OMG they kissed (got that in almost all reviews loll) Sorry for taking so long, I had tons of exams so I had to study and after that…well it was Christmas, you can't really blame me for not writing when my entire family is visiting and after they left I caught the flu, hopefully my three brothers and sis will not bother me too much, I don't really have as much intimacy in my mother's home as I have with my grandmother.

Chapter twenty: Blind.

Anzu moaned slightly as she snuggled her head deeper into the soft feather pillow, she didn't want to wake up and go back to her life, she was feeling so good, it was a wonder what kind of effect Seto could have on her, when she was with him all of her worries were washed away instantly. Thinking about Seto made her blush slightly as she remembered the events of the previous night and slowly became more aware of her surrounding, she understood why she felt so nice, he was still there with her, she could feel his warm chest on her bare back and his arm was wrapped around her waist. His breaths were deep and regular, which told her he was still sleeping deeply, she was kinda glad about it, she wasn't sure she wanted to face him right now.

She laid there, unsure what to do until her cell phone rang, she was startled for a moment and stretched herself over the side of the bed to grab her purse and find the phone before it wakes Seto up, when she looked at the id on the phone, she realised it came from her home. "Hello?" She asked worriedly.

"Anzu, where the hell are you?"

Anzu sat up straight with shock, the sudden movement made Seto stir a little but he didn't wake up, much to Anzu's relief. "Raven!" She answered, trying to sound happy. "I thought you said you wouldn't be back before tomorrow."

"I wanted to make you a little surprise, and I find out that you are apparently having fun somewhere while I'm gone."

Anzu could tell he was mad. "No, it's not like that, I'm just….." But Anzu couldn't come up with an answer, what could she possibly say when it was exactly what he was thinking. "I'm coming, ok?" She hung up before the noise could wake Seto up or before he does any kind on sound, that wouldn't help her situation. She quickly got out of bed then grabbed her clothes that were scattered around the bed, she got dressed silently and left the room as quickly as she could.

She was in such a hurry to get out that she wasn't even watching where she was going; she quickly turned a corner and bumped into someone. She fell on her butt and rubbed her forehead before looking up to see whom she ran into. She saw Mia, who was sitting on the ground as well. "Oh god, I'm sorry, I didn't see you."

Mia smiled. "Oh don't worry, I'm fine. What about you?" She asked as she stood up and dusted her uniform.

"I'm ok." Anzu answered, standing up. you tell me, which way is the door?"

Mia laughed a little. "Sure, everybody gets lost around here the first time. Just go all the way to the end of the hallway and turn left, the stairs will be on your right, go down and you will be in the hall."

"Thanks." Anzu said as she walked to the end of the hallway.

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Seto turned around in his bed trying to keep the sun from getting in his eyes, as he did so he realized that something was missing, he opened his eyes and raised himself on his elbows, he looked beside him and saw that Anzu wasn't there anymore. He turned around and sat up to look around his room, she was nowhere to be seen. He sighed and let himself fall back on his bed, he didn't need to look for her to know where she went, it was obvious that she went back to her own house. Deciding that staying in bed any longer would not help the situation, Seto got out of bed and prepared himself for the day.

After taking a short shower he made his way to the kitchen, he served himself a cup of black coffee and sat down at the table, he glanced at the clock, it was a little past 10 that mean he was late for work but seriously, that didn't matter right now, he had more important things to think about: like what happened last night. It was a mistake, even if he couldn't say he regretted it, the fact that Anzu had left silently like that told him she didn't plan on staying anyway, which put him back where they started, Anzu was with Raven again and Seto had a feeling he wouldn't be too happy if he ever found out what happened.

Which brought him to another problem. He put his still half full cup on the counter and started searching around the mansion for Mia hoping it wasn't too late already. "Mia."

The young maid turned around quickly to look at her boss. "Yes?"

"When did Anzu leave this morning?" Seto asked.

Mia thought about it for a little while. "I think…it was around 8:30."

"Did you tell anybody that she was here?"

"No, of course not." Mia quickly answered, she knew Anzu already had a boyfriend and that considering Seto's position it would make a scandal if anyone ever found out that Anzu spent the night at the mansion regardless of what happened during that night.

"Good, because if I hear anything about this on the media you will lose your job."

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"You look like you have a lot on your mind." Mokuba said as he entered Seto's office.

Seto snapped out of his thoughts, he raised his eyes to look at his younger brother and shrugged lightly before turning. "I guess I do." He sighed, he couldn't stop thinking about Anzu, he was worried about her.

"Does it have anything to do with the fact that Anzu spent the last night at the mansion, in your room?" Mokuba asked knowingly. The only thing Seto could do was stare at his brother with shock. Mokuba laughed. "Come on Seto, don't look like that, don't worry I didn't tell anyone. I just happened to come back after she left and I saw her leave your room."

"Did you talk to her?" Seto asked.

Mokuba shook his head. "She was in such a hurry that she never saw me. I can understand why, I heard her talking on the phone with Raven just before leaving. I doubt he's happy about her spending the night away from the house."

