Chapter 4- Pink cookies

'Idiots' Seto thought as he listened to Roy Johnson, the CEO of Mirage Inc. talk about why it would be a good idea for their companies to merge together. He knows that he only wants this because he wants Kaiba Corp's wealth. There is no way Seto will ever have a partnership with him.

Seto tapped his pen on the table irritably as he looked on with a bored expression.

'Is he done talking yet?'

Seto was called back to Kaiba corp. today. Apparently he had forgotten about a meeting, but by the looks of things, he wished he never came at all. This person was boring him deeply, and nothing he said will interest him into merging with them.

'Pathetic' he thought.

"That's enough" Seto said as he slammed his hand on the cold surface of the long table.

Seto took one last look at the contract before him, and without a second thought he crumpled the paper in his hands and with perfect aim, threw it behind him and landed in the garbage bin.

"Stop fooling yourself Johnson, there is no way I will merge with your pathetic excuse for a company; it will only bring Kaiba Corp down."

"Mr. Kaiba, think about what you're missing! If our companies merge, we will for sure be the most successful company in the world, not to mention that it will bring in millions for us!"

"I've heard enough Johnson, the answer is no."

Roy was red in the face with fury, he had never been turned down before and he always got what he wanted. And right now, he wanted Kaiba Corp.

"I am a busy man, now if you will excuse me; I have to get back to my work. Thank you for wasting my time today Johnson." With that, Kaiba walked out of the conference room without a glance back at Roy.

"You'll regret not merging with me Kaiba! This will be the biggest mistake in your life!"

Kaiba closed his eyes and smirked. With long strides, he continued to walk back to his office.

'Whatever'

Anzu was in the mansion all day unpacking her things and decorating her room while Seto was at work and Mokuba was in school. It's been a few days since the funeral, and Anzu is looking a lot better. She still cries herself to sleep from time to time, but she's healing nicely with the support from Mokuba, her friends, ice cream and surprisingly from the ice king himself in his strange cold ways.

Anzu gets lonely around the mansion all by herself. The maids don't talk to her, they all seem like robots that are only programmed to do their designated task. She spent the rest of the day exploring the bottom half of the mansion, and in less than an hour, she was already lost. She had to ask a maid just to find her way back to her room. So far the only places she knew how to get to was the kitchen, the living room, Mokuba's game room, and the bedroom's of the two Kaiba's.

Anzu looked at her watch on her wrist. "Two more hours until they get back". She said to herself. She sat on the edge of her bed thinking of what she can do to keep herself busy for two hours.

"Ah Ha!"

She ran out the door straight for the kitchen. She decided she wanted to bake cookies. Other than dancing, Anzu's other passion was baking, and since Mokuba was a little boy, she thought that he'd like some home made cookies.

'Maybe Kaiba will actually eat them too' she thought.

Once she got to the kitchen, she was confused. Sure she knew it was unreasonably huge, but she didn't know where anything was. She never cooked anything herself when she was here; everything was always brought to her. Sure, she liked the treatment, but Anzu's an independent woman, sometimes she wants to do things herself.

After a few minutes of looking around, she finally gave up and decided to call the house chief through the intercom in the kitchen to help her.

Pierre, the head chief came within minutes. "Bonjour Madame Mazaki" He bowed politely.

"How may I assist you?" Pierre asked in his light French accent.

Anzu blushed. She was not used to people being so overly polite with her. "Please, call me Anzu, Pierre."

"As you wish"

Pierre ended up helping her gather all the ingredients and cooking utensils that she needed, and after that, Anzu politely shooed him out of the kitchen.

Kaiba sat in his limo rubbing his temples with his fingers. It had been a long and irritating day for him. He ended up firing someone for being half an hour late and snapped at around ten people for staring at him for more than 10 seconds. Not like this is anything out of the ordinary though, Seto Kaiba snaps at people everyday, fires people at least four times a month.

He was on his way to pick up Mokuba from school with Roland. All he wanted to do was go home and rest. He couldn't wait until they got to Mokuba's school, seeing his little brother's happy face always put him at ease.

His thoughts however tends to drift back to a certain brunette that is living in his house though.

"I wonder what she's doing right now…"

He felt a little guilty; yes just a little guilty leaving her home all by herself. But he couldn't help it; he had a company to run. Before his thoughts continued, the door of the limo opened and a mass of black pounced on him.

"Seto!" Mokuba said hugging him and giving him a big smile.

This was the way it always went. He would pick up his little brother and Mokuba would always look happy seeing him and give him a hug. Only Mokuba had ever seen Seto's true smiles and him without his cold exterior.

Seto ruffled his hair. "How was school kiddo?"

"Boring of course. I already know everything" Mokuba replied with his nose up in the air.

Seto chuckled and patted his head. "Ready to go home?"

"Yeah! I miss Anzu" he whined.

Anzu had just taken her cookies out of the oven. She smiled at her job well done. Chief Pierre had even come in to ask to try one after smelling the sweet aroma around the house. To Anzu's relief, he said they were magnificent. After she had let the cookies cool down, she decided to decorate them with different color icings.

Suddenly she heard the front door open and a voice calling her name. As she was walking towards it, Mokuba ran to her and gave her a big hug around the waist, almost knocking her off her feet.

