Heartbreak

Ch. 1 – Why Oh Why

Serenity ran blindly in the rain, not caring if she bumped into other people or the weird looks she got. She could only see the scene that tore her world down. The only man that she gave her heart to hold, the one she had hoped to spend the rest of her life with, had betrayed her.

Flashback

"Hey Mokuba," Serenity said, leaning her umbrella against the wall.

"Hi Serenity," Mokuba said, grinning at her, taking a break from eating his extra large bowl of ice cream to look up at her. "Seto is in his office, as usual. Maybe you can get him out of there, so we can play a game or something."

Serenity smiled. She had been Kaiba's girlfriend for a little more than half a year, and felt that he was the one that she would be with forever. She adored Mokuba, and the three had so much fun together, if the two could drag the CEO away from his office.

She remembered that Joey was extremely against the relationship; the two had a huge argument over it. Joey had said, "He'll use you then throw you aside Serenity. He cares about himself and no one else." But, it seemed that he was coming around, even if he still didn't like the idea, or that both Kaiba and her brother still didn't like being in the other one's presence.

Serenity walked down the hall towards Kaiba's office. He was going to take a break, even if she had to 'persuade' him a little. She opened the door and what she saw froze her in place, her hand squeezing the door knob as if to crush it; her heart felt like it had stopped beating.

Seto, sitting at his desk without wearing a trench coat for once, was in a deep kiss with none other than Tea Gardner. She was sitting in his lap, his arms around her waist, hers around his neck. They didn't notice that the door was opened, that Serenity was staring at them in a state of shock. After what seemed to be an eternity, they broke off, and looked towards the door.

Silence filled the room, both members of the guilty party surprised, their eyes wide, knowing full well that they had been caught red handed.

Serenity wondered if Yugi, Tea's boyfriend, knew about this, but she was pretty sure that he didn't; if he had, he would have warned her. How could one of her best friends, and her boyfriend, betray her like this? Unable to bear it anymore, Serenity turned and ran, ignoring Kaiba who was yelling her name.

Mokuba was startled at seeing Serenity running, tears streaming down her face, then seeing his brother running after her. Kaiba caught up to Serenity, grabbing at her arm, which she pulled out of. He then grabbed her shoulders and turned her to face him.

"Listen to me Serenity!"

"NO! You betrayed me, Seto. You cheated on me, with Tea, my best friend! Why?"

"Serenity, please, let me explain…"

"There's nothing to explain!" Glimpses of the time he had held her in his arms, his fingers running through her hair as she went to sleep, only seemed to make Serenity cry harder.

Tearing away from him again, Serenity ran out of the house, not bothering to get her umbrella.

Mokuba was shocked. Seto had cheated on her? He then noticed Tea standing in the hallway opening. 'Serenity…' he thought, feeling sorry for the one person he thought would have become his sister, and shame towards his brother. Mokuba got up, leaving his ice cream to melt, picked Serenity's umbrella up, and ran out of the house after her.

End Flashback

Serenity, exhausted from running and crying, sat down on a bench in the park, letting the rain soak her clothes. She didn't know what were tears or rain on her face… she didn't care. She couldn't get the image of Kaiba and Tea kissing out her mind.

Mokuba ran through the streets of Domino, searching desperately for Serenity. 'Where could she have gone?' He glimpsed around, realizing that he was at the gates of the park. He remembered all the fun that he, Serenity, and Seto had here, the hours of playing when they were able to get Seto away from his laptop.

He ran in, hoping that he would find Serenity soon.

Marik was walking around the park, the rain held back by his umbrella. For some reason, he enjoyed walking in the rain; he didn't know why, but the rhythm of the rain falling down to the ground seemed to give him a sense of calm.

He spotted a figure sitting down, barely visible in the downpour. As Marik got closer, he was able to recognize who it was, Serenity Wheeler, the sister of Joey Wheeler who had been unfortunate to battle in a duel against his darker side. But why was she out here?

Should she forgive him? And Tea? Two people that Serenity trusted the most had thrown that trust in her face. Was she that naïve? She should have suspected when Tea had become a secretary, and the looks that passed between the two.

She leaned her head back, closing her eyes, and letting the rain fall down. All of a sudden, the rain drops stopped. She opened her eyes, to see the concerned face of Marik Ishtar.

Mokuba finally saw Serenity, sitting down on a bench, but she wasn't alone. Marik Ishtar held an umbrella over her, speaking to her softly. He helped her up, and began to escort her out of the park. Mokuba hid behind a tree; maybe Marik could help her.

"Serenity? What are you doing out here?" Marik said, concern filling his eyes. She didn't answer. She just kept her head down; her eyes seemed to be unfocused, tears threatening to spill down. Marik remembered that she had been Kaiba's girlfriend; did something happen?

"Come to my apartment. You need to get out of the rain, and you can tell me, or my sister, what happened," he said gently, helping her up from the bench. She let herself be steered by Marik. For some reason, she felt really secure with him. Maybe it would be best if she told someone, if she had the strength to.

Author Note

Heartbreak is up again. This is the prequel to Where We Belong. I always thought it was my best work (even if Seto and Serenity split up); I decided just to keep it the way it was, but without the lyrics due to the rules. It was inspired by the song, Why Oh Why, sung by Celine Dion.

2nd chapter is Kaiba's perspective.

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