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The next day the Kaiba brothers were heading out early in the morning to the beach. Mokuba was already looking up breakfast diners, and telling Kaiba he wasn't allowed to take a single work call. Kaiba rolled his eyes but agreed. This was a time for him and Mokuba to reconnect. During the last 5 years they had talked everyday, and spent every Christmas and his birthday together, yet somehow they had grown apart. Kaiba blamed himself, he had put work first. It's not like that hadn't always been the case, but when Mokuba was younger and he was with him constantly, they still managed to squeeze in little moments together. The longest they had ever been apart was when Pegasus had kidnapped Mokuba. Kaiba till this day, hates himself for letting something like that happen.

"So did you decide where we are going to eat?" Kaiba asked.

"No, nothing seems to look edible. Why did you have to eat everything Mrs. Lucy sent us?" Mokuba said annoyed.

"I have been away for 5 years you know, and only Mrs. Lucy can cook as she does."

"Big brother you're a bottomless pit." Mokuba laughed. "There is this place that Yugi and the gang took me once, it's a little out of the way."

"What do they serve?"

"It's a small little Brazillian spot."

"Brazillian food? Really?"

"Oh come on Seto, don't tell me you'd rather have that bland American food."

Actually Kaiba hated American food. He actually had to learn how to cook when he was in America because he hated eating out. A fact he just realized Mokuba didn't know. "Ya, when in Rome little brother."

"Well you left Rome, so try it out."

"Fine."

Silence had engulfed the car again. Since when was Mokuba so quiet? Usually Mokuba would talk endlessly, but something seemed to be bothering him. "Is something wrong Mokuba?" said Kaiba with concern in his eyes.

Mokuba had a couple of secrets he was hiding from Kaiba and didn't know exactly how to go about them. "Well, graduation is coming up and…"

"And you're nervous for when you take over Kaiba Corp full-time. I get that, after I graduated there were no more real excuses. I thought that if I screwed up, I could blame it on school being too much of a distraction. But, honestly the transition isn't that different from what you have been doing. You're ready."

Hearing how much Kaiba believed in him, it just made it even harder to tell him. He couldn't tell him, not just yet. He did promise himself that he would tell him everything by the end of today. "Ya Seto, that is a concern. You know what I have been thinking, why not hire someone to help out in the company, not the CFO's we have but someone new, and someone we can definitely trust. Maybe a Co-CEO."

Tea's words still reverberating in his mind 'Just because you had to have it hard means Mokuba should too?' Maybe she was right. "I guess you're right you have been working a lot of long hours, could help lighten the load. But like you said, it would have to be someone we can trust. Anybody in mind?"

"Well…"Mokuba said cautiously.

Kaiba glared at him "Who?" he said roughly.

"I know you aren't a fan of them, but Tristan just received his MBA, he was also top of his class. Besides, he is currently being recruited by some of our competitors."

"You can't be serious. That guy?" Kaiba said incredulously. Kaiba had a vague memory of him, mostly being boisterous and cheering like a chimpanzee for Yugi. At least Wheeler knew how to hold a duel disk, and seemed to grasp how to place cards on it.

"He has been a really good friend to me these past couple of years," Mokbuba continued. "And if we let anyone in for this position, he'd be my first choice."

"Mokuba, I know while I've been gone you've migrated to Yugi's little pep squad, heck even hired one, but that doesn't mean I want them running my company."

"Seto, you yourself know how hard it is to find someone we can trust. We are constantly innovating new technology for duel monsters, which many have wanted to steal. That is why none of our CFO's have lasted more than a year. Tristan would be really loyal."

Kaiba knew Mokuba was right. No matter how much he despised Yugi and his gang of troubadours, they had always helped him out and after all they had taken Mokuba under their wings. Even though he never admitted this to anyone, he held Yugi in high regard, and trusted him and his judgement.

"Fine, but this is a trial run. He will be under contract for six months, and his official title will be Junior CFO. If we hire a recent college grad as Co-CEO we'd look like a couple of amateurs."

