Okay, I know your all disappointed on chapter 9....(Not the lemon but Kaiba's character change..) but I assure you there's a reason. ::laughs evily:: I have this all planned out mind you and I'm sure you'll see the plot begin to thicken now. To all those who say 'Kaiba wouldn't do that or be that intimate'.... lol... maybe he would if he had a motive! Prepare yourself, this is about to get ugly! That is all I will say.... enjoy! Oh, and Read & Review!
Chapter 10: Cold and Ruthless as They Get
Sydney awoke to the bright light from a window shining rather unpleasantly into her eyes. She raised an arm instinctively and found herself lying amongst a river of blankets. She smirked slightly at the night before but only to have it fade when she turned so see the place next to her was empty. She sat up, looking around curiously to where that man who had promised her endless love could have disappeared to. Seeing nothing, she slowly swung her feet to the floor and began to dress herself. She was greeted by a sudden clanging noise that seemed to to echo from downstairs and stared quizzically at the door to the room.
Wanting to satisfy her curiousity, she rose and slowly opened the door to the room, sticking her head outside the bedroom trying to figure out where the noise was coming from. She slowly made her way out into the hallway and followed the noise down into the lobby than turned, suddenly hearing nothing.
The noise stopped.
She continued on into the main hall and saw Kaiba standing, leaning in the doorway to the living room. Sydney was completely confused. He smirked at her, his genuine deep smirk that could easily intimidate any other, but she just rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.
"What are you up to?"
Kaiba shrugged,"Why would I be up to anything?"
Sydney raised her brow,"Give me a break, Seto. I know you too well."
"And?"
"AND, I know for a fact that when you smirk like that it means only one thing."
"Which is?"
"You've got some strange plan brewing in the depths of that sick mind."
Kaiba slowly pushed off of the door frame and approached her,"I compliment your choice of words but I refuse to tell you anything more. You don't need to worry about it. It doesn't concern you."
Sydney was now becoming annoyed,"This is getting really annoying, Seto. You may be alive but remember, everything still belongs to me."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"I don't know," She retorted,"But...but....grrrr... forget it!"
Kaiba remained still, his hands buried into his coat pockets,"Actually, I would like to talk to you about something."
Sydney raised her brow again,"Oh? About what?"
Kaiba's voice iced,"Remember the first day we met?"
Sydney nodded,"Of course, how could I forget? Your words were so harsh I almost got whiplash from your verbal assault."
(A/N: Brace yourself guys....lol...)
"I'm thinking it was more appropriate now," Kaiba suddenly snapped.
"What?"
He removed his hands from his pockets and slowly crossed his arms,"Stop playing, Sydney. I know."
Sydney was still confused,"What the heck are you talking about? Seto, you're seriously scaring me."
He closed his eyes, trying to keep himself from realizing the harsh truth,"I spent all morning looking information on Bill and couldn't put two and two together. It didn't make sense, but than I considered something. If Bill knew that I wouldn't pass my company onto Mokuba, than he wouldn't have attempted murder until Mokuba was old enought to inherit it."
She furrowed her brow,"What? You've got to be joking!"
"That's not all I was considering," He went on,"I actually realized that I know absolutely nothing about you."
Sydney's face fell and Kaiba's face twisted into a frown.
"I turned every rock, every mile stone to find information on you," He was becoming angry,"Bill wasn't the one who hired the guy to murder me! You were!"
"What?!" Sydney exclaimed,"Seto, that is impossible!"
"Is it?!" He yelled stepping toward her,"Now that I think about it, you probably had this all planned out to the very first day you met me! In fact, Bill wasn't against me at all! He was working to STOP you! You tricked me into believing you!"
Sydney balled her fists and tears began to swell up in her eyes. This wasn't happening, this just wasn't happening. What was she supposed to say?
'He knows, he finally knows,' She thought to herself, 'I didn't think it would got this far. I didn't want this to happen.'
