A/N: Chapter starts off kinda strange for any male readers out there :) So yeah, exam week is here and I'm not looking forward to it :( Update coming in five day's time ;) Read, review, enjoy ;)

Chapter 3

Kia walked the aisle alone, looking out for a few personal products that she would need soon. She was expecting her 'Time of the month' in the next few days and she wanted to buy in some more of everything.

"'Have a happy period'... Sometimes I wonder if the manufacturers of these things realise how impossible that line is..." Kia quoted and then commented. She picked up a yellow box and peered at the information in small print. She suddenly felt a hand on her waist.

"Need a hand?" Kaiba asked seriously. Kia jumped and giggled at him.

"You're supposed to be at work" she mumbled happily. She put the yellow box back on the shelf and picked up the light green box.

"Lunch break Kia" he replied, kissing her cheek. "Let's go to lunch together, shall we?" Kia turned to him and smiled.

"Yes, I just need to pay for these first..." She shook the three boxes she was holding to show what she meant. Kaiba frowned. "What?" Kia frowned too.

"Nothing..." Kaiba smirked at her and walked with her to the check-out. There sat George, who immediately recogised Kia and nodded at her. She had recieved the cushions the day before and had them safely hidden in her library.

"And that'll be seven-fifty-five" he told her after scanning the boxes. Kaiba paid the money and walked Kia out to the car. They drove in silence, happy to be beside one another and before long, they pulled up outside a café.

"Why did you frown back at the shop?" Kia asked as she got out of the car. Kaiba locked the car and walked over to her. He moved close to her and whispered quietly.

"If you're on your period, then I'll have a boring week..." His breath tickled her ear and made Kia giggle.

"I'll make it up to you the week after" she winked as Kaiba held open the café door for her. They walked in and saw Joey and Mai sitting at a table.

"Kia darling! Come over here!" Mai invited from across the small room, motioning with her hand for Kia and Kaiba to walk over. Kaiba frowned but followed Kia as she strolled over.

"Did ya hear abou' da weddin'?" Joey's slightly annoying Brooklyn accent was difficult to understand, considering Kia hadn't spoken to him for months.

"Yes, we got an invitation this morning" Kia replied, sitting into the seats opposite the couple and Kaiba followed suit.

"And are you going to Téa's hen party?" Mai asked, flashing a grin. A waiter walked over and Kaiba asked Kia what she'd like. She busied herself looking at the differant choices available, avoiding that annoying quesion. "Kia? Are you?" Mai repeated. Kia turned toward her.

"I haven't been invited" she lied, causing Kaiba to chuckle. Joey glared at him.

"Kia, why ya still with 'im?" Joey almost barked. "'Ee's laughing at ya for no reason"

"Valentine, I suggest keeping your mutt under control" Kaiba said sternly to Mai. "If you can't, then I'll have to call animal control..."

"SHUT UP KAIBA!" Joey's yell resonated around the room, making everyone stare at the table in question. "I'm sick o' ya attempts ta annoy me!"

"Well clearly they're working, aren't they?" Kaiba bit back. In the corner of his eye, he saw a news reporter making her way over to them. He scowled as she began interrogating Kia.

"Miss Boulevard, could you tell me why you associate yourself with Seto Kaiba?" The reporter flashed a fake white smile, her red lipstick nauseating to look at and she flipped her curly blond hair over her shoulder. Kia blinked.

"I associate myself with him because I wish to do so" she replied. "And from what I can tell, he enjoys my company..." The reporter pulled a face.

"But wouldn't you prefer a kind, loving young man, rather than a self-obsessed, loud-mouthed pig who treats you like dirt?" The reporter resumed her sickening smile, making both Kia and Kaiba want to vomit. Joey and Mai had snook out already and were miles away in Mai's red lambourghini.

"Seto isn't anything like that to me!" Kia bragged, smiling her pretty smile at this infuriating woman. "He's very kind and considerate to those who he thinks deserves it..."

"And you honestly think you deserve it?" Heavy blue eye-shadow covered her eyelids, Kia noticd as she batted her eyes.

"Well, Seto thinks I deserve it..." Kia looked down. "I'm finished talking, get out of my face" She turned to Kaiba. "Let's leave"

"You heard it here first people!" The reporter turned back to the camera as soon as he couple had left the café. "Kia Boulevard believes that she deserves to be treated like dirt by Seto Kaiba..."

There was a loud 'bang!' from the sitting room that evening in the Kaiba mansion. Kaiba walked briskly in, wanting to know what the noise was. He found Kia staring at a broken vase on the floor (He assumed she threw it) and noticed that the television was paused during the news.

"Kia?" Kaiba asked uncertainly. He wasn't an idiot. He knew she had a bit of a temper when things were bad, but what was wrong?

Silently, she picked up the remote, rewound the programme and pressed play to let him see why she was angry.

*"This is Leah White and today, I caught up with long-term girlfriend of Seto Kaiba, Miss Kia Boulevard, who tells us how she feels about the domestic abuse in her home." The annoying blond reporter from earlier announed, whilst standing in a studio.

The scene changed to the footage from the café, but it wasn't set in the right order. It was edited to make it seem like Kia was being abused by Kaiba.

"Miss Boulevard, could you tell me why you associate yourself with Seto Kaiba?" Leah asked Kia.

"He enjoys my company" Kia's reply was paraphrased. Kaiba raised an eyebrow.

"But wouldn't you prefer a kind, loving young man, rather than a self-obsessed, loud-mouthed pig who treats you like dirt?" Leah's fake smile made Kaiba sick.

"I deserve it..." Kia was again paraphrased and at this point in the footage she looked down sadly.

"And there you have it! Kia Boulevard believes she deserves the disrespect Seto Kaiba shows her_"*

"Ugh!" Kia squealed in anger, kicking the sofa over. Kaiba smirked at her.

"Kia, calm down..." he insisted, moving toward her with arms outstretched. She looked at him, staring coldly at first, but her look softened when she saw who it was.

"Oh, Seto... I, uh..." She looked at the broken vase and the upturned sofa. "I'm sorry..."

"No need to apologise sweetheart..." Kaiba wrapped his arms around her, while she nestled into his chest.

"Sweeheart?" Kia questioned, smirking as she did. Kaiba chuckled.

"I don't know why I said that..." He laughed again. "But now we have to sort out that Leah White character..." he muttered darkly.

"I know what I'm going to do about her, don't worry..." Kia replied. She moved away from him and pulled the sofa back into position.