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Cookie Jar VII.

Kaiba had a good reason not to enter the store that Shizuka went in. However, he noticed a few men did the same as he did. Looking through the glass windows with mannequins dressed the way they were made not only him uncomfortable, but other men as well. The idea of reading a rated M summary was making him more curious about lemons. There were a lot of women inside the store, and the men just leaned back and waited patiently.

"Dude, did you see that chick? The one with the long, light brown hair?" one guy asked another.

"Yeah, dude. She's a major a hottie," the other guy agreed as Seto turned to them watching their eyes look in the direction of the girl they were talking about it.

That's when he noticed they were talking about Shizuka. Not liking it one bit, he sent the guys a threatening look. They both looked in his direction and gulped. Feeling like they would lose their lives at any second, the bowed in respect and walked away. Seto had no idea why the feel of need to protect her took over. Shizuka was the second person in his life he could talk to even though they only met yesterday night.

One of the guys stopped, turned around as Shizuka walked out the store with a bag in her hand. The guy walked to her, making Shizuka stop in her tracks. Seto's body moved on his own in the direction of the two.

"Oh, excuse me," she said thinking that she might have run into the guy.

"No, I just want to tell you how cute you look," the guy complemented as Seto over heard making him angry. Seto got behind Shizuka letting the guy know who had the upper hand.

"Thank you," she smiled and bowed at the guy making the guy blush as he bowed.

"Mr. Kaiba, you have beautiful girlfriend," the guy bowed to Kaiba making Shizuka blush.

The guy walked away as Seto's hands became fists. She looked up, and noticed that Seto kept sending threatening looks to the guy. That's when Shizuka realized that he was jealous and probably didn't realize it.

"Kaiba, it's okay," she snapped him out of it.

"Are you done shopping? I am hungry," he looked down at her now with a calm expression.

"Yeah, I'm hungry, too. Let's go get a bite. My treat," she insisted as Seto rose an eyebrow.

"Don't worry about it," Kaiba insisted not liking the idea that someone who makes less than him should pay.

Shizuka was not going to argue with him over something so trifle. So, Seto took lead as Shizuka walked beside him.

After they ate, Shizuka and Seto headed back to her apartment. Seto helped Shizuka take her bags to her room which was probably the size of his king size bed as her twin size bed taking half of it. Seto grabbed his bag from home and asked to take a shower.

She pointed to him that it was next to kitchen as he made his walk towards there. The feeling between them was distant, so she decided to make a cup of coffee for him to cool him down. Letting the water boil, she decided to grab her new sleepwear, rip the tags off, and waited for Seto to finish.

Seto walked out of the restroom with a towel over his neck, dressed in a cobalt blue t-shirt to match his eyes, black sweats that had the blue eyes white dragon embroidered on the left side of the pant. His hair fell into place making Shizuka blush red as she observed him. She never once imagine Seto could look so sexy in casual since he was always in suits or trench coats. Seto grinned as he caught her red-handed. Quickly, she turned off the stove, poured the coffee into a mug, set it on the counter, grabbed her new sleepwear and rushed to the shower.

"Kaiba, I made you a cup of coffee," she said closing the door behind her.

He couldn't help but smirk.

Seto was on the laptop again, taking a sip of his coffee while staying away from the rated M section for he had enough for today. Shizuka came out, with a pink fitted t-shirt with matching pants with white bunnies printed on them. This time Seto observed her, and the shirt gave away her curves. Looking away instantly, he kept his eyes focused as he could see from his side view she seemed to grab something yellow.

"What are you doing?" he asked as he decided to read the first chapter of a rated K story.

"I'm going to make a cup of hot lemonade," as Seto glanced up to look at her as she set the lemons on a cutting board.

"Lemons are overrated," he said as Shizuka turned around.

"Kaiba, what are you talking about?" Shizuka was confused by his choice of words.

"Come here," he commanded. Drawn by those words she walked to him and stood by the table. He sat the laptop down on the table.

