Chapter 28 – Seto's date in Kaiba Land (Part 1)
Chapter Note: Chapter is a bit dedicated to the real "Billy-Bob".
Author's Note: Take your time and enoy reading part one. Maybe there's a few jokes within this chapter. Also, content that I don't own that's rated PG for it's cuteness: watch?v=U7rTY8wIp-k
Seto and Mokuba were walking towards the entrance of the dormitories, after doing a final check of the building. The hallway was dimly lit by natural light.
"How many children?"
"Two-hundred thirty-four," Mokuba answered.
"How many are staying the night?"
"One-hundred sixty-three."
"And, how many will be here for Friday's opening?"
"Over seven-hundred, and counting."
"That answer isn't good enough, Mokuba."
"And, yours haven't been that great, either. I want to know about you and Téa."
"There's nothing you need to know about her relationship with me."
"Are you two even TRYING to make up?"
"I said, that you don't need to know."
"Then, why is she sleeping in our suite?"
"She shouldn't be isolated before the opening. It's for her own safety."
"Well, you didn't check to see if she was safe when she fainted, after Yugi left."
"Her friends were there to take care of it." They stopped at the entrance.
"You were there, too."
"Her friends took care of it!" His voice echoed, then they stood in silence at the dark entrance.
Mokuba looked concerned, "You should've went to her, Seto. It would've fixed everything between you two. Didn't you even notice how she smiled at you, today?"
"That's enough, Mokuba. They're waiting." Seto and Mokuba exited. As they started walking down the stone steps, they saw Téa was amusing the children with the CaramellDansen dance, as they waited for Seto.
After she noticed Seto standing next to her, she smiled, "Come on."
"I will not."
"Do it!"
He glared at her, "You've forgotten yourself, Mazaki."
Téa stopped dancing as she frowned. Her mother's temper had just come out of her. She clasped her hands in front of her as she bowed her head, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kaiba." He waved his arm to stop the music. She dare not move as he stared at her while he slowly walked behind her. She was wearing a 1960s style red jumper with a white collared shirt, pink socks, red shoes, and she a violet colored cotton ribbon tied around her head. He thought about the way she looked at him that morning. Also, her actions last night proved that she wanted to be in his bed and he slept well after she satisfied him. Then, she asked something interesting, before Mokuba interrupted with his presence for breakfast:
"Seto? Has there been something that you've been wanting me to do in bed with you?"
He could not get that sentence out of his head. He wished he had some time alone with her to answer that question. And, he hoped he could have a long time alone with her, when he does tell her. He looked her body over and stopped once he reached the other side, "Is there anything else you wanted to tell me?"
"No."
"Stand straight." Téa did as he commanded. "I am Mr. Kaiba. And, this is my brother, Mokuba Kaiba. Are there any questions, before we start?"
"Can we go on all of the rides, today," one boy asked.
"Yes. But, I doubt that it is possible. Next question."
"Is Joey Wheeler here," a group of boys asked.
"No," Seto replied with a straight face. "Next question." He noticed a little girl, with blue eyes and dark brunette hair, straining to raise her hand. She seemed to be three years old. "You."
"Are you a dentist?"
Seto knocked the fingers of his right hand against his forehead, "No. I'm not a dentist." He looked at Téa as he heard her giggling. It had been a while since he heard her laugh. He looked at the children, "Are you all ready to go?" All of the children cheered. After everyone got onto the buses, Mokuba started a roster. "Mazaki will take five, Mokuba."
"Okay," Mokuba answered. Mokuba stood up and started calling the children, each by name.
Téa turned to Seto, "Five?"
Seto looked at her, "You haven't slept, yet. I don't want to overwhelm you."
Mokuba looked around, "Robert Dodds?"
"Here," a seven year-old boy with brassy colored hair yelled. He pointed to a five year-old boy, "Can my brother, Billy, be my buddy?"
