I need to think of something else. I'm desperate now. Uhm, not work, that makes me tense, I already have stress I don't need to add pressure and more stress to my burdens right now. So then, what else is there. There's Mokuba, and.. school? Hm.

Mokuba is the only one I can depend on in my life. Though I wish I could depend more on others as well. But I hate to take chances like that. I don't like to get too close, some times I don't even wish to be too close to Mokuba, though he's the only one I ever get close to periodically.

Maybe school should be the subject right now. What's happening? They're having a party, aren't they having a gift exchange? Yeah, that's right. And lucky me, I just had to get him.. ..

.. .. ..

Ugh. No, the subject went back to him again. How? Why won't my mind leave that alone. Ugh. I'm suppose to be a genius, I can find a solution to anything, right? Wrong.

I can't find and answer to my problem, well, I have. I've found two, and those two answer both go in different directions and will affect my life greatly in their two ways. The problem with that is which answer to pick?

Oh no, one problem leads to another, and so many different answer that have the same or very different outcome. How annoying is it, to have a problem with two answer. One answer goes two ways, both affecting me greatly, and the other answer affects me in one of the ways the other answer does.

So if I choose the answer that goes both ways, do I have a better chance at being affected greatly in a good way? I don't know. This is even too complicated for my mind! Me! The great Seto Kaiba!

But I suppose even the greatest of geniuses can't figure out the logic to love, that's also supposing love has logic to it, which I highly doubt. If love was logical, I wouldn't have this problem.

Heh, that's something Mokuba tells me, I'm too logical for my own good. I know I am, but it's too hard to change from one's habits. My logic is what keeps me together, if I didn't have my logic, I'd be sulking all day at how my life would be ruined due to confusion.

I can't chance changing so drastically. Though, that's something about change I hate, it happens so suddenly, or it starts slowly until it suddenly jolts at you, but either way it happens too fast for my liking.

Hmm.. I wonder.. how did I get from thinking about the school party to how much I hate changing? Well, it's not the point.

It started raining. And I don't mean my soul or heart this time either. It really started raining, ironic for my mood. At least the bench I'm sitting at is under a large tree. That provides me some shelter from it, just a few rain drops that leak through won't bug me much, much less then being poured on.

I sigh. I'm so tired, probably from being so depressed. I cross my arms on the bench and lean forward, resting my head on my arms. My coat the only thing keeping me warm in this cold winter evening.

Night fall will come soon, but I don't feel like moving. At least tomorrow is Saturday, I won't have to worry about being up for school. And Mokuba knows not to worry when I'm not home for a night or day.

My mind is so weary, I shiver subconsciously as my eyes slide closed and I drift into darkness without knowing.

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Everything is black, there's no light here. Where am I?

I must be dreaming. I need to wake up then. And call my driver to take me home, but.. why won't I wake up??

I small light forms far away, high above me. I walk towards it and look up. It looked like a pale blue flame. What is it I wonder. I reach up to touch it, it looked close enough to touch, but as I reached, I couldn't feel it. So. It's high up, but you can't tell by looks.

I jump in shock as the flame grows big suddenly and then returns to normal size. I can barely hear a voice, like a soft whisper. It reminds me of the whisper of the soft scented pine trees of the forests.

I can barely hear the words. I know they are words, I just can't tell what words to be precise.

My eyes widen, I swear I just heard the name Yami. And I could swear I heard his voice. I want to touch the flame so badly now. But my experiment with it a moment ago keeps me from doing so.

I hear my name called in a hoarse whisper by Yami's voice. I look up slowly and I see him in my suddenly blurred sight.

Suddenly I find myself awake. My odd dream had faded into reality without me knowing so. I focus my vision and a gasp silently as I see Yami in front of me, staring down at me.

"Kaiba?"

"Yami."

"What are you doing out here in the rain?" He asks in his deep voice, even if I'm his biggest rival, his voice his filled with care and concern.

"I might ask the same thing of you." I reply harshly. Composing myself and plastering my daily glare on again.

"I was inside the game shop when I saw you out here." He pointed towards the game shop across the street to prove his point.

"Oh." I say dumbly. I guess I might as well answer him then. "It's really none of your business, but I was just thinking about things, that's all."

He nods and we're in silence for a moment. "Come inside out of the cold and rain, you can call your driver from there." He says, raising his umbrella. Did he just.. no. How could I think that.

I chuckle in a menacing tone, yet not to menacing. "Sorry, I'll have to decline your request." I say standing up and moving away from the bench, yet still under the tree.

He quirks his head slightly and looks at me. Dang, that's such a cute look on him, it comes close to one of those pouty, curious and naïve looks. I stare at him questioningly in return.

"It wasn't a request though, it was an order." He says smirking. I'm caught a little off guard by his blunt statement and find myself staring at him for a minute or two before replying.

"What makes you think I'll obey your orders?" I scoff, but I yelp ever so slightly as he grabs my wrist and pulls me along as we walk to the game shop.

