Seto Kaiba looked at the boy in front of him, at the only person to ever defeat him in Duel Monsters, to the boy who was supposed to be his arch rival, he looked at him and felt happiness. Not hatred not the all burning anger he used to feel but the happiness that someone might feel at seeing an old friend after a long time. Seto was quite surprised at these new feelings but also did not push them away. He had known for a long time how good and innocent Yugi was even Yami Yugi, Yugi's shadow self was although more mature and determined, also had Yugi's good heart and compassion. That was something Seto Kaiba was never thought to have, compassion and a warm heart. He had to admit that at times he had hated that people thought of him as cold no matter how well it helped him control his business partners. It wasn't until he met Yugi however that he had even thought he had wanted to change himself. The small boy in front of him had showed him how to play with the heart of the cards and therefore show that he still had one. Seto also could never forget how Yugi had tried to help his brother and would not believe that he, Kaiba, was dead when he fought the shape shiftier who had taken on the form of a Zombie Kaiba. He knew that his brother had good instincts about people and if Mokuba trusted Yugi than he supposed it was time for himself to trust Yugi as well, the boy had defiantly shown he trusted Seto.
Walking up to Yugi Seto held out his hand and looking at Yugi gave him a ghost of a smile. Yugi was shocked! Had Seto Kaiba, the same Seto Kaiba who he had never in his life smile a real smile, just give him a friendly one? It didn't seem possible but he couldn't dismiss the small lift of Seto's lips when he had offered him his hand. Yugi at one grasped Kaiba's hand in a firm but warm handshake. Soon they were back as they were before standing with there hands by their sides looking at the other. There silence was broken moments later by the scurrying of footsteps and the gasp of a girl from behind Yugi.
"Geez, is that who I think it is?" A tough male voice asked Adriana followed the voice to a young blond haired boy who was standing behind Yugi. The boy wasn't alone ether. Beside him was another boy with brown hair, while his companions hair was long this boy's hair was quite short and was shaved into a crop top. The last member of this ragtag group was surprisingly a female. She was tall with brown hair cut to shoulder-length. When she turned to look at Seto beside her she saw that he seemed to know these other three people as well as Yugi.
"Well Yugi I see you couldn't stand to leave your fan club behind." Seto replied in a teasing yet sneering fashion. Yugi smiled as he looked at his friends around him. Of course he couldn't have left them behind. Teia, Joey, and Tristian had all been with him the first time that he had gone to challenge Pegasus, it wouldn't have been right to leave them behind this time ether. Yugi noticed that Seto wasn't alone, although it didn't surprise him that Mokuba was by Seto's side Yugi was surprised to see the woman who was holding onto Seto's arm her face masked in confusion for all the new people she was meeting. Suddenly Yugi felt Yami wanting to come out to say his own hello and with a smile let the power of his millennium puzzle wash over him. Soon the small innocent Yugi was gone replaced with a taller, more compelling, red-eyed version. Adriana let out a gasp as she saw the Yugi's transformation. The new Yugi smiled at her and bowed toward her in Japanese politeness.
"Do not be afraid dear lady for you see I am who everyone call Yami Yugi or Yami for short, I am Yugi shadow self, his other side if you will that comes out with the magic of the millennium puzzle," Yami then turned to Kiaba a small smile on his face.
"I knew you would be bringing Mokuba Kaiba for he is your brother and you want to know he'll be safe but I never thought to see the day when you would walk into Pegasus's mansion with a beautiful woman on your arm, I did not know you had a girlfriend." Adriana blushed at the word girlfriend and was surprised to see Seto cheeks were also slightly red at Yami's words.
"She is not my girlfriend Yami but my brothers caretaker, I thought that after the whole thing with Pegasus that my brother needed someone besides me to take care of him someone who could give him the attention a mother gives a son, Mokuba needs that for he has been so long without it, and so I hired Miss. Cramer here to do just that and she has the job admirably well." Yami picked up her hand and as Adriana watched placed his lips on it just as Pegasus had moments before. This time though instead of feeling revulsion she felt embarrassed slightly at his gesture and also feelings of great kindness towards this boy, both sides of him, and knew with a sixth sense that they would be good friends. Taking her hand from Yami Adriana turned to find Seto looking angry and his glare of anger was focused on Yami. Why was Seto mad at Yami, it couldn't because he had kissed her hand had it?
