~Tears of Loneliness~

Mika: *squeals* I hope you like this! I tried to hurry it up with this chap and tried my best to make it to your liking. Enjoy!

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[Chapter2]

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 He never liked this place. He disliked the facility that is why he never wanted to go near it. Hospitals make him feel ill all over. But, he had to come. The last time he had been placed in this sickbay was when he scared the hell out of Mokuba. Seto despised himself back then. He hated his life. He blamed it all on his good for nothing, adoptive father. He made him like this, the bastard everyone knows. The man made Seto be like he himself. Kaiba hated himself for that. He didn't want to be like that devil. Though, he was glad that the man had died many years ago. But, his spirit was haunting him. He wanted to get rid of that haunting father he disliked. Kaiba suffered a lot from him, and the pain still resided with in. Seto was rushed to the hospital, after being found lying on the bathroom floor unconscious. He did the only way to take the pain away, and that was to actually hurt him self, deliberately. He would pick away, sliced his flesh just to see the comforting crimson color. Then the pain would escape through the openings.

 Seto remembered all the blood rushing out of him. He unintentionally nearly cut his life away. But it was a good thing his brother called up the ambulance on time. Seto was fortunate to have at least one person who cares for him, who loves him. And he was his only family he has. Anzu in the other hand has no one anymore. No family, and all her close friends are gone. She wants to end her life cause loneliness has swallowed her hurt. Pain has stricken her hard and buried it's self within her. She is throbbing all over, that she wants to get rid of it. So she resulted in suicide or rather, slowly killing her self. She knew that her friends wouldn't want her to kill herself just because they are gone. They would want her to live on with her life. But how can she when the pain she is carrying is still there?

 He was sitting on a chair beside her. He stared intently at the stationary girl. She was very pale, and he saw many scares implanted on other areas he failed to see. Seto held on to her hand, keen for her to wake up. He didn't know why, but he was desperate to see her alive. Mokuba fell asleep on the couch in the room. It was almost midnight, and he stayed up the whole time. He couldn't sleep. Again, he didn't understand why. Whenever he thinks about, he could feel his chest burning. Somehow, there is this familiar feeling that is coming out. He traced his thumb over her silky white hand. It was cold and scrawny.

 The boy shook his head sympathetically at the girl. "See where it will lead you if you keep on hurting your self?" He whispered. Then he narrowed his eyes, angry with himself for some reason. "I was like you, swallowed by the wrath of loneliness and pain. But then I realized someone cared for me. It was Mokuba. I couldn't leave him behind. I can't." he bowed his head and still held on to her hand. "Anzu… I-I don't want you to… I want you stop…" His hand started to shake uneasily. He looked up back at the quiescent girl. "Look at you. You were very lively, happy and full of life. But now… You're hurt, lost and ill." He shook his head. "Please. Don't do this anymore. It's… wrong."

 He let go of her hand and stood up from his chair. He stared at the ceiling above him, and slowly closed his eyes. He remembered how it felt to he hurt. He kept every emotion bottled up inside. As time progressed, it would push its self out, causing him more pain then ever. Then, Anzu came to his mind. 'Why do I care… for her? And why am I… scared?' Seto heard a moan escape her lips. She was mouthing out words that he couldn't hear. He looked at her and sat back down and neared her. "…S…Se…to…" he could have sworn he heard her call him. So he neared her face, that pale face, which has pain all over. She groaned a bit then whispered again in a faint tone. His ear was close to her lips, and he could hear her breathing raucously. "…Se…to… Don't… leave me…" The boy stood back up and brushed a hand over her forehead. Her hair was moved aside, and Seto whispered back softly. "I won't…" he kissed her forehead. "I promise."

 Her panting stopped and she rested easily. She started to relax more. Seto didn't know if it was a dream or not she was having, but even if it were, he still would keep that promise. Soon enough, sleep crept up to the boy. He rested his head on the soft bed and firmly held the girls hand, to show he stayed there with her. Certainly this was a big change in Seto. He has never felt this way before with any anyone. He feels warm inside, and it was very comforting. He smiled as he fell into a deep slumber.

