Summary: "It was all his fault. All his freaking fault. If it weren't for his stupid lies and my naive ness of life, I wouldn't be doing this to myself right now!" Songfic to One Step Closer by Linkin Park
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Ok, remember in my profile it says I'm not continuing one of my stories? It's the Benjamin Franklin one I'm planning on discontinuing it and making a better version of it over the summer or during winter However, I've decided to continue "One Step Closer" because I really like how I started the story So anyways, with no further notes here is chapter 2 of the long awaited One Step Closer!
Chapter 2: Brand New Day
The bright rays of the sun woke up an exhausted yet refreshed Serenity Wheeler up. 'This isn't my room' thought Serenit
Then the events of last night came back to her mind like a wave fromthe ocean. She remembered how she was about to commit suicide and Seto stopped her. How she poured all of her emotions to him and how she fell asleep from exhaustion. Then she heard a knock from the closed door. "Come In" said Serenity in a sort of sleepy voice. The doorknob turned and in came Seto. He was wearing his trademark trench coat (white), a black shirt, and deep blue leather pants. Serenity smiled at the man who had saved her. "Hi" she said while looking at the ground. Seto went up to her and grabbed her chin gently so she could be looking up at him. "You shouldn't be looking at the ground Serenity" he said softly. Serenity smiled a little. Then all of a sudden a fear that she was holding back grasped her heart and her blood ran cold. Seto sensing her newfound fear went into full panic mode. "What's wrong" he asked her. Serenity (in a shaky voice) said "Do I have to go-o bac-k to livi-ng wit-h h-im?" Seto, knew who him was. "Like hell you will!" he said. "That's why I came up to tell you the good news. You see while you were sleeping I called my lawyer and told him about you and how your father abused you. Now, he's working hard so I could have custody of you and you would never see that hideous mans face again" Serenity was shocked to say the least. "Thanks Seto" Serenity whispered. "Your welcome" he said back. There was a small pause when all of a sudden a mop of messy black hair popped into the room. "Hey Serenity!" said a very cheery Mokuba. Serenity smiled awkwardly at him, oh how she wished she was as carefree and worried less as Mokuba was right now. "Hi" said a very shy Serenity. Even though she had been dating Seto for the past 3 years, she was still a very shy when it came to Mokuba and meeting new people.
Seto smiled inwardly. She was still a shy person and he knew he was the only person (and Mokuba) to bring her out of that shell. "Soo, are you hungry Seren?" asked Mokuba. Serenity looked at the messy bed and then said "Yeah" "Well then I'll whip you up something" said Mokuba and then he left the room and went to whip something up for Serenity leaving the tall CEO and Fallen Angel by themselves. (By the way, Mokuba is 15 now okay?) "How are you feeling?" asked the concerned CEO. "I'm okay" said Serenity. "Well, today I decided to take the day off so I could spend it with you and Mokuba and since Mokuba is an excellent cook I think we should go to the kitchen right now" said Seto as he stood up. "Okay" said Serenity but then she realized she was still in the clothes she was in yesterday. Seto realizing what she was thinking about said "Don't worry theres some spare clothes in the closet today we can buy you some new clothes okay? I'll meet you at the kitchen" he gave her a kiss on the forehead and closed the door behind him leaving Serenity inside the bright laminated room. 'What did I ever do to deserve someone as sweet as him' thought Serenity as she went to the closet to see what clothes there was. There was a pair of blue jeans, 2 pairs of skirt (one was a purple and pink skirt the other was a black skirt with hot pink), and 2 shirts (one black with the trim of the sleeves pink and the other a plain white shirt). She decided to wear the blue jeans and black shirt. She took a quick shower and changed. The jeans and shirt were just a tad bit big for her but overall it was comfy. Then she put a pair of white socks on and brushed her mild wet hair. After that she decided to go to the kitchen.
The faint smell of pancakes and sausages filled the Kaiba Mansion hall and Serenity followed the delicious aroma to the kitchen. Once she got to the kitchen she saw Mokuba flipping pancakes while Seto was reading the newspaper and drinking coffee. Serenity smiled, they looked like an old married couple like that (lol). "Hey" said Serenity and both Kaiba boys looked at her. "Hello Seren, how many pancakes would you like?" said Mokuba. "Uummm two please" said Serenity and then she sat next to Seto at the small table. Seto put down the paper and looked at Serenity (again). "School starts next week" he blurted out. Serenity nodded. It was her last year of high school, and Mokuba's second year in high school (but since he's very smart they might pass him to 11th grade) Seto, was in his second year of College and if her corrections are correct, he might graduate in less than 9 months (since hes so smart lol). "Yeah and…" interrupted Mokuba while flipping a pancake. "Well, I think that today we should buy all your supplies" said Seto. "That works for me" said Mokuba while Serenity nodded. She hated the idea of Seto buying stuff for her, well unless it was jewelry or something. She knew she was raised by a poor family but she felt bad when someone else had to buy something for her that she can't or couldn't afford. She was about to tell Seto to not buy her anything when Mokuba said "Breakfast is served!" He brought 3 plates filled with eggs, pancakes, and sausage and gave one to Seto, Serenity and himself. He sat down next to Serenity and then said "Well, what are you waiting for? Dig in!" he said and started stuffing his face with food.
Serenity laughed and Seto just chuckled and he started eating more politely. Serenity grabbed her fork and started eating slowly. "This is really good!" said Serenity. She was impressed by his cooking. "Isn't it?" said Mokuba. Serenity laughed. It felt good to once again laugh, not a forced laugh just a plain happy laugh. Then a thought occurred to her. She wasn't as depressed as before. In fact, this was the first time she has been happy since Joey's death. All of her sorrows and troubles were in the very back of her mind and happiness was starting to mark its territory in her mind. "Earth to Serenity" said Mokuba and Serenity blinked. "Huh?" she said. "Could you pass me the maple syrup?" "Oh yeah, here you go" she said while handing him the maple syrup "Sorry about that it was just something that just popped into my mind" "What popped in your mind?" asked the eldest Kaiba as he finished taking a sip from his cup of coffee.
"Well, I know this may sound dorky but, when Mokuba said Isn't It? And I laughed I realized that right now its actually the first time I've been happy. Ever since Joey's death and the turmoil I haven't been happy, but now like all of my sorrows have vanished and I'm finally in a peaceful state" she said. "I'm glad your happy Seren" said Seto flashing her one of his rarest smiles. "Me too" said the youngest Kaiba. Serenity smiled once again. It felt good to smile and for the first time also, she was glad it was a brand new day.
Sooo…. What do you think? I hope you like it I worked very hard in this chapter sooo please review and look out for the next chapter (which for now) will be called School Supplies!
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