The Assassin Bride

by CeruleanSwan26

*NEW REVIEWS BRING NEW CHS.**Older characters years after anime arc* Seto was furious with Mokuba for signing him up to be on an arranged marriage show, but is surprised and thrilled to have a bride who is beautiful, kind, strong, and mysterious; however, she has a DARK past that eventually comes back to haunt her when 2 acquaintances recognize her. Will their marriage survive?

4. Promised

A/N: Hello my dear fans! I hope you're all doing well! This pandemic sure has been crazy. I know it's been a long while since I've seen y'all. I've been busy making masks, other projects, going back to work, dealing with (non-COVID-19 related) illness, and trying to make sure ch. 4 is top-notch.

I'd like to thank SetoRJK-Kaiba for their review that allowed the immediate release of ch. 4 upon completion. I would also like to thank my good friend Matt for his assistance in certain parts of this chapter.

This chapter has a graphic lemon with correct anatomical terms. As usual, I have marked where it starts and ends in the event you wish to skip it for whatever reason.

This chapter deals with the lead up to Seto's birthday and a certain promise ;) There will be a lot of sexual tension building up. This chapter will focus solely on Seto and Anastasia's romance/sexual tension/lemon.

Enjoy the ride! Happy Early Thanksgiving! Don't forget to review! Remember, new reviews= immediate release of new chapters!

*EDIT 10/25/2021 (btw Happy Birthday Seto!) * Chapters 5 and 6 are embargoed*

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After the movie, they got up and stretched, and decided to wind down in their rooms.

"Today was so much fun!" Mokuba exclaimed happily as he gave Seto and Anastasia each a big hug. This was the first day he really got to enjoy with them as a family. Anastasia and Seto hugged him tight.

"It really was," Anastasia concurred.

"I admit it was kinda fun," Seto admitted coolly.

"Kinda?" Anastasia and Mokuba asked surprised.

"Yeah, kinda," Seto confirmed.

"You smiled, and looked like you were having a good time," Anastasia pointed out.

"Only for you two," Seto insisted.

"Right…" Anastasia and Mokuba raised their eyebrows.

"What?" Seto demanded. "It's true. Only you two made it fun and amusing,"

"Alright. At least you had a good time," Mokuba replied with a grin. "Good night!" Mokuba bade and gave Stella a quick pet before going upstairs to his room. Anastasia then took Stella outside to go potty before bed. Seto followed Anastasia and Stella outside and squeezed Anastasia's hand, which made her smile as she squeezed back and leaned into him. There was a comfortable silence between them as they waited for Stella to finish. Once Stella was finished, she happily bounded to her human parents and went inside with them. She happily stayed at her human mama's side as they ascended the stairs.

"Are we training in the morning?" Seto asked as they started getting their pajamas and underwear ready for their evening showers.

"We probably should, otherwise we can leave weekends for sleeping in," Anastasia offered.

"I actually like the idea of sleeping in on the weekends," Seto replied eagerly.

"Alright, sure we can do that, but weekdays we are definitely getting up and doing our training before work," Anastasia bargained.

"That's fine," Seto agreed. Anastasia nodded.

"What would you like to do tomorrow, my dragon?" Anastasia asked.

"Honestly, I'm not sure," Seto admitted.

"I'm sure we'll figure it out tomorrow. We could probably just relax and recharge, maybe work on personal projects, or just take tomorrow as it comes," Anastasia suggested.

"That sounds nice," Seto agreed. "You can take a shower first," Seto offered.

"Thank you, my dragon," Anastasia replied with a sweet peck before locking herself in the bathroom and getting ready for her shower. About 20 minutes later, she came out of the bathroom, fresh and clean and went to relax on the bed and read while Seto took his shower and came back to join her in bed 20 minutes later. Anastasia put her book down and felt him wrap his arms around her and pull her close into a cuddle. Anastasia smiled and gazed into his sapphire eyes with her crystal blue eyes and caressed his face while he caressed her back.

"What else do you want for your birthday on Friday?" Anastasia asked him. She only had a few days to get something together for him.

"Aside from making love?" Seto asked. Anastasia nodded. Seto thought about it, but was coming up blank. He could usually buy whatever he wanted at any time, and he didn't pay much mind to his birthday. "I don't know, I usually don't pay much mind to my birthday," Seto admitted. "Mokuba and the staff usually are more interested in celebrating it."

"I see," Anastasia replied. Seto noticed her brow furrowing in thought.

"What's on your mind, Cara Mia?" Seto asked as he moved his hand to caress her face.

"I wanted to make your first birthday with me special," Anastasia replied.

"I see. Well, Cara Mia, it's going to be special regardless; I have you and we're going to make love," Seto assured her.

"But I wish I could do more for you," Anastasia protested with a bit of a pout. Seto kissed her.

"Anything you want to do will be special," Seto insisted.

"Alright," Anastasia acquiesced. She was going to have to think of something fantastic that will blow him away. She was quiet for a minute as she was thinking. "What do you usually do for your birthday?"

"Usually, I work, and the people at the office get me a Blue Eyes White Dragon cake to share at the office, and a few cards and gift cards to my favorite coffee shop. After work, Mokuba, and the staff usually have another Blue Eyes White Dragon cake, ice cream, balloons, streamers, banners, and thoughtful little presents and gift cards. Rosa also makes my favorite for dinner. That's about it," Seto answered.

"How about we take Friday off and have a fun family day instead of working?" Anastasia suggested.

"Maybe," Seto replied nonchalantly.

"It'll be fun, different, special," Anastasia cajoled. "And then for dinner, we can give Rosa a break and go out to dinner somewhere fun. We can still do the normal stuff you do for your birthday in the evening, like the cake, decorations, gifts, etc. when we come home after dinner, and then move on to making love," Anastasia added.

"I suppose we could," Seto agreed. Anastasia beamed happily. Seto smiled a little. Her enthusiasm to make his first birthday with her happy and special was pretty sweet.

"What would you want to do on Friday that would be fun?" Seto thought about it.

"I suppose we can go to Kaiba Land, and Mokuba and I can show you around. We're also having Halloween stuff at the park," Seto offered.

"Sure!" Anastasia agreed eagerly. "I love Halloween stuff too!" she told him excitedly. "Speaking of Halloween, what do you want to do for Halloween?"

"Well, I don't know. We usually don't do really anything for Halloween aside from check out the Halloween stuff at the park, to make sure everything is going smoothly," Seto replied.

"Maybe we can have a costume party, or make a haunted house for trick-or-treaters, and definitely wearing costumes," Anastasia suggested excitedly.

"You really enjoy Halloween, don't you?" Seto asked with an eyebrow raised over a skeptical sapphire eye.

"It's my favorite holiday!" Anastasia exclaimed jubilantly. "Come on, my relationship goals are Gomez and Morticia, that wasn't a clue?"

"Not really," Seto admitted. "Why do you love Halloween so much?"

"Well, ever since I was a baby, I loved it. We'd have so much fun picking our costumes and dressing up, we'd have Halloween parties, we'd go to Halloween events, we'd carve pumpkins, go trick-or-treating, the whole shebang. My grandparents also would give me and my brother Halloween gifts and make special Halloween treats for us. Up until I was 11 or so, my grandma would make mine and my brother's Halloween costumes. After that, I would buy my costumes. I also loved Halloween-themed movies. And up until I was in high school, my daddy would decorate the house and yard so scary and creepy for trick-or-treaters, and all the time I would hear kids in my neighborhood talk about how cool my house was. After high school, I enjoyed the dressing up part and going to costume contests and parties. I also worked seasonally as a monster in a haunted maze at my theme park back home. Oh, that was so much fun! I enjoyed scaring the crap out of guests. I even won scaring awards for it. I still actively dress up and enjoy going to friends' parties, and events around town, and doing costume contests," Anastasia explained and sighed nostalgically. Seto was stunned by how much she passionately loved Halloween. To him and Mokuba, it was more or less another day. They didn't get to enjoy it as much as she did when they were younger, plus nowadays, there wasn't much a point to do it. He did also appreciate getting a glimpse of her past as a joyful child and teen enjoying Halloween.

"Did you have plans for dressing up this year?" Seto inquired curiously.

"Of course!" Anastasia exclaimed excitedly as if it were obvious.

"What were you planning to dress up as this year?" Seto asked curiously.

"Well, I hadn't decided yet before getting married, but I knew I was going to dress up with a costume from my closet. My options were the legendary La Llorona or "Weeping Woman", Carmen Sandiego, or the Greek goddess, Athena.

"Who's the 'legendary La Llorona'?" Seto inquired curiously. He had never heard of her before.

"Well, the story in a nutshell, there was a beautiful woman who married a handsome traveler that came to town. They had 2 kids together, and he went away on business. When he came back, he had a younger, more beautiful woman on his arm and told his wife that he was leaving her for the younger woman, and that she would keep the children. Absolutely devastated that he abandoned them, she put on her wedding dress, took her children to the river to swim, and then drowned them. Realizing what she had done, she wailed '¡Ay Mis Hijos!' or 'Ay my children!' and then killed herself. At the Pearly Gates, St. Peter asked her 'where are your children?' When she couldn't answer about what happened, he sent her back to earth to get them, and won't allow her a judgment until she is able to bring her 2 children's souls with her. She wanders the earth, at night, by water, wearing white, and with a ghastly, tearful face wailing '¡Ay Mis Hijos!' looking for children to kill and take their souls back to Heaven," Anastasia explained.

"And you wanted to be her for Halloween why?" Seto asked.

"Because she's a scary, legendary being. It's Halloween, you're supposed to be scary," Anastasia replied as if it were obvious.

"Why is she legendary?" Seto inquired.

"Because Latinx and Hispanic moms and grandmas tell their kids to come inside when it's dark or she will get them. Some people have even claimed to see her and hear her wailing too. Where I'm from, everyone knows who she is," Anastasia explained.

"I see," Seto replied. He didn't really believe in stuff like that, but it made for a good story, and it seemed to make sense to be scary for Halloween. Anastasia nodded.

"So, have your plans for a costume changed since we got married?" Seto probed curiously.

"Well, I would LOVE for us to do Morticia and Gomez, if you want to," Anastasia admitted and there was a bit of a blush on her cheeks. She had wished for a long time to be able to do couple costumes with a boyfriend, let alone husband.

"Well, I don't see the harm in being Gomez, Cara Mia," Seto consented. Anastasia's face lit up as brightly as sun on snow.

"Really?! Are you for real right now?!" Anastasia squealed eagerly.

"Yes. If it makes you happy, we can dress as Gomez and Morticia this year," Seto assured her. Anastasia squealed with joy and kissed him excitedly and hugged him.

"Thank you, Mon Cher!" Anastasia exclaimed.

"You're welcome, Cara Mia," Seto replied with a smile. "Plus, Gomez dresses pretty sharp too," Seto added. Anastasia nodded in agreement.

"That he does. You're going to be such a handsome Gomez!" Anastasia declared with a kiss.

"And you will make a gorgeous Morticia," Seto declared. Anastasia beamed and kissed him again and rested on his chest and enjoyed him stroking her back.

"Next year, you can pick the costumes, and then Mokuba can pick the costumes after that, and we can take turns," Anastasia suggested.

"Sounds fair," Seto agreed. It wasn't long before Anastasia happily drifted off to sleep. Seto smiled and kissed her head and held her close as he followed shortly after.

