So sorry for the late update! As usual I was tied up with school and homework and stuff like that...also was having a bit of writers block. But finally came about writing this chapter and can't believe I have three more chapters to go to finish off this story! I would appreciate if you leave a review with your thoughts and ideas about what you think will happen in my next chapter...it would really help me! Well hope you guys enjoy this one!

-Chapter 7-

-I-I-

Dark heavy storm clouds encircled the night fallen sky and hovered above the lake and open beach. The usual calm gentle waves of the lake were now rather rough and crashing against the shore of the beach. Cold winds were stirring up in the dark atmosphere and a thunderstorm was on its way. A high-pitched laughter could be heard among the beach and it was coming from the same woman in the long black dress. She was throwing her head back in extreme laughter at the jokes the young man beside her was cracking. He wasn't her lover but someone who was close to her. The woman suddenly desired to run along the shore of the beach where the lake water met the sand.

She quickly left the young man behind her and started sprinting towards the shore with her long black dress trailing behind her. The young man smiled at her childish yet innocent behaviour and decided to run along after the woman he's heart most desired. The woman kept running along the shore with her feet splashing in the cool lake water. She felt as if after a long time she was free to do whatever her heart desired. Hearing some more splashing sounds behind her she turned her head for a brief moment and looked back the young man who was trying to catch up to her. She giggled at the sight yet still continued to run faster with the splashing of water continuing with her every step.

Very soon the young man finally caught up to her and grasped her wrist. The woman stopped running and turned around to face him. As she gazed into his eyes, memories of her real true lover resurfaced within her heart. Feeling very bewildered inside of her she freed her wrist from the young man's grasp and began to turn around and walk away from him. Every fragment of her heart was beginning to twist as she slowly kept walking away silently.

"Anita...please...don't leave..." the young man said softly as Anita halted for a few moments upon hearing his words.

"Anita...I've always been struggled to say this but...I...love you," he whispered gently.

The woman turned around and was taken back by what he had just said. She wanted to say something but became speechless as all words were lost in her. All she could do was gaze into his most innocent eyes and get lost in it.

"I want you to stay...with me..." he requested breaking the awkward silence between them.

He slowly extended his hand out towards her with expectation. But the woman felt as if she couldn't move and became frozen. Something inside of her was telling her to just run to the young man and embrace him. She was too mesmerized with his words that proclaimed his love for her. Finally she decided to go with her inner feeling and swiftly ran into his arms. They both enveloped into a sweet tight eternal embrace as if they weren't prepared to part just yet. Too caught up in their longing embrace in each others arms, they didn't realize that the dark heavy storm clouds were pouring heavy rain. Both were getting completely drenched in the rain but still didn't part. The woman felt as if she had desired this embrace for a very long time ago. But soon enough the young man slowly parted away a bit from her and lifted her chin upwards to meet his. Both were drowned in each others eyes with their lips mere centimetres away...

"Anita...rise and shine," Sheniro called as he pulled the curtains away from his bedroom window and letting the bright sunlight into the room.

Anita began to stir in her sleep before she slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes wandered around her surroundings and she became a bit puzzled, she couldn't seem to recognize where she was at the moment. Soon her wandering gaze fell upon Sheniro's smiling face. Anita's eyes grew big in shock and she quickly jolted up into a sitting position on the bed.

"Sheniro?" Anita called as she moved the covers closer to her body.

"Good Morning," Sheniro replied as he sat down on the side of the bed, facing her oppositely, "Sorry to wake you like this Anita...hope I didn't startle you too much," he said with a smile.

"Where...am I?" Anita asked, failing to remember anything at the moment.

"You're in my bedroom," Sheniro answered, "Remember how you came over here last night? But then you fell asleep so I decided the best thing to do was to let you stay over night here since there was a big storm happening outside," he explained.

"But if was sleeping here...then where...were...you?" Anita asked hesitantly.

"Don't worry...I was sleeping on the living room couch," Sheniro replied, knowing exactly what her thought was leading too.

"Oh..." is all Anita could say in relief as she sifted her gaze downwards.

"You know I would never do anything to hurt you in any way," Sheniro said after a moment of silence as he put a finger under her chin and lifted her face to meet her gaze.

"I...know..." Anita blushed slightly and looked back down.

"One thing I wanted to ask you was about why all of a sudden you became so emotional last night?" Sheniro asked curiously.

"I don't know what came over me...I guess I was just feeling upset," Anita responded hesitantly without any eye contact.

"About what?" Sheniro questioned again.

"Can we please not talk about this right now?" Anita requested.

"Sure..." Sheniro said softly, "But remember...I'll always be by your side no matter what," he said before he got up from the bed to leave the room.

-I-I-

"Sheniro," Anita called as she finished changing back into her normal clothes that were dry now.

