Love is Impossible

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Chapter 4

Disclaimer: IDOYGO

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"I have a crush on...Noa." Mokuba muttered, a light pink blush crossing his usually pale cheeks. Seto sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Now, Mokuba..." he started, as if he were addressing a very young child, or someone with a disability. "Mokuba..." he stopped, unsure of what to say. "He's...dead, Mokuba. You know that, don't you..?" he said, staring down at his younger brother, concern filling his eyes.

Mokuba looked up slowly. "Yes...niisama, I do know that." he smiled. "But I..." he paused. What would Seto say if Mokuba mentioned that he could actually still spend time with Noa? "Nevermind, you wouldn't understand.." Seto's face fell at that.

~What..? How?~

"Why do you think I wouldn't understand, Mokuba..?" Seto asked quietly.

Mokuba fidgeted. "Well...because, it's like magic, Seto. You just wouldn't get it." He said. "Can I go back to bed now? It's Saturday, you know."

Seto nodded, and stood. He still just couldn't put his finger on why Mokuba didn't want to confide in him. When he walked out the door, he found Julia standing a couple of feet away. Seto didn't really feel like talking about then, so he attempted to pass her by.

"Master Kaiba..?" She muttered softly, worried for the reply. Seto turned.

"Yes? Julia? I have no time for idle chat you know, I need to get to work."

"I think...I think the reason Young Master Kaiba is afraid to tell you, is because he fears you will not believe him. It's not that he doesn't trust you, I'm sure of it." She smiled to him warmly, and he turned, muttering an almost incoherent,

"Thank you, Julia."

~~~Noon~~~

"Mokuba..?" Julia asked, tapping Mokuba's shoulder lightly. "Lunch is ready. You must be hungry, you haven't eaten anything today."

Mokuba rolled over, muttering. "...kinda."

"Come on, lets get downstairs." Julia said.

"Can I have lunch up here, Julia..? Please..?" Julia smiled, patting the boy's raven-haired head.

"Sure. I'll be right back." She replied, turning around, and closing the door behind her. Mokuba threw his head back onto the pillows.

"Now I'm hungry." Said a voice.

"Aiiie!! Okay, Noa, I'm glad to know you are here and all, but could you knock next time? Or...something..?" Mokuba snapped playfully, looking up to see Noa sitting cross-legged in the middle of the bed. Mokuba thought foe a moment. "...nevermind that thought." he muttered, as he sat up. "So how are you..? Since I last saw you...about 5 minutes ago?"

Noa smiled. "..Good."

"I see..."

There was a knock on the door.

"Come on in, Julia." Mokuba said happily, as Julia turned the knob. Closing the door behind her, she looked up seeing Mokuba, and a transparent vision of her former young master. She gasped, and clutched at her chest.

Taking a deep breath, she walked up and set the tray of Mokuba's lunch onto the bedside table. "OKay, warn me next time you have dead people over, okay Mokuba? I only have a good 30 years or so left in me." She smiled, nodding over to Noa.

"Good day, Young Master Kaiba." Noa smiled as Mokuba leaned over and whispered,

"I told you she didn't forget you."

Julia just watched the two, shaking her head. ~This family just get even more weird by the day...~

"I must be going now. Is there anything you'd like, Young Master Noa?"

Noa shook his head. "Nothing in particular. Thank you, Julia-san." And with that, she left.

Noa looked back over to Mokuba, smiling. "I should leave now, I'm sorry I couldn't stay. It's takes a lot of energy for a soul to venture out of their bounds, you know." Mokuba nodded.

"I understand. See you tonight..?" he asked hopefully. Noa tapped his finger tip onto Mokuba's nose, chuckling.

"Of course.." he said, as the remains of his apparition faded away.

~~~Bedtime~~~

Julia came into Mokuba's bedroom slowly, taking a seat on the edge of his very large bed.

"Mokuba?" she asked. "Do you believe in miracles..?"

Mokuba nodded, smiling. "Of course I do."

"Well, have you ever wished on a star?" she asked, her brown eyes twinkling.

"I've never tried it."

"I used to wish all the time when I was a young girl, Mokuba. I think you should try it. " She whispered, staring out the window into the moonlight. "Well, I'm off. Goodnight, Mokuba."

"Goodnight..." he muttered as her form disappeared behind his bedroom door. He looked over to his window, shutting his eyes.

~If you can hear me...~ He began.

~Anyone...An angel maybe...~ He thought to himself, concentrating.

~Will you...bring Noa back to me..? If you can...please..?~

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