Serenity walked into the apartment to face her frowning and still slightly
stoned older brother.
"Joey!Why were you acting like such a punk while Seto was here?" Serenity asked. "Acting like a punk? You're the one who said that it wasn't a date, then I come outside and find you guys out there kissing. How did you expect me to react?" he asked her.
"Okay, I admit that Seto and I obviously liked each other, even though it wasn't our intention to get involved that way at our meeting. I don't know why you dislike him so much; he seems like a very nice man." she said.
Joey frowned. "You're only sixteen; you're vulnerable to the charms of older men, Serenity, but I trust you. He'll just have to answer to me if he hurts you." he said.
She embraced her brother warmly. "Thank you, Joey." she said. He smiled, even though he was still concerned about her well being. He didn't like the idea of anyone dating his sister, let alone Seto Kaiba, but he figured she was old enough to make her own decisions. What did she see in that egomaniac anyway? Im sure there's much more suitable guys to go out with than Seto Kaiba.
Nothing could compare to this, the freedom of the open road, the rush of the wind against his face, having nothing on his mind but his destination...Tristen had very few things in his life that made him unhappy. He had many good friends, a family that understood him and he had recently received a motorcycle for his seventeenth birthday. He had never considered himself a biker, but he had to admit he loved the opportunities it provided him.
He no longer had to wait on the bus from school or ask for rides to the mall. If he and his friends needed a ride, he was able to help them. That's the kind of person I am, he thought to himself, helpful and considerate of anyone I meet, even briefly. It was just in his nature to be that way, and it had been what had connected him to his best friend Joey.
The two teens had been friends for years, ever since Joey had first come to his school after his parent's divorce. The blonde teen's sometimes stubborn attitude made him a hard person to care about, but eventually he and Joey became friends.
He had called Joey that morning to offer him a ride to the hospital, but he caught him in the middle of a fight with his father. "Thanks for the offer, bud, but I have some things to do first. Tell Serenity I'll be there as soon as I can." Joey said.
Serenity. He was finally going to meet Joey's sister, the mystery girl he had fought so hard for in the Duelist Kingdom tournament. He had hoped that Joey would have been there to introduce them for the first time, but maybe he wouldn't be akward around their family. He was only familiar with his father Kentaro, and he knew the rest had to be nicer than him. Tristen sighed, shaking that unpleasent thought out of his mind, as he continued on his way to the hospital.
"I think I brought everything you need from home, Serenity dear. Is there anything else you think you might need?" her mother asked.
Serenity smiled and leaned back onto the pillow in her hospital bed. She didn't want to tell her mother that she was worried about Joey not showing up. She knew how much aggrevation their father made for him whenever he would visit them, and this time probably wouldn't be any different. She was also trying to be optimistic about her operation by distracting herself with thoughts of Seto Kaiba.
She had gotten to spend a great deal of time before she had gone to the hospital, making plans together at the learing center. On the night before she left, her associates there threw her a best wishes party, Seto bringing his brother Mokuba to celebrate with them.
There was no mistaking that the brothers were related, even if the raven haired teen bared no resemblance to his taller sibling. Outwardly serious, the friendly outgoing boy was all smiles and conversation around the two of them. It was obvious he looked up to his brother and was thrilled that he and Serenity were getting along so well.
"I think Seto really likes you Serenity. He very rarely allows himself to get clost to anyone. You are so lucky, he'll treat you wonderfully. That's the way he is towards people he cares about." Mokuba said.
" What about you, Mokuba? How do you feel about me?" she asked him. He blushed at her question, scratching the back of his head. "I think you're really nice and very pretty and I'm sure you'll make my brother very happy. He need's that. we have not had an easy life, but that's not important now. I know he puts on a serious front, but Seto reallys is a great guy." Mokuba said.
Serenity smiled, looking over at Seto on his cellphone across the room. "You don't have to tell me, I already know." she said.
Mokuba smiled as he watched her walk over to his brother, him immediately abandoning his phone call to focus all of his attention on her. She smiled and greeted him just before Fuma walked up to them.
