer, glancing at the time. "Oh, wow, it's lunch time already? That's crazy."

"You going to lunch with Kaiba?" Otogi asked, raising an eyebrow. "Won't he be mad if you're late?"

"Oh, he, um, has a meeting today," she said, waving them off.

"Let's grab lunch, then," Otogi suggested with a smile. "Keiko-san, why don't you come along? It'll be fun."

Keiko looked up, pushing her glasses up her nose. "Sure."

Kisara smiled. It was the first time she would be eating with people in her department, as she usually spent her afternoons with Kaiba. It felt a little odd, not going along with routine, but she didn't have anywhere else to go since Kaiba did have his meeting. She headed downstairs with everyone when her phone started to ring. Kisara fished it from her pocket.

"Moshi moshi?" she said, flipping it open.

She looked up to see Kaiba on the phone in the lobby, and he shut his phone when he saw her. "My meeting ended early – I swear to God those men are idiots" he told her, as he was the one who had phoned her, and then glanced at her company that consisted of Izumi, Keiko, and Ryuji.

"Oh, if you guys have stuff to talk about regarding the project or anything like that, don't let us keep you," Izumi said, waving his hands.

Kisara looked up at Kaiba and opened her mouth to say something but Kaiba cut her off. "I have nothing to say. Make sure to be back on time," he told the group, sweeping past them to the elevator.

"Okay," Kisara said half-heartedly. She followed her co-workers out to Izumi's Altima, where they would drive down to the café down the road to grab sandwiches and coffee. Kisara wondered why Kaiba had seemed a little upset but figured she would ask him later.

"Is he mad?" Izumi asked as he started the car.

"Hm?" Kisara sounded as though snapping out of a trance. "Set – ah, Kaiba-shachou? I don't know, but I don't see why he would be."

"If you needed to talk or something, then you can go," Izumi said, not moving out of the parking stall. "I definitely don't want you to get in trouble with the president."

She waved him off. "It's totally fine, Kaiba-shachou and I will talk later."

Izumi hummed, not sound convinced, but he decided to back out from the parking lot anyway. He trusted her and just decided to take advantage of the rare opportunity that Kisara could come hang out with co-workers. Even though she had seemed spaced out earlier, she talked avidly about her trip when asked and actively engaged in conversation. It was a pleasant lunch that seemed to end too soon by the time everyone had to head back to the building.

Kisara stared at her computer screen. What was she doing again? She didn't even remember. Being in Kaiba Corp made her think about Kaiba and wondered what it was that he had seemed a little upset about today during lunch. He certainly didn't seem mad, but she knew him well enough to know that there was something bothering him.

She plugged in her headphones to the computer, feeling like listening to some music while figuring out what the hell it was she had been doing prior to lunch, when a pink rabbit appeared on her screen. He bounced around with a yellow envelope and Kisara clicked it to show a video call to Pegasus J. Crawford. On reflex, she smiled upon seeing him. "Moshi moshi!"

He grinned, folding his hands over his desk. "Good afternoon, Kisa-chan. It is afternoon in Japan, isn't it?"

She nodded. "Yes, it is. Did you need anything from me?"

"Yes, actually," Pegasus said, keeping his tone light. "I was wondering if you wanted to take a vacation to San Francisco. There's something I would like you to look at, if you have the time."

Kisara blinked several times. Back to San Francisco? She wondered why Pegasus wanted her back there. She laughed a little, waving her hand. "Oh, I actually just went to America recently to see my brother and my family and whatnot. I was in Vegas, actually, my brother works there. It was beautiful, even during the winter. I wish you had told me sooner; I could have stopped by on the way home or something."

"Oh, that's too bad," Pegasus said with a pout. "I've heard that your mum is interested in archaeology."

Kisara nodded, not sure where this was going. "Yeah, she's an archeologist," she giggled. "She'd be interested in archaeology, history, you know, that kind of stuff that archaeologists do."

Pegasus grinned brightly. "That's why she adopted you and your siblings, isn't it?"

