Delicate by Sangha

I really hope this works out in the end because I like the plot in my mind…I've made a start so far.

Pairings: SetoxTea; TeaxYugi; YugixRebecca; RebeccaxMokuba; MokubaxSerenity; SerenityxSeto


Chapter 1 – Mokuba's New Girlfriend

Winter.

Seto didn't like winter that much, after all these hectic weeks around Christmas which were fortunately finally over, it was almost March and still, snow was lying on the streets of Domino. People didn't like going outside and his amusement park stayed closed. At least Kaibaland was booming in times like these when the arenas were full of people who didn't know what to spend their time with else. He had, as usual, lots of work to be done and was sitting in his home office with his laptop and a cup of tea.

It was already late evening when Seto saw from out of his window that Mokuba's red sports car was appearing at the Kaiba ground. Sure enough, the tall brown haired man heard footsteps approaching his office.

"Knock, knock." Mokuba grinned when he entered the office of his older brother. "Hey Seto! It's too late for work, don't you know?"

"Funny, I always thought it'd be too late driving around Domino." Seto smirked. "But I'm glad you're home. There's a technical problem in Arena Five and I haven't had the time to look after it-"

"No probs, big bro. I'll see after that tomorrow." Mokuba smiled sweetly, flopping back his long ebony hair. "I've got to tell you something, at first."

A mischievous grin appeared on the younger Kaiba's handsome face. Indeed, now that Mokuba was almost twenty years old, he had features which were adored by hundreds of girls, plus he was almost as tall as his brother. The once small kid loved fashion and clad himself most of the time in all kinds of different brands, as long as they appeared to be cool in his social circles.

"Let me guess, you met a girl." Seto had to suppress his bored smile.

Mokuba always met girls and told Seto about it. At first it was quite funny and Seto being the proud brother thought of it as amusing but after almost three years the same old stories, Seto couldn't hear it anymore. Still, he could never tell Mokuba that. The kid had too many hormones, the elder thought to himself but knew deep inside, that he himself probably had just too few.

"How did you know?" The raven haired man almost shrieked. "Anyway, this time it's something else. I think I finally found the one girl I want to be with for the rest of my life." Dreamily he rolled his eyes in the air and sank down further in the chair he had chosen before to sit on.

"You! The rest of your life? I need to see that before I believe it." Seto smirked.

"No, I mean it." The younger answered quite serious which alarmed the older just a little bit more than usual. "It's not just some random girl from high school or college this time. She's a woman and a pretty one, too."

"They've been all pretty ones." Dry reply.

"She's intelligent and stands up for her opinions. She's not over styled and but classical I'd even say. Beautiful from her origin features, not through make up and weird hairdos. Her figure, Seto! You should see her figure! She's small but well portioned, if you know what I mean!" He wriggled his eyebrows funnily which resulted in Seto almost smiling. "She's dressed discretely and she's really lovely. She respects me and looks up to me. What more could I ever want?"

"True." Seto thought for a moment. In a way Mokuba had described Seto's perfect match. That's how he wished a woman would be to find for him. "I admit, it really does sound acceptable. So tell, who is the great goddess who's going to spend her life with you nagging freak?"

"Thanks bro." Mokuba smiled lazily. "Actually, you know her. Not very well, but you've seen her before."

Seto raised his eyebrows. "Is this a quiz or what? Tell me, who is it."

"Serenity Wheeler."

That said Seto stared at his brother like in trance. He felt like when he had been hallucinating on seeing old Egypt cities years ago but this time it was different. His thoughts didn't concern playing cards, but a certain auburn haired girl.

"Seto?"

The man with the chestnut hair blinked and narrowed his eyes, concentrating on his brother. He didn't know why he hadn't just made a dismissive comment about her but his first mind crossing thought was to find excuses for Mokuba not to be with her.

"Isn't she older than you are?" Great question to start with, Seto simply guessed.

"Yes, but only three years. What are three years Seto? So she is twenty-two now, who cares in another twenty years?" Mokuba shrugged. "She went to University in America, did you know that? She just came back with an A diploma. Great, isn't it?"

"Hm." Seto murmured mindlessly.

"We met in Rainmen's lately and wow, you should see how she has changed. She's even more beautiful than she was before. You should have seen Taylor… hehe… Serenity fell for me the moment she saw me, I swear to god above!"

Seto swallowed hard.

"What about Rebecca? Already over her?" Again a rather stupid question but Seto's mind was confused enough and therefore glad for any sentence he was able to form in his mind at all.

"Rebecca was just a crush I've had way too long."

"Three years." He had to voice out how long Mokuba had been into the blond girl.

"I know and I tell you, three years too long. Serenity's the right one for me, believe me. I know you don't like Wheelers pretty much but she's nothing like Joey. You'll see. I'm going to introduce her to you officially and you'll love her."

That was just the point. Mokuba had no clue how close he was to the truth. He shot up suddenly up and ran to the door, opening the heavy wooden wing. Turning around, his gaze met once more the one of his brother.

"Are you at home tonight?"

"Why?" Seto was most of the nights at home, not like a certain brother he had.

"Serenity's coming over later and-"

"I'm afraid I won't be here by then." Seto stated.

"It's past ten." Mokuba countered, knowing how rarely his older brother went out late.

"It's Friday and I'm going for a drink." Seto replied sternly.

Mokuba just raised an eyebrow. "Okay." The word was said quite suspicious but nevertheless, he left the room with a smile. "Have fun then."

Seto didn't reply. Waiting until the door was closed by his brother again, he drew in a heavy breath. Why did it have to be Serenity Wheeler in the name of hell! Feeling quite awkward he leant back in his chair. He felt like a fool lying to his brother about going out but one thing was for sure, now he would have to go. But the other side was, it may be the best anyway. A night out might take off his mind.

(A/N: Okay, this had been quite an awful lot of Kaiba but that will change in the next chapters. I write mostly only Kaiba fics, so no wonder after all. And, the chapter has been short but the following chapter will be longer. I'm used to change chapters with change of scenes – I think movie!)