"I just wanted to thank you for all the help you've given the learning center the last couple days, Mr. Kaiba. The television ads you created were a stroke of genius, we've had twice as many calls for student placement as we would normally. You have no idea how much this means to all of us." Fuma said.
Seto looked over at Serenity and took her hand in his, squeezing lovingly. "I think I have a pretty good idea." he said.
After the party, the trio decided to rent a few videos and go over to Serenity's moms house for a couple hours. Her mother had okayed him coming over, she spending some time on some papers from work in the computer room. Mokuba had wanted to rent some romantic movies to set the mood, but Seto and Serenity settled on horror instead. He was surprised that she liked that sort of thing as much as he did, but she told him she like to see how much she could watch before screaming and covering her eyes.
Making himself comfortable in front of the television, Mokuba paid no mind to the couple, who were more interested in each other than the movie. Serenity was trying her best to watch too, but found that Seto was staring at her every time she would look his way. Smiling to her as she decided to ignore him, he brought her attention back to him by giving her a light shoulder massage. She relaxed back into his arms as he did so, allowing him to kiss the back of her neck.
"Seto, your brother is right in front of us." Serenity whispered.
"Shush. the movie's on." he grinned.
Serenity sighed and tried to pay attention to the movie when a particularly gruesome scene came onto the screen. Hearing Mokuba shriek and cover his eyes, Serenity did the same, Seto chuckling and taking her into his arms. He rubbed her back soothingly, smiling as he did so.
"It's okay, sweetheart. It's over now." he told her.
"Thank you, Seto." she said.
She looked at him as he took her chin in hand and gave her a gentle, sweet kiss. Looking back at the couple, Mokuba grinned and turned back to watch the movie....
Serenity smiled, thinking of this. That had been last night, their last night together before her operation. She and Seto had not done much more than hold each other and share a few kisses, but it had been hard to finally say goodnight to him. He had offered to send flowers to her room, but she thought that may not be such a good idea.
Sending Mokuba to wait in the car, Seto surprised her in her foyer hallway by taking her into his arms and giving her an intense, sensual kiss. He groaned to himself as she accepted his invitation to deepen the kiss, her tongue sliding into his mouth to mingle with his.
"Oh Seto...that was an amazing kiss." she said.
"I guess you bring those sort of feelings out in me, Serenity. You make me feel things I've never felt before." he said.
She smiled and kissed him again, long and passionately...her thoughts were interrupted again by a knock on her hospital room door. Serenity sat up in bed and hugged her knees.
"Mom, could you answer that? Maybe it's Joey finally." she said.
Her mother nodded, agreeing completely, answering the door.
"Hi there. My name's Tristen, I'm Joey's friend. Is it okay to come in?" he asked.
"Oh yes Tristen, we've been expecting you. Come in. Where's Joey?" her mother asked.
"I called him this morning to offer him a ride up here, but he and Kentaro were having an agrument, so he told me he would be along shortly. So...how are the two of you doing?" Tristen asked.
"Thank you for coming, Tristen. This is my daughter Serenity and I am her mother. Joey has told us quite a bit about you." her mother said.
Tristen blushed, scatching the back of his head nervously.
"It's nice to finally meet all of you. Joey and I have been friends for a very long time." Tristen said.
"Yes. He mentions you often in our phone conversations with him. Serenity and I have appreciated your friendship with him over the years, it was because of you that he was able to leave that awful street gang he used to be in." her mother said.
Tristen's eyes widened. "He told you that?!" he exclaimed.
Serenity smiled. 'You don't have to be embarrassed. It means a lot to both of us that you two have been so close over the years. I wish Joey and I had been able to spend so much time together as you have." she said.
"Well, if it means anything, he speaks about you all the time. He took your picture with him to Duelist Kingdom to inspire him in the tournament. You're even prettier than he described you." Tristen said.
Serenity smiled again. "Thank you." she said.
Her mother smiled. "Well you two, I'm going to go downstairs for awhile and give you two some time to get acquinted. I'll be back to check on you soon." she said.
