Chapter 9 A gift

Man! There's no place like home! I'm so happy to be back! Here's chapter 9!

Disclaimer: Let's say it for all the stupid people out there: I do not own Yugioh!

~Serenity~

"Okay Serenity, I think you are ready to go home." The young doctor said, peering down into her eyes. It was the next day, and the doctor who had performed the surgery gave her the clear to go home.

"What? But it's only been a few days since her surgery. Are you sure it's okay?" Joey was sitting in a chair on the opposite side of the room.

"Yes, it's perfectly safe. These types of operations aren't too serious nowadays, and Serenity's been an amazing patient."

"So, you mean…I'm actually free to go? I'm perfectly clear?"

"Well, it seems that way. You should have a check up with me in three weeks just to make sure. And, of course, as a precaution, you need to put one drop of this medicine in your eyes each night to keep from getting an infection…Oh! Don't worry!" he added when she blanched. "We've never had an infection, but there's still a chance."

"I have just one question." Joey said, standing up and moving over to them. "IF it was a simple surgery, why did it cost so much?"

"You must understand, Mr. Wheeler, the surgery Serenity went through required many tools that most doctors hadn't even heard of, and they were expensive. And then there's the surgery itself. Although simple, it is still very new to us, and there were many other details that had to be worked out." He stood. "Well, Serenity, after you get packed up, I guess you can leave."

Serenity beamed. Joey put his arm around her and sat on the bed. The doctor left, a smile on his face.

They collected all her belongings, including the 12 sets of flowers Tristen had bought to replace the 12 that had begun to wilt (Don't you just hate him? Popping up everywhere when this is supposed to be a Seto x Serenity fic!) and started to leave, when Serenity noticed the gift shop.

"Joey," She said quietly "Can I go in there and buy something?"

"Uh…" He said, trying to see over the stack of her presents "don't ya think ya have enough gifts?"

"Not for me for…someone else."

"Okay, just let me put this stuff in the car, and-"

"No! You can…wait for me in the car. I'll just be a minute."

"Okay, Here." He handed her a 20 dollar bill "will this be enough?"

"Yes, I think so. Thank you, Joey, I'll pay you back as soon as I can" (But, like most people, she never does)

The shop was big, but she still couldn't find anything. What do you get for someone who already has everything? She found a cute little brown teddy bear that she would've liked to have, but she doubted that a multi-millionaire would care for such things.

Finally, after much deliberation, she decided on a bouquet of blue and white flowers. (get it? Blue and white? Hee Hee…)

It was a medium sized display, and cost 12.99. At first, she thought of buying chocolate to go along with it, but then decided that he may not be able to keep anything down, and chocolate might make him feel worse.

She was about to open the door to his room, when it swung open almost hitting her in the face.

"Sorry." Said a young man who was dressed in a suit and grinning from ear to ear. He passed by her and briskly walked to the elevator.

"Um…Kaiba?" She asked, poking her head in the door. "Can I come in?" Kaiba was sitting up with his hand to his forehead. Before he even spoke she could tell he was in a bad mood, but she went against her senses and proceeded in anyway. Mokuba was sitting in a chair, looking quietly at his brother. "It's me, Serenity."

"I know who you are. What do you want?" His voice was cold. She resisted the urge to ask him what was wrong, remembering that he was a cold person anyway. Last night, he had let his guard down, but today his eyes were shielded, and he was back to normal.

"W-well, I'm going home today, and I thought that I'd get you something before I left." She sat the flowers down on the table next to Mokuba's. For a second, his shield faltered, but then he gave her a look of suspicion.

"Why?"

"Well, because I thought that you could use something to cheer you up."

"That was nice of you, Serenity." Mokuba said, "Wasn't that nice of her, Seto?"

"Well, it depends on her motive. What do you want in return?"

"What? But…this was just…a gift. You don't have to give me anything for it."

"Yeah, right." He rolled his stark, blue eyes. "I learned long time ago that people only want to take, never give." for a second, she though she heard a hitch in his voice, but he went over it so smoothly that she dismissed it as her imagination.

"You know what?" Serenity felt her voice choke, but she went on anyway. "All I tried to do was be nice to you, but you're to paranoid to actually let someone get close to you. You'd rather live your life in your own little pathetic world full of hate than have any real friends." And with that, she turned on her heel and left before he could say another word, but she'd left him to stunned to talk anyway.

I'm sorry! I had to make her get angry with him. No one said that a relationship is easy. Anyway, wait for the next chapter, and I'll be working hard on it. See ya!