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Chapter 14- Conversation w/ Father & Sibling Rivalry

-Sunday Noon-

-Serenity-

I was downstairs in the kitchen, washing and rinsing the dishes. Father and I were the only ones home, while my brother, Joey, was at work. I thought of what happened last night and blushed at the thought when I was sitting in Seto's lap and hugging Seto. At the moment, I wanted him to hold me forever, but I knew that he could never fall for a girl like me.

Lately, I've noticed Seto Kaiba acting strange even before my "transformation". He isn't the cold-hearted person I once knew. And not only that, but he's thinking way too much, from what I see. I wonder what's going on in his head.

I smiled to myself and placed the last plate on the on the dish rack. I quickly rinsed my hands and dried with the towel next to me. I opened the refrigerator and took out a can of Coke (1). I haven't drunk soda in a while because of all the chores and studying I did so it was nice to finally have one.

"Serenity," I heard my name being called from my father, who was in the living room.

I walked out of the kitchen with my soda and went into the living room.

"Yes, Father?" I asked nicely as he looked at me and smiled.

"Please. Sit down," he offered, gesturing his left hand to the seat that was across from him.

I sat on the navy blue lay-z-boy and was wondering what why my father was acting differently. I then leaned back on the recliner, thinking again that I've doing a lot of chores lately.

"Is something wrong?" I asked kindly to my father, hoping that nothing was. I knew that sometimes when he acted "nice", he would turn on me and start beating me because he was drunk.

"No. No. It was just that, well… how is school?" he asked nicely and took the can of soda on the table. He opened it and I saw it was a can of Sprite (2).

I raised both my eyebrows up and was completely astonished. What was going on here?

My father's drinking sodas now! When did this happen? He would usually drink beers or something!

I opened my drink and took a sip. I then placed it on the costar so that the wooden table wouldn't damage.

"I am doing great in school," I said, but didn't want to tell him about the fine of a hundred dollars for the book that I didn't even damage. That's right... How am I going to graduate if I don't have the money to fix that book?

"That's good. That's good. Serenity, the reason why I called you here is because I want to apologize," he started to say and put his soda on the costar.

"Huh? I don't understand," I said with the word confusingly circling around my head.

"I want to apologize for everything. The way I was before, when I use to be a drunken bastard and the way I treated you and Joey badly. It was so wrong of me to do so." He said, lowering his eyes to the ground. "I stopped drinking a couple weeks ago and when I saw you yesterday, you looked so beautiful. I was happy to have the old you back. The way you looked, and not the nerdish tomboy you were. Did you know that Joey was happy when you changed your whole look? He said that that way, guys wouldn't bother you. I told Joey to shut up because I didn't want to see the old you back again, but he didn't care. He then got happier because of how beautiful you did look. And when you busy getting ready, Mr. Kaiba and I were talking. He told me everything, and yes, I wanted to punch him, but for a young man of his age to control a company… I couldn't. I'm sorry Serenity for hurting you and I understand if you don't accept my apology. I'm so sorry… sorry for everything," he said sobbingly and broke down into tears, burying his face in his hands.

I ran to my dad and hugged him. He looked up at me and smiled.

"I forgive you dad. Trust me. I forgive you and I accept the apology," I happily said as he wiped the tears away.

"Thank you Serenity," he said, and hugged me back.

After all that hugging, he then asked me, "Hey, how about you and I get something to eat?" he said, getting up and taking his keys out of his pocket.

"Sure," I said in high spirits as I got up and we walked out of the house with my new changed father.

"So, how was the party?" he asked as we got in the truck.

I gulped and put on my seatbelt as he started the huge car up.

"Seto and I were probably there for about five minutes. I didn't like it because I don't like parties. So, Seto and I went back to his place and we had desserts," I told my father and rolled down the window.

"I heard about that and how Tea (3) Garden poured her drink on you. I'm surprised you didn't take action, but then am glad you didn't. I wouldn't mine you learning something to protect yourself incase if you are in danger, though," he said, looking at me as I nodded.

"Maybe I can sign you up for some karate classes or something."

I raised my eyebrow and said "Thanks dad but no thanks. Karate isn't my thing. " I smiled at my father as we stopped by In and Out Burger's (4) and ordered a couple of burgers.

I couldn't help but smile again. But what was the conversation between him and Seto that lead my dad wanting hit him? Afterward, we drove home happily as both a transformed father and daughter.

-Seto-

The day after Duke's party, I couldn't stop thinking about Serenity. While eating, during work, in the bathroom, and even dreaming! She wouldn't leave my mind. I was at KaibaCorp in my office, doing my usual work when Serenity again crossed my mind. Her beautiful smile, her auburn hair, her glittering green eyes, her smooth skin, her petite body- - my thoughts on Serenity came to an abrupt halt when I heard a knock on the door. Who could that be? My secretary didn't call me or anything to tell me someone came. Maybe it's Serenity!

"Come in." I said, licking my lips a bit. The door creaked open and a small person came in.

"HI, BIG BROTHER!" my raven haired brother said, obviously sugar high.

I cocked my eyebrow at the boy and asked nicely, "And what are you doing here?"

He shrugged and said, "I was bored at home!"

"You got bored of eating sugar? That's new." I said, smirking a bit. Mokuba face turned a bit red because of embarrassment and then came to my desk.

"Could you teach me about the stock market?" He asked, with a small puppy dog face. How could I ever resist that?