"Joey!Why were you acting like such a punk while Seto was here?" Serenity asked. "Acting like a punk? You're the one who said that it wasn't a date, then I come outside and find you guys out there kissing. How did you expect me to react?" he asked her.
"Okay, I admit that Seto and I obviously liked each other, even though it wasn't our intention to get involved that way at our meeting. I don't know why you dislike him so much; he seems like a very nice man." she said.
Joey frowned. "You're only sixteen; you're vulnerable to the charms of older men, Serenity, but I trust you. He'll just have to answer to me if he hurts you." he said.
She embraced her brother warmly. "Thank you, Joey." she said. He smiled, even though he was still concerned about her well being. He didn't like the idea of anyone dating his sister, let alone Seto Kaiba, but he figured she was old enough to make her own decisions. What did she see in that egomaniac anyway? Im sure there's much more suitable guys to go out with than Seto Kaiba.
Nothing could compare to this, the freedom of the open road, the rush of the wind against his face, having nothing on his mind but his destination...Tristen had very few things in his life that made him unhappy. He had many good friends, a family that understood him and he had recently received a motorcycle for his seventeenth birthday. He had never considered himself a biker, but he had to admit he loved the opportunities it provided him.
He no longer had to wait on the bus from school or ask for rides to the mall. If he and his friends needed a ride, he was able to help them. That's the kind of person I am, he thought to himself, helpful and considerate of anyone I meet, even briefly. It was just in his nature to be that way, and it had been what had connected him to his best friend Joey.
The two teens had been friends for years, ever since Joey had first come to his school after his parent's divorce. The blonde teen's sometimes stubborn attitude made him a hard person to care about, but eventually he and Joey became friends.
He had called Joey that morning to offer him a ride to the hospital, but he caught him in the middle of a fight with his father. "Thanks for the offer, bud, but I have some things to do first. Tell Serenity I'll be there as soon as I can." Joey said.
Serenity. He was finally going to meet Joey's sister, the mystery girl he had fought so hard for in the Duelist Kingdom tournament. He had hoped that Joey would have been there to introduce them for the first time, but maybe he wouldn't be akward around their family. He was only familiar with his father Kentaro, and he knew the rest had to be nicer than him. Tristen sighed, shaking that unpleasent thought out of his mind, as he continued on his way to the hospital.
"I think I brought everything you need from home, Serenity dear. Is there anything else you think you might need?" her mother asked.
Serenity smiled and leaned back onto the pillow in her hospital bed. She didn't want to tell her mother that she was worried about Joey not showing up. She knew how much aggrevation their father made for him whenever he would visit them, and this time probably wouldn't be any different. She was also trying to be optimistic about her operation by distracting herself with thoughts of Seto Kaiba.
She had gotten to spend a great deal of time before she had gone to the hospital, making plans together at the learing center. On the night before she left, her associates there threw her a best wishes party, Seto bringing his brother Mokuba to celebrate with them.
There was no mistaking that the brothers were related, even if the raven haired teen bared no resemblance to his taller sibling. Outwardly serious, the friendly outgoing boy was all smiles and conversation around the two of them. It was obvious he looked up to his brother and was thrilled that he and Serenity were getting along so well.
"I think Seto really likes you Serenity. He very rarely allows himself to get clost to anyone. You are so lucky, he'll treat you wonderfully. That's the way he is towards people he cares about." Mokuba said.
" What about you, Mokuba? How do you feel about me?" she asked him. He blushed at her question, scratching the back of his head. "I think you're really nice and very pretty and I'm sure you'll make my brother very happy. He need's that. we have not had an easy life, but that's not important now. I know he puts on a serious front, but Seto reallys is a great guy." Mokuba said.
Serenity smiled, looking over at Seto on his cellphone across the room. "You don't have to tell me, I already know." she said.
Mokuba smiled as he watched her walk over to his brother, him immediately abandoning his phone call to focus all of his attention on her. She smiled and greeted him just before Fuma walked up to them.
