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Shizuka and Seto eventually reached the small beach. There was a long dock with many kayaks, canoes, and paddleboats tied to it. There was also a small shed, which, as Shizuka showed Seto, contained life vests. A tall life-guarding chair was the only other thing on the beach.
"I would hardly call this a beach," Seto scoffed. When Shizuka didn't reply, he turned around only to see her walking down the dock. Hesitantly he followed her. His stride was much longer than hers, and he quickly caught up with the girl.
"What are you doing?" he questioned harshly. Shizuka shrugged.
"Just walking," she replied. The two reached the end of the dock, and Shizuka bent down,
"I wonder how warm the water is?" she pondered. Shizuka teetered dangerously on the edge of the dock, trying to feel the water. Seto almost warned her to be careful, but decided to keep his mouth shut. Shizuka's fingertips had almost reached the water, when she toppled forward. Giving out a small yelp, she plunged foward. Without thinking, Seto dove in after Shizuka. He grabbed her around the waist, and hoisted her back onto the dock. When he had pulled himself onto the dock he asked Shizuka, "Are you okay?" Instead of answering she began to laugh hysterically. Seto's face twisted with anger.
"What?!" he demanded. Shizuka stopped laughing, and put on a straight face.
"Umm... Kaiba...there is a ladder at the end of the dock," she informed him, immediately breaking into a fit of giggles again. Seto peered over the dock, and sure enough there was a small ladder attached to the end. Red began creeping over Seto's face. He couldn't believe he had missed the ladder in his haste to "save" Shizuka.
"Oh, and also," Shizuka said. "I know how to swim." She tried to contain her laughter, but her attempts were futile. She began laughing so hard tears started streaming down here face. "Basically... you... jumped in... for ...nothing," she managed out between giggles. Sopping wet, and embarrassed, Seto stood up, and stormed off the dock. Shizuka also got up, and went after Seto.
"Kaiba, wait," she said. "I'm sorry." However, Seto ignored the girl, and picked up his pace. "Look, I'm sorry you got embarrassed, and I know me laughing didn't help matters..." she began, but she was cut off by Seto. He stopped in his tracks and turned to face Shizuka.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I wasn't embarrassed. I'm simply going to change. I don't know about you, but personally I don't like being in wet clothes," he said calmly. Shizuka decided it best not to argue with Kaiba so she replied,
"Okay. I should change too, but I still have to show you around. Meet me in front of my cabin in ten minutes."
"Fine," Seto answered. "What should I do with my wet clothes? Is it too much to hope that his place has a dryer?"
"Just bring your wet clothes. We can take them to the laundry room. I should show you where it is anyway," Shizuka replied. Seto went to his cabin, and into his room. He caught a glance of himself in the mirror, and it was all he could do to force back a smile. His hair, which was dripping wet, and falling into his eyes, had little pieces of seaweed stuck in it. Seto peeled off his wet clothing, placed them in a plastic bag, and changed into dry clothes. By the time he reached Shizuka's cabin, she was already outside waiting for him.
"You took the seaweed out of you hair," she stated. "I thought it made you look cute. You should have left it in," she said smiling. The corners of Seto's mouth twitched, but he didn't smile. Instead he shot Shizuka a dark look. "You know it wouldn't kill you to smile," she told him. "It actually makes you feel very good."
"That's nice. I'll keep it in mind," Seto said. "Now can I get rid of these wet clothes?" Shizuka nodded, and told Seto to follow her. In no time they reached a small cabin. They entered, and Seto found that it was like a small laundry mat. There were a handful of washer and dryer lining the walls. Seto dumped his wet clothing into one of the dryers, turned it on, then leaned against it, arms folded across his chest.
"So where are we going next?" he asked Shizuka.
"I was thinking the cafeteria. Does that sound okay?"
"I don't care," Seto told her. Shizuka rolled her eyes.
"Right, of course. How could I forget? You don't care about anything. Silly me," Shizuka said in an annoyed voice. She was obviously fed up with Seto's rude remarks. Shizuka expected Seto to get angry and yell at her, but to her surprise he didn't.