Mokuba looked at his list, "Yeah!" He smiled, "I think I'll refer to you two as: Billy-Bob." The children laughed and so did Téa.
Téa turned to Seto and smiled as she asked, "May I have Billy-Bob?"
Seto smirked, "Well, I was planning on taking Billy-Bob."
"Please?"
"They'll be a handful, Mazaki."
She clasped her hands together, "Please?"
Those big blue eyes were really getting to him, today. "Whatever you want, Mazaki."
"Seto…," she yelled as she lunged and started hugging him.
"You shouldn't be acting like this in front of the children."
Her sapphires looked up at him and she blushed as she let go of him, "I'm sorry, …Mr. Kaiba."
He put his hand on her shoulder, "Relax." Téa smiled at him.
Téa could not believe how many orphans had come out with them. They all seem to be having fun. Eventually, Téa took her group to the bathroom. After they were done, she started counting them.
"Five, six, seven, …eight…. Eight?" She looked around real fast as she thought to herself, "Wasn't I supposed to have five pairs of children?" Téa counted again real fast. "OH, NO! Who am I missing?" She started to think. "Hanz! Double check the bathroom."
After a minute, Hanz returned, "No one's in there."
"Come on!" She grabbed hands with two of the children, "Hold hands. Let's go." They started to jog.
Seto saw Téa's group in the distance. "Stay here," he told the children. He jogged over and stood in Téa's way, "What's the meaning of this?" Téa's group stopped.
Téa looked panicked, "I lost them."
"You lost who!?"
Téa started to cry, "I took them to the bathroom and I lost Billy-Bob."
"You LOST my Billy-Bob?" Seto was angry.
"Yes-."
"The eight of you, over there." Seto pointed to his grounp. Téa let go of the children's hands and they left. Seto touched his collar, "Attention all staff, have a code O18 in progress. I repeat, an O18 on two brothers known as Robert Dodds and William Dodds. Also known to group Mazaki as Billy-Bob."
"I'm sorry, Seto!"
"There's no time for that! Where were you?"
She pointed, "Over there."
"Come on." He started to run and she started to follow. "Can't you run any faster?"
"I'm trying!" Seto stood about a foot taller than Téa and the length of her legs were no match. Then, again, most people Seto's height could not match his speed. "Seto? Seto!" Seto stopped and turned. Téa stopped running and she was out of breath. "The kids said that they wanted to get closer to Blue-Eyes. But, I don't know what that means. I mean, Blue-Eyes is all over the park."
Seto started looking around, "What do you see?"
"Huh?"
"What do you see? They did not back track, so they can only go after a Blue-Eyes White Dragon that they could see." They both started to look.
"The parachute drop," they both said together. After they ran to the parachute drop, they could hear the two children yelling. They saw Bobby attempting to climb a ladder.
"Bobby, no," Téa yelled as Seto ran over with her.
Bobby looked at her, "But, Billy's up there!" Téa screamed as she looked up and saw how high Billy was. "I dared Billy to touch Blue-Eyes, but I didn't think he would do it!" Seto plucked Bobby off of the ladder and placed him on the ground. Then, he started to climb the ladder.
"Seto, wait!"
Seto climbed twenty feet and reached the boy. Billy looked at Seto, "I can almost touch it." Seto said something to the boy. As Seto helped the boy get down, Téa let out a sigh of relief. After both boys were reunited, Téa hugged both of them.
"You two scared me so much! Don't you ever do that EVER again!" Seto watched as Téa could not control her crying. She had looked distraught by the whole incident.
Seto touched his lapel, "Attention all staff, the O18 has been cancelled. Robert and William Dodds have been found. Continue as scheduled." Seto turned and saw Téa checking both boys over for scratches. Seto smiled briefly. She was acting in the same matter, the second time he noticed her. "Mazaki." She looked at him. "They're all right. Let's go." After they returned, Billy and Bobby ran to rejoin the other children and they all started walking together. As they walked behind the children, Seto waved his arm and got closer to Téa.
