Seto stared out the window watching the houses fly by as the limo traveled to where the business party would be held. Cat was sitting close to Seto looking out the other window. Seto was nervous at how close she was sitting to him, but he enjoyed it at the same time. He just hoped that she wouldn't bring up the subject of her loving him. He still wasn't sure what to say to her. He didn't want to hurt her feelings, but he was still denying the fact that he liked her too.
"Is something wrong, Seto?" Cat asked after a moment of silence.
Seto turned to look at her. "No, why?"
"You just seem quieter that normal, that's all." Cat said.
"It's not anything. Just thinking about a lot of things." Seto said as he turned back to staring out the window.
"What's Mokuba up to tonight?" Cat asked.
"I hired someone to watch him." Seto replied. "Knowing him, he'll probably fall asleep around 8:30."
"That sounds like Mokuba. What kind of business thing is this anyway?" Cat asked. She had been wondering and thought she might get an idea of what to expect.
"It's nothing special. Just a bunch of company owners going around trying to make alliances with other companies, while boasting about their own companies. It's required that I go, but I hate going to them." Seto answered her question as the limo pulled in front of the huge building that had been rented out for this occasion. The door was opened and Seto got out and turned to lend Cat a hand. Cat took his hand as they walked up the steps to the building. Cat was nervous. She wanted to make a good impression on people for Seto's sake. Seto noticed her nervousness and leaned down to whisper in her ear.
"By the way, I forgot to tell you something." He murmured. Cat looked up at him as they entered the ballroom.
"You look very nice." He commented as they made their way to their assigned table. Cat blushed at his compliment as they sat down. Seto watched the faces of his rivals with interest. They all seemed to be staring at Cat, surprised that the great Seto Kaiba had actually brought a date. Cat and Seto had been there a few minutes when Seto had to excuse himself to talk with a few business associates.
"Hey Cat!" a familiar voice called from across the room. Cat turned to see Mai headed in her direction.
"Mai!" Cat said surprised. "What are you doing here?" she questioned, happy to see a familiar face.
"A friend of mine had to come in his father's place and he needed a date. I owed him a favor, so here I am." Mai said with a shrug. "I'm assuming that you're here with your boyfriend?"
Cat blushed. "Yeah," she said shyly. "He's over there talking to a few business associates." She said indicating the place where Seto was having a discussion about KaibaCorp.
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Seto looked up to see Cat deep in conversation with Mai. He was glad she had found someone at this thing to talk to. Now he didn't feel so guilty about leaving her to talk to his associates.
"So Kaiba, who was that girl you came here with?" One man asked him.
"Is she like your girlfriend or something?" another questioned.
"I fail to see how that is any of your business, Thomas." Seto replied coldly. He knew what people would do if they found out about Cat being his girlfriend and he didn't want her to go through that.
"It was just a question man. Take it easy." The Thomas said as he turned and headed over to another group of people.
"So what did you find out?" The group questioned him. "With the way he's acting, she's defiantly his girlfriend, if not more." Thomas replied.
The group smiled maliciously. "Good, you guys know what to do." Another man said as the group chuckled evilly. The rest of the night went on uneventfully as Seto and Cat said a quick good bye to Mai and headed home. Seto dropped Cat off at her house and walked her to the door. Cat noticed the swaying of curtains and knew that Yugi and Joey were watching them from Yugi's room. She smiled to herself. Those two were intolerable sometimes.
"Thank you for coming with me." Seto said as they faced each other.
"It was my pleasure." Cat said.
"Mokuba wants you to come over this weekend to watch this movie with me and him, would you be interested?" Seto asked her. Mokuba had been pestering him for days to get Cat to come over.
"I'd love too." Cat said as she leaned over and gave Seto a quick peck on the cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow in class." She said as she turned and walked inside. Seto walked back to the limo and watched Cat from the window until her house was out of sight. He then put his hand on his cheek where she had kissed him and slowly smiled.