Kaiba's hands were balled into fists. He couldn't believe it. It was true, every single thing he found was true. He knew it now. The look on her face said it all and after last night... he couldn't bare it. He had actually dropped his guard and let some one in and this is how it ended. She betrayed him - from the very start.
' This proves that I should never trust anyone again!' His mind and heart shouted at the same time.
"Seto..." She stepped forward reaching out to him.
"Don't!" He stepped backward not wanting to come anywhere near her,"Don't touch me! You are scum, Sydney. Is that even your real name?! God, I gave up everything for you! I NEVER let anyone get as close as we were last night! I want you out of this mansion and away from Mokuba, FOREVER!"
Sydney didn't want to have to do this but she growled,"I'm afraid that's not possible. Mokuba is under my custody and so is this mansion."
Kaiba's face changed slightly as he realized that she was right,"That says nothing. Once they know I'm alive, everything will be under my name again and YOU, you will be in jail!"
Tears were now sliding down her cheeks,"Seto, I didn't want this to happen! I didn't!"
"Why should I believe you?" Kaiba's voice bellowed in the coldest voice she had ever heard,"You lied to me and used me, all for what? To take my company away from me!"
"That's not true!" Sydney shouted," That isn't true! I wanted to be with you!"
"If you wanted to be with me you should of tried talking to me not hiring someone to try and KILL ME!!!" Kaiba's face was locked in anger. This was it, he wanted it all to go away and now.
"I didn't want him to kill you," She said her voice softening," He was just supposed to spook you and show you that there was more to life than your filthy money."
Kaiba's chest rose and fell in rage,"You're sick, Sydney. YOU'RE SICK!"
She recoiled and began to bow to the floor on her knees, her tears streaming down her face. As much as Kaiba was hurting to see her tears, he stayed strong and didn't budge. He didn't care anymore, she had betrayed him, all for selfish reasons. She toyed with him, allowing him to think he was truly happy.
'She taught me to love...'
Kaiba shook that from his mind and growled at her lifeless body as she wept into the floor,"I"m going to leave and you better be gone when I get back, Sydney."
Her weeping continued as he slowly walked past her, every emotion flooding his body at the same time. He slammed the door behind him, swearing he could have heard the mansion shake slightly and turned to walk down the street. He was angry, really angry. Not at just her but at himself for becoming so easily susceptible to such a foolish plan.
She was just another stupid girl out for him, just like all the other fools that 'claimed' they loved him and yet knew nothing about him. He sighed though, she had known him, or atleast well enough to actually have fooled him into falling in love with her, but that was the discouraging part.
He still loved her.
When he had found all that information, he had stared blankly at the screen for practically forever, trying to convince himself that there was some mistake to the whole entire thing. That some one had fooled him and had placed this data here for him, but that was impossible. The more he thought, the more it made sense and the angrier he became. That whole night before he had given himself to her, had opened his heart to her, something he thought he would never do for anyone except his little brother. That's all that mattered now. Sydney was going to be gone from his heart and with that he'll have to cope with having fallen in love with her.
His body shook, desperate to let his sorrow out but he refused. Seto Kaiba didn't cry, NEVER. He certainly wasn't going to cry over a girl who had not only lied to him but tricked him into loving her. It was way too much and he surpressed tears that were begging for release. He stopped in his path, letting himself slide down against the stone wall that ran along the alleyway he traveled down. He placed his head into his hands and tried to control his emotions. He wasn't going to let his aching heart win.
'You can't cry. Crying is for the weak, Seto. Get a hold of yourself.'
He tried his hardest but a sob escaped. His shoulders shook as he fought against another sob that was wallowing in the back of his throat. Hot tears were trailing down his cheeks now and he tried to breath, causing him to allow another sob to jump from his mouth. He couldn't hold it back any longer, he had turned into every other weak moron in the city. He let the sobs and tears continue, not sure why he had become so emotional. Had he truly opened his heart and was reveling in the loss of the woman he supposedly loved?
'If she loved me she would have told me.'
