Kaiba sat impatiently outside a private hospital room, waiting for the doctor to come back. Mokuba was fast asleep with his head resting on Kaiba's lap. All the excitement and stress had left him exhausted.
He looked up when he heard footsteps approaching and saw a doctor approaching.
"You're the man who brought that teenage girl in, correct?" the doctor asked.
"Yes,"
"Good. She's not in a critical condition; she has a fractured leg but we have fixed it and she will be in a cast and on crutches for at least a month," the doctor explained.
"Is there anything else wrong with her?" Kaiba asked.
"Just a few cuts and bruises, it looks like she tried to jump and miss the car but go scraped instead, she is very lucky to be alive," the doctor said, "Do you know who she is?"
Kaiba shook his head; " We found no form of ID on her,"
The doctor sighed, "Looks like another street kid, one of the older ones at least,"
Mokuba yawned and looked up at the doctor, "Can we see her now?"
The doctor nodded and went inside, they silently followed to see the girl resting peacefully in the hospital bed, attached to a drip and oxygen. Her leg was held high in a brace so that it wouldn't move.
"Why is she still asleep?" Kaiba asked.
"She took a good knock to the head when she was hit, we also gave her pain medication so that would also have an effect on her; she might wake up in a few hours or a few days, depending on how badly she hit her head," the doctor explained.
Kaiba looked over to the girl, watching her rest, free of pain.
"Thank you doctor," he said.
The doctor nodded and left them alone. Mokuba walked up to the bedside and took a closer look at the girl. Kaiba followed silently.
Her face was patched up from the scrapes she had received but her face was quite serene.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" Mokuba asked.
'I hope so,' he thought, leaving the question hanging in the air.
Kaiba noticed a stray strand of hair covering her face and placed it behind her ear.
"Who are you?" he whispered.
Mokuba had fallen asleep by the girl's hospital bed. Kaiba was truly becoming impatient for the girl to awaken – it had been two hours and it was getting close to midnight but he refused to go until the foolish girl awoke.
He looked out the window to see the streetlights of Domino City; he looked over at the girl when he heard a moan of someone waking up in pain.
The girl's emerald green eyes fluttered open in confusion and she tried to sit up, causing her leg to jolt with the movement. She appeared to grit her teeth in pain and fell back down.
Glancing around she finally noticed him and Mokuba.
Kaiba felt a current of electricity run through the air between them as their sapphire and emerald eyes met.
She coughed and looked away, giving Kaiba a chance to calm down. He had never felt his heart beat that fast when a girl looked at him.
"Where am I?" she whispered.
"Hospital, you fracture your leg and hit your head when the car hit you," Kaiba growled, hiding his symptoms.
She gave a small chuckle.
"I'm guessing you were in the car that hit me?" she enquired.
He nodded.
She looked down at her leg and whistled, "Damn, I can't believe I screwed the jump up like that,"
Confused, Kaiba moved away from the window and came to her side. He noticed that she was becoming drowsy; the pain medication seemed to still be affecting her.
"What's your name?" she asked.
"Seto Kaiba. And yours?" he replied.
"Caylee," she whispered, before closing her eyes once again.
"Well it looks like everything is okay now. You only had a slight concussion and your fractured leg is healing nicely; you can leave now," the doctor said, handing Caylee a pair of crutches.
"Thank you doctor, how long until I can take the cast off?" Caylee asked.
"A couple of weeks to a month," the doctor replied.
She groaned, that either meant bed rest or not walking on it too much. She was one of those people who didn't like to stay still and doing nothing.
But she didn't have a permanent bed either.
Sighing, she got up off the bed and put the crutches underneath her arms and began to practice using them.
"How are you going to pay for the hospital bill, you foolish girl?" Caylee muttered to herself.
"Hopefully nothing illegal," someone said.
She looked over to see Mokuba and Seto Kaiba standing in the doorway. Her whole world seemed to glow with happiness as they walked in.
"Hey, I didn't think you would come again," she exclaimed.
"You should be grateful street rat, we've come to pay for your hospital bill," Seto growled, crossing his arms.
Caylee glared into his cold sapphire eyes. Ever since she had woken up, she could tell that Seto had a very cold demeanour, was blunt with everything he said and seemed not to care about anyone – Caylee was actually surprised that he cared about his little brother at all. Every word he spoke seemed to be insulting and Caylee took crap from nobody – especially a spoilt rich brat like him.
"Just be glad I'm using crutches here, moneybags, otherwise I would be taking that stick out of your ass and beating you with it,"
She saw his pupils dilate at her words in shock and anger.
"Moneybags?" he growled.
She couldn't help but smirk at him, he took to anger too quickly and it was fun to rile him up.
"Pay back for the 'street rat' comment; hey Mokuba, can you see if you scam some scrubs off a nurse for me?" she said.
Mokuba smiled and nodded at her, running off to do what she asked.
Caylee couldn't help but smile at the kid, that was until she realised that she had just left herself alone with his arrogant older brother.
She sighed and swallowed some of her pride.
"Thanks for the help with the hospital bill; I'll pay you back when I get all the money," she stated.
"Where will you go now?" he muttered.
Her happy mood vanished as his words made her realise that the hospital would try and put her in an orphanage as she was still 17 and they would hardly let her go back to the streets. Neither was a good option, though she would prefer the streets, but not with a fractured leg.
"I have no idea," she whispered, letting a tear fall down her cheek, "What am I to do?"
Caylee heard Mokuba return with the clothes she had asked for, she wiped her face before smiling at him.
"Thanks Mokuba," she said smiling.
Yet her heart was not in it.