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Chapter 3-
Serenity was still shocked at what Seto had just said to her. 'I wonder why he changed his mind all of a sudden?' Serenity thought to herself still confused.
'I have some stuff that I came up with, they're inside my house. So maybe we could just use your office since it's quieter. Besides my older brother is home and I know that you two don't get along.' she suggested smiling as he walked with her, waiting patiently at the front door.
'Hey Joey I'll be back in a little bit. I'm headed out for a little while.' she said as she had grabbed her sketches and other art supplies.
'Okay where are ya headed exactly?' Joey asked curiously.
'Um… over a friend's house.' she said stuttering quietly.
'And that would be?' Joey asked as curiosity took over him.
'Fine if you must know I'm headed over Seto's office to work on the art project with him.' she explained quickly, trying to run out the door but Joey had stopped her grabbing her arm and looking at her in concern.
'Sis I don't think dat's a good idea.' Joey cautioned in concern.
'Joey we discussed this earlier. I will be fine so don't worry about it.' she snapped angrily.
'I know sis, but earlier I tried to smack some sense into him, and I was finally proven right. And I'm just looking out for ya.' Joey started to explain when Serenity had cut him off angrily.
'What! You went over to his house! I see you don't trust me at all you just lied to me so that I wouldn't be mad at you, I can't believe you did this to me!' she snapped angrily.
'Sis it's not like that and ya know it.' he tried to explain.
'Save it Joey I have to go, I'll see you later.' she yelled angrily surprising him as she pushed him away from her and had stormed out the door, slamming it behind her.
'Great now look what I did, instead of protecting her I only pushed her farther away.' Joey thought miserably to himself…
Seto could hear yelling from inside the house as Serenity had angrily stormed out of the house, slamming the door angrily behind her.
'I'm guessing that he took it well.' Seto said quietly surprising her.
'I guess you could hear us yelling huh?' Serenity asked embarrassingly.
'Yeah, what happened?' Seto asked curiously.
'Once I had told Joey that I was headed out with you, he totally flipped out. He also said that he had tried to confront you, what exactly happened?' she asked softly.
'He was going on about how I was so dangerous and that you should stay away from me.' Seto explained not telling her that they had gotten into a fist fight over it.
'I know I'm sorry for what he put you through. I swear sometimes he treats me like I'm a little baby.' Serenity explained angrily causing Seto to smile.
'It's okay, what exactly did he tell you?' Seto asked curiously.
'All he said is that he doesn't trust you and that he didn't want me to go anywhere near you. And that he went over your house to try and knock some sense into you, whatever he meant by that.' she explained still angry at Joey.
'He tried to get into a fight with me, and I tried not to hurt him, I warned him to leave twice and he didn't listen to me.' Seto explained angrily.
'Are you okay?' Serenity asked in concern making him laugh.
'Yeah we didn't really get into all that much before I forced him out the door, but I think I might of injured his jaw a little.' Seto said smirking innocently, making Serenity smile.
'Well you must of not of injured him that badly, he didn't seem like he was in pain, though I wasn't really paying attention all that much.' she said surprising him.
'What?' Serenity asked sensing his uncertainty.
'Nothing, never mind.' Seto said as they had reached his mansion.
When they had entered Seto's office Serenity had laid the drawings and other supplies down on the large oak wooden table.
Seto looked over the large sketched in poster board in awe, though his face remained emotionless.
'Do you like it?' Serenity asked nervously.
'It looks nice, though I was thinking that we should make the drawings better and draw it on two poster boards, that way people will be able to see it better. Other than that it looks very nice.' he said quietly though she had still heard what he'd said.
'Thank you, do you have anything we can use to draw it on? I can draw out the sketches and you can paint it, if you want.' she explained quietly.
'Yeah I'll be right back.' Seto said as he had left the room to head to the storage closet where he kept all his extra art supplies.
'I'm glad he liked it, maybe we can become friends after all.' Serenity thought blissfully to herself as Seto had entered the room and had placed the supplies in front of her.
She started to draw the volcano and dragon that was above it and the clouds that hovered in the empty sky. She handed the first part to Seto smiling as she worked on the other side in silence.