Kisara swallowed a lump in her throat. How did Pegasus know anything about that? "I-I'm not sure what you're talking about. My parents just love kids, that's all. I'm really lucky to have them."

"Fate, Kisa-chan. It was fate that you meet your mum and dad, as well as fate that you were brought together with your adopted brother and sister."

"Pegasus-san," Kisara said, not sure how that man knew all of that about her. She didn't remember sharing anything about her siblings. But it wasn't like her to be rude. "Did you need anything in particular?"

"Are you sure you don't want to come to California?" Pegasus asked.

Kisara pressed her lips together. "The dragon is the mythical being of the east. And I believe that this is where I belong as well," she said curtly.

"Oh?"

Kisara was firm. "Fate brought me back to Japan, and I plan on staying here."

"With Kaiba-boy," Pegasus finished with a smirk. "Have you ever thought that perhaps you fought fate by going back, Kisa-chan?"

"Not for one second," she replied.

"Your mother's an archaeologist, so you must, in turn, be well-educated about history. You don't believe that history will repeat itself?"

Kisara tightened her jaw. She didn't understand how it was that Pegasus seemed to be implying Kisara's history. She thought that only those tied to ancient Egypt had knowledge of things like that. "No," she replied finally.

Pegasus smiled brightly. "That's very cute of you, Kisa-chan. I wish you the very best of luck. Please call me if you ever change your mind and wish to come to California – I'll fly you here for free within a moment's notice, okay? Make sure Kaiba-boy isn't too harsh on you."

"He's been absolutely wonderful," Kisara said, lightening her tone. She offered the older man a smile, despite herself, as it was in her personality not to be rude to people of higher status. "I'm sorry I won't be able to come to California."

"It's perfectly fine," Pegasus said, waving her off with another smile. "Do tell Kaiba-boy I said hello. Have a lovely day, Kisa-chan."

"You, too," she said, and with that, he disappeared. She pulled off her headphones to see Otogi staring at her with concern.

"Are you okay?" he asked, moving his chair closer to her. "What was that about?"

Kisara knew that she looked disturbed. No one had mentioned knowing anything about her previous life before. Not even Yugi and she had seen him before in her dreams. The dreams started right before she was adopted; right after Kaiba and Mokuba left the orphanage. By the time she had been adopted by her mother, Kisara knew everything about the life she had lived in the sands of Egypt. She had always wondered if Kaiba remembered, too, and then made it her goal to find him again.

But he had propelled himself to such wealth and fame that Kisara knew she could never reach him idling around, and that's why she went into programming – to be useful to him somehow that he couldn't ignore her. She felt drawn to him and she understood why; because it wasn't just in this life that they were fated to meet – they had done so in their other life as well.

"Yeah, I'm okay," she told Otogi, realizing that she hadn't responded. "I'll be right back." How did Pegasus know about anything and what did he want with her? Kisara shook the thoughts from her head. Perhaps it was just a coincidence. Yes, it had to be. Kisara realized how dumb that dragon comment must have sounded. She ran a hand through her hair, trying to convince herself that it was just a coincidence.

"What do you want?" Kaiba asked, looking up from his desk. Kisara snapped back to reality, realizing that she had climbed the stairs and opened the doors to Kaiba's office. When Kisara didn't respond immediately, Kaiba sat up straight, looking concerned. "Kisara," he said, catching her eyes. "What happened?"

Kisara felt heavy all of a sudden. What if Pegasus was going to use her to threaten Kaiba? She knew that they had bad blood in the past and what if he was going to use her to get Kaiba to shut down his company? Of course, she didn't think that he would really throw away his life's work for her, but it still made her uneasy. Or, what if that wasn't his plan exactly, but Pegasus was still planning to use her to hurt Kaiba somehow? What if Kaiba ended up hating her? Kisara wouldn't have it! She had worked so hard and done so much to get to this point to finally stand beside Kaiba that she wouldn't be able to endure it if he was taken from her.

"Nothing," she said with a bright smile. "I just, ah, wanted to see you."

Kaiba stared at her for a while, observing her, until he finally just sighed. She was glad that she was able to mask her worry. "Did you need anything?" Kaiba asked, turning back to his computer.

