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Best Friends Forever:
Christmas Day
A warm aroma filled Seto Kaiba's nostrils forcing him to wake up, it was a delicate sweet smell that made him yearn for a certain brunette. He pictured the events from the night before, her soft body cuddled against his own as if it were pleading for warmth. He had given in, he had cuddled with her, she snuggled her body into his own until their bodies were one. Oh, how he loved her soft skin, her sweet voice, her sparkling blue eyes that filled him with mad desire.
Suddenly he realized that the brunette was missing from his side. He forced his eye lids open and found himself on the ground under a crumpled blanket. He gently stood up and looked around him, Yugi and his pesky friends (including Mokuba) were all arranged on the ground sound asleep.
Mokuba had invited them over for a slumber party, the night before without his consent.
Ignoring the people sleeping on his living room, he followed the sweet aroma into the kitchen. He stepped quietly and was intoxicated by a beautiful song coming from the kitchen. He swiftly peeked into the kitchen like a young boy peeking at his Christmas gifts.
Santa Clause got exactly what he asked for.
A slim bodied dancer stood with all her beauty at the counter top humming a Christmas Carol to herself while gently scooping out cooked gingerbread cookie from a cookie sheet. Her shoulder length hair was tied loosely in a pony tail and gently fell against her neck. Her white tang top fit her perfectly as it clung to her upper body, her comfy pink night PJ's was the perfect contrast to her tight fitting top.
He gazed at her contently as she continued to hum until she caught sight of him. She placed the last gingerbread cookie on the plate and strode towards him with a gently smile glistening off of her lips.
She stood in front of him smiling warmly as she did so. "Good morning" She said as she stretched her arms out behind her.
Her movements were so carefree bringing him at ease. Her face always had the cutest expression as she greeted him, he couldn't help himself as he brought his lips down to meet with her delicate lips. Her lips tasted of gingerbread, indicating she had eaten one of those scrumptious looking cookies. Her eyes gently closed as she wrapped her arms around his neck and delicately felt his hair. He instantly wrapped his arms securely around her waist and allowed one of his hand to wander under the back of her shirt to feel some of her soft skin.
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Yugi awoke to Joey's frantic pushes only to find that Mokuba and Mai were there to greet his wake up call.
"What's the matter?"
"My food sense is tingling!"
"Not that again"
"Anzu's got something cooking"
"Lets go and see what she's cooking then"
The four of them walked towards the large gourmet kitchen hoping to find their much desired snack. The smell of the gingerbread cookies swept them at once and the sight of Anzu and Kaiba passionately kissing came into plain sight.
Yugi felt a pang in his chest.
Joey felt the urge to throw up.
Mai and Tristan were speechless.
Mokuba covered his so called 'innocent' eyes.
"EWWWW"
The couple were broken apart as they stared at the group of teens in front of them. The couple were rendered speechless, and Anzu felt a blush creep up on her face.
As cruel as it was, Seto Kaiba enjoyed the look on Yugi's face, he looked like a deer in the headlights of a car.
It was true Yugi had accepted Seto and Anzu as a couple, but wounds take time to heal and right now his wound was still fresh, and the scene he had just saw had sprinkled some salt on that open wound.
"Hey Kaiba wudd ya mind keeping your dirty paws offa Anzu for god's sake!"
"Quite Mutt, I wouldn't be talking when your in my house."
Anzu quickly recovered her blushing expression and picked the plate of cookies from the counter.
"Cookies!" She said trying to place an act as though nothing had occurred.
Mokuba was the first to rush to them, followed in by Joey, and the rest of the gang. Soon everyone had a cookie in their hand along with a glass of milk and sat by the gigantic Christmas tree.
Anzu was the first to open her presents.
"Anzu? Earth to Anzu! Open my present!" A brown-eyed little boy said excitedly.
Anzu smiled warmly at Mokuba and picked up the blue wrapped present, she gently tore the paper and found it revealed a picture frame with a picture of Anzu and Mokuba from the beach that they had gone to awhile back. A warm hug greeted Mokuba as Anzu wrapped her arms around the young boy's shoulders. Smiling at him and giving him a 'thank you' was the perfect way to start off present unwrapping.
Anzu continued her unwrapping and found she had received a watch from Joey and Tristan with a little now saying 'This will help you know how much time you spend with that rich boy' and Anzu couldn't help, but feel a small urge to hit them both in the head, but thanked them none the less. Mai's present was quite the odd type, a pair of handcuffs? Black? A pair of BLACK handcuffs! Shifting her sitting position Anzu read the note attached:
To my dearest Anzu,
May this present bring much joy to both you and your boyfriend.
