Author's Note: I know! Finally! I've updated! Wahoo! Let's have a party! Okay, okay, I'm getting ahead of myself. I know, I know, you all must hate me for not updating for like, what, 5 months. But… I have a reason. Well, it all started in February, there was a fire in my house, and… I lost my laptop… the laptop that had the story on it. And than, when my daddy bought me a new laptop, a few days later, I ripped one of my shoulder muscles from tennis. IT KILLED! And anyways, I couldn't type or anything for like 6 weeks. And than, we kept moving from house to house since the insurance company is still not done with the repairs on our house. So it was like, my family was grieving over the loss, and I'm sitting in my room typing up a story. Well anyways, I can type now so I can tell you that I will try my very best to keep updating often. But if I don't, well … since so many bad things have happened to me… I might… well… we'll just have to see.

On a different topic, thank you all for the reviews (I live off of them) and the patience! This chapter has what everyone's been asking for. That fluffy stuff. But with who? You guys will just have to read!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

And yes, I am aware that I posted this last week, but I made a mistake (yet again) so I fixed it. Hehehehehe …. I'm so excited! SUMMER BREAK!

BUT NOW ON WITH THE STORY


Love or Lust

Chapter Five: You Like Oreos?

By: Huasheng


It was silent. The only thing that was barely heard was the short, quiet breaths from the ones who occupied the dinning hall. At the head of the long, slender mahogany table sat Kaiba, most of his attention focused on today's news. To his right sat his younger brother, and in front of him, the uncomfortable Serenity. Conversation was far from happening to this set of three.

'God, I can't take the silence.' Serenity thought to herself as she carefully and slowly ate her breakfast. Living with the Kaiba's would make anyone and everyone self-conscious about everything, the way you eat, the way you talk, the way you dress. 'I've got to do something about this, but what?'

"Is there something on your mind Serenity?" Mokuba asked concerned.

Serenity snapped out of her own thoughts, "Nothing, why?" she was pleased that she wasn't the one who had to make the first move.

"You looked kinda confused, not anymore though." Mokuba slowly quieted down.

Serenity wasn't about to let this boat sail, just not yet at least.

"So Mokuba, what do you have plans for today?" Serenity asked hoping for an answer.

"Nothing much really, school, than home, food, and sleeping to basically some it up." He took a slip from his orange juice.

"Sure you don't have any parties to sneak to." It was more of a statement than question when Kaiba said it like that.

Mokuba replied to his brother with nothing else but a glare, though his older brother didn't bother to look up to meet his just as stubborn icy orbs.

You could cut the tension with a toothpick. Serenity didn't really know how to handle the situation.

"Ahh… Anyways, what about you Set – Mr. Kaiba, what do you have planned for today?" Serenity asked as politely as possible. She sat there waiting, unfortunately for her, unlike his brother; Kaiba had not answered her back.

Mokuba shook his head in disapproval. His brother treated her with no respect, not even a shred. Even after what he had done to her, you would expect him to be waiting on her hand and foot.

"Serenity, don't bother, he doesn't care about what anybody has to say. Just ignore him like he ignores you." Mokuba's advice, in a way, frightened Serenity.

"Don't say that, I'm sure that he's just busy –"

"Listen to my brother; it's best for all of us, especially you." Kaiba didn't hesitate to hurt anybody's feelings.

"See." Mokuba pushed his plate farther away from him, drank the rest of his juice, jumped out of his seat, threw his bag of school books upon his shoulder and made his way out to the door. "See ya later, Serenity."

There was the slamming of the front door that could be heard, and that was it, nothing else was said after that. The silence had once again claimed itself master of the room, and it might be harder to get it to leave this time, far more difficult than before.

'Here we go again, how am I supposed to make The Great Wall of Kaiba start to talk?' Serenity sighed aloud.

Kaiba looked up from his morning paper. He watched Serenity as her hand handled her fork that just went in circles around the inside of the edges of her plate. She sighed again.