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 Morning rays peeked its way through the blinds. She turned her head and slowly opened her eyes. In front of her was a sleeping figure beside her. He rested his head on her bed and he sat uncomfortably on the chair. Her eyes softened as she realized who it was. 'He stayed with me…' Her hand was cupped in his and was held dearly against his. With her other hand, she reached over and started to gently trace a path on the sleeping form's face. His face looked peaceful and innocent.  It didn't hold any signs of stress or that adult feature she would see. He would always look tired, like he has never slept for some time now. Anzu felt she was making it harder for him to even rest. She would see him sleep uncomfortably whenever she was sick. Well, it was only the second time she witnessed it.

 Then she remembered words that floated in her head. She collected them and registered every word. Was it a dream? In her dream, she saw Seto, begging her to come out of the darkness and to feel the warmth of the light again. He was reaching over for her. He told her that he didn't want her to hurt herself anymore, cause it pained him. Anzu couldn't believe that the boy would say such things. But it felt so real. Then, he disappeared in her night's reverie. She felt empty, even if it was Kaiba who was gone. She reached out to call for him, and she begged him to stay with her. Anzu barely cried for him to come back. She choked on her words, cause she didn't know what she was saying or doing.

 A rustling sound came by from her other side. She looked over to see the little Kaiba. He was sitting up from the couch, rubbing the sleeping spell from his eyes. Anzu smiled at the innocent bundle. Then she frowned, at thinking he might have witness her almost dying. It must have been a horror to see someone killing himself. So she put on a weak smile for the kid. "Morning." She said weakly. Her voice was a bit cracking in her throat.

 Mokuba looked up and saw the conscious girl. He smiled widely and rushed up to her side. He looked over the pale girl, and saw the many tubes that connected her to a machine. He drew back a foot; afraid he might touch something that might cause her death. Anzu frowned and motioned Mokuba that she was ok. The boy hesitated but then gladly went up to her. Anzu felt the small child encircle her in a careful embrace. "I was so worried." He said in his small voice. He was careful not to wake his brother.

 Anzu's face sank in. "You… You don't need to be worried." She whispered. She swallowed hard. She held the boy with her free arm, and pushed him slightly closer to her. "Please don't be like my brother. I don't want you to go…" He started to whimper as painful and dreadful memories entered his head. The little youth cared much for the pale girl. They hardly knew that much of each other, but they were consider as close friends. Anzu remembered she volunteered on babysitting the little Kaiba, one day. Then she would keep coming back whenever Seto would be busy with late meetings. They had fun, and Anzu admired the joyous boy.

 "What…what do you mean?" She asked. She was struggling to get some words out of her mouth. Her heart sank and she heard the light sobs coming from Mokuba. She tenderly rubbed the boy's back to calm him down. She didn't get her answer, but she let it go. The boy was crying for her, and for the heartbreaking reminiscences. Every night he would check up on his big brother. He started to get worried because the guy wouldn't eat dinner with him anymore. And during the nights, he could hear the faint clicks of the keyboard on the computer. Kaiba would think that his little brother was resting peacefully. He thought that Mokuba wouldn't know what his brother is doing every night. The kid would see him scornfully slice his flesh.

 A little movement made Mokuba shot his head back and look up. Anzu turned to her other side, as she felt her other hand being squeezed slightly. Soon, the elder Kaiba stirred and slowly raise his head. Mokuba quickly wiped the tears away. Anzu's hand was set free, and the coldness hugged her hand. She helped the little boy in getting rid of his depression. Dark blue eyes revealed to the two others occupying the room. Seto saw a lightly smiling girl ad a red faced little boy. He looked curiously at his brother, but then Mokuba waved at him and rushed to the bathroom. Anzu's gaze followed the Little Kaiba. He probably didn't want his brother to know he shed tears for it might get him concerned. She then turned her head and stared at Seto. She smiled slightly again. Kaiba faintly blushed and looked down on his lap. "Morning." He said softly and a bit shakily.

 Anzu smiled widely this time. "…Good morning…" She replied. Her mouth has gone dry and her stomach was suddenly doing flips. The hand that was held in the warm hands of a strong man went up to the middle of her chest. She felt her heart racing. And her cheeks glowing warm. "Are you ok, now?" Kaiba was still not looking at her. He didn't want to get tempted by her pure sapphire eyes. Anzu nodded. "Yes." Then she bent over to touch the guy's shoulder. "Can we… get out of here?" Seto's eyes met with hers. Her face was inches away from his. He could feel her little breaths brush up against him.  "I… don't like it…here." She suddenly whispered softly. Kaiba blinked then nodded his head.