"Because I'm not giving you any choice." He states after a few minutes and just glare at his back as he pulls me along. There'd be no sense in resisting right now, I uhm, I have no desire to get wet.

He opens the door and stands aside as I walk in and he follows after.

Yugi looks up from the counter and smiles. "Hey, Kaiba!"

I grunt in reply and turn to glare at Yami, who's already walking towards his hikari. His hikari jogs to him and hugs him, and he returns the hug and pats his aibou on the head as well.

Grr, some times that little runt of a hikari Yami has makes me jealous. I wish I was treated like that by Yami, and I probably could be if I wasn't so fearful of rejection.

I didn't bring my cellphone with me today, I didn't bring anything I could use to contact my driver, ugh. I guess I just didn't feel like being bothered if anybody called me.

"Could I use your phone?" I ask. Yugi nods and picks it up and hands it to me, and I dial in the numbers. "Hello? Hn, pick me up at the Turtle Game Shop." I click the phone off, I was never the type of person to have a big conversation on a phone, unless it was with a business man. Actually, I don't do much pointless conversations at all.

"So what ya been up to lately, Kaiba?" Yugi asks, breaking the annoying silence, normally I dislike being asked questions just to make conversation, but now I don't know whether to be annoyed at him for asking, or thankful for breaking that silence. "Invent anything new?" He asks curiously.

"No." I reply bluntly and say nothing more.

"Oh." He pauses trying to think of something. "Uhm, how's Mokuba doing?"

"He's good." I lean against a wall. Mokuba's been wanting to see Yugi and his friends for a while.

"And how have you been doing?" Yugi asks, I look up ready to answer the same, but then Yami cuts in.

"Yes, I'd like to know too, you've been acting differently recently." He tilts his head showing his curiosity, and I can't help but notice how pathetically cute it is.

"I'm fine. Nothing's wrong."

I look in a certain direction to see Mr. Mouto enter with a tray of hot chocolate. I quirk on eyebrow. Did they plan this whole thing with me being here? The old man throws me a glance and I can't place the emotions within it.

I wonder if he's okay with me being around, if I'm just one of Yugi's 'friends', or if he's still mad about what I did to his Blue Eyes card. He sets the tray on the counter and hands us all a cup. I would've decline but his expression was insisting, with Yami being like an adopted grandson to him, I think it'd be best to try and get on his good side now.

I can't believe this. I feel nervous, almost.. shy? I take a sip of the hot chocolate, forgetting that it was.. well.. hot. I wince slightly, I try my best not to show it. But I think Yami saw it. He's looking at me almost with an amused expression.

"Hey, how about a duel to pass by time?" Yugi suddenly suggests, obviously getting bored by the awkward silence.

I nod slowly. "Sure."

Yugi went to run up the stares, I suppose for his deck, when he stopped and looked at Yami. "Uhh.. Yami? Where did you put my deck after you were done looking through it?"

Yami blanched. "Uhh..." I swear, that dumbfounded look he had on was so adorable. "Lemme just go up with you and help you look." He glanced at me questioningly, I nod sending the signal I was fine down here. He gave me an apologetic look and raced upstairs with his hikari.

I watched, and just stared at the staircase where they just were. Then I blinked, I could feel eyes. I turn slightly and saw Solomon sitting at the counter, he looked like her was reading a book, but I could've sworn he was looking at me.

"So.." He says abruptly. "I don't really buy it.."

I blink. "Buy what?"

"That nothing's wrong with you."

I go dead quiet. Yikes, he's a smart old geyser ain't he. Wait, why did I say that in that way? God, I sounded like that mutt.

"Then what do you think is wrong with me." I say in a challenging tone, daring him to try and guess, which was a very stupid thing to do with what his answer was.

"You have a crush on Yami." He says bluntly, and my mouth falls open as I gape at him.

"N-no, I don't!" I deny, though it made my heart throb.

"Then why are you quick to deny, and as well, stuttering?" He hasn't even looked up from that book yet.

"..." I fall silent again. Feeling a bit awkward. He looks up and I slowly, and almost shyly look at him, though not directly.

"Seto, look at me directly." He says in a commanding tone. No matter how much I want to snap back, he has me cornered in an awkward position you could say.

I look at him directly in the eyes and he gives me one of his comforting smiles that confuses me, it was like one of those smiles a parent gives their child.

"Ah, I'm not mad at you." He says with that elderly all-knowing grin of his it was small, but it explained his emotion quite easily.

Mad at me? For what? "What?" I ask in reply.

"For ripping my Blue Eyes White Dragon card. I'm not upset with you." He explains briefly and I'm stuck on how he's finding out about me so well. Is he some kind of psychic now? Or maybe my current condition with my confusing mix of emotions is getting to me and my shield is weakening.

"Oh. Yeah, uhm.." I trail off not knowing what to say to the old man. "Sorry?"

"There's no need for apologies, I said I wasn't mad." I look back down at the floor and take another sip of the hot fluid in the cup, once again forgetting it was.. hot. I wince slightly. "Do you wish to talk about it? It might help you some."

"Talk about what?"