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The next morning,

At 5:00 a.m., as per usual, Anastasia woke up and got out of bed to use the restroom. Seto stirred a little when she had gotten up, but remained in bed.

"Hurry back," Seto mumbled in his sleep when she came out of the bathroom.

"Will do, dragon," Anastasia replied with a smile and gave him a peck before putting on her robe and slippers and took an impatient, whining Stella downstairs and outside. She put food in Stella's bowl and told the film crew that they would be sleeping in on weekends, so they should plan on coming back later. The film crew nodded and then promised to come back later, like they had yesterday. Anastasia waited for Stella to finish eating and then went back upstairs with her. Once inside their room, Anastasia locked the door, took off her slippers, hung up her robe, and crawled back into bed with Seto, who immediately wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close with a contented sigh. Anastasia smiled and gave him a peck and cuddled close and started to drift off to sleep again.

At about 10:00 a.m., Seto woke first and admired her sleeping form in the sunlight filtering through the window. She looked so peaceful and happy in her sleep, and he couldn't help watching her and caressing her face. She stirred and fluttered her eyes open and smiled at him.

"Good morning, dragon queen," Seto greeted.

"Good morning, dragon," Anastasia greeted in return. Seto kissed her gently and they lay together quietly enjoying each other's company for a few minutes until they had to get up and get moving.

The film crew had returned and resumed filming as they came down the stairs.

"Good morning, Seto, Anastasia, Stella," Mokuba greeted them happily when he saw them coming down the stairs.

"Good morning, Mokuba," Seto and Anastasia greeted back and took their places with him at the breakfast table.

"Any big plans today?" Mokuba asked eagerly.

"Not really. We can take today as it comes," Anastasia replied with a shrug. "I will have to brush and bathe Stella later today though, and get stuff ready for work, but that can wait until evening."

"Oh, ok," Mokuba replied.

"Why, was there something you wanted to do?" Seto asked.

"Well, I didn't have any particular plans, but I did want to do more fun stuff with you two," Mokuba told them slightly bashfully.

"Like what?" Seto inquired.

"I'm not sure," Mokuba admitted.

"Well, we can have fun hanging out at home today; we can just relax; we can watch movies or play games; we can go shopping; we can go see if there's anything to check out around town," Anastasia offered.

"Shopping? For what?" Mokuba asked curiously.

"Well, we can go Halloween shopping for costumes and decorations, and I suppose we can get some ideas for Seto's birthday later this week," Anastasia replied. Mokuba's grey eyes lit up.

"Yeah!" Mokuba exclaimed excitedly. "What do you want for your birthday, Seto?" Mokuba inquired eagerly. Seto shrugged.

"You know me well enough," Seto answered vaguely. Mokuba sighed. It was the same answer every year.

"Yeah, I suppose," Mokuba acquiesced and then smiled as he realized that this year was going to be special for Seto's birthday; Anastasia's here to help celebrate. He couldn't wait to include her in the celebration!

"What?" Seto asked as he saw Mokuba's smile.

"Anastasia's going to celebrate with us!" Mokuba replied happily. Anastasia smiled and nodded. It was sweet how he was so excited.

"Yes, she is," Seto confirmed coolly. Part of him was excited for making love on his birthday, part of him was nervous. He hoped he would be okay until then, considering how she liked to tease and tempt him.

"Easy, easy, think about something else," his inner self reined him in. "You don't want an awkward situation at the table," his inner self reminded him.

"Right…" Seto agreed and pushed those thoughts out of his head.

"Did you and Anastasia make any plans for Friday?" Mokuba asked.

"Well, yeah. We're going to take Friday off and he suggested going to Kaiba Land and showing me around, and showing me the Halloween stuff. I suggested we go to dinner on Friday, and then come back for your usual festivities," Anastasia explained. Mokuba's grey eyes shone brightly. It sounded really fun.

"Where are you thinking of going to dinner?" Mokuba probed eagerly.

"I was thinking maybe a Hawaiian restaurant," Anastasia replied, glancing at Seto with a playful smirk. Seto caught her drift.

"Wanting to reminisce about the honeymoon?" Seto asked with a smirk.

"Maybe," Anastasia replied with a coy, playful smirk. "Except this time, Mokuba will get a small taste of the fun and culture we had too," Anastasia replied. Mokuba smiled.

"Sounds like fun!" Mokuba exclaimed. A Hawaiian restaurant sounded exciting. He immediately got on his phone and started looking up Hawaiian restaurants in the area.

"I like this one!" Mokuba exclaimed as he showed them the restaurant he pulled up. "It's got good reviews, the food sounds incredible, it's got hula dancing, and karaoke!"

"Alright, sure we can go to that one," Seto agreed.

"Yay!" Mokuba exclaimed jubilantly.

"Man, I haven't done karaoke in ages," Anastasia recounted fondly.

"You do karaoke?" Seto and Mokuba asked in surprise.

"Yes, but not in ages," Anastasia repeated.

"Maybe you can do it on Friday?" Mokuba suggested. He was curious to hear her sing.

"Maybe," Anastasia nodded.

"What song would you sing?" Mokuba inquired eagerly.

"Hmm… I'm not sure…" Anastasia replied as she thought about it. "I'd have to see what they have, but if they have it, I would sing 'Killer Queen' by Queen," Anastasia decided.

"Cool!" Mokuba replied with a smile.

"Maybe we can do a duet?" Anastasia suggested, eyeing Seto.

"Nah, I don't do karaoke," Seto refused.

"Party pooper," Anastasia teased with a playful pout.

"So what?" Seto retorted. Anastasia kept up her pout.

"Come on, it'll be fun," Anastasia cajoled and tried to give him puppy eyes.

"No, I don't want to do karaoke. I'll let you do that," Seto insisted.

"Fine, be that way," Anastasia retorted with an exaggerated, yet playful sigh, which she punctuated with a playful smile.

"I can't wait to hear you sing!" Mokuba told her eagerly. "Maybe you can sing a little for us now?" Mokuba suggested.

"Maybe. What would you want to hear?" Anastasia asked.

"You choose," Mokuba replied. Anastasia thought about it and decided to sing and dance to Selena's "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom". The film crew focused on her and Seto and Mokuba's faces as she pulled up the lyric video on her phone and the familiar cumbia started to play. She happily, decently, and confidently belted out the song, and did a cumbia, namely Selena's signature "washing machine" move. It was an appropriate song because the song described what it was like to fall in love, which she was feeling towards Seto. Seto and Mokuba weren't sure what the lyrics meant, but it was a catchy song, and she knew it so well. Seto was also eyeing her moves as she did the "washing machine" move, and could feel a slight stirring of arousal. She had a pretty decent voice and they were impressed.

"That was great!" Mokuba complimented her and hugged her.

"Thanks Mokuba," Anastasia replied with a grin.

"I can't wait to see you kill it at karaoke!" Mokuba told her excitedly.

"Maybe not kill it, I'm decent at best," Anastasia replied modestly.

"What are you talking about? It was awesome!" Mokuba insisted.

"You're sweet," Anastasia replied with a smile and sat back down.

"It was a good performance," Seto agreed.

"Thank you, dragon," Anastasia replied and squeezed his hand. Seto squeezed back.

"You're welcome, dragon queen," he replied. Anastasia smiled and resumed eating breakfast.

"When I was younger, I remember my family would roll their eyes and say 'Oh lord, she's going to do karaoke,' especially my brother," Anastasia recounted.

"That's sad that they tried to discourage you from doing it," Mokuba told her sadly.

"They didn't stop me from doing it and enjoying it, but yeah, you're right," Anastasia replied ruefully. "I mean yeah, my singing wasn't that great, but it was at least somewhat decent. I mean, I was in choir in high school, so I did know a thing or two."

"Well, you can sing as much as you want here," Mokuba encouraged. Anastasia smiled.

"Thanks Mokuba, you're so sweet," Anastasia replied with a smile. She was happy that they at least enjoyed her singing.

After breakfast, they took their time getting ready, and decided to go shopping for Halloween stuff, and to get ideas for Seto's birthday. Once they arrived at the Halloween store, the film crew captured how Anastasia's face lit up like a kid in a candy store while Seto remained somewhat stoic. Mokuba delighted in her excitement, yet they and the crew were entertained as she flitted from display to display of decorations, props, costumes, like a happy hummingbird. Some of the crew followed her and filmed her flitting about, while the rest stayed behind with Mokuba and Seto. She only stopped every once in a while, to determine which decorations they should get, and what props they'd need for their costumes this year.

"I've never seen someone so excited about Halloween, except for kids maybe," Mokuba remarked to Seto as they and the crew followed her and browsed.

"It was a big, happy part of her childhood," Seto explained.

"Ohhh, that makes sense," Mokuba replied as he understood. "So, I guess this means that we're decorating, dressing up, and celebrating Halloween this year?"

"Yep," Seto confirmed.

"Wow," Mokuba remarked surprised. She had actually gotten him to agree to celebrate Halloween with her.

"I know," Seto replied as he knew what he was thinking.

"So, what are you going to dress up as for Halloween?" Mokuba asked as they watched her still going through props and grabbing things and putting them in the cart.

"I promised her that she and I would dress up as Gomez and Morticia Addams," Seto told him.

"Oh, I see," Mokuba replied. "Can I be included too?"

"I'm sure she'd find something for you too," Seto assured him. "Why don't you ask her?"

"Okay, I will," Mokuba replied and went up to Anastasia. "Um, Anastasia?"

"Yes Mokuba?" Anastasia asked as she turned her attention to Mokuba and smiled.

"Um, Seto told me that you and him were dressing as Gomez and Morticia Addams this year, and I was wondering if there was something I could wear and be included?" Mokuba requested shyly. He didn't want to impose on their couple costume, but he also did want to be included, especially since she was so insistent on including him. It was a good sign that she was planning things so far in the future; it meant that she saw a future with them and that she wanted to stay with them.

"Of course there is!" Anastasia exclaimed as if it were obvious. "You can be Uncle Fester, Lurch, or cool Cousin It," Anastasia told him and showed him pictures. "Fester is Gomez's brother after all," Anastasia added. Mokuba smiled that she was willing to include him.

"Okay, I'll be Fester," Mokuba agreed happily. "What do I need?"

"Well, you'll need a long, black or grey coat, black pants, black shoes, a bald cap, pale makeup, heavy circles under the eyes, and a lightbulb," Anastasia told him as she found a bald cap for him, and some costume makeup. Mokuba nodded.

"Thanks for being so willing to include me," Mokuba told her with a hug.

"Of course! We're family," Anastasia replied with a smile as she held him for a moment and let go. "Oh, yeah, and each year we're going to take turns picking Halloween costumes. Next year, Seto will get to pick, then the year after that, you get to decide what the costumes are, then any future children, and then repeat." Mokuba grinned. She included him in the decision rotation, and wanted him to be part of future group costumes too.

"Sounds like fun!" Mokuba replied happily.

"Yes, it certainly will be," Anastasia agreed and got everything they needed, prop and makeup-wise. Seto then joined them.

"Find everything we need?" Seto asked.

"Almost. We just need to see what they have as far as costumes. Do you see any decorations you like or think we should put back, Mon Cher?"

"I'll trust you to decide what we get for decorations," Seto deflected.