"Closer," he added as she walked really close, in front of him.

That's when he did the another unthinkable by pulling her wrist, forcing her to get on top of him face to face. Seto placed his hands on her waist for support and steadiness. She couldn't help but blush again for the thousand time.

"Kaiba, are you okay?" she asked nervously. She liked the position they were in but kept the idea to herself.

Seto had no idea why he did what he did just right now.

"Those men," he started to say.

"Kaiba, you were jealous of them," she explained.

"That's what being jealous means?" Kaiba asked now knowing why he felt so protective of her.

"Yes," she stated as Seto all of sudden felt dizzy. Shizuka saw this and became worried.

"Kaiba, are you-?" she asked but was interrupted by Seto leaning forward his head on her chest. She gulped and paid attention as his body began to shiver. She quickly touched his forehead and noticed he was burning up.

"Kaiba, you have a fever. I suggest you rest," she advised as she grabbed his hands from her hips and put them on his side. Getting off him, she grabbed a pillow and gently laid him down. Grabbing her blanket from the top of the couch, she placed it on him.

"Are you going to be my personal nurse?" he asked hoping she would say yes, even though he did not know why.

"Yes, now rest. I gotta go to the store and get some medicine for you," she quickly grabbed her wallet and keys for she did not own a purse, and ran out the door, locking it behind her.

Shizuka had found Seto sleeping on her bed, as he struggled with the sheets. Beads of sweat were sliding down his forward as she grabbed a towelette and gently began to wipe them away. Seto struggled to open his eyes. He sat up and that's when dizziness hit him hard. He couldn't believe he got sick. This was the first time he's ever got sick. Shizuka was right about him over working himself. He laid back down and turned to her side to face her. She continue to wipe his forehead and trailed down to his neck. Seto liked the attention he was receiving and felt comfortable with her doing so.

"Kaiba, please get some rest," she stood up, and was about to walk away until Seto grabbed her hand.

"Don't... leave... me again," he struggled to say not wanting to be alone.

She knelt down and gave a small smile, "I won't, I promise. I was just about to get new you some new towels. Here, take your medicine."

She grabbed one of the liquids, opened it up and poured it onto the spoon. Seto sat up and opened his mouth as she slid the spoon in his mouth. He swallowed the liquid and lied back down. The taste was bitter in his mouth, but his mind was happy that Shizuka was nursing him back to health. That's when he drifted to sleep.

Shizuka wanted to read some fan fiction but due to Seto's illness she decided against it. It would be rude of her to turn her attention away from Seto. So, not understanding the whole thing about lemons being overrated, she decided to make a hot tea with honey for she and Seto.

Walking to the bed, she placed both cups next to her coffee table. She gently nudged Seto as he opened his eyes, breathing heavy.

"Here drink some of this," she stated not wanting to tell him that it was a cup of hot lemonade.

"What it is?" he asked raising an eyebrow.

"It's a hot tea. It'll help you sweat out the fever," she suggested as he grabbed the mug from her and drink it in on gulp. He stuck his tongue out and waved his hand up and down to cool it.

"I warned you it was hot," she grabbed the mug from him and placed it next to hers. He adjusted himself so he was facing towards her. He grabbed her hand and fell fast asleep.

She smiled, stood up, grabbed a towel, sat next to him and continued to gently wipe his sweat away from his face and neck. Looking at the time, she realized her day went by fast. However, she did have to work tomorrow, so she decided to drop the towel on the floor, and laid next to him. Falling asleep next to him, they never once let go.

Pardon my grammar.

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Preview: CJ8

"We swear Otogi! Shizuka and that hideous Kaiba are going out!" The trio exclaimed madly.

"Let me do some research. I will need to to look into this matter," he suggested hiding his hurtful feelings.

"Okay," they left out the office.

Quickly, Otogi typed Shizuka and Seto in the google search engine. Then, a whole lot of fan fictions popped up.

"What the hell?" he asked as he clicked on one of the stories.

Picking up the phone, he dial Shizuka's brother.