PART 52
(Nicole's POV)
You waited, but then you remembered.
"Seto..."" you whispered. You quickly unbuckled yourself, and told Mokuba to stay there. You walked back in the direction Seto had left in. You found yourself turning a corner and bumping right into him.
"Nicole what are you doing back here?"
"Well, I came back to see about you, and if you were going to be Ok." you answered.
"Alright, well let's hurry" He spoke grabbing your wrist pulling you back to where you came from.
You weren't quite there when the tremors began. They were worse then you expected them to be. It now became hard to keep your balance.
"Hold on" Seto spoke as he grabbed hold of you with one arm while his other hand grabbed the railing keeping the two of you balanced.
Following his instruction, you quickly grasped hold of his shirt and buried your head in his chest. The two of you stood there like that for several minutes as the plane shook with some intensity. After it all seemed to subside He loosened his hold and whispered.
"It's over you can let go of me now." You smiled and let go.
"So where were you?" you asked looking up to him.
"Like I told you before, I had some work that needed to be done." He plainly answered.
"What kind of work?"
"What put us in such a curious mood?" he asked back.
"Don't know. Now what kind of work?" you asked once again.
"I'll show you since it will concern you in the future" He spoke grasping your left hand in his and walking off with you.
You followed him to a room that looked like that of a small conference room. On the table sat a laptop computer. He took the seat in front of it and you stood right behind him.
"You can sit down you know" he suggested.
"Well, I'll get a better view of the screen like this then sitting in a chair beside you" you sweetly answered.
"Now who said you had to sit 'beside' me?" he spoke moving the chair back a bit.
"Well, there's no other place but beside you" you pointed out. A smirk appeared on his face and you began to wonder what he was planning. You looked at him suspiciously.
"What are you thinking?"
"This" he answered as you felt him pull you down so you now sat on his knee. "See, you're sitting and not beside me."
"Aren't you just the genius?" you teased.
"Why yes I am" he commented setting you so you could now see what he had been working on. You saw what seemed to be plans of some sort of game.
"We're making a video game? That's interesting." you spoke up scanning over the things on the screen.
"Not just any game. This one's virtual." he added clicking something that brought up another piece of the process showing the holographic system.
"Even better" you gasped in amazement.
"So I take you like it" he asked. You gave him a look
"Well, DUH. I think this little project of yours may be pretty fun" you spoke taking off your jacket, because it was getting a little hot.
Your shoulder shivered a bit as you took of your jacket. You then felt Seto trace along the now smaller bruise.
"Nicole, I'm so sorry" he whispered.
"It's OK. I don't think you meant to, and it's not that bad. It doesn't hurt as bad anymore. It will be gone in a few days." you replied placing your hand over his, "Now tell me more about this project of yours"
He then began to explain the project to you and how everything would work out. The two of you worked together on this project each putting in their own touches. You worked on just the basics so you could work on the more intense stuff later when you arrived in Domino. You continued until you heard a knock at the door.
"Come in" you answered looking up from the laptop. The door opened and Mokuba walked in. he saw the two of you and gave a weird look.
"What are you doing?" he asked. You then realized why he looked like he did.
"Oh, your brother and I were on a new project together." You replied quickly standing to your feet.
You realized how stiff your muscles were and looked at your watch. You had been sitting like that for six hours.
"Wow, time flies when you're working" you gasped. Hearing this Seto looked at the clock on the laptop.
"You're right. We should be landing soon." With that, he saved what work the two of you completed and shut down the laptop.
He packed up the small computer and walked out to the lounge area. You all sat down. You sat across form Seto while Mokuba sat beside him. You sat in a few minutes of silence then something came to you.
"Seto?" you questioned.
"What is it?" he responded.
"What about a job. I resigned from Kaiba Corp before I left." you pointed out. He just looked at you before speaking.
"Now who said I turned it in. Actually I have it in a pile of papers waiting to be sorted in my office, so if you get it before I do, It would be like it never existed." he replied. You just smiled
"Just my luck"
Then the pilot's voice came over the intercom.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are now arriving at Domino City. I ask you take landing procedures." You looked out the window as you began your decent coming out of the clouds.
Now your home came into view. You smiled seeing the familiar buildings of Domino City as you touched down and the plane began to come to a stop. You stood up and stretched. You walked over to the door and waited for it to open. You couldn't wait to be back on the ground again. Seto walked up beside you.
"A little anxious aren't we" You looked at him.
"Yes, I've been gone for over a week thinking I wouldn't be back here for years, but now I'm about to return and ...." You just couldn't think of anything more.
"And what..." Seto pushed on.
"I really don't know, it's hard to explain. It just makes me happy to be back here."
Suddenly, you heard the door as it began to open. The light blinded you for just a brief second, but you recovered. The three of you walked down the set of stairs and walked over to the car as the driver grabbed the bags. You climbed in and sat waiting to leave. Seto slipped in beside you and Mokuba across from the two of you. The whole ride was silent. No one spoke until you arrived at the house. Mokuba ran off into the house leaving you and Seto alone. Seto was the first to step out and helped you out as he told the driver to go ahead and leave. Two butlers picked up your bags and left with them to take them to your room as you supposed. You just stood there at the gate looking upon your new home. You felt Seto's arm wrap at your waist.
"What are you thinking about?" He asked looking in the direction you were.
"Different things. I'm just thinking about this place. Once I enter will I ever want to leave, or once I enter will I want to leave right away. It's just unknown to me." You spoke in a soft voice.
