Author's Notes: Before I continue, thank you to everyone who submitted a review. I'm sorry if my chapters are a bit short, I'm not that good at writing LONG chapters.
"Well, that looks like enough work for one day." Kaiba remarked as he screwed in one final bolt into their half-done creation.
Kyara nodded. "Looks promising.
"Hmm..." Kaiba scrutinized the finshed parts. "But where can the cards go?"
Kyara tapped a part under the contraption with a finger. "We could create a slot under the hologrpahic generatoris where we could insert a card."
Kaiba nodded with satisfaction. "That would be good."
His partner glanced up at the wall clock. "2 o-clock. I gotta go."
"All right then." Seto said as he continued squinting at their invention's parts.
Kyara sighed and stared at the back of his head. "Hey, uh...Seto?"
"Yeah?"
"Uh...I heard there's a new coffee shop in town."
Kaiba put down the card translator and swiveled around in his seat to face her. "What about it?"
Kyara bit her lip. "The owner is a friend of mine. You uh...wanna come with me?"
Seto's eyebrows rose in surprise. "Are you asking me out on a date, Kyara?"
"N-No! I just thought that after all the work we did today, you might wanna take a break, that's all."
For a moment, Seto toyed with the screwdriver he held in his hand. "Fine." he said as he got up.
As they strode back into the front hallway, Mokuba caught up with them. "Hi Seto, Kya!"
"Hey Mokuba." She grinned at the mention of her nickname.
Striding over to a table, Kaiba retrieved his car keys. "Going
somewhere?" Mokuba asked.
His older brother nodded. "We're going for coffee, wanna come?"
Mokuba stuck out a tongue in distaste. "I don't drink coffee, Seto." he replied.
Kyara ruffled the little boy's hair fondly. "That's all right, I'll bring you back a soda or something, okay?"
The diminuitive youth nodded in approval. "Sure!"
"I wish I had a little brother." Kyara said wistfully as the two of them got back into Seto's car.
"You said that already." Seto replied as he started up the ignition.
"I know, I know. But I'm an only child."
"By the way, what's the name of the coffee shop?"
"Heero's Books and Beverages." Kyara answered.
Kaiba raised an eyebrow. "Books AND beverages?"
Kyara laughed at Kaiba's question. "The owner, Heero Midorikawa, is an old friend of my father's. But, Heero has two passions in life: Books and a good cup of coffee. So he decided to open a shop that sells both. He also tends to be a bit eccentric."
"Interesting."
* * *
"That's one mocha latte for the young man, and a decaf for Kya here."
Kyara grinned as she took her order form the tray Heero held out to them. "Thanks, Heero."
"No problem, give your dad my regards, Kyara."
"Nice guy." Kaiba remarked as Heero left and he began sipping at his beverage.
"Yea."
For what seemed like an eternity, the two sipped absently at their repsective drinks, not one word being said. Finally, Seto spoke. "So why did you and your family move here?"
Kyara nearly dropped her coffee, so shocked she was at Kaiba asking her a personal question. "Oh-My dad's a financial advisor, he goes wherever the company wants him to go."
"I see."
"What about you? What are your parents like?"
"I don't wanna talk about my parents." Kaiba said tonelessly.
Kyara rang a finger along the rim of her now empty cup. "Sorry." She grinned cheekily at him in an attempt to cheer him up.
Seto's heart stirred in a way that he didn't like. Or perhaps, was it in a way that he didn't understand? He abruptly changed the subject. "So what's your favorite Duel Mosnter card?"
"Me? Well, I really like the Magician of Faith."
"But it's attack and defense is pathetic."
"True, but I still like it."
"Any other cards?"
Kyara leaned back in her seat. "Well...oh! The Elemental Sorcerer cards!"
Kaiba leaned forward with interest. "Do you own them? All four cards?"
"Yep! The Mage of Winds, the Mage of FIre, the Mage of Water, and the Mage of Earth. When summoned together-"
"The become one supreme Monster: The Elemental Sorcerer. With an attack of 3500 and defense of 2500."
