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Seto nodded, as he watched his servents follow her into the learning center breakroom. This gave him yet another chance to scope out his latest conquest. Somehow, however, he felt differently about her than he had towards the others. Knowing that most women were only after him for his money, he never gave that much of himself to his female companions than he wanted to. He had never gotten emotionally involved, but Serenity...she wasn't like the others. She was sweet and innocent, and very naive, it seemed, so unknowing of how beautiful she really was, inside and out.

Her dedication to the center reminded him of his to his company, and he admired her for her determained spirit. He also found her very enchanting, with her slim fiqure, luxerious long red hair and eyes that could melt away any man's resolve. Seto smiled thinking of this; it was hard to decide how to go about making her his, to be roamntic or to be more aggressive. He decided quickly he would base his responses on how she responded to him at face value.

"Seto, if you're ready, I have some time between classes to give you a tour of the center if you want." Serenity called from the breakroom.

"All of you may leave now, thank you. I will call upon if you are needed. After you, young lady." Seto said.

Seto smiled to himself as he followed Serenity around the building, taking the time to actually pay attention to all the details of what her center's objective was and what services they provided. She turned to look at him as he laughed to himself.

"What are you laughing about?" she asked.

"I just thought about it maybe being a good idea to enroll my brother Mokuba here. He's not blind, but he is very headstrong. Does that count as a disability?" Seto asked.

Serenity smiled. "I guess that depends on your perspective." she said.

"If you don't mind me saying so, Serenity, you have a very nice smile." he told her.

Serenity blushed. "Thank you, Seto, and thank you for the roses too. They are lovely." she said.

"It's the least I can do to show my appreciation to you for considering me for a sponsor. This place is very suitable material for my public relations department. I also brought them because I am sure you have plenty on your mind yourself and I thought I would relieve you of some of the burden." Seto said.

"Yes, everything you've said is true. I'm about to go into the hospital for surgery a few days from now, and I am very concerned about that." she said.

"My Duel Monsters tournament starts about the same time. I was going to ask you about your disability, but I didn't fiqure it was my place." Seto said.

"No, it's okay. It doesn't bother me. I'm legally blind, but I can see a little. I can't read very small letters or read signs, but I can see pretty good close up." she said.

"I don't blame you for being worried. I can imagine the prospect of the operation is very frightening." he said.

"It helps to talk about it. My family will be there to support me though, and I'll finally get to see my brother again." she said.

"Again? What do you mean?" he asked.

"Joey and I have been seperated for six years due to our parents' divorce. We've seen each other on and off over the years, but now we'll finally be able to spend some quality time together." she said.

"Your brother and I don't really know each other very well, but I'm sure if he's related to you, he must be a decent person. Judging from talking to you as we have been and seeing the work you've put into this place, I think you are a very goodhearted person." he said.

"I'm not used to such praise, but I will definitely accept it. Well, it looks like our tour has come to an end. Is there anything else you would like to do while you are here, Seto?" she asked.

He turned to look at her as she absentmindly chewed on her lower lip out of nervousness. She was so tempting in her innocence, he wanted to be the one to do that for her, to take her into his arms and feel her soft lips against his...

"Seto?" she asked.

"Oh yes, I'm sorry...actually I was thinking that maybe you and I could meet up with some of my associates to review your options for dinner sometime." he said.

"Dinner? Oh I don't know, Seto." she said.

"I promise I have nothing but honorable intentions. This way, we can plan in a more comfortable enviroment and get to know each other better as business partners." he said.

"Okay, I'll accept your invitation. I am available this Thursday night. You can pick me up at my father's home. Here's the address." she said.

Seto smiled and looked straight into her eyes, still fighting his much more aggressive instincts.

"Have a good afternoon, Serenity. I look forward to our next meeting." Seto said.

Serenity smiled as she watched him leave. "Good afternoon to you too, Seto." she said.



"Joey! We're going to get in trouble if Dad finds out we got into his liquor cabinet. Aren't you afraid of getting caught?" Serenity asked.

Joey snickered. "Relax. You're only sixteen, not sixty. I just feel like chilling out a little, okay? You want some too, right? I mix a mean mixed drink here." he said.

Serenity shook her head and smiled at her brother. She and Joey had his father's apartment to themselves for the night while she was visiting, and it seemed that her brother wanted to celebrate their reunion by having a party for the two of them. She had encouraged him a little by making brownies together and putting some soda on ice, but now Joey was raiding their dad's liquor cabinet and was even searching in his dresser to see if he could find even better treasures.

"Cool. I found what I was looking for." he said.

"What is that?!" Serenity exclaimed.

He grinned mischivously as he showed her the small bag of pot he ahd found. Pulling out a lighter, he took out one of the pr-rolled cigerettes in hand and lit it, inhaling deeply.

"This? I do all the time." he told her, batting the smoke away from his face with his free hand.

"I didn't know that, Joey. That's not good." she said.

Joey snorted, walking into the kitchen to make himself a drink.

"It's not a big deal. Dad never notices that it's gone. It doesn't deter from my sparklin personality. You want some?" he grinned.

"No thanks. I'm actually waiting for a friend to arrive." she told him.

"A friend? You mean like a date?! And when were you going to tell me about this, hmmmm?" he asked.

Serenity giggled. "I didn't tell you because it was a meeting with a sponsor of the center and I knew you wouldn't approve." she said.

He grinned at her, taking another drag from his cigerette.

"Not approve? Well then, you obviously must be going out with some older man. Shame on you, Serenity, I thought I knew you better than that." he laughed.

She smacked him in the arm. 'It's not like that, I told you, and it's not a date." she said.

Joey walked over to the patio window and looked out as he saw a very fancy car pull up their driveway.

"I think you protest too much. For this not being a date, as you say, your benefactor certainly arrived in style." he said.

She joined Joey at the window, not believing her eyes.

"That must be Seto then." she said, grabbing her things.

"Seto? Seto Kaiba?! You're going on a date with Seto Kaiba?!" Joey exclaimed.



To Be Continued...