I Will Always Be the Same
By Anime Queen
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Back from my long break! I just couldn't stay away from this world! I belong in fanficdom!!!! ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!!! It's getting irritating to put up the disclaimer all the time, but it's beats ending up sued ^_^
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Chapter 8 - Now We're Even
=...= Mai's thoughts
I sat in the corner of the small room, holding my still aching head. Seto Kaiba paced around in the center, looking impatient and angry. But I guess that's what all rich guys with power act like.
"Hey you!" Seto suddenly shouted through the door at the sound of approaching footsteps. "Let me out! I demand an explanation!"
I snorted.
"Let it go Kaiba."
"How dare those good-for-nothing pieces of shit!" he spat through the tiny window, and it could be heard hitting the wall on the other side. "Don't they know who I am!"
"That's why they've got you, duh."
I rolled my eyes. For an owner of a major company, he sure seemed slow.
"Well you're overly calm, for someone imprisoned for nothing," he bit out.
"Do you really think I'm okay with this?!" I jumped to my feet. My head swam, but I ignored it. "You're exactly right - I didn't do anything! The only reason I'm in this dump is because of you, you fucking bastard!"
"No one asked you to come to help me! You did that on your own, so stop blaming me!"
"No one asked you for the money, either!"
We glared at each other.
"I guess we're even, then," he said in a greatly calmed-down tone.
"Whatever."
My head hurt, and I sank back down into the corner, pouting. He sighed in irritation, and leaned his head against the door. I closed my eyes to try to calm down, and make the pain go away. I heard him moving around, but I didn't give a shit as to what he was going to do. His soft footsteps stopped close to me, and I heard his trench coat rustle.
"Does it hurt bad?" his voice was completely calm now, and really quiet.
"What do you care?" I muttered under my breath. He sighed in frustration, and I opened my eyes. He was crouching next to me, looking angrily at the ground.
"What's your problem? I'm only trying to make things better," he got up abruptly.
"Oh, yeah, you now made everything so much better than it was before -" my tirade was interrupted by a clattering sound at my feet. "... I knew you..." I finished slowly, picking up the small bottle of Advil he threw.
=Why? Why is he trying to be nice? Is it because he feels guilty for dragging me into this? Well he should! It's all his fault!=
"I don't need any," I said airily, although my head painfully insisted otherwise. I rolled the bottle back to him across the floor, and it hit him in the back of his shoes. Kaiba looked like he was going to explode. He grabbed the bottle, and squeezed it so hard that the top came off with a loud pop. He advanced onto me with gritted teeth.
"Quit being so stubborn! Now we both know your fucking head hurts like hell, so whatever god damn problem you have with me - suck it up, and swallow this right this minute!" he shook out two pills from the bottle, and thrust them into my face. I smacked them out, and got up.
"Don't yell at me! You have no damn right! I don't have to take this shit from you, you don't even know me!"
"You're impossible," he spat out in disgust, and took a step closer to me.
=Who does he think he is? My mother?=
"Don't you take another step or I'll punch your face in!" I balled my hand into a fist. "I'm warning you Kaiba!"
My headache went from being a dull throbbing pain to a really loud thumping sound that seemed able enough to crack my skull in two. Kaiba was moving closer to me, and I swung with my fist, but I touched nothing but air.
His image slid in and out of focus, and I started to feel dizzy. I felt the two Advil pills sliding into my mouth, and falling down my throat. I made an effort to swallow, since I knew I would otherwise choke. My eyelids felt heavy, and all I could hear was the loud beating of my heart.
I guess I dozed off, because I don't remember consciously lying down on the floor. And I certainly don't remember having Kaiba's trench coat on top of me.
I opened my eyes fully, wincing in advance and expecting the pain to come back. But instead, no matter how much I thought about it, my head was just fine. I guess that was some strong Advil.