"Hey Yug your hogging all her attention let us say hello too." The blond haired boy yelled to his comrade breaking into Adriana's thoughts
"Yeah," The brown haired boy complained, " it's not every day we get to be in the company of a beautiful lady." The girl beside the two boys Yugi had brought with them turned red in the face steam coming out of her ears as she bonked both boys over the head with her purse.
"HEY WHAT AM I CHOPPED LIVER!" She yelled at them her tone one of anger. Both boys put there arms behind their heads smiling guilty smiles.
"Well you see.....
"We didn't mean too......
"We really do think your.......
Yugi now back to Yugi began to laugh slightly at the guilty faces of his friends.
"Joey, Tristian stop it you know you shouldn't have insulted Teia like that," He turned back to Seto and Adriana with a sigh. Suddenly it seemed as though he remembered something and he blushed slightly in embarrassment.
"I almost forgot I haven't introduced you to my friends yet, well the blond haired boy is Joey, the boy next to him and Joey's best friend is Tristian, and the only girl of our group is of course Teia."
"It's ah nice to meet you." She said bowing to them all in true Japanese fashion. They all bowed back to her. After introductions were made Seto looked over at Yugi's group realizing one of them were missing.
"Hey Yugi where is that other boy that's in your group, you know the one with the white hair, oh what's his name Baru, Baka,.....
"Bakura?" Teia supplied stifling a giggle at thinking that Bakura's name was Baka the Japanese word for idiot.
"Yeah that's it Bakura where is he I thought for sure he'd come with you especially since he has the millennium ring in his possession."
"Oh he is coming but he was on a dig with his father in England, he'll be here tomorrow."
"Oh okay." For some reason he couldn't understand Seto felt better knowing every one who had been in Yugi's group would be here for this challenge of Pegasus's whatever it was. He just kept thinking that they would need everyone who had been involved with their victory over Pegasus before to do so again. For this time Seto was sure Pegasus had more up his sleeve than a card game.
Adriana feeling the tension in Seto's arm and seeing Mokuba start to yawn knew it was time to get to their rooms and go to bed.
"Seto we should be getting to sleep, Mokuba can barely keep his eyes open and to tell you the truth I feel the need to rest as well." Seto looked down at Anna's beautiful blue eyes and felt most of his tension leave him. She was right, they needed rest. Who knew what Pegasus would throw at them. They would need to be as awake and alert as possible tomorrow to be able to defeat Pegasus at whatever game he decided to play. So after saying their good-byes to Yugi and his friends the three weary members of group Kaiba made their way to their rooms.
They were so exhausted they did not notice the golden eye following their every move up the stairway and through the doors to their connecting rooms. After changing into a comfortable cotton shirt which reached to her knees Adriana went to check on Mokuba who was sleeping in his brothers room. As she walked in she saw Seto bending over his brother's bed gently tucking him in. After that was done he leaned over and softly placed a kiss on top of Mokuba's brow. Adriana stood rooted to her spot as if transfixed by this softer side of Seto Kaiba. The side she so rarley saw but wanted to see more often. Seto was walking over to the wet bar when he seemed to notice her presence. Adriana blushed when she had been caught eavesdropping on a private moment. Moving further in the room she began to apologize.
"I'm sorry if I intruded I was just coming in to check on Mokuba and say good night when I caught you tucking him in I'm sorry if I was rude I didn't mean to be but-
"It's okay Anna I didn't mind you watching." Seto swiftly interrupted her babbling apology.
"Really, I'm glad I don't want to seem as though I barge in on every personal moment that's all." It was then as she was again trying to apologize that she noticed he was moving his neck and shoulders as though trying to work out any kinks of pressure that was there. "Are you okay, you seem alittle tense." As she waited for his response she walked up behind him quickly pushing him down into one of the plush padded chairs next to the bar.
"It's nothing I'm just tired from all the travel, what are you doing?" He asked as he felt her place her hands on his shoulders.
"Let's just say I'm returning the favor of you helping me out with our over eager host." Just as he was going to ask what she meant she began moving her hands and slowly began to massage his neck and shoulders. He sighed with pleasure as he felt the tension and stress leave his muscles. He had never had such a good massage in his life! Her hands were amazing. They knew just where to go and how much pressure to apply.
