buThe Father/u - uChapter One/u/b
iYour eyes are cold... But so are mine...
You are cruel... But so am I...
You treat people cruelly... But so do I...
You only think about yourself... But so do I...
But there is one thing different about us... You're not wanted in this world...
bBut I am./b
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"Big brother, what are you doing?" Mokuba asked. He was spinning his chair out of boredom.
"Mokuba, I'm quite busy right now. I'll play with you later," Seto replied. His eyes were fixed on the laptop screen blinklessly.
Mokuba shrugged. "Alright, then." While he was leaving, a man dressed in ragged clothes and who hasn't washed in awhile entered. Mokuba looked at him weirdly when he turned his back and closed the door.
"Ahem," the man coughed.
Seto paid no attention and kept staring at the screen.
"Ahem," he says again.
"What, I do not have time for anyone. Say what you want and leave," Seto replies coldly. He still stares at the screen and ignoring the man who is demanding for his attention.
The man got annoyed. "Do you pay no attention to anyone?? How dare you-"
Seto looks up and closes his laptop. He glares at the man in front of him, and speaks slowly. "How dare you come into my office and give me a lecture, you low-class fool." He tosses some coins on the floor. "I think that was what you wanted... right? Now get out of my office before I call security."
The man laughs evilly and retorts, "How dare you speak to your father that way."
Seto glared at the man. "Get out of here, you liar. First you come into my office with no reason, and then you lie: mocking me. You have no reason to be here at this second."
"Now, now. You want your records straight, right??"
"..."
"I'd gladly use the law to put you back under my registry... which gives me full power over you and this company... or, we can do it my way."
"And what's that??"
"Grand my wish, and I'll be out of your life."
"Why should I? How do I even know you're my father or not??"
The man grinned. "I knew there would be a time when I needed this worthless thing." He pulled out something from his pocket. It was a picture of young Seto and Seto's mother carrying baby Mokuba. "I told you, I am your father."
Seto was furious. "Just because you are my real father doesn't mean that you can do anything."
"Tsk tsk. That's where you're wrong. If I put you under my registry, everything you own will belong to me."
"Then what is your wish?"
"I wish for $10 million dollars."
"No."
"Come on. I bet that this company is worth more than $10 million."
Seto growled. "Is this what you are here for??" he demanded. "When you become like this, you use your connection to me for money?? You never planned on meeting me if this didn't happen." His voice became louder. "You never planned on revealing yourself to us at all!!"
"You guessed right, and I want my money."
"When?"
"Right now."
Seto took out a checkbook and scribbled furiously on the check, handing it to his "father". His "father" looked at it, and immediately ripped it into pieces. Seto's eyes opened wide. "What are you doing?"
"In check, please."
Seto clenched his fists tightly. He took out his briefcase and handed it to his father.
Seto's father opened the briefcase. "How do I know if this is exactly $10 million?" he asked in suspicion.
"It's not. It's $15 million. You'll stay out of my life from now on and pretend that we never had this conversation." Seto closed his eyes. "Now leave."
"Never mind." Seto's father sighs. "I changed my mind."
iYour eyes are cold... But so are mine...
You are cruel... But so am I...
You treat people cruelly... But so do I...
You only think about yourself... But so do I...
But there is one thing different about us... You're not wanted in this world...
bBut I am./b
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"Big brother, what are you doing?" Mokuba asked. He was spinning his chair out of boredom.
"Mokuba, I'm quite busy right now. I'll play with you later," Seto replied. His eyes were fixed on the laptop screen blinklessly.
Mokuba shrugged. "Alright, then." While he was leaving, a man dressed in ragged clothes and who hasn't washed in awhile entered. Mokuba looked at him weirdly when he turned his back and closed the door.
"Ahem," the man coughed.
Seto paid no attention and kept staring at the screen.
"Ahem," he says again.
"What, I do not have time for anyone. Say what you want and leave," Seto replies coldly. He still stares at the screen and ignoring the man who is demanding for his attention.
The man got annoyed. "Do you pay no attention to anyone?? How dare you-"
Seto looks up and closes his laptop. He glares at the man in front of him, and speaks slowly. "How dare you come into my office and give me a lecture, you low-class fool." He tosses some coins on the floor. "I think that was what you wanted... right? Now get out of my office before I call security."
The man laughs evilly and retorts, "How dare you speak to your father that way."
Seto glared at the man. "Get out of here, you liar. First you come into my office with no reason, and then you lie: mocking me. You have no reason to be here at this second."
"Now, now. You want your records straight, right??"
"..."
"I'd gladly use the law to put you back under my registry... which gives me full power over you and this company... or, we can do it my way."
"And what's that??"
"Grand my wish, and I'll be out of your life."
"Why should I? How do I even know you're my father or not??"
The man grinned. "I knew there would be a time when I needed this worthless thing." He pulled out something from his pocket. It was a picture of young Seto and Seto's mother carrying baby Mokuba. "I told you, I am your father."
Seto was furious. "Just because you are my real father doesn't mean that you can do anything."
"Tsk tsk. That's where you're wrong. If I put you under my registry, everything you own will belong to me."
"Then what is your wish?"
"I wish for $10 million dollars."
"No."
"Come on. I bet that this company is worth more than $10 million."
Seto growled. "Is this what you are here for??" he demanded. "When you become like this, you use your connection to me for money?? You never planned on meeting me if this didn't happen." His voice became louder. "You never planned on revealing yourself to us at all!!"
"You guessed right, and I want my money."
"When?"
"Right now."
Seto took out a checkbook and scribbled furiously on the check, handing it to his "father". His "father" looked at it, and immediately ripped it into pieces. Seto's eyes opened wide. "What are you doing?"
"In check, please."
Seto clenched his fists tightly. He took out his briefcase and handed it to his father.
Seto's father opened the briefcase. "How do I know if this is exactly $10 million?" he asked in suspicion.
"It's not. It's $15 million. You'll stay out of my life from now on and pretend that we never had this conversation." Seto closed his eyes. "Now leave."
"Never mind." Seto's father sighs. "I changed my mind."