"The cafeteria sounds great. Let's go," Seto said. Shizuka detected a hint of sarcasm, but she kept her mouth shut. The pair went to the cafeteria, the kid's bathrooms, the basketball courts, and the volleyball area. Shizuka was just about to show Seto the nature trails when Miyabi approached the pair.
"How's everything going?" she asked.
"Fine," they both replied.
"I just wanted to tell you that tonight at 7:00 all the counselors will be getting together for a sort of introduction bonfire thing. Make sure you're there." Shizuka and Seto nodded their heads. Miyabi began to walk off, when suddenly she stopped. Turing back towards Seto and Shizuka she asked, "Not that is really matters, but did you guys change clothes?" At this even Seto couldn't stop from smiling, and Shizuka laughed out loud. Her laughter made Seto laugh as well, and neither could answer Miyabi question.
"Sorry I asked," she said, shaking her head, and walking away. When she had stopped laughing, Shizuka said to Seto,
"We have plenty of time before the bonfire. Want to walk on one of the trails?" Seto frowned.
"I am not really a nature person," he informed Shizuka.
"The trails aren't bad. You won't even get dirty. I promise." Seto sighed.
"Fine," he agreed reluctantly. "I guess I will have to go on them eventually anyway." The twp walked the trails, not talking most of the time. Shizuka took a large breath of air.
"Isn't it just beautiful out here?" she asked Seto.
"Sure. If you like that sort of thing," he replied.
"Would Mr. Big Bad CEO rather be inside of his stuffy little office than outside?" she questioned teasingly.
"First of all my office is probably bigger than your house, and second of all yes I would rather be there."
"Office bigger than my house huh? Are you compensating for something?" she asked her eyes twinkling. Seto scrunched his eyebrows in confusion. Then he realized what Shizuka's comments meant.
"Hey!" he said. Shizuka began laughing. Seto gritted his teeth, "Not funny," he told her.
"I thought it was pretty funny," Shizuka said. "So who is running your Kaiba Corp. while you're here?"
"Well some board members are running the day to day activities, but they have to give me daily reports, and can't make any decisions for the company unless they first ask me. So basically I am still running it."
"It must be hard work running your own company," Shizuka said. Seto shrugged.
"I guess it is, but I like it," he replied.
"We better get back, it is almost 7:00. We don't want to face the wrath of Miyabi," Shizuka said laughing.
"Oh, I already have," Seto informed her.
"What did you do to make her mad?" Shizuka inquired.
"Told her that how I treated others was my business."
"Ouch. Not a good idea."
"No, I guess it wasn't. I found that out the hard way." Seto said. When the two arrived back at camp they found a huge bonfire was burning, and the other counselors were already gathered around it.
"Nice of you two to join us," Miyabi said.
"Sorry," Shizuka apologized. "I was showing Kaiba the trails. We lost track of time," she explained.
"I didn't ask for an explanation. Just be on time," Miyabi yelled. Shizuka looked as though she was on the brink of tears, and Seto found himself filling with rage. Much to his own disbelief, he, the king of cold, couldn't stand to see nice, friendly Shizuka being bullied by Miyabi.
"Maybe if you stopped screaming at people for two seconds, you would realize that Shizuka was truly sorry," Seto told Miyabi.
"Maybe if you opened your eyes you would see that you are being hypocritical. I bet you treat your employees ten times worse! How many nice people have you yelled at for being late? How often are you mean to people who don't deserve it?" Miyabi retorted. Seto remained silent. What was there to say? Miyabi had gotten her point across; Seto knew he wasn't exactly the nicest person ever. Until now, it had never bothered him. Now, after seeing Miyabi yell at Shizuka, and realizing that he was just as rude sometimes, he felt slightly embarrassed. He lightly shook his head, trying to rid himself of these feelings. 'Who cares if Shizuka got her feelings hurt?' he asked himself. 'We were late. We deserved to be yelled at.'
