DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fanfiction produced for entertainment purposes only. Yu-Gi-Oh! and all related characters are the creations of Kazuki Takahashi.
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Part 10: Isis and Seto
By Shadow's Mirror
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"I think my little brother's having an identity crisis." Isis turned her head and silently regarded the young man standing beside her, her expression one of mild curiosity. She had been wondering when Kaiba would acknowledge her presence, especially since he had been the one to ask her out to lunch in the first place. It had been a surprise when he had shown up at the museum, and a shock when he had demanded that she spend the afternoon at the mall with him and Mokuba, but she had agreed to the outing. Isis sensed that he was troubled and, for once, needed someone to talk to.
"Oh? Why do you believe that?" She looked over at the ice-cream store, where Mokuba was sitting waiting for them. He was drinking his milk shake and looked like a perfectly ordinary boy.
"I caught him in the girl's section of the clothing store earlier." Isis turned to Kaiba and arched an eyebrow, not seeing his point. "He was looking at red dresses." She waited for him to elaborate. "In his size." Isis winced.
"Ah. Well, you did put him into that game as a girl…" she reminded him. It was his turn to wince.
"Why does everyone keep saying that as though it was a bad thing?" He scowled at her, annoyed. Isis chuckled softly.
"Don't worry, I don't think it's permanently scarred him. Little brothers just like testing their older siblings' patience sometimes. It will pass in time." She had barely finished speaking when a chorus of shouts and yells drew their attention outside. Two all-too-familiar blonde-haired boys and an equally as familiar white-haired boy were running through the mall, apparently racing each other.
"You were saying?" Kaiba smirked as Isis closed her eyes and sighed heavily. She opened her eyes again and gave him a wry smile.
"Most children grow out of it. Unless they have a yami, and know a second yami, who continually lead them astray," she clarified. As the three boys passed the store, Malik reached out and grabbed his yami's shirt, pulling on him until he could pass him. The boy laughed gleefully at the pout he received in return.
"Somehow, Isis, I don't think the yamis are doing all the leading." Kaiba smirked again and glanced at Isis as she winced.
"At least there's no chocolate sauce involved this time. Unlike last night." She sighed and shook her head, unaware of the startled look that Kaiba was giving her as she watched the boys continue running through the middle of the crowded mall.
"I definitely didn't need to hear that," he muttered. The comment drew Isis from her distraction. She chuckled, then turned back to face him and resumed their earlier discussion.
"As for Mokuba, there's really only one thing you can do."
"Oh? What's that?" Kaiba asked, suddenly wary as Isis's eyes lit up with a mischievous expression that made her relationship to Malik surprisingly obvious.
"Start dating, so your girlfriend can show him how to properly apply makeup. Trust me, that is not something that you want him to try by himself." As Kaiba turned pale, both at the image that her words had just put into his mind and at the sudden realisation that Isis knew exactly why he had asked her out to lunch that day, she smiled and started towards the door.
"You're going?" Kaiba tried not to sound as panicked as he suddenly felt. He hadn't asked her yet. They'd had lunch, done some window shopping and even stepped into a jewelry store, the sweet shop, the toyshop and the florists. It was the whole reason for this ridiculous lunch break… and he still hadn't asked her the question that was burning in his mind. The one that only she could answer.
Isis looked back at him over her shoulder and smiled her usual serenely gentle smile. It was that smile that had first broken through Kaiba's resolve several months earlier, causing an unlikely bond to form between them.
"No, I'm only going to join Mokuba. After seeing what Malik and Marik are up to this afternoon, I find myself in urgent need of ice-cream." She opened the door and then paused to look back at Kaiba again, still smiling.
"By the way, the locket, box of candy and Petite Angel plushie are all well and good, but nothing says 'I'm sorry' quite like flowers. I'd go with the pink roses, if I were you. I happen to know that Téa is particularly fond of them."
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