Another sob came, this time, louder and fiercer. He couldn't do it, he couldn't. He gritted his teeth and began to stand, turning to slam his fists against the wall, fighting to control himself. This wasn't the time to be weak, especially with his little brother still in the mansion.
Mokuba.
He began to breath easier, feeling his body begin to relax and cut off the emotions that suddenly broke through his barrier. This was it, he needed to stop being Seto and start becoming the cold ruthless Kaiba that everyone feared. Forget emotions, he had Mokuba to save. He had to find away to get him away from here without him becoming aware to the situation and he had no idea how to do it. He was clueless. He began to walk again, not paying attention to his tear streaked face. He turned the corner of the street and stopped when he realized he had walked farther than he had wanted to. Ahead of him lay a small gameshop.
Kaiba sneered,"No way."
'I'm not going to ask that fool for his help.'
He balled his fists and stared at the door to the shop, trying to figure out how to explain exactly what had happened, but that would mean he'd actually have to talk to him. Damn him. For all he knew, Yugi was working along with her but than again, Yugi was too smart to agree to such an incredibly stupid plan.
"Damn it!" He stumped his foot and began to trudge toward the door, raising a hand to knock.
' What am I doing?!' He asked himself,' What else am I supposed to do? I have no freakin' choice!'
He allowed his hand to knock and was surprised when the door opened quickly and Yugi stood in the doorway. Yugi was just as surprised at he, but even more at the condition of the young CEO. He was standing, his clothes slightly mussled, his eyes red and his face tear streaked.
Wait- Kaiba had been crying? Kaiba? Seto Kaiba? Was crying?
"Hello, Kaiba," Yugi said, not sure how he would react,"How are you?"
"Shutup and listen," Kaiba snapped,"I know as well as you that we both hate eachother but in my current condition I am desperate."
Yugi's brow raised,"Desperate? Is it Bill?"
"No," Kaiba said his emotions begging to be released again,"It's Sydney. She's trying to kill me."
"What?!"
"This is hard enough," Kaiba continued,"So just stop playing the innocent."
"Are you asking what I think you are?" Yugi asked in shock and surprise.
"Don't rub it in," Kaiba sneered,"but yes, I'm asking you for help."
Yugi was speechless.
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Sydney paced back in forth in the main hall. Tears were still streaming down her face and she was afraid that Kaiba would keep his word. He was going to turn her in. She didn't blame him, she had lied to him and lead him to believe things that she herself knew weren't true, but she loved him and nothing would change that. She had tried to explain but Kaiba didn't allow her to.
She didn't want things to change, she wanted to stay with him and Mokuba. Mokuba had become so close to her, as though she was his older sister and him, the younger brother. She had no idea that the outcome of her plan would result so negatively. She had planned it so carefully and yet each time, things changed and her plan was thrown. She honestly thought Kaiba had been killed. She had hired the man to scare him not KILL him. She had been so angry at herself those past couple weeks she had considered coming clean and turning herself in but that would leave Mokuba with no one to take care of him.
And she knew better than to let Mokuba alone. Suddenly it hit her.
Mokuba was still here.
She looked to the stairs and gazed up at them. She knew if she came clean to Mokuba, than he could help her. Kaiba would listen to him, he always did and Mokuba would be able to convince him that Sydney truly loved him. No one could love Kaiba the way she did- no one. She approached the stairs and placed her hand upon the railing. It was either she told Mokuba, or she ran. And she didn't want to run.
She loved Kaiba and she'd do anything to prove herself that she did.
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Kaiba sighed.
'What am I doing here?'
He sat in the game shop, sitting on the couch in Yugi's room as the rest of his group stared at him in bewilderment. Most of them didn't even know he was alive and seeing him actually come into the room close to tears shocked them even more. He didn't need this. He didn't need to put up with their stares. He needed help and he needed it now, Mokuba was his priority.
"So...uhhhh.... Kaiba...." Joey started,"So you and Sydney, huh?"
