Disclaimer: I don't own Seto Kaiba or Yu-Gi-Oh but I wish I did……….especially Seto Kaiba……………. Sniff……… well I only own the character that are not in Yu-Gi-Oh.

The Tides Have Turned

By Duckie4rmabove

Chapter 6

Seto watched her paced back and forth talking to customers and bring food and drinks out.

"Aren't you going to eat big brother?" Mokuba asked as he drank his coke up.

"I'm not hungry" Seto replied.

"Are we going to wait here until she gets off work Seto?" Mokuba asked.

Seto didn't say anything.

"Big brother?" Mokuba asked.

Seto watched Kairi. Mokuba and Seto sat at the table for more than 4 hours before Seto noticed a new batch of workers coming in.

"Kairi" Seto grabbed her arm as she walked by.

"Can I help you?" Kairi tried to sound like a waitress.

"I need to talk to you" Seto demanded.

"I'm working right now" Kairi tried to get out of his grip.

"Is anything wrong here?" The manager walked up to where Seto was keeping his waitress hostage.

"No, there nothing wrong here" Kairi quickly answer as Seto let go of her.

The manager watched Kairi go back to working.

"What are you trying to cause here?" The manager asked Seto.

"I'm not trying to start anything" Seto answered coldly.

"You've been here for more than four hours and just now you try to terrorize my waitress" The manager replied.

"I just want to talk to Kairi, that's all I want to do" Seto harsh voice trailed off.

"Mister, all my brother is trying to do is get his girlfriend back" Mokuba butted in.

Seto was shocked to hear what Mokuba had said.

"Well this is no place to do so" The manager could relate to his problem so he brush Seto off and walked away.

An unfamiliar man walked into the restaurant and looked around. He walked up to the hostess and asked her his question.

"Hello, May I ask if a Miss Kairi Takani is working" The brown haired man asked.

"Why, yes. She's right over there, she'll have her name tag on" The hostess pointed in the direction of Kairi's section.

"Thank you" The man thanked and walked in the direction.

Kairi walked out with the last of her orders and was ready to go home and take a break.

"Hello" The man stepped up to Kairi holding his hand out.

"Hello" Kairi was confused, but shook his hand anyways.

Seto watched from afar and tensed up.

"I'm Kei Kamiya" He introduced himself.

"Kairi Takani" Kairi did the same.

"You look more beautiful than I could ever imagine" Kei complimented.

"Excuse me?" Kairi looked at him funny.

"When are you off?" Kei asked.

"Ummm, I'm just getting off" Kairi answered, but didn't know why.

"That's great, do you want to go get something to drink then I can drive you home" Kei proposed.

"I'm okay" Kairi smiled before she turned around.

"Do you have something to do after?" Kei asked following her.

"I need to go home" Kairi took out the papers and pen she held in her uniform pocket.

"Your father said you didn't have anything to do after work" Kei shrugged.

"My father?" Kairi was now confused as ever.

Seto couldn't take anymore, he didn't know what was going on, but he knew Kairi was uncomfortable.

"You don't know who I am, do you?" Kei finally realized when he introduced himself; she didn't know who exactly he was.

"Kei Kamiya" Kairi smiled.

Kei laughed. "I though we should spend some time together before our big day"

Kairi finally knew who he was. He was the man she was supposed to marry. He was handsome in her eyes and his approach to her was modest and it showed that he cared.

"Kairi" Seto finally couldn't take it anymore and went to see what was happening.

"Seto?" Kairi questioned.

"Is something the matter?" Kei looked between the two.

"No, nothing" Kairi answered him.

"I need to talk to you" Seto demanded.

Kei looked at him. He thought he recognized him from somewhere, but couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"I'll meet you outside Kairi" Kei smiled as he left.

"Ok, I won't be long" Kairi answered.

"Kairi" Seto got right down to business.

"Seto, please stop. I don't want to hear it" Kairi answered.

"Don't walk away from me Kairi, please just listen to me" Seto begged.

"Seto, you listen to me. I can't keep chasing you forever, I can't wait for you forever, actually it's not that I can't it's I don't want to keep chasing you forever, I don't want to wait for you to realized whatever feelings you have for me" Kairi stated plainly and coldly.

"Kairi, you don't have to wait any…" Seto was cut off by Kairi.

"I'm not waiting for you anymore Seto, that's why I don't want to hear anything you have to say to me concern what was in the past" Kairi blew him off and left.

Seto couldn't believe what just happen. The cold hearted Seto Kaiba was blown off by his childhood love, because he couldn't bring himself to admit his feelings for her earlier when she sacrifice herself for him. He couldn't stand it, he was now furious.

"Sir?" The manager came up to him.

"Just bring me the bill, I won't be coming here anymore" Seto coldly said.

Kairi walked out of the restaurant and located where Kei was standing.

"My lady" Kei smiled and lend her his hand.

"Kei Kamiya, do you really wish to marry a stranger?" Kairi asked.

"You are a stranger no more" Kei smiled at her. "Why don't we take a walk in the park?"

Kairi nodded. 'He's really sweet, sweeter than Seto can ever be'

"My father told me that you were beautiful, but when I first laid eyes on you, it was like being in heaven looking at an angel" Kei complimented.

Kairi laughed. "Why did our father decide to marry us anyways?"

"You know I don't have an answer to that question, but I won't get to know the true Kairi if you keep asking me questions like that" Kei smiled the cutest smile Kairi had ever seen.

"Ok" Kairi blushed. "What do you like to do?"

Kei chuckled. "Ladies first"

Kairi flushed red. "Well, I like computers and I love animals"

"I, myself love my work" Kei kept his promise.

"What do you do?" Kairi asked.

"I work for my father now, but soon I will take his place and I run his businesses" Kei answered.

"That's not going to work" Kairi quietly said.

"What's not going to work?" Kei asked.

Kairi was surprised that he had heard her. "When you take your father's place as head of his business will you still have this much free time?"

"What do you mean?" Kei asked as he looked in the clear blue sky.

"Will you still have the time to come visit like this?" Kairi smiled.

"For you, I'll make all the time in the world" Kei answered.

'He's so much better than Seto' Kairi thought.

"Why such a question? Did your ex-boyfriend not spend enough time with you?" Kei curiously asked.

"What?" Kairi confused.

"Wasn't that man back there at the restaurant your ex-boyfriend?" Kei asked again.

"Why would make you say that?" Kairi asked, not knowing what else to say.

"Well, I felt a lot of tension between you too back there, but since your suppose to be marrying me. I figure he couldn't he a boyfriend, but maybe an ex-boyfriend that treated you wrong" Kei explained his thinking.

"He was never my boyfriend actually, he was more of a friend, but then…. Uhhhh…. I can't really explain" Kairi stumbled.

"It's ok. you don't need to tell me now. But now that I've met you, I won't let anyone take you away from me" Kei smiled.

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