"Your feelings towards Yami." I glare at him.

"That's my business, and I don't see how talking to you would help."

"Because, things like love are dealt with experience better than knowledge."

I stare at him. I see what he's getting at, because I'm logical, and he's older. I would usually use my knowledge and witty mind to solve things, and that isn't working in this department. Where as, he's much older than I am, so he'd have more experience with the issue.

My mouth opens but no words come out, only silence. I feel like crying, but Gozaburo taught me not to. So I can't, or at least as far as I know, I can't. Or maybe it's just that I won't.

"It's alright, I won't tell anyone anything you tell me."

"Hm, but what if-"

"What if Yami and Yugi come down during the conversation. I highly doubt it, Yami is always misplacing things, and it always takes him a lot of time to find it. And with Yugi helping him, that might just make it longer." He laughs at the humor of the issue. Maybe if I were a normal teen, I'd laugh to, but I'm not. I'm more like a machine than a teen.

"Oh. Well, uhh.." I don't know whether to talk about it or not. I've never expressed myself to some one.

"Seto, you know what you're missing in your life, besides the love of a soul mate." I look at him, my face showing I didn't know. "What you need, and very desperately may I add, is a parent."

"What about Goza-" He cut me short.

"Gozaburo was not the best fatherly figure." His face became stern and I felt nervous again.

"So what's your point? I'd be a lot different if I had a parent?" I ask him.

"Yes, you could say that."

"Oh, then what am I suppose to do? Put me and Mokuba up for adoption again?! People would only adopt us for the company for that!"

He shakes his head. "No. You don't need to do that. You just need to find some one you can get close to, to act like a parent. Or act as an influence on your life. That's all."

I blink at him. "You mean some one like.. you?"

He smiles. "If that's what you wanted."

"But don't you have a lot on your hands with the game shop, and Yugi and Yami?"

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that. Yami and Yugi aren't really much trouble and I could just get them to watch the shop, actually, I should do that some time." I chuckle and he smiles at me. "To be honest, I don't mind having another youngster to look after."

I blink at him. "You don't?" I ask, ignoring the irritated feeling I had for being called a 'youngster'.

"Nope, not at all. I'd be happy to help you in any possible."

My mind has suddenly gone blank. I think I'm beginning to lose all my logic. This was a big twist and sudden change. I chuckle lightly. "You know, I think this is the only normal conversation I've had with anyone in a long time, well, anyone except Mokuba."

"Hm, well, I'm glad for you then."

We could hear Yami and Yugi coming back down. "You know, I think I'll take you up on that offer."

"Glad to hear it." He smiles, and a moment later Yugi and Yami are back down here and getting ready to set up for the duel.

(TBC)

[Aww.. that was cute, sort of. ^^ I like the way I made Solomon act! Lol. I dunno why, does that sound like the real him to you? Because when I read him, that is if the person actually has him in their story, they make him really perverted and it's disturbed that way. And I don't think I've really ever read a fic that didn't have him even just a little perverted. o.o;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; That's rather odd. v_v I wish I could have him for a granddaddy. I dun have grandparents.. wait, wouldn't that make Yugi my brother?? o.o KOOL! ^_^ Anyways, for some replies, I was actually planning on doing all replies at the very end of the story, but I wanna show my gratitude to you now!]

Kitsune-Kurama: o.o;;;;;;; Hiei?? ^^;;;;; Yeah, I suppose they're sort of alike, but in the actual anime, Kaiba has a really cold glare, and Hiei has a really cold glare with an adorable pouty face! ^____________^ If you've never seen it, then you should pay attention to a character's features more closely it's so kawaii!

YAMI CHIP: What the heck?? You actually review.. THIS?! o.o;;;;; I'm astonished.. do you like have me on your author's alerts or something?! o.O;;;;;;;;;; Well, uh, thanks. I really wouldn't say you're one of the dense ones. I'd say you're like me, act dense cuz you don't feel like being smart, but you really know what's going on, even if others think you don't. ^.~

Smoocher of Evil: Interesting pen name! ^^ hehe, I like that, it reminds me of my kindergarten years.. *cough* But you didn't need to know that. Yes, it is Seto as you now know and yes it is Yami also as you now know! And I added Solomon as a twist! XD I luv my work. Or as uhm.. what's his face from the three musketeers would say, "Gotta love my work!"

Misura: O.O;;;; Now THIS is a total surprise. You? Reviewing MY fic?!?! I FEEL SO HONORED! Well, not that I don't feel honored by the other reviews it's just, ah forget, you know what I mean! ^^ The chapter sounded poetic? You should reread your review! XD Now THAT sounded poetic, and I felt flattered, thank you so much, oh and I would call you an unrealistic optimist, but that's only if that's what you wanted. Hehe, Yami will save Seto after he finds out. Oops. _ Now you know he finds out, ah well, you don't know how at least! MWAHAHA!!

Domo arigatogozaimasou minna-san for reviewing! And gomen nasai for taking so long to update! I hope to update Curse of the Dog soon too! -__- Hope..