Kaiba couldn't help but wonder what was going on in that imaginative head of hers.

'What's she thinking about? Lord help me, why the hell should I care?' Kaiba felt like taking the fork from Serenity's hand and stabbing it in his chest. Death was far better than him going through this 'touchy feely crap'.

"What's wrong?" He said that without him even knowing somehow. 'What the hell am I doing?' his mind worked in completely different directions from his mouth.

Serenity, somewhat surprised by his question, looking up with a simple smile on her face.

"Nothing really, I'm just disturbed by the way you and your brother talk with each other." Serenity closed her eyes tightly, wishing that she had not just said what she had.

'Oh shit. Me and my goddamn big mouth, I'm so fired.' Thoughts along the same line drifted into her mind.

"That's you and me both." Kaiba threw his newspaper upon the solid wood table.

Serenity was yet again surprised by his response. An actual reply was far from what Serenity had expected from him.

"So why don't you do something about it?" Hey, if she got this far with him in a conversation, why not try and go farther.

"What do you purpose I do?" Kaiba asked somewhat annoyed by her repetition.

"You really want to know what I think?" Serenity had the biggest smile on her face. A smile Kaiba hadn't seen in some time now.

"No." his word was cold.

Serenity made a silent "o" and slowly turned her attention back to the breakfast that lay in front of her. She knew it was too good to be true.

Kaiba looked at her dismay-filled face; he couldn't help to be humored by her innocence.

"I'm just joking—"

"Well that's a first." Serenity bit her tongue. "Sorry… I…"

"Just tell me what you have in mind." He folded his arms across his chest, and stared at Serenity, his eyes a bit more gentile than usual.

"I don't know; maybe spend a day with him. Do something fun? It's not that he doesn't want to talk or be with you, he's just waiting for you to make the first move."

"And how do you know that?" he raised an eyebrow.

"He told me…" her attention turned back to the unfinished plate of scrambled eggs. She was obviously lying. But a good lair she was, Seto actually believed her, although he didn't let her think that due to his stone-like face.

To Serenity, and the rest of the world, Kaiba's face was much like a rock, it never moved, emotions could never be seen, he was so hard to read – with the exception of his brother, of course.

Serenity almost jumped from her seat, "I have an idea, why don't you take him to Kaiba Land?"

"And do what?" he was never optimistic about things.

"Whatever you want to do… I guess…" she turned back into her seat and played with her uneaten food again.

"That is probably the worst idea you have come up with." Kaiba shouted loudly and Serenity almost fell out of her seat. "But, I think you've given me an idea." Serenity looked up afraid thinking that he was just joking again. "And try not to break any of the chairs, you've broken your leg and that's more than I need on my hands."

"You know if I'm such hassle for you, than I'll just leave." Serenity pushed back her chair, grabbed her crutches, and tried to stand up.

Kaiba sat back in his chair, almost laughing at the scene in front of him.

Finally able to stand up, she positioned the crutches underneath her arms and tried to walk away, it proved to harder than it seemed. She headed for the door that would lead her out of the dining hall, all the while thinking to herself.

'Why isn't he telling me not to go? Oh yeah, I forgot, he's a jackass.' She was now determined to leave the Kaiba mansion once and for all; she wasn't going to stay where she wasn't wanted.

She pushed open the doors heading for the actual exit that would rid her of this inconvenience.

'I can't believe he's just letting me go! I'm so—' her thoughts being halted when she felt her foot slip on the rug before her feet.

"Ahhh!" the crutches fell from her grasp and onto the floor, making the chances of her falling straight to the floor inevitable, or maybe not. There was a factor, Kaiba.

Kaiba caught her just as she was about to hit the cold marble floor.

Serenity's eyes were squeezed shut, as if that was going to save her from her fall, but Kaiba sure did. Her eyes slowly opened as she realized she wasn't flat on the floor, and that something – or rather someone had stopped her from her trip.

