Chapter 6 Swimming
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Duke smirked, his sea colored eyes laughing mockingly at the two of them. Serenity looked from him to Seto, who glared at the scrawny youth leaning casually in the doorway. "What do you want, Devlin?" He asked, putting a protective arm around her. Despite the circumstances, excitement surged through Serenity at the thought that Seto Kaiba was protecting her. Duke's lips parted into a malicious smile, showing off his pearly white teeth.
"I just find it strange that Serenity would recoil from me, Duke Devlin, but at the touch of you, the hated rival of her brother, she would melt into your arms. What's wrong, Serenity?" He asked, sauntering toward her. "Am I not good enough for you?" With that sardonic smile plastered to his face he reached out to caress her cheek, but Seto placed himself in front of her, blocking Duke's repulsive hand from touching her.
"Leave her alone." He said, his teeth clenched. Duke raised an eyebrow at him, a smirk playing on his lips.
"What are you going to do about it?" He asked, looking up. Sea green clashed with azure as their eyes locked. For a second, Duke seemed to falter under Seto's foreboding figure, but he quickly regained his composure and backed away from him. "Are you going to fight me? Over . . . her?" He motioned toward Serenity, who was on the verge of tears. "By the way," he said, looking to the left of Seto at her, "That dress looks great on you. Really." He snickered as she hid behind Seto. His smirk broadened into a full-fledged grin, but Seto wasn't smiling. He meant business.
"I said leave her alone." He took a step toward him and grabbed him by his jacket. Duke, being a head and a half shorter than Seto, was lifted to his toes. "You'd better not come anywhere near her again, or you won't live to regret it."
Despite the position he was in, Duke still kept his jackass attitude up. "And what about when you're not around? You can't protect her forever."
"Well," Seto said, tightening his grip. "Here's a taste of what will happen if I find out you've gone withing five feet of her again." He literally picked Duke up off the ground and hurled him into the pool, much to the astonishment of Serenity. She looked from Seto, to the pool, and back to Seto again, her mouth open in shock.
Duke surfaced screaming profanities, his face gone white with complete and utter fury. Serenity backed away from the pool's edge just as her hero jumped in after him. In water or on land, Duke didn't stand a chance against Seto. If he had wanted to, he could've drowned him there and then, but then there would be the court thing, and possibly jail time, and he just couldn't bother with something like that. So, Seto just had to be content with beating the snot out of the little punk, which he did very well.
"Let me go! Let me go!" Duke kicked and screamed, trying to pull away from his tormenter, who had a strong hold on his wrist. His nose was bleeding from where Seto had decked him in the face after jumping in the pool. "You're going to break my arm! Let go!" he screeched.
"...Fine." Seto said simply and let go. Duke pulled away from him and massaged his wrist, staring at Seto as if he were some kind of maniac. Then he got out of the pool and stumbled past Serenity, too mortified to even look at her. Seconds later, they heard a motorcycle rev up from somewhere and speeded off. Seto looked up from the pool and flashed her a smile. "How did I do?"
"...Wow . . . " Was all she could say as she gave him her hand to help him out of the pool. Seto took her hand in his and just looked at it for a second. Then, he flashed her a mischievous smile and gripped her hand just hard enough where she couldn't pull away. Sensing what he was about to do, she shook her head. "You wouldn't!" She dared, trying to pull her hand from his grip.
"Oh, wouldn't I?" He asked and, with little effort, pulled her into the pool with him. She gasped and looked down at her soaked dress.
"I can't believe you did that!" She cried and splashed him.
"I can't either!" He splashed her back, laughing. Of course, this started an all out water war between them. Naturally, this led to a dunking contest. (A contest in which Seto had a huge advantage, because he could touch bottom, and he was much stronger than Serenity.)
After Seto dunked her for the sixth time (he was counting) he pulled away, breathing hard. "You know . . . I haven't had this much fun in . . . " He paused, looking thoughtful. "...forever . . . " Then he smiled.
Serenity grinned and took this opportunity to try to dunk him. She pressed down hard on his shoulders, but he picked her up easily and held her up away from him. She squirmed, trying to break free.
"Do you really think you can defeat me, oh ye of little muscle? I am-" At that moment, she slipped out of his grasp and fell against him. Trying to keep a hold of her so he could dunk her, he wrapped his arms around the arch of her back so she couldn't squirm out of his grasp. She was so tiny . . . so light. And she felt . . . right . . . in his arms. Serenity raised up from his shoulder and attempted to give him her most menacing glare. It was only then that she realized just how close their faces were. A blush crept across her cheeks. Their eyes met, and Seto swallowed.
"Serenity, I-"
"Shhh . . . " She whispered. "Don't say anything. Just . . . " She didn't finish. Their lips met, and Seto's grip on her tightened slightly. She closed her eyes, letting their wonderful kiss take control of her. It was amazing. It was beautiful. It was . . . nothing like the way Duke had kissed her. Seto didn't rush it. He didn't try to take advantage of her in any way. And wow! For a guy who had no time for a social life, that man knew how to kiss!
"Hey Seto, I saw-" Mokuba stopped in the doorway, and his eyes widened. Seto let go of Serenity, and they moved away from each other. "...Okay..." The younger Kaiba said slowly. "Um...this is...awkward..."
"Tell me about it." Seto muttered, letting go of Serenity.
"I don't even want to know how this got started." Mokuba shook his head and turned away. "...but you know..." he looked over his shoulder. "I'm glad it did. You needed a girl, Seto. I didn't want to say anything, but-"
"Go inside Mokuba." Seto said, his arms crossed. Mokuba shrugged and went back to the party. Seto climbed out of the pool and then helped Serenity out.
"...What now?" She asked, sighing. "We can't go back inside, we're soaked."
"I know . . . " He looked up. "But you know what? It's okay. We can just . . . stay out here until the party's over . . . if that's what you want, of course."
She smiled and took his hand. "I can't think of anything I'd rather do."
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