A/N: I don't own Yu-gi-oh, only my own plot line...oh, and a half full bottle of cough syrup, 3 tissues and a very sore throat...

Chapter 7

Serenity stood there, not actually believing what was transpiring. He actually thought she'd go along with this...willingly? He was insane.

"You should close your mouth Wheeler, in this place you're bound to catch a few flies." He smirked at her. "Have I managed to render you speechless?"

He left her standing there as he entered the bathroom, with the top part of the pajamas. Was he seriously going to put the top on? That would leave his bottom half-exposed. She blushed deeply. This cannot be happening! He's out of his mind!

She heard the shower running, thoughts of Kaiba taking a shower filled her mind. She sat on one of the chairs, half of her bed, and closed her eyes tightly. How would she be able to handle the condition he came out of the bathroom in? She couldn't keep her eyes closed all night, that would hardly work, and yet, part of her wanted at least a peek. She blushed again at that thought. What was she going to do? She looked at the bottoms she was holding, first of all they would drag the floor, second they would probably fall down to the floor and then she could confront Seto Kaiba au natural.

"I'll catch my death in these wet clothes, but they can dry while I wear them." She was pacing when an idea came to her. She pulled the covers off the bed and yanked the sheet off. She'd wrap herself up like a mummy and that would be that. The sheet would go around her a few times and so, there would be more than enough coverage. She smiled, she won.

Her breath caught when the bathroom door opened. Despite her best efforts she looked at him. There he was, towel wrapped around his waist, body still glistening from the shower, hair wet and tousled. He looked amazing. She stood up and continued to stare at him. She watched a drop of water slide down his chest, then slowly trickle down his body to where it was absorbed in the towel. The towel, all that was separating her eyes from the rest of him.

"Are you through inspecting me?" His voice sounded husky.

"Huh?!" She pulled her eyes away from his body and forced them to focus on his face.

"Are you done in the bathroom?" She asked, trying not to look anywhere near his general direction. He was very amused with her newly found modesty.

He stepped to his right, so he would be in direct line with her gaze.

"The bathroom is all yours." He smirked as she scuttled around him into the bathroom carrying a sheet. He wondered what she was going to do with it. He looked at the bottoms of the pajamas and shrugged. He dropped the towel and pulled them on. He then hung his wet clothes up on hangers in the closet, he didn't know how much good that would do seeing as you could still wring the water out of them. He heard the shower start. It was time to have a little fun...

He walked over to the door, the lock was broken, but she wouldn't have been able to tell that. He slowly turned the knob and stuck his head in.

"Oh Wheeler..." He called in mockingly.

"AHHHH...get out!" He had scared her close to death. When she was sure she wouldn't fall she stuck her head out from behind the curtain. She pulled the shower curtain behind her, making sure he could see nothing.

"What do you want?!" She was livid. He was smiling.

"I just wanted to make sure the shower was up to your standards. Is it satisfying?" He asked with a voice full of sarcasm.

"Get out Kaiba!"

"Not until I'm sure you're enjoying the shower...is it hot enough?" He asked lewdly, though he tried to act innocent as he casually leaned against the doorframe. It was suddenly clear that he had no intention of leaving.

"It's fine Kaiba-now get out." She did her best to sound irate.

"Do you need any assistance, perhaps you need help soaping your back?" He taunted.

"What will it take to get rid of you?!" She hated being naked in the shower, she should have at least kept her undergarments on, if she had she wouldn't have felt so vulnerable. Had she forgotten to lock the door? No, she would never forget to lock the door, she had a brother at home and roommates in New York, privacy was important, she would never forget. He must have picked the lock, or it was busted...

"I'm just trying to make up for getting you into so much trouble. Seeing that my being...how did you put it...a rabid driver who screeches at you caused you to be in such a perilous situation I should at least try to make amends." He was moving closer now.

She gasped, "You're forgiven, it's really my fault, please get out now..."

He stopped, this was most amusing. "Am I truly?" He sounded genuinely concerned that he receive her absolution.

"Please Kaiba," She honestly had no place to go as she looked behind at the small shower stall.

He leaned in close to her face, his warm breath was now close to her mouth.

"What do you want Kaiba? I know I'm in no position to make demands, but I'm asking you to leave my dignity alone." She bit her lip anxiously. If he chose to he could have easily ripped the shower curtain away from her. Then what? She never saw Kaiba as being a rapist, what game was he playing?

"So, you do have a weak side. I thought you were all claws and fangs Wheeler, I guess I only had to get your clothes off to expose it." His lips touched hers. She was so shocked by his action it took her a second to realize what he was doing.

He pulled away, "enjoy your shower." He left the room and shut the door.

She snapped back to reality with the click of the door. She knew she needed to get her sheet on quickly, her shower was hurried, but thorough. She couldn't believe he kissed her. She lightly touched her fingers to her lips, she wondered what the heck that was all about. It had to be some sort of sick power play on his part. If her kissed her while she was in the shower and completely taken off guard he would feel more masculine. Still, the kiss was nice...though she couldn't go there. She started to wrap the sheet around herself when she noticed the pajama top hanging from the hook on the door. He had left it for her? After all of that, he had given her the top. Maybe he was human after all.

She opened the door and stepped out of the bathroom into the room. She noticed it was quite cold and her damp hair made it feel worse. She longed to be completely dry, just for a few minutes, seeing as sogginess had been hers for hours now. She hung her clothes up next to his in the closet, a little embarrassed that her bra was in plain sight, modest to a fault she thought to herself.

Kaiba waited for her to finish her 'chores'. He was in the bed, under the blankets, which were only covering him to his waist. He was sitting up watching her. He liked her legs, they were quite shapely and long. Her hair was amazing too, the fiery color matched her personality. How the hell was she related to the mutt? He couldn't believe they shared the same DNA.