"You know your Monsters."
"I know my cards."
"Well, that looks like enough work for one day." Kaiba remarked as he screwed in one final bolt into their half-done creation.
Kyara nodded. "Looks promising.
"Hmm..." Kaiba scrutinized the finshed parts. "But where can the cards go?"
Kyara tapped a part under the contraption with a finger. "We could create a slot under the hologrpahic generatoris where we could insert a card."
Kaiba nodded with satisfaction. "That would be good."
His partner glanced up at the wall clock. "2 o-clock. I gotta go."
"All right then." Seto said as he continued squinting at their invention's parts.
Kyara sighed and stared at the back of his head. "Hey, uh...Seto?"
"Yeah?"
"Uh...I heard there's a new coffee shop in town."
Kaiba put down the card translator and swiveled around in his seat to face her. "What about it?"
Kyara bit her lip. "The owner is a friend of mine. You uh...wanna come with me?"
Seto's eyebrows rose in surprise. "Are you asking me out on a date, Kyara?"
"N-No! I just thought that after all the work we did today, you might wanna take a break, that's all."
For a moment, Seto toyed with the screwdriver he held in his hand. "Fine." he said as he got up.
As they strode back into the front hallway, Mokuba caught up with them. "Hi Seto, Kya!"
"Hey Mokuba." She grinned at the mention of her nickname.
Striding over to a table, Kaiba retrieved his car keys. "Going
somewhere?" Mokuba asked.
His older brother nodded. "We're going for coffee, wanna come?"
Mokuba stuck out a tongue in distaste. "I don't drink coffee, Seto." he replied.
Kyara ruffled the little boy's hair fondly. "That's all right, I'll bring you back a soda or something, okay?"
The diminuitive youth nodded in approval. "Sure!"
"I wish I had a little brother." Kyara said wistfully as the two of them got back into Seto's car.
"You said that already." Seto replied as he started up the ignition.
"I know, I know. But I'm an only child."
"By the way, what's the name of the coffee shop?"
"Heero's Books and Beverages." Kyara answered.
Kaiba raised an eyebrow. "Books AND beverages?"
Kyara laughed at Kaiba's question. "The owner, Heero Midorikawa, is an old friend of my father's. But, Heero has two passions in life: Books and a good cup of coffee. So he decided to open a shop that sells both. He also tends to be a bit eccentric."
"Interesting."
* * *
"That's one mocha latte for the young man, and a decaf for Kya here."
Kyara grinned as she took her order form the tray Heero held out to them. "Thanks, Heero."
"No problem, give your dad my regards, Kyara."
"Nice guy." Kaiba remarked as Heero left and he began sipping at his beverage.
"Yea."
For what seemed like an eternity, the two sipped absently at their repsective drinks, not one word being said. Finally, Seto spoke. "So why did you and your family move here?"
Kyara nearly dropped her coffee, so shocked she was at Kaiba asking her a personal question. "Oh-My dad's a financial advisor, he goes wherever the company wants him to go."
"I see."
"What about you? What are your parents like?"
"I don't wanna talk about my parents." Kaiba said tonelessly.
Kyara rang a finger along the rim of her now empty cup. "Sorry." She grinned cheekily at him in an attempt to cheer him up.
Seto's heart stirred in a way that he didn't like. Or perhaps, was it in a way that he didn't understand? He abruptly changed the subject. "So what's your favorite Duel Mosnter card?"
"Me? Well, I really like the Magician of Faith."
"But it's attack and defense is pathetic."
"True, but I still like it."
"Any other cards?"
Kyara leaned back in her seat. "Well...oh! The Elemental Sorcerer cards!"
Kaiba leaned forward with interest. "Do you own them? All four cards?"
"Yep! The Mage of Winds, the Mage of FIre, the Mage of Water, and the Mage of Earth. When summoned together-"
"The become one supreme Monster: The Elemental Sorcerer. With an attack of 3500 and defense of 2500."
"You know your Monsters."
"I know my cards."
