In The End
Chapter 10: Gifts
The next day Serenity was walking towards the dance studio after school. It had been a long day at school because she had had a restless night. Who could blame her? What had happened the previous day was bothering her. She felt guilty for reading his private business, but she was also angry and hurt at the way he had treated her. She was also confused… why wouldn't he want to have the operation? Especially if there was a chance that he could walk again. Her thoughts were interrupted by her cellphone ringing. She answered without looking who it was.
"Hello?"
"Serenity." Kaiba's bold voice came through.
"Kaiba…"
"Come over here tonight."
How dare he… after shouting at her like that last night and now he was ordering her around.
"I can't believe you!" The level of her voice rose.
"Last night I was asking questions because I cared, and you treated me like I was nothing and now you are ordering me to come over, Kaiba you hurt me…" She stopped talking not wanting to go anything further for fear of starting to cry. She had no clue why this would make her cry though.
"I wanted to apologize to you in person." The phone went dead after that, and she stared at it thinking… what had she done…?
She couldn't dance in the state that she was in, she called her instructor asking to be excused and it was no problem. She then made her way towards her favorite place in the park, under a big willow tree alongside the river.
She sat down hugging herself, just thinking about everything. She knew she had a different view on life after what had happened to her. She cared a lot about the people she knew but at times it was hard to get close to anyone for fear of losing them. That's why she wanted to cry over Kaiba, she didn't like the thought that she had angered him and deep down she knew she cared about him somewhat, even if she hadn't known him for so long… it had just happened. She watched as a leaf drifted down and landed by her side and that's when she made her decision.
She would go over to Kaiba and apologize about how she had treated him over the phone and try to make amends with him and perhaps even become his friend… that's if he wanted to be friends. She also decided that she would get him something.
She got up and dusted herself off. She them made her way towards the mall, hopefully she would find something for him. For some reason she was very nervous, maybe because she was scared that he wouldn't like what she got him.
It was getting dark by the time she reached the Kaiba's mansion's gate. The security guard let her in without a question and she greeted him with a smile, he tipped his hat for her. As she walked up to the mansion, butterflies fluttered around in her stomach and she wanted to smack herself mentally.
After she knocked at the front door, a servant opened it up and said Kaiba was up in his study. She made her way to his study and stopped for a moment outside the door, it was slightly ajar and she peered in. Kaiba was sitting at the window looking out. She took a deep breath and went inside, stopping in the middle of the room, to the side of him.
"Kaiba?"
He looked at her for a moment, then looked back out the window. She looked around, it seemed as if someone had angrily thrown objects and papers off of the desk.
She walked up behind him and lightly touched his shoulder. He didn't move.
"I'm really sorry for the things I said." Serenity then moved so that she was standing beside him.
"It's nothing, I probably deserved it anyway."
"I had no right to do what I did."
They both were silent after that.
Serenity broke the silence.
"I got something for you…" She held out a white box for him to take. He looked up at her, surprise clearly written on his face. After he had taken it, Serenity moved away from the window and went to go sit on a couch, too shy to watch him open it.
She watched his back as he opened the box.
Kaiba looked down at a silver chain with dragon attached to it. It was one of the most exquisite things he had ever seen. He turned his wheelchair and went over to his desk, grabbing a black velvet box before making his way over to Serenity.
She was staring at him and he grinned when he saw that her cheeks were flushed. He stopped in front of her, closer than necessary.
"This is what I wanted to give you, when I asked you to come over."
He handed it over to her and she took it gently. Her face went into an expression of awe when she saw what was inside.
"Kaiba…I can't accept this…" It was a silver bracelet embedded with diamonds.
He took it out of the box, gently pulling her wrist towards him, he clipped the bracelet on. He didn't let go over her wrist though.
"It's so beautiful." Serenity said looking down at the bracelet.
"Thank you…" She leant forward lightly kissing him on the cheek, while moving her wrist that he was holding onto so that she could hold onto his hand.
He looked at her, his blue eyes unreadable, but somehow, she felt his warmth, almost like making her know that he didn't mind what she was doing.
"Serenity I'm sorry for shouting at you, but there's just some things you shouldn't interfere with."
"Please just listen to what I have to say Kaiba, it's still your decision to make in the end."