Konnichi Wa guys!!! YES!!!!! THERE IS A GOD!!!! WE HAVE 2 WEEKS OFF FOR CHRISTMAS VACATION!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!! Yes I know I sound very strange. But I have been waiting for this vacation for like ever!!! This week has been nothing but exams, so I've wanted this vacation for a while. Since like Thanksgiving.

Anyway, I got Inuyasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale on Friday and I've been playing it non-stop since then…and today's Sunday. I love dat game!!! My hint to all of ya'll is to ask your parents to get it if you already don't have it.

I'm on the phone with my friend Animestargirl right now and she's on the internet and I'm not!! Not to mention the fact dat she's talking about Hiei in a dress…a pink dress…strapless with NO back and cutouts…I have a mental image and it's not pretty…she says it was Eve's fault…I don't know who to believe…well now she's talking to me about her Yu-Gi-Oh deck. She's asking me if I could help her strengthen her deck…I said yes and now I'm regretting it cause she won't shut up. Okay…now she's just being annoying…¬_¬…I wonder if she burned herself yet…

Waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh…::lawyers take Naruto wall scroll and Naruto CD::…O_O… please don't, dat's my favorite CD…::lawyers turn to leave Rose's room::…fine…I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or anything associated with it…why must you be so mean to me…::lawyers drop wall scroll and CD and leave::…damn lawyers…should fall off the face of the Earth…

Chapter 4: Chicken-Noodle Soup

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It's been about a week since Seto left the hospital. He had agreed to a CAT scan and was released the next day. The doctor gave Seto some painkillers and told him he had to stay in bed unless to go to the restroom or to take a bath, he wasn't allowed to take showers because of his side. (A/n: I can relate to dat, when I sprained my ankle I couldn't take showers only baths. Showers are so much better.) Seto followed the doctor's instructions and was only going to stay in bed for one week, only a week. He wasn't going to stay in bed for longer than that. He was CEO of Kaiba Corporation; he needed to run his company. He couldn't just stay in bed forever. I mean come on, a person could get bored doing that and Seto plus boredom does NOT mix. It's a very dangerous combination. Anyway, back to the story. Seto had agreed to the CAT scan only because they wouldn't release him. And looking back on that decision, Seto thought that was the best decision he ever made. He hadn't had that horrible dream since then and finally got a good night's sleep. Yep everything was back to normal in his life…well almost everything anyway…

"Shot? You got shot?!? Are you okay?" The voice on the other end of the phone line was filled with concern and worry.

"Yes, I'm fine. I just had to go to the hospital for a while. They told me everything's fine I just have to take painkillers and stay in bed for a while." Seto was preoccupied with his laptop to go into grave detail plus he knew she'd hate to hear the details anyway.

"Do you want me to come back to Domino? I can catch a plane now if you want." She sounded like she was in tears either because she might have to leave America sooner than she thought or that her boyfriend was put in the hospital because he was killed. "Seto?"

"Don't cry Serenity. I promise you I'm okay. You don't have to come back to Domino so soon. You stay in America."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive. 'It's healing up nicely' is what the doctor keeps telling me. Trust me, okay?"

"Alright, if you're positive."

"How's your trip going?" Seto tried to pull the direction of the conversation in a different direction.

"Oh! It's beautiful! I wish you could see it." Serenity's voice brightened up when he asked her that. "There's so much tourism here."

"Really? Maybe we'll have to go there when you get back." A grin caressed his lips. "What state are you in?"

"Oh, that would be nice. I think we're in Oregon or Washington. We're heading to Seattle tomorrow."

"I hope you have fun."

"I will. Hold on—" Serenity put Seto on hold. He hates it when people put him on hold, but for Serenity, he'll let it pass. Besides, he was busy typing anyway. "—Seto?"

"Yes?"

"I have to go now. Joey says the bus is coming. So I'll call you tonight to see now you're doing, okay? Love ya."

"Sure. I love you too. Bye." And with a click she was gone. He placed the phone back on the receiver and continued to type.

Serenity had melted his cold heart. She, next to Mokuba, was the only other person he was nice to. They had been going out for about a year and a half. They were always together except for now. Serenity had wanted to tour America for a long time, so Seto gave her two plane tickets round-trip to America for her birthday. He was supposed to go with her but something suddenly came up. And that something was work. So Serenity brought Joey with her. He didn't like the fact that the mutt got to go in his place.

He pushed the unpleasant thought of Joey from his mind and continued to work. "I'm getting a little hungry. Maybe I should go get something—"

"You have to stay in bed."

Seto's heart nearly burst through his chest. "Mokuba, what have I told you about sneaking up on me like that?!?"

"Not to do it. But I couldn't help it." Mokuba walked to the side of Seto's bed, carrying a tray. "I had a feeling you'd get hungry staying up here all day typing and sleeping. So I brought you something. Move your laptop."

Seto moved the laptop off of his lap and placed it down next to him, close the top as well. "Really?"

"Yeah. Your doctor called and—"

"Wait, when did my doctor call? I didn't hear the phone ring."

"Yeah well…uh…I mean…"

"You called him didn't you?"

"I only called him cause you refused to call him yourself. I needed to see what you were suppose to eat." Mokuba put the tray in Seto's lap. "You were suppose to be drinking liquids and eating soups and other things."

"I still can't believe you did that. I could have called him too." Seto looked down at the tray. A bowl of instant chicken-noodle soup, a glass of water, and a couple of painkillers were on it.

"If you even care, I made the soup." Mokuba backed away slowly in fear that his older brother just might hurt him for making the phone call.

"I don't know what's scarier, the fact that you used the oven and that everything in the kitchen might be burned or your cooking." Seto gave Mokuba a smirk while Mokuba gave Seto a death glare. "Don't give me that look."

"Fine, but later I'm going to come back and bug the hell out of you." Mokuba headed to the bedroom door.

"I'd like to see you try." Seto watched Mokuba leave the room and slam the door shut. "I love doing that to him." He looked back down at the tray. "Do I dare to eat this?" Just then his stomach gave a loud growl. "I guess that means yes. I just hope I don't die afterwards." He took slow spoonfuls of his brother's soup, swallowing it as well. "Not bad. Looks like Mokuba's becoming quite the little chef."  

He eventually finished the soup and was still alive. Seto would have done a happy dance for that if it he wasn't in his injured state.

He put the tray on his night table and put his laptop back on his lap. He continued to type.

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So how'd ya'll like it? I know ya'll are mad cause I keep making them so damn short but I keep thinking of how the story is going to turn up and I keep getting distracted by my other stories…I think I'm going to have to pick one story and work on that one then on the others when I'm finished. ::ducks objects being thrown by readers:: O_O…okay…I won't do dat…just please don't hurt me!

I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can…*;*…Cowboy Bebop is on…gotta go watch it. Wait which one is this? Oh well, ja ne. Peace Out~Rosepedal711