"If you are done arguing with me, please sit down. We're going to play an introduction game to get to know each other better. Just say your name and tell us a little bit about yourself, what you like to do, et cetera..." Miyabi said. "Kaiba you can start. We go clockwise after that"
"This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of," he muttered. Miyabi shot him a dark glare, and he decided he best keep his comments to himself. He had tried Miyabi's patience enough for one day.
"My name is Seto Kaiba, but just call me by my family name. I only like three things: Duel Monsters, my little brother Mokuba, and my company Kaiba Corporation." Next a tall girl with long pink hair introduced herself.
"My name is Yuki. I like to hang out at the mall with my friends. I also like movies a lot. I want to be a teacher when I'm older," she said in what Seto would categorize as an overly peppy voice. Next a pair of twins introduced themselves. They were almost identical except one had dyed his hair a caramel color. His name was Kakashi, while his raven-haired brother was named Takashi. Kakashi liked cars, soccer, and girls, while Takashi liked reading, writing, and playing guitar. Besides their looks, it was apparent the two didn't have much in common. The other counselors consisted of a brunette with hazel eyes named Kami, and a boy with purple named Ryouji. After everyone had introduced them self and Seto had decided that everyone there was a loser, Miyabi told the counselors that they could either go to bed or stay and cook hot dogs. Shizuka yawned and stood up, announcing that she was tired and was going to retire for the night. As he watched Shizuka walk towards her cabin, something in Seto urged him to follow her. Before he knew it he was walking after Shizuka. He called her name, and she whirled around. Seto then realized he didn't actually know what he was planning on saying to Shizuka.
"Umm, thanks for showing me around today," he blurted out. A wide grin spread over Shizuka's face.
"No problem anytime," she replied.
"I'm not stupid. I only need to be shown around the place once," Seto shot back. Shizuka shook her head slightly and sighed.
"Goodnight Kaiba," was all she said in reply.
"Yeah goodnight," he told Shizuka. Then we wandered over to his cabin, and collapsed into bed. He fell asleep wondering how he was going to survive a group of kids if one girl had him acting like a complete fool.
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Shizuka and Seto eventually reached the small beach. There was a long dock with many kayaks, canoes, and paddleboats tied to it. There was also a small shed, which, as Shizuka showed Seto, contained life vests. A tall life-guarding chair was the only other thing on the beach.
"I would hardly call this a beach," Seto scoffed. When Shizuka didn't reply, he turned around only to see her walking down the dock. Hesitantly he followed her. His stride was much longer than hers, and he quickly caught up with the girl.
"What are you doing?" he questioned harshly. Shizuka shrugged.
"Just walking," she replied. The two reached the end of the dock, and Shizuka bent down,
"I wonder how warm the water is?" she pondered. Shizuka teetered dangerously on the edge of the dock, trying to feel the water. Seto almost warned her to be careful, but decided to keep his mouth shut. Shizuka's fingertips had almost reached the water, when she toppled forward. Giving out a small yelp, she plunged foward. Without thinking, Seto dove in after Shizuka. He grabbed her around the waist, and hoisted her back onto the dock. When he had pulled himself onto the dock he asked Shizuka, "Are you okay?" Instead of answering she began to laugh hysterically. Seto's face twisted with anger.
"What?!" he demanded. Shizuka stopped laughing, and put on a straight face.
"Umm... Kaiba...there is a ladder at the end of the dock," she informed him, immediately breaking into a fit of giggles again. Seto peered over the dock, and sure enough there was a small ladder attached to the end. Red began creeping over Seto's face. He couldn't believe he had missed the ladder in his haste to "save" Shizuka.
"Oh, and also," Shizuka said. "I know how to swim." She tried to contain her laughter, but her attempts were futile. She began laughing so hard tears started streaming down here face. "Basically... you... jumped in... for ...nothing," she managed out between giggles. Sopping wet, and embarrassed, Seto stood up, and stormed off the dock. Shizuka also got up, and went after Seto.