Adriana herself was enjoying the massage probably about as much as he was. She loved be able to touch him as freely as she was. He had good strong shoulders and as she massaged his neck everyone in awhile she would reach out and touch the silkiness of his hair not be able to resist. What was happening to her? She knew she was attracted to this man but she had never just gone up and given a massage to a man before at least not one she wasn't even dating. But for some reason as she had stood there and seen his pain she knew she had to do something to relax him to have him show that softness again that he had shown minutes before with Mokuba and instinct had just taken over.
Adriana wasn't the only one being affected by their closeness ether. Seto began to feel relaxation turn to arousal as he felt her hands gently and softly touch his shoulder, and sometimes his lightly his hair. He closed his eyes as his brain began to remember how beautiful she was. Her shoulder length strawberry blond hair which shone in the sunlight, her blue eyes the color of a Caribbean ocean, her skin pale as cream and from what he remembered soft as silk, and her lips, those soft pink lips which tasted of sugar and which had been torturing him for the last two weeks since he had lightly touched them in the library. How he ached to crush them against his, to hold her against him to-
Shaking his head of the erotic thoughts running around in his head, Seto shifted slightly in his seat trying to get in a more comfortable position. It seemed as though thoughts of this temptress who was now touching him had caused an uncomfortable condition to occur. Seto scowled angry at himself for letting his lust for the woman take over him. She had only been trying to help him by giving him this massage and here he was sitting there thinking lewd thoughts about her. What kind of man was he! Quickly getting out of the chair and away from her arousing hands, he took a few moments to get his body under control and then turned to face her. She stood in front of him, her face full of confusion and innocence. It was the look of innocence that hit him with the force of a fist in his gut. She had no idea what she was doing to him. She stood there wondering why he had jumped away from her massage and had no idea what reaction she had gotten from him.
"Thank you for the massage Miss. Cramer, you may go to bed now." He hoped if he was polite he could get some distance between them. He needed to get away from her to think clearly, and defiantly could not do that with her nearby, she was a definite distraction. He had thought she left and so he jumped slightly when he felt someone touch his arm. He looked from the small femine hand up to her hurt face feeling a rush of physical pain in knowing he had caused her harm.
"Seto you feel it to don't you?" She asked her voice barely a whisper. His eyes widened at the statement. So she felt the obvious attraction between them too, hell a blind man could have felt it! Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath he opened them to find her blue ones staring back at him, the question still in her eyes. He reached up and cupped her chin caressing it softly.
"Yes I feel it, have felt it since that night in the library but damm do I know what to do about it, I know I should just leave you alone, that we could never possibly be together, but no matter how many times I keep telling myself all the logical reasons why I shouldn't I still am drawn to you, almost against my will, God Anna do you know what you do to me?" The last of his statement was almost a groan as with a slight shake of her head she whispered "Show me." His control broke with that soft statement and he crushed his lips on hers taking his tongue and pushing her lips apart. Once he had access he plunged inside her mouth taking all she had to offer. The kiss was extremely passionate, she putting all her hope and caring for the strong hard man in her arms in the kiss while he was swept away by lust and want and that other emotion he had felt before but refused to name. And so both just kissed the other hoping the other would sense each of their emotions through the touch of their bodies and know, just know what the other wanted. They might have gone on kissing longer or maybe gone on to some thing more serious, but right then Mokuba snored quietly reminding both that he was in the room and in essence breaking them apart.
Both of them looked at each other breathing heavily not quite believing what just happened. Seto recovered most of his wits first and so was the first to speak.
"Anna I don't know what this is but you have to understand something, I-I can't make promises of forever at least not now, everything in my life has been taken away from me, my parents, my childhood, the only thing I could count on staying is Mokuba and so I allowed myself to keep the part of my heart which held love for him to stay, but the rest of me of my heart has been hardened by life, and circumstances, I don't know if there is anything left for you, but I feel as though there is also more than lust here, to tell you the truth I'm just bloody dammed confused!"
Adriana giggled slightly at his frustrated face but then quickly quieted after the glare he leveled at her. She knew all he said was true or what he thought was true but she knew he was different than he thought. His heart wasn't hardened, in fact if it ever was then that shell had huge cracks in it and was about to break apart. Seto was right the shell did begin to break with Mokuba, bless the boy his love had helped to soften one part of Seto's hurt heart, then Yugi had come along with his friendship and softened it even more, lastly was her coming with an even more scarier emotion than friendship, love. She knew she would have to take it slow but she also knew that in due time her love for him, for she knew now she had fallen head over heals in love with Seto, would break the last of his shield and he would finally be cold hearted no longer if he ever was. Placing her hand on his face she lightly traced his jaw. She knew with certainty she wanted to know all about this man his family, business, everything.
