Chapter Two: Surprises

The two of us were walking together with our destination unknown in the most awkward silence I'd ever experienced in my life. In my discomfort, my eyes were shooting all over the place. I glanced over at him and I could tell that he could tell how awkward and strange I felt. I actually think the jerk was enjoying it. I don't know why I should be surprised though. What is surprising to me is that he's actually here with me. What's surprising me even more is that I'm seriously skipping school.

I sighed loudly, getting insanely agitated with his smug behavior. Out of the whole twenty minutes we'd been mindlessly walking, I'd tried to start conversation numerous times, all of which he answered with one word, clearly making this an awkward venture on purpose. I sighed again even louder, making my frustration very evident. He smirked, striking a nerve and well, you know me, always being rational and never short-tempered.

"Okay, that's it! What is your problem?! If you were only going to be jerk, then why the hell did you agree to ditch school with me?! What?! Do you enjoy being such a -"

"-lamo?" He chuckled, raising an eyebrow.

"Ugh! That's what I mean! Why are you being such an ass?"

He broke out in a light-hearted laugh and lightly tapped the bottom of my chin as he responded, "That's why. You're hilarious when you're mad."

My cheeks were flustered from anger and my hair was all in my face. I blew my hair out of my eyes and glared at him. I was about to say something but he cut me off again.

"Before you say anything else that's painfully "lamo", I think it's hilarious in a kind of... cute way?"

I was utterly baffled. I had no clue how to respond. Firstly, because he finished the sentence seeming totally unsure of himself and second because he'd actually complimented me; and not just once today but twice. I mean, it's amazing that he's even here talking to me, but complimenting? What was with Kaiba today? He was acting totally bizarre; I felt like I'd entered the twilight zone or like I was being Punk'd. I quickly glanced around for cameras. Confirmed: I'm not being Punk'd. Who knew, but this was not the Kaiba I knew.

"Um... Kaiba? Are you on drugs? Or maybe it's the opposite. Did you remember to take your meds today?" I asked with false concern and thick sarcasm.

All of a sudden, he stopped dead in his tracks and his face went blank. I tilted my head, confused at his sudden halt. Then he started rocking back and forth and rambling, "Oh, shit. Oh, no. I forgot to take my meds. I think... I think going to die." He started shaking and acting more mental than... than my mother.

I held my hand up to my mouth, taken aback by his random insanity. "Oh my God. Kaiba, I'm so sorry. I didn't know. We'll get you... home or whatever... to... to your meds? It's okay, everything is totally okay." I was seriously panicking. I could feel myself starting to sweat and I was practically hyperventilating.

And then the asshole was breaking out in hysterics. "I cannot believe how gullible you are. Thank God you're so cute because you definitely don't have any brains. I can't believe you actually fell for that, friendship girl."

My face turned blood red again. I was out of insults and since my insults sucked to begin with, I didn't dare give it a try. I crossed my arms and sighed, defeated but mumbled, "Jerk" under my breath.

He looked over at me with a small grin and said with a sarcastic tone, "Well, friendship girl, since you absolutely begged and pleaded for me to skip school with you, tell me what exactly it is you want to do."

This guy really knew how to make my blood boil. I stared down at the ground to keep my flushed face hidden. "Look, let's get one thing straight. I did not beg for you to come along, I just... I just felt... really sorry for you because... because you don't have any friends. Yep, that's right. And since you asked, I want to... I want to talk over a nice cup of coffee. Mhmm."

He had a thoughtful look on his face when I lifted my eyes off of the ground. I felt really awkward again, so I started fiddling with my ugly uniform skirt. After a few minutes, he finally spoke again, "So, what you're saying is... that you wanted me to skip school with you... so we could talk over coffee?" He turned to look at me, taking a few steps forward, his face was literally four inches from mine and I could feel my breathing start to pick up. I looked directly into his eyes; I never noticed how entrancing they were before. He was so close, I could hear him breathing; I could feel heat radiating from his body. My heart was pounding in my chest, threatening to burst out of my skin any minute now. I couldn't breathe anymore; I couldn't think anymore. What the hell was happening here? I hated Kaiba, despised him. He was the only one who could really, really get under my skin and make me blow up. I couldn't understand any of this.

"Well, are you going to answer me?" He said harshly.

I jumped; startled as I was pulled from the trance I had unwillingly been sucked into. The blood ran to my cheeks as I searched for words. After a few more seconds, I managed to force something out. "Oh, yes, yes. Um, yes. I want to have coffee with you. Mhm, yeah."

He chuckled again. "And may I ask why exactly?"

"Um, because... because I don't know you very well, I guess? And coffee is always a good way to break the ice."

"Hm, I guess I could understand that." He said, his thoughtful expression returned. He wore that expression a lot. "But what if I'm not willing to let you get to know me?"

I smiled at him. "Well, I think I can get something out of you because you think I'm cute. And you want to love me. That's why you skipped with me," I giggled. I could feel my newly discovered coy personality returning. "So, you're going to confess over coffee with me and there's nothing you can do about it." He was about to speak but I placed my finger over his lips. I shifted my face closer to his. "Nuh-uh. Don't you dare say a word," I whispered. He stared at me with his gorgeous eyes again, narrowing them, making them all the more entrancing. I fought the urge to be hypnotized by them. He sighed.

"Fine; let's go."

"Ha! I knew you'd see it my way!" I exclaimed, feeling victorious. I linked my pinky with his, leading the way and to my surprise, he didn't pull his pinky away. So there we were - a rather odd sight indeed - friendship girl and moneybags, pinky-linked, walking down the sidewalk toward the Coffee Bean. Who would've thought?

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