AN: I'm starting to pull more Mokuba into it. At first I was just gonna
have him sort of comatosed for the whole bit, but well, things change.
He's like the millennium eye, for @%^(!$'s sake! All seeing! Sorry,
couldn't help it, but when he probably does know a bit more then he lets
on.
Hurts VI
I dumped half a packet of sugar into my coffee and took a sip. Stifling a cry as the hot drink scalded the roof of my mouth, I grabbed an ice cube and began to suck on it.
"Hot?" A voice asked me. I turned around and found myself looking at Kaiba.
"'Ea!" I nodded, my voice muffled by the large ice cube in my mouth. He laughed and shook his head.
"You really should be more careful." He told me, as he paid for his own coffee. He dropped an ice cube of his own in his coffee and we watched it melt in a matter of seconds.
"'Ow!" I grinned, biting the ice cube in my mouth into smaller pieces. "That's hot!"
"I call that the ice cube test." Kaiba shrugged, putting two more into his coffee. We stood there, avoiding each others gaze and sipping our coffee in silence for a few minutes, neither of us knowing what to say.
"Umm, Tea?" Kaiba asked after a few minutes of the awkward stillness.
"Hum?" I asked, looking up.
"About what we talked about in the parking lot, I'd be very greatful if you didn't mention it to anyone. Especially what I did." Kaiba muttered, fixing his eyes on his coffee. If I hadn't known any better, I would have said he was blushing.
"I understand." I nodded, wanting to make him feel more comfortable with me for some reason. "I promise not to tell."
"Thanks. I'm, uh, indebted to you for looking after me last night. You really didn't have to, though."
"I'm just sorry that Joey beat you so bad." I told him. "He could have killed you."
"I suppose." He shrugged.
"So, um, where's Mokuba?" I asked.
"He's meeting with a doctor about his condition. Once he gets released from this place, were going to have to renovate our two houses and get him some new stuff. He's got to know what we need to do. I don't know a thing about all this."
"I would have though Mokuba would have wanted you to be there with him." I mentioned.
"No. I asked him if he wanted me to stay, but I think he wants me to back off a little bit. He probably things I'm just babying him."
"Don't worry about it." I smiled at him. He let his eyes meet mine and allowed a small smile to cross his lips. I smiled back, noticing for the first time how close we were standing. I leaned a bit closer and Kaiba smile widened a bit but was quickly replaced by a look of horror, which grew and covered his entire face. His eyes seemed to look at me in a new light and his mind didn't seem to like it. I wanted to know what was wrong, but he just stood there, rooted to the floor, so I decided that I would have to ask. "Seto? What is it? What's wrong?"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I looked away from Tea and tried to hide the dismay I was feeling. That bastard! He was a demon!
"Seto? Talk to me!" Tea was pleading with me. "What's the matter?"
"Tea?" I asked. "I'm... I've been such an idiot!"
"Why?" Tea asked. "How?"
"I've hurt you." I told her. "I'm putting you in danger."
"How?" Tea asked. I looked back at her and saw that she really didn't comprehend the sorrow, pain and misfortune I was going to end up bringing to her.
"Come with me." I whispered, grabbing her hands. "Hurry!"
"What?" Tea asked, as we raced down the halls to Mokuba's room. I looked in and saw that Mokuba was sitting in a room with two doctors and a nurse. He seemed safe, so I continued down the hall to the parking lot.
"Seto!" Tea yelled, as we reached the parking lot. I was almost to the car, when I stopped dead and Tea ran into me. "What is going on?"
"Hello, Seto." The demon grinned. He was sitting on the hood of my car, smiling at me with one of his horribly cruel smiles. "Won't you introduce me?"
"I am sorry." I sneered, rolling my eyes. "Where EVER are MY manners today? Tea this is Damon. Damon, this is Tea."
"Charmed." Damon grinned, rising to shake Tea's hand. I grabbed Tea around the waist and pulled her behind me.
"Oh, I'm sure you are charmed!" I laughed. "But there is no way in hell you're touching her!"
"Seto!" Tea protested.
"Be quiet Tea!" I ordered her more harshly then I had intended. Damon grinned at me and shook his head.
"I wondered how long it would be before you figured me out."
"Yea, well, I did." I spat. "What do you want? Money?"
"No!" Damon laughed out loud. "You still think I want something from you? Oh, you are slow!"
"I just know what you're planning. What will it take for you to stop?" I asked.
"You really want to know what it will take?" Damon asked. I mentally recoiled, suddenly suspicious, but I nodded anyway. "I want you dead!"
"Then why don't you just kill me?" I snarled. "Why don't you just finish me here and now?"
"Because I don't want you that dead! I want you emotionally dead; not physically! All I have to do is hurt everything that's close to you, and I've won! But let's face it, you don't let much close, do you? Just your brother and Tea. I can't touch you economically-that company of yours is far to stable-but just a few more bullets and I'm going to leave you emotionally dead. And don't think you can jump me."
"Why can't I?" I challenged him.
"'Cause by the time you reach me, I'll have shot your girlfriend and you twice."
"I doubt that." I smiled. "I bet you don't even have a gun!"
"How you wanna bet?" Damon grinned. "Perhaps my life against yours?"
"What the hell did he ever do to you anyway?" Tea asked, coming out from behind the shield my body made.