"It's okay Seto," She finally replied after what had seemed forever, "I will give you however long you need, I also see no need to take it fast, I want to learn about the man that is Seto Kaiba, his likes and dislikes, what makes him laugh, and I want you to learn about me, we'll go at whatever pace you want to set Seto, right now though I think we should both go to bed and get some sleep, we have Pegasus to deal with in the morning and I don't know about you but I want to be wide awake when next I meet him." Adriana could see the tension ease out of him with each word she said and had to smile at how he was acting like a little boy who was afraid girls would give him cooties. Seto felt a great relief in her words. Knowing Adriana understood his position on his feelings toward her was like lifting a great weight off his shoulders. He reached out and hugged her crushing her against his chest.
"Your amazing you know that?" He asked her. She smiled at him from her place against him.
"I know I am but that doesn't mean you have to stop saying it," She lowered her eyes so she was looking at his chest. "Seto I want you to know t-that I-... that I love you, you don't have to say it back to me I know it will take you time to sort out your feelings I just thought you should know." Seto stood stunned looking down at the angel in his arms. She loved him? Him, Seto Kaiba the one known as having a block of ice where his heart should be? Although he thought it amazing that Anna could love him, he just couldn't say it back to her not yet anyway. He had to sort out his feelings first and see if what he was feeling was love or just plain lust. Although his heart was telling him this wasn't just his hormones he had to be sure, he couldn't risk his heart without knowing for certain he wouldn't come out unscathed.
'Thank you." Was all he managed to say in the end. Then he had given her one last soft kiss and they had parted ways. Seto to get a drink of brandy knowing he would be able to get any sleep tonight, and Adriana to bed. As she slipped between the silken sheets of her queen sized bed she thought of all that had happened that day especially her and Seto's confessions. Even though he hadn't said he loved she knew that in time he would not only feel that way but gladly confess it to her. He just had to, for Adriana knew with crystal clarity that if he did not accept her love that her heart would be broken and she couldn't have that. She had put her heart on the line he just had to do the same! Both Adriana and Seto were so deep in their thoughts that nether noticed a dark figure stealthily jump onto the balcony facing Adriana's room and then quietly sneak inside.
I know I know a cliffhanger~I'm sorry but it just seemed like a good place to stop. This is my longest chapter yet. Anyway stay tuned for my next chapter which should hopefully be up in the next month.
StuffedAnimal18 :)
Walking up to Yugi Seto held out his hand and looking at Yugi gave him a ghost of a smile. Yugi was shocked! Had Seto Kaiba, the same Seto Kaiba who he had never in his life smile a real smile, just give him a friendly one? It didn't seem possible but he couldn't dismiss the small lift of Seto's lips when he had offered him his hand. Yugi at one grasped Kaiba's hand in a firm but warm handshake. Soon they were back as they were before standing with there hands by their sides looking at the other. There silence was broken moments later by the scurrying of footsteps and the gasp of a girl from behind Yugi.
"Geez, is that who I think it is?" A tough male voice asked Adriana followed the voice to a young blond haired boy who was standing behind Yugi. The boy wasn't alone ether. Beside him was another boy with brown hair, while his companions hair was long this boy's hair was quite short and was shaved into a crop top. The last member of this ragtag group was surprisingly a female. She was tall with brown hair cut to shoulder-length. When she turned to look at Seto beside her she saw that he seemed to know these other three people as well as Yugi.
"Well Yugi I see you couldn't stand to leave your fan club behind." Seto replied in a teasing yet sneering fashion. Yugi smiled as he looked at his friends around him. Of course he couldn't have left them behind. Teia, Joey, and Tristian had all been with him the first time that he had gone to challenge Pegasus, it wouldn't have been right to leave them behind this time ether. Yugi noticed that Seto wasn't alone, although it didn't surprise him that Mokuba was by Seto's side Yugi was surprised to see the woman who was holding onto Seto's arm her face masked in confusion for all the new people she was meeting. Suddenly Yugi felt Yami wanting to come out to say his own hello and with a smile let the power of his millennium puzzle wash over him. Soon the small innocent Yugi was gone replaced with a taller, more compelling, red-eyed version. Adriana let out a gasp as she saw the Yugi's transformation. The new Yugi smiled at her and bowed toward her in Japanese politeness.