"I don't need you to remind me." Seto said grumpily. If Raven knew that she wasn't home last night then things were even worst than he thought.

"By the way, how far did you go with her?" The teen asked with a meaningful grin.

"If you think that I'm going to discuss that with you." Seto answered.

Mokuba shrugged. "Hey, that pretty much answers my question anyway." He sat down on the chair in front of his brother's desk. "What are you going to do?" He asked more seriously.

"I don't know." Was all Seto could answer. "She returned home so now we are back to the starting point. Seriously I have no idea what to do now, I have a feeling Raven isn't going to let her alone anymore."

"Maybe Joey's plan isn't that bad, maybe we could kidnap her….or hire a hit man." Mokuba said.

"Can't you be serious for more than 10 seconds?" Seto asked, his temper was rapidly getting worst by the second.

Mokuba sighed. "Look, you aren't the only one who is worried, but you said it yourself, we can't do anything. I prefer not thinking about it and maybe you should do the same." Seto glared intensely at his little brother for that last comment. "I know you don't like it Seto, however the only thing you can do now is wait for Anzu to leave him, trying to get near her will most likely only make things worst for her, so there is nothing you can do to help her except wait and hope."

"I know." Seto calmed himself. "Can I count on you to keep what happened between me and Anzu?"

Mokuba smiled. "Of course, don't worry about it."

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"What do you mean you let her get away?" Joey slammed his fist in the table, he couldn't believe what he was saying. "She was with you in the mansion and you let her leave?"

Seto frowned, he was mad enough at himself for letting Anzu leave, he didn't mind to have Joey on his back.

"Hey, it's not his fault." Mokuba yelled back, taking his brother's defense.

Seto sighed, he had told them about his meeting with Anzu last and the fact that he took her to the mansion, (not mentioning the more intimate events, as far as they should know, Anzu slept in a guest room) "What did you want me to do? Tie her up on a bed?" Seto sarcastically asked.

"Maybe." Joey countered, though you could ear in his voice that he wasn't really convinced anymore.

Meyli put her hand on Joey's shoulder to calm him a little. "I know you are worried Joey, but it's not Seto's fault if she left, beside he couldn't do anything to stop her."

Joey sighed. "I know, but to think that she was safe from harm and she just went back there, what is wrong with her." He asked, more to himself than anyone else.

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Meyli waited patiently in Anzu's private room back stage, she had been there for a while so far but she was not going to leave this place before she could get a few words with her friend. Anzu was on stage right now, Meyli had called a friend of her who was part of the technical crew on Anzu's show to let her know if Raven was anywhere to be found. She was told from her 'contact' that Raven didn't stay to watch the show, he brought Anzu and left. Of course Meyli didn't want to get too many peoples involved but she had to talk to Anzu.

The middle break of the show started, soon after the door of the room opened and Anzu slowly walked inside, she jumped out of surprise when she saw Meyli sitting in a chair in front of her. "What are you doing here?" She looked over her shoulder quickly with worried.

"Don't worry, I have a friend in the crew, she'll tell me if Raven comes." Meyli said.

Anzu appeared relieved but she quickly hid it. "What do you want?" She asked again.

"I want to talk to you." Was Meyli's answer. "Seto talked to us, he told us you spent the night at the mansion yet you left in the morning, why is that?"

"I had to get back home, that's all." Anzu answered almost nonchalantly.

"Anzu, you were safe at the mansion, you didn't have to go back to Raven." Meyli said.

Anzu suddenly turned angry. "Who said that I need to be kept safe? I'm perfectly fine on my own."

"Anzu, Raven is hurting you, you can't stay with him." Meyli countered.

"He was just stressed, will you guys stop making a big deal out of this?" Anzu yelled back.

"We'll stop making a big deal out of this when you'll see the truth. He's dangerous, what are you going to do? Wait until he kills you to leave him?" Meyli asked, yelling too.

"What's wrong with you guys? Why can't you just leave me alone?"

"Because we are your friends and we are worried about you. Do you want to be one of the hundreds of woman who are killed by their abusive husband every year?" Meyli asked angrily.

"That won't happen, and you know why? Because we love each other, he cares about me and would never hurt me on purpose." Once she said that, Anzu took a few deep breaths to calm herself. "Now go, I have to get ready for the next part and I don't want to hear about this matter again."

Meyli sighed, apparently there was no way she was going to get through to Anzu. "Fine, I'm leaving. But Anzu, you can call us at any time if you need anything."

"That won't be necessary." Anzu answered as her friend passed in front of her.

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wow, that was hard to write, here I was wondering why I felt weak all day long, I just realised that it was because of the pills I took because of my flu, they causes dizziness…..but even if they are pills to stop flu symptom they aren't any good, the only thing they do is making me too week in the leg to walk straight. The other thing is, unlike what I thought, writing home is harder (especially since I had a writers block) my bros and sis are always there making noises and playing call of duty, halo 3 and need for speed, since there are no desk or tv in my room anymore I no longer have any calm place to go……I actually found refuge in my little sister's room since she is away at her father's house

Next chapter should be on sooner, I had a huge writers block after the first 1000 words were done.

Happy New Year!!!