Chapter 6: Apology Accepted
Two weeks passed with Ryuko cooking for the Kaiba mansion and still she has not received her period. As more weeks continued to pass, she grew more and more worried and filled with hate for Seto. One day, she finally decided to have herself tested at a hospital only to discover that her worst fear was indeed true; she was with the child of Seto Kaiba.
Inside of her room, she cried like the night she was raped.
"This can't be true! It can't! This isn't fair!" she screamed inside her head. She took a deep breath to calm herself. "This child. I can't get rid of it. It's not his or her fault. It's Seto's. I won't have it killed through an abortion. It deserves to live. Seto had better take care of it though because this is his fault."
A large gust of wind blew a window open scattering the many papers on her desk all over the place. She shut the window but not without witnessing Mokuba being bullied by two larger teenage boys. Seto ran outside and started to fight as well but was being beaten.
"Good riddance," Ryuko said aloud.
The girl picked up the papers that were on the floor. She hadn't bothered to buy herself a journal so she just wrote on random pieces of paper. A certain piece caught her eye for the handwriting was not her own. She read the not that Seto had written to her over a month ago. She rethought the events that happened outside.
"My child deserves loving parents. Maybe I should forgive him."
Ryuko quickly moved down the stairs and out of the door. She ran swiftly and lunged herself on one of the attackers. One of them pulled out a knife to which was aimed at Seto. She sent a stiff hand into the attackers arm and a large snap of bone could be heard. The man dropped the knife and fell to ground. A strong kick from Ryuko broke the arm of the other attacker.
"Are you okay?" she asked Seto, who had been knocked to the ground. His nose was bloody and a deep gash had formed on the side of his face. "Let me help you"
"Ryuko…" he said under his breath. "Why?"
"Shhh. I'm going to help you. You can lean on me."
Ryuko half carried Seto into the mansion again. Once in his room, she cleaned and dressed his blood-spattered wounds.
"Why Ryuko? Why did you help me?"
"Shhh. You need some rest. I'll…I'll tell you later. First get some sleep."
To his shock, Ryuko kissed him on the forehead. Seto's eyes widened and a lump formed in his throat.
"This girl," he thought. "This girl, the girl whom I raped, who hated me, saved me and…and kisses me…"
His head whirled in pain and he dropped off into a deep, dreamless sleep. When he awoke, Ryuko was sitting by his side.
"Good morning," she said with a small smile.
"Good morning…" Seto said in reply, a bit surprised.
"Set-I mean Master?"
"No. You don't have to call me that. My name is Seto."
"Seto?"
"Yes?"
"There's something important that you need to know," she said calmly but urgently. "First, I forgive you for what you did to me."
"You do?"
"Yes. And second…" a tear rolled down her cheek. "I'm bearing your child. I found out yesterday."
"Ryuko, I'm sorry…"
"It's okay now. I just want out child to be happy."
"Our child," he thought. "Not just my child. As if she wanted…"
"Seto, our child deserves to have loving parents who love him or her and each other. Maybe if we love each other, or at least try to, our child might have a better life."
"Ryuko…"
Seto held out his hand and drew it near her abdomen, but pulled it away quickly not wanting to remind her of what had happened previously.
"It's okay," she said taking his hand and placing it over her stomach. "I'm not showing yet, but there is our child…"
Seto couldn't help but hold her close to him.
"I'm sorry…"
"It's fine," she hugged him back and kissed him lightly on the lips.
"Ryuko, why?"
"I told you, I forgive you. We need to love each other now. For the sake of the little one."
Ryuko started to undress herself.
"What are you doing?" asked Seto, stunned.
"Please take me again. If we act on love this time, it will heal the past…"
"But what about the child?"
"It will be fine."
"Ryuko, the moment I left you that night, my lust for you had ended and I started to love you instead. Now you imply that you love me, or are going to try to love me. I don't deserve that from you."
"But you must accept it for the sake of our child. If we join ourselves, we can end what happened and start over again."
Seto daringly kissed her soft cheek.
"I'll be gentle with you this time," he whispered into her ear.
Ryuko kissed Seto with passion and ran her fingers through his hair. He, in return, ran his hand down her thick hair and across her back. The clasps of her bra were found again and unhooked and his shirt was pulled off. Leaning over her, Seto touched her breasts and kissed them. The bruises had still not quite worn away and Seto cursed himself for what he had done. He lowered himself and leaned his ear against her midriff, imagining the growing child inside of her. Ryuko continued to rub his back and shoulders, pulling him up to her chest again. Bravely, Seto put his mouth onto her breast and ran his tongue along its tip. The girl's legs parted as she moaned with feeling for Seto. They took off the rest of their clothes and excited each other when Ryuko brushed her fingers against Seto's manhood. Seto tried to restrain himself but an erection formed and he gasped desperately for Ryuko. They kissed each other as they joined together into one, this time creating love instead of hate. When they had exhausted each other, Ryuko went under the covers and slept by Seto's side, as he was still weak from the previous day.
"Thank you Ryuko," Seto whispered just before they fell asleep.
"For what?"
"For accepting my apology."
"Your welcome. Just don't leave me. Our child needs both of us."
Ryuko kissed him and cuddled up to Seto. She closed her eyes and Seto could feel her soft sleepful breathing against his chest.
"I love you Ryuko."