She plopped down on his work desk with a smile. "Didn't I say I just wanted to see you?"

"You mean bother me," Kaiba corrected, not seeming to care that she was sitting on his desk. She laid back flat on the desk over Kaiba's typing arm as he worked and grinned. He shifted his arm to place it over her face and typed like that, causing her to giggle. She pushed him off and laced her fingers with his.

"I'm not bothering you," she said as he stopped typing to look down at her, Kisara holding his right hand hostage.

"You're feel exceptionally attention-hungry this afternoon," Kaiba said, raising an eyebrow.

"Wanna go out to dinner tonight?" she asked sweetly, chomping her teeth at him.

"I apologize, I'm not interested in Valentine's Day. Did I not tell you this morning that it was a scam?" Kaiba said, furrowing his brows. He was still a little annoyed that he had yet to receive chocolate even though she had come out of her way to come see him in the afternoon when they didn't have lunch together.

"Not for Valentine's Day," she said with a giggle. "Just to hang out. We don't need to go out 'cause there might be too many reservations, so we can just go to my apartment tonight. Jonouchi-san will be out with Mai."

"Did you want to go to a restaurant?" Kaiba asked, shaking his hand free to type again.

"Guarantee all the restaurants are full."

Kaiba looked at her skeptically. "Do you even know who I am?"

She laughed, waving him off. "Well, duh. You don't need to use your CEO powers to get us reservations, silly. I don't mind hanging out at the house."

Kaiba sighed. "Fine, fine. Now go back to work. You're lucky I didn't kill you by now for bothering me and wasting time," he said, and she sat up, laughing.

"I need to fuel up!" she said, leaning down with a smile. Kaiba reached up, pulling her face downward to kiss her lips. Kisara kissed back sweetly and Kaiba felt his entire body just…melt a little. She pulled back, giving him a little peck. "Now I'm ready to finish the day."

He grunted in response as she hopped off his desk and started for the door. She paused for a moment, her hand on the door. "Seto," she said quietly.

He looked up. "What?"

"You know how I promised that I'd stay in Japan with you? You wouldn't…let me go, right?"

His immediate response made Kisara's chest swell. "Never."

She turned back and flashed him one last smile. "Just making sure," she said. "See you tonight."

"Whatever," he replied, and she closed the door quietly behind her. Kaiba sighed, trying to get back in the mood for working. Kisara had completely interrupted him and now she was all he was thinking about. He glanced at the clock – it was almost two thirty in the afternoon. What was another couple of hours? Kaiba was done with his share for the day. He stood up, flicked off his computer and swept out of the room.

Kisara seemed to have just settled in her seat when Kaiba came into her department. "Are you doing anything important?"

She narrowed her eyes, seeming to think. "Is this a trick?"

Kaiba rolled his eyes with a sigh. "No."

"Then I don't know," she said with a shrug. "I forgot what I was doing."

"What the hell have you been doing, then?"

Kisara grinned. "I dunno."

The whole department seemed to freeze in time and space. Sure, Kaiba had said that wasn't a trick, but it was definitely a trick. And Kisara was giving him wrong answers! Kaiba sighed. "What do I even pay you for? What do I pay any of you for?"

"'Cause we're awesome and super geniuses," Kisara replied with a smile.

"Where are you on the schedule?"

Kisara glanced at the calendar near her desk. "Ahead of schedule, actually," she said, pointing to one of the days. "We've been making good time, so don't worry about it. Why?"

"Everyone get out," Kaiba said, directing this at the department. Everyone was shocked, not only by his words, but by his tone. He wasn't malicious or snappy at all, he was simply stating. "I don't plan on paying you to sit around and do nothing. Go home."

Kisara spoke up on behalf of her rather intimidated department. "It's okay, you know. If we're ahead, then we can just get more ahead and maybe we'll push out the project faster."

"We've already discussed release dates. We're not going to pull it back more than a week and it doesn't make sense for you lot to be idling around on company time," Kaiba told her. No one moved, seeming cautious of Kaiba. Perhaps this was a trick. He exhaled sharply. "Also, if there is anyone left in this room in five minutes, I'm going to fire every single one of your sorry asses."