'Kaiba?' Serenity was puzzled, very puzzled, 'Why is Kaiba... wha?'

"Let's try not to break your other leg, one's quite enough." He pulled her back to her feet, realizing that she couldn't stand without support. He let her lean against his hip as he tried pulled the crutches closer to them.

Serenity was still mesmerized by his actions. 'And why is he doing this?'

His attempts to pull the crutches closer without letting Serenity fall were fallible.

"Aw… screw it." He stood up straight again – Serenity still leaning on him. He bent down a bit, placing his hand under Serenity's knees and swiftly pulling her up into his chest, he was actually carrying her.

"What are you doing!" Serenity panicked. "Put me down, you really don't have to do this—"

"Shut up woman!" Kaiba halted and yelled at her. Her mouth shut firmly in fear. "What is your damn problem! Fine. You want to try walking up these stairs alone, go right ahead." He was in the process of placing her back on her feet.

"No, no." Serenity spoke softly. "Sorry, I just wasn't expecting that, that's all."

There was no reply from him, he just resumed his task of carrying her to her room.

Her arms were around his neck, not letting go. Serenity could see that through Kaiba's stone cold face, there were traces of a cherry-like glow.

'Is he … blushing?' Serenity couldn't help but be thrilled. She let her grip around him loosen, she could feel that his tensed shoulders had relaxed again. 'Am I making the Seto Kaiba… nervous?'

"Do you like my face?" Kaiba asked sternly.

"What?" Serenity was confused by his remark. "Huh?"

"Than why is it that you keep starring at it?" Kaiba looked back at her, his ocean eyes starring into her hazel ones. He quickly looked away as he felt a sensation he couldn't describe.

"Oh, sorry… it's just that I'm thinking…"

"About…?"

"That you're actually a really nice guy, and that you're not all that bad once someone gets to know you, and that—" she was interrupted, so were his movements.

"Let me stop you right there. If you're thinking that I'm doing this for you because I'm a good person, than you're wrong, yet again. The only reason for my actions is because I don't want to have a lawsuit on my hands, is that clear?" Kaiba looked at her fiercely.

Serenity nodded obediently.

'He may say what he wants to say, but I know.' She smiled, looking ahead to the door that led to her room.

Kaiba pushed the door open with his foot – memories of the previous events flooded back to him.

'No.' he told himself sternly. 'What happened that night will not happen again, that's what got you into this mess.' He tried to keep his mind off of those thoughts, they were no use.

He placed her in her bed, letting her lay upon the comforter, he spread a thin bed sheet on her frail body, looked at her innocent face once more, and than headed for the door.

"Mr. Kaiba…?"

He halted, turning only his head, so the side of his face could only be seen by her, and nothing else that could catch her eye.

"Thanks." She smiled softly, even though he didn't bother to look. He just walked right out the door as if he hadn't heard anything. He closed the door quietly behind him.

He took a deep breath.

This was the first time in his years of life that he'd been so kind to another human being – excluding his brother.

He leaned against Serenity's door, letting his head gently press against the cold wood.

"You're welcome." He muttered softly…


Kaiba had returned home from his usual long, hard day of work. Maria, of course, greeted him at the main entrance, took his trench coat of and escorted him to the dinning hall yet again.

"Maria."

She was somewhat stricken by his tone of voice, it was different – it was kind.

"Maria." He said again, looking at her.

She snapped out of her thoughts, "Ah.. yes sir?"

"Has Ms. Frank awaken since I left this morning?" Kaiba set his briefcase down upon the dinning table, and went through it's contents.

"Why yes, sir. She actually never slept, she just stayed in her room and read, but later on she followed me around the house, and without crutches may I add!" Maria was overwhelmed with joy by the news. Kaiba too, couldn't help but find himself with a gentle, but petit smile upon his usually cynical visage, "and than, Master Mokuba arrived and they went out for a while—"

"Where to?" Kaiba asked concerned.