"Seto, I'm so sorry-."
"It's fine, Mazaki."
"But, I messed up-."
He looked at her, "Will you listen for once, Mazaki?" He had her attention, but he did not say anything.
Téa heard a familiar song. She scoffed, "ABBA? You're playing ABBA?" She recognized the song as: Take a Chance On Me.
"What's wrong with it?"
"I didn't think that you would listen to something that old and sappy."
He sounded a bit angry, "You don't remember, do you?"
"Remember what?"
He took out his wallet and handed her the graduation photograph of herself, "You played me this song and gave me this stupid photo of you." Téa took the picture and looked at it.
"It's not stupid! It's a nice photo of me."
"You gave this to me and wrote something on my arm." He started to sound irritated.
"Seto, you know it was a joke."
"You obliged with writing it on the back. You couldn't have written it as a joke." Téa flipped it over and looked at the words. She felt a bad.
"Seto? This photo's old. Don't you want another one?"
"Yes, but I would never get rid of this one."
"Why? I addressed you as 'Kaiba'," Téa chuckled. He never answered and he did not seem angry anymore.
"Okay. Let's take a new photo." They took a few photos together, then in combinations with the children and Mokuba. Next, Seto and Mokuba had a few together. Finally, Seto had Téa take a few photos with only her in it. Téa started looking the pictures over, in the camera. "If you like them, I can get you copies, for your parents. But, you should do that later. Your shift is over after lunch."
"Miss Téa's back," the three year-old girl with dark brown hair and blue eyes yelled as she ran towards them. She fell on the ground and started to cry. Seto and Téa rushed to her.
Seto kneeled and started checking her over, "Abby, are you okay?" The little girl kept on crying. Seto looked at Téa, "Hand me a bandage?"
"Okay," she replied. As she started looking for one, she heard Seto talking to the girl. Then, she thought she heard soft singing. She quickly looked up and saw that Abby was calming down as Seto was making hand gestures while telling her a rhyme. Téa had a bright smile on her face.
Once Seto was finished, Abby was smiling at him. "Where does it hurt?"
"There," Abby pointed to the shin of her left leg. Seto held out his hand and Téa gave him the bandage.
"Better," Seto asked as he placed it on her leg.
"Yep! Thanks, Mr. Dentist!"
Seto sweats. "No. I'm not a Dentist."
She looked at the bandage, "I don't like Blue-Eyes White Dragon! It's so mean looking."
"Is that so," Seto replied as he picked her up and started carrying her, "She's not so bad once you get to know her." Téa waited for Mokuba's group to catch up, while Seto started walking off with Abby and his group. As she walked between the two groups, she notice Seto look back at Téa, then back to Abby and said something. Abby said something else and Seto started laughing. Both Téa and Mokuba took notice. "If you fall again, I'm putting two more blue eyes on you." He put her down and she rushed to catch up with her buddy.
"What was that you were singing to her, earlier," Téa said as she started walking side by side with Seto.
"Something I used to sing to Mokuba whenever he got upset. It has cheered him up ever since he was a baby. I thought I would give it a shot." Seto wrapped his right arm around her waist, "Are you enjoying yourself?"
Téa smiled, "Yes, Mr. Kaiba."
Seto smiled at her, "Call me, Seto." They rode several of the rides with the children. As the morning went on, Mokuba noticed how happy Seto was, being with Téa. He either had his arm around her waist or holding her hand. Every once in a while, they starred at one another. But, one of the most perfect moments was when Abby reached up and grabbed a hand from Téa and Seto. She picked her legs off the ground and swung back and forth between the two, for a minute. As the three of them walked hand and hand, Téa and Seto were smiling at one another.
After lunch, Téa retired for the afternoon. After she woke up, she put on her leotard and was escorted to a small studio. She looked at Abby and several other smiling girls, ready to dance with her. They all had a great time, dancing for an hour. All of the girls gasped, as they saw Seto enter the room. Téa stopped and turned to him. He seemed to be in a good mood.
