A/N: (surf) I think I am finally getting use to this. Otaku left me with a doozy but I think I might be able to pull this off. Well we will see. Once again, it would do wonders for my self esteem if you all read my first fanfic. Faltered Sights. Thank you! But now onto this story. Let's see where were we? Ah yes. Here we go.
A/N: (otaku) (Squeals) I loved this chapter and I'm sure you will too! Great job surf she had me in hysterics at one part! And there is a good amount of romance! Yay! (runs around in circles)
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Italics - thinking
Forbidden Temptations
Three way study session
Serenity lay under her pink covers. Something was disturbing her sleep. She wasn't happy about it. It was driving her mad! Finally she lifted her pillow and held it over her head. The noise was getting louder. In frustration she threw her pillow at what was making the sound. The pillow knocked the phone out of its holster. Mokuba's voice poured out of it.
"Serenity? Hello, are you there? SERENITY!" Mokuba sounded peeved. Serenity reached from her bed to grab her pink phone but couldn't reach. She reached a little further and made a swipe for the phone. She missed, and landed on the floor with a loud thud.
"Ow! Ow! That wasn't smart." She rubbed her elbow that was now tingling with pain.
"Serenity! I hear you! Answer me!" Mokuba ordered. Serenity picked up the phone still wincing as she did so.
"Yeah I am here. What is it?" Serenity asked.
"Its 9:15 on a Sunday! You were supposed to be here 45 minutes ago! Don't you remember, we added this day to our tutoring sessions." Mokuba said with frustration in his voice.
"You told me Kaiba found out!"
"Yeah so?"
"Your brother doesn't mind me tutoring you?" Serenity was puzzled now.
"No, he thinks it is a great idea, but he is pissed now. You were supposed to be here! Hurry Serenity, or he might not let you come anymore!" Mokuba said hurriedly.
"Wow, that's weird." Serenity stated the obvious.
"Yeah tell me about it. Do you know how freaked out I got the other night. I mean he told me we needed to talk and then we went into the room and he asked me about the maids and the butler and the driver and then he was," Mokuba took a breath, "like why did you do that? I told him I wanted to spend time with him. And then he asked about you a lot-"
"About me?" Serenity raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah you! I know I was weirded out too. Anyways after that he told me that you had to keep coming and then he just stormed out of the room all huffy and puffy! I was way freaked out be this! He never acts like that you know and I-"
"Okay, okay Mokuba, I am on my way. Just give me a sec. Bye!" Serenity slammed her phone down and got up. She had to hurry. But as she stood she tripped over the hem of her pajamas. She fell hard to the floor! Thud! She propped herself up on one elbow. "Today is just not my day."
When she finally did reach her closet safely she was met with another problem. She had no idea what she was going to wear. Normally this wasn't a problem but Seto was going to see her... WHAT! That didn't make sense! Since when did Serenity Wheeler care about what Seto Kaiba thought of her clothes? She shook her head and grabbed the closest thing to her. She put it on and then decided against it. She did this a total of six times before she was satisfied. She had decided on a light yellow summer dress. True it was spring, but the day was especially sunny and Serenity could see no harm. She wore a matching hat that shaded her from the sun's glare. Her shoes were plain white tennis shoes. She grabbed her purse and swung it over her shoulder. All set to go she stepped from her room, and bumped right into Joey.
"Hello big brother." She said with a warm smile.
"Where are you goin' all dolled up, huh?" Joey asked raising an eyebrow.
"I am just going to the mall and I am meeting up with some friends from school." Serenity thought of a quick alibi. Joey bought it. He stretched and yawned.
"Call me if you need anything, okay Seren."
"Of course Joey. You got it." A sharp pain of guilt went through her. She hugged her purse for comfort.
"Okay then, you have a good time with ya friends. Don' do anythin' crazy." he smiled at her. Another sharp pain. Serenity nodded and side-stepped around her brother. She moved to the front door and out of the house. She closed the door and then leaned against it. She sighed in relief and then continued on her way.
As she ran down the steps, she bumped into someone. With out looking up she yelled excuse me and continued on her way. Her mind was on other things at the moment. Kaiba had asked about her, this was amazing. No! No! This wasn't right. Serenity had her brother to think about! Tristan looked at her with shock in his eyes. Serenity was changing, a lot. Tristan continued on his way up the stairs and knocked on the door. Two minutes later Joey answered.
Serenity ran down the street to the bus stop. Just as she arrived the bus pulled away.
"No! Wait, you have to come back! I am already late!" She ran after the bus. But it continued on its route. Serenity cursed. Something she did not often do. "Now I won't be able to see Kaiba! I mean Mokuba! That's what I meant!"
She tried to correct herself but it was too late. Saying it out loud finalized the thought. Serenity realized she had fallen for Seto Kaiba. But how could that be? He was so annoying and rude! But then it always did keep her on the edge of her seat. He wasn't all bad. I mean he couldn't have been. Those boxes of girls. They all wrote how wonderful he was as a boyfriend. There must be some way to - her thoughts were interrupted by the blaring of a horn.
