A/N: I got a few emails saying I had more followers! And a few favourites! So yeah, a few more chapters :P
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Chapter 8
Kia tried not to panic. She couldn't help but think that this was bad news. Kaiba chuckled to himself.
"I actually have two questions; Firstly, would you mind if we found Gardner a dress of yours? Her outdated pathetic outfit is embarrassing..." He smirked and Kia nodded her head.
"I agree, it's weird she still has those clothes..." Kia contemplated this for a moment, before turning her attention back to Kaiba.
"I also wanted to know... If we could tell Yugi's friends about the little one?" As he spoke, he looked at Kia's stomach. She giggled.
"Little one?" Kia laughed as Kaiba ducked his head and blushed. "If you want to, you can. Personally, I don't like bragging, but you kind of do..." Kia peered up at his face from below and smiled at his adorable face.
"Shall we go to the ballroom then?" Kaiba smirked at her, trying to avoid her questioning gaze. Kia nodded and smiled at him. He took her by the hand and led her to the massive ballroom.
The walls were a brilliant white and dark blue drapes hung across the windows. The floor was of light-blue tiles and Kia's heeled shoes made a loud noise against them. There were circular tables across the room, covered with navy table-cloths. Yugi and his friends were at the far end of the room, sitting in wait of the rest of the guests.
"We have some news..." Kaiba greeted when they reached the table. Everyone turned to face the couple.
"Firstly, I have a dress for Téa to wear seeing as this is an important occasion that demands appropriate wear..." Kia snook a disgusted glance at Téa before looking to Kaiba.
"Kia and I are also getting married, in December" His announcement echoed throughout the room. Joey frowned at the news.
'Wha' ya mean?" he snorted. "Kia wouldn't marry ya"
"I am marrying him Joey..." Kia snapped. "I'm also having his child..." At this, everyone stood up quickly and dragged her away from Kaiba.
"Hun, you know he'll drop you! Why did you say anything?" Mai practically yelled at her. Kia saw red. She knew this would happen and on top of everything else going on, she snapped. Big-time.
"STOP SHOUTING AT ME YOU ATTENTION-WHORE! Why can't you all be happy for me?!" Kaiba strode over and hugged Kia tight, whispering in her ear after she barked at Mai. Mai took a surprised step backwards and Joey caught onto her.
"How dare ya bark at Mai like dat!" he yelled. Kia pulled away from Kaiba and faced Joey.
"What did you say? You stupid-ass Brooklyn high-school dropout can't tell that SHE YELLED AT ME FIRST?" Kia made a move to lash out at Joey, but Kaiba reached out and grabbed her arm.
'Kia, please calm down..." Kaiba's voice sounded pained. Was she embarrassing him? She looked over at him holding her forearm and suddenly felt angrier.
"Why are you trying to control me?" she asked. Kaiba's eyebrow raised in confusion.
"Control you? Kia, I'm stopping you from making a big mistake!" Kaiba's voice filled with alarm. Yugi only noticed his tone of voice, having heard it countless times when Mokuba had been kidnapped in the past.
"A big mistake huh? So them giving me verbal abuse is allowed is it?" Kia snapped back. Kaiba frowned with pain. Emotional pain.
"I was coming to your aid when you defended yourself actually.." As Kaiba spoke, his cold persona appeared and he narrowed his eyes at Kia. This made Kia stop and stare in bewilderment.
"So I'm guessing this was supposed to be good news?" Yugi suddenly piped up. Everyone except Kia and Kaiba turned to look at him.
"Yes Yugi, it was..." Kaiba muttered. His cold stare was still fixed on Kia, making her feel small.
"Stop staring at me like that..." she whispered, fear and hurt reflected in her eyes. Kaiba continued to stare.
"Why should I listen to your advice when you won't listen to mine?" His words were laced with anger. Téa turned to Yugi and whispered to him.
"Let's give them some privacy, and we'll find that dress I'm to borrow..." Yugi agreed and nodded to Joey and Mai, showing them that they were leaving. They followed and soon it was only Kia and Kaiba in the room.