"Kaiba, wait," she said. "I'm sorry." However, Seto ignored the girl, and picked up his pace. "Look, I'm sorry you got embarrassed, and I know me laughing didn't help matters..." she began, but she was cut off by Seto. He stopped in his tracks and turned to face Shizuka.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I wasn't embarrassed. I'm simply going to change. I don't know about you, but personally I don't like being in wet clothes," he said calmly. Shizuka decided it best not to argue with Kaiba so she replied,
"Okay. I should change too, but I still have to show you around. Meet me in front of my cabin in ten minutes."
"Fine," Seto answered. "What should I do with my wet clothes? Is it too much to hope that his place has a dryer?"
"Just bring your wet clothes. We can take them to the laundry room. I should show you where it is anyway," Shizuka replied. Seto went to his cabin, and into his room. He caught a glance of himself in the mirror, and it was all he could do to force back a smile. His hair, which was dripping wet, and falling into his eyes, had little pieces of seaweed stuck in it. Seto peeled off his wet clothing, placed them in a plastic bag, and changed into dry clothes. By the time he reached Shizuka's cabin, she was already outside waiting for him.
"You took the seaweed out of you hair," she stated. "I thought it made you look cute. You should have left it in," she said smiling. The corners of Seto's mouth twitched, but he didn't smile. Instead he shot Shizuka a dark look. "You know it wouldn't kill you to smile," she told him. "It actually makes you feel very good."
"That's nice. I'll keep it in mind," Seto said. "Now can I get rid of these wet clothes?" Shizuka nodded, and told Seto to follow her. In no time they reached a small cabin. They entered, and Seto found that it was like a small laundry mat. There were a handful of washer and dryer lining the walls. Seto dumped his wet clothing into one of the dryers, turned it on, then leaned against it, arms folded across his chest.
"So where are we going next?" he asked Shizuka.
"I was thinking the cafeteria. Does that sound okay?"
"I don't care," Seto told her. Shizuka rolled her eyes.
"Right, of course. How could I forget? You don't care about anything. Silly me," Shizuka said in an annoyed voice. She was obviously fed up with Seto's rude remarks. Shizuka expected Seto to get angry and yell at her, but to her surprise he didn't.
"The cafeteria sounds great. Let's go," Seto said. Shizuka detected a hint of sarcasm, but she kept her mouth shut. The pair went to the cafeteria, the kid's bathrooms, the basketball courts, and the volleyball area. Shizuka was just about to show Seto the nature trails when Miyabi approached the pair.
"How's everything going?" she asked.
"Fine," they both replied.
"I just wanted to tell you that tonight at 7:00 all the counselors will be getting together for a sort of introduction bonfire thing. Make sure you're there." Shizuka and Seto nodded their heads. Miyabi began to walk off, when suddenly she stopped. Turing back towards Seto and Shizuka she asked, "Not that is really matters, but did you guys change clothes?" At this even Seto couldn't stop from smiling, and Shizuka laughed out loud. Her laughter made Seto laugh as well, and neither could answer Miyabi question.
"Sorry I asked," she said, shaking her head, and walking away. When she had stopped laughing, Shizuka said to Seto,
"We have plenty of time before the bonfire. Want to walk on one of the trails?" Seto frowned.
"I am not really a nature person," he informed Shizuka.
"The trails aren't bad. You won't even get dirty. I promise." Seto sighed.
"Fine," he agreed reluctantly. "I guess I will have to go on them eventually anyway." The twp walked the trails, not talking most of the time. Shizuka took a large breath of air.
"Isn't it just beautiful out here?" she asked Seto.
"Sure. If you like that sort of thing," he replied.
"Would Mr. Big Bad CEO rather be inside of his stuffy little office than outside?" she questioned teasingly.
"First of all my office is probably bigger than your house, and second of all yes I would rather be there."
"Office bigger than my house huh? Are you compensating for something?" she asked her eyes twinkling. Seto scrunched his eyebrows in confusion. Then he realized what Shizuka's comments meant.
"Hey!" he said. Shizuka began laughing. Seto gritted his teeth, "Not funny," he told her.
"I thought it was pretty funny," Shizuka said. "So who is running your Kaiba Corp. while you're here?"