Love, Mai
A lifeless expression appeared on her face as she looked at the gift again.
Kaiba looked at Anzu's face, it was bright red with embarrassment. He had to admit, she looked cute in any situation. Her face was flushed, her eyes looked towards the ground and her ponytail hung to one side as she stared at the ground. He had the urge to take off that cute red hair band in her hair and muffle her soft chocolate hair and press his lips against hers.
Maybe those handcuffs would come in handy….
"Have fun Hun" Mai said as she giggled. Hot with embarrassment Anzu quickly replaced the present in its packaging and slipped in the corner out of sight.
Next was a present from Yugi, it was wrapped in metallic pink wrapping paper and had a pretty little card with a girl dancing. It read:
I remembered that you wanted these some time ago…hope you like it
Your Friend,
Yugi
Unwrapping the paper Anzu found a brown box and continued to open her present. She let a gasp escape from her mouth as she looked at the contents of the box. A memory struck her suddenly.
Anzu and Yugi Shopping Age 10:
"Aren't those the prettiest little things you've ever seen? I wish I could have them…than I'd be able to dance so well! Wouldn't I Yugi?"
Yugi stared into the shop window and looked at the price reading "$300", those were the prettiest things he had ever seen. He wished he had the money to buy them for her, he knew what a smile they put on Anzu's face.
"One day Anzu, you'll have them, I promise"
"Really Yugi?"
"Yes"
Present time on Christmas Day:
The most wonderful pair of ballet slippers were in her lap as she gasped at their sight, they were the exact ones from all those years ago. It had the same company brand from Europe and the same look. They were made of silk, ribbon and all, and the pink on the slippers seemed almost like they were going to jump off of the shoes.
They were marvelous.
She couldn't contain herself, tears threatened to fall from her deep blue eyes.
"Oh Yugi, you remembered"
She jumped to her old friend and hugged him tightly and thanked him over and over again.
Unknown to her, someone was not happy. Someone didn't like Anzu being so happy over Yugi's present. Someone wanted to kick the spike headed boy out of his house. He stared coldly as Yugi smiled at Anzu hugging him. Suddenly something bothered him very much, very much. When Anzu hugged him tightly there was one thing he that he felt, her soft…….against his chest. Suddenly his eyes shot towards Anzu hugging Yugi, and saw Yugi's eyes took a glimpse at where he probably felt her breasts against his chest and a blush came across his face.
Giving a little clearing of the throat, the older Kaiba signaled for Anzu to open his present.
Anzu let go of Yugi and thanked him once more and went to open Seto's present.
"Hey Yug' where'd you get those slippers anyway?" Joey asked simply, they didn't look like a store would sell them.
"The internet is a great place Joey" Yugi replied as Tristan, Mai, and Mokuba laughed.
Anzu sat next to Seto with a small box wrapped with blue wrapping paper. After carefully peeling off the paper she found a satin red box. She gasped as she opened it and found a golden necklace in the shape of a heart with the words 'I Love You' engraved on the top. She quickly realized that the heart opened and with a click the heart opened. Inside Anzu found a picture of her and Seto from when they had met in the tenth grade.
"Oh Seto do you remember this picture? It was our first field trip together."
"If your referring to the day when you fell asleep on my lap and half the girls were ready to claw your eyes outs, I do recall something similar." A slight smirk appeared on his face as he remembered their old memory.
Tenth Grade 1st semester field trip:
"All right everyone please take a seat on the bus next to your partner."
Everyone from class 2A sat next to their chosen partner quickly on the bus, except for Anzu. She didn't have a partner, everyone had already chosen one and no one had wanted her. Even Yugi had partnered with Joey leaving her alone standing in the front of the bus. She skimmed the rows of students and searched for an empty seat until…bingo!
"Hi my name's Anzu. Can I sit here?"
No answer.
"Please? There's no other spot on the bus."
No answer.
"I promise I won't bother you."
"Grrr"
"Thank you!"
Anzu sat down next to the coldest boy in the whole school, Seto Kaiba. She knew that if he made any noise what so ever it meant 'yes'. Every girl wanted to be his partner, but he would never reply, he would just ignore. For him to make any noise in response was a big deal.