"I just wanted to thank you for all the help you've given the learning center the last couple days, Mr. Kaiba. The television ads you created were a stroke of genius, we've had twice as many calls for student placement as we would normally. You have no idea how much this means to all of us." Fuma said.
Seto looked over at Serenity and took her hand in his, squeezing lovingly. "I think I have a pretty good idea." he said.
After the party, the trio decided to rent a few videos and go over to Serenity's moms house for a couple hours. Her mother had okayed him coming over, she spending some time on some papers from work in the computer room. Mokuba had wanted to rent some romantic movies to set the mood, but Seto and Serenity settled on horror instead. He was surprised that she liked that sort of thing as much as he did, but she told him she like to see how much she could watch before screaming and covering her eyes.
Making himself comfortable in front of the television, Mokuba paid no mind to the couple, who were more interested in each other than the movie. Serenity was trying her best to watch too, but found that Seto was staring at her every time she would look his way. Smiling to her as she decided to ignore him, he brought her attention back to him by giving her a light shoulder massage. She relaxed back into his arms as he did so, allowing him to kiss the back of her neck.
"Seto, your brother is right in front of us." Serenity whispered.
"Shush. the movie's on." he grinned.
Serenity sighed and tried to pay attention to the movie when a particularly gruesome scene came onto the screen. Hearing Mokuba shriek and cover his eyes, Serenity did the same, Seto chuckling and taking her into his arms. He rubbed her back soothingly, smiling as he did so.
"It's okay, sweetheart. It's over now." he told her.
"Thank you, Seto." she said.
She looked at him as he took her chin in hand and gave her a gentle, sweet kiss. Looking back at the couple, Mokuba grinned and turned back to watch the movie....
Serenity smiled, thinking of this. That had been last night, their last night together before her operation. She and Seto had not done much more than hold each other and share a few kisses, but it had been hard to finally say goodnight to him. He had offered to send flowers to her room, but she thought that may not be such a good idea.
Sending Mokuba to wait in the car, Seto surprised her in her foyer hallway by taking her into his arms and giving her an intense, sensual kiss. He groaned to himself as she accepted his invitation to deepen the kiss, her tongue sliding into his mouth to mingle with his.
"Oh Seto...that was an amazing kiss." she said.
"I guess you bring those sort of feelings out in me, Serenity. You make me feel things I've never felt before." he said.
She smiled and kissed him again, long and passionately...her thoughts were interrupted again by a knock on her hospital room door. Serenity sat up in bed and hugged her knees.
"Mom, could you answer that? Maybe it's Joey finally." she said.
Her mother nodded, agreeing completely, answering the door.
"Hi there. My name's Tristen, I'm Joey's friend. Is it okay to come in?" he asked.
"Oh yes Tristen, we've been expecting you. Come in. Where's Joey?" her mother asked.
"I called him this morning to offer him a ride up here, but he and Kentaro were having an agrument, so he told me he would be along shortly. So...how are the two of you doing?" Tristen asked.
"Thank you for coming, Tristen. This is my daughter Serenity and I am her mother. Joey has told us quite a bit about you." her mother said.
Tristen blushed, scatching the back of his head nervously.
"It's nice to finally meet all of you. Joey and I have been friends for a very long time." Tristen said.
"Yes. He mentions you often in our phone conversations with him. Serenity and I have appreciated your friendship with him over the years, it was because of you that he was able to leave that awful street gang he used to be in." her mother said.
Tristen's eyes widened. "He told you that?!" he exclaimed.
Serenity smiled. 'You don't have to be embarrassed. It means a lot to both of us that you two have been so close over the years. I wish Joey and I had been able to spend so much time together as you have." she said.
"Well, if it means anything, he speaks about you all the time. He took your picture with him to Duelist Kingdom to inspire him in the tournament. You're even prettier than he described you." Tristen said.
Serenity smiled again. "Thank you." she said.
Her mother smiled. "Well you two, I'm going to go downstairs for awhile and give you two some time to get acquinted. I'll be back to check on you soon." she said.