Chapter 11: Shizuka Kawai
(A/N: GOME NASAI~! Sorry for taking long! Curse my laziness!! Well, enjoy this chapter and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE KIND REVIEWS!!!!!!!! And no the story is not finished yet because I have a lot more stuff in stored for this fic! ^^)
Today was the day! The day of the homecoming dance I mean! I smiled happily, as I slipped into my pink sleeveless dress. The bottom flowed smoothly, as there was a ribbon tied to the back. I tied a small pink ribbon around my neck and tied two pink ribbons in my hair.
I was ready.
I was getting ready to apply some perfume, but I noticed something shiny on my desk. I picked it up.
It was Kaiba's locket.
I grasped it tightly in my hand. The numerous thoughts of me trying to give him back his locket had failed many times. Was it possible that it was fate? As in someone was telling me to look at this locket?
I hesitated. I didn't know if I should take a look or not. Then I decided to look inside. My curiosity couldn't hold it any longer.
I carefully pulled open the locket cover and smiled warmly. I was a picture of Mokuba smiling inside.
I signed of relief, as I was about to close the locket, but there seemed to be something peeling at the corner of the photo. I carefully peeled off the corner to reveal another picture!
The picture was of a beautiful young woman with glossy curly brown hair. She seemed happy, as she was holding a Sakura blossom. I wonder who this woman was, but her resemblance to Kaiba was quite incredible!
Could she possibly be? I stopped. This was none of my business. I carefully placed back the Mokuba photo on top of the woman, as I hastily closed the locket. Then I placed the locket in the small pocket of my dress.
Kaiba should be waiting for me.
I heard honking outside. I ran out of my apartment to see a limo. Kaiba was already here?
I ran to the limo and looked in.
I saw Duke Devlin. I totally forgot.
"You look so lovely tonight!" Duke grinned, as I placed a flower behind my ear.
"Oh..uh..thanks.." I stammered. What was I going to do? I couldn't bear to have Duke go dateless..
Then I had an idea.
"Um, Duke, excuse me." I smiled uneasily, as I ran back to my house. I dialed Kaiba's number on my phone.
"Hello?"
"Kaiba?"
"Serenity? I'm going to pick you up right now."
"Oh, well, that's why I called. You see, um, my brother can give me a lift!" I lied.
"Oh, okay."
"Bye! See you there!" I hung up hastily, as I went to Duke's limo.
"Let's go!" Duke grinned, as he opened the door for me.
"Thank you!" I smiled, as I got in.
We finally got to school, as people were already dancing. I cautiously looked for Kaiba, as I tried hard not to let him see me with Duke. I finally found him by the food stand.
"Hey Duke!" A group of people came up to say hi. I tugged on Duke's suit.
"I'll be right back!" I smiled.
I ran to Kaiba, as I tapped him lightly on the shoulder. Kaiba turned around and smiled at me.
"You look very pretty."
I felt my face turn deep red, as it flushed with embarrassment.
"Thank you." I managed to say. Then I kept one eye at Duke. He was still intrigued by a conversation.
Kaiba sipped his drink, as he watched the group of people dancing.
"Want to dance?" I asked. I knew it would be pretty risky though, but I decided to take the risk anyway.
"Sure." Kaiba and I began to walk towards the platform, until..
"Ugh," Kaiba's shoes had fruit punch splattered on them. It seemed that the guy behind him accidentally bumped into him.
"Yo, I'm really sorry man!" The guy apologized. "Here, I'll go help you wash it off in the restroom."
"Its fine. I'll clean it myself." Kaiba plainly stated. "I'll be back in a couple of minutes Serenity."
"Okay." I smiled, as I watched him head over to the bathroom.
"Serenity!"
I turned around and saw Duke running towards me.
"Let's dance!" Duke grinned, as I pulled me to the dance floor. I smiled back uneasily. We began to dance to a catchy tune, as I saw Kaiba come out of the bathroom.
"Um, Duke, I'll be right back." I smiled, as I headed towards Kaiba and left Duke dancing alone, but he was getting into it.
I was running towards Kaiba, until..THUD!
I felt another foot in front of my ankle, as it sent me flying down onto the floor. My knees ached with pain, as I looked up to see you caused this.
"That is just sad. Two dates. One dance. That is not good."
I looked up to see Rose who was carrying a drink, as my face flushed red. People began to surround around us. My body ached with pain. It was a pretty hard fall on the wooden floor.
"What are you talking about?" I asked. Then I saw Sakura come in.
"Serenity! What happened?" Sakura cried out.
"You just go back in forth from Kaiba to Duke, don't you? Believe me, I know what's going on and what your scheme is Serenity Wheeler!" Rose cried out.
