Disclaimer: Don't own Yugioh blah blah blah

AN1: you know it! Gift fic!

AN2: OOC-ness by the bucketload!

AN3: ... hehehe... enjoy ;))

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Valentine's Day

Victory...?

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"Seto!" she called, weaving through the crowds of spectators.

It took a few minutes before she spotted him walking towards the parking lot. She started running faster, "Seto!" she called again. But, she knew, with all the noise of the crowds, he wouldn't be able to hear her. "Airi-chan!" a very excited Duke Devlin yelled from the outskirts of the lot when he heard her voice. "Duke! Seto!" she yelled, pointing to the CEO who was now climbing into his limo.

Duke ran forwards and stopped the driver from getting into the car and driving off. She could see them argueing as she made her way towards them.

"Seto! … Wait up!" she called as she finally reached the parking lot, out of breath. "Airin, why are you here?" Seto said, suddenly confused as to why she was in such a hurry to meet him.

"You… y-you're leaving?" she said and felt a pang in her heart at the thought. He frowned, "We're going to Domino High to pick up Mokuba, he's sick" he said, still having a confused look plastered on his face. "Oh… " she mouthed.

Duke walked back to her and gave her a half-hearted high-five for the match she'd won. "Thanks, Duke.." she said and was still too stunned from the new information to react further. "I'm going to meet up with the gang" he said and walked off, disappearing into the crowd.

The young girl bit her nails nervously, "I'm sorry… I don't know…. " she started to apologize, but Seto took the initiative and pulled her inside the limo, "Drive" is all he said. The door was shut and the driver took off.

"You really thought I would leave you?" he said and laughed. When he looked over and saw her pained expression, he quickly put his arm around her, "I was coming back…" he said, thinking that would solve the problem. She just shrugged, "Would you want to leave?" she muttered.

Seto tilted his head, "To pick up my brother from school when he's sick… yea… The tournament isn't that important to me" he said and suddenly followed as to why she was asking.

"If you think I would leave you… you're wrong… " he muttered, crossing his arms over his chest furtively. Airin only knew then how protective he had become over her as well. He would always have the same reaction when someone would ask about that about Mokuba.

She leaned back into the limo's seat, "Oh… can I ask you something?" she said, shuffling her one foot around a bit. Normally, Seto would snap at someone to 'Get to the point', but he never did feel the need to with her. She and Mokuba were some of the very few people who had somehow just wormed their way into the harbor of his patience and was sailing there ever since they met.

"Do you think… I mean… if we were in some alternate universe… do you think we could ever… you know… date?" she asked, her voice dropping its volume with each word.

For a moment, the young CEO wasn't sure he had heard right, but he was pretty sure he knew what she was meaning to ask. She would never ask someone something directly, just to spare their feelings. She would purposely even ignore her own feelings to accommodate someone else.

He frowned, leaning forwards and holding his head with his hand.

The young woman suddenly felt very silly for asking him something like that, instantly regretting it but she didn't have the courage to try and make it right.

Seto growled, rubbing his head furiously, trying to win the battle that he was waging inside his head. And then, just like that, he sat up. He took a breath. He let it out, leaned towards her and shut his eyes. It seemed as if he would pull away if he kept them open.

With just a few centimeters between them, she started to blush furiously. "If… you want…. Can I kiss you?" he asked, choking out the words before dropping his head lower as his cheeks heated up.

Her breath caught in her throat, but she somehow found the courage to answer him.

Their lips met in a kiss that just molded together perfectly into a calm wave of security they both enjoyed. He abruptly broke the kiss though and started to back away, but she quickly grabbed hold of the sides of his face, "Wait… don't pull away" Airin hastily said.

She half expected him to pull away completely just then, but instead, he smiled, "Happy Valentines Day," he whispered before he kissed her again.

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