'Wow she actually did a decent job on this. Maybe I was too harsh on her earlier.' Seto thought to himself as he waited for her to finish the second half before he started painting it.
'I don't know what to say to him that won't piss him off even more than he already is, but this silence is torturing me.' Serenity thought angrily to herself.
'Why are you being so quiet?' Seto finally asked surprising her.
'I don't want to upset you more than you already are.' she explained softly.
'That's understandable, but I'm not mad at you, I mad at your brother.' he explained trying to restrain from using his nickname for Joey.
'Why are you mad at him?' Serenity asked confused as she had continued to draw out the sketches on the poster board.
'He expects everyone to feel sorry for him and to treat you like small kind of toy. And when people try to avoid treating you that way, the way that he expects them to' then he gets pissed off at them.
I mean isn't that the real reason why he doesn't want you around me, because I treat you like a real person?' Seto suggested surprising her even more.
'Is that how you see it, because I just think that they feel sorry and pity towards me.' she explained bitterly.
'Why should they feel sorry, they don't know you or want to get to know you.' Seto said softly causing her to give him a sharp look of anger and pain in her soft angelic face.
'I'll be right back I have to use the restroom.' Serenity said quietly as she clumsily got up and walked past Seto, has her leg had silently brushed his, making him look down at the table.
'What is wrong with me, I feel nothing but friendship towards this girl and nothing more. Though why did I get embarrassed just now when she had accidentally touched my leg?' Seto thought to himself.
When Serenity had finally found the bathroom, she rushed inside and had locked the door looking at her reflection in the mirror set before her. 'I don't know why Seto thinks differently about how they treat me, especially my older brother.' Serenity thought as she turned on the water so Seto wouldn't hear her crying.
'I mean what he said was a lie, no one cares about neither one of us, yet he keeps sending me these mixed messages about how he really feels about me and those around him.' Serenity thought sadly to herself as she felt the tears slowly slide down her face.
'I hate the fact that I'm such a cry baby, no wonder Joey treats the way he does.' Serenity thought as she sat on the floor and let the sobs take control of her body…
Seto was wondering what was taking Serenity so long in the bathroom. 'Maybe she got lost or something, this is a big mansion. Plus I know that Mokuba came here when he was younger and always got lost in the endless hallways.' Seto thought sadly as he was suppressed by sorrowed memories of a time when he too was to young to care about anything much but his brother's safety.…
/Wow and you all thought Mokuba wouldn't be in it at all Haha continue reading/
(Flashback- Seto was playing soccer in the huge empty backyard of the mansion. 'Tag your it.' Mokuba said laughing as he was starting to run away from Seto.
'Mokuba how many times have I told you how stupid and pointless this game is?' Seto snapped angrily as Mokuba had hesitated and had stepped closer to Seto.
'I know Seto but I don't like soccer, besides there's nothing else that I like, everything else seems so boring to me.' Mokuba explained smiling.
'Fine, tag your it.' Seto said rolling his eyes as he had shoved Mokuba away from him and into a huge bush.
'Hey no fair you're not allowed to do that!' Mokuba shouted as he chased Seto inside the mansion. Mokuba was than confused as he got lost in the one hallway that lead to the guest bedrooms.
'Seto this isn't fair, you know how much this part of the house scars me.' Mokuba yelled angrily as the game was no longer fun for him anymore.
'Fine you win! I don't want to play this game anymore you always find a way to ruin it if its something you don't like!' Mokuba yelled laughing as he saw that Seto was coming out from one of the linen closets.
'How did you manage to fit inside there big brother?' Mokuba asked confused and amazed.
'I don't know but it worked, I didn't mean to upset you, I'm sorry.' Seto explained as concern and caring was shinning in his clear blue eyes.
'I know you didn't I'm going outside to go play, I'll be back in a little while.' Mokuba said smiling brightly as he went out through the front door.
Though before Seto was able to ask him to be careful, he had looked outside the huge crystal glass window, but to his surprise he didn't see his younger brother.
He searched outside hoping that this was another one of Mokuba's tricks, but sadly he soon learned that it wasn't. Twenty-four hours later the police had decided to finally come and help.
A few months later Seto and the group of men that were still helping him search for his younger brother, found him beaten and stabbed several times. Seto knew that his only brother was now dead.