"Do not be afraid dear lady for you see I am who everyone call Yami Yugi or Yami for short, I am Yugi shadow self, his other side if you will that comes out with the magic of the millennium puzzle," Yami then turned to Kiaba a small smile on his face.
"I knew you would be bringing Mokuba Kaiba for he is your brother and you want to know he'll be safe but I never thought to see the day when you would walk into Pegasus's mansion with a beautiful woman on your arm, I did not know you had a girlfriend." Adriana blushed at the word girlfriend and was surprised to see Seto cheeks were also slightly red at Yami's words.
"She is not my girlfriend Yami but my brothers caretaker, I thought that after the whole thing with Pegasus that my brother needed someone besides me to take care of him someone who could give him the attention a mother gives a son, Mokuba needs that for he has been so long without it, and so I hired Miss. Cramer here to do just that and she has the job admirably well." Yami picked up her hand and as Adriana watched placed his lips on it just as Pegasus had moments before. This time though instead of feeling revulsion she felt embarrassed slightly at his gesture and also feelings of great kindness towards this boy, both sides of him, and knew with a sixth sense that they would be good friends. Taking her hand from Yami Adriana turned to find Seto looking angry and his glare of anger was focused on Yami. Why was Seto mad at Yami, it couldn't because he had kissed her hand had it?
"Hey Yug your hogging all her attention let us say hello too." The blond haired boy yelled to his comrade breaking into Adriana's thoughts
"Yeah," The brown haired boy complained, " it's not every day we get to be in the company of a beautiful lady." The girl beside the two boys Yugi had brought with them turned red in the face steam coming out of her ears as she bonked both boys over the head with her purse.
"HEY WHAT AM I CHOPPED LIVER!" She yelled at them her tone one of anger. Both boys put there arms behind their heads smiling guilty smiles.
"Well you see.....
"We didn't mean too......
"We really do think your.......
Yugi now back to Yugi began to laugh slightly at the guilty faces of his friends.
"Joey, Tristian stop it you know you shouldn't have insulted Teia like that," He turned back to Seto and Adriana with a sigh. Suddenly it seemed as though he remembered something and he blushed slightly in embarrassment.
"I almost forgot I haven't introduced you to my friends yet, well the blond haired boy is Joey, the boy next to him and Joey's best friend is Tristian, and the only girl of our group is of course Teia."
"It's ah nice to meet you." She said bowing to them all in true Japanese fashion. They all bowed back to her. After introductions were made Seto looked over at Yugi's group realizing one of them were missing.
"Hey Yugi where is that other boy that's in your group, you know the one with the white hair, oh what's his name Baru, Baka,.....
"Bakura?" Teia supplied stifling a giggle at thinking that Bakura's name was Baka the Japanese word for idiot.
"Yeah that's it Bakura where is he I thought for sure he'd come with you especially since he has the millennium ring in his possession."
"Oh he is coming but he was on a dig with his father in England, he'll be here tomorrow."
"Oh okay." For some reason he couldn't understand Seto felt better knowing every one who had been in Yugi's group would be here for this challenge of Pegasus's whatever it was. He just kept thinking that they would need everyone who had been involved with their victory over Pegasus before to do so again. For this time Seto was sure Pegasus had more up his sleeve than a card game.
Adriana feeling the tension in Seto's arm and seeing Mokuba start to yawn knew it was time to get to their rooms and go to bed.
"Seto we should be getting to sleep, Mokuba can barely keep his eyes open and to tell you the truth I feel the need to rest as well." Seto looked down at Anna's beautiful blue eyes and felt most of his tension leave him. She was right, they needed rest. Who knew what Pegasus would throw at them. They would need to be as awake and alert as possible tomorrow to be able to defeat Pegasus at whatever game he decided to play. So after saying their good-byes to Yugi and his friends the three weary members of group Kaiba made their way to their rooms.
