AN: My first Yu-Gi-Oh story. This was originally written for my eyes only,
but I'm posting it anyway. It's rather odd.
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Chapter 1: Seto
Seto's POV= ###
Mokuba's POV= ***
Yugi's POV= @@@
'.' = Seto's thoughts
///.///= Mokuba's thoughts
[.] = Yugi's thoughts
###I pace the room, wringing my hands. This week just hadn't been my week. Things were starting to pile up! The company; school; Mokuba. Mokuba was my first and most important problem, but even that wasn't going well. I glance over my shoulder at the sudden sound from the doorway.
"Mokuba?" I ask. The door opens a bit more to show my brother standing there.
"Big brother?" He asks.
"Yes?"
"Why won't you come out? People are asking for you. You should eat something. Get some rest." Mokuba tells me.
'Great! I'm supposed to be taking care of him! Not the other way around. Shows what a lousy brother I am.' I think to myself, sitting on the bed.
"How do you know I'm not sleeping?" I ask after a minute.
"I can hear you. Seto, you worry me! What's wrong?" Mokuba asks, his eyes about to let his tears spill over.
'Good job, Seto! Now you've made him cry.'
"Awww, come here kid." I sigh, pulling him onto my lap. "It's okay. You don't need to cry." ###
Kiaba waited 'til Mokuba had cried himself to sleep before carrying him to bed. He hated himself for worrying Mokuba. But the more he though about it, the worse his headache got. He went to the bathroom closet and took the aspirin bottle off the top shelf. He carefully read the back and dumped out the correct number of pills. He looked at the few pills and shrugged. 'Two or three more couldn't hurt.' He reasoned. He washed the pills down with a glass of milk and returned to the bathroom. On the way there he knocked into a lap stand. He caught the lap but noticed the lack of pain. He slammed his foot into the wall. No pain. He sighed inwardly.
'I deserve pain. How could I not? I'm such a failure!' Kiaba groaned. He slammed him foot into the wall. Still nothing.
"I should hurt! I should hurt!" Kiaba chanted over and over to himself as he slammed his foot into the wall. After a few minutes, he realized that, though the aspirin had made him light headed, it was definitely stopping him from feeling the pain. Kiaba shook his head, unable to walk properly. He was so tired. He dragged himself to bed and collapsed, too tired to change or even pull the blankets up.
*** I woak up in my bed but no memories of taking myself there. ///Seto must have taken me./// I reason. ///He always takes care of me.///
I pull myself out of bed and hurry to dress.
///Seto might be angry with me if I over slept. He ran a strict schedule and sometimes I can't keep up but he knows I try and most of the time only shakes his head with a small smile. Some people think he's mean to me, but he's not! He and I are best friends! I look out for him and he looks out for me./// I grin as I remember the time in the orphanage when some kids were bulling me and he beat them into the ground. He had to clean the entire kitchen for a week but he never told them why he hit those bullies. ///He's always been there to protect me.///
I run out of the room and into the kitchen, but Seto isn't there. ///Where is he?/// I wonder. ///He's always been there to make me breakfast.///
I walk quietly to his room and press the door open. He's sleeping on the bed as if he had collapsed there. I creep in there and pull the covers up, thankful that at least he was sleeping. I scrawl and note to him and call one of Seto's guards to drive me to school. The guard doesn't protest because sometimes if Seto was REALLY busy on a project he would ask me if I would mind a servant driving me in. He always asked me first; always wanting me to make the decisions in those matters. I get into the limo and wait for the guard to pull away. ***
Kiaba blanked, hoping the bright light would go away. He picked his head up and looked at the covers that had been pulled up around his chin. He pushed them down and looked at the clock on his bedside table. The red numbers flashed cheerily, making them next to impossible to read. Kiaba vowed to throw that clock out the window and invent a voice automated talking one as soon as he figured out what time it was.
"Twelve-.thirty." Kiaba read. "Twelve-thirty?!"
Kiaba threw the covers off and pulled his overcoat on. He pushed his hair down and ran into Mokuba's room.
"Mokuba? We're going to be late." Kiaba said dashing into Mokuba's room, but he wasn't there. Kiaba picked the note up and read it.