"Hi Anzu!"

"Hey there Mokuba, how was school?" she asked while ruffling his hair.

"It was good. Smells good in here, what are you making?" he asked frantically looking around the kitchen.

Seto then stepped into the kitchen, taking off his jacket and giving it to one of his maids. He looked at her and grinned.

"That's a nice look for you Mazaki"

Anzu looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing an apron with flour on it, and some of it has gotten to her hair as well. Not to mention that she was wearing very fuzzy pink slippers.

"Ha Ha Kaiba, very funny. For your information, I was baking cookies for you two all day"

"You bake? I'm surprised that my kitchen is even still standing" He replied.

Mokuba looked at those two and shook his head. "Big brother, stop being mean."

Anzu went over to the baking sheet and gave a cookie to Mokuba, who happily ate it and then she handed one to Kaiba.

He looked at her like he had never seen a cookie before. Her hands were stretched out and waiting for him to take it.

"How do I know you didn't poison it?" He asked with a grin.

"Oh just try it Kaiba, you know I'm not capable of poisoning anyone."

Seto looked down at the cookie and frowned.

"I can't eat it Mazaki" he said shaking his head.

"Why not!"

"It's pink"

There was a moment of silence and then Anzu bursted out laughing. Seto looked at her with an amused expression, never had he seen such creature get amused from such little things, and the sound of her laughter was so angelic, it was almost music to his ears.

'At least she looks happier now'

Anzu went back to her batch of cookies and gave him one with blue icing instead, eating the pink one herself.

"Do I have to?"

"Yes you do!" Anzu crossed her arms and stared at him, making sure he ate all of it.

Seto took a bite, and Anzu waited for his reaction.

He walked up to her until they were only inches apart. He put one of his hands on her cheeks and looked into her eyes.

"Kaiba?" Anzu blushed.

Seto slid his hands off her cheek and showed her his palm.

"Flour" he said simply.

Anzu was still blushing. "Umm…thanks"

"So, umm…how is it?" she asked awkwardly

"Not bad, even for you" With that he walked passed her and up to his private office upstairs. He smirked as he heard profanity shouted at him.

Anzu tossed and turned in her bed. She just couldn't fall asleep, nor could she stop the tears pouring down her cheeks. It's 2am and she felt wide awake, and lonely. It has always been like this ever since she officially moved in with the Kaiba's. At night, she couldn't fall asleep, because once everything was silent and she was able to lie there in the dark undistracted, her thoughts would wander again. Every time she closed her eyes, she would see her parents, and she would remember that she has no family.

Wiping the tears off her face, she decided that she will walk around until she tire herself out. Anzu headed down the stairs in her pink fuzzy slippers and stopped in front of the fire place in the family room. On the fireplace were many pictures of Seto and Mokuba together. Some were taken in the house and some taken in different places in the world. Anzu noticed that some pictures were of when they were younger. Mokuba looked as cute as ever, smiling brightly in every photograph, whereas Seto frowned or had a straight face in all of them aside from the one's when they were younger.

Anzu smiled sadly to herself as she looked through all of the pictures. She wished she had a sibling, that way she won't feel so lonely. They pictures reminded her of her parents. They always loved to take family pictures and put them on the fireplace as well. When they go on trips together, they always took as many pictures as they possibly can. Without realizing, tears started to pour again.

'Mom, Dad…where are you…I miss you…'

"Mazaki"

Anzu jumped and snapped her head around quickly. "Oh Kaiba, you scared me!"

"What's wrong can't sleep?" he asked.

Anzu sat down on a large red chair behind her and looked down at her hands. "No, not really…how about you, shouldn't you be in bed?"

"No I just completed the financial statement for this month" he replied. He looked down at her and noticed how miserable she looked.

"Is something the matter?"

Anzu looked up at him, and that's when he noticed her tears. 'She's been crying again…'

"I was looking at all your pictures, and I guess it made me think of my parents…" she said softly. "I guess I just wish that I still have a family…"

Seto knelt down in front of her and lifted her chin up. With his thumb he wiped away a tear that was cascading down her cheek.

"But you do have a family" he said. "You have us; we are your family now."

Anzu looked at him wide eyed. "Really Kaiba, you really consider me as part of your family?"

"You are living with us now, so you are part of our family."

Seto was caught off guard when Anzu suddenly wrapped her arms around him and buried her head in the crook of his neck. She was crying freely now soaking his shirt, but this time it was tears of joy.

"Thank you so much"

Seto got over his initial shock and let a warm smile slip for a second. He too has wrapped his arms around her for a few seconds and rubbed circles on her back as for comfort. After that he pulled her away and stood up, pulling her with him.

"Stop thinking so much, you need to go get some rest now."

Anzu nodded and Seto lead her to her bedroom which was only a few rooms away from his own.

"Go ahead; I'll turn off the lights for you"

Anzu smiled and climbed into bed, bringing the covers up to her neck. Is this really the Seto Kaiba I know?'

"Goodnight Kaiba. Thanks for everything" With that, she fell instantly asleep

Seto looked at her sleeping figure smiling a little, and softly closed the door.

"Sweet dreams…Anzu"

R&R

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