Chapter 2-Enjoy the happy moments while they last

Author's note: I'M BAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCKKKK!!!! Hahaha. Anyway, if you noticed the chapter title, I really hope that this won't sink you down... Seto and Serenity will have good moments in this chapter! But I'm afraid they won't in the next chapter... aw, I don't know why I even want to make life hell for them... geez. On to the story, then!

Disclaimers: I don't own Yu-gi-Oh!


Seto's eyes were half open but his vision was a bit blurry. He heard someone calling his name. "Seto..." said the voice sweetly.

"Oh, I know, this will wake you up." Said the voice, the person whom it belonged to had reached down to kiss him softly and sweetly on the lips. He had fully awaken, taking a look at his fiancée. "Rise and shine, Seto." She said, a smile playing along her lips. She was radiant as usual, her chocolate brown eyes sparkling and her auburn hair held tightly by a chopstick.

Seto groaned, pretending to be upset by her waking him up.

He took a little stretch and he stifled a yawn.

"For a CEO in a major company, you sure are a sleepyhead." Serenity joked.

"Hey, who's the sleepyhead whom I dragged home when we were at a dance that lasted until twelve?" he said in a playful tone. "Oh, right. How could I forget." She said sarcastically, crossing her arms.

"And besides, give me a break, I was working late last night." He said. He opened his wardrobe and took out his coat.

"Okay, okay, I'll go easy on you. But that does not mean you will miss breakfast, okay? I don't want you to go hungry." She said.

"More of that you don't want me to starve to death before our wedding." He said, with his dry sense of humor.

"Okay, enough of the joking-I think that you're starting to get corny." She said in a cheerful tone.

Seto smiled to himself. Being with Serenity was just so right. He never felt awkward around her. (Okay, so maybe he had felt awkward around her when they didn't know each other.) But nevertheless he loved being around her. She brightened up his life and showed him the things that he had forgotten-his sense of humanity. All along he was this robot who kept working at a company, not wishing anything in his life, his only source of emotion being his little brother.

But all that changed when Serenity had captured his heart-without his realizing it at first.

He finished his bath and then started with his usual morning routine.

He put on his black coat and his usual red tie with black stripes. His pants were ebony black and his shirt was a dark navy blue with a collar. He simply inserted his feet into his comfortable black shoes, and more or less he was done dressing.

Grabbing his suitcase, he strode down the stairs into the kitchen, keeping Serenity's word about him not missing breakfast.

"Can you please hand me the pitcher there, Mokie?" Seto asked his brother, getting distracted in all of his haste. The was a meeting with some members of the board so Seto had to be there or else he was dead meat. He had been late only once but then it wasn't worth being late another time.

"Gotta run, see ya Mokie, Seren," he said quickly and kissed the two people he cared most about.

So far, good morning. It only mattered on the rest of the day.


Serenity felt so happy this morning. (She's so innocent but she doesn't know what's coming...Hell, I am so evil to them.)

"So what do ya want to do today, Serenity?" Mokuba's voice rang through her thoughts.

"Aren't you going to school?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm going. But what are you going to do all day?" He asked her.

"Hmmm... I do not know but I will definitely think of something." She said, smiling at her future brother-in-law. He smiled back. It was his last year at college and he was going to graduate to become a doctor this year.

He chuckled as his pet dog tickled him by licking his face. "Aright, alright, Ralph, stop it, I need to get to school." He told his dog. It was barking loudly.

Serenity laughed.

(Flashback)

One time Mokuba had begged Seto if he could have a dog for his birthday, but Seto utterly refused. "No pets," he had said, but it took one last pained look from Mokuba and Seto allowed him. Serenity herself had been around to witness it.

"Yahoo!" Mokuba had cried and when Mokuba came home with his pet dog, it had come bounding at Seto, licking his face and drooling over his new suit. Serenity had laughed so hard and she was already crying from laughter.

"Serenity! Help..." Seto had groaned and she had no choice but to help him.

"Now this is why I like cats better than dogs." He had said before he went up to change.

(End of flashback)

"Okay, see ya Seren," Mokuba shouted before he left the mansion.

"Bye Mokuba!" she shouted back before the door closed.

She sighed as the butler went to his usual post. Then it started raining outside. She watched the droplets of water splatter on the window.

'What if I go visit Tea or Mai?' she thought. Yeah, that would be a good idea... she had not seen her best friends for a long time because they had gone to separate colleges. Tea decided to go to a college near her home. Serenity went to the same college as Kaiba so that they could keep seeing each other, and Mai went to the same college as Joey. She knew that Joey had an interest in her.

She smiled to herself. So much time has passed since they last saw each other... she could at least visit them and see how much they have changed.


Domino City... Gardner residence...

Ding-dong! Went the doorbell at the Gardners' residence.

