A/N: Hey guys! This is the beta version of chapter2 you should thank, Drachen, and her betaing skills! Yay!

Not mine, nuff said. Stop rubbing it in.

"Seto!" the tri colored teen ran, chasing the taller boy.

"Oh Yami, sorry didn't notice you. Do you need something? Cause I really am busy today. I have homework to do and papers to verify, and I have to help Mokuba finish his project." The brunette said not stopping for a breath.

"Whoa! Seto the enemy is weak! And do breath. Do you want me to help Mokuba instead?"

"Oh, thank you but I promised I will help him, I've had busier days you know. Don't worry, I can manage today and live tomorrow to attend class. Oh! Tomorrow is Saturday huh? Oh well. And I think your friends are really ticked off, spend more time with them" He smiled at the boy before he went inside the limo.

Yami smiled to himself; only he and Mokuba were to be rewarded by that smile.

Seto Kaiba.

It was not hard to befriending the boy nor was difficult to break his walls if you tried hard enough. But it took time for the CEO to trust, a lot of time. Anyway, it had been quite a while since the brunette had trusted the former pharaoh, and it had taken months to regain it once more, but it was definitely worth the effort.

His smiles were rewarding.

His laughter was contagious.

His eyes were like precious gems.

'Seto should learn to be happy all the time.'

Shuddering he pushed past his inner desire. Having him close was enough. He had him once, all he wanted now was to make him smile and have the boy trust him as much as he did way back in Egypt .

Yami waved goodbye as the limo drove off, heading towards the direction of Kaiba mansion. Turning around he found his friends chattering about something. When he first started talking to Seto, and they began to get closer, his friends were confused. Why would he try to get close to the CEO?. That was until Yugi told them that Seto 'was' the reincarnation of my cousin Seth, the one who suffered on my account. Then, they came to an understanding that something might have happen in the past and I wanted to make up for it, even though Seto didn't remember. But after that, they were confused again. They could sense that he liked his presence more than theirs. He didn't understand either, they were good company. But he longed for Seth, and the only way to get at least a tad closer to him again was through Seto since he was Seth after all.

But he loved Seto.

More than he is willing to show the broken boy.

Yugi understood.

He always did.

He understood without words nor explanations.

He always knew.

Seto

Seth

Seto

Thoughts racing thru his mind.

Did he even love Seto?

Or was it only Seth he was after?

He may be the priest's reincarnation, but aren't they two different people.

Were they?

'This is starting to give me headache.'

Then again... Somehow, just somehow, he knew that they were exactly the same person.

And he cared for Seto, that was for sure.

"Yami, you're spacing out again." Tea told him.

"Oh sorry… what was that again?"

"Are you gonna go with us to the arcade, or you hanging out with that snob again?" A blonde spoke up and filled him in.

"I'm coming." He snorted slightly. 'Since I have nothing better to do' he thought.

"Good thing Yami, because you're starting to neglect us! I mean, you should appreciate your friends."

"I appreciate you, it's just that he's my friend too Tea."

"Yami… okay fine… but you're totally missing out with us! Don't you think it's time to catch up?" Tea winked. Yami gave a slight shudder. Her oh-so-secret-crush-on-him-that-everybody-knew-about was pretty freaky, not that it was her. He just doesn't like her the same way she does, when will she ever realize.

"Yami?"

"Mmm? Yugi?"

"Where's Seto? He could come along you know."

"What!" Joey snapped.

"He already left, off to the Kaiba corp. Too many things to do."

He heard a silent 'good thing' but chose to ignore it. Shuddering he walked with them to the arcade, sometimes joining their chatter but most of the time his thoughts would fly to the blue eyed CEO.

Sigh

'This is going to be a long weekend.'

'Done at last.' Seto thought to himself as he ganced at the clock.

11:04

"Maybe I should go home now."

He walked through the deserted halls of the Kaiba corp. building. He found people working overtime occasionally, telling them to go home when they were done. He spotted his car, took the keys from his pocket, opened the door, and started the car's ignition back to life. Everything's done now, placing Mokuba on the top of his list was always wise. Now his brother was at some friend's house, it had taken a lot to convince him to let him go. He didn't mind driving so he let them have the limo.

'So nobody but the maids and other servants are home.'

Yawning he sighed to himself. He was not used to not having Mokuba around.

Beeping noise came from his pocket. He took his cell phone and read 'Yami c,")'

A text message.

'hi seto! just got home from hanging out with my friends! you home already? sorry if I woke you up'

He hit the reply button and send.

'nope, just on my way home. I'm driving, left the limo with mokuba and his friends. can I stop at the shop?'

He was just about to set the phone aside when a reply came.

'sure, why not?'

'okay, wait for me outside, I'll be there in 5.'

An uncharacteristic yawn came from the young CEO.

"Perhaps I am tired." He said pondering, not noticing that he is nearly at the Turtle game shop.