The other two, Tea and Tristen, just looked between the two as they talked. Yugi had gone downstairs, planning to get something to eat for Kaiba so they were left to tend to the distraught CEO.
Kaiba looked away from him,"Save it, Wheeler. I know what you're going to say. Laugh and point, I don't care."
"Hey, I didn't say dat I was gonna do dat."
"Might as well," Kaiba hissed,"It's not like we're friends."
"SO?!" Joey was sick of his attitude,"You come in here asking Yugi for help practically in tears and you think I'm gonna laugh at ya?!"
"Yes." The whole room answered.
Joey blinked,"Well you're wrong."
Kaiba continued to refuse to look at any of them,"I wish I were dead. This is humiliating."
"There's nothing wrong with realizing you need help," Tea suddenly told him,"It just means you know you can't do it alone."
"Save the lectures, Gardener," Kaiba snapped,"I know you're getting a kick out of this."
Joey wanted to pound him,"Come on! I might hate ya guts but if ya need help then I'll help!"
"Why?"
"I don't know," Joey said rubbing the back of his neck,"It's not like yer nice ta us but everyone knows dat you and Sydney were close so I want ta help."
Tea and Tristen were in shock. Did Joey just say what they thought he did? This whole time they swore Joey liked Sydney as well.
"Uhhh.... Joey...." Tristen started.
Kaiba cut him off,"If I had known she was a filthy, lying piece of filth I would have let you had her, Wheeler."
They watched as Kaiba struggled to drop each harsh word toward her. His body was beginning to shake and he knew that tears would soon follow. Who knew that love would kill the mental barrier he had kept up for years?
"Come on, Kaiba," Joey insisted,"Relax man, you don't have ta be so cold. You can let it out."
"Shut up," Kaiba sneered,"I asked for help not comfort. I'll deal with things my way."
"Fine!" Joey yelled,"I just try and be nice and ya just can't be cool wit it!"
"Guys, I'm back," Yugi announced as he entered the room. He held a drink and a sandwhich for Kaiba and handed them to him as he walked to sit upon his bed. He looked around to find everyone sitting in silence.
"Okay, Kaiba," Yugi decided to get started,"Tell us what happened... from the beginning..."
Kaiba didn't know if he could do that.
Chapter 10: Cold and Ruthless as They Get
Sydney awoke to the bright light from a window shining rather unpleasantly into her eyes. She raised an arm instinctively and found herself lying amongst a river of blankets. She smirked slightly at the night before but only to have it fade when she turned so see the place next to her was empty. She sat up, looking around curiously to where that man who had promised her endless love could have disappeared to. Seeing nothing, she slowly swung her feet to the floor and began to dress herself. She was greeted by a sudden clanging noise that seemed to to echo from downstairs and stared quizzically at the door to the room.
Wanting to satisfy her curiousity, she rose and slowly opened the door to the room, sticking her head outside the bedroom trying to figure out where the noise was coming from. She slowly made her way out into the hallway and followed the noise down into the lobby than turned, suddenly hearing nothing.
The noise stopped.
She continued on into the main hall and saw Kaiba standing, leaning in the doorway to the living room. Sydney was completely confused. He smirked at her, his genuine deep smirk that could easily intimidate any other, but she just rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.
"What are you up to?"
Kaiba shrugged,"Why would I be up to anything?"
Sydney raised her brow,"Give me a break, Seto. I know you too well."
"And?"
"AND, I know for a fact that when you smirk like that it means only one thing."
"Which is?"
"You've got some strange plan brewing in the depths of that sick mind."
Kaiba slowly pushed off of the door frame and approached her,"I compliment your choice of words but I refuse to tell you anything more. You don't need to worry about it. It doesn't concern you."
Sydney was now becoming annoyed,"This is getting really annoying, Seto. You may be alive but remember, everything still belongs to me."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"I don't know," She retorted,"But...but....grrrr... forget it!"
Kaiba remained still, his hands buried into his coat pockets,"Actually, I would like to talk to you about something."
