_Every Dragon Has a Heart_ by ilukaiba (who doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Serenity yawned as she woke up the next morning. Her body ached, and her pillow was still wet with tears. Her neck was sore, and it was not until she went to the bathroom to have a shower that she realized why.
The red marks on her neck were obviously from the night before. Seto had been very intense with his kisses, and this was the result. Her neck felt very stiff. To make matters worse, her eyes were red from a night of crying. Tears ran down her soft cheeks as she looked at herself in the mirror.
After she had showered, she realized she had a dilemma. How could she go to school with the red marks on her neck? She would be laughed at, and her brother would definitely realize what had happened. She looked at her pink school uniform, hoping she would find an answer.
"Miss... why don't you wear this?"
Serenity turned around and found herself staring at a kind young women with a turtleneck in her hand.
"Uh... thank you... Miss..."
"Oh I am the maid... Greta."
"Thank you Greta..."
"Is there anything else I can do for you? Mr. Kaiba sent me here to see if you needed anything."
"No thank you Greta... I am fine... I think..." Tears formed in her beautiful eyes as she thought about the previous day.
"Do you love him?"
"Wha... What?"
"Miss Serenity... do you love Mr. Kaiba?"
Serenity looked at the tired maid and smiled weakly. "I wish I could... but I can't..."
The sound of the phone ringing was heard. Suddenly, the door opened and Mokuba came running into the bedroom.
"Serenity... Tea wants to talk to you!"
"Thanks Mokuba..." She picked up the phone. "Hey Tea..."
"Hey Serenity... uh... ask Kaiba to drop you off at my house or something... so that I could pretend you were with me. Your brother is pissed at me already, so I could just say I lied to him yesterday."
"Thanks Tea..."
"So are you two..."
"Nah... I'll talk to you later Tea." She gave the phone to Mokuba and walked to Seto's office. She opened the door. "Seto..."
She gasped. The person before her wasn't the Seto Kaiba she knew and loved. Sure he had brown hair and blue eyes, but his hair was ruffled and his eyes were bloodshot. He looked at her with narrow eyes, and his thin lips were cold and almost scary.
"Seto?"
"From now on you will refer to me as Kaiba... nothing more and nothing less... got that, bitch?"
She could sense the anger and sadness in his deep voice. She stiffened and wished she could go back to last night and tell him she loved him. But it was too late now. She kept the tears inside of her. She looked at him with sad eyes, praying he'd come back to her. But then again, he never was with her to begin with... and it was all her fault.
"Seto... I mean Kaiba... can you drop me off at Tea's on the way to school?"
"Maybe."
"Thank you."
"You're not welcome."
"Uh..."
"No really... I don't want you here anymore... I don't ever want to speak to you... I don't even want to look at you." He continued with his work, hoping she hadn't noticed his tears.
But she had. "Se- Kaiba... I am sorry..."
"I don't care what you are, just leave!" He pointed to the door and continued typing.
Serenity glanced at him with tears welling up in her sad brown eyes. 'I can't cry now!' she told herself angrily. But the tears wouldn't listen. Seto looked up from his work, impatiently waiting for her to leave. Then he noticed them... he had made her cry... just like Gozaburo. He typed faster and faster, hoping to get the image of that filthy bastard Gozaburo out of his head.
"But Seto... shouldn't we leave for school?" asked Serenity quietly.
Seto groaned and got up from his chair. He grabbed his schoolbag and walked out the door without even looking at her. "Mokuba, the driver will take you to school in a little while, okay?" He ran outside, with Serenity following him. He opened the door of his metallic blue convertible. He got inside of it, not bothering to open the door for Serenity as a gentleman should. She opened the door herself, looking at the CEO with sadness.
He drove quickly to Tea's house and grunted, which evidently meant 'Get the hell out of my car and go to her house!' She looked at him. "Can't we be friends Seto? And nothing more?"
"I don't think your brother would want you to!" Then Serenity watched as the stubborn teenager drove away.
~ ~ ~
"Serenity?"
"Hey Tea..."
"Yo... what's with the turtleneck?" asked the brunette. She suddenly stopped, noticing how sad Serenity was looking.
"Serenity... what's wrong?"
"He... he... and... I... we... we aren't..."
"What did that Kaiba do?"
"Yesterday, he told me that he... he loved me..." She sobbed into her pink schoolbag.
"And..."
"Then he kissed me..."
"On the neck?"
"Yeah..."
"So..."
"I told him to stop... and I told him I didn't want to go out with him. He got really angry and told me... to leave."
"He did?"
"And then he tried to commit... suicide!"
Tea gasped. Kaiba... committing suicide?
"Until his little brother... stopped him..."
"But you mean Kaiba wanted to kill himself... and leave his little brother all alone!"
Serenity nodded worriedly. "And now he won't even look at me!"
"Don't worry... he'll get over it... come on... we need to leave for school!"
"What do I say to Joey?"
"You were at my house and you didn't want him to make you go back so you didn't tell him..."
"But that's lying..."
Tea smiled. "Loosen up and live a little Serenity! He's not your mother!"
Serenity smiled back. The two ran to school, narrowly making it in time.
Tea's words repeated themselves in Serenity's head... 'Loosen up and live a little! Loosen up and live a little!...' 'If only I had...' she thought as she entered the classroom.