For the first time, I became aware of the fat that I wasn't alone on the floor. I turned to my side gently, and soot I was looking at a sleeping Seto. He didn't look like the all-mighty owner of Kaiba Corp at all, with his hair all over, his clothes rumpled, and without his beloved jacket. I fingered the material over me, and suddenly I had this strange thought and smiled.
It was dark out, so I assumed it was around one am. I didn't have a chance to examine our prison, with my headache and shouting matches with Seto. A single ray of moonlight fell into the center of the room from a tiny window far up on the opposite wall, but it was enough to distinguish a pile of bags in one of the corners.
=Must be Seto's=
I sighed. Then, a brown strap jutting out from the bottom caught my eye.
=Can it be mine?=
I got out from under Seto's coat, and pulled it over the sleeping figure next to me.
=There, now he looks more like himself= And I smiled again.
I crawled over to the pile of luggage, and hurriedly threw the top bags aside. I was right - it was my backpack. Now that I thought about it, I was really hungry. I groped around, and pulled out a chocolate bar.
The stirring in the corner took my attention from the piece of chocolate already in my mouth. Looked like Seto was waking up. I shrugged and turned back to my food.
"You know, I guess it was all my fault," he said quietly, his voice still sleepy.
"U-hum, I know."
"Hey, I'm trying to apologize here!" But he wasn't really yelling.
=I bet he's not even sorry. He just wants the chocolate=
"Forgive and forget aren't things that I do. But that was a good try," I sighed and threw him a bar of Milky-Way.
I could hear him gritting his teeth.
"I wasn't begging for food!"
"No?" I raised my eyebrows. "Well then, give it back," I held out my hand. "Come on, hand it over."
"Maybe just half," he said sheepishly, and broke the bar in two. I waved my hand.
"Keep it. You're so pathetic."
He ate it all, and we were back to being silent. We were even once again. Him, the owner of Kaiba Corp, and me, a runaway nobody - we were both in the same boat.
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Ahh! Done! God, I've been typing up all the fics today for hours, cuz I haven't been typing them during the week ^^U My fingers hurt *whine whine whine* Please review so my efforts wouldn't be in vain!! ^_^
By Anime Queen
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Back from my long break! I just couldn't stay away from this world! I belong in fanficdom!!!! ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!!! It's getting irritating to put up the disclaimer all the time, but it's beats ending up sued ^_^
***********************************************************************
Chapter 8 - Now We're Even
=...= Mai's thoughts
I sat in the corner of the small room, holding my still aching head. Seto Kaiba paced around in the center, looking impatient and angry. But I guess that's what all rich guys with power act like.
"Hey you!" Seto suddenly shouted through the door at the sound of approaching footsteps. "Let me out! I demand an explanation!"
I snorted.
"Let it go Kaiba."
"How dare those good-for-nothing pieces of shit!" he spat through the tiny window, and it could be heard hitting the wall on the other side. "Don't they know who I am!"
"That's why they've got you, duh."
I rolled my eyes. For an owner of a major company, he sure seemed slow.
"Well you're overly calm, for someone imprisoned for nothing," he bit out.
"Do you really think I'm okay with this?!" I jumped to my feet. My head swam, but I ignored it. "You're exactly right - I didn't do anything! The only reason I'm in this dump is because of you, you fucking bastard!"
"No one asked you to come to help me! You did that on your own, so stop blaming me!"
"No one asked you for the money, either!"
We glared at each other.
"I guess we're even, then," he said in a greatly calmed-down tone.
"Whatever."
My head hurt, and I sank back down into the corner, pouting. He sighed in irritation, and leaned his head against the door. I closed my eyes to try to calm down, and make the pain go away. I heard him moving around, but I didn't give a shit as to what he was going to do. His soft footsteps stopped close to me, and I heard his trench coat rustle.
"Does it hurt bad?" his voice was completely calm now, and really quiet.
"What do you care?" I muttered under my breath. He sighed in frustration, and I opened my eyes. He was crouching next to me, looking angrily at the ground.
"What's your problem? I'm only trying to make things better," he got up abruptly.