Sydney raised her brow again,"Oh? About what?"
Kaiba's voice iced,"Remember the first day we met?"
Sydney nodded,"Of course, how could I forget? Your words were so harsh I almost got whiplash from your verbal assault."
(A/N: Brace yourself guys....lol...)
"I'm thinking it was more appropriate now," Kaiba suddenly snapped.
"What?"
He removed his hands from his pockets and slowly crossed his arms,"Stop playing, Sydney. I know."
Sydney was still confused,"What the heck are you talking about? Seto, you're seriously scaring me."
He closed his eyes, trying to keep himself from realizing the harsh truth,"I spent all morning looking information on Bill and couldn't put two and two together. It didn't make sense, but than I considered something. If Bill knew that I wouldn't pass my company onto Mokuba, than he wouldn't have attempted murder until Mokuba was old enought to inherit it."
She furrowed her brow,"What? You've got to be joking!"
"That's not all I was considering," He went on,"I actually realized that I know absolutely nothing about you."
Sydney's face fell and Kaiba's face twisted into a frown.
"I turned every rock, every mile stone to find information on you," He was becoming angry,"Bill wasn't the one who hired the guy to murder me! You were!"
"What?!" Sydney exclaimed,"Seto, that is impossible!"
"Is it?!" He yelled stepping toward her,"Now that I think about it, you probably had this all planned out to the very first day you met me! In fact, Bill wasn't against me at all! He was working to STOP you! You tricked me into believing you!"
Sydney balled her fists and tears began to swell up in her eyes. This wasn't happening, this just wasn't happening. What was she supposed to say?
'He knows, he finally knows,' She thought to herself, 'I didn't think it would got this far. I didn't want this to happen.'
Kaiba's hands were balled into fists. He couldn't believe it. It was true, every single thing he found was true. He knew it now. The look on her face said it all and after last night... he couldn't bare it. He had actually dropped his guard and let some one in and this is how it ended. She betrayed him - from the very start.
' This proves that I should never trust anyone again!' His mind and heart shouted at the same time.
"Seto..." She stepped forward reaching out to him.
"Don't!" He stepped backward not wanting to come anywhere near her,"Don't touch me! You are scum, Sydney. Is that even your real name?! God, I gave up everything for you! I NEVER let anyone get as close as we were last night! I want you out of this mansion and away from Mokuba, FOREVER!"
Sydney didn't want to have to do this but she growled,"I'm afraid that's not possible. Mokuba is under my custody and so is this mansion."
Kaiba's face changed slightly as he realized that she was right,"That says nothing. Once they know I'm alive, everything will be under my name again and YOU, you will be in jail!"
Tears were now sliding down her cheeks,"Seto, I didn't want this to happen! I didn't!"
"Why should I believe you?" Kaiba's voice bellowed in the coldest voice she had ever heard,"You lied to me and used me, all for what? To take my company away from me!"
"That's not true!" Sydney shouted," That isn't true! I wanted to be with you!"
"If you wanted to be with me you should of tried talking to me not hiring someone to try and KILL ME!!!" Kaiba's face was locked in anger. This was it, he wanted it all to go away and now.
"I didn't want him to kill you," She said her voice softening," He was just supposed to spook you and show you that there was more to life than your filthy money."
Kaiba's chest rose and fell in rage,"You're sick, Sydney. YOU'RE SICK!"
She recoiled and began to bow to the floor on her knees, her tears streaming down her face. As much as Kaiba was hurting to see her tears, he stayed strong and didn't budge. He didn't care anymore, she had betrayed him, all for selfish reasons. She toyed with him, allowing him to think he was truly happy.
'She taught me to love...'
Kaiba shook that from his mind and growled at her lifeless body as she wept into the floor,"I"m going to leave and you better be gone when I get back, Sydney."
Her weeping continued as he slowly walked past her, every emotion flooding his body at the same time. He slammed the door behind him, swearing he could have heard the mansion shake slightly and turned to walk down the street. He was angry, really angry. Not at just her but at himself for becoming so easily susceptible to such a foolish plan.