"I think for ice cream… I'm not sure…" she tried her best to recall.

"Did they return?" Kaiba stopped shuffling the papers within his case.

"Oh, yes. Not too long too. They both have already eaten their dinners. The both of them were dead beat tired, and now they're both sleeping in their rooms."

Kaiba sat in his seat, while Maria placed his dinner before him, than stood by the side.

"Is there anything else, Master Kaiba?" Maria spoke softly.

He shook his head, "You're dismissed."

She left swiftly, leaving him all alone, the way he usually wanted it to be. But for some reason, it's not what he desired.

Not giving it another thought, he quickly finished his dinner, sweeping the plate clean. Leaving everything where it was, he made his way to his room, locking it after him and heading towards his neglected bed.

'Stop thinking about her.' He told himself; all the while undressing himself to nothing but his undergarments. 'Damnit! What's it about her that you just can't stop thinking about? Damn you Serenity, damn you.'

He flopped himself upon his bed, rearranging the comforters and bed sheets till he was in a comfortable position, still not able to let Serenity – and her assets – leave his mind. 'Lets just hope you can't follow me in my dreams.' His eyes fell slowly and at last, sleep and conquered him.


The cold, empty room sent shivers down his back, and yet he awoke in a sweat. He took in a deep breath, pulling himself up, hoping to cool down his temperature – and something else of course.

He looked over at the clock by his bedside. "2:43 a.m." he read.

'I need a drink.' Kaiba pushed the sheets off of him, letting his legs slide over the bed and fall to the carpeted floor. A hand pushed back the loose hairs that fell on his forehead, taking a few more breaths before standing on his feet.

He grabbed a pair of pajama pants, slipped them on and made his way downstairs – where he was going was anybody's guess.

"Maybe what I need is a brisk walk to clear my mind.' Not giving it another thought he paced along the dark hallways of his mansion. Since he practically lived out of his office, he barely spent anytime around the house, even if it was just for a few seconds.

Minutes passed. His thoughts wouldn't clear.

"Now I really need a drink." He said aloud, covering his eyes with his hand.

Walked roughly on the expensive flooring, heading for the kitchen entrance. Pushing the door open, he found peace at last.

The kitchen. Where the food was. Probably Kaiba's favorite part of the entire mansion. Although he never showed it, Kaiba loved to eat, and his eating quantities never appeared on him physically. Kaiba was as fit as they could get – despite his endless piles of work, and tight schedule.

Scanning the stainless steel cabinets and drawers, looking for something that might take his mind off of everything, and just leave it blank.

He pulled the fridge door open, the glow from it comforted him in a way, and what lay within it's depths – even more. Pulling out a beer and cracking it open with his bare hands, he chugged it down viciously, like a dog in the desert. Not letting it escape his mouth, he drank it to the last drop.

"You must've been really thirsty."

Kaiba nearly jumped from the surprise.

"Who's there?" his voice stern, and he knew who was, but asked anyway. He squinted to see who it was, and saw that his predictions were correct – it was indeed Serenity.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I—" interrupted again she was.

"I wasn't scared, fool." Kaiba said plainly, not even thinking about giving her an explanation.

"Okay … sorry." Serenity turned back to her cookies and milk.

Kaiba turned on one of the dim lights, and made his way over to her by the kitchen table. Pulling out a chair, he sat in it gracefully.

"What are you doing up so late?" he asked curious of her presence in the kitchen.

"I was hungry and I couldn't sleep." Kaiba noticed that her views drifted from her cookies to his bare chest. It's not like he was expecting anyone to be awake at this hour. "What about you?" she asked, her attention back to the cookie dipping.

"You actually believe that I'm going to answer to you." It was more of a statement, and less of a question.

"Of course …" Serenity muttered, but loud enough for Kaiba to make out.

