Chapter 4 Meeting

Disclaimer: Ah, yes, that lovely time of the day when I get to tell everyone my disclaimer so I don't get sued. Here's the list of everything I don't own: (clears throat) I don't own a car, I don't own a house I don't…oh, wait, wrong list. Here we go. I don't own Yugi-Oh…okay, that's it. Enjoy the story.

~ Seto ~

"Hello, Mr. Kaiba." A tall doctor walked in. "We need to take a few of your vitals. Let me see your wrist."

"I don't know why you insist on keeping me here. I'm fine, and I've missed work today." He said as the doctor took his pulse.

"Mmhmm…." The doctor said distractedly, looking at his watched as he held Seto's wrist. "Well, now let's check your heartbeat." He pulled out the stethoscope and Seto sat up.

"Didn't you listen to me? I'm Seto Kaiba, you know, of Kaiba Corp.!"

"Yes, I know that Mr. Kaiba. Pretty much everyone knows that by now. But if you must know, we're going to have to hold you for a couple of days."

"What? Why?!"

"Well, Mr. Kaiba, you're not in a good enough condition to be released yet. Normally, these injuries would be bad enough, but you're body's unusually stressed, and it's going to take a while before we can release you."

"Ugh!" He shouted. "Well how long before I can go?"

"I'm not sure, but you'll need to relax and let your body heal."

"What's to heal?! None of my bones are broken, I'm not suffering any brain trauma, what reason do you have to keep me here?! Watch," He threw the blankets off of him and started to get out of bed.

"Mr. Kaiba!" The doctor shouted.

"See! I can even walk!" He stood up rather quickly and started to try to walk, but the room seemed to jerk sideways and he stumbled into Mokuba.

"Mr. Kaiba! You have to stop this! You're going to hurt yourself!" The doctor said as he helped him back into the bed. "You're on a lot of medication, and I've already told you the reason you're staying. Now lay down and relax."

Seto, looking defeated, glared and him. "I still say that I should be able to leave. Mokuba, don't you agree with me?"

"Uh…" Mokuba looked at the doctor and then back to his brother. "I really don't want to get into the middle of it." He said, sitting in a chair.

"Okay, fine." He laid back against his pillow.

"You know, Mr. Kaiba? You're one lucky fellow. You could've been killed in that wreck, but by the grace of God, you survived. I think you should be more thankful for all that you've got."

"Pah!" was all he said, turning on his side. Mokuba looked down at the floor, wishing the doctor knew the real Seto, and wouldn't judge him just by the way he acted now. If the doctor actually knew Seto like he knew him, he would understand.

~ Serenity ~

It was a day after Mai and Tea had tried to set Tristen and Serenity up, and they were both still oblivious to the fact that their friends were trying to get them together (geeze, can you say dense?)

"Okay, now if you feel like you're going to fall over, lean on me." Joey said, helping his sister out of her bed.

"Joey, I'm fine, really. I need to get out of this room!" She said as she stood up. She no longer felt as if she would pass out whenever she stood up.

"Okay, the doctor said it would be okay for you to explore the hospital, as long as you don't mess anything up." he said, smiling. She was still looking so fragile, like a puff of wind could blow her away from him.

"Okay, I want to go outside and see the fountain." There was a little park outside for the people recovering. They had told Serenity all about it, but, of course, she didn't know what it looked like with her bad eyesight. Now that she could see, she was going to enjoy the world around her.

They were walking down the hall when they passed Kaiba's room. The door was opened, and Yugi stopped.

"Oh no, not again. Forget it, Yugi, we're not checking in on that jerk." Joey said.

"Aww, come on, Joey, we should find out how he's doing." Yugi looked in the door. Kaiba was sitting up in bed, talking to Mokuba. His shirt was off, and there was a bandage wrapped around his chest. "He's awake. Come on, let's go see."

"I want to see this infamous Kaiba…" Serenity walked over to the door.

"Hey, Kaiba." Yugi said, walking in. Kaiba rolled his eyes.

"You again?…Who's she?" He asked looking at Serenity. She met his gaze, and their eyes locked for a second. Oh…his eyes…they were so….deep…so…blue.

"Wow," she thought, "how can someone so handsome be as evil as Joey says he is?"

"Hey, is anyone home?" Kaiba's cold voice jolted her from her thoughts. "I asked you a question."

"Oh, sorry" She said, feeling the heat rise to her face. "I was just thinking. What was the question?"

"What's your name?" he asked impatiently

"Serenity Wheeler." She said, wishing she could be swallowed up by the earth.

"What are you here for?"

"Oh, I had an eye operation." She looked down at the floor. Kaiba's cold glare was still fixed on her. She looked at Joey, who was looking at Kaiba with anger in his eyes.

"I think we should go now. I'm really hungry." She pulled at his sleeve, but Yugi seemed intent on staying.

"When are they going to let you out?" He asked.

"Tomorrow, definitely." He said confidently. Serenity stepped out of the room.

"I'm going. If you're with me, come on." She said, although she was really just looking for any excuse to get away from him.

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I know that it's not the perfect way to meet someone, but just be patient. We're just another chapter closer to the good stuff. As always, I want to thank all of you who have reviewed. You're all really awesome people!!!

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