They were so exhausted they did not notice the golden eye following their every move up the stairway and through the doors to their connecting rooms. After changing into a comfortable cotton shirt which reached to her knees Adriana went to check on Mokuba who was sleeping in his brothers room. As she walked in she saw Seto bending over his brother's bed gently tucking him in. After that was done he leaned over and softly placed a kiss on top of Mokuba's brow. Adriana stood rooted to her spot as if transfixed by this softer side of Seto Kaiba. The side she so rarley saw but wanted to see more often. Seto was walking over to the wet bar when he seemed to notice her presence. Adriana blushed when she had been caught eavesdropping on a private moment. Moving further in the room she began to apologize.
"I'm sorry if I intruded I was just coming in to check on Mokuba and say good night when I caught you tucking him in I'm sorry if I was rude I didn't mean to be but-
"It's okay Anna I didn't mind you watching." Seto swiftly interrupted her babbling apology.
"Really, I'm glad I don't want to seem as though I barge in on every personal moment that's all." It was then as she was again trying to apologize that she noticed he was moving his neck and shoulders as though trying to work out any kinks of pressure that was there. "Are you okay, you seem alittle tense." As she waited for his response she walked up behind him quickly pushing him down into one of the plush padded chairs next to the bar.
"It's nothing I'm just tired from all the travel, what are you doing?" He asked as he felt her place her hands on his shoulders.
"Let's just say I'm returning the favor of you helping me out with our over eager host." Just as he was going to ask what she meant she began moving her hands and slowly began to massage his neck and shoulders. He sighed with pleasure as he felt the tension and stress leave his muscles. He had never had such a good massage in his life! Her hands were amazing. They knew just where to go and how much pressure to apply.
Adriana herself was enjoying the massage probably about as much as he was. She loved be able to touch him as freely as she was. He had good strong shoulders and as she massaged his neck everyone in awhile she would reach out and touch the silkiness of his hair not be able to resist. What was happening to her? She knew she was attracted to this man but she had never just gone up and given a massage to a man before at least not one she wasn't even dating. But for some reason as she had stood there and seen his pain she knew she had to do something to relax him to have him show that softness again that he had shown minutes before with Mokuba and instinct had just taken over.
Adriana wasn't the only one being affected by their closeness ether. Seto began to feel relaxation turn to arousal as he felt her hands gently and softly touch his shoulder, and sometimes his lightly his hair. He closed his eyes as his brain began to remember how beautiful she was. Her shoulder length strawberry blond hair which shone in the sunlight, her blue eyes the color of a Caribbean ocean, her skin pale as cream and from what he remembered soft as silk, and her lips, those soft pink lips which tasted of sugar and which had been torturing him for the last two weeks since he had lightly touched them in the library. How he ached to crush them against his, to hold her against him to-
Shaking his head of the erotic thoughts running around in his head, Seto shifted slightly in his seat trying to get in a more comfortable position. It seemed as though thoughts of this temptress who was now touching him had caused an uncomfortable condition to occur. Seto scowled angry at himself for letting his lust for the woman take over him. She had only been trying to help him by giving him this massage and here he was sitting there thinking lewd thoughts about her. What kind of man was he! Quickly getting out of the chair and away from her arousing hands, he took a few moments to get his body under control and then turned to face her. She stood in front of him, her face full of confusion and innocence. It was the look of innocence that hit him with the force of a fist in his gut. She had no idea what she was doing to him. She stood there wondering why he had jumped away from her massage and had no idea what reaction she had gotten from him.
"Thank you for the massage Miss. Cramer, you may go to bed now." He hoped if he was polite he could get some distance between them. He needed to get away from her to think clearly, and defiantly could not do that with her nearby, she was a definite distraction. He had thought she left and so he jumped slightly when he felt someone touch his arm. He looked from the small femine hand up to her hurt face feeling a rush of physical pain in knowing he had caused her harm.
"Seto you feel it to don't you?" She asked her voice barely a whisper. His eyes widened at the statement. So she felt the obvious attraction between them too, hell a blind man could have felt it! Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath he opened them to find her blue ones staring back at him, the question still in her eyes. He reached up and cupped her chin caressing it softly.