"Well, let's go find out and make it known." he said leading you to the door.
His arm left your waist and he took your hand in his as he continued to walk. You followed feeling the January chill. You reached the main hallway and continued. He took you down some of the halls you visited on your first real time here. You finally came to a stop at a door.
"Well, this is it" he spoke opening the door to your room.
You stepped in looking around. It was pretty simple. A queen sized bed sat against one wall with a nightstand on one wall. A deck and dresser sat on the wall as the door. By the head of the bed was another door leading to a balcony that overlooked the garden out back. On another wall was the closet and a door to a bathroom. The room was very comforting and good for you. You looked over to the ground by the closet and saw all your bags. You smiled.
"This is perfect Seto thank you so much." you commented walking out on the balcony.
A cool breeze flew past causing you to shiver a bit. The sky was clear and the moon shined beautifully. Without warning you felt something warm being placed on your shoulders. You looked to see Seto had placed his jacket on you as he now stood beside you.
"I'm glad you like it here. I want you to stay here. It's just..." he paused, "a lot of things happen to you when I seem to turn away from you. Now, when you're not there, I worry. My mind wonders if you're alright, and I hate not knowing."
You grasped tighter to the jacket as you heard him speak. You didn't know he worried that much about you. As you thought about it, he was right , even though you didn't really want to admit it. You always got hurt somehow when you weren't with him.
"Seto," you softly spoke looking out into the garden, "you have a right to worry. I'm not going to argue what you just said, because it's right. It's hard to admit, but you're right. All my teenage life, I've been on the run from many things. When I arrived here, things changed for awhile. I didn't have to worry that much, and when I'm with you or just around you, it feels safe like nothing can go wrong. I don't want that feeling to go away."
"Mind me asking but what exactly are you running from?"
You shrugged realizing he didn't know everything, "Long story short, my father doesn't know the meaning of a restraining order."
Seto looked over at you as if thinking about what to say, but questions never came. No explanations needed. You had given him all he wanted. You leaned against the stone railing and looked over at him. He turned you to face him and leaned right to you brushing his lips past yours.
"I think we should go inside" he whispered. You nodded in agreement as he walked you back inside. He shut the door to the balcony and walked over to you. He stood right in front of you and rubbed your arms through the jacket.
"It's a little warmer in here if you ask me" you nodded in agreement.
He seemed to continue what he started out on the balcony by gently covering your mouth with his. The kiss so gentle and soft just made you feel so right. You felt as the jacket was slipped off your shoulders and onto the floor. You partly realized you moving. You had taken several steps back. He sat you down on the bed without breaking the kiss but actually deepening it. Your eyes closed taking in this very moment. You now were laid back as things changed.
His lips seemed to leave your own, but they soon made contact with the left side of your neck. You were surprised to find that this simple act seemed to do so much to you. Your back arched, hands gripped his shoulders, and a moan escaped your lips all at once.
"I'm going to guess and say you liked that." He whispered as he lightly bit your ear, yet another new turn-on. The way this made you feel was a new high, but you knew what it led to without a plan. To stop yourself from going completely mad, you quickly flipped the two of you so that you were the one on top.
"Oh yeah! Very much so, but we need to set some rules first."
"Alright, set them." He smirked bringing his hands around your waist.
"Are you familiar with the 'base' system Seto?" You asked leaning down so your face was just over his own.
"Y-yes." You could feel him breathe as he tried to keep himself from doing something before you were ready.
"I'll let go head for second, but don't get there, if you know what I mean."
"You mean," you felt his fingers slip under the edge of your top going up until they came to rest at the top of your abdomen, "here?"
"Pretty much. Let's keep things on. Does that work for you?" You nodded as the feeling of his hands caressing your skin made staying away that much harder.
"I can deal with that."
With the rules set, the two of you returned to the earlier activities. You were slowly loosing yourself. Slowly but surely, he was torturing you with what he knew to do in these situations. The kisses. The touches. The feeling. All were driving you mad. He had regained all control of the situation as he stayed within the rules you had given him. But how could so little drive you this much. You wanted more. You craved it. You hadn't realized how much of your common sense had diminished until you felt him pull away taking hold of your hands.
"Now if I'm right you said to 'keep things on' and here you are going at my shirt." He pointed out.
You felt yourself go red in the face as you realized what you had done. You were so worried about him taking things to the next level, but it was you who faltered.
"I think we've done enough." He stated getting up.
"Seto wait!" You reached out grabbing his wrist.
"Really Nicole, I think that was more then enough."
"I agree, but-" you looked down thinking about what you had done.
"But?"
"T-Thank you." You stammered still a little red.
"There's no need to thank me for that. I wanted it just as much as you." He pointed out leaning over and kissing your cheek.
"No I mean, for showing restraint. For staying in the rules. Even when I couldn't seem to." You muttered.
"Oh that, well," he climbed back on the bed coming next to you, "I don't want you to regret anything we do. Therefore I follow your rules. Nothing more."
So many other guys would have let you continue until it was too late. Seto, on the other hand, was the clear minded one that knew how to hold himself back. You couldn't help but be thankful for that.
"I wonder what's on?" Seto asked leaning back and grabbing something from the nightstand next to him.
"No clue, let's see."
The two of you just laid there switching through channels until you found a film. You leaned back so your back was against his chest with his arm around your waist. You held your own arm over his holding onto his hand. The two of you stayed there, for the rest of the night.
It was hard to tell when, but sometime before the end, you drifted off to sleep.