"Dear Seto. You were sleeping so peacefully I couldn't wake you. I've arranged a ride to school for myself. I skipped breakfast but I grabbed some extra money for a double lunch. -Mokuba."
'This is perfect! I'm his guardian but he's acting like the parent! How could I be such an asshole?' Kiaba groaned smacking himself. 'Poor kid! He doesn't need that. I'll make it up to him after school.'
He rushed out the door grabbing his car keys and a pair of sunglasses. He'd never planed on wearing them, but Mokuba had seen them once and insisted he buy them. He put them on and was glad he had, as the sun beat down on him. He drove to school, narrowly missing another car and two traffic cones. When he had pulled into the parking lot, he grabbed his stuff and ran into the office. The secretary looked surprised but accepted his excuse about his crappy engine. He walked out of the office and sprinted to his class.
'If that secretary bought the BS about the engine I wonder what other crap she takes.' Kiaba laughed to himself. He turned the corner and slammed into a person coming the other way.
"I'm sorry." The person apologized, helping Kiaba stand up.
"No need." Kiaba sneered brushing aside. The person waited 'til he was gone before shrugging to his friend.
"I guess even CEO's have their off days." The kid shrugged.
### I manage to slip into the back of the classroom without drawing too much attention to myself. 'I may be the smartest one in this whole school, but that doesn't mean they have to notice me.' I sneer, grabbing the few papers I need and turning them in. Some of the kids near my seat shoot me weird looks but I don't look at the back. 'If no one notices my sunglasses, I may be able to wear them the whole day.' I muse. 'It's only for a few more hours.' I manage to make it to all my classes and even to the car park before I have to take myself off autopilot. I got in and drove over to Mokuba's school. I got there just as the letting out bell was ringing and Mokuba rushed over to my car a few minutes later. He hoped in and let me buckle his seat belt for him.
"Hello, big brother!" he chirped. "Did you sleep well?"
"You should have woken me up." I reprimanded him. His smile fell from his face.
"But you haven't been sleeping well. I though it would be best to let you catch up on those lost hours."
"It's alright. We'll be back on schedule tomorrow. Do want to go somewhere? I want to make up to for not driving you to school." I apologize.
"Ice cream?" he asks hopefully. I nod and his face lights up with a smile. ###
Yugi stepped into the parking lot just in time to see Kiaba pull away.
"I'm telling you." Joey was telling Tea. "There is something seriously wrong with that guy. He ran into me and didn't even bother to insult me! Weird!"
[That does sound strange.] Yugi thought to himself.
"No kidding!" Tristan muttered. "It was the strangest thing I've ever seen. Kiaba's usually so focused. And on time."
"You mean he was late?" Tea asked.
"Very late! Joey and I were on our way back from lunch when it happened."
"Maybe he was coming back from lunch." Yugi shrugged.
"No way. He's got the first lunch. We have the third." Joey sighed. Yugi felt himself get worried. It wasn't like he and Kiaba were the best of friends, but this was very unlike him.
***I flipped the page in my textbook and frowned at the new math problems. Seto was good at math but he only explained how to do the problems, always making me do the work. I already knew how to do them; I just didn't want to. I sighed and listened as the doorbell rang. Seto didn't hire personal servants for the house, only guards who had gone to their own homes about an hour ago. Seto was in the shower so I went to the door and looked through the peephole. It was a short boy, about my height, and another blond haired boy. I opened the door and raised an eyebrow. The taller blond shrugged to the shorter boy. That boy shrugged back and faced me.
"Is this Seto Kiaba's house?" he asked.
"It is." I shrugged, opening the door more to let them in. ///Seto isn't going to like them being in here./// I thought to myself.
"May we speak to him?" The boy asked again. I told them to wait, and went to the bathroom.
"Big brother?" I ask, pushing the door open.
"Hum?" he asked poking his head out from behind the curtain and wiping the soap out of his eyes.
"There are some people who want to see you." I shrug.
"Do they have an appointment?" he asked.
"I don't think so."
