Terry stared into the face of the voice that silenced the girls. Their words were not all that hurtful, but she was not exactly happy that they were talking about things they knew nothing about. Sadly, she knew her saying anything would only cause more trouble and being in a library only made it more difficult to speak up.

Why did he speak up for me though? She wondered as two icy blue eyes looked right back at her, void of any real emotion that told anyone anything.

"It's rude to stare." Seto told her point blank, clearly unamused by this little staring contest they had going on.

"Right, thank you." She quickly looked back to her book. "Are you really okay with that though?"

"I didn't do it for you. They were just getting on my nerves." He waved off and turned back to his own book in hand. Atem came strolling in at this point, glancing around the place a bit as he walked up to Terry and flicked the back of her head.

"I shouldn't be surprised to find you here. Some girls were talking about some shit that went down. Everything ok?" He asked, taking the seat next to her as she turned to look at him.

"You didn't have to do that ya know." She mumbled as she rubbed the spot. "Huh? Oh, yeah everything is fine. They were just getting loud so Seto told them to leave."

"Really? That's all that happened?" He asked, waiting for her to say something more. He did believe her, her certainly would believe her over the girls that he ran into in the hallway. They were pretty upset and made it a point to reach out to him and explain some strange events that supposedly happened in the library. They said you were glaring at them, obviously you'd only do that if something was said and most likely about someone else. What was said though? Which led to an argument and then them being told to leave the library by the ever graceful Seto Kaiba. He listed in his mind. "Don't try and say it's nothing, you're upset over it. I can tell, you got that little crease between your brows." He pokes her forehead just enough to push her head a little.

"Uhh, yeah. That's pretty much it…I mean they were talking pretty loud and laughing over something I just don't get." She shrugged it off. "Though, I don't know if this will matter to you but they did speak about your break-up with Anzu and who did what." She frowned at the topic.

That's the reason you're so upset? Why am I not surprised? He sighed, relieved it was not anything serious. "They can say whatever crap they want. It's done and over, if they wanna know the truth they'd ask. Don't pay it any mind." He ruffled her hair lightly with a small smile on his lips. "You just keep being you and read on little bookworm." He chuckled, folding his arms on the table to rest his head on.

"That wasn't going to change because of them." She rolled her eyes.

"Don't you sass me, go read."

"Yes, yes, mother." She sighed, turning back to her book once more. "Oh, I wanted to ask…why are you in and out of class so much?" She turned back to him and he tensed up a bit, his cheeks tinting a slight red at the question.

Fuck, what do I tell her? I mean what's the big deal? I should just tell her! Why does it matter if she knows or not? I mean she's bound to find out one way or another. Dammit, I wanted to be cool while telling her though! He rattled his brain for a way to recover himself, not expecting her to pay so much attention to him yet flattered and elated by it all the same. She always knows how to one-up me. "You really want to know?" He sat up, looking at her seriously. She sat a little straighter at his sudden mood change and it made him want to laugh at how cute she could be. Her eyebrows knit together as she leaned in and awaited him to say more as she gave a firm nod.

Ah, when you look like that how can I not tease you a little?! You make it all too easy when you look so cute. He reaches out to her, his hand slightly turned palm up as if to cup her cheek in his hand but just as he is about to touch his fingers curled and clamped her nose in a pinch.

"Atem!" She scowled and yanked her head back, almost knocking herself out of her seat. He quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her in to his chest instead of hitting the floor.

"No need to falling over little ol' me." He laughed.

"I'm not, you're just being mean!" She huffed and whacked his chest. It had a good amount of force, which only made him remember she could put up a good fight unlike most girls.

"Is that so? Doesn't look like it from where I'm seeing things." He snickered as her held her tighter still, not wanting to let go just yet. "Alright, alright, I'll tell you. I decided to join the soccer team again. I asked to be able to speak to the coach and could prove I could keep up with the team. I just had some formal crap to deal with is all."

"That's great news! Congratulations!" She grinned broadly at this, pulling away to properly look at him. "I've never really seen you play or show any signs of sportsmanship…but good for you!" She praised him, though her little precursor was not needed.

That's totally her though. He chuckled to himself. Before he could respond to her words there was a sharp sound of disapproval and the two turned to see Seto glaring at them. Terry instantly returned to her book after a quick apologetic look, but with a big grin on her face as she read. The grin made his cheeks heat up a little as he mumbled some protest under his breath as he laid his head down to rest once more.