"Aren't you done, yet? It's time for their supper."
Téa smiled, "You know me, Mr. Kaiba. I could dance all day."
Seto started to approach her, "Then, you don't mind if I ask you to have one dance with me?" Téa was shocked. Seto stopped in front of her and held up his hands.
"Um…sure!" She put on a track and they started to dance. He spun her towards himself, then caught and dipped her. As they stared at one another, all they could think about was making out.
"OUUUUUUUUUUU-," all the little girls sounded, then started giggling.
Seto sighed, "Mokuba should have been here already to pick them up."
"Seto," Téa whispered. Hearing her say his name, made him want to kiss her, but his eyes looked with hers, at the girls. Seto lifted her back onto her feet.
Everyone looked as Mokuba poked his head into the room. "I'm here," Mokuba said with a smile. All of the girls ran out of the room, to join the other children in the hallway. Mokuba went into the hallway to do a head-count.
After the room became quiet, Seto looked at Téa, "Did you sleep well?"
"Yes."
"Good. Because you're working with me, tonight?"
"Huh?"
"I told you…the children are sleeping over. They need a bedtime story, of course."
Téa smiled, "Of course!"
After dinner, Seto, Téa, and Mokuba headed back to their suite. As Téa changed into a pair of pajamas, she could not help, but think about how wonderful the day had gone so far. She had never seen this side of Seto before and she really liked it. She started to wonder why it took him so long before he started to show her. Seeing that side of him was starting to make her regret her decision to leave for America.
"Maybe, …maybe I should go back to Japan with Seto. If what I am seeing is the real Seto, then it is worth staying with him." But, was it worth giving up her dream?
After, Téa came out of Seto's room, he looked at her. She was wearing a coral colored velvet pajama set that had white bunny heads with long ears all over. She was also wearing a barrette that had a checked pattern bow with a black trim. Hanging off of the barrette were two cherries with the diameter of a quarter, around. The cherries connected back to the barrette by green stems. She had her hair parted into two low pigtails.
Téa posed, "How do I look?"
"You look like a dork."
Téa walked over to him and used both of her hands to swing one of his hands around, "Seto! I think it's cute." Seto was distracted by the fact that when he looked down, he saw matching slippers.
"Where would she find matching slippers to that monstrosity," Seto asked to himself in thought. Seto pointed to the bar as he said, "Don't forget that."
"Huh?" Téa looked past him and saw a Blue-Eyes White Dragon plush toy on the bar. "It's so CUTE," Téa yelled as she ran over and hugged it.
Seto sweats, "It's NOT for you."
She cradled it defensively, "But, I want it."
Seto sighed, "I'll get you one, once they go into mass production. This is a prototype and I'm giving it to Abby."
"For Abby?"
"Yes," he started walking over to her, "She thinks of Blue-Eyes as a scary monster. After hearing that, I put in an order to have it made for her." He stopped and put his hand on top of the plush toy, "I don't want her to be scared of it…or me."
Téa smiled, "She's not scared of you, Seto. She likes you a lot."
"Not as much as she likes you." There was something about that girl that reminded him of his girlfriend, but he could not put his finger on it.
She gave the plush toy a gentle hug, "I know she'll love it." Seto smiled at her and held her hand as they left. Téa was in a cheerful mood when they got into his car and went to the children's dormitory together. After they arrived, they both received many hugs from all of the children. And, Abby sat between Téa and Seto, as they each read a story to the children. Once storytime was over, all of the children got into their beds and the couple double checked on each and every child.
"Miss Téa, don't leave," Abby said. Téa looked at Seto and he nodded at Téa before leaving the room.
Téa pushed the door until there was a crack of light left. She walked over and laid on the bed, "You have to go to sleep, Abby."