"Yo! Serenity! Hop in." Serenity looked around to see who was calling her. Duke? It was. Her had driven by in his vet and had seen Serenity. He pulled up next to her. Serenity seemed baffled. "Just get in; I can take you where ever you want to go." Serenity knew this was her one shot to getting to the Kaiba Mansion any time soon, so she did.
"Thank you so much."
"Where are you goin'?" He asked looking at her in her small yellow dress. In truth it wasn't revealing at all, but it did outline her figure very well.
"I need to go to the highland part of Domino." Without even asking why, Duke sped off to comply to her wish. Now despite Duke's great body, he was a junk food lover. Chip bags and soda's littered his car floor. Serenity tried not to step on any of it but it was very hard.
"Sorry for the mess, I haven't been able to clean it in a while. You know a business to run and everything. It is hard to find the time to do any of that stuff." Duke smiled smugly. "So where would this lovely lady like to be dropped off exactly?"
Serenity thought of the closet street to the Kaiba Mansion, without giving away where she was headed. Duke didn't seem to notice at all, as soon as she told him, Duke sped up even faster. They reached their destination in record time, due to the three or four red lights that Duke raced through. He then pulled to the side of the street.
"So Serenity, tonight I am not doing anythi-" But Serenity was already out the door and running. She shouted back a "Thank you!"
Duke sighed and leaned back in the driver seat. "She so wants me." he said and then drove off.
Serenity had Duke drop her off three blocks from the house. She ran the whole way. By the time she got there, she was out of breath and bending over. She allowed herself a minute to catch her breath before she rang the doorbell in the shape of the blue eyes.
"Coming!" the newest maid called.
"No! I will get it." Was that Kaiba's voice. Serenity quickly straightened her clothes and hair. She was pulling her hat back on when the door opened. It was Kaiba, but he looked different. It was on the tip of her tongue. His eyes! They didn't look like solid blocks of eyes. Now they were more like a winter sky. It wasn't much but it was an improvement. Crap! She had to stop thinking about this! About him.
"You're late."
"I am sorry, I thought for sure that you- I woke up late, it won't happen again don't worry." He moved to the side, giving her just enough room to get by. Kaiba shut the door behind her.
"This way." The harshness in his voice remained the same though. Serenity sighed and fallowed him. She noticed Kaiba was dressed in his usual blue drab colors but not in a suit. It was interesting and different. He was wearing a white wife-beater (1). His pants were dark blue and his shoes were black.
"What are you looking at?" Kaiba asked. Serenity turned red. She had been caught checking out Seto Kaiba and by him none the less. Kaiba just gave her an irritated look. "Girls."
Serenity noticed on the way there that they past the room that the boxes were in. She stared at the door as they walked by. Kaiba looked back at her. When she noticed she looked down at the ground turning redder.
Kaiba then led her outside. That's when Serenity passed the small statues of the blue eyes white dragon. They didn't attack like last time, and Serenity was positive that she saw a smug look on Kaiba's face.
"Here you are. I will go get Mokuba." With no further instruction he left Serenity to be on her own. A small table was out. On it were Mokuba's school books. She sat down in a seat and looked out at Kaiba's garden. It was beautiful. Acres and acres of flowers, pathways, and ponds. As Serenity sat out there admiring the view, the two Kaiba brothers walked out.
"Finally Serenity!" Serenity turned around to see a very stern looking Mokuba. "Take all day next time, and then we can study under the stars." Mokuba said sarcastically.
"Sorry Mokuba, you know I thought that your bro-" Seto appeared next to him.
"Let's get started." Kaiba said.
"What?"
"Yeah Serenity, Kaiba is going to help us today. Isn't that great? This is going to be perfect! I will have the girls bring out brunch!" Mokuba hurried inside.
"Mokuba never mentioned that you would be joining us." Serenity swallowed. This day was not turning out as she had expected.
"It is my home." Kaiba said simply.
"Right, I mean I just thought that you would be busy today." Serenity said.
"Well it's a Saturday. I think that gives me license to be at home, don't you?" Kaiba said a little more coldly than before. Serenity nodded and the two of them were left in an awkward silence. Kaiba then sat in one of the chairs on either side of Serenity. She just had to sit in the middle.
It was obvious Seto was about to say something when Mokuba came back out.
"Okay! I am ready for this. Science today, right Serenity?" Both of the Kaiba brothers looked at her. Serenity noticed how different the boys looked.
"Uh... yeah science, that's right." Her gaze lingered on the older Kaiba for one more second than it should have.
"What are you staring at?" He commanded.
"Oh, nothing... you seem different." She pushed the envelope as far as she could.
"You don't make any sense. Just start. I want to see if you're actually doing anything." Kaiba sneered.
Twenty minutes into the lesson Mokuba got stuck. Serenity tried to explain best she could but Mokuba was just lost. Kaiba was now standing and pacing behind them. He too was frustrated for Mokuba. Finally he bent down and leaning over Serenity, pointed to the definition of rolling friction.
