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Chapter 3: Who Loves Who?
She had done it! Shizuka had finished her math test! She had never felt so free in her life!
Now she sat on the steps in front of the school and waited for her friends. According to her watch, they would arrive in exactly ten minutes, when their class was over.
Lucky for her, because she had taken this math test, her day was done. She could just go home and sleep, or read, or eat, or do any of those nice things that sounded much better then having to sit in class and listen to the teacher give a lecture. It was especially better then having to sit in a classroom with Seto Kaiba.
Seto Kaiba.
Once again, that was the only thing on young Shizuka Jounouchii's mind.
Once again, she was caught imagining his blue eyes and running her hand through those chestnut locks.
And so once again, she slapped herself in the face, quite literally.
STOP IT!!!! It's Kaiba! Seto Kaiba is bad!! BAD! BAD! BAD!
Damn that boy!
Ok, she needed a change of pace, so she took out the application for Kitagawa College, the college of her dreams. On the front of the brochure there was a gorgeous photo of the campus, and she could so imagine herself there already.
Then she once again flipped through the application and got to the part that discussed tuition. Then something hit her.
Perhaps it was that number "$15,000" per semester.
"Damn." She said out loud, studying the figure. "If I don't get that scholarship, there's no way that I'll be able to afford this place." That wasn't even the worst part. That was the price for tuition. She would still have to pay for a dorm and any special classes that she took. This sucked!
She needed a backup, there was no guarantee that she would ace this test, and there were hundreds of other people who were just as good at math as she was. She was feeling more unsure of herself with every passing moment.
"I need a job!" She exclaimed out loud.
"What?" Shizuka jumped at the voice, she hadn't noticed Anzu standing behind her.
"Oh…H-hi Anzu!" she said, stuttering, she didn't know why.
"Are you ok?" Anzu asked, looking slightly worried.
"Oh…yeah…of course!"
"Now, what's this about a job?" Anzu asked.
"Well, I need a job to help pay for my college tuition and so if I get one now, I can save up some money." She explained her idea quickly to her best friend.
"Ah, I see. What are you gonna work as?" Anzu asked. "I mean, you're only sixteen."
"Hmmm…what if I got a job at one of those stores like "Modern Chic" or something?"
"Ohhh, you get discounts and we could so go shopping!"
"You're gonna work in a clothes store, Shizuka?" She did not see her brother and Yugi walk up.
"Um, it was just a thought." She mumbled.
"But, what do you want to major in?" Yugi asked. "In college?"
"Um, I don't know really, but maybe something business like or accounting like."
"Then what are you doing wasting your time selling clothes to the female population of the school?!?" Anzu exclaimed
"She's right." Yugi said. "You should get some kind of more professional job…" He thought for a moment. "You could be an office girl and file papers and stuff, it's a start!"
"Boring." Anzu put in.
"But, it might look good on my college application." She said absentmindedly. "That's a good idea, Yugi!" she said. She suddenly stood up.
"Where are you going sis?" Jounouchii asked, startled by her sudden jump into the air from the cold, grey, stone steps.
"I need a newspaper!" She said. "I'm going job hunting!" And so, with that thought in mind, she ran off.
The three remaining teens stared after her. They had a strange feeling about this, what was their young friend getting herself in to?
Then, with that bad timing as they usually had, Otogi and Honda ran over, out of breath.
"Where's Shizuka?!?" They both asked simultaneously.
Honda had a bouquet or roses in his arms and Otogi had a large heart-shaped box of chocolates.
"Um…" Anzu began eyeing the gifts.
Yugi and Jounouchii stared with the same confused expressions in regards to the items that the two love-struck boys held in their hands.
"You just missed her." Anzu said blankly. "Were you guys cutting class to buy those?" she asked, suspiciously.
They looked at each other and then nodded. Well, that was step one of their plan to win Shizuka over.
Phase 1: Gifts-A-Plenty…..Failed
And so, they handed the contents of their arms to Anzu and walked away, miserable.
Anzu on the other hand was extremely happy, since that kind of chocolate just happened to be her favorite, and she guarded it protectively from the hungry looks of Yugi and Jounouchii.
***
Well that test was a complete waste of my life.
Seto Kaiba was back where he belonged, sitting behind the large, cheery wood desk that was in the center of his large office. Actually, he didn't know why he had taken that exam. It was a complete waste of his time and he knew that he would get a 100 anyway, but he supposed that it was just to prove that he was better then the rest of the students were.
Now it was 12:06 P.M. and he sat in that exceedingly comfortable leather chair that he had and typed figures into his laptop, which he always used, because desk-tops annoyed him to end, and he didn't know why.
He glanced at the manila folder that rested on his desk. It contained the report that he needed. He really hoped that his secretary did not mess it up this time, other wise she would be gone. He had no time for people like her. Idiots.
Lo and behold, when he opened the report and began to scan it, there were exactly five mistakes in the first paragraph.
This was the last straw. He sent for his secretary immediately. She waltzed into the office with that stupid smile on her face. God, how he hated her. She was new at Kaiba Corporations and always wore that smile on her face that annoyed the young CEO to that extent that he wanted to punch her in the face most of the time.