"I know…. Miss Téa? Will you be my big sister until I leave?"
"Of course."
"Big sister, will Mr. Kaiba marry you?"
"I don't know if he feels like that for me."
"But, big sister, he danced with you and he dresses like a prince. And, I asked him to marry me, but he said that he already had a girlfriend. And, he told me that she was a really pretty princess. And, I knew it was you!" Téa's mouth went open with shock.
The door opened, "Are you trying to wake up everyone?"
"Mr. Kaiba? Can big sister read me another bedtime story?"
"It's bedtime, Abby."
"Pleasssse? PLEASE?"
Seto walked into the room and sat on the side of the bed that was opposite of Téa. "No. But, I still think you should give Blue-Eyes a chance." He finally pulled out what he was hiding behind his back. Abby gasped and reached out for it. After he gave it to her, she hugged the plush toy as hard as she could. "Do you like it?"
"I love it, Mr. Kaiba. Thank-you!"
He touched her on the head, "Go to sleep, now." He glanced at Téa, who had been smiling at him the whole time. They tucked Abby in and closed the door after they left the room. They starred at one another, then kissed. While they kissed, Téa knew that she wanted to be with Seto.
She pulled away and placed her hands on his jacket, "Seto? What you did for Abby? That was real sweet." Seto was studying the way she was looking at him. The look she was giving him, made him want to bed her. But, he knew he might not have that opportunity tonight. He gave her a strong kiss and started to make out with her. She let out soft moans as they kissed. She pressed her body against him, as her want for him grew. She gasped, "Seto. Not here."
Seto stopped and looked her up and down. He was instantly turned off. "Let's head back." They started walking to the exit the dormitory.
"You told her I was a really pretty princess?"
"No. She asked me IF she was pretty like a princess. And, I agreed."
"Were you talking about me?"
"The way you look now? No."
Téa let out her hair and combed through it, "How about now?"
"You still look like a dork, Mazaki."
"Seto-."
Seto's mood shifted and sternly said, "Mazaki, I suggest you stop now before this conversation gets too personal."
"Is there something wrong with having a personal conversation?"
"It is, when you have one while I'm paying for it."
Téa felt offended and stopped, "Have you been paying for it? Because I feel like I've always been paying for it, after all of these years!"
Seto stopped and turned to her, "Don't start this! I would've done anything for you, today."
"YOU, willing to do anything for me, for one day, doesn't change the past."
"Forget the past, Anzu. Don't you care about how I'm treating you, now?"
"Yes. But, the way you were with me today…I wish you were like that with me all of the time." She brought her left hand to her chest, "Why won't you change for me, Seto?"
He turned and started to walk away, "I told you this conversation would get too personal."
Téa quickly walked over to him and grabbed his hand. Seto stopped. "I'm sorry, Seto." She sounded scared, "Forgive me…I was wrong."
He looked down into her big blue eyes. There were so many things that he wanted to say. His voice had softened, "Do you want to go back, now?" She nodded.
Once Téa and Seto returned to the suite, Mokuba ran up to them. He noticed that their mood was the opposite of how they left. From happy and holding hands, to standing a good distance apart and barely being able to look at one another.
"Can we drink tonight, Seto?"
"No."
"But, it's legal here!"
"You're birthday's not for another two months."
Téa turned to Seto, "Seto. He only needs to be sixteen to buy. It's perfectly okay for him to consume."
Seto looked at her, "Are you undermining my authority, again?"
"I'm not! It's legal here."
"Have you both forgotten what happened that day?"
"NO, I didn't! If you want me to 'forget about the past', then forgive me for that! Or at least give him this once. You barely let him leave the manor and have him study all the time. If he doesn't know how to watch after himself, he'll end up getting drunk, without your supervision some other way. He's young; let him have fun." Spoken like her father. Mokuba looked between the two and confirmed that they did have a fight, earlier.
