A Song for Seto
Disclaimer: I don't Yugioh, what else is new?
Chapter 8: Insensitive
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Kumiko's training continued on, each day became more and more grueling, but everyday Kumiko left with a bright smile on her face. She knew she could count on Seto being downstairs outside of the building waiting for her. It had been three months since Seto and she had started to do things together, like watch a movie, eat dinner, the usuals. Then again, it wasn't all that usual, when they saw a movie, they either saw it at Seto's home theater or when Kumiko insisted, Seto would rent out the entire theater for the evening so that no one would bother them.
Then again no one would believed that Seto Kaiba had left his company and computer to see a movie with his girlfriend. There was also the fact that nobody could believe he even had a girlfriend, after all, there wasn't a girl on earth who could take his cruelty, right?
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"Very good Kumiko! You've made wonderful progress in the last few months. I have a proposition for you." Said Francis, "I will soon be returning to France and I know that you have lived there before. How would you like to return to Paris with me and continue your training there?"
"Really? Return to Paris?" but her smile turned into a frown, "but that means I would have to leave my life here."
"You don't have to answer me right away. I want you to go home and think this over before you make your decision."
"Ok, thank you Francis. I'll see you tomorrow then." She said
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Seto sat in his limo, he didn't feel like driving today and he had a little bit of work that he had to finish off. He typed away on his labtop as he waited for Kumiko. He heard the door open and someone getting into the seat beside him. Not hearing any happy greeting or shouting about him working he looked up from his labtop to see Kumiko deep in thought. It sort of reminded him of the night that he had found out she had run away from home.
"Something wrong?" he asked
"What would you say if I told you I might leave Domino and go back to Paris?"
"What? Why?" he frowned in confusion, what was going on?
"Francis asked me to go back to France with him to continue my training where his school is. He promised me he could get me a job and we'd be able to travel everywhere doing concerts. Do you think I should go?"
"How often would you be able to come back?"
"That's the problem. I can't come back until I finish." She said looking at him sadly
"I could go with you"
"Don't be silly. You have to take care of your company. You couldn't possibly just leave it like that. Besides Kaiba Corporation is your dream, like the violin is mine."
"Do you want to go?"
"I would indeed love to go, although I don't want to leaving you, I mean you and I, we just started."
"Kumi, I'm not the type to say things to convince you to stay. I can only say that the final decision rest in your hands, whatever you choose I will repesct you."
That evening, dinner was quiet, neither of the said anything, there was just so much tension that it was impossible to enjoy the expensive dinner going to waste.
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The next day, Seto was found sitting in his office. Blinds closed, only the light from the screen of the computer illuminated the room. 'If I keep her here, she will only one day regret not taking the opportunity when she had the chance, but if I let her go, I might lose her. Why do these things always happen to me?' he slammed his fist onto the table as these thoughts filled his mind. A knock could be heard as the new intern came in.
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Mokuba went to Kaiba Corporation after school to visit his brother that day and he had never seen him in such a terrible mood. "YOU'RE INCOMPETENT! GET OUT OF MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW!!" he heard his big brother shout.
The young female intern left Seto's office in tears. The others tried to comfort her and calmed the young girl's loud sobbing to small hiccups. Mokuba shook his head at the scene before him. He walked up to his brother's office and knocked, "Who is it now?"
Mokuba carefully opened the door, "Big brother?" he asked quietly
"Oh it's you Mokuba. How was school?"
"It was fine but big brother are you ok?"
"What do you mean?"
"I know that it's normal that some days that you do shout at your workers like today, but you seem more tense then usual lately. It's like you have lots on your mind. What did the intern do this time?"
"It's nothing and I'm fine Mokuba."
"You don't look fine to me Seto. Does this have anything to do with Kumiko and the fact that there is a possibility she might be leaving?"
"No, this has nothing to do with Kumiko." Seto replied looking away from Mokuba
"You know it's not hard to tell when you're lying Seto. You never have the courage to look at me." He told Seto, "I haven't really gotten to know Kumiko, but I think she is probably a great person if she managed to get you so emotional over her possible departure. I hope you two solve this problem soon." Mokuba said leaving the room
"You're right about one thing Mokuba, Kumiko is a great person and I will not stand in her way."
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Kumiko stood at her balcony watching the sun set slowly. The water dyed by the light of the sun a beautiful orangy yellow. 'What am I going to do? Do I really have the courage to leave everything behind and go back to France? I probably could see all my old friends again, but what about my life here? What about Seto?' Kumiko groaned into her hands, "Why me? This is probably the biggest opportunity of my entire life and here I am being all frustrated when I should be jumping off the walls. I should be thrilled to see France again."
'But what about Seto?' a little voice said inside her head 'Won't you miss him?'
"I could always write an email or perhaps call him," she reasoned
'Since when could you do the fun stuff you guys do online?'
