Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. It would be so frickin awesome if I did, but I don't. :(

Kimika: Sorry it took so long for me to update! It's been more than 2 months, but finally ch.9 is up. Its not long but I'm already working on the next few chapters, so enjoy!

Seto 16

Shaylee 15

Mokuba 12

Aiden 13

Kael 12

Italics stand for thoughts.

Ch. 9 A Rude Awakening

Shaylee woke up, and opened her eyes the next morning to the bright sunlight streaming in the window next to them.

"Ahh! Ow!" She screamed clasping her eyes shut and falling off the couch onto the floor.

Kaiba sprung up.

"Ahh, what! What happened!" He looked down at the girl on the floor.

"What happened? Other than my retinas getting burned? I fell off the couch. Wait... why was I on a

couch... with you...at your house?" Shaylee asked.

She doesn't remember what happened to her last night?

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of laughter.

Both teens looked across the room, to find Mokuba sitting in a recliner, holding a camcorder.

"Camcorder, $300; recliner, $700; leather sofa, $4,500; catching you two asleep together on video, priceless." He said like a Master Card commercial while wearing an evil grin.

Shaylee sat wide eyed on the floor.

"Mokuba..." Kaiba growled.

"Did you know that you talk in your sleep Seto?" Mokuba said with a mischievous grin.

"Um...hate to break up this extremely awkward and embarrassing moment but, what time is it?" She

asked.

"Why does time matter right now?" Kaiba asked.

"Well, I've only been living here for a little while, and I really don't think it would be good for me to

miss my second day of school."

Kaiba groaned. He had forgotten about school.

"I'll give you a ride... just let me go get a shirt... and my uniform." Kaiba said, walking up the stairs.

Shaylee stared at Mokuba

"Give me that camera Mokuba."

"Never... you'll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands."

"Can do." Shaylee said jumping over the coffee table. Mokuba sprinted out of the room.Shaylee chased him down the hall way, narrowly missing a few small tables, a coat rack, a maid, and a vacuum. The floors had just finished being waxed, and were still relatively... slick. Shaylee slipped and went flying into a wall.

"Ow." She rubbed the side of her head, and watched Mokuba slide right past Kaiba. As he did the elder Kaiba pulled the camera away from the shorter, younger one. A maid went running to help Shaylee.

"Miss! I'm so sorry, this is all my fault. I should have warned you."

"Calm down. This stuff happens to me even when the floors aren't waxed."

Note to self, get rugs. Kaiba thought.

"Are you two ready?" Kaiba asked impatiently.

"Yup." They said simultaneously.

Shaylee stood up, Mokuba did as well. Shaylee stuck her tongue out at Mokuba. Kaiba stared at her.

"I don't know who is more immature."

"He/She started it!" The guilty parties said, pointing at each other.

"I stand by my statement. Come children, it's time for school."

"Yes sir." Shaylee said saluting him.

"You're back to your old self."

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"I'm going to get my stuff." Mokuba said jogging into the other room, and up the stairs.

"Ow, my cheek hurts." Shaylee said.

Kaiba walked up and stood next to her. "That might be due to the bruise."

"I got a bruise from hitting the wall?"

"No... no. Anyway you hit the other side of your head on the wall."

"So I'm going to have two bruises?" Shaylee said in disbelief.

"Calm down Princess."

"Not cool. I'm going to look weird with a bruise someone's going to think that ...I got hit... I almost

forgot about last night... well I did, but now I remember."

"Shaylee... I didn't remind you bec-"

"It's fine... just a little uncomfortable remembering... how's your shoulder?"

"Never better." Hurts like hell.

"Hurry up you two! We're late as it is thanks to your little sleep over, let's go already!" Mokuba

shouted from the door.

"Let's go..." Kaiba said. "We'll go by your house to get your stuff after we drop Mokuba off."

Shaylee smiled at him "Thanks, but you don't have to-"

"Of course I do. You need your things if you're going to be able to work at school." Kaiba said

Shaylee rolled her eyes and walked out, Kaiba followed.