"Sure, grab the chair." I said to the childish teenager. He grinned at me and instead of getting the chair, he jumped onto my lap. "Oof! Mokuba! A normal 13 year old doesn't sit on their brother's legs!"

My brother stuck his tongue out at me and said, "I'm not a normal 13 year old, Seto!"

My little brother then started to press random keys on the keyboard, messing up my programs.

"MOKUBA!" I exclaimed, typing everything over again. He grinned and put his head onto my chest, like Serenity did yesterday. "Okay," I started to say, "So the first thing about the stock market is…"

During the whole time we talked about business, I imagined that Serenity was on my lap, not Mokuba. As I continued to do KaibaCorp work with Mokuba watching intently, he would try to mess them up. Suddenly, he stopped pressing the keys and stared into space. My eyebrows knitted together worriedly, wondering if something happened to him.

"Mokuba, what's wrong?" I asked him in concern.

He turned his body so that his face was looking at me and said, "Do you like Serenity more now that she's changed?"

My eyes widened slightly. Why would my brother ask me such a question? He was staring directly into my eyes, which made me uncomfortable so my eyes reverted to the computer screen.

"Seto…" He said sadly, his eyes begging me to tell him. "You used to tell me everything. Now we never talk."

I looked down at my brother and smiled warmly at him. I then wrapped my arms around his tiny body and hugged him.

"I'm sorry, Mokuba." I said, breaking the hug.

"Do you like her though?" He kept pressing me to answer the question. I sighed. This kid wouldn't stop and if he didn't get the answer, he would make me say it. His favorite way: blackmail.

-Flashback-

"Big brother!" Mokuba yelled at me, stomping up the stairs towards my office.

"What?" I yelled back.

Mokuba came into the room and asked, "Why'd you put a digital code on the cupboard where all the candy's stored!"

I smirked and said, "You eat too much sugar, little bro."

My raven-haired brother glared at me but then it turned into a smirk. Not the usual smirk but a very evil one.

"Don't make me tell the fangirls and news about your pink Dark Magician Girl underwear. Or I'll just auction them off on Ebay (5)!"

My eyes grew as wide as possible. He swore never to tell about those things he gave me on Christmas. It was really a joke but I never got a chance to burn them yet.

"You wouldn't dare," I said, glaring at him.

He smirked and said, "Try me!" He then ran from the office towards my room.

My eyes felt like they were going to pop out from how wide my eyes were as I jumped from my chair and ran after my blackmailing brother. He sharply turned the corner, running as fast as his short legs could go while I was running literally 70 MPH to catch him. Mokuba ran into my room and quickly opened the top drawer on the dresser. He rummaged through to find the pink boxers with little pictures of the magician. As I entered the room, he smirked evilly at me and held up the boxers.

"Mokuba…" I said sternly.

"Seto…" He said, challenging me. "The code or your undies are on Ebay!"

I hung my head, in defeat, killed by my own baby brother.

"Fine, fine! You win!" I said. "The code is 7386. Now give me those!" I tried to snatch them from my brother's evil hands but he pulled away.

"How do I know you're not lying?"

"Why would I lie to my sweet and innocent little baby brother?" I said, sarcasm dripping from every word.

He rolled his eyes, threw the boxers at me and ran downstairs to his sacred candy stash.

-End Flashback-

I shuddered with the memory but then to answer his question, I said, "I think I do…"

His eyes got wide with happiness. I really should have kept my mouth closed.

"That's GREAT! Does she like you back?"

"I don't know." I replied bluntly, hoping he would stop pestering me about this situation.

"Well I think she does!" He then looked at me a bit sadly. "If she doesn't though, just know that I love you."

I smiled at my dark haired brother, ruffled his hair affectionately and said, "I love you too."

He smiled back at me and then turned towards the computer again. "So could you buyNASDAQ (6)? It's annoying me."

I chuckled and said, "Hmm, let me think about it… no."

"Awww!" He pouted. I put my face into his soft hair and though how lucky I am to have such an adorable and sweet brother. Now if only my swan could become part of our family. I wish…

Shani: Isn't that the sweetest thing ever! That whole brotherly fluff part was all my writing! . This isn't icky to you very gross people who like bro/bro and bro/sis parings… . ;;; I think they're disgusting! Oh yeah…I don't own Pepsi! .

(1)- As already said, we don't own Coke-Cola. /Shani: I have cans of Pepsi though…XD

(2)- Don't own Sprite either! . /Shani: . ;; wish I did! I'd be as wealthy as Seto!

(3)- Father is pronouncing Tea's name as the drink.

(4)- In and Out Burger is owned by some rich dude! And we're not so yeah ;;;

(5)- Nope! Don't own Ebay either! So, don't sue if you know what's good for you!

(6)- Don't own NASDAQ…Shani: Seto could buy it though…hmm…calls Mokuba Mokie…I need you to blackmail your bro/Mokie: No problem, I'm good at that/Shani: Thanks/KiWingz: --;;;;;;;;

Uh… sorry about that. I noticed that beta-reader is adding things on, and when I sent her this chapter, and it was really, really short. I mean, shorter than the prologue. That's how short it was. I really need to work on Satanic Embrace. I really do. I want to finish that story so bad, that way I can start on my new story. Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry for taking so long! Don't hurt me.

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Chapter 15-Thank You

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