The room erupted into a silent scramble as no one doubted Kaiba's words. Kisara smiled up at him as she stood up, picking her bag from under her desk, her co-workers scurrying out of the room. She poked Kaiba's belly, and the man seemed alarmed, swatting her hand away lightly. "Thanks," she said, truly appreciating it.

She watched as her department left, packing into the elevator. Kaiba glanced at Izumi and managed to get a glimpse of a pink box that he was tucking away. He knew what giri choco looked like and made sure to tuck that piece of information away. If he received some shitty obligation chocolates from Kisara, then – there was no hiding it – he would be pretty damn pissed off.

When the last person had left four minutes and thirty-seven seconds later, Kisara smiled up at Kaiba again. "Ready to go home?"

Kaiba started out, pushing the door open. Kisara smiled to herself as she knew he probably didn't realize that he had opened the door for her, but slipped out without saying anything. "That make-inu Jonouchi better not be there or barge in uninvited."

She giggled. "Well, it's his house, too, you know."

"How you live in a fucking pet store is completely beyond my comprehension."

"He's not that bad," Kisara said with a shrug. "Jonouchi-san is actually really nice, you know. We should have a double date or something with him and Mai."

"Never in a million years will I break bread with that disgusting hound," Kaiba responded without hesitation. Kisara still looked hopeful, so Kaiba kept speaking. "Don't even try to persuade me with this one because the answer will always be a very bold 'fuck no'. I can have a large stamp made if my verbal answer does not suffice."

She laughed, swatting his shoulder. "Okay, okay, it was just a thought."

"One of your worst besides naming my project the Mini-K."

"Okay, that was an awesome idea. It's your project and my project. Mini-Kaiba, Mini-Kisara. It works both ways."

"It most certainly does not."

They reached the bottom floor and Kisara picked up her helmet from the front desk, waving goodbye to Isono, who seemed confused as to why Kaiba was taking the half-day and why a swarm of programmers had just fled from the building. It was best probably not to ask.

Kaiba turned back to Isono for a moment as Kisara caught up with him. "Take the day off," he told Isono.

"S-sir?" Isono wasn't sure what he was hearing.

"Think of it as retribution for delivering her gift in my absence," Kaiba said, nodding to the silver haired woman at his side. Isono glanced at her and noticed the golden necklace and she grinned, flashing him a thumbs up behind Kaiba's back. "Go and spend time with your family or something."

Family? Kaiba Seto told Isono to spend time with family? This had to be a trick! "B-but, sir, I can't exactly leave the rest of the staff—"

Kaiba sighed exasperatedly. "Then everyone go home, shit," Kaiba said, rubbing his temples. "I am getting a fucking headache just thinking about you fools standing around doing absolutely nothing so just go home."

The rest of the lobby staff paused for a moment, not sure what to do until Kisara looped her arm through Kaiba's. They expected some kind of nuclear explosion but he didn't seem to care, starting to sweep out of the building, dragging her along. She smiled at the baffled workers. "He's being serious, you know! Have a lovely Valentine's Day."

Kisara released Kaiba upon realizing that she had initiated physical contact in front of his staff. "Sorry," she said, seeming alarmed and afraid that Kaiba would be angry. He wasn't sure why she cared so much about that sort of thing. "Meet you at my hoooouuuuse!" She jammed on her helmet and skipped to her motorcycle, leaving Kaiba to roll his eyes.

The two of them drove separately, but Kaiba followed behind her. She would turn around at stop lights, and do a little wiggly dance before speeding off towards her apartment. He met her at the stairs, making a face at her. "Are you sure you are licensed to drive a vehicle?" Kaiba asked, and the woman laughed.

"I'm the best bike driver ever," she said with a grin as she and Kaiba headed up the stairs together. She unlocked the door to see Jonouchi, Mai and Honda sitting on the couch watching television. They looked up upon seeing her and Kaiba glared at the younger blonde.