"Okay, if you're sure," Anastasia replied.

"I'm sure. Don't let me interfere with your vision," Seto insisted. He honestly had no clue what they should get or not. They hadn't celebrated Halloween in forever, so it was new to him.

"Yeah, whatever you pick out, we'll go with it! It'll be so cool!" Mokuba assured her.

"Well, thank you for your faith in me," Anastasia nodded and smiled. It was nice they had such confidence in her. They meandered over to the costume section and looked around for their particular costumes, but the selection was terribly disappointing.

"Hmph, I can get a better suit at my usual suit shop," Seto grumbled.

"Maybe they'll have a coat for me there too," Mokuba piped up.

"I'm sure they will," Seto retorted confidently. His suit shop never let him down.

"Yeah, I'm not liking any of the dresses here either. I can probably find a better dress online," Anastasia agreed. "Let's just get the decorations and props, and go elsewhere."

"Now that's a good idea," Seto concurred wholeheartedly and they and the crew walked to the checkout line. When the cashiers had finished ringing everything up, Seto immediately paid for it all.

"Thank you, dragon," Anastasia told him and gave him a quick peck.

"You're welcome," Seto replied with a smirk and they carried their bags out to the limo. Edward helped put the bags in the trunk, and held the door for them as usual, and as usual they thanked him as they all got in.

"Where should we go now?" Edward awaited direction.

"Take us to the suit shop," Seto commanded.

"Yes sir," Edward obeyed, closed the partition, and started driving.

About 15 minutes later, Edward stopped at Seto's usual suit shop, and let them out. They all thanked him again and Anastasia held Seto's hand as they went inside.

"Ah! Mr. Kaiba! Welcome back! What can I do for you today?" Frankie, the owner, greeted him cheerily. "Oh? What's all this? Who is this lovely, fiery woman?" Frankie inquired surprised as he noticed the crew and Anastasia.

"This is my wife, Anastasia. Anastasia, this is my suit guy, Frankie," Seto introduced them.

"Hello!" Anastasia greeted cheerily.

"Hello," Frankie greeted with an astonished smile. He was utterly surprised that his best customer had gotten married, and he knew NOTHING about it. He was also surprised to see a film crew, but he rolled with it. It wasn't like the Kaiba brothers were strangers to the spotlight anyway, and Anastasia and both Kaiba brothers were comfortable with them following them around.

"So, please explain," Frankie probed.

"Explain what?" Seto demanded.

"When did you get married? Why am I just hearing about it?" Frankie clarified.

"We got married on October 4th. We weren't really allowed to say much about it," Anastasia explained with a shrug.

"She's right," Seto and Mokuba both confirmed, as did the film crew.

"Right… it's too bad I couldn't be there," Frankie bemoaned.

"Yeah, I know," Seto replied. "But, down to business," Seto changed the subject.

"Right," Frankie replied and got into business mode. "What are you looking for today?"

"I'm looking for a suit for my Halloween costume," Seto told him. Frankie raised an eyebrow.

"Halloween costume?" Frankie asked skeptically. "Since when do you and Mokuba celebrate Halloween?"

"Since this morning. I promised Anastasia and Mokuba we would," Seto answered.

"I see. So, what are you dressing as?"

"We're dressing as the Addams Family, namely, Gomez, Morticia, and Fester," Seto replied. Anastasia pulled up a picture of Gomez, Morticia, and Fester on her phone.

"Ah, ok," Frankie replied with an understanding nod. "So, a dark pinstripe suit for you. I have just the thing. And I have a dark charcoal-black trenchcoat for Mokuba," Frankie told them and went to get the pinstripe suit in navy, purple, and black for Seto to try, as well as the charcoal-black trenchcoat. Seto, Anastasia, and Mokuba went to the dressing rooms, and waited for Frankie to come back. Frankie opened a dressing room for Seto and hung the suits on the pegs, and then opened one for Mokuba and hung the trenchcoat on one of the pegs. Seto and Mokuba disappeared into the dressing rooms while Anastasia and the crew waited outside. Mokuba put the coat on and came out first and Anastasia admired how he looked.

"That looks good on you," Anastasia complimented Mokuba. Mokuba smiled.

"Thanks Anastasia," Mokuba replied happily. "I can't wait to see the full effect of my Fester costume."

"Me too," Anastasia concurred with a smile.

"I'm definitely getting this," Mokuba declared. It would also make a regular badass coat in general too.

"Excellent! We got your costume done. Now all you need to do is just wear black pants and a black shirt underneath, and black bootsshoes," Anastasia instructed.

"Alright!" Mokuba exclaimed joyfully and waited with her and the crew. Seto then came out of his dressing room with the black pinstripe suit. Anastasia's crystal blue eyes drank in the sight of him in the suit. He looked sharp and like a sexy mafia boss in the suit, but for Gomez Addams, not as much.

"What do you think, Cara Mia?" Seto asked awkwardly. The black did look nice, but he wasn't sure about it.

"You look like a sexy mafia boss," Anastasia whispered in his ear. Seto tensed up slightly at the soft vibration of her whisper.

"Oh really?" Seto replied with a playful smirk. He noticed she seemed turned on eyeing him in the suit.

"Yes, really. Though, I'd like to see the other ones on you too," Anastasia replied fairly.

"Alright, fair enough. I'll be right back," Seto replied and ducked back into the dressing room to try another color. This time, he tried the purple pinstripe.

"This one seems closer to Gomez," Seto thought as he looked over his reflection in the mirror. It did look pretty sharp on him. He came out for Anastasia's appraisal.

"How about this one?" Seto asked as he felt her crystal blue gaze rove over his body in the suit.

"Getting warmer. I like this one better than black, but let's see the navy one now," Anastasia commanded.

"As you wish, Cara Mia," Seto replied with a teasing smirk and a wink. Anastasia blushed. Seto ducked back into the dressing room and put on the navy pinstripe. Okay, this one DEFINITELY looked better on him than the last 2, and it really had the Gomez vibe.

"Okay, I think this is the one for sure," Seto announced as he came out of the dressing room in the navy pinstripe suit.

"Yes, you are absolutely right, Mon Cher," Anastasia confirmed and came up to him and gave him a kiss, and an approving look from head to toe. Seto smirked.

"This is definitely the Gomez suit," Seto declared and went back into the dressing room to put his regular clothes back on. He loved seeing her reaction to him in the suits. Once he finished getting dressed in his regular clothes, he bought the navy pinstripe suit and the charcoal-black trenchcoat for Mokuba.

"The navy one is an excellent choice. It suits you better," Frankie assured him. Seto nodded and they soon left the suit shop. Edward put them in the trunk with the rest of their haul from the Halloween store.

They then went to a shopping center to hang out and walk around to get ideas for Seto's birthday, but first, a quick lunch. They bought some sandwiches and drinks and found a table outside, under a tree with the leaves painted red, golden yellow, and orange, and enjoyed the refreshing, crisp breeze as they ate. After lunch, they meandered around the shopping center. Anastasia laced her fingers with Seto's as they walked around, looking at the different shops and deals posted at the doorways. They ducked into a few different shops Seto wanted to look in, and Anastasia and Mokuba observed the items he gravitated toward. Anastasia and Mokuba observed that he was particularly looking at cologne, a portable massager for his chair at work, an external hard drive with a LOT of storage, and some other tech. They took pictures of the particular items that Seto looked at to refer back to later when they could pick them up without him present. Anastasia decided to get him some more of the cologne he normally wore, since he was almost out; the portable massager for his chair at work, and an essential oil diffuser to help him relax and relieve stress. She hadn't forgotten her previous idea that popped into her head on their first day together as husband and wife and they had met the "loser squad" as Seto called them, but she wouldn't have time to make it, so these were acceptable substitutes in the meantime. Mokuba decided to get him the external hard drive, and some of the tech Seto liked. When they were finished shopping, they decided to go home and start decorating the mansion for Halloween. As they were decorating, Anastasia had used a ladder to hang some spider webs, garlands and spooky pictures, and Seto couldn't help admiring her lean legs and toned butt as he stood at the bottom of the ladder holding it steady for her. Mokuba was busy doing his own decorating tasks that Anastasia had assigned him to.

"No, don't get turned on now…" Seto told himself and was trying to suppress the lustful thoughts he was starting to have.

"It's okay, she's your wife. You're allowed to be turned on looking at her," his inner self encouraged.

"It's just awkward right now," Seto grumbled.

"Why?" his inner self pressed.

"I just don't want to be turned on in front of the staff, and the crew," Seto replied awkwardly.

"I don't think the staff nor the film crew cares if you get turned on staring at your wife. It's expected," his inner self pointed out. "Plus, I thought you didn't care what they thought anyway,"

"I guess…" Seto acquiesced, still feeling awkward.

"Go ahead and fantasize about her," his inner self encouraged. Seto pursed his lips and thought about caressing her legs and squeezing her butt.

"There you go!" his inner self cheered and sighed as he also relished in the fantasy. Before long, Seto started to get an erection, and started to feel a little uncomfortable.

"Dammit…" Seto thought and tried to calm himself down.

"Whoa!" Anastasia exclaimed as she lost her footing a little as she was climbing down and started to grip tighter onto the rung she was holding onto. Immediately, Seto snapped to attention and reached his arms up to help brace her and prevent her from falling, and ended up holding onto her butt and thighs.

"Wow, they're so firm, with a bit of softness," Seto thought as he was holding onto her butt and thighs and kept her braced as she got her footing again. Anastasia was surprised when she suddenly felt him holding onto her butt and thighs as her foot slipped a bit. She appreciated that he was holding on until she got her footing again, but noticed that he was still holding on as she climbed down.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Anastasia's inner self asked with an impish grin and an eyebrow waggle.

"Temptation and teasing?" Anastasia suggested.

"Bingo!" Anastasia's inner self confirmed.

"We're bad," Anastasia replied with a mischievous chuckle.

"So bad," her inner self agreed with a smirk.

"We ARE still waiting for him to be ready, on Friday, but as Dr. Frank-N-Furter from Rocky Horror said, 'I see you shiver with antici… …pation.' I want him to be raring to go on Friday. Nothing wrong with building the antici... ...pation," Anastasia pointed out.

"Right," Anastasia's inner self agreed. "Let the temptation and teasing begin!"

"Indeed," Anastasia confirmed. Anastasia then gave Seto a smirk as he let go of her butt and thighs once she was safely on the ground. She didn't say anything, but sauntered over to the decoration cache that they bought, and bent down to get another decoration.

"Time for the ol' 'Bend-n-Snap,'" Anastasia thought, deferring back to Elle Woods's iconic move from "Legally Blonde." She could feel his gaze on her bent form. She smirked, and snapped back and then sauntered over to where she wanted to put the next decoration.

"What is she doing?" Seto thought as he watched her. He grimaced uncomfortably as his erection grew a little and his pants grew tighter. He was expecting her to say something when he held onto her butt and thighs, but all he got was a smirk, and a couple other opportunities to ogle her.

"She knows you were staring and enjoying holding her, and my theory is that she was trying to give you more opportunities to ogle her," his inner self theorized.

"So, do you think she is purposely trying to arouse me?" Seto asked.

"Definitely," his inner self confirmed.

"But why? She knows to wait until Friday," Seto pondered as he continued to watch her. She did the bending and snapping with other decorations, until she was finished, and each time, his erection ached as he ogled her.