She was just another stupid girl out for him, just like all the other fools that 'claimed' they loved him and yet knew nothing about him. He sighed though, she had known him, or atleast well enough to actually have fooled him into falling in love with her, but that was the discouraging part.
He still loved her.
When he had found all that information, he had stared blankly at the screen for practically forever, trying to convince himself that there was some mistake to the whole entire thing. That some one had fooled him and had placed this data here for him, but that was impossible. The more he thought, the more it made sense and the angrier he became. That whole night before he had given himself to her, had opened his heart to her, something he thought he would never do for anyone except his little brother. That's all that mattered now. Sydney was going to be gone from his heart and with that he'll have to cope with having fallen in love with her.
His body shook, desperate to let his sorrow out but he refused. Seto Kaiba didn't cry, NEVER. He certainly wasn't going to cry over a girl who had not only lied to him but tricked him into loving her. It was way too much and he surpressed tears that were begging for release. He stopped in his path, letting himself slide down against the stone wall that ran along the alleyway he traveled down. He placed his head into his hands and tried to control his emotions. He wasn't going to let his aching heart win.
'You can't cry. Crying is for the weak, Seto. Get a hold of yourself.'
He tried his hardest but a sob escaped. His shoulders shook as he fought against another sob that was wallowing in the back of his throat. Hot tears were trailing down his cheeks now and he tried to breath, causing him to allow another sob to jump from his mouth. He couldn't hold it back any longer, he had turned into every other weak moron in the city. He let the sobs and tears continue, not sure why he had become so emotional. Had he truly opened his heart and was reveling in the loss of the woman he supposedly loved?
'If she loved me she would have told me.'
Another sob came, this time, louder and fiercer. He couldn't do it, he couldn't. He gritted his teeth and began to stand, turning to slam his fists against the wall, fighting to control himself. This wasn't the time to be weak, especially with his little brother still in the mansion.
Mokuba.
He began to breath easier, feeling his body begin to relax and cut off the emotions that suddenly broke through his barrier. This was it, he needed to stop being Seto and start becoming the cold ruthless Kaiba that everyone feared. Forget emotions, he had Mokuba to save. He had to find away to get him away from here without him becoming aware to the situation and he had no idea how to do it. He was clueless. He began to walk again, not paying attention to his tear streaked face. He turned the corner of the street and stopped when he realized he had walked farther than he had wanted to. Ahead of him lay a small gameshop.
Kaiba sneered,"No way."
'I'm not going to ask that fool for his help.'
He balled his fists and stared at the door to the shop, trying to figure out how to explain exactly what had happened, but that would mean he'd actually have to talk to him. Damn him. For all he knew, Yugi was working along with her but than again, Yugi was too smart to agree to such an incredibly stupid plan.
"Damn it!" He stumped his foot and began to trudge toward the door, raising a hand to knock.
' What am I doing?!' He asked himself,' What else am I supposed to do? I have no freakin' choice!'
He allowed his hand to knock and was surprised when the door opened quickly and Yugi stood in the doorway. Yugi was just as surprised at he, but even more at the condition of the young CEO. He was standing, his clothes slightly mussled, his eyes red and his face tear streaked.
Wait- Kaiba had been crying? Kaiba? Seto Kaiba? Was crying?
"Hello, Kaiba," Yugi said, not sure how he would react,"How are you?"
"Shutup and listen," Kaiba snapped,"I know as well as you that we both hate eachother but in my current condition I am desperate."
Yugi's brow raised,"Desperate? Is it Bill?"
"No," Kaiba said his emotions begging to be released again,"It's Sydney. She's trying to kill me."
"What?!"
"This is hard enough," Kaiba continued,"So just stop playing the innocent."
"Are you asking what I think you are?" Yugi asked in shock and surprise.
"Don't rub it in," Kaiba sneered,"but yes, I'm asking you for help."
Yugi was speechless.