Kaiba reached over and grabbed an Oreo cookie for himself, Serenity yet again surprised by his actions.

Conversation actually ignited from his cookie stealing.

"You like Oreos?"

He merely took another one after his first, and another one after that. Her question was answered when he cleared the plate.

"So you do like them." She smiled widely, her attention fully on him, as if he was a wild, rare bird that had just landed on her front lawn.

"I practically live off of these things." He reached for her milk but than reconsidered.

'What are you doing? Sharing cookies and milk with the employed? This has got to stop.' It was easier said than done.

"Are there anymore in the bag?"

"Nope, you finished the last ones." Her smile never faded.

'He's actually not being an ass. And … he's got a great body … SERENITY! What are you thinking about! Stop it!' she taunted herself for thinking impurely. 'But he's so cute… and his chest is so … so …'

"Yes, I am aware that I am not wearing a shirt." He spoke arrogating.

Her response to his words were confusing. 'Is she laughing?' he was disturbed.

"Kaiba—I think … I think…" she squinted while looking at his face.

"What?" he became restless.

"I think … your nose … it's bleeding."

Kaiba's hand shot up to his nose, feeling the blood on his fingers, and it trickle down his chin, fury overcame him. He'd never bled before, not once.

To Serenity, he was a puppy who'd just been kicked and was crying for attention.

"Don't worry." She stood from her seat and ran over to the kitchen counter to get some napkins. "Here, let me help." She stood directly in front of him, and bent down. She pushed away his hand, Kaiba's reaction was priceless. It was a cross between confused, angry, and pathetic. It made Serenity smile, and Kaiba growl.

She wiped away the thin trail of blood, and than told him to put his head back.

She knew exactly what to do. Her confidence was surprising to Kaiba.

"You've done this before?" Kaiba asked, still his head leaned back against the chairs rail.

"Yeah, Marik gets them all the time. Besides, anybody who's anybody knows what to do when someone gets a nosebleed." Serenity cleaned away the last of the mess on his face and hand.

'There she goes again talking about him. Why does she like him so much? Why do I care! I need to get out of here.' Kaiba's blood began to boil more than it already had.

He was just about to get up and brush past her, but – he'd realized that she was sitting on his lap. Kaiba's eyes closed, trying to keep his temptation closed with it. His eyes opened again when he gained control of his body.

Her soft skin glimmered as the dim light that brought it into his view. 'She so … beautiful.' He watched her as she looked at his face to see if she missed anything. 'She's like a dove. A dumb dove, but a beautiful one.'

"Alrighty." She finally spoke. "All done." She smiled at him sweetly. The rage he had tucked away came rushing back through his blood.

Her face turned from sweet to dumbfound when she realized that she was sitting on him. 'Oh my god. Why am I on his lap. And why isn't he saying anything about it. Why does he keep looking at me like that.' Serenity's mind raced as she thought of a way out of this dilemma. 'Maybe he hasn't done anything because he hasn't noticed. Than I'll just get off of him and pretend like it never happened. Yeah!' Serenity smiled again, trying not to let her nervousness show.

She was just about to get up off of him. Kaiba could feel her weight shift off of him.

'No.'

He grabbed her waist, bringing it back down to where it was before, with him. Serenity was in shock. Her eyes shot open and were filled with confusion.

'You're not getting away from me that easily, Serenity.'

His arm gripped her waist and brought her closer to him, too close. Serenity became very uncomfortable. He just starred at her. His icy orbs became softer when he looked at hers. He pulled her closer, Serenity didn't resist.

'What is he doing?' Serenity wasn't threatened, she was waiting. 'Kiss me already!' One of her hands rested upon his chest, and the other was around his neck.

His hand went up her back, sending shivers through the rest of her body, her head falling back in pleasure, eyes closing, and mouth opening with gasp. Kaiba pushed her head back to where it was, brushing her lips softly with his own.