"Shut the hell up Rose! Your just jealous because you can't get any guys!" Sakura cried out in my defense.
"Hmph!" Rose winked at the girl behind her, as she slightly pushed Rose towards me.
"Whoops! I guess my hand slipped!" Rose smirked, as I felt the fruit punch slid on my back, turning my pink dress in a shade of dark pink. I felt the coolness, as my dress absorbed the liquid and stained it into an unusual color.
I felt hot tears come into my eyes.
I had just been humiliated in front of the whole school.
"What the hell was that Rose?"
I stood up and ran off, as I heard the voice of Duke's. I didn't bother to turn around. My heart was filled with chain and embarrassment. I couldn't take it. I just can't.
I ran out of the school gym and into the dark streets of Domino City. I continued to run, as tears rolled out of my eyes like waterfalls.
Then a thought struck me.
Kaiba saw.
I closed my eyes in shame, as I felt a grip on my arm. I tripped and fell down, as I looked up to see whom this grip belonged too.
"Serenity.."
"Kaiba! Duke asked me to go with him to the dance before and I-" I was cut off as Kaiba hushed me.
"Its okay, just tell that to him." Kaiba pointed at Duke, who was running towards us.
"Serenity!" Duke gasped for breath.
"Duke. I'm sorry. I didn't know what I was thinking. After you asked me, I asked Kaiba to go with-" I stopped, as Duke gave me a smile.
"Its okay. I don't care about that anymore. But. Are you okay?" Duke asked. Then he saw Kaiba next to me. "Well, it seems I'm not needed here. Take care of her, alright?"
Kaiba nodded, as we watched Duke run back to the school.
I was shivering. I didn't realize that it was freezing. My wet dress made it colder, as I was shaking.
Kaiba took off his suit jacket and placed it around my arms. Then he took out a cigarette.
It was the first time I ever saw him smoke.
He lighted his stick, as he sucked in the poisonous drug. I wanted to tell him to stop, but I couldn't do anything. I felt worthless. Useless. Humiliated.
I watched as he blew out puffs of smoke. Then I started to cough.
It seemed that my cough had caught his attention. Kaiba quickly dropped the cigarette, as he stepped on it.
"Sorry." He mumbled, and then he turned to me. "Want to go for a drive?"
I slowly nodded, as I wrapped his jacket tightly around me.
(A/N: Please R&R! ^^)
(A/N: GOME NASAI~! Sorry for taking long! Curse my laziness!! Well, enjoy this chapter and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE KIND REVIEWS!!!!!!!! And no the story is not finished yet because I have a lot more stuff in stored for this fic! ^^)
Today was the day! The day of the homecoming dance I mean! I smiled happily, as I slipped into my pink sleeveless dress. The bottom flowed smoothly, as there was a ribbon tied to the back. I tied a small pink ribbon around my neck and tied two pink ribbons in my hair.
I was ready.
I was getting ready to apply some perfume, but I noticed something shiny on my desk. I picked it up.
It was Kaiba's locket.
I grasped it tightly in my hand. The numerous thoughts of me trying to give him back his locket had failed many times. Was it possible that it was fate? As in someone was telling me to look at this locket?
I hesitated. I didn't know if I should take a look or not. Then I decided to look inside. My curiosity couldn't hold it any longer.
I carefully pulled open the locket cover and smiled warmly. I was a picture of Mokuba smiling inside.
I signed of relief, as I was about to close the locket, but there seemed to be something peeling at the corner of the photo. I carefully peeled off the corner to reveal another picture!
The picture was of a beautiful young woman with glossy curly brown hair. She seemed happy, as she was holding a Sakura blossom. I wonder who this woman was, but her resemblance to Kaiba was quite incredible!
Could she possibly be? I stopped. This was none of my business. I carefully placed back the Mokuba photo on top of the woman, as I hastily closed the locket. Then I placed the locket in the small pocket of my dress.
Kaiba should be waiting for me.
I heard honking outside. I ran out of my apartment to see a limo. Kaiba was already here?
I ran to the limo and looked in.
I saw Duke Devlin. I totally forgot.
"You look so lovely tonight!" Duke grinned, as I placed a flower behind my ear.
"Oh..uh..thanks.." I stammered. What was I going to do? I couldn't bear to have Duke go dateless..
Then I had an idea.
"Um, Duke, excuse me." I smiled uneasily, as I ran back to my house. I dialed Kaiba's number on my phone.
"Hello?"
"Kaiba?"
"Serenity? I'm going to pick you up right now."
"Oh, well, that's why I called. You see, um, my brother can give me a lift!" I lied.
"Oh, okay."
"Bye! See you there!" I hung up hastily, as I went to Duke's limo.
