"I prepared and handled raw food!" Serena asked in disgust as she held up the raw chicken by the tips of her fingers. She did not want to touch that thing any more than was necessary.
"I hunt it. You cook it." Seto answered simply enjoying the look on her face as she gazed at the chicken.
"You shot a chicken?" she asked as her gaze momentarily swept from the raw piece of meat in her hand to the smiling CEO.
"Come on honey, cut it out with the jokes. We're starving here!" he said indicating the boys who were watching her with interest. Serena turned to the stove and tried to stuff the entire chicken into the small pot fill a fourth of the way with water. She then tried to put the lid on the pot, which kept popping off.
"It's almost as if I have never done this before in my entire life!" she muttered to herself as she continued to wrestle with getting the chicken in the pot. Meanwhile Seto and his brothers had lost interest in her struggle and were playing with the spoons. Serena turned on the gas under the pot after finally succeeding in closing the lid.
"Nothing's happening!" she complained as she peered under the pot.
"Well pumpkin!" Seto said slightly annoyed. "You have to light the burner." He said giving his brothers a stupid look. They responded with a laugh as Serena tossed them a withering glare for daring to laugh at her. She struck a match and held it under the pot. She gave a yell as the pot was suddenly engulfed in flames.
"Fire!" the boys yelled as Serena sat in a nearby chair cradling her wrist.
"I smell hair!" she whined as Seto got up see how badly she was hurt and turned down the gas under the pot.
"It's just a few singed hairs, I'll get the burn ointment" he said as he left the room. Yami and Yugi ran back into the kitchen carrying the fire extinguishers and sprayed the white foam over Serena, completely covered from head to toe. Serena just sat in the chair in shocked annoyance as Seto returned to the kitchen.
"Here's the…way to hustle guys!" he applauded his brothers as he saw the sight of Serena doused in the thick layer of foam.
"You alright?" he asked her insincerely as he quickly forgot her situation. "Well, at least now we know they work." He said as Serena slumped in her chair and began to clean herself off miserably.
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"Good eatin'" Seto lied after they had finished their meal.
"Are mashed potato's supposed to be crunchy?" Yami asked receiving a laugh from his brothers. Serena ignored the comment as Seto left the table and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" she asked him in a slightly panicked state as he grabbed his keys.
"Out." Seto responded vaguely as he grabbed his briefcase. "I go out every night." Actually he didn't but since he had spent all day torturing Serena he hadn't gotten any work done and he needed to get to the office.
"Don't leave me alone with them!" Serena pleaded with him urgently casting a swift glance at the boys who were playing with the leftovers.
"Aww. Come on Kanna, that's not fair." Seto said shrugging off her plea. "It's the way things are done around here. It never bothered you before; I think you better get used to it." He said callously.
"When are you coming home?" she asked quietly as a wounded look graced her pretty features. Seto felt a slight twinge of guilt for leaving her there, but quickly pushed it aside. She did deserve this after all.
"When I feel like it." He said. "I guess it depends on how drunk I get!" He said even though he knew he wouldn't get drunk. He never drank, but she didn't know that. So having said that, he left; as Serena watched him walk to his car.
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"How are things with your debutante?" Duke asked Seto as he typed fervently on his computer.
"She is one lousy cook, I'll tell you that!" Seto answered not looking up from his computer. "But as long as I don't have to do it."
"How long you going to keep her?" Duke asked curiously as he took a sip of his drink.
"Let's see…" Seto said looking up momentarily as he did the math in his head. "At fifteen bucks a day, I figure the little wifey-poo can work off what she owes me in…a little over two months."
"Your first night with her!" Duke said grinning at his little innuendo. Seto nodded uncaringly as Duke gave him a knowing look. A small grin spread over Seto's face as he thought about what Duke was hinting at.
"I'm not going to say she doesn't have a great body, I mean she does. And her face isn't bad either. But she's too spoiled for my taste." Seto said shrugging off the subject.
"Yeah, well, so is eating an entire chocolate cake, but I wouldn't mind it every once in a while." Duke said watching Seto rise to his feet and prepare to leave.
"Well, I'll tell you this, I'm going to have fun making her squirm tonight!" Seto said closing his briefcase.
"What are you going to do?" Duke asked as he walked him to his car.
"What's that you're drinking?" Seto asked indicating the glass in Duke's hand.
"Just some stuff I bought at the grocery store that smells like beer, but isn't kinda thing." Duke said holding out the glass for Seto to inspect.
Seto took a sniff of it and recoiled at the pungent smell. "Perfect." He commented as he placed a few drops on his clothes so that he would smell like it, along with taking a small sip so that his breath would smell like it as well. He then got in his truck and headed for home.