Chapter 33 – Kaiba Humor

Tea sat down in the booth next to Seto and smiled as the waitress brought them three menus. "Is there anything I can get you ladies and gentlemen to drink tonight?" she asked in a sweet voice.

"Coke," Mokuba stated.

"Same here," Tea replied.

"And for you, sir?" she asked, looking back at Seto.

"I'll just have water."

"Okay, I'll bring those right out." She soon walked away, leaving the three alone at the table. The restaurant was very stylish; there were maroon walls and white-and-black-checkered flooring. Red lights were hung up, and some rock music could be heard in the background. A glass wall showed the bar in the adjacent room. Seto smirked over at Tea.

"See what a little bit of change does?" he asked, indicating his attire. Both Mokuba and he had changed before leaving KaibaCorp to go out to eat. Seto was wearing a dark green, long-sleeve shirt and his traditional black pants and boots along with two necklaces, one of a dragon and the other one of a mage casting a spell. Mokuba wore a black beanie hat, light blue hoodie, and black shorts with black sneakers. She was surprised at how much it really changed them; they looked like they were truly their own ages, like they were just a pair of nerdy friends.

"Yeah, but it gets annoying after awhile," Mokuba stated, looking up at the two. "It's just stupid that we have to dress up to go out to eat like normal people."

"At least you guys can make it fun," Tea commented as she browsed through the menu. "You can basically dress up however you want to."

Mokuba chuckled at this. "Yeah, one time Seto was in a reaaally sarcastic mood, so we both dressed up as Goths and entered this really fancy diner. You should have seen the look on the peoples' faces."

Glancing over at the CEO, she saw a smile tugging at his lips. "Aren't you supposed to be the responsible one?" she asked in a mocking tone.

"Hey, I was pissed off that day," Seto argued.

"As if that's different from any other day."

"Good point."

Their drinks soon came, and the waitress quickly took down their orders. Each one of them got a different steak, but they all got a side salad and baked potato for their sides (1). The waitress took their menus and left, leaving them alone once more. Seto quickly took a capsule out of his pocket and poured out a pill before quickly swallowing it and drinking a gulp of his drink. "Two more, and I'm done."

Mokuba smiled widely at this. "Good. You seem to have been doing pretty well on the whole. Sure, sleeping has been difficult, but…"

Shrugging his shoulders, Seto said, "That's just something that will take me personally getting over. Medication can only do so much."

"We should do something in celebration of your last…prescription," Mokuba stated, eyeing the two.

"Like what?"

"I dunno. Just…something."

"We'll see, Mokuba."

"Oh, and can I tag along this week sometime to go to the orphanage?"

Seto blinked at this. "Sure, why not? What day do you want to go? I was planning on going tomorrow and Friday."

"I'll go Friday. I already have plans tomorrow."

Tea chuckled, receiving looks from both the brothers. "What's so funny?" Seto questioned.

"You two. You sound like a parent and son right now. I never listened to you guys just have a normal conversation before. It's just…amusing."

Mokuba chuckled as Seto rolled his eyes. "Big Brother is the greatest Daddy in the whole, wide world, ya know?" Getting the joke, Tea blushed incredibly while Seto nearly choked on his drink, making Mokuba burst out laughing.

"Mokuba, is this how you're going to be all the time?" Seto asked, glaring at his brother.

"Yep! And you're gonna like it, too!"

"Um, no. I don't think so on that one."

"Seto and Tea, aww, what an amazing wedding it's going to be! And then there will be the cute, little baby, and then—"

Before Seto could reach across the table and strangle his younger sibling, the waitress came back bearing three salads and placed them all in front of their respective owners. Asking if there was anything else they needed and receiving a curt no, she soon left. Tea was still laughing at Mokuba's antics as the two soon began eating their salads. "I'm just happy you two are together, Seto," Mokuba stated, the humor in his voice now gone.

"I'm sure you are," he remarked as he took another bite of his salad.

"Aren't you happy to have somebody, Big Bro?"

Smiling faintly, he eyed Tea before saying, "I guess so."

"Oh, come on, Seto! Admit it that you love her!"

Instead of saying yes, she watched out of the concern of her eye as he leaned over and planted a small kiss on her cheek before returning to his meal, making the blush even more noticeable. "There, happy?" he asked. She turned to see a genuine smile across his lips.

Mokuba grinned widely and nodded his head before finishing off his salad. The grin morphed from a small smile to a frown as he asked, "So, Seto… Did you fall asleep again in school?"

Tea stopped eating and turned to see Seto eat the last bite of his salad before letting out a small sigh. He had had another nightmare during his nap, but Tea had awoken him before things got out of hand. He had not been tossing and turning like the times she had heard about, but the pained expression on her face was enough for her to wake him up. Asking her not to tell Mokuba, he now made her wonder what he was going to say. "He never spoke about school…only about the incident this afternoon. Man, if I hadn't seen it firsthand… I probably never would have understood." It was almost scary how one pained expression made a person so uncomfortable. She could tell that whatever he had been dreaming of, it troubled him greatly.

"Yes… I'm afraid so," Seto stated, ending the awkward silence that had fallen over the table. Mokuba let out a long sigh and shook his head slightly.