"Let's go!" Duke grinned, as he opened the door for me.
"Thank you!" I smiled, as I got in.
We finally got to school, as people were already dancing. I cautiously looked for Kaiba, as I tried hard not to let him see me with Duke. I finally found him by the food stand.
"Hey Duke!" A group of people came up to say hi. I tugged on Duke's suit.
"I'll be right back!" I smiled.
I ran to Kaiba, as I tapped him lightly on the shoulder. Kaiba turned around and smiled at me.
"You look very pretty."
I felt my face turn deep red, as it flushed with embarrassment.
"Thank you." I managed to say. Then I kept one eye at Duke. He was still intrigued by a conversation.
Kaiba sipped his drink, as he watched the group of people dancing.
"Want to dance?" I asked. I knew it would be pretty risky though, but I decided to take the risk anyway.
"Sure." Kaiba and I began to walk towards the platform, until..
"Ugh," Kaiba's shoes had fruit punch splattered on them. It seemed that the guy behind him accidentally bumped into him.
"Yo, I'm really sorry man!" The guy apologized. "Here, I'll go help you wash it off in the restroom."
"Its fine. I'll clean it myself." Kaiba plainly stated. "I'll be back in a couple of minutes Serenity."
"Okay." I smiled, as I watched him head over to the bathroom.
"Serenity!"
I turned around and saw Duke running towards me.
"Let's dance!" Duke grinned, as I pulled me to the dance floor. I smiled back uneasily. We began to dance to a catchy tune, as I saw Kaiba come out of the bathroom.
"Um, Duke, I'll be right back." I smiled, as I headed towards Kaiba and left Duke dancing alone, but he was getting into it.
I was running towards Kaiba, until..THUD!
I felt another foot in front of my ankle, as it sent me flying down onto the floor. My knees ached with pain, as I looked up to see you caused this.
"That is just sad. Two dates. One dance. That is not good."
I looked up to see Rose who was carrying a drink, as my face flushed red. People began to surround around us. My body ached with pain. It was a pretty hard fall on the wooden floor.
"What are you talking about?" I asked. Then I saw Sakura come in.
"Serenity! What happened?" Sakura cried out.
"You just go back in forth from Kaiba to Duke, don't you? Believe me, I know what's going on and what your scheme is Serenity Wheeler!" Rose cried out.
"Shut the hell up Rose! Your just jealous because you can't get any guys!" Sakura cried out in my defense.
"Hmph!" Rose winked at the girl behind her, as she slightly pushed Rose towards me.
"Whoops! I guess my hand slipped!" Rose smirked, as I felt the fruit punch slid on my back, turning my pink dress in a shade of dark pink. I felt the coolness, as my dress absorbed the liquid and stained it into an unusual color.
I felt hot tears come into my eyes.
I had just been humiliated in front of the whole school.
"What the hell was that Rose?"
I stood up and ran off, as I heard the voice of Duke's. I didn't bother to turn around. My heart was filled with chain and embarrassment. I couldn't take it. I just can't.
I ran out of the school gym and into the dark streets of Domino City. I continued to run, as tears rolled out of my eyes like waterfalls.
Then a thought struck me.
Kaiba saw.
I closed my eyes in shame, as I felt a grip on my arm. I tripped and fell down, as I looked up to see whom this grip belonged too.
"Serenity.."
"Kaiba! Duke asked me to go with him to the dance before and I-" I was cut off as Kaiba hushed me.
"Its okay, just tell that to him." Kaiba pointed at Duke, who was running towards us.
"Serenity!" Duke gasped for breath.
"Duke. I'm sorry. I didn't know what I was thinking. After you asked me, I asked Kaiba to go with-" I stopped, as Duke gave me a smile.
"Its okay. I don't care about that anymore. But. Are you okay?" Duke asked. Then he saw Kaiba next to me. "Well, it seems I'm not needed here. Take care of her, alright?"
Kaiba nodded, as we watched Duke run back to the school.
I was shivering. I didn't realize that it was freezing. My wet dress made it colder, as I was shaking.
Kaiba took off his suit jacket and placed it around my arms. Then he took out a cigarette.
It was the first time I ever saw him smoke.
He lighted his stick, as he sucked in the poisonous drug. I wanted to tell him to stop, but I couldn't do anything. I felt worthless. Useless. Humiliated.
I watched as he blew out puffs of smoke. Then I started to cough.
It seemed that my cough had caught his attention. Kaiba quickly dropped the cigarette, as he stepped on it.
"Sorry." He mumbled, and then he turned to me. "Want to go for a drive?"
I slowly nodded, as I wrapped his jacket tightly around me.
(A/N: Please R&R! ^^)