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 Mokuba made dinner, and this time, the recovering Anzu helped out. The girl was now comfortable living in the Kaiba household. Mokuba and Anzu would laugh at some jokes, and remember the days when the girl would watch over the little Kaiba. The boy talked about a girl he met in school, and she was very nice to him always. Anzu teased saying that he had a girlfriend. "But, she is kind of annoying, cause she follows me everywhere." He neatly placed the cooked food on three plates. Anzu washed the utensils they used for preparing their dinner and a big pot. The warm water felt comforting to her, as it hit her thin hand. "Well, that is why she likes you." Anzu replied in a soft laughter rolling on her throat. Mokuba turned around and pouted. "No!" He turned around ignoring that the boiling water was about to over flow. "Plus, she has every single class with me! Ah!" The boy quickly tended the hot water.

 Anzu turned the faucet off and continued the job the boy has left. "This looks really good." She smiled with delight. She picked a piece and popped it in her mouth. "Hey!" The boy caught her. Anzu laughed and went on with her task. "So, is the girl very loud and jumpy?" she started. Mokuba shook his head. "No. She is very quiet and doesn't have friends. She'd different among the other girls. It's creepy when she follows me and says nothing. I sometimes talk to her. She doesn't even hang on me, literally. Like those other girls who have relationships." Anzu laughed again. "I bet you like her." Mokuba nudged her on the side. Anzu winced a bit cause a sore spot bore over there. But she pushed it a way. "No I don't!" he yelled back.

 "You don't what?" asked a voice behind them. Anzu and Mokuba looked back to see Seto sitting on a stool where the counter was. Anzu was about to say something, but Mokuba glared at her. She winked at him, and took the plates. She placed them on the counter. Seto looked puzzled at the sudden silence. "When I was upstairs, I couldn't work cause I can hear you two bickering of things. And now I'm here, it's all quiet." Anzu looked up at him. "Maybe it's because, you won't understand." She placed the utensils on the counter and sat down. Seto looked at her like he was hurt by her words. Anzu wrinkled her nose at him. Mokuba carried bowls of soup, one by one, slowly to their eating-place. Then he brought out cups and a pitcher filled with juice. "Well enjoy!" the boy chirped.

 At night, they all settled in their quarters for sleep. Seto went back to finish up some work, then went to bed after. Anzu, unfortunately, couldn't sleep cause of the hard pattering of the rain. It was really pouring out there. But she wasn't afraid of that. She fear thunder, cause of the loud crackling claps. And she feared the lightning cause of the bright surge of enlightening outside. She cradled under her sheets and held on to a pillow tightly. Her nails were nearly ripping a whole through the cloth. Her covers were over her head and she tried to muffle the harsh noise outside. It was really dark in her room, except a soft glow of the night through the window. "I hate storms. I heat storms. I hate storms." She chanted as her eyes clutched tightly. Then the first roar of thunder was heard through her chants and coverings. She jumped up from her bed and quickly ran out her room. She didn't know where she was going, but defiantly running won't help. A flash of light lightened the halls, and a thunderous noise followed. Anzu jumped up again and fell on the ground.

 "I hate storms. I hate them. I hate them." She chanted again as she got back up. Then her little trip ended in front of a door. She slowly opened the door. The little creeks from the bolts made her tense. She slipped in the room and closed the door tightly. Another clap of thunder and lightning frightened her. She covered her mouth from letting a yelp escape her mouth. Soon she neared a bed and crawled under the covers. She huddled close to a figure and shivered. The warmth of the figure made her relax and she was calm. The thunderous noise made her clutch to the figure beside her.

 He slowly opened his eyes to see a person under his covers. He knew by the soft brown hair that it was Anzu. He knew that she hated thunderstorms. Because one time in class, she yelped for her life and quickly went to her friends. Jou hugged her tightly as she silently cried for the storm to go away. It embarrassed her the next day, but her friends didn't mind. Slowly he wrapped his arms around her and she stopped shaking. He didn't know understand why he was doing this, but it felt good. It lightened his face and he closed his eyes. Soon sleep surrounded the two, and they forgot about the thundering storm outside.