"Him?" Damon asked, nodding in my direction. He looked me up and down, almost as if he was evaluating me. He snickered and nodded to himself, before answering Tea's question. "Oh, he's done plenty!"
Hurts VI
I dumped half a packet of sugar into my coffee and took a sip. Stifling a cry as the hot drink scalded the roof of my mouth, I grabbed an ice cube and began to suck on it.
"Hot?" A voice asked me. I turned around and found myself looking at Kaiba.
"'Ea!" I nodded, my voice muffled by the large ice cube in my mouth. He laughed and shook his head.
"You really should be more careful." He told me, as he paid for his own coffee. He dropped an ice cube of his own in his coffee and we watched it melt in a matter of seconds.
"'Ow!" I grinned, biting the ice cube in my mouth into smaller pieces. "That's hot!"
"I call that the ice cube test." Kaiba shrugged, putting two more into his coffee. We stood there, avoiding each others gaze and sipping our coffee in silence for a few minutes, neither of us knowing what to say.
"Umm, Tea?" Kaiba asked after a few minutes of the awkward stillness.
"Hum?" I asked, looking up.
"About what we talked about in the parking lot, I'd be very greatful if you didn't mention it to anyone. Especially what I did." Kaiba muttered, fixing his eyes on his coffee. If I hadn't known any better, I would have said he was blushing.
"I understand." I nodded, wanting to make him feel more comfortable with me for some reason. "I promise not to tell."
"Thanks. I'm, uh, indebted to you for looking after me last night. You really didn't have to, though."
"I'm just sorry that Joey beat you so bad." I told him. "He could have killed you."
"I suppose." He shrugged.
"So, um, where's Mokuba?" I asked.
"He's meeting with a doctor about his condition. Once he gets released from this place, were going to have to renovate our two houses and get him some new stuff. He's got to know what we need to do. I don't know a thing about all this."
"I would have though Mokuba would have wanted you to be there with him." I mentioned.
"No. I asked him if he wanted me to stay, but I think he wants me to back off a little bit. He probably things I'm just babying him."
"Don't worry about it." I smiled at him. He let his eyes meet mine and allowed a small smile to cross his lips. I smiled back, noticing for the first time how close we were standing. I leaned a bit closer and Kaiba smile widened a bit but was quickly replaced by a look of horror, which grew and covered his entire face. His eyes seemed to look at me in a new light and his mind didn't seem to like it. I wanted to know what was wrong, but he just stood there, rooted to the floor, so I decided that I would have to ask. "Seto? What is it? What's wrong?"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I looked away from Tea and tried to hide the dismay I was feeling. That bastard! He was a demon!
"Seto? Talk to me!" Tea was pleading with me. "What's the matter?"
"Tea?" I asked. "I'm... I've been such an idiot!"
"Why?" Tea asked. "How?"
"I've hurt you." I told her. "I'm putting you in danger."
"How?" Tea asked. I looked back at her and saw that she really didn't comprehend the sorrow, pain and misfortune I was going to end up bringing to her.
"Come with me." I whispered, grabbing her hands. "Hurry!"
"What?" Tea asked, as we raced down the halls to Mokuba's room. I looked in and saw that Mokuba was sitting in a room with two doctors and a nurse. He seemed safe, so I continued down the hall to the parking lot.
"Seto!" Tea yelled, as we reached the parking lot. I was almost to the car, when I stopped dead and Tea ran into me. "What is going on?"
"Hello, Seto." The demon grinned. He was sitting on the hood of my car, smiling at me with one of his horribly cruel smiles. "Won't you introduce me?"
"I am sorry." I sneered, rolling my eyes. "Where EVER are MY manners today? Tea this is Damon. Damon, this is Tea."
"Charmed." Damon grinned, rising to shake Tea's hand. I grabbed Tea around the waist and pulled her behind me.
"Oh, I'm sure you are charmed!" I laughed. "But there is no way in hell you're touching her!"
"Seto!" Tea protested.
"Be quiet Tea!" I ordered her more harshly then I had intended. Damon grinned at me and shook his head.
"I wondered how long it would be before you figured me out."
"Yea, well, I did." I spat. "What do you want? Money?"
"No!" Damon laughed out loud. "You still think I want something from you? Oh, you are slow!"
"I just know what you're planning. What will it take for you to stop?" I asked.
"You really want to know what it will take?" Damon asked. I mentally recoiled, suddenly suspicious, but I nodded anyway. "I want you dead!"
"Then why don't you just kill me?" I snarled. "Why don't you just finish me here and now?"
"Because I don't want you that dead! I want you emotionally dead; not physically! All I have to do is hurt everything that's close to you, and I've won! But let's face it, you don't let much close, do you? Just your brother and Tea. I can't touch you economically-that company of yours is far to stable-but just a few more bullets and I'm going to leave you emotionally dead. And don't think you can jump me."
"Why can't I?" I challenged him.
"'Cause by the time you reach me, I'll have shot your girlfriend and you twice."
"I doubt that." I smiled. "I bet you don't even have a gun!"
"How you wanna bet?" Damon grinned. "Perhaps my life against yours?"
"What the hell did he ever do to you anyway?" Tea asked, coming out from behind the shield my body made.
"Him?" Damon asked, nodding in my direction. He looked me up and down, almost as if he was evaluating me. He snickered and nodded to himself, before answering Tea's question. "Oh, he's done plenty!"