"Well some board members are running the day to day activities, but they have to give me daily reports, and can't make any decisions for the company unless they first ask me. So basically I am still running it."
"It must be hard work running your own company," Shizuka said. Seto shrugged.
"I guess it is, but I like it," he replied.
"We better get back, it is almost 7:00. We don't want to face the wrath of Miyabi," Shizuka said laughing.
"Oh, I already have," Seto informed her.
"What did you do to make her mad?" Shizuka inquired.
"Told her that how I treated others was my business."
"Ouch. Not a good idea."
"No, I guess it wasn't. I found that out the hard way." Seto said. When the two arrived back at camp they found a huge bonfire was burning, and the other counselors were already gathered around it.
"Nice of you two to join us," Miyabi said.
"Sorry," Shizuka apologized. "I was showing Kaiba the trails. We lost track of time," she explained.
"I didn't ask for an explanation. Just be on time," Miyabi yelled. Shizuka looked as though she was on the brink of tears, and Seto found himself filling with rage. Much to his own disbelief, he, the king of cold, couldn't stand to see nice, friendly Shizuka being bullied by Miyabi.
"Maybe if you stopped screaming at people for two seconds, you would realize that Shizuka was truly sorry," Seto told Miyabi.
"Maybe if you opened your eyes you would see that you are being hypocritical. I bet you treat your employees ten times worse! How many nice people have you yelled at for being late? How often are you mean to people who don't deserve it?" Miyabi retorted. Seto remained silent. What was there to say? Miyabi had gotten her point across; Seto knew he wasn't exactly the nicest person ever. Until now, it had never bothered him. Now, after seeing Miyabi yell at Shizuka, and realizing that he was just as rude sometimes, he felt slightly embarrassed. He lightly shook his head, trying to rid himself of these feelings. 'Who cares if Shizuka got her feelings hurt?' he asked himself. 'We were late. We deserved to be yelled at.'
"If you are done arguing with me, please sit down. We're going to play an introduction game to get to know each other better. Just say your name and tell us a little bit about yourself, what you like to do, et cetera..." Miyabi said. "Kaiba you can start. We go clockwise after that"
"This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of," he muttered. Miyabi shot him a dark glare, and he decided he best keep his comments to himself. He had tried Miyabi's patience enough for one day.
"My name is Seto Kaiba, but just call me by my family name. I only like three things: Duel Monsters, my little brother Mokuba, and my company Kaiba Corporation." Next a tall girl with long pink hair introduced herself.
"My name is Yuki. I like to hang out at the mall with my friends. I also like movies a lot. I want to be a teacher when I'm older," she said in what Seto would categorize as an overly peppy voice. Next a pair of twins introduced themselves. They were almost identical except one had dyed his hair a caramel color. His name was Kakashi, while his raven-haired brother was named Takashi. Kakashi liked cars, soccer, and girls, while Takashi liked reading, writing, and playing guitar. Besides their looks, it was apparent the two didn't have much in common. The other counselors consisted of a brunette with hazel eyes named Kami, and a boy with purple named Ryouji. After everyone had introduced them self and Seto had decided that everyone there was a loser, Miyabi told the counselors that they could either go to bed or stay and cook hot dogs. Shizuka yawned and stood up, announcing that she was tired and was going to retire for the night. As he watched Shizuka walk towards her cabin, something in Seto urged him to follow her. Before he knew it he was walking after Shizuka. He called her name, and she whirled around. Seto then realized he didn't actually know what he was planning on saying to Shizuka.
"Umm, thanks for showing me around today," he blurted out. A wide grin spread over Shizuka's face.
"No problem anytime," she replied.
"I'm not stupid. I only need to be shown around the place once," Seto shot back. Shizuka shook her head slightly and sighed.
"Goodnight Kaiba," was all she said in reply.
"Yeah goodnight," he told Shizuka. Then we wandered over to his cabin, and collapsed into bed. He fell asleep wondering how he was going to survive a group of kids if one girl had him acting like a complete fool.
Thanks for reading, please review!