"I guess to drive you crazy and make you eager for Friday?" his inner self reckoned. Seto nodded inwardly.

"Hmm, I suppose. What should we do?"

"Well, first, relief," his inner self suggested, referring to the unbearable ache in Seto's pants from his erection.

"Right," Seto agreed.

"Excuse me, Cara Mia," Seto told Anastasia and went to their bathroom and used his toy to relieve himself. Anastasia smirked inwardly.

"Success. He's going crazy," Anastasia's inner self observed.

"Yep. He hasn't seen anything yet," Anastasia thought.

"What were you doing, Anastasia?" Mokuba asked her. He had noticed that she was acting a little strange with Seto as she was decorating.

"Oh, just some flirting with Seto, using body language," Anastasia replied with a smile.

"Oh, ok. Anything else you need me to help with as far as decorations?" Mokuba asked, changing the subject. He was having fun helping decorate. Anastasia thought about what was next, but everything looked good so far.

"Everything looks good so far. All that we would really need to do is carve pumpkins. Do you want to run to the store with me real quick to get some pumpkins, and maybe pick up the gifts Seto was looking at?" Anastasia invited.

"Yeah!" Mokuba exclaimed enthusiastically. Anastasia got her purse and asked Edward to take them and the film crew to the shopping center they had gone to earlier that day, and then the grocery store.

"Absolutely, Anastasia and Mokuba." Edward replied with a smile.

"Great! Thanks!" Anastasia thanked him, and then asked Rosa to tell Seto that they went on a couple errands.

"Alright, I'll tell him," Rosa promised.

"Thank you," Anastasia replied with a warm smile and then she and Mokuba went to the shopping center to get the gifts. They decided to split and meet up in 30 minutes to go to the grocery store. Half of the film crew went with Anastasia, and the other half went with Mokuba. It didn't take long for them to get the gifts they wanted to get, and then they met up at the specified time and went to the grocery store. They got some snacks, and they picked pumpkins from the large bin in the produce section, and then headed home.

"Carving pumpkins is going to be so much fun!" Mokuba proclaimed enthusiastically. "I can't remember if/when we ever carved pumpkins. I think we were little, before our father died and we went to the orphanage, but I am not sure. I don't remember if we carved pumpkins at the orphanage or not, but I doubt it. We definitely didn't with Gozaburo, and after that, nothing," Mokuba recounted glumly.

"Wow. That's rough. Well, on the bright side, we get to do it, together, now," Anastasia said encouragingly as she put her hand on his shoulder and smiled.

"Yeah!" Mokuba cheered happily, and was lost in thought as he thought about what he planned to carve.

"Why don't you draw out the design you want to carve?" Anastasia offered, getting him some paper, a pencil, an eraser, and a sharpener.

"Good idea!" Mokuba chirped and started thinking about the design he wanted to do, and started sketching it out, and used his phone as reference. Taking her own advice, Anastasia also decided to draw her design.

"What to draw…" Anastasia wondered.

"Why not a skull face?" Her inner self suggested.

"That's an idea," Anastasia agreed, and recalled the skull mask she used to wear in her past, when she was "The Angel of Death." She sighed as she remembered how she wore the mask on her missions to avoid being identified. Nobody had seen her face and lived to talk about it,and lived to talk about it, except her team, her ex, Bakura, and Marik, until after her ex took her picture with the mask at her side when he tried to kill her and left her for dead. She remembered as she was dying, how she saw her ex and Bakura and Marik through her blurred vision, and how they posed with her "corpse" and the mask at her side, and then posted it on the dark web announcing they had killed her, and then they left her for dead. After she survived, her team had shown her the pictures her ex, Marik, and Bakura had taken with her "corpse" and the mask.

"…Is that too sensitive for you? To do a skull face?" Anastasia's inner self cautiously inquired as she realized that Anastasia was recalling her deadly past and how she nearly died, and how that affected her.

"No, I can do it," Anastasia insisted, but as she tried to draw the skull mask from her memory, she found that she couldn't; it was too much.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to remind you of that moment," her inner self hurriedly apologized. Anastasia nodded. "Okay, a different design," Anastasia's inner self hastily changed the subject and thought about a different design. "Hmm… how about a Blue Eyes White Dragon and a Phoenix? To symbolize Seto's and your union?" her inner self put forth.

"Yes! I love that idea!" Anastasia enthusiastically replied.

"What are you thinking about?" Seto asked as he saw her deep in thought as she was trying to draw something when he rejoined them after coming out of the bathroom. He had seen that they went to the store and bought some pumpkins.

"Oh, just what to draw to carve on my pumpkin," Anastasia answered breezily. Honestly, he had surprised her by suddenly appearing at her side and asking what she was thinking about, but thanks to her training, she remained cool and calm.

"Any ideas?" Seto continued as he sat next to her.

"Mhm, you'll see when I finish," Anastasia replied coyly.

"Alright, so it's a surprise," Seto conceded. Anastasia handed him some paper, a pencil, and eraser. "What's this for?" Seto asked confused as he took the offered paper, pencil, and eraser.

"So you can draw your design out to carve on your pumpkin, duh," Anastasia retorted with a chuckle as if it were obvious and resumed drawing the Blue Eyes White Dragon and the phoenix, with their wings spread out, and facing each other, based on a reference from her phone.

"Right," Seto understood and started thinking about what to draw.

"You can always draw your 3 Blue Eyes White Dragons," his inner self suggested.

"Yeah, that works," Seto nodded and started drawing out his 3 Blue Eyes White Dragons on the paper. Curiosity got to him, and he glanced over at what Anastasia was drawing, but he couldn't quite tell, because she saw him looking and had her drawing covered.

"It's a surprise," she reminded him firmly.

"Right, sorry," Seto apologized.

"What did you draw, Seto?" Mokuba piped up as he came to join them.

"Oh, I drew my 3 Blue Eyes. What did you draw?" Seto responded.

"I drew a scary skull face," Mokuba showed him proudly.

"Looks good, Mokuba," Seto complimented him. Mokuba beamed.

"Yours is really cool too," Mokuba returned the compliment.

"Thank you," Seto replied. A few minutes later, Anastasia had finished her drawing and joined them.

"So, what did you draw?" Seto and Mokuba asked with eager curiosity. Anastasia smiled and showed them the drawing of the Blue Eyes White Dragon and her phoenix, with an added heart in the middle, made from the white lightning attack and flames from her phoenix's wings.

"Wow!" Mokuba exclaimed awestruck. Seto's eyes widened in surprise as he took in her drawing and gave a small, proud smile. It was sweet.

"I like it. It's cool," Seto complimented her coolly. Anastasia smiled a bit.

"Thank you. I wanted to symbolize our union," Anastasia explained and blushed a little.

"You sure captured it," Seto assured her and gave her a quick kiss. Anastasia beamed happily, and looked at their drawings, and chuckled when she saw Seto's.

"I guess we both had Blue Eyes White Dragons on the brain," Anastasia observed.

"Yep," Seto agreed and smiled. Anastasia looked over at Mokuba's design and her eyes widened.

"Wow, what a scary skull face," Anastasia remarked. Mokuba grinned.

"Thanks Anastasia!" Mokuba exclaimed cheerfully.

"You know, I was going to do a skull face too, but I liked this idea better for mine," Anastasia admitted. Mokuba chuckled.

"No way!" Mokuba uttered with a surprised chuckle.

"Way," Anastasia confirmed with a giggle. "Welp, let's tape our drawings to our pumpkins, and poke the design into the pumpkin with thumbtacks, and then carve," Anastasia directed. Mokuba got up and got some thumbtacks and tape for the three of them and they taped their drawings to their pumpkins and started poking the design into their pumpkins so they could carve them easier, all the while eating some of their snacks and listening to a Halloween playlist playing on the TV to get them in the mood. About an hour later, they had finished poking their designs in the pumpkins, and Rosa had given them steak knives for carving, large plastic utensil spoons for scraping and scooping, and a pot to put the pumpkin guts and seeds into. She also took some candid pictures of them having fun carving their pumpkins.

A couple hours later, they had finished carving their pumpkins and had put some tealights in their jack-o-lanterns. They shut off the lights so they could see how their jack-o-lanterns looked in the dark.

"So cool!" Mokuba declared awestruck as they admired their jack-o-lanterns.

"They sure are," Seto concurred and squeezed Anastasia's hand and kissed her cheek. "This was fun," he told her. Anastasia smiled.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it, dragon," Anastasia replied and gave him a kiss.

"I like how ours kinda match," Seto told her.

"Me too," Anastasia agreed. Rosa then had them holding their jack-o-lanterns and took a picture, and they put them outside by the door. For the time being, they had extinguished the candles, but would relight them later. For now, they cleaned up their mess, covered the pumpkin guts and seeds and put the pot in the fridge, and ate the quick dinner Rosa had prepared while they were busy carving.

After dinner, Seto and Mokuba went to relax, but Anastasia got the dog brush, a towel, and the dog shampoo ready. Stella saw her human mama with the brush, towel, and dog shampoo and barked excitedly; today was Sunday, and it meant that she would be brushed and bathed. She enjoyed getting groomed on Sundays.

"What's with Stella?" Mokuba inquired curiously as he saw how excited she was.

"It's Sunday, and I usually brush and bathe her on Sundays, right Stella?" Anastasia replied and earned an excited, and impatient bark from Stella, who was pawing at the door to go outside. Anastasia opened the door and Stella was jumping and whining excitedly as she waited for her human mama to come outside. Anastasia led her to the bench in the garden and Stella stood in front of her panting happily. Anastasia brushed out the thick, fluffy undercoat until she got it all out, leaving the fluff behind for the birds to get to line their nests. Anastasia then led Stella upstairs to their bathroom, and Stella immediately got in the shower and waited. She knew her human mama had to change into something comfortable and something she didn't mind getting wet and messy. Anastasia had changed into an old, white tank, and some short pajama shorts, and put her scarlet hair in a messy bun, shut the shower door, turned the warm water on and readied the shower head before settling onto the built-in shower bench. Midway through Stella's bath, Seto had come into the bathroom with his clothes for work tomorrow, and his pajamas and underwear for later. He was going to ask to borrow her steamer to steam his clothes, and he saw Anastasia bent forward, her full breasts on display in the wet tank, as she lathered Stella with the dog shampoo. Stella was enjoying the lathering and how her human mama was talking to her and giving her loves. Seto could feel himself get aroused again as he ogled her breasts in the wet tank. Anastasia could feel his gaze on her and she smirked but continued her task. Anastasia then started rinsing the shampoo out of Stella's fur, and accidentally splashed herself as she was putting the shower head back up and accidentally changed the fall pattern of the water, soaking the tank more, and getting her hair wet. Seto was transfixed as he continued to ogle. Anastasia turned off the water.

"Go on, shake," she commanded Stella. Immediately, Stella began shaking the water off, spraying the shower walls and her human mama with water. "Good girl!" Anastasia praised her.

"Good girl indeed," Seto's inner self remarked as he was also staring. Seto nodded inwardly. Anastasia then towel dried off Stella and let her out of the shower. Immediately, Stella bolted out of the shower and downstairs to the kitchen to wait for her treat. Seto handed Anastasia a towel.