After dropping Mokuba off and grabbing Shaylee's stuff, the two teens sped off to school. They entered the school and found there classroom. Kaiba slid the door open. The teacher and the class looked at them.

"Mr. Kaiba, Ms, Moriarty, how nice of you to join us. Better late than never I suppose. Please take your seats."

Shaylee forced a smile. The two of them walked to the back of the room and took their seats. Tristan, who sat on the other side of Shaylee looked over at her, and class resumed.

"Shaylee." Tristan whispered.

She looked at him from the corner of her eye. "What's up Tristan." She whispered back.

"I've never met someone who was late on the second day of school...other than Bakura. I know why he was, but why were you and Kaiba late?"

She hesitated, and looked to the side trying to come up with a believable lie. Come on Shay you lie to everyone, this shouldn't be too hard. "I slept in, I went to sleep at like 3 am last night so I was tired ya know. And I knew that Seto was always at Kaiba Corp. working so I called him to see if he could give me a ride."

"Ohh. Make's sense to me." Then they both turned back to their work.

For the next few weeks things were relatively normal. Shaylee became better friends with Yugi and the gang, she was regularly called down to the guidance office so that they could check up on her, her hatred of her mother deepened, and pretty soon it was December.

Kaiba sat at the bleachers during lunch, typing at his computer. Shaylee stealthily snuck up behind him and grabbed the laptop out of his hand and turned it off. He turned around angrily, and groaned when he saw her. "Shaylee give that back."

"This is not time for working, it's freakin lunch time, socialize."

"I don't think so." Shaylee sighed.

"SK, you're a genius, really you are, and it's actually a shame you can't get close enough to people to show it off. I mean you're great with fixing and inventing technological items and your virtual stuff that makes absolutely no frickin sense to me, but when it comes to people and spending time among them... you kind of suck."

"Is that your twisted idea of a compliment?" Kaiba asked trying to take back his lap top.

"No loser. Listen up. I have been telling you the same thing for weeks and it clearly hasn't through to you. Maybe it's because of your over inflated ego forming a wall."

"I don't have an inflated ego."

Shaylee snorted. "Yeah you do. It's the size of a hot air balloon. And you're filled with just as much, if not more, hot air."

"Funny, give it back." He said standing up.

"If you can catch me you can have it back." She said, jumping off, and darting towards the building.

Kaiba stood on the bleachers, then groaned. "Shit." He jumped off, and took off after her.

She ran through the hallways, until she reached a dead end. (A/N predictable I know, but that's what makes it great.) "He'll never find me here."

"Shaylee." Kaiba's voice came from behind her.

"Damn, foiled again." She turned and faced him. "Silly SK computers are for ki- wait no that doesn't sound right." She tried to get past him, but he pinned her against the wall. His hands were strategically placed on the walls on either side of her.

"Guess attempting to run is futile, huh?" She said with a smile.

Kaiba looked down at her and noticed that she clutched the laptop tightly against her chest. Their bodies were less than five inches apart. Shaylee noticed this little fact, and blushed.

Kaiba leaned in, his lips lightly brushed against her's, then-DDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNGGGGGG!

-The bell rang, and they sprang apart.

"Here's your laptop." Shaylee said quietly, she handed it to him, and almost ran. Kaiba closed his eyes and swallowed hard, then left.

Shaylee opened the door to the girl's bathroom and went inside. She leaned over the sink to catch her breath. What just happened? Did we almost...kiss? She stood up straight, looked her self over in the mirror, and went to biology.

Meanwhile, Kaiba sat in his advanced calculus class, barely paying attention. Ryo Bakura, who was also in advanced calculus, sat 2 rows down from Kaiba. He glanced over and noticed that he wasn't writing. He looks dazed.

Kimika: Bwahahahah. I had to do it.

Seto:...

Kimika: I know you love me Seto, why don't you just admit it.

Seto: o.O

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