As the bus rolled along she could feel the glares from the other girls around her. Anzu sat simply with her hands in her lap and looked at the ground. Nothing had gone right today, she had forgotten to wash her uniform and was forced to wear her normal clothes to school and as she walked into her class she was scolded by many teachers for wearing shorts and a bright blue T-shirt. Now, she was sitting next to a boy that wouldn't even talk to her!
Glancing over to Kaiba she noticed he was well into a book named "Computer Programming." She realized the trip to the beach would be hours away and she had forgotten to bring a book to read. Feeling frustrated Anzu felt her eyes drift closed as she stared at her lap.
Kaiba had to admit out of the whole class the only person he would name half decent was Anzu Mazaki. Though, he never understood why she hung around with those losers, Yugi and Joey. She had been abandoned by them when it came time for the trip anyway, so why was she still their friends? Sighing heavily he continued to read his book as he realized they still had a few more hours until they reached the beach. He had not wanted to participate in this class activity, but alas, the teachers would bring his grade down unless he was there.
Suddenly, he realized that something soft had landed in his lap. He looked at his lap and realized Mazaki had fallen asleep and fell into his lap. He had the urge to yell at her as he would to his workers at Kaiba Corp, but for some reason he didn't have the heart to do so. He remembered when he was younger his step father use to bark at him and wake him up in his sleep, but luckily those days were over.
He placed his book to the side and looked at the girl in his lap. Her chocolate hair flowed softly over her face and a red ribbon was tied in her hair. He hadn't realized it, but he was stroking her soft hair. He brushed a lock of her hair away from her lips to see her fully rosy pink lips glisten in the sunlight.
Her eyebrows furrowed for a second as she gently opened her eyes to see Kaiba staring at her face softly. She quickly sat upright as her face was pink with embarrassment, she had fallen asleep on Kaiba's lap!
"Sorry" She whispered as she stared at the ground again. She checked her watch and realized they were nearly there.
Unknown to her the girls sitting around her glared at her as they silently plotted against her. No one ever slept in Seto Kaiba's lap unless it was going to be them, no one.
Kaiba caught a glimpse of Anzu's face as she stared at the ground, she looked so cute. She didn't run after him like the other girls, she wasn't stupid like the other girls, and she sure wasn't after his money.
After everyone had gotten off the bus the teachers instructed each student to stay with their partner and go to their assigned cabin. Each cabin was arraigned for two people each, meaning each person and their partner would reside in the cabin for the trip.
Anzu hung in the back of the group still unsure of who her partner was. Was it Kaiba or someone else? She knew Kaiba never did things in partners, he always did projects and group things by himself.
"Mazaki! Get to your cabin with your partner!" A teacher screamed at her.
"I don't have a partner Miss"
"Well the only space we have available is in Seto Kaiba's cabin so you're his partner from now on. Get going now!"
As shocked as Anzu was she didn't say anything as she walked towards the cabin the teacher had pointed out for her. As she walked towards the cabin she was confronted by a group of girls wearing too much makeup.
"We saw what you were trying to pull off in the bus with Kaiba"
"Yea, and no one, but us is allowed to do things like that"
"Because he's ours!"
Anzu stood their shocked. What had she done wrong? Was it her falling asleep in his lap? That was an accident! How many people had seen her fall asleep in his lap?
Trying to ignore them Anzu continued on towards the cabin when suddenly she felt someone grab her arm.
"We weren't finished with you yet!" One girl screamed at Anzu as another began to pull her hair. Anzu let out a scream of pain as her head throbbed from her hair being pulled.
Suddenly Anzu found that she had been pulled away from the group of girls and was in someone's arms. Her eyes had tears pouring down her cheeks from the impact of the pain. Her eyes were shut closed as her body was securely pressed against her savior.
"Leave" Was all she heard from her savior as she squeezed her eyes shut harder and let tears roll freely down her face. Today was really not her day.
Gently her savior moved his body away from hers and handed her a soft cloth with the initials 'KC' imprinted in the corner of the soft handkerchief. Half stunned she looked up at the boy who had just helped her and saw Kaiba walking towards the cabin with his back turned to her.
Running into the cabin she opened the door and looked around the cabin. Two futons were lay side by side on the floor and a small room seemed to be attached for bath. Putting down her bags she realized that she and her partner were required to show up at the beach for the rest of the day and the class would head back to Domino tomorrow.