"Look Mokuba, the difference between rolling friction and sliding friction is this. Say you had a car. Well with wheels it rolls around because there is less friction, but sliding friction would be like a car with no wheels. It would be harder to move around." Kaiba explained, releasing his frustration. He then looked over at Serenity. She was right there. Their faces only inches apart. Slowly he said, "It is easy if you think of it like that."
"Oh! Okay! I get it now. So roller blades equal rolling friction and moving a desk is sliding friction." Mokuba wrote down the answers. He looked up to see his older brother and Serenity still very close to one another.
It was Serenity that broke their gaze. She turned to Mokuba's homework; she quickly looked over his work. Correct, correct, corre- Why was Kaiba still staring at her? Did he like making her feel uncomfortable? Serenity was red now.
Kaiba couldn't pull his gaze away. Serenity in that dress was breathtaking. He wasn't sure if this was just an attraction or he really did like her. Then again if he did like her, why did he? Was it because she was a wonderful person that was helping his brother and beautiful. Or was it because she was off limits, Kaiba was not use to not being able to have something. These thought were driving him crazy. But standing so close to her right now, catching the fragrance of her cheap perfume, he knew it couldn't be that. Finally he came to his senses and told himself that he was being ridiculous. He sat back in his seat.
"Good job Mokuba." Kaiba said.
"Yes, all done with homework! We ended early today." Mokuba stated excitedly.
"Okay then. I guess this is where I leave. See you on Tuesday Mokuba." Serenity pushed her chair back to leave at the same time so did Seto. As they did so the maids came out with plate upon plate of delicious food.
"Stay, we made enough for three." Mokuba said.
"You had enough made for an army!" Serenity watched as butlers brought out more tables for the food. "Besides Mokuba, I don't want to over stay my welcome."
"It's fine, you can stay." Kaiba said. Serenity thought she saw a ray of hope in his icy blue eyes, but it was gone a second later.
"Yeah, okay I will stay, but just for a little while." Serenity gave in to temptation. Well a little while turned into all night. It wasn't until Serenity was putting Mokuba to bed with Kaiba that she realized what time it was.
"Nine o-clock! It can't be! I can't believe I stayed so late! I have to get home, Joey will be worried." Serenity rushed out of the messy room and down the hall. But then she stopped. "Uh Kaiba..."
"Yes, follow me. I will show you where the front door is." There was a cute smirk on his face. He walked past her, down the hall and then down the stairs. Two minutes later they were at the front door.
"Thank you... Well goodnight." Serenity spoke softly.
"Yes, good night." Kaiba said, as Serenity turned to leave. "Thank you. I mean you know, for helping Mokuba." He continued.
"He is a great kid. I like helping him." Oh he looks so cute right now, Serenity thought. Kaiba was leaning against the door, his arm above his head.
"It means a lot to him... to me." Seto's usual coldness was not there. He slowly leaned down. Cupping her chin in one hand he lifted her face up to meet his. He planted his lips on hers, giving her a soft kiss. Serenity didn't pull away and this gave Kaiba motive to kiss her a little deeper. 'WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING?' Kaiba screamed in his mind. He quickly pulled himself away from her. "Good night!" He then turned, went inside and quickly shut the door.
Serenity was left outside with a baffled look. Seto Kaiba had just kissed her. It was a miracle! It was disgusting! Not the kiss, no never that. In all respects, Seto was a great kisser. But Serenity Wheeler had just kissed her brother's worst enemy. Guilt piled onto her.
"Excuse me ma'am, but I will be taking you home now." An older man, in a suit was standing farther down the walkway. It obviously the driver that had driven Mokuba to the library so many times before. There was a huge smile on his face. Serenity guessed that he had seen what Kaiba had done with her.
"Thank you." She followed him to the limo. "Do you need directions?"
"Oh no Miss. Master Kaiba already told me where you live." The smile was still on his face. He opened the back door to the limo for her. She slid in and made herself comfortable. "Thank you."
"No, thank you Miss." He then shut the door leaving Serenity questioning why he had said that.
'Seto Kaiba kissed me. I can't believe he would do that. Although I did kinda kiss him back, but he caught me off guard. What am I going to do?' she battled in her mind. But it didn't matter. Tonight Serenity had completed the thirty hours she needed. There was no need for her to go back to the Kaiba mansion. Maybe she would press her luck and continue to help Mokuba; he was doing so well now. And she could still see Kaiba. Yes, it had to work. Serenity thought of ways to improve her plan and of Seto's kiss while Winston drove her home.
(1) Wife-beater- type of white shirt that is like a tank top but kind of see-thru
A/N: (surf) Hope you all liked it. I was kinda in the moment. I really stink at all this lovely dovey stuff but please don't be too harsh, I did try. I hope I didn't make Kaiba too soft either. Gah! So many mistakes! Otaku, I hope you have an idea on how to fix this in the next chapter! I did try and make it long though. That's what is important right? Review please.
A/N: (otaku) see I told you wasn't that great? Cookies for surf! I have no clue what I'm going to do in the next chapter. I feel bad cause I'm always the one who takes so long to update! Well I'll just let you review and I'll get working on the 11th chapter. Make us happy!