He waited until he was only in his office as the tears that he had forced behind his clouded intense blue eyes, as the tears escaped down his face in violent waves- End of flashback)
Seto had finally decided to go see if Serenity was alright, though a deep pain filled his heart as he could still remember the tragic memory…
Serenity had finally decided to stand and face her fears. She than had washed some cold water on her face and had stepped out of the bathroom her eyes were red and dry from tears, as she nearly collided with Seto.
'Hey are you alright? I was about to come looking for you, knowing that it's easy to get lost in this place.' Seto said smiling as he could tell that she had been crying.
He than surprising the both of them, had lifted her chin up and was looking softly into her deep green eyes. 'I can tell that you're were crying, please tell me what's wrong?' he asked tentatively.
She jerked her face away from his touch and had stared at the ground, trying hard to not start crying again.
'Please Serenity, it's okay you can tell me.' he said softly as he steered her as the both sat on the ground up against the wall beside one another. Though this time when Seto had touch her arm softly again, the tears had started to roll silently down her cheek.
Seto had handed her some tissue paper as she had slowly wiped the hot tears away from her face. 'Do you think you could tell me what's going on now?' Seto asked softly surprising himself that he cared for this girl.
'No… I don't know…' she said trailing off as her body was still shaking violently from the tears that had flowed down her soft cheek.
'It's okay, just take a deep breath and try to relax.' he said softly as he stroked her back in comfort as he carried her to his bedroom and had laid her on the bed softly, than he had sat down next to her.
'Why don't you try to get some sleep and than once you wake up we'll take it from there.' he said softly as he was about to leave, when she grabbed his arm, tugging it softly.
When he looked up at her red and swollen sad dark green eyes, he hesitated before leaving the room. 'What's wrong?' Seto asked in concern.
'Thank you.' was all she said smiling as she soon drifted off to sleep.
He only smiled at her as he covered her up with a blanket and had silently left the room, shitting the door quietly behind him.
'Why am I being nice to her, and why do I care whether or not she's okay? It's not like we're friends or that I even want us to be. Than why am I acting like this towards her than?' Seto thought in frustration to himself as he carried the one drawing that was finished and had taken it into his studio to start painting it.
Seto had than finished painting the darkened sky and the red fiery volcano as his thoughts drifted off again without him realizing it. 'Though why do I keep being nice to her and making sure that she's okay? Why can't I just accept the truth that I care about her.
I don't know if it's because I feel sorry for her or what, but I know that someone has to take care of her since I know that no one else will or wants to.' Seto thought to himself as he went to go get something to eat and than go check up on Serenity...
Serenity had woken up a few minutes later from a horrifying nightmare and than she couldn't go back to sleep, so she drifted off into thought. She was interrupted and she pushed her thoughts aside,as she heard a soft knock on the door. 'Come in.' she said softly as her voice was horse from the sobbing she did earlier.
'Hey are you ready to talk now?' Seto asked her gently as he sat down in a chair that was next to the bed.
'I guess so.' I said after I took a deep breath. 'I guess it was because of what we talked about earlier.' I said looking down at the blanket so I wouldn't has to look into his dark blue eyes.
'Why did I upset you or something?' Seto asked in confusion.
'No you didn't upset me its just that I was upset with myself and the fact that I didn't believe you when you told me how people were really treating me. I guess I been living in my own world for such a long time, that I didn't realized it until now.' she said sadly.
'Serenity why do you care what they think?' Seto asked startling her. 'I mean come on they treat you like crap and you get upset because you realized that jerks like them will never change? Well I say that you forget about them and just let me handle them.'
'Seto I don't know what to say, thank you.' I said softly as we got back to working on the project…
Joey was lying on the sofa was a beer in his hand, that had been his fourth one so far. 'Why did Serenity leave like that? Doesn't she care about how I feel? I guess not, I guess all the things I've done for her were for nothing. Maybe when she gets home she'll see how I really feel.' Joey thought to himself as he had drank another beer and than had passed out on the sofa.
End of chapter three I hope you all enjoyed it and sorry if you all were shocked by Seto's memory of what had happened to Mokuba, so please read and review!