Kaiba was in the corner of the room typing away at his laptop and didn't bother to look up and show he recognized Anzu's existence. Sighing Anzu went to the bath to change into her swim suit.
Saving Anzu wasn't something he had planned or anything, he just did it. He couldn't really explain why he had done it, he had just done it, no questions asked. He sat in the corner of the room typing more additions to his plans for his latest technology until he heard the creek of the bathroom door open.
His eyes shot up at the figure that walked among him. Her body was perfect, her eyes were so blue that the water in the ocean looked like dirt compared to them, her shoulder length chocolate hair was beautiful as it flowed among her shoulders, and her yellow bikini fit her like the way cookies go with milk, fitting her wonderfully. She had a little pink bikini cloth wrapped around her waist making it seem she was wearing a little mini skirt. Her pink sandals matched her sash and her yellow bag matched her bikini.
Her eyes met with his for a second as she walked towards him and sat down on the floor next to him.
"Can you come with me to the beach?" She asked simply even though she knew Kaiba would never come with her, but according to the rules she had to be with someone when she went out of the cabin.
"Can't you see I'm busy!" He growled back to her as he continued typing, yes deep inside he did want to hold her hand and go down to the beach, but he would never let himself seem open and intimidated.
"Oh"
Anzu gently placed her purse down on the floor and took off her slippers as she went to her futon. She sat on it and stared out the window with her knees pulled into her chest. Today was the worst day ever! She had been lonely the entire day after all, on the bus, those girls were after her, and now she couldn't even go to the beach. A few tears of frustration rolled down her cheeks as she realized Yugi and Joey hadn't even come to take her to the beach.
Something pang in Seto Kaiba's heart, he was actually feeling bad for her. Her stupid little friends hadn't come for her either. What kind of friends did she have? Maybe…the beach wasn't so bad…
Something soft landed in Anzu's lap, it was her yellow bag and Kaiba stood above her in swimming trunks. She couldn't help the blush that spread across her face as she found how well toned his body was (yes even at 15 Seto Kaiba is as hot as ever). Without a word he walked out of the cabin as Anzu ran to catch up behind him. They walked in silence to the beach with each one making sure they were up to pace with the other one.
Once they reached the beach they looked for an empty spot to sit in. Anzu found one near the side of the beach and they sat there. She could feel looks of many girls on her and even some looks from the guys. The girls were giving her jealous looks as the guys were hungrily eyeing her.
She glimpsed at Kaiba and realized he was on his laptop again. Funny, she hadn't realized he had brought it with him. He was probably holding it as he walked in front of her. She decided to go into the water herself and cool off from the hot sun, after all what good is going to the beach if you can't get into the water?
Anzu calmly did a back stroke in the water and closed her eyes allowing the warm sun to tickle her face. Suddenly, she felt her head bump into something, she stood up and looked at the person she had bumped into.
"Sorry"
"Its alright, I'm use to pretty girls bumping into me"
It was some boy from her class that she did not know very well. She gave him a nod and turned around to leave the water. Suddenly she felt an arm wrap tightly around her waist. She felt the other hand reach for the lower half of her bikini that was submerged in water and he tugged at it slowly.
"How about I feel you up a little?" He whispered into her ear.
"L-let go!"
Surprisingly he did let go. Anzu turned around to see Kaiba there half choking the guy.
"So how's about I squeeze your throat a little?" Kaiba said angrily. He had come into the water just for a moment or two to cool off and here was this pretty boy fondling with Anzu.
"I'm sorry, it won't happen again!" The boy yelled as Kaiba let go of him and the boy ran out of the water.
Anzu smiled at Kaiba and jumped onto him wrapping her arms around his shoulders and giving him a light kiss on the cheek.
"Thank You!"
A teacher on shore looked at the precious moment and snapped her camera of the young couple to be. The picture had been posted in the yearbook and the teacher had given Kaiba a copy of the picture and he had accepted the picture from the teacher.
Present Time:
"Oh thank you Seto! I'll wear this always!" Anzu said as she put on her necklace that she had received from him.
Kaiba uncomfortably shifted as he pulled out two tickets from his back pocket. He handed them to Anzu a little uncomfortably.
"What's this?" She asked with curiosity.
"There tickets to the Japanese Tennis Tournament, it's a world-wide competition where the best players come from around the world. Its going to be held next week, I was requested to attend. I have to meet with a person afterwards about a business dealing, the person also happens to be participating in the tournament. He invited me and one other person to watch him play, just for kicks I suppose. I hope your willing to come along."