"ARGH! LEAVE ME ALONE!" she screamed running back into her appartment
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A week had passed since Seto had informed Kumiko had to make the biggest decision of her life. She still didn't know whether she wanted to leave the life she had just gotten to used to or not. She had come to love living in Domino but then France had so many promises. Normally Kumiko didn't drink any alcohol, but it didn't mean she didn't have a drink once in a while. Normally when she needed to decide on something or it was some celebration she would have a small glass of wine. Currently she was close to finishing off the bottle.
She really didn't know what to do. She wished she had someone to talk to but she hadn't seen Seto ever since he told her about the thing. She had tried calling him however either it was Mokuba who would say, "He isn't at home" or the machine. Each time Kumiko would put down the phone and be even more frustrated then before.
Kumiko rubbed her temples trying to soothe away the migrane that pounded in her head. 'It's times like these that I realize how much I thank god for the existance of advil. Where could Seto be? It's not like him to ignore me for so long.'
Walking into her room she looked for a proper outfit. She chose an outfit consisting of a white long sleeved shirt with a scoopneck and a black skirt that came up to her knees. Since Kaiba Corp wasn't too far from her appartment she decided to get some exercise and walk there.
She hadn't been here in the longest time. She got by the security with the VIP card that Seto had given her.
She pressed the appropriate button, waited till the elevator dinged and the doors slowly closed. Normally when she came to see Seto, she felt normal, but today she felt uneasy, like something bad was going to happen. A cold chill went down her back as the elevator shot up.
Upon arriving at the top floor, Kumiko got out and walked down the cold impersonal hall. There were people working but no one really seemed alive. Everyone looked more like robots, programed to do their job perfectly. Kumiko had never really noticed the people in Seto's office, but perhaps lately she had been thinking too much and her brain needed distraction, so little things caught her attention.
Kumiko arrived to the doors labelled "Seto Kaiba" in large golden letters. She knocked and entered when she heard Seto's answer. The look on Seto's face was one fully prepared to blast the person away into the world of fear but when he saw it was Kumiko his blazing eyes softened a bit but then hardened again.
"Oh it's you. What are you doing here Kumiko?"
"I came to see how you were. I haven't seen you or heard from you in ages."
"Well I have a lot of work to do. I have a lot of people I need to see, and I don't have a lot of time for a social call." He said icily
Kumiko was taken back by his behaviour, she was confused, and she hadn't seen him like this in a long time. "What's going on Seto?"
"Nothing's going on. Would you please tell me what you want and let me get back to my work."
Kumiko was quite upset but her anger could not compare to after what happened next. ~~
End of this chapter! Hope you liked it, I'll be posting as soon as I see a review.
Disclaimer: I don't Yugioh, what else is new?
Chapter 8: Insensitive
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Kumiko's training continued on, each day became more and more grueling, but everyday Kumiko left with a bright smile on her face. She knew she could count on Seto being downstairs outside of the building waiting for her. It had been three months since Seto and she had started to do things together, like watch a movie, eat dinner, the usuals. Then again, it wasn't all that usual, when they saw a movie, they either saw it at Seto's home theater or when Kumiko insisted, Seto would rent out the entire theater for the evening so that no one would bother them.
Then again no one would believed that Seto Kaiba had left his company and computer to see a movie with his girlfriend. There was also the fact that nobody could believe he even had a girlfriend, after all, there wasn't a girl on earth who could take his cruelty, right?
~~
"Very good Kumiko! You've made wonderful progress in the last few months. I have a proposition for you." Said Francis, "I will soon be returning to France and I know that you have lived there before. How would you like to return to Paris with me and continue your training there?"
"Really? Return to Paris?" but her smile turned into a frown, "but that means I would have to leave my life here."
"You don't have to answer me right away. I want you to go home and think this over before you make your decision."
"Ok, thank you Francis. I'll see you tomorrow then." She said
~~
Seto sat in his limo, he didn't feel like driving today and he had a little bit of work that he had to finish off. He typed away on his labtop as he waited for Kumiko. He heard the door open and someone getting into the seat beside him. Not hearing any happy greeting or shouting about him working he looked up from his labtop to see Kumiko deep in thought. It sort of reminded him of the night that he had found out she had run away from home.
"Something wrong?" he asked
"What would you say if I told you I might leave Domino and go back to Paris?"
"What? Why?" he frowned in confusion, what was going on?
"Francis asked me to go back to France with him to continue my training where his school is. He promised me he could get me a job and we'd be able to travel everywhere doing concerts. Do you think I should go?"
"How often would you be able to come back?"
"That's the problem. I can't come back until I finish." She said looking at him sadly
"I could go with you"
"Don't be silly. You have to take care of your company. You couldn't possibly just leave it like that. Besides Kaiba Corporation is your dream, like the violin is mine."
"Do you want to go?"
"I would indeed love to go, although I don't want to leaving you, I mean you and I, we just started."
"Kumi, I'm not the type to say things to convince you to stay. I can only say that the final decision rest in your hands, whatever you choose I will repesct you."
That evening, dinner was quiet, neither of the said anything, there was just so much tension that it was impossible to enjoy the expensive dinner going to waste.