"Kisara?" Mai asked, raising an eyebrow. She turned to Jonouchi. "Why does she have the key to your apartment?"

Kisara froze. "Jonouchi-san!" she said, making a face at him. "I told you to tell Mai!"

Jonouchi held up his hands as both women glared at him. "You living here never came up, okay?"

"You live here?" Mai asked Kisara, in disbelief. "Is this why you never want me to come over?"

"Jonouchi-san!" Kisara scolded, furrowing her brows at him as he flailed mentally. Honda also seemed stunned, trying to camouflage into the sofa and disappear. She turned back to Mai and tried to speak calmly to the hot-tempered blonde. "Yes, I live here. I've been living here for a few months."

"Months?" Mai demanded, turning to Jonouchi. "You've had another woman living with you for months, Katsuya?" She whirled around to Kisara. "You have a room here?"

"Yeah," she said, pointing down the hall.

Mai turned on Jonouchi again, glaring at him. "Why did this never come up? Do you close her door before I come over? Why did you not want me to know that you were living with another woman?"

"If you would calm down for one second, Kujaku, I can assure you that Kisara has no romantic ties with that dog of yours whatsoever," Kaiba snapped, stepping into the house. Mai furrowed her brows at the CEO's use of Kisara's first name and his automatic defense for the silver haired woman.

Jonouchi pointed an accusing finger at Kaiba. "Oy, oy, I ain't never said that you can come in my house," he snapped at Kaiba.

Kaiba shot him an icy glare. "If I recall correctly, you are the one in deep shit and I am the one helping you out. So, shut the fuck up before I put you down, make-inu."

Kisara stood in front of Kaiba, placing her hands on his chest to gently push him back as Jonouchi stood up from the couch roaring profanities. Kaiba was completely unaffected by Jonouchi's wild behavior. "Perhaps you should hold him back instead of me," Kaiba told Kisara. He stepped aside, leaned down and kissed her forehead. He didn't seem angry at all. "Figure this out. I'll be in your room."

Mai was unsure what had just happened, followed Kaiba with her eyes as he swept past everyone down the hall to the closed door. He pushed it open, and closed it quietly behind him. Mai looked at Kisara in disbelief, pointing a finger at the room. "You and Kaiba are—"

She held up her hands, waving them. "Oh, no, it's nothing like that, he was just trying to neutralize the room, fix the situation, illustrate his point, you know, Kaiba-stuff," she said. She had no idea why he had just kissed her in front of Jonouchi, Honda, and Mai. She bowed to Mai. "I'm really sorry that Jonouchi-san didn't tell you. I asked him to ask you if I could move in but if you're really uncomfortable about it then I can find somewhere else to live."

Mai sighed, running a hand through her blonde hair. "I guess it's fine," she said with a shrug, causing Kisara to look up. "You shouldn't be out of a place because Katsuya was being irresponsible." She tossed Kisara a smirk. "And you're with Kaiba anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter to me." Kisara tried to deny this, but Mai just laughed, sitting back on the couch. "We'll leave in a bit; I have to pick up Shizuka later and we're all going out later. You should head to your room. He's waiting for you, right?"

"Thanks," Kisara said, bowing again to Mai, who merely smiled at her politeness. Kisara scurried to her room to see Kaiba flipping through one of her manga books. He looked up upon seeing her.

"Everything is alright now?" he asked, glancing down at the book as though to memorize the page he was on before closing it to pay attention to her.

She nodded, sighing as she plopped down onto the bed face-first. "Yeah," she said into the mattress. "I can't believe Jonouchi-san almost got me killed."

Kaiba scoffed, shaking his head. "You can't rely on that make-inu for anything. You should have told Kujaku yourself."

"I thought he was going to tell her, though."

"Did she kick you out?"

"Well, it's not her house. She can't tell me what to do."

"Understand if she did, and you failed to comply with her demands, I thoroughly believe she could kick the crap out of you."

Kisara scoffed, rolling over and putting her fists up. "Please, bitch," she challenged, and then rolled over again, groaning as though knowing that Kaiba was right. "I know, she would totally slap my face with her boobs."

