It had been a month since the incident with Kisara. In that time, Kaiba had managed to avoid Shizuka. He had only accomplished that by spending every waking moment at his company. Mokuba saw that this physical and emotional distance was taking too much of a toll on their marriage. The only thing that had kept them divorcing; and still keeps them from going through with that action is their love for one another. Despite the circumstance life had thrown at them, and the decision Kaiba had made. The one that he thought was best for him, didn't change the fact that they still burned for one another.

He leaned his head back closing his eyes, resting for a moment. A memory of Shizuka straddling him and kissing him passionately enters his mind. He couldn't of helped but moan. The next moment, his eyes snap open. He started thinking of something else, otherwise he knew he would have caved; leading to him expericing more heartache after she dies.

She had gone to the grocery store to have some time alone. She had left Aoi with him. Actually, he had volunteered to watch his niece. She had just fallen asleep in his lap. He couldn't let his brother and sister-in-law suffer in silence. He had been thinking of ideas to get them together. He had finally thought of a perfect excuse. He decided to put it in effect once she came back. She had walked in the house an hour later. He had quickly gone to help her. She had been seven months pregnant at that time. As it was she shouldn't have gone by herself in her condition, with how much she had brought back.

"Shizuka, when we finish I would like you to come with me." "Where?" "I left something very important at the office after I left work today." "So why do you need me to go with you?" "I don't want to go by myself...I would really like you to accompany me, please." Knowing she couldn't deny her brother-in-law anything when he was like that way she gave in, "your brother won't be there will he?" Mokuba had decided to lie to her. He knew she could get stubborn as a mule from time to time. Well, the same could be said of his brother. It was easier this way. "Let me go tell the maid to watch Aoi, while we are gone."

They had entered the building twenty minutes later. They arrived at the floor that housed his and his brother's office. " I need to get something from Seto's office, then we will proceed to mine." She had been standing right next to him. As soon as he had opened the door he had given her a light push inside; the door had immediately locked for he had set the security timer some time, before they had left the mansion.

He walked away, making his way to the elevators. He ignored her pounding on the door. Seto had looked up from his paperwork at the sudden noise. She stopped twenty seconds after she had started. She knew if Mokuba was going to let her out, he would have told her so immediately. ' That can only mean one thing.' She turned around to be faced with her husband. She had quickly turned away; so he wouldn't see the hurt and hope that had she still held in her eyes. After the noise broke his concentration, the last person he expected to see was her. It left him feeling elated. He put his paperwork down.

He had thought separating himself from her would have eased his pain. He had never been more mistaken about something in his life. Seeing her in his office and knowing they had been locked in by her pounding on the door, made him want to take everything back. It was easier said than done though. However, he had never been one to do things halfway; therefore giving him aggressive and competitive attributes. Sure, she had managed to tone down the aggressive part of his personality. Although, him keeping his love for her repressed caused him to dominant the situation. Unable to deny himself any longer, he wound up taking her right then and there, on the floor in his office.

He knew his brother had been the one who had been responsible for the predicament they had been in. At any other time and during different circumstances, he thought...No, he knew he would have been furious. However, he couldn't have been happier. His brother would let them out tomorrow before office hours. For now, they had the whole night to themselves. She had been laying her head and and hand on his chest. He had his arm around her. He kissed her forehead, before laying his head on top of hers. " I don't deserve you for with the way I had treated you."

He interwined his fingers with hers after he had said that. "Its okay...Even though I had been angry; and still am that you kissed and dated another woman...I knew that you hadn't stopped loving me...You were just scared, and running away is a person's average reaction...I know if you were in my position, I would want to run away too, for I would be scared out of my mind knowing that your life was to be cut short...I had stopped being afraid of knowing that I am going to die not long after the operation had been unsuccesful...What scared me more was the possibility that I could have lost you after you left me."

"Despite, what I had done in the end...I don't really think I could have really left you...From the moment, I met you; you had cemented yourself in my heart." "It occurred for me on our first date, when you had given me those Sakura Blossoms...I will never leave you either; nor have I ever contemplating do so, nor will I ever not willingly anyway." She lightly tapped the area where his heart is. "I will always been right there with you...The same for our children...I will live on in your minds through memories, and your hearts through love." She kissed his jaw.

He raised her hand to his lips, kissing it. She still had, had her head on his chest. His arm tightened its grip around her waist. Their interwined hands placed over his heart. This is how they fell asleep. His brother smiled at hearing the last of their conversation. He had barely arrived at the security's control room. ' At least, they aren't avoiding each other now.' That reminded him of a song that was appriopriate for this occasion.

Lying beside you, here in the dark

Feeling your heart beat with mind

Softly you whisper, you're so sincere

How could our live be so blind

We sailed on together

We drifted apart

And here you are by my side

So now I come to you, with open arms

Nothing to hid, believe what I say

So here I am with open arms

Hoping you'll see what your love means to me

Open arms

Living without you, living alone

This empty house seems so cold

Wanting to hold you, wanting you near

How much I wanted you home

But now that you've come back

Turned night into day

I need you to stay.

Open Arms by Journey