Runaway by Le petit chaperon rouge

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Chap 15. Sleepless in Domino

Serenity lay in her bed, but she couldn't sleep. When she closed her eyes, the sleep wouldn't come. She could hardly sleep or eat. Like she had a permanent knot in the stomach.

Three days have passed. She thought. He said within a week I'll have a message. Never was a week so long. Serenity turned on her other side. Would he be thinking about her? Just like she was thinking about him the past tree days? She sighed heavily. It was an accident. What was she thinking? She didn't even knew who that man was! She released another sigh. He probably couldn't care less about her.

How terribly wrong she was.

2 days later

"Maaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!"

Joey wasn't really a morning person, but this morning he was wide awake.

"Maaaaaaaaaaaiiiiii!!!!!!!" he yelled again.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Don't twist your knickers!"

Joey ignored her comment, and stormed into the room that he and Mai were sharing.In his hand he had a white envelope.

"could you explain what this is?" he asked Mai holding the envelope in front of her face.

"That's an envelope"

"Yes! An envelope! An envelope from fucking KaibaCorp!!! And it's addressed to my sista!!"

"......"

"Why the hell does Kaiba send my sista a letter!?"

"How should I know!?" Mai tried innocently. "Why don't you open it and read it?"

Joey glared at her for a moment, and then he opened the letter. It didn't contain a word from Kaiba or whatsoever. It only had a piece of paper from the Domino Academic Hospital with a confirmation of the payment for the operation. It also had the date of when they were expecting Serenity in the hospital.

"But that is today!!" Mai shrieked.

Joey was staring at the letter, speechless. Kaiba actually paid for the operation? Impossible. There had to be strings attached to this. There is no way that Kaiba would do this for free.

Serenity, who overheard their conversation through the this walls, was thunderstruck.. Kaiba, Seto Kaiba had paid the 3 million? And she had nearly kissed him!? No way! On the other hand...at least she "nearly' kissed a handsome young guy. Her heart was beating like crazy. She nearly kissed THE Seto Kaiba, fantasy of million women across the world. Oh my god...

"Serenity!!!" Mai came dashing in. "We're leaving!!"

"Where to?" Serenity said innocently.

Mai gave her a tight hug. "We've got the money! You're getting your operation today!!"

Serenity felt a tear slip from her eye.

Seto Kaiba, I'm deeply in your dept.

Here I am. Again. She thought. In the hospital. For another operation. Hopefully for the last.

She was starting to doze away under the narcosis. Seto Kaiba. She remembered seeing a picture of him in the paper. Even in the black and white picture his azure blue eyes pierced her every thought.

Is....this.....l-...love?

In the waiting room

"What is it, Joey? You seem....sad.."

"I dunno....it's just that..."

"what? You can tell me."

Joey sighed heavily. "I'm very happy that Seren is getting her operation. But...."

"the money?"

Joey nodded. "this isn't like Kaiba..." he sighed again. "what did you had to do for that money?" He looked into Mai's eyes. "D-..Did you sleep with him?"

Mai's eyes widened. "are you serious!? Of course not!!" she hissed.

"You never know..."

"Oh c'mon Joseph, do you really think I would do such a thing??"

Joey remained silent. Mai was a lady, she would never do such a thing, it was a foolish to ask. But that left his question unanswered. What had drove Kaiba to give the money? There had to be something. It was very like Kaiba, to wait until the surgery was over and come with the most horrible demands. Joey sighed. It was worth the risk.

"Joey...darling...don't worry." Joey looked up. Mai was sitting a lot closer than a minute ago. Her soft hand touched his cheek.

"Trust me."

"I trust you..."her murmured. "I just don't trust Kaiba."

"Everything has been taken care of" She whispered before placing her soft lips on his. Her lips tasted of summer fruits. Joey's favorite.

Everything was dark. But then again, so it has always been. Serenity was completely disoriented. She hadn't the slightest idea whether it was day or night. She could feel thick bandaging on her sore eyes.

"Success guaranteed" the doctors told her before she fell fast asleep, into a dark dreamless sleep. A nurse told her, to comfort her, that the surgery was carried out by the best doctors in Domino, and the probably the best in Japan if not Asia. Still, to Serenity that made no difference. A surgery could always fail. But she did her best to look at it from the bright side. She was in the middle of people who loved her and forgave her all her mistakes. She even had a generous man paying for her surgery. And generous handsome young man. She felt her cheeks heat up a bit. "Just my luck." She thought.

"I have a crush on the man people have been warning me for. But then again, the forbidden and danger and the two most attractive things there are. And something else, Mai was the one who led me to him. Hmm....." Further thoughts fell into a bottomless well in her mind as she dozed off again, dreaming of a certain rich, blue eyed young man.