Chapter 10
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sorry it's taking me so long! School's like...evil right now. My grades are kind of going up, but I've still been grounded from the internet. Please don't hate me.
Oh, by the way, are songfics suddenly illegal on fanfiction? I had the most awesomest idea for a songfic, but then I saw this notice that said that they weren't allowed, and stories featuring them would be deleted, and the writer's account frozen. : ( Well, I dunno. I was going to write a songfic, but now I'm not so sure... So anyway, here's chappy 10
"I've got it!" Serenity cried, frantically running down the stairs. "Don't worry, Joey, I'll get it!" She stumbled past him and dove for the telephone. Her brother gave her a strange look, and she smiled at him embarrassedly. "...I'm...expecting a call..."
"...Ooookay..." he mumbled. "I'm not even gonna ask."
Serenity smiled and picked up the phone as he walked into the kitchen. "Hello?" She asked, expecting the person at the other end of the line to be her hunky CEO. They had been calling each other back and forth for about a week since the party, and in secret phone calls, Seto had informed her of a surprise he was planning for today. And even though she'd begged and pleaded for him to tell her what it was, he took joy in making her suffer. Maybe now, finally, she would find out what he was going to do.
But the voice she heard was not that of Seto Kaiba, nor was it of Yugi, Mai, Tristan, or any other of her friends who would've been welcome to call. No, this voice belong to someone she'd hoped she'd never hear from again. This voice belonged to a person who had absolutely no right to call her. This voice, of course, belonged to none other than Duke Devlin.
"Hey, Serenity, it's Duke." His oh-so distinguishable voice sounded casual, as if nothing at all had happened between them. "What's up?"
"..." She said nothing. And how could she? For someone so despicable to call her after acting like he did was unspeakable. She began biting her index nail, trying to think of what to do. Should she be the shy, sweet, kind little girl she always was and listen to whatever bull he had to shovel out? Or should she for once stick up for herself and chew him out like the low, filthy dog he was? Oh, what she would give to come up with a quick, snappy insult that would cut him to the quick, but her mind was drawing a blank.
"Serenity, are you still there?" He asked. In the end, she decided to simply hang up on him. After putting the receiver down, she immediately felt doubt. Should she have maybe listened to what he had to say? As she turned to walk away, though, the phone rang again. Maybe this time it was Seto. She picked it back up.
"Hello?" She said, a bit more hesitantly this time.
"Serenity? I think we got cut off-"
'No! I hung up on you, just like this!" She slammed the phone down, but before she even removed her hand, it rang again. Anger surged through her. Without thinking, she jerked the phone back up. "Listen to me you scrawny, annoying, stuck up little punk! You must have some kind of nerve thinking that you have any right once so ever to call me! I don't know who you think you are, but let me say this: Having money and power doesn't give you the right to treat people like dirt. Don't EVER call me AGAIN!" Silence followed, and Serenity felt self satisfaction flood through her. That is, of course, until she heard Seto's voice at the other end of the line.
"...Serenity? What...why..." He seemed at a loss of words. His voice had a mixture of anger and confusion - mostly anger. Obviously no one had ever said such a thing to the great Seto Kaiba. Serenity almost dropped the phone.
"Oh...oh God, Seto..." She smacked herself in the head with the palm on her hand. "No, I...I didn't..." she sighed. "I didn't know it was you. I thought you were...Duke..."
"...Why would you think I was Duke?"
"He called right before you did. I'd already hung up on him once, and when I did it again, the phone rang immediately. I thought it was him again. I'm sorry, Seto."
"Heh," He laughed slightly. "It's okay. Now I guess I know what will happen if I ever piss you off."
"Yeah." She laughed. "I guess that I have so much anger I don't show, it just kind of built up." Despite the circumstances, it seemed like whenever she was talking to him, he could always find a way to make her smile.
"So, do you want me to take care of Devlin? I beat him once, I can do it again." He sounded serious, but the last thing Serenity wanted was to start another altercation between them. It wasn't that she didn't want Seto to teach that punk a lesson, because he certainly did deserve it. But things were already unstable enough. She didn't need to further risk the chance of anyone else finding out. After all, Duke knew. Yugi knew. Eventually, Joey might somehow find out, and then where would they be?
"No, Seto." She said quickly. "It's fine, really. I don't want to start any trouble."
"It won't be any trouble, really. He obviously didn't learn a lesson the last time we fought, so I need to teach him that when I say to stay away from you, I mean it . . . wow . . . that made me sound really possessive, didn't it?"
"Yeah." She laughed. "Don't tell me you're one of those jealous guys who never let their girlfriend have friends who are guys. Because if you are, I'm afraid I'm going to have to end things here." She was laughing, and Seto decided to play along with her.
"Ah, that's to bad, because I was really beginning to like you." They both started laughing. "No, seriously, it's okay. But are you sure you don't want me to make sure he never calls you again? If he was in a body cast, I don't think he'd be able to use a phone."
"Seto, that's scary." She said, although she was smiling at the thought. He had already proven he was quite capable of putting someone in the hospital if he really wanted to.
"Aw, okay fine. I'll leave him alone, but if he keeps bothering you, you know who to call."
"Yes, I do. But that's enough about him. Let's get on the more important subject: What's this surprise you've been teasing me about!"
"Oh, that." He said casually. "Well, I can't tell you what that is, really. It has to be a surprise. Do you think you could meet me on a street corner or something and I could pick you up. I'd feel nervous picking you up in front of your house. He'd definitely notice my limo."
"On a street corner? You make me sound like a hooker." She smiled, and Seto sounded like he was about to choke.
"You...you know that wasn't what I meant." he was trying to suppress laughter. "You know I don't think of you like that!"
"I know." She smiled. "That sounds fine. I'll tell Joey I'm going over to...Yugi's. He doesn't live that far away." When will you pick me up?"
"I get off work in almost an hour. Can you meet me there at...around...1:15?"
"Sure!" She smiled. "I can't wait!"
"Neither can I. You're going to love it."
"I guess I'll let you get back to work then." she said softly. "Bye."
"Bye."
Okay, that was it. I was going to add on the next chapter to please all my little fans out there, but I decided against it. Sorry. But hey, at least I updated (after what? like...three months?) Soon, I'll be updating my other story: Trapped, but as fortoday, I'm just updating Date with Destiny. Sorry, MalikxSerenityfans.
Anyway, my computer's been messing up, so if the formatting of the story looks weird, blame my computer. Bye, and remember: REVIEW.
