Seto's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad, Totally No Coffee Day

by lucidscreamer

Seto has a terrible, no good, very bad day. And absolutely no coffee. That's the important part. (Yami isn't helping, even when he is.) A "Gainful Employment" story. Part of my Epilogue: Crackfic Division AU series. Post-canon. Rated for Seto's coffee-deprived language.

1. Chapter 1

started: September 14, 2018

completed: June 6, 2019

Seto's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad, Totally No Coffee Day of Awfulness and Absolutely No Coffee

(Did We Mention there was NO COFFEE?)

A Gainful Employment Story

By Lucidscreamer

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Chapter 1

(In which Seto discovers that there is no coffee, but hope springs eternal.)

It wasn't widely known, but Seto Kaiba did, in fact, enjoy mornings. He wasn't one of those obnoxious souls who woke up with a smile on their face and a song in their heart. (And if such a person got within five feet of Seto at any hour of the day, he'd make certain they regretted it.) But early mornings at a residence the size of the Kaiba estate tended to be peaceful (when you were the owner) and quiet (until Mokuba woke up), and they were filled with the delightful aroma of freshly brewed coffee awaiting Seto's awakening.

Except this morning. On this particular morning, there was no coffee.

Not in his bedroom, where a tray should have been perched on the table by the windows. Not, when he ventured downstairs (still in his silk pajamas because he'd been too befuddled by the lack of caffeine to even think of getting dressed), in the kitchen. And not in the coffee-maker in his home office. And it wasn't just an lack of prepared coffee. No. There were also no coffee beans in the pantry, no ground coffee in the canister, not even - and he shuddered to think of it - any instant coffee anywhere in the house.

If he were a lesser man, Seto would have been near tears when he finished his search and came up coffeeless. As it was, he consoled himself with the knowledge that there was coffee in his office at Kaiba Corp. Despite the anomaly of no coffee at home, there had never failed to be coffee at work.

So, Seto quickly dressed in one of his tailored business suits (for once, he simply grabbed whatever was closest rather than deliberating over the impression he wanted to make) and rushed out to his waiting town car for the drive to Kaiba Corp Tower and the life-giving liquid he knew would be brewing in the corner of his office.