"Thank you, dragon," Anastasia told him with a kiss and a smirk as she slowly and purposely towel dried off the excess water, knowing he was watching. She put her robe and slippers on, and went downstairs to give Stella a treat for being such a good girl. Seto sat down on the toilet seat lid trying to calm down a bit.

"Good lord! Did you see the way that wet tank clung to her breasts?! Mmm!" Seto's inner self grunted lustfully.

"I did. Why does she have to purposely tease me like this?" Seto bemoaned. He did enjoy looking, but teasing was going to drive him crazy. "Five more days… I can last five more days…" he affirmed, trying to convince himself he could.

"I hope you're right," his inner self groaned. Seto sighed.

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Meanwhile, downstairs…

"My girl is so good and so fresh and clean," Anastasia praised Stella as she gave her a treat and a head scratch, and Stella licked her face happily, and then went to Mokuba for attention.

"Oooh! Look who's clean!" Mokuba exclaimed and pet her face. Anastasia smiled as Mokuba gave her attention, and she went back up to their room, took her robe off and put it on the hook, and then went to the bathroom to clean up the shower. She saw Seto sitting on the toilet seat lid looking like he was trying to calm down. She didn't say a word as she got the shower cleaning spray, gloves, and a paper towel to wrap the dog fur Stella had shed during the bath. She turned on the water and the shower head and rinsed the shower so the fur would all be gathered all at once, and then put on the gloves and started cleaning the shower. She could feel Seto's eyes roving all up and down her body as she cleaned, and she saw his erection grow as he watched her. She locked eyes with him briefly and smirked, a devilish gleam in her crystal blue eyes. It was fun to tease him. Seto looked away blushing as he looked into her eyes and saw that devilish gleam. She finished cleaning and then tossed the paper towel with the dog fur in the trash, and bent down to put the gloves and cleaning spray away.

"Enjoy the show?" Anastasia asked as she let her wet hair down. Seto pursed his lips and nodded. Anastasia smirked and came closer to him and whispered in his ear "there's more to come." She turned to saunter away, and he stood up and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

"You're so devious, trying to tempt and tease me. You promised me you'd wait for me to be ready," he whispered in her ear.

"And I'm keeping that promise, but a little teasing and temptation is all in good fun. Besides, 'I see you shiver with antici… …pation'," Anastasia retorted, quoting Dr. Frank-N-Furter from Rocky Horror Picture Show, hearing him catch his breath a little on the anticipation part. "A little antici… …pation makes things more exciting and fun."

"Oh, it's fun you want, hm, Cara Mia?" Seto shot back playfully.

"Mhmm," Anastasia retorted with a smirk.

"Well, two can play that game," Seto growled lustfully into her ear. "I get to tease you and drive you crazy too," Seto demanded.

"You can try, but I bet you I'm better," Anastasia challenged.

"Is that so?" Seto shot back, intrigued and further aroused by the challenge. He groaned a little.

"It is so," Anastasia retorted confidently.

"Do your worst," Seto challenged.

"Careful what you wish for, my dragon," Anastasia warned with a growl.

"I said do it," Seto insisted.

"Okay, but don't say I didn't warn you," Anastasia replied. "I look forward to seeing what you do."

"Good," Seto retorted. "Oh, and can I borrow your steamer to steam my clothes?" he asked changing the subject.

"Sure," Anastasia consented and then pulled away. Seto then pulled her back to face him, the quickness of it made her wet hair swish and smack him in the face.

"Oops," Anastasia said with an innocent expression and a smirk. Seto was surprised by the wet hair smack, and gave a stony expression at first, but then he kissed her passionately and pressed her closer to his body, her breasts smooshed against his chest. They both moaned into the kiss, and pulled away panting before they could go any further. Anastasia blushed a little and then went to their room to get her clothes for work tomorrow set up and ready and also get her nightgown and some panties for her shower later. While she waited for Seto to finish steaming his clothes and showering, she put her robe on loosely and lay in bed reading.

About 45 minutes later, Seto came out of the bathroom, relieved, clean, and had his work clothes steamed, and his eyes roved over her damp body and clothes lying on the bed with her open robe reading.

"Not again…" Seto groaned inwardly as he could feel himself get aroused again.

"She's not even trying, she's just lounging and reading," his inner self replied. "You've got your work cut out for you with the teasing, but go ahead and try. Why don't you try sticking out your butt? She was gazing at it earlier in the suit shop," his inner self suggested. Seto cringed a little. "Hey you wanted to tease her, you gotta do it. Don't be a chicken."

"…Alright," Seto agreed.

"Feel better?" Anastasia asked without looking up from her book.

"I do," Seto replied as he came to her bedside and put his elbow on the wall, and stuck his hip and butt out, and rested his other hand on his hip. Anastasia glanced up from her book to see what he was doing and saw him smirk. "What are you reading?" Seto asked, trying a seductive tone as she glanced up, but then saw her return to her book. He was disappointed and felt awkward that his effort wasn't having the desired effect, yet. He was determined to keep trying.

"A romance novel," Anastasia answered as she kept reading.

"What's it about?" Seto asked, continuing his seductive tone, and shifted his hips forward a bit.

"Pirates," Anastasia replied and she glanced up at him again and at his hips. Well if he wanted her to look, she'd look. Seto smirked. He felt awkward, but she was at least looking.

"Success," he thought. "You enjoy reading romance novels?" Seto asked, trying to continue being seductive.

"Yes, it's a hobby," Anastasia confirmed as she gazed up at him, and glanced at his hips again.

"What do you like about them?" Seto continued probing. Anastasia put her bookmark in and put her book down.

"I do enjoy the stories, and the sex scenes can be sensual," Anastasia replied, her voice turning slightly husky.

"Oh? Care to elaborate?" Seto prodded.

"Elaborate what? The sex scene?" Anastasia asked to clarify.

"Yeah, why don't you read it to me?" Seto encouraged and sat down next to her. Anastasia raised an eyebrow over her crystal blue eye.

"Would you be okay with waiting a bit while I get showered and freshened up and get my clothes ready for work?" Anastasia asked gently. "I promise I'll read it when I come back," she promised with a husky tone and a seductive glimmer in her crystal blue eyes.

"Alright, sounds fair," Seto agreed. Anastasia smiled and gave him a quick peck as she got up out of the bed and put the book on the bed and then brought her nightgown, panties, and work clothes in the bathroom and took a warm shower.

"Hmm, I'm not sure it worked," Seto thought as he lay there on his side of the bed. "I feel awkward."

"Keep at it. You could try lounging in a sexy pose when she comes back," his inner self suggested. Seto thought about it.

"Alright. I feel ridiculous, but if it's to tease her seductively," Seto acquiesced and tried to pose seductively in bed as he waited. While he waited, he decided to read the summary, and was curious and couldn't wait to hear her read the sex scene to him.

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"What on earth was he doing?" Anastasia thought.

"I think he was trying to tease you, albeit a bit awkwardly, but he was still trying," her inner self hypothesized. Anastasia giggled.

"Let's let him try," Anastasia replied. "I'm just getting warmed up with him on my end." Her inner self giggled.

"This is going to be a fun week," her inner self declared.

"Yep," Anastasia confirmed and finished her shower, got dressed, and steamed her work clothes. She hung them up in the room and got her workout clothes ready too. Seto watched her come out of the bathroom and was lounging as sexy as he could manage and eyed her body in the nightgown. He never got tired of seeing her looking sexy in her nightgown.

"I really need to step up my game if I'm going to drive her crazy," Seto thought.

"Practice, practice, practice," his inner self encouraged. Seto nodded. Anastasia then turned to face him, and she noticed that he was trying to do a sexy lounging pose, and she had to admit it was sexy, and she couldn't help admiring his body.

"Okay, now that's a success," Seto thought as he could tell she was admiring him. Anastasia sauntered to the bed and climbed in beside him as she put her towel on her pillow and got comfortable.

"Feel better?" Seto asked her.

"Yeah, so fresh and so clean," Anastasia replied. "Ready?" Seto nodded. Anastasia leaned up close to him and found a steamy sex scene to read to him. Seto listened intently as she read. She was quite the storyteller, and again he found himself turned on, and she happened to glance at his hips again and saw he was erect.

"Wow," Seto remarked. "And you enjoy these as a hobby?" he asked when she was finished.

"Yeah," Anastasia confirmed. "You look like you enjoyed it too," she observed.

"I like how you read it," he admitted. Anastasia chuckled. She put her book away.

"Go ahead, I'll be here," Anastasia encouraged him to go relieve himself. Seto got up and went back to the restroom and relieved himself yet again. He was exhausted now. He cleaned up and climbed back into bed and pulled her close and kissed her.

"Goodnight, my dragon queen," Seto bade.

"Goodnight, my dragon," Anastasia bade and nestled against him and fell asleep with him.

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As the week went by, Anastasia and Seto were having fun teasing each other seductively; Anastasia had: physically corrected his form during their morning work outs; pinned him during their sparring; used kisses as positive reinforcement; got ready for work wearing her robe open and lingerie while he watched; let him watch as she adjusted her clothing and rubbed lotion on her skin; allowed him to help her zip up the zippers in the back so he could caress her back; let him watch her pole-dancing workouts; greeted him with a kiss and embrace him every evening when he came home from work with Mokuba (while greeting Mokuba with a sibling hug), wearing a cinnamon pumpkin perfume; Meanwhile, Seto had posed (awkwardly) for her, trying to get her to eye his groin and butt; worked out shirtless; and let her watch him get dressed for work. They had also made out heavily, but stopped before things got too far. It also got a bit chilly in the evenings so he held her tighter in bed. He had to admit, she was definitely better at the teasing, and he could barely keep himself together the whole week. It was like every time he saw her, and touched her, she turned him on. She also had to admit she was having a hard time resisting him too, but it was fun to drive him crazy. She knew that she was better at the teasing, for she had a LOT more practice; she used to seductively tease her (male) targets in order to get close to them to kill them (she never slept with her targets) and then escape with her disguise. She also used to seductively tease her ex when they were together (which did sometimes end up with them in bed). Until she married Seto, she had stopped using her seductive teasing, but she hadn't lost her touch.

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On Wednesday during lunch, she sat on his desk and ate with him.

"So, are you sure you want to wait until Friday?" Anastasia asked, knowing that he was struggling to hold on. She was giving him the opportunity to end the torture early.

"…Yes, I'm sure, Friday," Seto told her reluctantly. There were times he wanted to say "what the hell, let's do it," but he wanted it to be special; it wouldn't be special if they didn't wait until Friday.

"Alright," Anastasia agreed and kissed him.

"You're a devil, Cara Mia," he whispered in her ear.

"I know, Mon Cher, and you love it," Anastasia retorted and kissed him.

"Well, no lies there," Seto admitted. "It will be worth the wait," he declared.

"For sure," Anastasia concurred. Two more days, he could last two more days, he hoped.

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On Thursday evening after her shower, Anastasia decided to come to bed commando under her nightgown to drive him wild. That night, they were making out heavily and they started to get handsy and exploring each other's clothed bodies. They got extremely turned on and were on the edge of breaking their vow, but forced themselves to stop. They took turns relieving themselves in the bathroom, got cleaned up, and cuddled close. That night, they were tormented by sex dreams. They could hardly wait until the next night.

