Complicated
This is a Seto/Ryou fic to Avril Lavigne. Ryou's POV about Seto.
Set no place in the series- do you ever see those two frenching? No.
I don't own 'Complicated'. It belongs to Avril.
I don't own Yugioh. Again, do you at least get hints of Seto and Ryou going at it like bunny rabbits? Not really, unless you can really twist your minds to see things that aren't there better than I can. But did Ryou run to Seto while he stood atop that castle wall? Nope.
Uh Huh
Life's like this
Uh Huh, Uh Huh
That's the way it is
Cause life's like this
Uh Huh, Uh Huh
That's the way it is
Life, must it be so hard? Events weaving into one another, lives twisted and hopes turned. Pain and suffering within happiness and peace.
Romance too. Love is so complicated. Why must it be?
Everything has two sides, everyone has two sides. Some people are just more defined when it comes to those two sides. I'm not talking about myself. I'm not talking about Yuugi either.
I'm talking about Seto Kaiba.
Chill out
What you yellin for?
Lay back
It's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
He needs to calm down a little. I know, the mix of being a high school student running a multi-million dollar company, being a homeowner, being a Duelist, and being brother, mother, and father to Mokuba can be hard.
Add in me and it doesn't necessarily make it easier. I love him with all my heart, but I think it just pressures him to do better. He needs to do well to impress me and keep my love. But he doesn't see that I don't care about that, just him.
I like you the way you are
When we're drivin in your car
And you're talkin to me one-on-one
But you become
Around Mokuba and I, he's happy and relaxed. I love how he is like that. When we're alone, he's so passionate, so loving.
We'll be in the car, driving somewhere. He'll joke with me, give me a small kiss on the lips, be one side of himself. The side I truly love and enjoy being around. The side I have deemed Seto.
Somebody else
Round everyone else
Watchin your back
Like you can't relax
You tryin to be cool
You look like a fool to me
Tell me
But as I said, everyone has two sides. I try to show Yuugi-tachi the side of Seto I know and love so dearly, but whenever he's around anyone besides his family, he changes. He changes so drastically that I'm not too sure it's even him. Yes, I still love him, but he just... changes.
It's kinda stupid to me. He can't relax when he's around friends, but I try to change that. He's tries to act too cool for himself, and he gets a little foolish sometimes. They can't see why I chose him. I want them to see.
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're actin like you're somebody else
Gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get
And you turnin into
Honestly, you promised me
I'm never gonna find you fake it
No no no
He promised me he would try to act normal around them. The self he acted like around us before we declared love for one another? A guise to protect the hurt soul within from the outside world. Only I broke the barrier and found him.
I want to share that him with the world.
But it's impossible if he reverts back to his old self every time he's around people. Mokuba also wants him to show his other side to everyone so he'll be accepted for who he is, but it seems forlorn now.
But even if I did show them, would they believe it? I don't know... this confuses me and frustrates me so badly.
You come over unannounced
Dressed up like you're somethin else
Where you are and where it's at you see
You're makin me
Laugh out when you strike a pose
Take off all your preppy clothes
You know you're not foolin anyone
When you become
He'll come over, dressed in his normal clothes or school uniform. He'll come over to spend time with me, and I'm happy for that. But still, those clothes remind me of who else he is.
I've actually gotten him into casual clothes before, jeans and such. He's just happy when no one else is around, he'll even make a fool of himself just to make me laugh, and I love him for that. Yuugi and the others would never be able to imagine Seto Kaiba joking and laughing and loving...
I want him to shed those expensive clothes, the high and mighty attitude, and be a teenager, like he is. I sound like I'm nagging, maybe I am, but for good reason. The him I know is just so wonderful.
Somebody else
Round everyone else
Watchin your back
Like you can't relax
You tryin to be cool
You look like a fool to me
Tell me
It's impossible to detest him once you get to know him, really know him. You have to be a level 5 friend, as I have read once. Level 5, ones you share every secret with and you could trust with your life. Being his love, I'm sure I'm that close, I know I am. But the others still are at least edgy around him.
Yes, it is an open relationship and has been for some time, in case you're wondering. I've been told I have strange taste. But that's not the point.
The point is that Seto changes. He tries to fool the world with his cold attitude, but it's impossible to fool everyone when your heart is so warm and all between it and the world is a cold, icy shield. That's the reason I gave him a chance in the first place.
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're actin like you're somebody else
Gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get
And you turnin into
Honestly, you promised me
I'm never gonna find you fake it
No no no (no no no)
No no (no no no)
No no (no no no)
No no
I'll have to talk to him again about being himself, even if it's just for five minutes. Being he whom I love for five minutes around the others would be worth it. I ask him to give them a chance, but as he puts it, old habits die hard.
But life's how it is; it is as you see it here. It's no "realistic" TV show, life's like this. Complications erupt from happiness, even though this isn't considered too much of a serious one. I mean, I did deal with loving him in secret for a while until I got him to allow me to tell the others. We'll work this out together.
I'm not going to let something so petty come in the way of my feelings for him, and neither will he. It'd mean what we've been fighting for all this time was a waste.
Chill out
What you yellin for?
Lay back
It's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
I guess my feelings shift greatly about the situation.
There's always going to be someone who has it harder than you.
But Seto? He has it hard.
But if he'd calm down and relax he could see what's he's been missing in life, have friends with other people, actually live. Just because one thrives doesn't mean they are truly alive.
Somebody else
Round everyone else
Watchin your back
Like you can't relax
You tryin to be cool
You look like a fool to me
Tell me
Around everyone else he acts cool and cold, silent.
Around Mokuba and I he's relaxed and happy. The way I wish he was all of the time. I listen to this song a lot just because I feel that way. He acts like somebody else and it gets frustrating.
Things just get complicated.
"Avril, life's complicated. Yep. How long have I been listening to this again?" I thought aloud. My longest time before either running out of batteries or being interrupted has been two hours on this one track.
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're actin like you're somebody else
Gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get
And you turnin into
Honestly, you promised me
I'm never gonna find you fake it
No no
The door opened. "Ryou-chan?"
"Hai?" I sat up.
Seto appeared in the doorway. "This song again? I have a feeling I should be taking a hint."
"Maybe." I stood and stretched. No records broken, only 1 ½ hours.
He came and slipped his arm smoothly around my waist. "I try, ok?" S small kiss landed on my cheek.
"I know." I reached over and turned off the stereo.
"Come on, let's go. The others are probably waiting for us."
I could see the mask slipping on already as we left the house. He'll change someday. Hopefully soon enough.
Until then, life's complicated.
Ok, it wasn't as good as my other fics! Oh well!