Mokuba was actually surprised that Seto agreed to it. Had he known he would've asked him a long time ago. Maybe if Tristan did good, he could take over for him as he left for Zurich. Now how was he going to tell Kaiba. "Hey Seto, did you ever wonder what you would do if you didn't run Kaibacorp, if you hadn't created the duel disk, or the holographic systems?"

"You know I don't like to dwell in the past Mokuba. Besides, you know me, I don't waste my time doing things I don't like."

How could Mokuba tell him that his dream wasn't his. He knew how much it meant to Seto for him to take over, but it wasn't for him. He hated board meetings, budget reports, and the never ending paperwork.

They had arrived at Dona Serafina's Palacio. They both grabbed a to-go box and headed for the beach. Starved they both scarfed down the to-go boxes as soon as they hoped back in the car.

"See I told you, you'd enjoy it." said Mokuba teasingly.

"Ya, it wasn't that bad, looks like the dweebs actually know something." Kaiba made a mental note to come here one last time before he left for the states.

The day was a perfect day of lazing around on the beach not worried about anything. The Kaiba brothers headed into their beach house and started changing into their bathing suits. Kaiba got a phone call and decided to take it in the other room. He knew he promised Mokuba no phones, but still it was hard to detach completely. When he returned, Mokuba was gone. He probably already headed to the beach. Since the call was so insignificant, he finally resigned and left his phone in the house as he headed for the beach.

Mokuba had already gotten in the ocean and began swimming. He was deep in his thoughts, and swimming helped him clear his mind. He suddenly felt a yank at the end of his leg, and he began sinking further and further down. The grip on his leg was loosened, so he quickly swam to the surface, where he saw Kaiba laughing hysterically. Mokuba couldn't help but laugh with him.

"You better start paying attention, you never know when a shark might…" Kaiba trailed off. He was looking at Mokuba's arms, he had sleeve tattoos. How had he not noticed them before? Now that he thought of it, over the past couple of years he never saw Mokuba without long sleeves. "When did you get those?" Kaiba asked as he grabbed Mokuba's arms.

Mokuba gave him a silly grin. "It started a couple of years ago with only one or two, it sort of evolved now."

Kaiba wasn't a big fan of tattoos, and even though he thought Mokuba looked ridiculous, he wouldn't tell him. He didn't want to hurt his feelings. "If you're going to have sleeves, you need to start working out more." Kaiba said as he punched Mokuba on the arm.

The brothers started play fighting, once they got tired though, they went to lay on the sand. "So what other things don't know about, you got any piercings I can't see, won more championships, are you secretly one of Yugi's cheerleaders?" Kaiba asked.

Even though Kaiba was joking, Mokuba knew that he was hurt by how much Mokuba kept from him. It's just that he knew once he began telling him one thing, he would tell him everything. He just wasn't ready for that yet. "I'm sorry Seto, I know it seems I've been keeping things from you, it's just that since you've been gone it's harder just to tell you the small stuff. I always feel like you want to talk about what's important, and anyways a lot of my stories revolve around Yugi and his friends."

"Mokuba, I know a lot of the times I seem busy, but you know I'm never too busy for you. The fact that you hang out with the dweeb patrol is one of the biggest annoyances in my life, but you're my brother so I'll accept it. Besides, everything you tell me is important." He said as he put a hand on his shoulder.

Mokuba took a deep breath in. He was about to tell him everything but instead all that came out was, "What about you big bro? Anything new? Any girlfriend in America I should know about?"

Kaiba chuckled. Quickly though, his mind went to Tea. That girl really knew how to get under his skin. Her daring to barge into his office and entice him like that. He hated how much she consumed his thoughts.

"Well there is this girl. We only hooked up. She recently made it clear that though it is over, I don't know."

"So do you want to keep seeing her?"

Kaiba didn't answer, he just looked out at the sea. Still a little thrown off that he and Mokuba were talking about girls.

"Well either way, why don't you find out what she really wants from you, maybe she wants a relationship."

No she didn't. Did she? Did he?