"Hi!" Yami, welcomed Seto.

"Hey!" Seto said while granting him another smile.

"Where's Mokuba?" The former pharaoh asked as Seto locked his car.

"At a friend's house, he's going home tomorrow afternoon." Answered Seto as he leaned at his car.

"Oh come inside. It's cold out here." Yami gestured towards the door.

Shrugging he nodded quite hesitantly. Still thinking about the time he 'd ripped their grandfather's Blue Eyes. Maybe he wasn't welcome here.

"Um… Yami I don't think…I"

"Yami what are you doing there? Oh Seto come inside have you been there a long time?" Yugi popped out of nowhere.

"Yugi, who's there? More company for tonight?" an elderly voice said from the inside.

Seto shrug. 'More?...'

"I think I better go." He turned around and the door swung.

"Oh, hey there young man. Why don't you stay? We're having late dinner, I guess you have not eaten yet." He turned slightly and shrugged.

Yugi and his grandfather walked in, assuming that he would stay.

"Come on Seto."

"More?"

"I forgot to mention that they are staying for the night. Sorry."

The brunette just shuddered.

"Come on it's rude to refuse an offer." Yami held out his hand. 'oh shit, what am I thinking.'

Surprisingly the CEO took it and muttered "I suppose so."

'holy Ra…'

Seto's palm was as soft as his cousin's, as warm as his hands, and as comforting back then when he had held it while they were rushing back home.

" Atemu, wait for me!" a boy far behind him wailed.

" Hurry Seth, our fathers will not be pleased to find out that we're not home before sunset!" he urged his younger cousin to go faster.

" I know! But don't leave me! You run too fast!" the young brunette tried to hasten his pace and tripped in the process.

" Seth! Sorry. I'm so sorry!" he rushed to the side of his cousin and helped him up.

" Do not worry, it's not like it's your fault I tripped, I'm just a weakling." The boy looked at his feet.

" Seth! None of this! Come on we have to hurry. Here hold my hand." He gave his hand to his cousin and half dragged the other boy to the palace with a smile.

"Something wrong?" Yami did not notice that he stopped walking still holding Seto Kaiba's hand.

"Nothing, just remembered something." He was glad that the brunette was not letting go.

"Oh."

They stopped at the living room and silence ate them.

"Back in Egypt ?"

"Huh?"

"Was it back in Egypt ? From your past life?" Seto asked him and shuddered again. Yami smiled to himself. 'So he believes in our crap, maybe he'll remember someday.'

"uh… yes."

"Was I there?" the brunette asked casually, not looking at him.

"Huh?"

"Did I exist back then?" he let go of Yami's hand and gestured to his chest.

The former Pharaoh gave him a playful punch at his chest.

"I won't tell you!" He laughed.

"Why you! Here I am, trying to not make fun of your crap and you do this." The brunette uncharacteristically scolded him. He loved how different Seto acted around him. He loved how he trusted him just like his brother.

"Come on, it's time to eat!" he half ran away from the brunette.

"Feh, fine."

Yami stepped towards the kitchen, Seto stopped the moment he saw the group waiting to eat. 'Shoot forgot about that.' He shuddered and followed the taller spiked haired boy slowly.

Joey turned to Yami.

"Just about time Yami we're…hey… what the hell are you doing here freak?" He snapped the moment he saw the brunette.

Seto shrugged then glared daggers to him, choosing not to fight back. Yami sighed, how he wanted to hit Joey right now.

"I invited him Joey, is there some problem?" Grandpa answered.

"Come on boys, everybody is waiting, take your seat already."

Yami dragged Seto to a seat between Duke and Serenity and sat beside Yugi. The talked to each other as they ate their late dinner, occasionally getting Seto to talk and sometimes Joey earned a couple more glares.

'So you choose to be silent tonight.' Yami thought. Duke was talking about how hard it is to find a decent part time job.

"ummm. I think there are some openings at Kaiba corp. We're hiring for the season." Seto answered casually.

"Yeah, after you fired half of your employees." Joey said as a matter-of-factly tone.

"For your information, we build new offices and reassigned the places of other employees and now we're hiring people to work at the main office." Seto rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Oh, all of the people on the new branches are employees are from the main branch?" Yugi asked.

"No, only a quarter, the rest are new or trainees."

"Must be a lot of new branches."

"Some are in other countries."

"thought so…"

"Hey Kaiba, you mean it… I can work at your company?" Duke asked. Seto looked at him and shrugged.

"You can give me your resume and I'll give it to my assistant, he'll take care of it." It was not in his nature to just let anybody in his company.

However, Duke smiled knowing that having the CEO of the company pass your resume was a sure hire.

"You better go there and see what job you can do." His way of saying 'what job you want.'

Yami inwardly smile again. This was the real Seto that very few people knows.