"Maybe you should get something for—"

"I am not getting another form of medication, Mokuba," Seto interrupted in almost a scornful manner.

"But Seto…this is just as unhealthy for you as depression is. Don't you at least want to talk to the doctor about it?"

"Not particularly. You know how I don't trust doctors."

"But they've done their jobs thus far, and I think you should at least discuss this with them. Don't get me wrong, Big Bro; I don't want you taking any more medication either. You have to at least ask them if there's something you can do about it, though. You can't just run on an hour of sleep a day for forever."

Watching as the truth sank into the elder Kaiba, Tea looked at the two before asking, "When is your next appointment?"

"Wednesday," Seto answered. "Two days from now."

"It can't really hurt to ask them about it," Tea agreed.

"Yeah, exactly!" Mokuba exclaimed. "Maybe all you need is for Tea to hug you every night!"

"Mokuba—" Seto hissed in a warning tone but was interrupted by the waitress bringing them their meals.

"Sorry these took a bit longer than expected," she stated as she set the three plates down. "Is there anything else I can get for any of you, or are you all set?"

"May I have more Coke?" Mokuba asked, holding his glass up.

"Sure," she answered, grasping onto his drink. "Anything for anyone else?" Both Tea and Seto shook their heads, and the waitress left to refill the younger Kaiba's drink.

"Seto, please just ask them if there's something you can do about these nightmares," Mokuba pleaded, all happiness gone from his voice.

Seto sighed and slowly nodded his head. "Fine, whatever."

"Good. After all, who knows? Maybe all you need is somebody like Tea around." Blinking in surprise, Tea began to eat her steak and looked over to see Seto slowly starting to eat his. The waitress brought back a full cup of Coke before leaving to tend to a new party. "Speaking of which, where exactly do you live, Tea?"

"Just in a small apartment," she answered. "I moved out of my mom's house about a year ago."

"Wow. That must have been hard."

"Not really. The only big problem is the money."

"Do you like it there?"

"It's a decent place, but it gets kind of quiet after awhile. I generally try to stay out of the house as much as I possibly can."

"That's cool. You should come over and swim more often; we almost never use the pool that we've got. Besides, Seto seems to enjoy it."

"Mokuba, you are really starting to become a pain," Seto remarked while trying to keep a smile from forming on his face. "I don't think I'm going to tell you anything about the relationship from now on."

"What?! And not get the news of what's going on?!"

"Nope."

Tea laughed as Mokuba tugged at his hair. "No way! Come on, Seto! I was only joking! Please? How can I make plans if I don't know the situation?!"

"Mokuba, might I remind you that this is my girlfriend, not yours?" he asked, making Tea stop laughing for a split second. Being referred to as Seto Kaiba's girlfriend was going to take some getting used to.

"Well I think she should come over more often. You seemed very happy while she was over, at least."

"I told her she was allowed over whenever she wanted to come and visit," Seto argued.

"And I'm coming over whenever I feel like it!" Tea chimed in, wrapping her arms around Seto's waist and catching him off guard. Hearing Mokuba burst out laughing, she looked up to see a very noticeable blush appearing on his face. "Right?"

"That's the spirit!" Mokuba exclaimed.

"Alright, alright, enough out of you two!" Seto shouted while trying his best not to smile. "Let's finish eating this before it gets cold, okay?"

"Yeah, Seto wants to do a bunch of things when we get home, right Seto?" Mokuba asked slyly.

"Mokuba, you are not allowed to watch any more R-rated movies from now on."

"Oh, come on! I always made jokes like this, just not towards you!"

"Exactly."

"That's not fair."

"I guess you'll have to deal with that, then."

Tea chuckled and shook her head at the brothers' behaviors. "These two are really just two teenage brothers, yet they act so differently in front of other people. Seto is really kind and has a sense of humor, while Mokuba probably has a sick mind when he acts so innocently. It's that, or he has his brother's sense of humor but a less-caring mouth. Either way, it's amusing to listen to, that's for sure."

"I'll take you home once we're done with this meal," Seto stated, looking over at her. "But first we're dropping him off."

"Aw, don't want me watching you two?"

"No, I don't," Seto answered defiantly. "And besides, by the time we're done here, it will be time for you to get ready for bed."

"You're kidding me."

"That's what you get for listening to Sophie."

Tea blinked at this. "Sophie?"

"Yeah, Sophie liked telling Mokuba every little detail about sex for some odd reason," Seto explained. "And now look at him."

Mokuba giggled mischievously before getting back to his meal. "But is that plan okay with you?" Seto asked.

"Yeah…that's fine," she answered. Deciding to make a joke herself, she added, "I don't mind a kiss goodnight every so often."

Instead of a glare, Seto smiled over at her and said, "That's what I like to hear."

"Dammit, I'm never going to beat him at comebacks," she thought bitterly as she smirked and went back to finishing her meal.

(1) Okay, I'm sorry, but I don't really know Japanese cuisine, so as you can obviously tell, I'm using non-Japanese food. If you know Japanese food, you have the abilities to use your imagination and replace the steaks I've given them to eat lol.