The kiss became deeper and more intense. Serenity's began to feel light-headed, but she continued on, no one could resist the allure of the Seto Kaiba.

Kaiba's hand traveled up to her face, caressing it softly as the kiss became passionate. Serenity could feel Kaiba's tongue begging for an entrance. She parted her lips for him. Her legs found there way on either side of Kaiba, pushing herself up closer to him.

This pleased Kaiba. In this battle, he became the dominate one. 'As usual, not one can say no to me.' He thought cynically.

Serenity left his mouth as she gasped for air. Kaiba pulled her right back in.

'He's not like before. He's … different.' Serenity thought as she tried to pull away. 'He's rougher. Before he was sweet and gentle, now he's rough and controlling.' Her hands pushed against his chest trying her best to get away from him.

'Why is she pulling away, I—' his thoughts interrupted by the sound of a door opening. His grip on her on her loosened, giving Serenity her chance to slip away. She pulled away from him, finally able to breathe.

Kaiba looked from the corner of his eye to see who it was. He immediately pushed Serenity off of his lap, and her thump onto the floor came as another shock to her.

"Ouch!" she yelled, not noticing him standing there in front of them. He'd witnessed what had happened. "What was that for?"

Kaiba simply got up from his chair, walked passed both Serenity and his younger brother. Leaving the two of them puzzled.

Serenity looked up and her eyes followed when Kaiba left and saw Mokuba there, with his eyebrows raised.

"How long were you there Mokuba?" Serenity asked, stifling in her sentence. It was awkward for her.

"Don't worry about that," he said walking up to her, "here, let me help you." He pulled her up with his strong arms.

Mokuba was much like his brother, but different in so many ways. While growing up, Kaiba was never picked on, and his brother was, maybe that's why Kaiba thinks he's inferior to all. Mokuba was strong for his age. His brother made sure he had a personal trainer and ate right. For the sake of his health, and his safety.

"Are you okay?" he asked concerned, setting Serenity back onto a chair. "Does your leg hurt? He did just push you off, and you just got better. Do you want me to call the doctor?" Mokuba asked reaching for the glass of milk Serenity had been enjoying earlier, alone.

"No I'm fine." Serenity took a sip. She looked up at him, embarrassed, and Mokuba noticed. He merely touched her shoulder, as if he could swipe her troubles away. "Mokuba, what you just saw, it was—"

"There's no need for an explanation, I don't want to know." His words were comforting. "Now, lets get you back to bed. What are you doing up anyways?" He helped her up and out the kitchen door.

"Well I had a craving for cookies." She giggled. Mokuba thought she looked most attractive when she laughed and smiled. It showed her girly side.

He helped her to her room, and tucked her into bed as if she was a five year old.

"God night, mom." Serenity laughed again, so did he. He locked the door from the inside so that no one – meaning his brother – could get in.

"Good night, Serenity." He shut the door quietly, and began to walk towards his room, muttering words on the way there.

"Don't worry, Serenity. I'll protect you, even if it's from my own brother…"


Kaiba lay in his bed, alone.

'What the hell was I thinking!' He looked out the long slender window across from his bed. He had a sudden urge to jump out of it. 'She gotta leave. I can't take this shit anymore!' sat up, still not able to sleep. And not now more ever thanks to his little midnight snack.

'As soon as she can walk without killing herself, she going to leave, I don't care if I have to throw her out. No one makes me go through this kind of shit. No one.' Kaiba tried his best to get some rest and to push Serenity out of his mind. Though that was something that even a ruthless billionaire could not do…

TO BE CONTINUED…


Author's Note: Well that was long! I know, the beginning part was kinda boring, but, well, I hoped you guys liked it. In the next chapter, well I haven't decided, will Serenity stay with Kaiba, or go back with Marik. And what's up with Mokuba? And Marik? What have they got planned? Dun dun dun. THE DRAMA WILL CONTINUE! Please read and review guys, I want to know what y'all think! MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT:)