"You two want to drink," Seto hissed, "be my guest." He marched over to the minibar refrigerator and used a key to open it. He put four bottles of beer onto the counter and locked the refrigerator. "Knock yourselves out," Seto said under his breath as he walked to his room. Mokuba and Téa looked at one another, after Seto slammed the door.
"He still blames you for that," Mokuba asked.
"You gave my brother alcohol!?"
"You're a bad influence on Mokuba!"
"I never want you in my house, again!"
Téa casted her eyes to the ground, "Yes."
"That happened three years ago." Mokuba turned his head to Seto's door, then back to her. Forget about whatever he told you earlier. Let's drink." They went to the bar, sat on the stools, and talked to each other as they drank. Mokuba smirked, "You wanna practice driving with me?"
"No. We shouldn't do that, Mokuba." Mokuba, Téa, and a few of her friends were drinking and driving around, when Seto caught them. No one in the car was old enough to drink. Seto still had not formally forgiven Téa for her delinquency. It broke their relationship apart. Only after the Kaiba Corp Grand Championship, did the two start to make up and go back on track.
Seto came out of his room. It was not because he wanted to, but the sudden thoughts about his brother being alone with a woman was starting to eat at him. And, he knew Mokuba liked older women. And, worst of all, Mokuba was not alone with any woman, it was HIS girlfriend. "Mokuba! Did you check the schedule for tomorrow?"
"No."
"Do you know if there were changes?"
"No."
"I'm disappointed. I expect you to be on top of things, Mokuba. I suggest you check them, now."
"FINE," Mokuba said as he walked off into his room and closed the door. Seto walked over to the minibar, "Did you want another beer?"
"No. I'm fine," Téa answered. Once, Seto walked back, she noticed that he sat next to her with two beers. He opened one and poured it into a pilsner glass. "You should drink from the bottle." Seto looked at her, but did not say anything. His drinking in silence, started to make her nervous. She knew that he was still mad at her. "I thought you didn't drink."
"I think of underage drinking as irresponsible. But, I do like drinking from time to time."
"I didn't know. This was only the second time we've drank together."
"I didn't expect you to know."
"That's because you don't tell me anything about yourself."
"So, what if I don't like telling anyone about myself?"
She shook her head, "This is different, Seto. I'm your girlfriend. I know I'm not entitled to know all of the secrets you have but, how can I support you when I don't even know the little things that bother you?"
"I don't need anyone to support me."
"I wasn't talking about money. I meant emotionally."
"That's what I meant." Seto looked at her. Téa had an expression of hurt and sympathy on her face. "After our father died…no one supported us. After our family used all of our money, we were dumped at an orphanage. And, ever since we were adopted, I went through hell to protect my brother…but it was worth it. I've always supported us."
"Seto? I want to let you know that I'll always be there to support you. No matter what happens between us. I know you've always had doubts about us, but I always promised that to you in my heart."
"You don't mean that."
"Seto, don't say that. You know it's true. I wouldn't be your girlfriend, if you really felt that way. Just because a whole bunch of people had been bad to you, doesn't mean that I will be. You know the way I treat you. And, I know the way I treat you won't change the past. But, if you were willing to do anything for me today, then I have hope that your past won't matter when you decide your future with me." Seto looked at his beer.
"Forget about the past, huh?" He looked up at her, "I don't want to have that conversation, when we left the children, again. I want us to move forward. I want you to come back to Japan with-."
"Don't say it." She started to cry, "Don't say it. It's hard enough, already."
"I won't say it, as long as you don't go."
"Seto-." He kissed her. All he could do was keep kissing her until she maybe understood. Her heart was beating quickly and she gasped before he continued kissing her. "Seto," she whispered before he kissed her, again.
Mokuba came out of his room and noticed Seto looking at Téa while he started wiping the tears from her face. "Crying while wearing that thing doesn't make you look like any less of a dork." Téa tried her best to smile at Seto. The three of them stayed up and talked a while longer.
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