"Yes I feel it, have felt it since that night in the library but damm do I know what to do about it, I know I should just leave you alone, that we could never possibly be together, but no matter how many times I keep telling myself all the logical reasons why I shouldn't I still am drawn to you, almost against my will, God Anna do you know what you do to me?" The last of his statement was almost a groan as with a slight shake of her head she whispered "Show me." His control broke with that soft statement and he crushed his lips on hers taking his tongue and pushing her lips apart. Once he had access he plunged inside her mouth taking all she had to offer. The kiss was extremely passionate, she putting all her hope and caring for the strong hard man in her arms in the kiss while he was swept away by lust and want and that other emotion he had felt before but refused to name. And so both just kissed the other hoping the other would sense each of their emotions through the touch of their bodies and know, just know what the other wanted. They might have gone on kissing longer or maybe gone on to some thing more serious, but right then Mokuba snored quietly reminding both that he was in the room and in essence breaking them apart.
Both of them looked at each other breathing heavily not quite believing what just happened. Seto recovered most of his wits first and so was the first to speak.
"Anna I don't know what this is but you have to understand something, I-I can't make promises of forever at least not now, everything in my life has been taken away from me, my parents, my childhood, the only thing I could count on staying is Mokuba and so I allowed myself to keep the part of my heart which held love for him to stay, but the rest of me of my heart has been hardened by life, and circumstances, I don't know if there is anything left for you, but I feel as though there is also more than lust here, to tell you the truth I'm just bloody dammed confused!"
Adriana giggled slightly at his frustrated face but then quickly quieted after the glare he leveled at her. She knew all he said was true or what he thought was true but she knew he was different than he thought. His heart wasn't hardened, in fact if it ever was then that shell had huge cracks in it and was about to break apart. Seto was right the shell did begin to break with Mokuba, bless the boy his love had helped to soften one part of Seto's hurt heart, then Yugi had come along with his friendship and softened it even more, lastly was her coming with an even more scarier emotion than friendship, love. She knew she would have to take it slow but she also knew that in due time her love for him, for she knew now she had fallen head over heals in love with Seto, would break the last of his shield and he would finally be cold hearted no longer if he ever was. Placing her hand on his face she lightly traced his jaw. She knew with certainty she wanted to know all about this man his family, business, everything.
"It's okay Seto," She finally replied after what had seemed forever, "I will give you however long you need, I also see no need to take it fast, I want to learn about the man that is Seto Kaiba, his likes and dislikes, what makes him laugh, and I want you to learn about me, we'll go at whatever pace you want to set Seto, right now though I think we should both go to bed and get some sleep, we have Pegasus to deal with in the morning and I don't know about you but I want to be wide awake when next I meet him." Adriana could see the tension ease out of him with each word she said and had to smile at how he was acting like a little boy who was afraid girls would give him cooties. Seto felt a great relief in her words. Knowing Adriana understood his position on his feelings toward her was like lifting a great weight off his shoulders. He reached out and hugged her crushing her against his chest.
"Your amazing you know that?" He asked her. She smiled at him from her place against him.
"I know I am but that doesn't mean you have to stop saying it," She lowered her eyes so she was looking at his chest. "Seto I want you to know t-that I-... that I love you, you don't have to say it back to me I know it will take you time to sort out your feelings I just thought you should know." Seto stood stunned looking down at the angel in his arms. She loved him? Him, Seto Kaiba the one known as having a block of ice where his heart should be? Although he thought it amazing that Anna could love him, he just couldn't say it back to her not yet anyway. He had to sort out his feelings first and see if what he was feeling was love or just plain lust. Although his heart was telling him this wasn't just his hormones he had to be sure, he couldn't risk his heart without knowing for certain he wouldn't come out unscathed.
'Thank you." Was all he managed to say in the end. Then he had given her one last soft kiss and they had parted ways. Seto to get a drink of brandy knowing he would be able to get any sleep tonight, and Adriana to bed. As she slipped between the silken sheets of her queen sized bed she thought of all that had happened that day especially her and Seto's confessions. Even though he hadn't said he loved she knew that in time he would not only feel that way but gladly confess it to her. He just had to, for Adriana knew with crystal clarity that if he did not accept her love that her heart would be broken and she couldn't have that. She had put her heart on the line he just had to do the same! Both Adriana and Seto were so deep in their thoughts that nether noticed a dark figure stealthily jump onto the balcony facing Adriana's room and then quietly sneak inside.
I know I know a cliffhanger~I'm sorry but it just seemed like a good place to stop. This is my longest chapter yet. Anyway stay tuned for my next chapter which should hopefully be up in the next month.
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