She turned, surveying the room and the two chairs that would become her bed. She walked over to them and tried to pull them together. The 'bed' they created was quite small. She would have to sleep sitting up. She sat on one seat and spread her legs across the other. The only way there wouldn't be a large gap between the two chairs would be if she sat with her knees up all night. She grumbled to herself about how sore her muscles would be in the morning. She spread her sheet over herself and sighed.

"You aren't serious are you?" Kaiba snickered.

"What do you mean?"

"You can't sleep like that, especially if the phones don't come on in the morning and we have to start walking. You'll be too tired to get very far and you'll be sore as well." He scolded.

"Well, seeing as it will be your fault that I had to sleep like this you can carry me again." She smiled at him.

"Get in the bed Wheeler, that's an order." Kaiba growled at her, his arms were folded across his bare chest. He was in the 'I'm not backing down stance.'

That was it, she had had it with him. She quickly stood, destroying the makeshift bed and approached the bed.

"Who do you think you are?! You aren't the boss of me. You're an arrogant, narrow-minded tyrant who takes great pleasure in intimidating weaker minded individuals. Well, Seto Kaiba, Mr. Hotshot CEO, I'm not a sniveling wimp who will take your words for gospel. I most certainly will not get in that bed."

A smile played along his lips, she was vastly amusing.

"Great pleasure Wheeler? Is that what you think you would receive in bed with me?"

She stopped, astonished with the fact that that was all he had heard.

"I never said I would have great pleasure in bed with you, in fact I bet it would be torture, I bet you snore." She stuck her chin up and turned her nose away from him.

"I think I'd be kept too busy to sleep, let alone snore, that is, if I were to give you great pleasure." His voice was deep and warm.

She felt a warm blush creep across her cheeks. How the hell had they gotten onto this topic? She was calling him a jerk and now suddenly they were discussing sex?

"There would be no pleasure for me in your bed Kaiba." She looked at him, he licked his lips, and her mouth went dry.

"Are you certain of that?"

"I, uh, yes. I'm sure, more than sure." She tried to concentrate her stare at his face, if she could show him defiance then she stood a chance.

"Then you might as well get in the bed to sleep. If there isn't going to be any 'pleasure giving' tonight you might as well sleep in a nice warm bed, not two chairs."

She looked at him. Did that mean that she would be safe in bed with him? She weighed her options, the hard, uncomfortable chairs, or a warm, soft bed with a certain CEO?

"Get in the bed Wheeler," He pulled back the blankets on her side, "I promise to be good."

She cautiously walked around the bed, to what would be her side. She slipped in and, staying as far to the edge as possible, tucked her legs in and pulled the covers up to her neck. She was very aware of the warm presence near her. She wondered how on earth she would ever fall asleep.

Kaiba slid his body down into the bed, he intertwined his fingers behind his neck after shutting out the lights. It was going to be a long night.

They both listened to the rain, it was still pouring. Serenity wondered how long the rain could keep going at this pace. It didn't seem like it had let up at all. She was thankful that they were safe and dry, and in a warm bed, and he was wearing the bottoms and she was in the top. Her eyes snapped open. There was no way she could sleep.

She rolled over to her right side, she wasn't use to sleeping on her left side anyway...and she wanted to see him. He was laying on his back, staring at the ceiling, he really was beautiful, not handsome, that would be generic, no-he was beautiful.

"Kaiba?"

"Yes Wheeler." There wasn't a trace of sleepiness in his voice.

"What are you thinking about?" She asked, curious if only to hear his voice again.

He turned his head so he could look at her. The room was dark, but there was enough glow from the light outside their door to see by.

"I'm thinking about trying to go to sleep. Aren't you thinking the same?" He asked with a bit of an attitude.

"No," she answered truthfully.

"Well then, I'm waiting, what are you thinking about?"

"You." She wanted to take that one little word back the second she blurted it out.

He turned on his side to face her.

"What about me?" He asked, his voice sounded softer, more like a whisper.

"Are you as dangerous as you seem?" She asked innocently.

"Dangerous?" He asked, mockingly, "What do you mean?"

"Forget it Kaiba."

"How can I forget that? You asked if I'm dangerous, would you really like to know Wheeler?" His voice was warm, yet sounded like a growl. She thought about leaving the bed, maybe the room.

"I didn't mean it as an insult. It's just that I've heard stories about you and though I know one side, I don't know yours. What little I remember about you doesn't help clear anything up. I don't think you're as bad as my brother has made you out to be, otherwise you would have left me out there instead of carry me. You also wouldn't have given me the top, or made me sleep in the bed instead of the chairs. So Kaiba, am I right or are the rumors right?" She was silent, so was he. Was he ignoring her or thinking about what she had said. She thought about the kiss in the shower, she had been taken off guard and now, she realized it hadn't lasted long enough for her to know whether or not she enjoyed it.

She slid her hand up to the side of his face, softy stroking his cheek. She then moved her hand to the back of his head, tangling her fingers in his soft hair. She pulled him close and then kissed him, long and thoroughly. She didn't get a bit of cooperation from him, though, and finally she bit his bottom lip to gain his attention. It was a gentle nip, but it worked. Kaiba growled low in his throat before his mouth settled on hers possessively. The kiss was blatantly carnal, her mouth was being ravished and it was a glorious feeling.

Slowly, she regained her senses and pulled back.

"I think I'm ready to consider sleep now Kaiba...goodnight." She whispered against his lips and then rolled away from his touch.

A/N: Alas, that will be all for now. I won't have a chance to update this story again until the 25 or 26th. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I did writing it. Their night is still young...just remember that...please review...thanks! And, as always, thanks to all my wonderful reviewers...you guys rock!