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Finally, Friday came. They slept in, since they were off today, and they enjoyed the extra sleep since they were taunted by sex dreams the night before. Anastasia was the first to wake up after sleeping in that morning, and adored how peaceful and happy he looked. She caressed his face tenderly and kissed him. He stirred and responded to the gentle kiss and smiled when they parted.

"Good morning, Cara Mia," Seto greeted.

"Good morning, Mon Cher. Happy Birthday," Anastasia greeted. Seto smiled.

"Thank you," he replied and kissed her, and felt relief that tonight was the night. He could hardly wait for tonight. Today better not drag on.

They got up and used the restroom and got moving and got dressed in something more casual, relaxed, yet nice enough for today. They held hands as they went downstairs and the staff, crew, and Mokuba happily greeted them, showering Seto with attention for his birthday.

"Thank you," Seto replied with a smile. Rosa had made his favorite for breakfast, and they enjoyed taking their time getting ready to go to Kaiba Land together.

"Today is going to be so much fun!" Mokuba declared as they got ready to go.

"It sure will be," Seto and Anastasia agreed. They got in the limo and they went to Kaiba Land.

The staff greeting them at the park were surprised to see them, and remembered it was Seto's birthday and made the announcement over the intercom that the Kaiba family was in the park and to wish Mr. Kaiba a happy birthday. As they went through the park, guests and staff wished Seto a happy birthday, and he politely acknowledged them. He and Mokuba gave a tour of the park to Anastasia, and they rode rides together, and particularly enjoyed the roller coasters. As the day wore on, they checked out the Halloween stuff. Anastasia was impressed with the Halloween stuff, and was impressed by the actors that tried to scare them in the haunted mazes.

"You got some good stuff here," Anastasia complimented Mokuba and Seto. Mokuba and Seto beamed proudly. It meant a lot to them that their Halloween queen approved; she really knew her stuff. After they finished touring everything, they left for dinner at the Hawaiian restaurant Mokuba had picked.

"What would you recommend?" Mokuba asked Seto and Anastasia as they looked over the menu.

"I'm planning on getting the Kalua pork flavored with pineapple and coconut and the white rice," Anastasia announced.

"Ooh, that sounds good! How about you Seto?"

"I think I will get the lomi lomi salmon, rice and vegetables," Seto decided.

"That sounds good too. Hmm… maybe I'll try the pineapple ahi tuna, and white rice," Mokuba decided.

"Good choice Mokuba," Anastasia complimented him. Mokuba smiled.

"Today was so much fun," Anastasia told Seto and Mokuba.

"We still have a bit of fun left," Mokuba reminded her. "I can't wait to hear you sing again, and we have our festivities when we go home."

"That's true," Anastasia conceded. She turned to Seto. "Should we tell our waiter it's your birthday?"

"If you want," Seto shrugged. He honestly didn't really care; he was going to get the attention anyways.

"Alright, I'll tell him when he comes back," Anastasia promised. Seto nodded nonchalantly. They sipped on their fruity, tropical drinks while they waited for their food and enjoyed watching the hula show.

"Remember when we did the hula contest, dragon?" Anastasia reminisced. Seto chuckled.

"Yes, I remember. You killed it up there. I could barely keep up. And then that stupid, psycho bitch tried to jump us with her cousins," Seto recalled.

"Wait, whaaaa?" Mokuba remarked surprised. "I don't remember you telling me about that part," Mokuba replied, furrowing his brow, trying to recall that part.

"What? I could've sworn we told you about it when we came home?" Seto replied as he was also searching his memories of the last 2-3 weeks to see if he or Anastasia had mentioned it. He remembered telling Rosa about it, but he couldn't recall them telling Mokuba.

"I guess we didn't," Seto admitted.

"What happened?" Mokuba probed eagerly. He HAD to hear what happened.

"Well, we were on a romantic dinner cruise on the Star of Honolulu. We had just finished watching the "Polynesian Journey" hula show, and they invited guests to participate in the hula contest. I persuaded Seto to join me up there, and we hula danced. I stayed in the contest, Seto got eliminated," Anastasia began. Mokuba eyed Seto a moment, surprised by that, but resumed listening.

"It was just between me and this other woman, who CLEARLY was desperate to win. I wasn't going to just concede, she had to earn it," Anastasia continued. Mokuba chuckled.

"You and Seto sure share that trait," he observed. Anastasia nodded.

"You're right, we do," Anastasia agreed. "Anyways, the crowd voted me as the winner, and she was SUPER bitter about losing. She HATED me. She hated me so much, she got on the shuttle with us back to the hotel, and on the way to our stop, she texted her cousins to meet us at the stop. When we got off, we got accosted by 10 men, 2 of them were armed, and her. They got mad at us for 'disrespecting their cuz,' and were going to teach us a lesson. I had faced off many more armed men than them, and we argued back with them. They were PISSED, and ready to fight and possibly kill us," Anastasia continued. Mokuba's grey eyes widened with concern and from being enraptured in the story.

"Did they hurt you?" Mokuba asked concerned.

"Hold on," Anastasia told him with a palm raised as if to say "wait." "Anyways, they closed in, and I didn't want Seto getting hurt, so I maneuvered him out of the way, and easily disarmed and took them all down," Anastasia finished. Mokuba gasped.

"Wow," he breathed amazed.

"And afterwards, I was a little upset that she wouldn't let me help or anything," Seto chimed in.

"That's true, you were. But I did let you help the next time, at the shopping center," Anastasia replied.

"That's true, you did," Seto agreed.

"Wait, what happened at the shopping center?" Mokuba demanded.

"A group of 5 thugs accosted me as I was leaving the ladies room while we were shopping in Honolulu, before we left for Maui. They intended to rape me," Anastasia began.

"What?!" Mokuba exclaimed quietly.

"Yeah," Anastasia nodded. Mokuba waved his hand as if to say "Go on!" "Well, I yelled so loud at them, and Seto heard me and came running with our stuff. They continued to stupidly bluster on, and we both fought them off, and the police arrested them," Anastasia finished. Mokuba was astonished.

"Wow," Mokuba remarked and was trying to process this. "How many was the most you've ever fought at once?"

"I've fought off 50 armed men, and killed or crippled them, but that was long ago," Anastasia answered. Mokuba was astonished. Seto was surprised at the number too.

"That's incredible!" Mokuba exclaimed.

"Indeed," Seto agreed. The waiter then returned with their food. Anastasia pulled the waiter closer to tell him it was Seto's birthday.

"Oh, happy birthday, Mr. Kaiba. We'll have something special for you shortly. In the meantime, I'll refill these drinks," the waiter replied.

"Could we get some Mai Tais too?" Anastasia requested.

"Absolutely, Mrs. Kaiba," the waiter replied and went to the kitchen to get their drinks refilled and then to the bar to get the Mai Tais. Meanwhile, Seto, Mokuba, and Anastasia tucked into their dinners.

"This is good!" Mokuba exclaimed as he enjoyed the ahi tuna.

"Yeah, they did a pretty good job," Seto admitted as he ate his lomi lomi salmon. Anastasia nodded in agreement as she enjoyed her pork. As they were finishing eating, their waiter returned with a group of waiters and waitresses and a pineapple upside down cake with a sparkler candle, and did their own unique birthday song complete with a hula dance from the waitresses and a haka from the other waiters as they placed the cake in front of Seto. There was congratulatory applause from other patrons. Anastasia took pictures of him with the cake, and their waiter took a picture of all of them with Anastasia's phone and gave it back to her. Seto was unsure of what to wish for. He had what he wanted and dreamed of, so he wished that he didn't suck tonight when they made love, and then blew out the sparkler candle and enjoyed sharing the cake with Anastasia and Mokuba. After dinner, Anastasia put herself on the karaoke list and was happy to see that they had "Killer Queen" by Queen. Sure, she knew it was really about a high-class call-girl, but in a way, it also had lyrics that related to her past, and it was a sort of discreet, roundabout, and innocent way to tell them that she was a killer queen without actually revealing anything in particular. And even Freddie Mercury preferred others interpret the song as they felt. They sipped on their Mai Tais while they waited for her turn, and had fun watching the sometimes pretty good, sometimes atrocious karaoke performers. About 30 minutes later, it was her turn.

"Let's welcome the lovely Anastasia Kaiba to the stage," the DJ announced. There was a few surprised looks and murmurs among the crowd. She was a Kaiba?

"Go Anastasia!" Mokuba and Seto cheered. So it was true, she was a Kaiba. So, it was true, she was a Kaiba. Anastasia took the mic on the stage and waited for the DJ to play "Killer Queen." She was actually pretty good, like about a 7/10 or so. She even danced to the song, and even gave a flirtatious wink to Seto on the lines from the chorus "Dynamite with a laser beam, guaranteed to blow your mind, anytime," referring to their plans for later. Seto caught it and felt like she was teasing him again.

"At least now you can finally partake," his inner self reminded him. Yes, that reminder was sweet. Seto smirked at her as she sang those lines.

"She's killing it up there," Mokuba told Seto as they enjoyed her performance.

"Yeah, she is," Seto agreed. When she finished her song and dance, the crowd applauded and cheered. It was a fun performance. She took a bow and she went back to the table.

"That was awesome!" Mokuba complimented her and hugged her.

"It was fun," Seto concurred and gave her a smirk. She knew exactly what was on his mind. "Let's go home," he told her and offered his arm. She linked her arm through his and they went back to the limo after Seto paid the bill, even though Anastasia offered since it was his birthday. They went home, and Rosa brought out the Blue Eyes White Dragon cake she had made for him, and they all sang Happy Birthday to him again, and they had cake and ice cream. Anastasia, Mokuba, and the staff dispersed for a moment and brought their gifts to Seto. Seto opened the staff's gifts first because he wanted to save Mokuba and Anastasia's gifts for last. He thanked them for their lovely gifts, and then opened Mokuba's gift for him and smiled as he saw the hard drive and the tech he'd been eyeing at the shops last weekend.

"Thank you Mokuba," Seto told him.

"You're welcome, Seto," Mokuba replied happily. Seto then took the large gift bag from Anastasia, and pulled out the first wrapped gift. He unwrapped it and saw a fresh bottle of his cologne, and he smiled a bit.

"I noticed you were running low, and you were looking at cologne and I figured I'd get you more of the one you normally wear," Anastasia explained.

"Thank you, my dragon queen," Seto replied with a smile. He saw the other gifts and took out another one to unwrap. In it, was an essential oil diffuser. He wasn't expecting this one.

"This one I figured you could use at the office when you're stressed. You can put some relaxing essential oils in it and the vapor it exudes could help you relax and calm your mind," Anastasia told him. That was a good idea. He pulled out the last gift and unwrapped it and saw the portable chair massager he was eyeing at the shops. He smiled wider and then pulled her close and kissed her.

"Thank you, my dragon queen," Seto told her. He appreciated that she paid attention to him like this, and how she showed that she genuinely cared about him and wanted him to feel better. "Well, Cara Mia, it's time for bed," Seto announced and thanked everyone and bade them and the crew goodnight.

"Good night big bro. Hope you had a great birthday," Mokuba bade.

"Oh, believe me, it was," Seto assured him and put his hand on his shoulder. Mokuba smiled and hugged Anastasia.

"Good night Anastasia, thanks for making it such a great birthday for Seto," Mokuba bade.