"Oh, yeah, you now made everything so much better than it was before -" my tirade was interrupted by a clattering sound at my feet. "... I knew you..." I finished slowly, picking up the small bottle of Advil he threw.
=Why? Why is he trying to be nice? Is it because he feels guilty for dragging me into this? Well he should! It's all his fault!=
"I don't need any," I said airily, although my head painfully insisted otherwise. I rolled the bottle back to him across the floor, and it hit him in the back of his shoes. Kaiba looked like he was going to explode. He grabbed the bottle, and squeezed it so hard that the top came off with a loud pop. He advanced onto me with gritted teeth.
"Quit being so stubborn! Now we both know your fucking head hurts like hell, so whatever god damn problem you have with me - suck it up, and swallow this right this minute!" he shook out two pills from the bottle, and thrust them into my face. I smacked them out, and got up.
"Don't yell at me! You have no damn right! I don't have to take this shit from you, you don't even know me!"
"You're impossible," he spat out in disgust, and took a step closer to me.
=Who does he think he is? My mother?=
"Don't you take another step or I'll punch your face in!" I balled my hand into a fist. "I'm warning you Kaiba!"
My headache went from being a dull throbbing pain to a really loud thumping sound that seemed able enough to crack my skull in two. Kaiba was moving closer to me, and I swung with my fist, but I touched nothing but air.
His image slid in and out of focus, and I started to feel dizzy. I felt the two Advil pills sliding into my mouth, and falling down my throat. I made an effort to swallow, since I knew I would otherwise choke. My eyelids felt heavy, and all I could hear was the loud beating of my heart.
I guess I dozed off, because I don't remember consciously lying down on the floor. And I certainly don't remember having Kaiba's trench coat on top of me.
I opened my eyes fully, wincing in advance and expecting the pain to come back. But instead, no matter how much I thought about it, my head was just fine. I guess that was some strong Advil.
For the first time, I became aware of the fat that I wasn't alone on the floor. I turned to my side gently, and soot I was looking at a sleeping Seto. He didn't look like the all-mighty owner of Kaiba Corp at all, with his hair all over, his clothes rumpled, and without his beloved jacket. I fingered the material over me, and suddenly I had this strange thought and smiled.
It was dark out, so I assumed it was around one am. I didn't have a chance to examine our prison, with my headache and shouting matches with Seto. A single ray of moonlight fell into the center of the room from a tiny window far up on the opposite wall, but it was enough to distinguish a pile of bags in one of the corners.
=Must be Seto's=
I sighed. Then, a brown strap jutting out from the bottom caught my eye.
=Can it be mine?=
I got out from under Seto's coat, and pulled it over the sleeping figure next to me.
=There, now he looks more like himself= And I smiled again.
I crawled over to the pile of luggage, and hurriedly threw the top bags aside. I was right - it was my backpack. Now that I thought about it, I was really hungry. I groped around, and pulled out a chocolate bar.
The stirring in the corner took my attention from the piece of chocolate already in my mouth. Looked like Seto was waking up. I shrugged and turned back to my food.
"You know, I guess it was all my fault," he said quietly, his voice still sleepy.
"U-hum, I know."
"Hey, I'm trying to apologize here!" But he wasn't really yelling.
=I bet he's not even sorry. He just wants the chocolate=
"Forgive and forget aren't things that I do. But that was a good try," I sighed and threw him a bar of Milky-Way.
I could hear him gritting his teeth.
"I wasn't begging for food!"
"No?" I raised my eyebrows. "Well then, give it back," I held out my hand. "Come on, hand it over."
"Maybe just half," he said sheepishly, and broke the bar in two. I waved my hand.
"Keep it. You're so pathetic."
He ate it all, and we were back to being silent. We were even once again. Him, the owner of Kaiba Corp, and me, a runaway nobody - we were both in the same boat.
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Ahh! Done! God, I've been typing up all the fics today for hours, cuz I haven't been typing them during the week ^^U My fingers hurt *whine whine whine* Please review so my efforts wouldn't be in vain!! ^_^