Kaiba made a face. "That is certainly not what I meant at all," he told her, and she laughed, propping herself up. "So, did she kick you out or not?"

"Are you offering your place up if she did?" Kisara teased, wriggling her eyebrows.

Kisara saw the CEO come the closest to laughing. "You must be delusional."

She giggled. "Nah, she didn't kick me out. It's my house, too, you know, and Mai's not a bitch. I'm still living here. I also have something super awesome for you," Kisara said, grinning as she sat up and went to her desk. She picked up a silver box and presented it to Kaiba. "I kept it at home because I didn't want it to be crushed with all the other stuff I brought."

Kaiba took the box and opened it, revealing a series of little crumply chocoates. "Did you make these?"

"Well, duh," she said, crossing her arms over her chest. "The best honmei choco ever, bitch. They're oreo truffles with cream cheese. Effing delicious."

Kaiba held out his hand to Kisara and she stepped forward, standing between his knees. He reached up and hooked her hair behind her ear, lowering her face to give her a nice, sweet kiss. "And here I thought I was the only man not receiving chocolates."

Kisara laughed, pushing him playfully. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"You did give Otogi and Izumi chocolates, didn't you? And the rest of the male staff in your department."

"Well, those were just chocolates I bought from the store and put them in nicer boxes. Giri choco for my co-workers. I gave those to Jonouchi-san and Yugi-san, too. I have to remind myself that Valentine's Day is different in Japan than in America."

"America doesn't celebrate White Day."

She nodded. "Yup, so no chocolates for me a month from now," she said, pretending to be depressed as she mimed slitting her wrists. Kaiba rolled his eyes.

"Another scam," he said, and she just laughed. They talked about several things, and read manga together, before glancing at the clock. Kaiba and Kisara emerged from the room close to six, Jonouchi, Mai, and Honda killing time before their date tonight. Kaiba didn't pay heed to any of them, instead sat himself down at the counter while Kisara went into the kitchen.

"Water? Beer?" she asked, opening the fridge.

"Beer is fine," Kaiba said, and Kisara slid the bottle over the counter with what seemed like all her might, and the beverage flew right past Kaiba. He caught it as it nearly whizzed off the counter and merely rolled his eyes at the younger woman as she grinned sheepishly. The other three people in the room where surprised at Kaiba's calm reaction to Kisara's quirkiness.

"What are we eating?" Kaiba asked, popping open the bottle of beer. "Are you cooking?"

Kisara grinned, pointing to a slow cooker on the counter. "I been cookin', fool!"

Kaiba furrowed his brows. She'd already prepared a meal? "What if I chose not to come here today?"

"Then I guess all of the stew I've been cooking for twenty hours is gonna end up in my belly, and then come out of my body not as poo, but as tears."

Kaiba sighed, rubbing his temples. "You fucking give me headaches," he mumbled, and Kisara just laughed, dancing around the kitchen as she made herself something to drink.

Honda decided to speak. "You two are staying here?"

Kaiba turned for a bit, and Kisara nodded her head. "Yeah," she said, nibbling on a saltine cracker.

"Don't eat now, you won't have appetite for that stew," Kaiba told her.

"But I'm hungry now."

"We can eat the stew then."

"But I don't want to eat the stew yet," she complained, making a face at him, and Kaiba just shook his head.

Mai raised an eyebrow. "You're spending Valentine's Day together?" she asked Kaiba, looking amused. Kaiba didn't answer and so Mai redirected her attention somewhere else. "What time do you normally finish work, Kisara?"

"Five," she answered, chomping obnoxiously loudly on her saltine crackers, crumbs flying from her mouth. Kaiba rolled his eyes; Mai was obviously trying to pry out information from them and Kisara was just handing them out like candy. Kaiba didn't particularly care, however, as perhaps those people would share this information with Otogi Ryuji so that womanizer would leave Kisara the fuck alone.

Mai and Honda exchanged glances and Jonouchi focused as hard as he could on the television. "That's interesting," Mai said, but Kaiba ignored her and Kisara shrugged.

