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Chapter 18- Living Nightmare

-Thursday-

-Seto-

I looked up from my workto see my little brother waving his tests in front of my face joyfully.

"BROTHER! BROTHER! SETO! I ACED ALL OF MY EXAMS! I ACED ALL FIVE SUBJECTS! SERENITY ROCKS!" my brother yelled excitedly and placed the exams on my desk with both of his hands.

I looked up and smiled at him as I ruffled his hair.

Serenity… my swan, who I wanted as my girlfriend. No, not want… need. The young lady who I love and am I scared to tell her the truth.

"Hey, Seto?" my brother asked, keeping his voice at normal level.

I looked up again. All day today I have been through a daze.

"Yes, Mokuba?" I asked, still thinking of my Serenity.

"You seem sad." He said, looking at me with concern in his voice. "What's wrong?"

I shook my head and realized what my brother asked. This was something I didn't want to talk about. This was a question I was afraid of. My mind told me to not say a thing, but when I looked into Mokuba's eyes, they were filled with worry. I gulped slowly and took a deep breath.

"I did something awful, Mokuba. I agreed to Duke's bet to make the ugliest girl into a beautiful lady before prom," I said truthfully and honestly as I saw his eyes become really wide and his mouth slightly opened.

Silence then filled the room.

"Ah aha! Ah ha ha! Good one Seto! For a second there, you almost had-" Mokuba said as he laughed until I interrupted.

"THIS IS NOT A JOKE. DUKE CHOSE SERENITY FOR ME, BUT HOW AM I GOING TO EXPLAIN IT TO-," I didn't finish my sentence because I realized that I was raising my voice at my little brother.

"SETO! HOW COULD YOU DO SUCH A THING? ESPECIALLY AGREEING TO A BET FROM DUKE? AND WHAT ABOUT SERENITY? WHAT WERE HER FEELING WHEN YOU-" I cut him off now.

"SERENITY DOES NOT KNOW!" I interrupted angrily, as my brother began to cry.

"SERENITY DOESN'T KNOW? SERENITY DOESN'T KNOW? SETO YOU HAVE TO TELL HER THE TRUTH. YOU HAVE TO TELL HER. IF NOT, THEN I WON'T SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN!" he cried out and wiped his tears away.

He then gave me a mean look and ran out of the room, tears leaking from his gray eyes.

"I know," I said calmly to myself, "I know."

There I was, standing, while I watched Serenity put up the decorations for prom. She turned and smiled at me. As I just stood there, like my boots had super glue on them, I just stared back.

She stepped down the ladder and walked towards me.

"Seto, are you all right?" she asked with concern in her voice.

I shook my head from dazing out and saw my angel standing in front of me.

"Hey Kaiba! Hey Serenity!" An exuberating voice exclaimed from behind as I blinked. I turned around to see the dice freak, smirking at me.

"What do you want?" I wanted toask, but nothing came out of my mouth.

Serenity turned to Duke and gave him a cold glare.

"Oi, Serenity. I just came to apologize the way I acted at the party. As you can see," Duke said and smirked at me again, "I was drunk."

"We both know that's a lie," I said to him, but then realized that the word 'lie' came out of my mouth by accident.

Serenity turned back at me and tilted her head to the right in confusion.

"Lie? What lie? Seto, what do you mean by that?" Duke said as Serenity continued to look at me.

"You were already drunk by the time we got there," I said to him coldly as he just kept on smirking.

"I'm soooo sooooorry," Duke hissed and put his hands on Serenity's shoulders.

"Get your hands off of me, Duke!" Serenity said harshly as Duke leaned down to her left ear, his eyes gazed holding at mine and said, "I almost forgot to mention… Kaiba has to apologize to you, too."

Serenity's eyes went wide with bewilderment.

"What do you mean?" Serenity said looking up at me. "What is he talking about, Seto?"

"I…" I started to say, but the words just didn't come out.

Then I tried again, taking a deep breath.

"I agreed to a bet with Duke to see who can 'make the ugliest girl' into a- -" My eyes widened with fear at what I just said.

Not the whole sentence came out though; except for 'I agreed to a bet' and 'make the ugliest girl'.

"YOU AGREED TO A BET! YOU AGREED TO A BET! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M HEARING. SETO? YOU ARE A HARSH, COLD-HEARTED MONSTER! I CAN'T-," Serenity yelled out to me. And then, the palm of her hands connected with my cheek. I deserved every second of what she did to me.

Tears began to form in her beautiful hazel eyes, as she gave me a one last look and ran in the opposite direction. Duke looked at me in awe of what happened and started running after her.

And theneverything faded into black.

I woke up in hot sweat and looked at my alarm clock. It read 4:30 a.m.

I got up from my king sized bed and walked into the bathroom.

I need a cold shower after what I've been through.

I have a new story up calledThe Rose of the Vampire. I like to thank Anayas-Creater for helping me with the title. Be sure to check it out, since it is a Seto/Serenity fic with some minor characters. The story will be slow in progress. I have chapter 1 up. Sorry for the grammar.

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Preview of Chapter 19- The Truth:

"Serenity, I really, really need to talk to you. I have to tell you something that I've been keeping from you," I said to her, as she looked at me worried.

"What is it? Are you alright?" she asked nicely with worried-ness in her voice.

"I-" I was about to tell her until Duke interrupted.

"Yes, Seto. Why don't you tell her the truth? I BET you want to so badly that she doesn't actually know the whole truth," Duke said as Serenity shook her head.

"What? Why did you say emphasis the word 'bet'?" Serenity asked roughly, as she turned to Duke with crossed arms, being suspicious.

"Seto didn't tell you? Oh… that is… Well… Seto agreed to a bet, to make the ugliest girl, which WAS you, into a hot chick, which IS you," Duke grinned at her as she turned to me as her eyes became watery.

"How… could… you?" she asked as a raindrop fell off from her bottom cheek.