BITTERSWEET NEW YEARS PART 1

sorry for not posting in like forever. I will be finishing this story very shortly. To make up for not posting (I didn't have the internet for like a month) I wrote another story called "Love as Thou Wilt." It's another Serenity x Seto fanfic.

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing of YuGiOh.

"Why did I agree to this?" grumbled Seto Kaiba. He had been driving for the last four hours trying to block out Mokuba and Serenity's conversation. He had spent the better part of the month trying to think of ways out of this New Years trip. However every time he tried to tell Serenity that he was too busy to go she would start crying and would continue to cry and ignore him until he gave in. So exactly one month and three tantrums later he was driving to a cottage five hours north of the middle of nowhere to spend a very long week with Yugi, Tea, Tristan, Mai, and the dog.

Mokuba and Serenity were thrilled.

Serenity looked at Seto wearily from the corner of her eye. He looked like he would explode with rage at any second. She swore she could see his blood vessels bulge. It had taken every trick in the book to get Seto to agree to this trip. In the end Serenity and Seto compromised. He would go on this trip for one week if and only if he was not required to spend anytime with anyone. Serenity shook her head sadly. She wished Seto could enjoy New Years with everyone else.

1 HOUR LATER...KAIBA ARRIVES...

The car pulled up in front of a small snow covered cottage. Pulling their bags from the car they walked up to the door. Serenity paused momentarily eyes focused down at the freshly trampled snow,

"Thank-you. This means a lot to me."

Before Seto had a chance to respond Serenity had already opened the door and gone inside with Mokuba following close behind. He stared at the scene in front of him before walking inside. Serenity had been pulled into a hug by her brother and Mokuba was already talking Yugi's ear off. It occurred to him that he would never be accepted in their world. That he would always be the outsider looking in. He looked again at Serenity. Anyone else and he would have left already or said no.

"This is for her," he thought as he walked through the door closing the door behind him.

"Why did you have to bring him with you sis. I mean all he does is sulk and type on his laptop," said Joey picking unconsciously at the wood frame of the bedroom she had selected.

She imagined suddenly an image of herself telling Joey the truth.

"I brought Seto because the collars prevent us from being too far apart from each other. Oh and we will have to sleep together every night and probably have sex at least once while where here. I hope your okay with that?"

And then she imagined Joey's reaction which involved Joey strangling Seto then go insane not necessarily in that order.

She decided to lie.

"Oh Joey don't be so mean, Set-er Kiaba deserves a nice New Years just like the rest of us. Please big brother," pleaded Serenity giving Joey her best puppy dog eyes.

"Okay sis," he sighed in defeat. Smiling Serenity attacked Joey with a big bear hug all the while feeling guilty about having to lie to him.

THAT NIGHT

"You sleep here," commanded Joey to Seto, pointing to the couch in the living room. Mokuba already lay on the floor next to Tristan both snoring loudly.

"My house my rules," he stated rather loudly as he preceded drop an armful of blankets on to the couch. Serenity stood at the door of her room watching the display trying very hard not to laugh. Even at her distance she could she the blood vessels in Seto's neck bulge. Joey stalked down the hall passed Serenity towards the room he shared with Mai. Serenity lingered at her door watching Seto stare at the couch hands clenched in fury. His eyes rose slowly locking his cold gaze in her. To Serenity's credit she didn't flinch. Instead she smirked and let her eyes tell him a message only he would understand before walking back into her room.

Serenity lay awake in bed for about an hour realizing that it felt odd not to be sleeping next to Seto. To her surprise she could only describe the feeling as lonely. She pushed the thoughts out of her mind blaming her feelings on the collar. She turned her head away from the door focusing her attention on the way the moonlight danced on the snowflakes.

CREAK

The door of her room opened slowly as a figure silently moved inside and closed the door slowly again. Serenity turned her head towards the tall shadowed figure. She could feel the blood beat in her ears as he approached the bed. Serenity willed her heart to stop racing as she lay watching him. He walked towards the bed slowly, the moonlight catching in his deep blue eyes. Her breath caught in her throat as she saw he was not wearing a shirt, only pants. Her eyes took in his half naked appearance.

She made room as he slid into the bed next to her. Turning so that he could face her, he kissed her softly before laying on his back next to her. Minutes later he felt the sensation of warmth on his neck. He felt small hands move across his smooth chest in slowly deliberate circles. A tongue licked at his ear sending shivers down his spine.

"Serenity, what are you dong," he hissed under his breath.

"What do you think," she whispered back right before her hand slipped under the band of his pants.

"Sereni-," was all Seto could manage as he let out a groan. She could feel his arousal and it excited her.

There was no logical reason for them to have sex. They had made sure to fulfill that particular requirement of the collar before they left. All they really needed to go was have physical contact in order to sleep, nothing more. This would have been considered odd if it hadn't happened before. They seemed to be having sex at least once a night. This night was the same as every other night.

Serenity moved her hand from his pants and instead pulled them off. She moved slowly until she was on top of him, her naked body shinning. She shifted until he was inside her and stooped down to kiss him bringing him up to join her. They moved together in their passion, the moonlight glinting off their naked bodies.

During this time all of Serenity's guilt was erased. Seto could finally let go. They found solace in being with each other, even if neither was willing to admit it.

When they had finished they slept together dreamlessly wrapped in each others arms.