"Psst… You saw that girl that walked in with Seto Kaiba?
"Yeah, I know. You saw how they walked in hand in hand?
"I was outside when I saw them hug!""You think she's his girlfriend?"
"Maybe. I mean Kaiba isn't the one you see with a girlfriend. I mean he rejects every girls who asks him out."
"But if she is, you thinks she's in it for the money?"
"That's OBVIOUS! Of course! Kaiba' s loaded!"
"Yeah. I guess you're right."
"Let's see how this lasts…"
It hadn't been even a full good ten minutes, and already people (mainly girls) were talking about Kaiba and Ayame. As they walked, people would stop and began whispering and staring.
Some were even evil glares intended for Ayame.
Kaiba saw the stares, but paid no attention to it. He was used to people buzzing and staring whenever he came into a place. He dealt with when he talked to presses and with paparazzi.
Jealous boys and girl groupies were nothing in comparison to that.
Ayame, on the other hand, was very oblivious to what was happening. She did notice that people were staring a lot.
She just assumed that it was for Seto and that he was very popular.
"Well, here's our homeroom."
Ayame snapped out her trance and looked at Kaiba. Her head then turned to the door in front of them.
"So… this is it?" she answered dully.
She felt a suddenly chill cross her right arm.
She looked down and saw that Kaiba had let go of her hand.
Ayame took the forgotten hand and held it to her chest. I knew it was too good to be true.
Kaiba took notice of Ayame's sudden silence and saw sadness form on her face. He placed his hand on her shoulder. Hoping to encourage her. If that had been the problem.
"You'll be fine." He stumble a little to say. (Though it didn't sound like it.) He wasn't use to giving words of encouragement.
Hell, he wasn't use to being nice either. First time for everything.
Kaiba opened the door and went inside first. Ayame followed soon after.
"Hey Kaiba!" said a group of voices new to Ayame.
Oh come on…Why so early in the morning? Kaiba thought when heard the greetings.
Ayame look ahead saw a group of eight students waving and motioning Kaiba to come.
It consisted of seven boys and a girl. The girl had brunette hair. Two boys has tri-colored. One shorter than the other. One had blonde hair. Another two had brunette hair. One had actual brown. The other had black hair. And two last boys had white hair.
"Friends of yours?" she asked.
Kaiba sighed. "Unfortunately… yes."
Reluctantly, Kaiba walked up the group he had considered 'friends'. He knew he would have to introduce them to Ayame sooner or later.
Of course, they meant actually talking to them. Which he really hated.
"Good morning Kaiba." Said the shorter of the tri-colored hair.
"…"
"Seto, you could answer him." Ayame cooed sweetly.
"Hi." He said in a frustrated tone.
"Hey Kaiba! Who's that the girl." Said the blonde haired boy.
Kaiba stared the boy as though he was ready to fight. But strangely, not in front of Ayame.
"Hi. I'm Ayame Nagasaki." She replied.
"Hi. I'm Yugi." Said the tri-colored boy.
"I'm Yami." Said the other tri-colored boy.
"The name's Joey." Said the blond.
"But you can call him 'mutt'" Kaiba whispered to Ayame. She laughed to herself.
"My name is Tea," said the girl.
"Hello. My name is Tristian." Said the first brunette boy.
"I'm Duke." Said the second one.
"Hello, I'm Bakura. And this is my brother Yami Bakura." Said the white haired boy, pointing to the other boy next to him.
"Hey." The said boy simply waved.
"I'm leaving." Said Kaiba out of nowhere, sounding bored if not irritated. "Ayame, you can continue talking to the losers and the mutt if you want to. ("Hey! Why I oughta…" said Joey.) "But I have had enough." And with that he walked off.
"Is Seto always like this?" Ayame asked the others.
"Pretty much." Tea answered. "He's always sore about something."
"Yeah." Said Yugi. "But he's sure acing differently today."
"What do you mean?" Asked Yami.
"Well, Kaiba doesn't usually talk to us first thing in the morning. We have to come to him."
"And speaking of changes…" Joey began, "Kaiba doesn't talk to girls, let alone be seen with them. I would what made you different?"
"How did you meet Kaiba?" asked Duke.
"Well," Ayame started to think over her choice of words. "He almost ran me over."
"What?!" they said in unison.
"How does he "almost run you over"?" implied Tristian.
"I was walking to school, lost I may add. So l was starting to cross the street when my bag opens and stuff falls out. Frustrated, I pick up the paper and continue my way. Then all of sudden then black limo comes out of nowhere, racing towards me."
And…and…what happened?" Joey said breathlessly enticed by the story.
And he wasn't the only one.
The others were listening with unusual attention. She enjoyed the attention.
"Well." She began again, this time building suspense, " The limo is coming at me. I'm standing there, scared as hell, just watching the car get closer to me. Then the limo screeches as the driver slams on the brakes."
"So what did you do?" asked Duke.
"I turned away and closed my eyes." She replied smiling.
"What?!" shouted Joey.
"But why would you do that?" said Yami.
"I don't know. I was just an reaction."
"Stop interrupting her!" hissed Yami Bakura. Bakura held his shoulder.
"Calm down."
Yami Bakura sighed.
"Please continue Ayame." said a content Bakura.
"So as I was saying." Ayame continued. "I turn away, closing my eyes. Only when I noticed that I wasn't unconscious, or dead, I opened my eyes. And there was the limo about a millimeter from hitting. So naturally, I'm in shock when the driver starts yelling."