Anzu smiled at him, she knew it took a lot of guts for him to ask her to go to something like this. Actually she did watch some tennis on TV before, but she had never seen anyone play live on the court. She agreed happily and gave Seto the tickets back for safe keeping.
Next Seto was to open his gifts, Joey and Tristan had given him a ice maker machine and the card said 'for a person who is filled with ice,' Kaiba held back his anger and went to the next gift, Yugi's. His gift was some weird new game his grandfather's shop had just received from America, 'Apples to Apples' it was called. Mai's gift was most interesting, a pack of 'ready to use condoms.'
"What the hell is your problem lady!" He screamed angrily.
Mai giggled and gave him a wink. "You'll need those"
Growling Kaiba threw her packet of 'you know what' under the tree where no one could see it. Mai gave a silent chuckle, she couldn't help teasing little ol' Kaiba, he and Anzu were such a cute couple, who knows when they would need it?
Mokuba had given him a picture frame he had made along with a picture of the two brothers from when they were young. He warmly accepted the picture with a glint of happiness I his eyes.
Now it was Anzu's turn. She handed her present to him and watched carefully as he examined the gift. He slowly unwrapped the paper, making sure not to rip anything as he opened it.
He stared blankly at the gift.
It was a book.
Called…
"A hundred way to be like Seto Kaiba"
By…..
Pegasus?
"Anzu…how about you explain this to me…" He said as he had a mixture of amusement and shock in his face.
"Well I thought you would want to have a copy of the first book that was published about you, and I thought this would book would be quite amusing." Shrugging her shoulders she uncomfortably gave her necklace a tug. She really didn't know what else to give him, honestly, he was Seto Kaiba. A man who could afford anything, what would she have been able to buy for him that he couldn't have?
Surprisingly a faint smile appeared on his face and he placed the book next to the picture that Mokuba had given him. He ruffled her hair with his hand playfully to acknowledge that he was pleased.
The others began exchanging gifts being absorbed in their own little world. The young couple sat next to each other quietly watching the others exchange gifts.
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After the big "hoo-ha" was over of exchanging gifts Anzu felt a glare coming from her beloved hinting it was time to show her friends the door. Slowly standing up she smiled warmly at the group of people that sat before her. Behind the Christmas tree blinked happily with red and green.
Somehow getting her message Yugi rose to his feet and looked uncomfortably at his friends. "Um, why don't we continue our Christmas at my house? I know grandpa would love our company." The group looked up at him, everyone seemed enthusiastic except for Kaiba.
Anzu kindly showed them to the door and smiled at Kaiba for letting Mokuba to join Yugi on their visit to his grandfather. Yugi abrubly stopped and looked at Aznu, "Will you and Kaiba be joining us?" He had a friendly look on his face, for he knew the answer.
"I'm afraid to say that we won't be able to," Giving her last friendly smile to him she waved to him signaling for him to take his leave. She gently shut the door as the burden of keeping a smile plastered to her face was lifted. She shut her eyes and sighed, finally she could relax and actually enjoy her holiday. It was never relaxing making sure everyone else was happy, giving them cookies, keeping the relations between everyone smooth, needless to say it wasn't a walk in the park.
Secure arms wrapped around her as she let her body fall against his, she was exhausted. In fact she was quite cold, nothing a hot shower couldn't fix. Pushing out of Seto's arms she rushed upstairs only to hear a familiar voice behind her.
"Where do you think your going?" Unsatisfied was all he could think of as he realized the one present he wanted in his arms was running upstairs.
"Shower" Was her reply as she ran into their bedroom where the connected master bath was located.
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Pushing the white and blue shower curtains aside Anzu slipped a white towel around her torso and slipped her feet into some bathroom slippers she had bought for herself.
Suddenly, she heard the bathroom door open and Kaiba stared foolishly at her. He couldn't help but grin at her drenched body wrapped in a towel. His eyes trailed her body like a tiger ready to hunt its prey. In a blaze of heat he found himself pressing his lips against hers and her towel seemed to slip away…
This young couple have taken the gift of friendship evolved it to a new level, but the values of their friendship will carry on throughout their life. One can only wonder if friendship and love is the true key to a perfect relationship. The passion and love of these two have showed us that love can only co-exist with friendship. Like the moon can only shine with the sun.
Thus let these friends as well as lovers continue their journey through life, hand in hand.
The End