"Sheniro?" she called again a bit louder as she looked around the house for him.

Anita was still at Sheniro's house but now was deciding to leave and go back to the mansion. She would have left way earlier but Sheniro insisted that she stay for breakfast and lunch. Anita didn't refuse him and decided to stay as he wished. But now something inside of her was telling her to leave before Kaiba arrived back to the mansion.

"I'm in the backyard Anita," Sheniro yelled back in response.

Anita quickly headed towards the kitchen and saw a small sliding glass door. She slightly pushed it open and stepped out onto a small back porch of the house which faced the open backyard. Anita looked around and saw a small old gazebo a few metres away from the back porch she was standing on. She soon spotted Sheniro standing in the small gazebo wearing a black sleeveless muscle shirt and dark jeans. He had a cigarette in his mouth and a lighter in his hand and was about to light it. Anita slightly frowned at the sight and quickly walked into the gazebo. She quickly walked up behind Sheniro, grabbed his cigarette out of his mouth and threw it down on the grass. Sheniro was taken back by this sudden reaction of hers and just stared at her while she crossed her arms and looked away from him.

"You never told me you smoked," Anita said after a long pause, avoiding eye contact with him.

"I only do it sometimes," Sheniro replied a bit shamefully as he put his lighter back into a pocket of his jeans.

"I'm sure you know the consequences of smoking," Anita said as she glared at him with her arms still crossed.

"I know," Sheniro responded quietly, "I promise I'll never do it again," he said looking into her eyes.

"I hope so..." Anita replied slowly as she looked away again.

"Sheniro...can I ask you something?" Anita asked hesitantly after a moment of silence.

"Shoot," Sheniro responded.

"If I told you I was married...what would you do?" Anita questioned randomly.

"You mean right now if you told me?" Sheniro asked as the smile from his face faded.

"Yeah," Anita nodded.

"Why? Are you...?" Sheniro asked with a serious tone in his voice.

"I said if...," Anita responded by stressing the last word.

"Well...if...you were married...I wouldn't be in this world anymore," Sheniro said softly.

"Sheniro...please be serious," Anita a bit taken back by his response.

"I am Anita...I'm completely being serious," Sheniro said convincingly.

"You...would die...for me?" Anita asked in a low voice as she faced him.

"Yes..." Sheniro whispered as he took a few steps towards her and closed the gap between them.

"But...why?" Anita asked as her voice slightly shook with her heart beating faster because of the sudden closeness between them.

"Because..." Sheniro said softly as he lifted his hand up and put a few strands of her hair behind her ear and caressed her cheek softly.

"Because?" Anita whispered as she could feel his warm breath on her lips.

"I...love you..." Sheniro whispered gently as he leaned in close to her and brushed his lips against hers.

With that one brush of his lips against hers, Anita's body became frozen for that one single moment. She could feel her heart beating faster than ever as if it would explode any second. She quickly turned around, her back facing against him. Anita closed her eyes and breathed in deeply and felt as if she couldn't control all these mixed emotions swirling up inside of her. All of a sudden, one thought hit her mind very hard. 'Am I falling in love? With...Sheniro?' Anita thought as her eyes flashed back open. A big wave of confusion hit her body and mind as she didn't know what to do or feel at the moment. Anita's back was still turned against Sheniro as she was completely lost in a world of new swirling thoughts and emotions.

Sheniro also stood there silently as if he were in a trance. He just couldn't believe he had just said those three longing words his heart had always desired to say to Anita. Strong desiring emotions were also swirling up inside Sheniro as he just couldn't resist her any longer. He slowly took a step closer to her, unaware of what his actions were leading to and slowly lifted his hand towards her hair. Gently brushing away some tresses of her hair from a side of her neck, he leaned down and let his lips caress the bare skin of her neck. Anita closed her eyes and breathed in deeply under his tantalizing touch instead of resisting away.

Suddenly a flash from the dream Anita had last night resurfaced in her mind. For some reason, that same continuous dream she kept having often was interrupting her mind full of other thoughts she couldn't figure out. Anita unexpectedly spun around and faced Sheniro. She looked deeply into his dark innocent brown eyes which right now held a lot of emotions and desires. Anita could never resist those pure innocent eyes which were entrancing her now and getting her lost within them. Sheniro softly smiled as he brought his hand up towards her cheek and caressed it gently.

Letting his hand slide down her face, Anita closed her eyes and let him touch her for a few moments. His hand suddenly stopped, as he slowly brought his face down towards hers. She could feel his breath tickle her face and his lips only inches away from hers. Anita's lashes swept over her blue-grey orbs as Sheniro gently captured her lips into his in a longing kiss. This was the exact moment Sheniro had always been yearningly waiting for. Anita felt as if the atmosphere had froze around them and it was only them two alone and their desires.