Kia slipped the engagement ring off her finger and held it out to Kaiba, not meeting his gaze anymore. "I'm sure you'd want this back, it's obvious I don't deserve you" She stared at the floor, wanting to be swallowed by the hurt and sadness in her heart. Kaiba moved toward her and curled her hand around the ring.
"No, I don't deserve you..." he muttered. "I love you much more than you think Kia, I was trying to protect you from yourself..." Kia looked up at him in surprise. "I gave you that ring, shared precious moments with you and kept you in my life because I love you..."
"What precious moments?" Kia was confused at that. Kaiba smirked.
"I shouldn't say the most of them out loud... They should stay inside the bedroom" Kia raised her eyebrows in alarm. "The others, however, can be discussed.
"Starting to talk to you three years ago by asking you to teach Mokuba Irish is a precious moment to me. If I hadn't oveheard your knowing Irish, I would never have gotten the opportunity to speak to you without it being a strange occurance.
"Saving you from Bakura almost a week after, that is also a precious moment to me. I showed myself and you that I truly care for you. The countless other times we've shared in the past two years, such as a special meal or dance, or unveiling of a new product together have been precious to me..."
Outside of the room, Joey stood listening intently to how Kaiba was speaking. He was amazed that Kaiba was being so caring and loving toward Kia; himself and Mai didn't have that quality to their relationship. In fact, Mai seemed more interested in her own popularity than their relationship.
"I see..." Kia mumbled from inside the room. "I... I made a fool of myself again..." Joey peered cautiously around the door to see Kaiba stretching his arms out toward her.
"You're fine Kia, I'll explain to everyone..." Kaiba chuckled against her neck as he embraced her warmly. Kia giggled too. Joey walked off to find the rest of the gang, amazed by what he saw...
"I must say Gardner, Kia suits that dress better than you do..." Kaiba glowered at her, angered that she was wearing a lilac dress of Kia's. Although Kia herself hadn't worn it much and quite disliked the colour, he was still annoyed that it was now in Gardner's possession.
"I think it looks a'right for somethin' that posh people wear..." Joey immediatey defended. Kia scowled at him.
"Shut up Joey, no-one wants to hear your drawl..." She looked away from him as he stared confused at her. He didn't know what 'drawl' meant.
"You must understand Kia's abnormal mood, pregnancy isn't easy to deal with..." Kaiba stated matter-of-factly but calmly to the rest of the room. Yugi nodded.
"Congratulations by the way, I never got a chance to say it earlier..." he told Kaiba, holding out his hand. "Téa's pregnant too" he whispered. "But she wants to keep it a secret for now..."
Kaiba looked at Téa, wondering how she could be pregnant and wearing clothes from almost three years ago. He checked his watch.
"It's almost time, I should go find Mokuba..." he muttered to Kia, before pecking her on the mouth and dashing out of the room. Kia smiled softly and picked up a magazine left on the table nearest her. It was a KaibaCorp magazine, her idea in fact, to promote all the latest and greatest in games' design.
Flipping through the pages, Kia's eyes fell on an advertisement, promoting the purchase of a star. Her eyes widened as she thought of buying a star for Kaiba and naming it 'Blue Eyes'. Or better still, buying a cluster of stars in the shape of a dragon and calling it "Blue Eyes White Dragon'. She became excited at the very idea, and settled on buying one star and calling it 'Blue Eyes'.
Kaiba and Mokuba walked into the room, a stern looking Kaiba and a regretful looking Mokuba. These expressions did not suit them and Kia made her way over to them to see what was wrong.
"Seto, Mokie...?" Her alarmed voice caught the attention of Yugi and his gang. They all turned and looked at the brothers; Joey mentally decided that this stern look on Kaiba's face was normal, whereas it couldn't be disputed that Mokuba shouldn't look he way he did.
"I'm so so sorry Kia..." Mokuba mumbled. Kaiba raised an eyebrow at his weak apology and quickly remembered Kia. She wasn't looking at him though; She was looking at Mokuba.
"Sorry for what?" she asked worriedly. He knew about the cushions, did he tell Kaiba?
"He believed the news story and was on the lookout for any marks on you or..." He looked sternly at Mokuba, "Or any signs of miscommunication between us..."
Kia smirked at him. "You shouldn't believe everything you hear on television Mokuba..." she reprimanded and made her way to the main table in the room.