He had been in a good mood too. Sure, he was annoyed by the test, but otherwise he had been a pretty satisfied guy that day, well "had been" being the key words in the situation.
"What the hell is this?" he asked coldly, holding the report in one hand at the level of his head. His gorgeous blue ewes were narrowed, which, some females argued, made him look even hotter, but as hot as he may have looked, he also looked scary, and I mean truly frightening.
He received no answer from her, only an exceedingly confused look. God, he really wanted to punch her now, but he'd restrain himself there.
It was only the verbal assaults that came out freely and without restraint.
He decided to fill her in, the sooner he fired her, the sooner he could back to work. "This report is full of mistakes, what the hell were you thinking when you did it?" he asked. His voice was scary. It wasn't loud, in fact quite the opposite. It was dangerously soft.
"I was…I…" She stuttered. That smile was finally leaving her face. He was coming to enjoy this now. Kaiba's mood had just gotten better, as it always did when he saw people fear him. The fear in people's eyes was just a wonderful thing.
"You were not thinking at all when you did this?" he offered, now his eyes were brighter. He was on the toying stage.
"Well…I was on the phone…for a w…while" She tried to explain. Why had she just said that?
"So, you were talking to idiot friends on the phone when you were supposed to be applying your small brain to this report?" he asked.
"I...I was…well…I don't appreciate…y...you t…talking to me that way." She said, her voice clearly faltering.
"Well, you won't have to hear me any more." He said. "Get out, and take all of your belongings with you, you're fired." He said, and then looked back down at his laptop.
She just stood there.
"Do I not speak clearly?" he asked, seeing that she hadn't moved. "Do you need your hearing checked?" Yes, she was really annoying him now.
"But…Kaiba-Saichou…" she began.
That was it. He stood up, making her back up a few steps and shut up promptly.
"One again, was I unclear in my ordering you to leave?" His voice was getting to that dangerously low point that really told you that if you had any brain at all, you would watch out, and even though this girl was not the brightest star in the heavens, she understood that it was a mistake to mess with this guy. Therefore, she promptly turned on her heel and ran out of the office.
And she made me stand up too, just so she could run away, how annoying.
Well, Kaiba had nothing to do now but to sit down again, and, oh yeah, he needed a new secretary. He supposed that he should post an ad in the paper as soon as he could. Someone needed to write down everything important that came out of his mouth during meetings, as well as everything stupid that the other guys said.
But, strangely enough, as he thought of secretary, the face of a certain girl popped into his head.
Shizuka Jounouchii.
What the hell?
He thought.
She's pretty hot...Get a grip Seto, she's his sister and not good enough…
That was the sister of the ma'ke inu! She was related to that pathetic, second-rate duelist, who, Kaiba was going to have a field day beating as soon as school was let out for the entire summer. That was when the tournaments started after all.
Shizuka=Secretary?
"Hmmm..." He said out loud.
Though he continued working, that girl just would not leave his head.
Though I suppose that our lover boy did not write poetry, this was definitely not the first time that she had come into his mind. In fact, he had a photo of her, one that he had stolen from Jounouchii's wallet one of those times that he had beaten him up.
And so, this was something spectacular. Mr. CEO had a crush on Shizuka and Shizuka had a crush on Mr. CEO. Neither of them knew about what the other thought, and when the two made contact, it was anything but love at first site, and neither would ever admit their feelings because surely the other did not feel the same way.
Also, Kaiba was certainly not the only person who had a crush on Shizuka.
And, of course, Shizuka was not the only person who had a crush on Kaiba.
This was going to be interesting.
***
No luck, no luck. She had no luck.
There was not one freaking business oriented job in the entire freaking newspaper!
She could not believe this! This was ridiculous!
Well, as she looked to her side, she saw the "Modern Chic" boutique and as her luck would have had it; there was a sign on the door that read, "Now Hiring." And so, desperate for work at this point, she crossed the street and made her way towards the store.
As she walked in, she could already tell that this was not going to work. The sales girl that sat behind the desk wore her hair in a strange, spiky, purple style, and she read a magazine while blowing enormous bubbles with the seemingly green bubble gum that she chewed, since the bubbles were green.
"Hey you!" she called. Shizuka assumed that she was referring to her, since there was no one else there. "You need any help?"
She was about to ask for a job application, but somehow decided strictly against it. She would not be caught dead working here. "No thanks." She said quietly and politely. The girl behind the register shrugged and went back to flipping through her magazine. She seemed relieved. Shizuka figured that her magazine must have been very interesting.
But, since she had walked in., Shizuka felt obligated to buy something from the store.
She looked onto a shelf next to her and saw an assortment of well...underwear. She decided to try a different shelf. It was for the better.
The next shelf was better, holding a small array of different cosmetics. She picked out a lip liner, paid for it, and ran out of the store. The punk music inside of it was getting to her head.
Looking at her purchase, she realized that she had bought black lip liner. Well, it was dark in there, and she doubted that they sold any other colors anyway.
Great! Ten dollars for black lip liner that I will never, for as long as I live, wear.
Lucky her that Kaiba was posting his advertisement for a secretary that very day, and when she saw the paper tomorrow, it would be there.
Ah, nothing like business to bring two unlikely lovers together.
Though, if each likes the other, that helps too.
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