At first their kiss was very soft and innocent, but their innocence was slowly driving into passion. Sheniro decided to deepen the kiss as his tongue softly nudged against her bottom lip for entry. Anita could feel his tongue nudging against her lips but she was hesitant in giving him entry. Too mesmerized into his kiss, she slowly parted her lips for his further explorations. Anita just couldn't believe how intimate they were at the moment with their lip lock continuing. One of Sheniro's hand was wrapped around her waist tightly and the other hand pressing her back and pushing her closer against him. Anita's hands were encircled around his neck as she let one of her hands run through his slick black hair. This passionate kiss was expressing every feeling and emotion of theirs inside which could not be expressed in any other way. Both were completely lost within sweet passion and failed to notice the slight drizzle of rain that was now falling down from the sky and creating a magical atmosphere around them.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

All of a sudden, Anita abruptly parted away from Sheniro's lips. She removed her hands from around his neck and Sheniro confoundedly let her body part away from him. Anita had forgotten about how she had left her purse on the bench, inside the gazebo they were in and with her cellphone inside her purse. It started ringing again as Anita looked at her purse and then back at Sheniro. She slowly walked over to the bench and opened her purse. She took the ringing cellphone in her hand and flipped it open to answer.

"Hello?" Anita answered putting her cellphone near her ear.

"Anita...its me...Seto," Kaiba responded in his deep husky voice, "I just wanted to let you know I'm on my way back to the mansion," he said.

"Okay..." Anita replied softly, without asking any further questions.

"I'll be there soon," Kaiba said before hanging up.

"Okay," Anita replied again as she flipped her cellphone closed.

She closed her eyes as she breathed in deeply. 'I can't stay here any longer, I'm a married woman.' This was the only thought that hit her mind at the moment. She quickly and silently grabbed her purse and ran out of the gazebo without even thinking about giving a second look to a bewildered Sheniro. He just silently stood there in the gazebo, watching his love leave him without saying a word.

-I-I-

'What was I thinking?' Anita thought as she pulled her car into the driveway of the Kaiba Mansion. 'What had gotten into me, that I actually kissed Sheniro?' Anita thought as her head filled with mixed swirling thoughts that confounded her. 'I'm sure I'm not in love with him...or...am I?' Anita asked herself as she parked her car. 'Well whatever it is, I can't stall much longer in telling Sheniro the truth' Anita thought as walked out of her car, closed the door and paced towards the mansion. She quickly entered inside and walked in to the living room. Her heart jumped slightly as she saw Kaiba standing in the living room facing her. Anita became awkward and unsure of what to do or say and just stared up at him speechlessly.

"Aren't you happy I'm back early from my trip?" Kaiba finally spoke to break the silence. Anita kept silent as she smiled weakly and nodded back in response.

"So where were you?" Kaiba asked as he took a few steps towards her. Anita wasn't sure how to answer back and tried to make up some excuse to say.

"I...I was at...Mokuba and Rebecca's house because they called me over to visit..." Anita finally responded hesitantly.

"But the maid was just telling me that you were gone for the whole night," Kaiba asked with a raised eye brow.

"They told me to...stay for the night because...the weather was stormy," Anita lied nervously as she looked away from his eyes.

"Oh..." Kaiba said unconvincingly, but decided not to ask further questions.

"Anita the only reason I came back early from my trip was because of you," Kaiba said changing the topic.

"What do you mean?" Anita questioned as she focused her wandering gaze back at him.

"I mean to say...sorry...about the earlier argument we had before I left," Kaiba explained, "I shouldn't have left you, especially on our anniversary day yesterday," he said quietly as Anita kept silent and couldn't believe he was apologizing to her.

"I finally realized my mistake and how I lacked the time to spend with you," Kaiba continued, "If you can, please forgive me but I promise that from now on I'll try my best to spend more time with you as possible," he said as he gently caressed Anita's cheek.

"Really?" Anita whispered as she became slightly emotional.

"Yes," Kaiba replied with a small smile.

"Thank you Seto," Anita whispered softly as she shifted her gaze downwards. But guilt was building up inside and pounding her heart.

"And since I missed our anniversary yesterday, I'll make it up to you with a very special dinner on Tuesday night," Kaiba promised as slid a finger under her chin and lifted to meet her gaze.

"That sounds...great..." Anita smiled half-heartedly, feeling guilty to meet his gaze.

Kaiba pulled Anita closer to his body and embraced her warmly. Anita on the other hand felt somewhat uncomfortable in his embrace and was continuing to feel guilty about the kiss her and Sheniro had shared earlier. A lot of tension and pressure was building up inside of her that she just wanted to burst out any second. As Kaiba embraced her, he could feel a sense of tension and awkwardness within her. Something inside of him was telling him that something felt different about her and she wasn't acting like the same Anita as before he left.

'I hope Anita's not trying to keep or hide something from me...'