"I just thought that you must be really responsible Seto-kun." Serenity commented, she had not liked the way her brother treated Seto, but he was still her brother. Seto just raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow.

"Running a company, being a big brother, dueling and going to school. I would have given up some." Serenity said with slight admiration oozing on her voice. Seto turned to face her. Joey was busy talking to Tristan and Tea to notice his sister talking to Seto.

"Can't give up any." He answered truthfully.

"I think you're doing great though, somebody else in your shoe might spell out disaster." She smiled at him.

Her smile was returned with another from the brunette. It was not long but it just as sincere and beautiful 'No, more beautiful' Yami thought.

"Thanks. I guess."

'I guess I will not be Seto's only friend. Now he has me, Mokuba, Yugi and soon Serenity'

They finished eating, cleared the table, and washed the dishes. Everybody was now gathered at the living room, still chattering. Seto was listening to Yami, Yugi and Serenity, occasionally joining their conversation. He glanced at his wristwatch and stood.

1:29

"I guess I better go. I still have things to do tomorrow." He announced. "Thanks for the dinner Mr. Motou."

"Ohohoho… Call me grandpa... and can't you stay? It is late and it is dangerous to drive when you are sleepy."

"But…"

"Don't worry, we have two guest rooms we'll fit here."

"That's not the case…"

"Oh come on, I'll show you to Yami's and my room. You can sleep there." Yugi winked at Yami thru their link.

"Surely it can wait until tomorrow Seto-kun?"

Cornered, that's how he felt right now.

"Grandpa! How can you let the person who ripped you're blue eyes stay! Having him for dinner was acceptable but…" The blonde almost downright yelled.

Seto visibly flinched at what Joey said. It was obvious that they didn't like him even by a tad bit.

"Oh come on, let bygones be bygones…"

"Okay…I'll stay…" 'What possessed me?'

Yami took his arm and dragged him to their room.

A/N: okay, serenity and seto being close was not on the plan but I guess I can add it. She will be a great tool to the story now. She will be Seto's friend as well. In time yup in time. Maybe I'll make a chapter about a rumor that serenity and seto are together… okay before you hit me or throw things at me only a rumor… RUMOR this is still yami/seto, but there will be bakura/seto soon! Mwuhahahahaha! So you see why Seto-kun is like that to serenity is because he is an older brother and serenity has that little sister aura… and same goes for Serenity… so it's pure instincts. No romance. I don't know if there will be anzu bashing though….. by the way I chose to use their English names… i just did….. I'm more used to it. sigh I forgot this fic is slightly AU. And I made Seto-kun ooc around yami… that will be that way. Seto stayed in the spike kids' room because the other will be used by Serenity and Tea, while the other will be Joey, Tristan and Duke… either way will be disaster… And I did not add the part of yami trying to befriend Seto I'm tooooooo lazy… besides it was not part of the plan. But I can make a separate fic for it if anybody wants. Sorry if I said that I'll update as soon as I go the internet café…. I ended up playing RAN online and Ragnarok online… I got so into leveling up my characters that I forgot all about the fic…. Gomenasai! Chapter 3 is already outlined mind you! All I need to do is type it! Hahahahah! Wonder how much time that will take me…

On the other news…..

OH MY FUCKING GOD! We're broke! My dad has no ship to ride… and now he had a motorcycle accident. I guess I really am bad luck huh? So our bread winner has no job…. We're fucking broke…. But I saved money so I can last during the vacation…. I hope my dad gets a new job though… sorry but if there's a reason that I did not update that may be the main reason… I don't have money…. But I tell you I'll not stop writing and posting!

gets hit by a book

Jhisk: Oi Seto-kun why the hell did you hit me! I'm not torturing you yet

Seto: keep quiet! It's 3:30 in the moning!

Itachi: get used to it.

Sasuke: yup she usually sleeps at 4:30

Itachi: can't believe we're stuck with this nocturnal freak!

Jhisk: hey sniff bawls like a baby

Sasuke: you made her cry now we're never gonna get our sleep.

Itachi: quick! Give her the dog!

Seto: who? the blonde mutt?

Sasuke: drags sesshoumaru

Jhisk: is happy hugs fluffy-sama

Sesshoumaru: Save me! puppy dog eyes

All of jhisk's muses: you do know that we're not hers

Jhisk: hey don't rub it in!

All of jhisk's muses: it applies to every chapter in case she forgets.

Jhisk: anyway what do you think of the chapter? Too fluffy? Too sweet? Too angst? Too plain? Too short? Too long? Or just stupid? Should I stop? stands up at the table I accept all the rotten tomatoes!

Tomatoes: hits her

Jhisk: aww. I said tomato not potato! is dizzy

Anyway in my profile there are my several ideas of YGO fics tell me if you want to read one… please do….

And do read and review….

And I gotta stop 2 page a/n sorry, this will be the last!