Serenity yawned as she woke up the next morning. Her body ached, and her pillow was still wet with tears. Her neck was sore, and it was not until she went to the bathroom to have a shower that she realized why.
The red marks on her neck were obviously from the night before. Seto had been very intense with his kisses, and this was the result. Her neck felt very stiff. To make matters worse, her eyes were red from a night of crying. Tears ran down her soft cheeks as she looked at herself in the mirror.
After she had showered, she realized she had a dilemma. How could she go to school with the red marks on her neck? She would be laughed at, and her brother would definitely realize what had happened. She looked at her pink school uniform, hoping she would find an answer.
"Miss... why don't you wear this?"
Serenity turned around and found herself staring at a kind young women with a turtleneck in her hand.
"Uh... thank you... Miss..."
"Oh I am the maid... Greta."
"Thank you Greta..."
"Is there anything else I can do for you? Mr. Kaiba sent me here to see if you needed anything."
"No thank you Greta... I am fine... I think..." Tears formed in her beautiful eyes as she thought about the previous day.
"Do you love him?"
"Wha... What?"
"Miss Serenity... do you love Mr. Kaiba?"
Serenity looked at the tired maid and smiled weakly. "I wish I could... but I can't..."
The sound of the phone ringing was heard. Suddenly, the door opened and Mokuba came running into the bedroom.
"Serenity... Tea wants to talk to you!"
"Thanks Mokuba..." She picked up the phone. "Hey Tea..."
"Hey Serenity... uh... ask Kaiba to drop you off at my house or something... so that I could pretend you were with me. Your brother is pissed at me already, so I could just say I lied to him yesterday."
"Thanks Tea..."
"So are you two..."
"Nah... I'll talk to you later Tea." She gave the phone to Mokuba and walked to Seto's office. She opened the door. "Seto..."
She gasped. The person before her wasn't the Seto Kaiba she knew and loved. Sure he had brown hair and blue eyes, but his hair was ruffled and his eyes were bloodshot. He looked at her with narrow eyes, and his thin lips were cold and almost scary.
"Seto?"
"From now on you will refer to me as Kaiba... nothing more and nothing less... got that, bitch?"
She could sense the anger and sadness in his deep voice. She stiffened and wished she could go back to last night and tell him she loved him. But it was too late now. She kept the tears inside of her. She looked at him with sad eyes, praying he'd come back to her. But then again, he never was with her to begin with... and it was all her fault.
"Seto... I mean Kaiba... can you drop me off at Tea's on the way to school?"
"Maybe."
"Thank you."
"You're not welcome."
"Uh..."
"No really... I don't want you here anymore... I don't ever want to speak to you... I don't even want to look at you." He continued with his work, hoping she hadn't noticed his tears.
But she had. "Se- Kaiba... I am sorry..."
"I don't care what you are, just leave!" He pointed to the door and continued typing.
Serenity glanced at him with tears welling up in her sad brown eyes. 'I can't cry now!' she told herself angrily. But the tears wouldn't listen. Seto looked up from his work, impatiently waiting for her to leave. Then he noticed them... he had made her cry... just like Gozaburo. He typed faster and faster, hoping to get the image of that filthy bastard Gozaburo out of his head.
"But Seto... shouldn't we leave for school?" asked Serenity quietly.
Seto groaned and got up from his chair. He grabbed his schoolbag and walked out the door without even looking at her. "Mokuba, the driver will take you to school in a little while, okay?" He ran outside, with Serenity following him. He opened the door of his metallic blue convertible. He got inside of it, not bothering to open the door for Serenity as a gentleman should. She opened the door herself, looking at the CEO with sadness.
He drove quickly to Tea's house and grunted, which evidently meant 'Get the hell out of my car and go to her house!' She looked at him. "Can't we be friends Seto? And nothing more?"
"I don't think your brother would want you to!" Then Serenity watched as the stubborn teenager drove away.
~ ~ ~
"Serenity?"
"Hey Tea..."
"Yo... what's with the turtleneck?" asked the brunette. She suddenly stopped, noticing how sad Serenity was looking.
"Serenity... what's wrong?"
"He... he... and... I... we... we aren't..."
"What did that Kaiba do?"
"Yesterday, he told me that he... he loved me..." She sobbed into her pink schoolbag.
"And..."
"Then he kissed me..."
"On the neck?"
"Yeah..."
"So..."
"I told him to stop... and I told him I didn't want to go out with him. He got really angry and told me... to leave."
"He did?"
"And then he tried to commit... suicide!"
Tea gasped. Kaiba... committing suicide?
"Until his little brother... stopped him..."
"But you mean Kaiba wanted to kill himself... and leave his little brother all alone!"
Serenity nodded worriedly. "And now he won't even look at me!"
"Don't worry... he'll get over it... come on... we need to leave for school!"
"What do I say to Joey?"
"You were at my house and you didn't want him to make you go back so you didn't tell him..."
"But that's lying..."
Tea smiled. "Loosen up and live a little Serenity! He's not your mother!"
Serenity smiled back. The two ran to school, narrowly making it in time.
Tea's words repeated themselves in Serenity's head... 'Loosen up and live a little! Loosen up and live a little!...' 'If only I had...' she thought as she entered the classroom.