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 It was a nice day for an outing. Three people exited the door of the Kaiba mansion. One happily ran out of the front yard innocently jumping on puddles that formed from yesterdays down pour. Anzu ran after the little boy and Seto walked briskly behind the two. Soon the two started whispering of thing, while Seto became lost in his head. When he woke up this morning, Anzu looked confused as to why she ended up sleeping next to him. She was blushing madly and ran out of the room apologizing consecutive times. 'She doesn't know she went into my room and crawled under to my bedside?' Then he blushed deeply. "Seto! Let's get ice cream!" yelled out Mokuba.

 He snapped back to reality to see that the two were far ahead of him. "You're very slow Kaiba!" Anzu yelled. He glared at her and ran up to them. Anzu winked at him as they started walking in the parlor. They sat on a booth, where Mokuba sat next to Anzu. Seto sat across. "Isn't it too early for eating ice cream? And plus it's cold out." Anzu smiled. "It's an hour before noon and it's the first day of spring. It's a great time to have a nice cold treat after the day of winter." Mokuba nodded in agreement. "And with that, I'm going to have a triple scoop!" Seto sighed at his brother. "That's kind of too much sugar, don't you think?" Anzu laughed. "Aw. The kid will be fine!"

 After eating their ice creams they set out to walk again. They did some window-shopping, and Anzu was teasing the boy about a certain girl. Seto didn't understand and was left behind. He would look around to see friends, and families walk around together. They were laughing, and joking around. One family was out to by a present for their grandmother. This made his heart sank. Then he looked up at the two who were not too far. A couple walked between, and Seto stopped to look after them. A thought crossed his mind to make him blush. Then she shook his head. 'I'm not the only one who has no family or friends, save for Mokuba. Anzu and I are…I hate to say this… but, we are alike in some ways.' Then a voice made him snap back to reality. He quietly heard the two talking.  "Come on, tell me who she is." Anzu persuaded. Mokuba started to blush deeply. "Why do you want to know?" He crossed his arms. "I think she sounds like a perfect person for you." She laughed. Mokuba playfully punched her arm. There was a cut there, but the pain didn't reveal it's self. "I'm joking. But, please tell me her name." She begged. Kaiba smirked to himself as he heard the two. 'So, my brother has a girlfriends…' Anzu was still at it. And Mokuba was constantly ignoring her, trying to change subjects. Then a beautiful pendant passed by and it caught her eyes. She turned back with Mokuba following her. The boy marveled at the stone. It was a deep blue stone that matched beautiful eyes that was familiar. Anzu's eyes glittered at the attractive item.

 "Like it?" a voice made her jump. She looked up and stared at the same color of the stone. She blushed deeply. "Yeah." She whispered. She quickly turned her head to stare at the stone, only to make her blush more. It was like being lured into its spell, just like Seto's eyes would do to her. "Do you want it?" he asked. Anzu opened her mouth in shock and quickly shook her head. "No. It's ok." She stuttered. Mokuba saw the two and smiled mischievously. 'Hm… If I didn't know better, those two… like each other!' The thought brightened his eyes. Then the boy grabbed the girl's hand and dragged her away from the window. Anzu looked down at the boy. "What?" she asked confusingly. He grinned widely. "I saw how you blushed in front of Seto!" Anzu's eyes widened and she nearly tripped. "W-what do you mean!?" She exclaimed. Mokuba scratched his noise and said with easy. "It's obvious you like my brother." After a moment, the words sank into her head.

 Seto walked behind the two, not caring what they say. He watched them carefully as they fit about things. He sighed. "WHAT!?" he heard the girl shriek. Everyone around them stared at the girl. She laughs uneasily and waved at them. He chuckled. He was seeing the Anzu he knew, coming back. Though, he doesn't know yet if she would wake up at nights to make her self suffer. They kept on walking through the town. He noticed how Anzu slowed down her walk and Mokuba looked over her worriedly.  They passed by the old and destroyed area of the Turtle Game Shop. Emotions were building up on her chest and she couldn't breath very well. She felt her legs giving in on her. Seto walked up to her and helped her walk by. He sadly looked back at the ashes of the structure. He remembered sometimes going in there. The owner would glare at him, like the evil man Seto was.

 A click was heard from behind and the three froze in place. A shot rang and everything was a blur. A scream echoed through the town. Faint sounds passed by, and everything was clouded. Soon he found himself grieving over the form. Pain embraced him tightly as his heart shattered again…

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