"So what-"
Tristian was about to ask another question when he caught of Yami Bakura staring angrily at him. He fell silent.
"There I am on my knees, kneeling from relief of not being dead, while the driver is yelling his head at me when a dark figure, who turns out to be Seto Kaiba, comes out the limo and tells the driver off in my defense. But still, I was scared because I thought he came out to yell at me too. But instead he helped me up and asked if I was ok." Ayame paused a moment and muffled a laughing. "Then he asks the funniest thing."
"What?" asked Yugi.
"He says "so…no lawsuit?""
They busted out laughing.
Kaiba, who reading while observing (spying on is more like it) the group, winced when he heard laughing.
"I said no and was about to walk when he asks me if I need anything. I thought first, then realized that I need help get to school. So I ask him how to get here. I was surprised when said he goes there and then he offers me a ride here in his limo."
"And you said yes?" asked Tea.
"Not at first." Ayame pointed out. " I didn't want to be a burden on Seto. But he kept on insisting until I strangely give in. And he took me here and said he would give me a tour of the school. "
Ayame noticed that she lost them after saying Kaiba offered a ride.
'Kaiba give you a ride to school? That Kaiba?!" Joey asked pointing to Kaiba.
The mentioned Kaiba scowled and returned to his book.
"Yeah." Ayame answered trying no tot laugh, "He is so nice."
"Kaiba…NICE?!" they thought as they heard the words come out of Ayame' s mouth. (Anime mouth drop and sweatdrop)"You guys act as though Kaiba isn't a nice person." Ayame laughed.
"That's because he isn't…" said Yami Bakura
"Huh?"
"Well not usually." Replied Yami.
"What do you mean?" Ayame asked.
"Kaiba isn't always as nice as you see him." Stated Tea. " I mean there are times he's okay."
"And there are time when you want to beat the living daylight out of him." Joey finished.
"Then why was he so nice to me for?" she asked.
"I think maybe you're an exception." Said Yugi.
"I am exception?" Ayame thought. "If what they said is true then maybe Seto sees me as a friend."
Ayame smiled. "I'm going to see Seto." "It was nice meeting you guys."
Ayame started her walk towards Kaiba. Kaiba, unfortunately, moved to the back of the class far away from the rest. "Why did he move so far for?" she said to herself.
"Hi, Seto."
Kaiba looked up from his door and saw Ayame, leaning on the desk as she kneeled in the chair in front of him.
His eyes went back to his book as mumbled a reply.
"Whatcha reading?" she asked.
"A novel called The Ways of Success." He plainly answered. His eyes never left the book.
"Usually, when you actually read a book, your eyes actually move." She said.
Kaiba's temple twitched. Ayame smirked.
Suddenly Ayame grabbed the book of out Kaiba's hold. She began looking at the book herself.
"Hey!" Kaiba made an attempt to retrieve the book, but Ayame dodge. "Get that back!"
"No wonder you weren't reading." Ayame said. "This book is a snoozer."
Ayame pretend to sleep and snore to emphasis her point. Blushing (I know. strange huh?), Kaiba lunged at Ayame.
Good News: He managed to get the book and made Ayame fall out her chair in the process.
Bad News: Kaiba fell as well and was now on top of Ayame.
Ayame coughed as she adjusted to the new weight on her slender body.
"You know, if you wanted to get closer, you should have told me. I could have thought of something."
"Don't flatter yourself." Kaiba sneered.
Then he realized just how closer their faces were.
"Ayame has pretty eyes." He thought as he stared at her.
Ayame lifted her head a little. "What is she going to do?"
Instead of going for Kaiba's lips, like he thought she was, she mouth ghosted over his ear.
"I think you should get off me. People are starting to stare." She whispered softly.
"What?" Kaiba turned his head to see a small amount of people staring at them.
Many of them girls giving them a mixture of looks that went from a range of shock to evil eyes.
Ayame giggled to her herself as she slid up from Kaiba. She brushed herself off and turned to the still awed faces.
"Alright. Show's over, move out." She said shooing them off They went back to their seats as the crowd dispersed.
Ayame rolled her eyes. "Geez. They act as they never saw people fall one top of each other."
Kaiba just stared at her. She's definitely different from the other girls.
He then smiled. She's the only I would consider a friend.
"Hello?" Ayame waved her hand in front of Kaiba. "Anyone inside?"
"What?" Kaiba replied trying to sound stern.
"I have a question…about this morning." She said, saying a little nervous.
"Yeah, what about it?"
"I want to know, if it's okay, why didn't you want Mokuba telling me about the limo?"
"Oh." Kaiba's smile vanished from his face. Ayame noticed.
"You don't have to answer it." She said. "I mean, I just met you today. It's not like you see me as a friend or anything…"
"But I do see you as a friend." Kaiba said. "And the reason I didn't want to tell you is because… I was afraid of how you would act."
"About what?"
"That limo belongs to me. I am the president of Kaiba Crops and considered the youngest millionaire alive."
"Oh wow!" Ayame exclaimed. "I didn't even make the connection." That's Duel Monsters. Right?
"So you didn't know?" Kaiba asked.
"No." she answered. "But that will at least explain about the stares you were receiving."
"You wanted to be my friend, not knowing about me?"
"Of course! I'm not shallow."
Kaiba smiled. "I can give that tour of school tomorrow if you want."
"Sure." She said, "I would like that very much."
A/N: Has Kaiba finally found someone that could like him for him, not his money? or is she really hiding something?. Read and Review