"Coming!" shouted Tea. She had just finished her shower. She wrapped a floral bathrobe around her smooth, fair skin and climbed out of the bathroom to answer the door. Her friend, Mai Valentine, was stretching her legs on the couch nearby.

She looked in the peephole before opening it for her other best friend, Serenity. "Seren! We haven't seen you in a long time! What a nice surprise!" she exclaimed.

"Yeah, I just stopped by to see you guys." Serenity said quickly. Her jacket was drenched in the cold rainwater but nevertheless she looked radiant.

"Nice to see you Serenity." Mai said, getting off the couch.

"Mai! It's nice to see you too." Serenity said and gave her two best friends a hug.

They hadn't changed much. Serenity sat on the couch beside Mai as Tea clambered back into the bathroom to change to her normal clothes.

"So how are things with Mr. Cold minded CEO?" Mai asked. "Any trouble in paradise?" she added.

"No." Serenity told her. "Actually, he just asked me to marry him..." she said, blushing until her cheeks were flaming red.

Mai could hardly believe her ears. "Wow! Seto Kaiba asked you to marry him?" she repeated. She glanced at Serenity's finger to see the ring encrusted with a big diamond in the center.

"It's so beautiful! Well, Kaiba can score lots of points in the 1st class." Mai said, taking the ring from Serenity.

"Serenity got a ring? Really, can I see?" Tea chimed in, coming out from the kitchen.

"Wow! That must cost a fortune!" Tea exclaimed.

"Yeah, which makes Serenity a lucky girl." Mai said, her fond smile growing wider.

Serenity smiled back at her two friends. She was grateful that they were happy for her.

After all, that's what friends are for, right?


Domino City, somewhere in a rich, private neighborhood...

Joey Wheeler sighed as he got off from the motorcycle. He glanced at the miniature logo of Domino's Pizza at the back of his motorcycle. He was stuck delivering pizza as his job, since he couldn't find one anywhere else.

He stepped up to the gate of 365 Blue Street, Block neighborhood. It looked really nice on the outside of the house.

It reminded him horrendously of Seto Kaiba. 'Not Mr. Moneybags again! I've tried so ever hard to get him out of my head but now he's stuck there! Thanks a lot.' He thought frustratedly.

He slung his black backpack over his shoulder as he rang the doorbell. He took a little sip from his trusty water bottle. Dehydration certainly won't help him now.

One of the housemaids came out to answer the door. She took some time before she got the combination locks of the gate opened.

'Combination locks on the gate? Aren't they kind of tight on security?' Joey thought.

"Can I help you?" asked the maid wearily.

"I came here to deliver some pizza." Joey said flatly, handing over the large rectangular box in his hand.

"Oh, yeah, don't forget the ketchup." He said, handing her a few packets of hot and spicy ketchup.

"Here's the payment." Replied the maid; giving him the money she had crumpled up in her hand.

"Thanks. Anyway, tell your master or mistress, enjoy their meal."

With that last statement, he strode to his motorcycle and mounted it.

Suddenly a voice went through his head. 'We'll see each other again during the marriage ceremony, I promise you, Joey.' It echoed through out his whole journey back to Domino's.

'Serenity...' he thought woefully. She had finally decided on her own future... she was growing up...

But worst of all, she was leaving him. No, that wasn't the right word. Abandoning him was more like it. Abandoning him... for Seto Kaiba? It was too coincidental to be true. How did Serenity fall in love with his enemy, of all men she could have been interested in? There was Duke or Tristan. If she chose to marry one of them, he would have consented. But Kaiba?

Kaiba, the one guy who called him loser, mutt, dog, puppy, you name it. Kaiba, the guy who came to their residence just to propose to his sister. Kaiba, the rich CEO of Kaiba Corp. Kaiba, who never cared about anyone but his brother Mokuba. It was too strange, too extraordinary! He would have believed it if it were a fairy tale, but it wasn't. He had to face reality.

Just then, a voice called out his name. He turned around to face him... or her.

"Joey! I'm so glad I saw you there." Serenity said. She was panting as if she just ran a race.

"Where have you been?" Joey asked her.

"Well, I've just been to Tea's house..." she said.

"Oh, I see. You alright?"

"Yeah. I'm all right. Anything I can do for you?" She asked.

Joey shook his head. "Nope. But we can go somewhere while we're still together, right? Wanna catch a movie or something?" he asked.

"Sure!" she agreed. "Okay, but I have to get back to Domino's Pizza first. You can ride behind me." He said.

Somehow, he didn't feel that bad anymore.


Seto Kaiba was having a hell of a day so he couldn't wait to get back home. There was so much work to do... after all; he was going to take a very long break on his wedding day, and especially the honeymoon.