~~
The next day, Seto was found sitting in his office. Blinds closed, only the light from the screen of the computer illuminated the room. 'If I keep her here, she will only one day regret not taking the opportunity when she had the chance, but if I let her go, I might lose her. Why do these things always happen to me?' he slammed his fist onto the table as these thoughts filled his mind. A knock could be heard as the new intern came in.
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Mokuba went to Kaiba Corporation after school to visit his brother that day and he had never seen him in such a terrible mood. "YOU'RE INCOMPETENT! GET OUT OF MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW!!" he heard his big brother shout.
The young female intern left Seto's office in tears. The others tried to comfort her and calmed the young girl's loud sobbing to small hiccups. Mokuba shook his head at the scene before him. He walked up to his brother's office and knocked, "Who is it now?"
Mokuba carefully opened the door, "Big brother?" he asked quietly
"Oh it's you Mokuba. How was school?"
"It was fine but big brother are you ok?"
"What do you mean?"
"I know that it's normal that some days that you do shout at your workers like today, but you seem more tense then usual lately. It's like you have lots on your mind. What did the intern do this time?"
"It's nothing and I'm fine Mokuba."
"You don't look fine to me Seto. Does this have anything to do with Kumiko and the fact that there is a possibility she might be leaving?"
"No, this has nothing to do with Kumiko." Seto replied looking away from Mokuba
"You know it's not hard to tell when you're lying Seto. You never have the courage to look at me." He told Seto, "I haven't really gotten to know Kumiko, but I think she is probably a great person if she managed to get you so emotional over her possible departure. I hope you two solve this problem soon." Mokuba said leaving the room
"You're right about one thing Mokuba, Kumiko is a great person and I will not stand in her way."
~~
Kumiko stood at her balcony watching the sun set slowly. The water dyed by the light of the sun a beautiful orangy yellow. 'What am I going to do? Do I really have the courage to leave everything behind and go back to France? I probably could see all my old friends again, but what about my life here? What about Seto?' Kumiko groaned into her hands, "Why me? This is probably the biggest opportunity of my entire life and here I am being all frustrated when I should be jumping off the walls. I should be thrilled to see France again."
'But what about Seto?' a little voice said inside her head 'Won't you miss him?'
"I could always write an email or perhaps call him," she reasoned
'Since when could you do the fun stuff you guys do online?'
"ARGH! LEAVE ME ALONE!" she screamed running back into her appartment
~~
A week had passed since Seto had informed Kumiko had to make the biggest decision of her life. She still didn't know whether she wanted to leave the life she had just gotten to used to or not. She had come to love living in Domino but then France had so many promises. Normally Kumiko didn't drink any alcohol, but it didn't mean she didn't have a drink once in a while. Normally when she needed to decide on something or it was some celebration she would have a small glass of wine. Currently she was close to finishing off the bottle.
She really didn't know what to do. She wished she had someone to talk to but she hadn't seen Seto ever since he told her about the thing. She had tried calling him however either it was Mokuba who would say, "He isn't at home" or the machine. Each time Kumiko would put down the phone and be even more frustrated then before.
Kumiko rubbed her temples trying to soothe away the migrane that pounded in her head. 'It's times like these that I realize how much I thank god for the existance of advil. Where could Seto be? It's not like him to ignore me for so long.'
Walking into her room she looked for a proper outfit. She chose an outfit consisting of a white long sleeved shirt with a scoopneck and a black skirt that came up to her knees. Since Kaiba Corp wasn't too far from her appartment she decided to get some exercise and walk there.
She hadn't been here in the longest time. She got by the security with the VIP card that Seto had given her.
She pressed the appropriate button, waited till the elevator dinged and the doors slowly closed. Normally when she came to see Seto, she felt normal, but today she felt uneasy, like something bad was going to happen. A cold chill went down her back as the elevator shot up.
Upon arriving at the top floor, Kumiko got out and walked down the cold impersonal hall. There were people working but no one really seemed alive. Everyone looked more like robots, programed to do their job perfectly. Kumiko had never really noticed the people in Seto's office, but perhaps lately she had been thinking too much and her brain needed distraction, so little things caught her attention.
Kumiko arrived to the doors labelled "Seto Kaiba" in large golden letters. She knocked and entered when she heard Seto's answer. The look on Seto's face was one fully prepared to blast the person away into the world of fear but when he saw it was Kumiko his blazing eyes softened a bit but then hardened again.
"Oh it's you. What are you doing here Kumiko?"
"I came to see how you were. I haven't seen you or heard from you in ages."
"Well I have a lot of work to do. I have a lot of people I need to see, and I don't have a lot of time for a social call." He said icily
Kumiko was taken back by his behaviour, she was confused, and she hadn't seen him like this in a long time. "What's going on Seto?"
"Nothing's going on. Would you please tell me what you want and let me get back to my work."
Kumiko was quite upset but her anger could not compare to after what happened next. ~~
End of this chapter! Hope you liked it, I'll be posting as soon as I see a review.