Kisara furrowed her brows at Kaiba and then pressed her lips together. "Where's the chocolate?"

"In your room," Kaiba said as though this were supposed to be the obvious answer.

"Eat it."

"No."

Kisara tried to make the ugliest face humanly possible. "Eat it."

"Are you deaf? I said no. I don't like sweets."

"I don't give a crap. Eat it."

"Fuck you."

"Eff you," she said, squinting her eyes and Kaiba just shook his head again. Kisara jumped up and down, spinning in a circle. "Eat the chocolate! I worked so hard on it! It's not that sweet! The outside is dark chocolate so it tastes like ass!"

Kaiba just stared. "You want me to eat chocolate that tastes like ass," he repeated, just to be sure that that was, indeed, what Kisara was requesting of him.

"Well, does dark chocolate taste like ass?" she asked, like the answer was well known by every other human in the galaxy. "Yes, it does. But you don't like sweets, so maybe you like ass. I personally like white chocolates." When Kaiba didn't eat the chocolates, Kisara went to the knife drawer, pulling out a butcher's knife, which completely alarmed Kaiba. He hated the thought of that derpy woman with a knife. "If you don't eat it, I'm going to kill eeeeeeeeeeveryone! Starting with meeeeeeeeee!"

Kaiba groaned and stood up, picking up the chocolates from her room and coming back to the counter. Thankfully, Kisara had put the knife away and was smiling sweetly at him as he opened the box. "The chocolate looks like ass," Kaiba said sarcastically at the little crumply balls of chocolate, and Kisara clutched her chest, pretending to be physically suffering from that comment.

"But I put all of my heart and soul into it. Honmei choco! HONMEEEEIIIIIII!"

"Fuck, shut up, I get it," Kaiba sighed, plucking a piece from the box and popping it into his mouth, Kisara watching him like a hawk. It was actually quite good, although Kaiba wouldn't say this, and just swallowed the treat. "Happy?"

"Very," she said with a grin.

All this time, Mai, Jonouchi, and Honda were listening and watching, trying to figure out what alternate dimension they had stumbled upon. Kaiba was actually being pleasant. While it wasn't particularly new to Honda, as he had seen them before in the restaurant and they did sit close together at Yugi's on Sundays, it was still a little odd. Not to mention the fact that Kisara had made special chocolates for Kaiba.

But they couldn't linger for very long. Mai glanced at the clock and stood up. "Okay, then, boys, let's go pick up Shizu-chan and head to dinner, hm? Leave these two kids alone."

Jonouchi stood up immediately, stepping into his shoes. "See ya, Kisa-chan."

"Bye, guys, have fun," Kisara said, waving to her friends as they left the house, Honda waving to both of them as he stepped out last, closing the door behind him.

Kisara grinned. "Okay, we can kiss now," she said, leaning over the counter and placing her face two inches away from Kaiba's. He rolled his eyes, but dipped forward the tiny bit and pecked her gently on the lips. She smiled widely and pulled back, checking on the rice she was cooking. "Glad you liked the chocolate."

"Was I the only one to receive honmei choco?" Kaiba asked, his expression completely void of any kind of emotion.

Kisara raised her eyebrows. "What kind of dumb question is that?" she laughed, shaking her head. "Of course you were."

"Otogi didn't get your ass-tasting truffles?"

"What's up with you and Ryuji-san? Do you like him? Are you jealous because he and I are friends and you totally want that Dungeon Dice ass?"

"Your jokes are not funny," Kaiba informed her, but Kisara seemed to think otherwise, laughing to herself. He did not, however, admit that he was, in fact, jealous, even if it wasn't for whatever insane reason she had stated. "You did not answer the question."

"Yes I did. I said that you were the only one that I gave honmei choco to. Ryuji-san got box chocolate. Happy?"

Kaiba just decided to tell a little white lie. "Not in the slightest."

A/N: First day of classes went good so here is the next chapter. I can't tell if I'm going to be busy for school yet but I haven't written much in a while, so thank you for bearing with me. Thanks for all the reads and reviews! Have a lovely semester.