"Then tell them to go away and make one. I can't be expected to jump out of the shower of just anyone." He shrugged, returning to his shower. I went back downstairs and made Seto's excuses. The boys seemed to accept them and left, thanking me for my time.***
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Chapter 1: Seto
Seto's POV= ###
Mokuba's POV= ***
Yugi's POV= @@@
'.' = Seto's thoughts
///.///= Mokuba's thoughts
[.] = Yugi's thoughts
###I pace the room, wringing my hands. This week just hadn't been my week. Things were starting to pile up! The company; school; Mokuba. Mokuba was my first and most important problem, but even that wasn't going well. I glance over my shoulder at the sudden sound from the doorway.
"Mokuba?" I ask. The door opens a bit more to show my brother standing there.
"Big brother?" He asks.
"Yes?"
"Why won't you come out? People are asking for you. You should eat something. Get some rest." Mokuba tells me.
'Great! I'm supposed to be taking care of him! Not the other way around. Shows what a lousy brother I am.' I think to myself, sitting on the bed.
"How do you know I'm not sleeping?" I ask after a minute.
"I can hear you. Seto, you worry me! What's wrong?" Mokuba asks, his eyes about to let his tears spill over.
'Good job, Seto! Now you've made him cry.'
"Awww, come here kid." I sigh, pulling him onto my lap. "It's okay. You don't need to cry." ###
Kiaba waited 'til Mokuba had cried himself to sleep before carrying him to bed. He hated himself for worrying Mokuba. But the more he though about it, the worse his headache got. He went to the bathroom closet and took the aspirin bottle off the top shelf. He carefully read the back and dumped out the correct number of pills. He looked at the few pills and shrugged. 'Two or three more couldn't hurt.' He reasoned. He washed the pills down with a glass of milk and returned to the bathroom. On the way there he knocked into a lap stand. He caught the lap but noticed the lack of pain. He slammed his foot into the wall. No pain. He sighed inwardly.
'I deserve pain. How could I not? I'm such a failure!' Kiaba groaned. He slammed him foot into the wall. Still nothing.
"I should hurt! I should hurt!" Kiaba chanted over and over to himself as he slammed his foot into the wall. After a few minutes, he realized that, though the aspirin had made him light headed, it was definitely stopping him from feeling the pain. Kiaba shook his head, unable to walk properly. He was so tired. He dragged himself to bed and collapsed, too tired to change or even pull the blankets up.
*** I woak up in my bed but no memories of taking myself there. ///Seto must have taken me./// I reason. ///He always takes care of me.///
I pull myself out of bed and hurry to dress.
///Seto might be angry with me if I over slept. He ran a strict schedule and sometimes I can't keep up but he knows I try and most of the time only shakes his head with a small smile. Some people think he's mean to me, but he's not! He and I are best friends! I look out for him and he looks out for me./// I grin as I remember the time in the orphanage when some kids were bulling me and he beat them into the ground. He had to clean the entire kitchen for a week but he never told them why he hit those bullies. ///He's always been there to protect me.///
I run out of the room and into the kitchen, but Seto isn't there. ///Where is he?/// I wonder. ///He's always been there to make me breakfast.///
I walk quietly to his room and press the door open. He's sleeping on the bed as if he had collapsed there. I creep in there and pull the covers up, thankful that at least he was sleeping. I scrawl and note to him and call one of Seto's guards to drive me to school. The guard doesn't protest because sometimes if Seto was REALLY busy on a project he would ask me if I would mind a servant driving me in. He always asked me first; always wanting me to make the decisions in those matters. I get into the limo and wait for the guard to pull away. ***
Kiaba blanked, hoping the bright light would go away. He picked his head up and looked at the covers that had been pulled up around his chin. He pushed them down and looked at the clock on his bedside table. The red numbers flashed cheerily, making them next to impossible to read. Kiaba vowed to throw that clock out the window and invent a voice automated talking one as soon as he figured out what time it was.
"Twelve-.thirty." Kiaba read. "Twelve-thirty?!"
Kiaba threw the covers off and pulled his overcoat on. He pushed his hair down and ran into Mokuba's room.
"Mokuba? We're going to be late." Kiaba said dashing into Mokuba's room, but he wasn't there. Kiaba picked the note up and read it.