"My pleasure, Mokuba. Good night," Anastasia replied as she hugged him. When they parted, she was going to help Seto carry his gifts into their room, but he stopped her.

"We can bring them up later," he told her and picked her up and carried her up the stairs to their room. Anastasia giggled.

"I can walk, you know," she teased as he carried her.

"I know," Seto retorted. They then disappeared behind the doors, and he locked them. It was time for the main event they'd been desperate all week for. His heart was racing. Oh God, it was finally time! They both sat on the bed and he was trembling. He wanted this so badly, but he was so nervous.

"'I see you shiver with antici… …pation,'" Anastasia whispered in his ear, quoting Dr. Frank-N-Furter again. Seto chuckled awkwardly, and the break in anticipation also got him a little on edge, but it helped lighten his nervousness. "I know you're excited and anxious," Anastasia whispered in his ear. Seto nodded. Her breath made him tense up more.

"I…just want it…to be special… and I don't…want to mess up…" Seto admitted. Anastasia smiled.

"Oh, dragon, trust me, you're not going to be nervous for long. I'm going to make you feel soooo good," Anastasia promised. "This is what you and I both have been waiting for," she added with gentle kisses along his lips, cheek, and neck, making him tilt his head and moan. "There we go," Anastasia encouraged and pulled away.

"Where…are you…going?" Seto asked, panting.

"It's Friday night, remember? What do we normally do on Friday nights?" Anastasia asked, giving him a clue. Seto thought about it.

"Date night?" he answered.

"What comes after the date?" Anastasia continued. Seto thought again. He was not in the mood for guessing games.

"Just tell me!" Seto cried out desperately.

"Massages, remember?" Anastasia reminded him. Seto was briefly confused.

"…So we're not going to make love?" he asked, and felt disappointed and aggravated. What the fuck was all this build up for then?

"Oh, we are. The massage is just the warm-up act," Anastasia assured him. Seto then relaxed, and realized where this was going. She was going to relax him with their normal massage and then the fun would begin. She went and got the massage supplies, as well as the sex stuff they bought in Hawaii on their honeymoon and a few other things he didn't recognize, namely a big wedge cushion, some throat numbing spray, and a rabbit-eared toy. Anastasia also laid a handful of condoms on the bed with the sex stuff. Oh this was going to be wild.

***IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO READ A GRAPHIC SEX SCENE, YOU MAY SKIP THIS MARKED SECTION. YOU ARE NOT MISSING MUCH. ***

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"First, I need you to get naked," Anastasia commanded as she got everything set up.

"Yes, my dragon queen," Seto replied and felt nervous again. He removed his jacket and shirt like normal, as well as his belt, socks, and shoes, and then trembled a little as he slid his pants and boxers down his long, lean, pale legs. This was the first time she had seen him completely naked, and he could feel her crystal blue eyes rove over his body from head to toe. He hoped she liked what she saw.

"Wow!" Anastasia exclaimed as she drank in his chiseled, lean, body, from his muscular shoulders, arms, and pectorals, down his rock-hard abs, over his lean hips, his thick, 7- inch semi-erect penis, down his muscular thighs, and down his lean calves to his perfect feet.

"Mmm…oh yes!" Anastasia's inner self cheered lustfully.

"What?" Seto asked nervously.

"Just admiring every inch of your body, Mon Cher," Anastasia reassured him. Seto smiled a bit that she liked what she saw, and felt proud, and emboldened.

"Oh thank God she likes what she sees," Seto thought relieved.

"Why wouldn't she?" his inner self asked.

"Now it's my turn to admire every inch of your body," he retorted.

"As you wish, my dragon king," Anastasia replied with a bow. Seto chuckled a little. "Perhaps you would like to undress me yourself?" Seto nodded eagerly. He wanted to savor this. He pulled her closer and kissed her to help set the mood and make things feel natural as he undressed her. Anastasia responded to the kiss and felt him make it deeper and more passionate. He started tugging her shirt upwards, and she lifted her arms to make it easier for him. He resumed kissing her once he had the shirt off, and then started to tenderly kiss at her scar on her left side of her face, and then her neck. She tilted her head to give him better access and moaned a little. Seto felt his erection grow a little more, and thankfully, this time, there were no pants or boxers to constrict him. He kissed down to her collarbone, and growled in pleasure as he neared her bra, and those full, soft breasts he loved seeing. He kissed the tops of her breasts, and she arched back and gripped his hair in pleasure as her breasts heaved upwards closer to his mouth. He reached his long, lean arms around her back and he fumbled with the bra hooks in the back, and growled a little in irritation.

"Damn bra," he grumbled as he tried to get the hooks undone.

"Your enemy, hmm?" Anastasia teased.

"Yes," Seto replied as he continued. "Turn around," he commanded. Obediently, Anastasia turned around so he could unhook her bra easier. Once he got the bra hooks undone, he slid the straps down her shoulders, and Anastasia gasped in relief as her breasts were freed from the constrictiveness of her bra, and let it fall to the floor, and turned around again to face him. Seto smiled in pleasure as he drank in the sight of her bare, full, creamy breasts, her dusky rose nipples, her taut, muscular abs, her muscular arms, particularly her scarred left arm. He caressed her abs, up to her breasts, and he squeezed and kneaded them, and played with her nipples. Anastasia moaned and arched up as he fondled her breasts and nipples. It felt good.

"You like that?" Seto asked teasingly and started to feel his erection grow harder. He loved the pleasure he was eliciting from her.

"Yes, I do," Anastasia replied. Seto smirked gleefully. He caressed her shoulders and her arms, gingerly caressing her scarred left arm. Anastasia noticed how he was so gentle and tender with her scars.

"You okay?" Anastasia asked him.

"Yes," Seto assured her.

"I notice you caressing my scars so tenderly," she observed.

"Do you not like it?" Seto asked concerned.

"No, I think it's sweet, but I was just curious what was on your mind," she replied. He tilted her face so her crystal blue eyes could see the genuine care in his sapphire eyes.

"I want you to feel sweetness where he hurt you," he told her. "I never want to hurt you like he did." Anastasia was so touched by his words, she hugged him tight, pressing her soft breasts into his chest. He held her close for a good minute and even caressed her back, before he remembered he wanted to see every last inch of her. His hands wandered down to her jeans, and he pulled back a moment so he could see what he was doing. His hands trembled a little as he worked to unbutton and unzip her jeans, and his erection grew harder with excitement as he got her jeans opened. He gently tugged them and her panties down her lean hips and muscular legs, revealing her beautiful and trimmed vulva. She was absolutely gorgeous. He gently removed her socks and shoes and pulled her jeans and panties completely off. He caressed her legs all the way to her hips where he squeezed her buttcheeks, relishing in the soft, lean flesh. He then brought a hand around and rubbed her vulva and groaned as his penis was fully erect and aching. She moaned and bucked to his hand, and elicited a moan from him. He wasn't sure how long he could wait. He needed her, SOON. He pulled his hands away and stepped back a moment to admire her whole body. Anastasia blushed as his sapphire eyes roved over every last inch of her body.

"You are so beautiful," he marveled.

"Thank you," Anastasia replied. "Now that you have got to marvel and caress my body, it's my turn to caress yours. Lie face down," Anastasia commanded.

"Yes, my dragon queen," Seto replied enthusiastically as he lay face down on their bed. He groaned a little as his penis ached and throbbed from the constriction of lying face down. He took breaths to calm himself down a bit. Anastasia plugged the heating pad in, and waited a moment to get it warmed up, before putting it on his back. He moaned in pleasure as he felt the heat penetrating his shoulder and back muscles. When she took the heating pad off, she applied some massage oil to his shoulders and back, straddled his bare butt, and started kneading his shoulders, neck, and back.

"Oh yes," Seto moaned in pleasure and relaxation as she kneaded, and groaned as he felt his penis ache more. Anastasia enjoyed his pleasure, and then lightly clawed down his back to give him an invigorating sensation. Seto gasped and tensed as he felt her nails rake along his back, but it felt so good.

"That feels so good," Seto moaned.

"Good," Anastasia retorted, and then moved lower down his back and then she straddled his thighs as she kneaded his butt.

"Oh God," Seto moaned and bucked into the bed, and felt his penis ache more. Anastasia then roved her fingers down his perineum between his anus and testicles and he gasped and bucked more.

"Ohhh God!" Seto moaned and bucked, and gasped sharply when he felt her press in the middle of the perineum, where his prostate was. He bucked and groaned more.

"I can't take much more," he told her, begging for a release.

"Do you want me to massage your legs?" Anastasia asked.

"I don't think I can last," Seto replied.

"Lie on your back," Anastasia commanded.

"Yes, ma'am!" Seto eagerly complied and turned over so he lay on his back facing her, his throbbing erection standing tall and ready.

"Now, we have a few options," Anastasia offered. Seto groaned.

"I need release!" Seto begged desperately.

"Hold on. I can massage your front and you can cum on my torso, I can jack you off with my hand, and you can cum on me, I can give you a blowjob, or I can lower myself onto you once we get a condom on," Anastasia offered. Seto thought about it.

"I want to try a blowjob," Seto requested.

"As you wish, my dragon king," Anastasia agreed, and then sprayed the numbing spray in her mouth.

"What are you doing?" Seto asked curiously.

"It's a throat numbing spray to numb the gag reflex. It's for deep throating," Anastasia explained, and could feel the numbing tingle. When she was sure she was numbed enough, she kissed him and kissed down his pectorals, his nipples, down his rock-hard abs, and he groaned and bucked as she neared his aching penis. She gently licked the glans penis (head) and swirled her tongue around.

"Oh God!" Seto cried out and bucked upwards and gripped the sheets. Anastasia slowly took him in deeper, swirling her tongue against his veiny, throbbing shaft. "OH GOD! ANASTASIA!" Seto cried out and gripped her scarlet hair. Anastasia took him deeper, bypassing the gag reflex.

"ANASTASIA!" Seto cried out as both hands gripped her hair harder. Anastasia hummed and the vibrations on his penis drove him crazy, and she swirled her tongue around the shaft and massaged his testicles. He felt like he was starting to float up to space and was lightly tethered to his body. "OH GOD! ANASTASIA!" Seto exclaimed and tensed up and gasped as he exploded into her mouth and lay on the bed panting. Anastasia had pulled back just a little just before he exploded in her mouth, and ended up swallowing his salty, creamy semen. She slowly pulled off his penis and got a tissue and wiped her mouth, and felt him pull her close and kissed her passionately, thankful for the release, and he tasted himself in her mouth.

"Is that what I taste like?" Seto thought as he tasted the salty creaminess. He couldn't believe she swallowed it. He got past it and continued kissing her.

"Thank you, my dragon queen," Seto told her panting. He felt like he was floating in space. Anastasia smiled and kissed him again.

"My pleasure, my dragon king," Anastasia replied and lay against his body, waiting for him to come back down to earth and be ready for round two. In the meantime, she moved his hand to encourage him to rub her clitoris to get her warmed up while he rested. She moved his fingers the way she liked to be rubbed and he eagerly followed her cues and rubbed her clitoris in firm, quick circles and she started bucking and rocking her hips to his hand. He started to come back down to earth, intent on making her feel so good, and desperate for him. He rubbed more vigorously and felt her bucking harder to his hand. He was excited and eager.