Thinking of the wedding and the preparations, he thought immediately of Serenity. He knew that it was best to get his work done but he couldn't help but think about his fiancée. Her long auburn hair... the chocolate brown eyes he loved to stare into... her beautiful face... he was happy to know that when their wedding took place, she would be all his.

"Mr. Kaiba, Mr. Inoue is here to see you." His secretary called.

'What could Inoue want?' Kaiba thought impatiently. Mr. Inoue was one of his partners in business.

"Send him in." he replied gruffly.

Mr. Inoue was a plump man with a kind face. "Kaiba, I got some incredible news for you," he began.

Kaiba leaned forward, with calmness in his voice as he spoke. "Really. Why don't you tell me about it." He said.

"See, the Americans we work with are going to endorse the Duel Disk System you made... they're going to multiply it and

sell it all over America. Isn't that just terrific?" said Inoue.

Kaiba was way far from being pleased. He was just disturbed from his office work to be told by some associate that they were going to sell his Duel Disk System?

To Mr. Inoue's surprise, Kaiba gave him the ever-famous "death" glare. (A/N: What else would you expect from Kaiba?) "Get the hell out of my office." he said in a cool, calm voice and Inoue knew that it was time to disappear.

'These people really DON'T know me. They should know that I do not want to be disturbed when I have heavy paperwork...' he thought furiously.

'I will be so glad when I get out of this hellhole and see Mokuba's and Serenity's sweet faces.' He thought, sweat dripping down his neck.


Kaiba had only gotten home when one of his employees came to him telling him about an important call. 'What is it this time?' he thought impatiently.

He picked up the phone and uttered a brisk "Hello."

"Mr. Kaiba! This is Mr. Tetsaki, the CEO of Tetsaki Corp. I heard that Mr. Inoue has told you about the deal."

'Tetsaki. What the hell could he want?' Kaiba thought once more.

"Yes, he did. What about it?"

"Well, he was also about to tell you that you were invited by Mr. Fangborn, our American business associate, to America to help out with the sales of your Duel Disk System."

'Now can I say no? Damn it!' he thought.

"I'll see what I can do about it. Did you schedule my flight?" he asked curtly.

"Yes, Mr. Fangborn did. Although he scheduled it on a public plane, if you don't mind."

"Ok, whatever." Kaiba grunted. "I'll go. How long will this thing be?"

"Mr. Fangborn said it would take about a week," Tetsaki said.

"A WEEK?" Kaiba exclaimed. His wedding was at stake! Serenity will NEVER forgive him.

"What's the matter?"

"HELLO? I'M GETTING MARRIED THIS WEEK, DAMN IT!" Kaiba swore.

"Come on, Mr. Kaiba, can't you reschedule?"

"I'll see." He said curtly and dropped the receiver.

"What's the matter, Seto?" asked Serenity. She had just come through the door.

"Serenity... would you believe it? One of my damn business partners invited me to America. They're going to duplicate the Duel Disk System I created and sell the merchandise." He announced flatly.

"Wow, Seto, that's great!" Serenity exclaimed. "How long will it take?"

"Um, about a week." He said.

"B-but, our wedding... right?" Serenity's lower lip quivered.

Kaiba didn't answer.

"But, I guess it should wait... after all, you have to work, right? I can wait." She said cheerfully.

"Okay." Kaiba said. He was glad that Serenity was considerate of him.

He would have to pay her back, somehow... 'Oh, well. I guess I have to enjoy the happy moments while they last...' he thought flatly.

(A/N: Yep, Kaiba, you're right. Enjoy the happy moments while they last...)


End of Chapter 2! I took quite a time doing this. Next time I guess I have to exert more effort, ne? Okay, last part!

Joey: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ENJOY THE HAPPY MOMENTS WHILE THEY LAST??? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?

U.R.: That's the title of the chapter, idiot. Can't you read, Joey???

Joey: I CAN!

Kaiba: You can't, you mutt. I mean, you're a dog, can dogs even read?

Joey: I HEARD THAT, KAIBA!

Serenity: JOEY! Don't pick a fight!

Kaiba: Your sister's right, mutt. See, she's even more intelligent than you are.

Joey: Grrr...

Serenity: WHO ARE YOU TO CALL MY BROTHER A MUTT?

Kaiba: Oh, so now another Wheeler is picking a fight with me. I was wrong, after all. The Wheelers are BOTH idiots.

U.R.: Shut it, Kaiba! You'll see, I'm going to bring something that can blackmail you in the next chapter!

Kaiba: And what'll that be, kid? Your stuff toy?

U.R.: NO. You'll see!

Kaiba: Hmph. You do that. Like I care.

U.R.: YOU ASKED FOR IT!!! Hehehe... see you guys in the next chapter! We-ell... bye, bye! Please review!!! And don't forget to tell me if you have any comments or suggestions. Or perhaps violent reactions. All accepted!!!