"Dear Seto. You were sleeping so peacefully I couldn't wake you. I've arranged a ride to school for myself. I skipped breakfast but I grabbed some extra money for a double lunch. -Mokuba."
'This is perfect! I'm his guardian but he's acting like the parent! How could I be such an asshole?' Kiaba groaned smacking himself. 'Poor kid! He doesn't need that. I'll make it up to him after school.'
He rushed out the door grabbing his car keys and a pair of sunglasses. He'd never planed on wearing them, but Mokuba had seen them once and insisted he buy them. He put them on and was glad he had, as the sun beat down on him. He drove to school, narrowly missing another car and two traffic cones. When he had pulled into the parking lot, he grabbed his stuff and ran into the office. The secretary looked surprised but accepted his excuse about his crappy engine. He walked out of the office and sprinted to his class.
'If that secretary bought the BS about the engine I wonder what other crap she takes.' Kiaba laughed to himself. He turned the corner and slammed into a person coming the other way.
"I'm sorry." The person apologized, helping Kiaba stand up.
"No need." Kiaba sneered brushing aside. The person waited 'til he was gone before shrugging to his friend.
"I guess even CEO's have their off days." The kid shrugged.
### I manage to slip into the back of the classroom without drawing too much attention to myself. 'I may be the smartest one in this whole school, but that doesn't mean they have to notice me.' I sneer, grabbing the few papers I need and turning them in. Some of the kids near my seat shoot me weird looks but I don't look at the back. 'If no one notices my sunglasses, I may be able to wear them the whole day.' I muse. 'It's only for a few more hours.' I manage to make it to all my classes and even to the car park before I have to take myself off autopilot. I got in and drove over to Mokuba's school. I got there just as the letting out bell was ringing and Mokuba rushed over to my car a few minutes later. He hoped in and let me buckle his seat belt for him.
"Hello, big brother!" he chirped. "Did you sleep well?"
"You should have woken me up." I reprimanded him. His smile fell from his face.
"But you haven't been sleeping well. I though it would be best to let you catch up on those lost hours."
"It's alright. We'll be back on schedule tomorrow. Do want to go somewhere? I want to make up to for not driving you to school." I apologize.
"Ice cream?" he asks hopefully. I nod and his face lights up with a smile. ###
Yugi stepped into the parking lot just in time to see Kiaba pull away.
"I'm telling you." Joey was telling Tea. "There is something seriously wrong with that guy. He ran into me and didn't even bother to insult me! Weird!"
[That does sound strange.] Yugi thought to himself.
"No kidding!" Tristan muttered. "It was the strangest thing I've ever seen. Kiaba's usually so focused. And on time."
"You mean he was late?" Tea asked.
"Very late! Joey and I were on our way back from lunch when it happened."
"Maybe he was coming back from lunch." Yugi shrugged.
"No way. He's got the first lunch. We have the third." Joey sighed. Yugi felt himself get worried. It wasn't like he and Kiaba were the best of friends, but this was very unlike him.
***I flipped the page in my textbook and frowned at the new math problems. Seto was good at math but he only explained how to do the problems, always making me do the work. I already knew how to do them; I just didn't want to. I sighed and listened as the doorbell rang. Seto didn't hire personal servants for the house, only guards who had gone to their own homes about an hour ago. Seto was in the shower so I went to the door and looked through the peephole. It was a short boy, about my height, and another blond haired boy. I opened the door and raised an eyebrow. The taller blond shrugged to the shorter boy. That boy shrugged back and faced me.
"Is this Seto Kiaba's house?" he asked.
"It is." I shrugged, opening the door more to let them in. ///Seto isn't going to like them being in here./// I thought to myself.
"May we speak to him?" The boy asked again. I told them to wait, and went to the bathroom.
"Big brother?" I ask, pushing the door open.
"Hum?" he asked poking his head out from behind the curtain and wiping the soap out of his eyes.
"There are some people who want to see you." I shrug.
"Do they have an appointment?" he asked.
"I don't think so."
"Then tell them to go away and make one. I can't be expected to jump out of the shower of just anyone." He shrugged, returning to his shower. I went back downstairs and made Seto's excuses. The boys seemed to accept them and left, thanking me for my time.***