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Sydney paced back in forth in the main hall. Tears were still streaming down her face and she was afraid that Kaiba would keep his word. He was going to turn her in. She didn't blame him, she had lied to him and lead him to believe things that she herself knew weren't true, but she loved him and nothing would change that. She had tried to explain but Kaiba didn't allow her to.
She didn't want things to change, she wanted to stay with him and Mokuba. Mokuba had become so close to her, as though she was his older sister and him, the younger brother. She had no idea that the outcome of her plan would result so negatively. She had planned it so carefully and yet each time, things changed and her plan was thrown. She honestly thought Kaiba had been killed. She had hired the man to scare him not KILL him. She had been so angry at herself those past couple weeks she had considered coming clean and turning herself in but that would leave Mokuba with no one to take care of him.
And she knew better than to let Mokuba alone. Suddenly it hit her.
Mokuba was still here.
She looked to the stairs and gazed up at them. She knew if she came clean to Mokuba, than he could help her. Kaiba would listen to him, he always did and Mokuba would be able to convince him that Sydney truly loved him. No one could love Kaiba the way she did- no one. She approached the stairs and placed her hand upon the railing. It was either she told Mokuba, or she ran. And she didn't want to run.
She loved Kaiba and she'd do anything to prove herself that she did.
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Kaiba sighed.
'What am I doing here?'
He sat in the game shop, sitting on the couch in Yugi's room as the rest of his group stared at him in bewilderment. Most of them didn't even know he was alive and seeing him actually come into the room close to tears shocked them even more. He didn't need this. He didn't need to put up with their stares. He needed help and he needed it now, Mokuba was his priority.
"So...uhhhh.... Kaiba...." Joey started,"So you and Sydney, huh?"
The other two, Tea and Tristen, just looked between the two as they talked. Yugi had gone downstairs, planning to get something to eat for Kaiba so they were left to tend to the distraught CEO.
Kaiba looked away from him,"Save it, Wheeler. I know what you're going to say. Laugh and point, I don't care."
"Hey, I didn't say dat I was gonna do dat."
"Might as well," Kaiba hissed,"It's not like we're friends."
"SO?!" Joey was sick of his attitude,"You come in here asking Yugi for help practically in tears and you think I'm gonna laugh at ya?!"
"Yes." The whole room answered.
Joey blinked,"Well you're wrong."
Kaiba continued to refuse to look at any of them,"I wish I were dead. This is humiliating."
"There's nothing wrong with realizing you need help," Tea suddenly told him,"It just means you know you can't do it alone."
"Save the lectures, Gardener," Kaiba snapped,"I know you're getting a kick out of this."
Joey wanted to pound him,"Come on! I might hate ya guts but if ya need help then I'll help!"
"Why?"
"I don't know," Joey said rubbing the back of his neck,"It's not like yer nice ta us but everyone knows dat you and Sydney were close so I want ta help."
Tea and Tristen were in shock. Did Joey just say what they thought he did? This whole time they swore Joey liked Sydney as well.
"Uhhh.... Joey...." Tristen started.
Kaiba cut him off,"If I had known she was a filthy, lying piece of filth I would have let you had her, Wheeler."
They watched as Kaiba struggled to drop each harsh word toward her. His body was beginning to shake and he knew that tears would soon follow. Who knew that love would kill the mental barrier he had kept up for years?
"Come on, Kaiba," Joey insisted,"Relax man, you don't have ta be so cold. You can let it out."
"Shut up," Kaiba sneered,"I asked for help not comfort. I'll deal with things my way."
"Fine!" Joey yelled,"I just try and be nice and ya just can't be cool wit it!"
"Guys, I'm back," Yugi announced as he entered the room. He held a drink and a sandwhich for Kaiba and handed them to him as he walked to sit upon his bed. He looked around to find everyone sitting in silence.
"Okay, Kaiba," Yugi decided to get started,"Tell us what happened... from the beginning..."
Kaiba didn't know if he could do that.
