Lu: Hey guys! Just wanted to let you all know that the revision will actually be finished one day, but as it is now, I'm just reposting all the chapters and taking down the lyrics. So ignore all this!

Chapter 10 – Behind Joey's Back

Serenity awoke the next morning to find Mokuba leaning over her. She sat bolt upright. Mokuba rolled on the ground laughing.

"Bet you weren't expecting that, huh?" he grinned. Serenity gave a small laugh.

"No, I guess not," she said truthfully.

"Are you going to school today?" asked Mokuba.

"I'd like to see my brother first," she said.

"I'll get the limo ready," said a voice from the door. Serenity peered around Mokuba to see Kaiba standing at the ready. Serenity nodded and gave him a huge smile.

"Thanks again for letting me stay," she said. Kaiba tried a small smile and Serenity laughed. "I don't think I've ever seen you smile," she said.

"Well, now you have," he said. Serenity smiled. "Shall we go?" he said.

"I've gotta get changed first," said Serenity.

"OK, but hurry. If you're going to go to school today..." began Kaiba.

"I think I'd prefer to stay with my brother, if that's OK," said Serenity. Kaiba nodded. He walked out of the room, followed by Mokuba. Serenity sighed.

"He's so sweet. If only someone else could see it," she thought.

Kaiba leant against the wall outside the room. "Why do I care for her so much? I care for few people but those I do care for, I care for a lot. Serenity, Mokuba and myself. That's about it. I suppose I kinda care for Yugi and Co. I mean, I'd save them. But only because they saved me in the Virtual Reality. That's the only reason." His thoughts were interrupted by the arrival of Serenity, wearing a white sleeveless top and a lavender mini- skirt.

"Shall we go?" she said, smiling. Kaiba blushed and nodded. Serenity laughed. "Why do you always blush when I'm around?" she asked curiously. That made Kaiba blush harder. She grabbed his arm. "Let's go," she said. Kaiba found himself being dragged out of the house and into the car by the only person he had feelings for.

Kaiba took Serenity to the hospital and walked her in. Serenity immediately ran to see Joey, while Kaiba followed behind doggedly. Serenity burst into the ward, earning some disapproving looks from nearby doctors and nurses. Joey was sitting up in bed, reading a book.

"Joey!" she shouted, and ran over to him. He looked up, smiling.

"Hey sis. How are ya?" he asked. Kaiba entered the room and slumped against the wall.

"I'm good. I'm not going to school today, I don't want to leave you here on your own," she replied.

"Your back?" he asked. Since she was wearing a singlet top, she turned around and showed him. The bruises were slowly fading, and the cuts were closed, leaving nothing but scars. Joey smiled.

"It's gettin' better. Anyway, how did you get here?" he asked. Serenity turned to Kaiba, beaming.

"Kaiba gave me a lift," she said. Kaiba stood there smugly.

"Hey Kaiba, I just gotta thank you for all dat you've done for me and Serenity over de last couple of days," said Joey. "You let Serenity come when she had nowhere else to go. You let us both stay at your house. You gave us lifts to de hospital. You let Serenity sleep over last night so she would be home with our dad. So I just wanna say thanks." Kaiba stayed in his sullen silence.

"He says your welcome," said Serenity. Joey laughed.

"Since when did you become de expert on Kaiba?" he asked. Serenity smiled and shrugged. "Anyway, thanks again Kaiba," he said, turning to Kaiba with his trademark goofy grin on his face. Kaiba continued to remain silent. "What's up with him?" whispered Joey.

"Joey, he's not used to people being nice to him," said Serenity quietly.

"I guess you're right," he sighed.

"Excuse me, but we are going to put your stitches in now, Mr. Wheeler," said a doctor, entering the room. Joey nodded.

"I'll see you in a while," said Serenity, exiting the room, followed by Kaiba.

Kaiba and Serenity sat in the waiting room. They were alone. The secretary seemed to have disappeared, and no one else sat with them.

"Umm... Seto, I have to tell you something," began Serenity uneasily. Kaiba turned to her.

"Well, umm... I don't know how to say this. Umm..." she stuttered.

She then did something bold and unexpected. She pulled Kaiba close to her and kissed him. Kaiba was startled but responded.

But after ten seconds, Serenity pulled herself away. Her eyes filled with tears. "Oh my god, Seto, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry," she said, and got up. She ran into the bathroom.

Kaiba touched his lips. "Did that just happen? Did Serenity just kiss me?" he asked himself. "Does that mean she likes me too?"

Serenity sat in the corner of a cubicle, trying to remain silent. Tears were pouring down her face. "Why did I do that? Behind my brother's back? And to the one person he truly hates?" she thought desperately.

Kaiba knocked on the door of the girls bathrooms. "Serenity?" he called. "I've got to tell her I have feelings for her, since she just expressed hers," he thought. Serenity emerged from the bathroom, tears still streaming down her cheeks.

Kaiba put his arms around her. "It's OK, don't worry," he whispered. Serenity cried into his chest.

"But I just kissed someone who doesn't have feelings for me, and you're my brother's worst enemy, and I did it all behind his back, and..."

Seto pressed his finger to her lips. "Serenity, whoever said I didn't have feelings for you lied," he said. Serenity looked up at him, sniffing.

"Really? You like me?" she asked, accompanying her question with a watery smile.

Kaiba lifted her chin up, nodded, and gently kissed her on the lips. She kissed back, but pulled away again after a while.

"But what about Joey? I can't do this behind his back," she said. Kaiba pulled her close to him, putting his arms around her.

"It's OK. It'll all work out. Yes, Joey will have to find out at some point. But..."

Serenity pulled away. "I can't do anything behind his back. He does so much to protect me; I can't just blow him off like that. If either of us can get up the courage to tell him, then I'll be happy to involve in this relationship," she said.

Kaiba sat down, sighing. He knew it wasn't really his job to tell Joey. Serenity would have to break the news to him.

Joey emerged from the ward on crutches. "Another week and I'll be fine," he said happily.

When nothing but silence greeted him, he began to look from Kaiba to Serenity. Serenity was standing with her back to Kaiba, and Kaiba was staring at Serenity with a mournful expression on his face.

"Hello?" he said. Serenity snapped out of her trance.

"Huh? Oh, Joey!" she said, running over to him and giving him a hug.

"Whoa, careful on the crutches dere, sis," he said jokingly.

Serenity gave a forced laugh. Joey didn't notice.

Kaiba stood up. "I better go. Mokuba will need me to pick him up from school," he said hurriedly. He exited the scene.

Serenity stared after him with a look of longing on her face. Joey stared after him with a look of displeasure on his face.

"Now dat he's gone, do you want to fill me in on what's been happening?" said Joey finally.

"Sure," sighed Serenity, and launched into detail of the incidents over the last couple of days, carefully avoiding the subject of 'during the operation'.

The rest of the gang visited Joey that afternoon. They brought around lots and lots of food, as they expected that the hospital food wouldn't quite fill Joey up. They were right.

Lu: Well, that's the end of the "prologue". Long prologue, huh? The story that I began with begins in the next chapter! The song, Behind Blue Eyes, suits Kaiba so much that it is almost impossible to believe it. It's almost scary. I swear, Kazuki Takahashi based Kaiba on this song! Just the phrase 'Behind Blue Eyes', suits Kaiba on two levels – he has blue eyes duh and he has a Blue Eyes White Dragon. Just read the song carefully and compare it with Kaiba.

Yami Lu: Please, do us all a favour and review. She goes hyper when nobody reviews her. Save me the horror of putting up with her and review!