"Oh Seto," Anastasia said softly. "Explore, but keep rubbing," she encouraged.

"Yes, my dragon queen," Seto obeyed eagerly as he kept rubbing vigorously. He positioned her so she was lying on her back and he was above her, and kept rubbing, and he kissed her passionately and then kissed and raked his teeth over her neck, down to her collarbone and to her heaving, full, soft breasts. He engulfed her left nipple in his mouth and suckled. Anastasia was panting and arched up closer to him, and he relished in her pleasure. He circled his tongue around her nipple and then trailed it to her other breast and nipple and suckled her right nipple and breast. He used his free hand to squeeze her other breast while his other hand rubbed her clitoris vigorously. He could feel how warm and wet she was getting, and he started to get excited again, and could feel his erection growing again. He kissed her passionately and then slid his finger into her wet vagina. Anastasia gasped in pleasure.

"Feel good?" Seto asked.

"Yes!" Anastasia exclaimed and bucked up more. Seto grinned in pleasure. She raised her hand and gave him the "come hither" motion. "This is what you need to do to the top wall. You'll feel a spongy spot. Stroke that spot," Anastasia instructed as she bucked up and was panting a bit. Seto nodded in comprehension. He really appreciated the instructions to make her feel good. He did the "come hither" motion she instructed to do, and he felt the spongy spot she was talking about and stroked that spot. Anastasia gasped in pleasure, and wrapped her arms around his back and gripped. Seto growled in pleasure, and stroked harder, and she bucked harder.

"Oh Anastasia!" Seto panted and felt his erection grow harder and started to throb and ache again.

"Oh Seto! That feels so good! Go harder!" Anastasia commanded as she bucked. Seto eagerly stroked the spot more vigorously, and she bucked harder and was floating to space, and could feel an orgasm coming. "I'm close, keep going," Anastasia commanded. Seto growled in pleasure and excitement as he stroked harder waiting for the orgasm to come. He was about to witness her orgasm, and he was excited and thrilled, especially since he was the one causing it.

"Come on!" Seto begged desperately. He wanted so badly to see it. A couple minutes later, Anastasia gasped and froze and felt her orgasm gush on his hand and the sheets. Seto gasped incredulously as he realized he just experienced her real orgasm. She felt like she was floating in space and was just tethered to her body. She trembled under him and her crystal blue eyes were glazed in bliss and pleasure. Seto felt his penis throb and ache as his erection grew again as he gazed at her. Curious, he decided to taste her orgasmic fluid on his fingers and found that it tasted earthy and sweet. He decided to try to lap it directly from her vagina. It was only fair; she swallowed his. He lapped it directly from her vagina and enjoyed the earthy sweetness and seeing her tremble and buck as he did. She gripped his hair and gasped as he lapped at her vagina, and he growled in pleasure. His erection throbbed more, and now he felt like he really had to be inside her and they could experience an orgasm together. He kissed up her body to her mouth and kissed her passionately and lovingly, and she could taste herself in his mouth.

"Your orgasm was incredible, but I am ready to experience one together, inside you," Seto said softly to her.

"G-g-get…a…c-c-condom…and…p-p-put it on," she commanded as she trembled and was trying to come back to earth. Seto nodded and kissed her and looked at the condom pile. He shakily picked one up and opened it, and tried to remember the sex ed lesson she gave them on their wedding night. He could do this… he could do this. He struggled to put it on.

"…I'm not sure…how to do this…" Seto admitted. He groaned and he needed her so bad. Anastasia shakily pushed herself up, and came back to earth. She tossed the opened condom in the trash, and opened a fresh condom, grabbed the tip of the condom, put the rolled edge of the condom on his glans penis (the head) and massaged the rolled edge down his aching shaft, making him buck and moan. Once she had the condom on, she secured it with the ring with the bunny ears. Seto paid attention.

"What is this for?" Seto asked curiously. She turned it on, and he gasped and gripped the sheets as he felt the vibrations all through his penis and testicles.

"Oh God!" he gasped as the sensation made him throb more, and he saw the bunny ears oscillate back and forth independently. Anastasia kissed him and whispered in his ear, "it's for clitoral stimulation while you're thrusting inside me."

"Oh!" Seto exclaimed as he understood. "I'm ready," Seto declared excitedly and nervously.

"Do you want me on top, or do you want to be in control?" Anastasia asked.

"I want you to be on top first," Seto requested. He needed her to be in control first until he got the hang of it. Plus, seeing her pleasure from riding him would be so freaking hot.

"As you wish, my dragon king," Anastasia replied and kissed him passionately, and had him sit up, and she slowly lowered her wet vagina onto his covered, aching penis. Both of them gasped sharply as he was inside her and she was adjusting to his girth. She positioned the rabbit ears against her clitoris and gasped again, and gripped his back tight as she felt the vibrations pulse against her clitoris. Seto held her hips and squeezed her soft, lean buttcheeks. She started to rock back and forth on his penis, drunk on the pleasure of him being inside her, and the vibrations.

"Oh Seto!" Anastasia exclaimed.

"Oh Anastasia!" Seto exclaimed in response. Anastasia then started to move her hips in figure 8s, varying her speed to keep him on his toes, so to speak.

"OH GOD ANASTASIA!" Seto cried out in pleasure as he bucked and thrusted inside her as she moved against him.

"OH! GOD! SETO!" Anastasia cried out and bucked harder and her eyes closed in pleasure as she leaned back. Seto groaned as he found her expression and lean back so arousing. He decided to take control now. He paused.

"Seto?" Anastasia asked curiously.

"I want to be in control now," Seto told her and kissed her passionately. Anastasia smiled and nodded. They stayed connected and she grabbed the cushion, put it behind her and lay back and put her butt on the top of the wedge, and he smiled and growled as he started thrusting vigorously. Both of them gasped, moaned and bucked.

"This cushion really makes it more comfortable and deeper," Seto observed.

"That's…the…idea," Anastasia replied. Seto smiled.

"Always…a step…ahead…" Seto moaned.

"Yep," Anastasia agreed, and pulled him closer and kissed him passionately and wrapped her arms around his back and lightly clawed. Seto growled in pleasure at the light pain, and then he brought his hands up to squeeze and fondle her breasts as they thrusted and bucked. Anastasia moaned and arched upwards and trailed her hands down to his butt and then squeezed, pulling his hips closer to hers to spur him on.

"Oh! Anastasia!" Seto cried out.

"Oh! Seto!" Anastasia moaned. "I'm close," she whispered huskily. She felt like she had been rocketed back to space.

"OH THANK GOD!" Seto exclaimed relieved and thrusted harder and fondled her breasts more. Anastasia then moved one hand to rub his prostate through the perineum, and rub his testicles.

"OH! ANASTASIA! I CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE!" Seto cried out and begged for her to be close.

"Slow down," Anastasia commanded panting. Seto yelled out as he obeyed, and she felt the sensations more intensely, and then gasped and froze as she orgasmed in a gush and trembled underneath him. When he felt her orgasmic gush, he yelled out as he exploded into the condom, and trembled as he collapsed onto her breasts, both of them panting exhaustedly. He found the strength and moved to kiss her passionately as they floated in space together. When they parted the kiss, he rested on top of her breasts again.

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***WE WILL NOW RESUME OUR STORY IN PROGRESS***

"Wow," Seto remarked breathlessly. "That was incredible!" he whispered with a kiss.

"Yes it was," Anastasia agreed and caressed his face and nuzzled close and wrapped her arms around him. "Happy Birthday, my dragon," Anastasia whispered. Seto kissed her again.

"Best. Birthday. Ever," he declared. "Thank you so much for making my birthday and making love so special."

"It was my pleasure, Seto," Anastasia replied, using his name to accentuate the genuine inflection in her tone. Seto smiled and caressed her scarred side of her face, and smirked.

"You got me hooked. We're going to have to do this more often," Seto told her as he gazed into her crystal blue eyes with a devilish glint in his sapphire eyes.

"Oh, for sure," Anastasia agreed. Seto grinned and gave her another kiss. Anastasia kissed back and they parted. She turned off the bunny ear ring, helped him remove the condom, showed him how to tie it off and threw it in the trash. He showed her where the fresh sheets were, and helped her change the sheets. Seto then swept her off her feet. Anastasia giggled and held on as he carried her to the shower. Seto started the water and they showered together and cleaned each other up, and dried each other off when their shower was finished. He carried her back to bed and he pulled her closer under the covers and gazed into her crystal blue eyes and caressed her scarlet hair.

"You're amazing," he complimented her.

"So are you," she complimented back. Seto smiled.

"So, since we're going to be making love more often, we should revisit our sex-pectations," Anastasia suggested.

"Alright," Seto agreed.

"How often do you want to make love?" Anastasia asked.

"At least 3 times a week, but I want to make love as often as we can," Seto answered.

"That's fair, and I am up to try new positions; new locations like the car, the pool, the garden, the shower, the bath; and roleplaying. We definitely won't do anal," Anastasia told him. Seto nodded.

"No whips, or riding crops, or paddles or anything like that," Seto piped up, and shuddered involuntarily as he remembered what Gozaburo and his servants and did to him.

"I remember," Anastasia assured him and hugged him. He hugged her back thankful she took that in consideration. He felt safe with her, and knew she wouldn't do anything to hurt him.

"Would you also be okay with using light bondage, like tying hands to the bedframe? And maybe a blindfold?" Seto thought about it.

"I suppose we can try it, but I'm not sure about it," Seto replied. He wasn't quite sure about it, but he appreciated her asking before springing it on him. "If I say Gozaburo, stop everything," Seto told her.

"So Gozaburo is your safe word?" Anastasia clarified. Seto nodded grimly. He hated having to say that name, but she'd know what it meant; it meant that he was experiencing a traumatic trigger. He hoped he'd never have to use it.

"Alright, my dragon. My safe word is skull," Anastasia told him. If he was going to use a word from his past to get her to stop, so would she.

"Skull?" Seto confirmed. Anastasia nodded. "We can also use our safe words if we're in a dire situation and need help."

"I understand. Good plan," Seto comprehended and kissed her softly and decided to change the subject to something a bit more pleasant, the fun type of sex she was proposing.

"I was wondering, since you mentioned new locations and roleplays," Seto began.

"Yes?" Anastasia prompted curiously, wanting him to continue.

"I want to make love in my office, at work, and do a roleplay based on that," Seto requested. Anastasia giggled.

"Sure we can. That would definitely be exciting," Anastasia consented. Seto smirked.

"Excellent," Seto replied. "I was thinking maybe our roleplay could involve you being my assistant or something and I'm the boss," Seto suggested.

"Definitely," Anastasia consented. Seto smiled and was excited. This would be so much fun.

"We could do it on the weekend or something, or maybe a quick session at lunch when you come by?" Seto suggested.

"Absolutely," Anastasia assured him. Seto grinned and kissed her happily. He couldn't wait for more fun making love. Anastasia sighed in pleasure and cuddled close. Seto held her tight and kissed her softly.

"Goodnight, Mon Cher," Anastasia bade.

"Goodnight, Cara Mia," Seto bade and soon they fell asleep happily.

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A/N: Well, I hope you enjoyed the spah-cy, lemony goodness of ch. 4! The next chapter will have a bit of drama and fighting. Don't forget to review! New reviews= immediate release of new chapters!