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Shades Of Blue

" This one…nope…this one…What about?..." sighing in frustration Anzu threw the outfit on the bed. She had tried nearly a dozen outfits and none seemed right for her…uh…outing with Seto. "What in the world did he mean by semi-formal? Could he have been any less descriptive?" Throwing on her fourteenth outfit that evening, she looked in the mirror. 'Hmmm, not bad…I'll go with this.' The outfit she had decided on was a simple pale blue, silk dress with a mid-calf flowing skirt. She adorned herself with long silver earrings, a delicate silver bracelet, and a dark blue silk wrap.

She had just put on her high-heeled blue sandals when she heard a knock at the door.

"Coming!" she yelled as she ran down the stairs.

Seto had spent most of his day deciding what to wear, and finally decided on a midnight blue shirt, his black coat and black pants.

"You look very handsome big brother." Mokuba's childish voice was heard in Seto's room and he turned around to find his little brother surveying him carefully.

"Glad I passed the test kiddo." He chuckled. "Why are you so happy anyway?"

"Are you kidding? You have a date, and judging by how you look I will be a very handsome guy when I grow up." He grinned.

Seto couldn't help but laugh at his brother's honesty. "Ok, now I'll be back late so don't wait up for me. Don't eat too many sweets, or watch too much TV. You can order take out if you want and if you need me my…"

"…phone is always on." Mokuba finished Seto's sentence. "Yes mother!" he said rolling his eyes.

"I'll be fine. Go and enjoy yourself. I mean it."

"Alright. Thanks Mokuba." He replied moving towards the door. 'Well, this is it.' he thought to himself.

Entering the limo he gave the driver Anzu's address. On the way there he went through all the possible ways the date could go wrong: maybe she wouldn't enjoy it…or maybe she just wouldn't show at all, or maybe…

'Argh! This is crazy!' he berated himself. 'I'll be fine…but what if…no…" He sighed, relieved to have finally arrived at her house. Picking up the bouquet of flowers he had bought for Anzu he stepped out of the car. His stomach seemed to be intent on doing Pilates at the moment, and the butterflies inside it were dancing the cha-cha. After moments of agony that seemed to span for centuries he reached the door and knocked on it with his free hand. It opened and….

"Seto-kun! Hi! Uh…." Anzu stammered.

"Anzu, these are for you" he extended his hand and gave her the flowers, managing to will his voice or his hands not to shake through (almost inhuman) determination. His mind reeled though. She looked absolutely stunning! He was so lost in thought that he almost didn't hear Anzu talking to him.

"I'm sorry?"

"I said: would you like to come in while I out the flowers in water, Seto-kun?"

"Oh, right, yes. Thank you."

'Was he blushing?' Anzu shook her head. 'No way. Wait a minute. He had just called her Anzu!' she turned a deep shade of red. 'No honorary suffix…does that mean?' The glass vase slipped and landed in the sink with a large thud, thankfully, not breaking.

Catching her breath from the scare she yelped in fright as Seto appeared at her side.

"You're so clumsy Mazaki!" he said in a low voice.

'Well so much for the whole potential affection thing' she thought cynically.

"It's cute" He smirked as the vase slipped her grip yet again, and he caught it smoothly before it reached the floor.

Anzu just couldn't think anymore. ' C-c-c…cute? He thinks I'm…' her face glowed red at the thought.

'She's really getting to me' thought Seto. 'Cute? Cute? Since when does that word even exist in my vocabulary?'

Her beautiful eyes looked at him questioningly. 'Cute doesn't even come close to it.' he thought.

Finally the flowers were arranged (safely) in the vase and they were both on their way to the door.

"Shall we?" he asked offering his arm to her.

"Yes, let's."

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