Perks of the job

By Mushka-kun
Chapter 11 – Time To Dance

0000 hours = zero hundred hours, military term for the time you attack or start a mission. (Just-in-case you didn't get it ^_^ ) sorry this one is a bit longer than the others 3

Summary: the party has arrived but does Seto need to fight for Anzu's attention?
Disclaimer: I no own YuGiOh .

'Thoughts/Quoting'
"Speech"
*Sound*

Finally, the day had arrived! It was Saturday! Anzu was incredibly excited when she woke up, she had planned the day out into chunks.
Morning – Eating. Bathing. Relaxing,
After noon – Prep starts. Making sure Moki has all is things. Airing out dress. Collecting all she needs.
Early evening – Go time! Dress on! Hair sorted! Any makeup worn! Checking boys are presentable.
After that is what she referred to as 0000 hours. They got in the limo and left.

She had just gotten up and had her shower; she didn't really want to get dressed only to get changed later so she put on her gym 'shorts' and a tank top. It was about 9am, she went into the kitchen and started to cook herself breakfast. She had porridge so she wouldn't be hungry later, she didn't want to eat later in the day in case she looked bloated in the dress. 'Well since I don't have to run around after Mokuba…I could just go and watch T.V.' she thought washing up her porridge bowl. She went up into the room she watched movies with Mokuba in, she turned on the T.V and started to flick through the channels. "Well, look who's up? I thought you'd still be sleeping like a baby." He smirked and sat down next to her. "Well I decided I was going to get up at a reasonable time, is that a problem, Kaiba-sama." She glanced at him but stayed focused on the T.V. What she said irritated Seto. He hated it when she called him Kaiba; it made him feel like they were still on opposite teams. "So, what are you doing anyway?" she could tell he was irritated.
"Just watching T.V for a while. I thought I would just relax today. What's the plan for tonight anyway?"
"Well it's a dinner as well as a party, so, we get there, hang around, talk to people then we get seated to eat and then it's like music and you can dance and chat and drink. Whatever takes your fancy at the time."
"A dinner as well as a party?" She sighed and held her tummy "I was hoping I would get away without eating in that dress. Oh well, just got to be careful" She giggled and slumped on the sofa.
"Hmmm…well as long as you don't drop anything down yourself it'll be fine." He smirked at the thought of her freaking out like a child with chocolate on her dress.
"I'm not 6! I can eat without making a mess!"
"Sure.."

The two teens spent the morning teasing each other and watching T.V. At around midday Mokuba immerged and Anzu made him something to eat. She went upstairs and got her dress out and hung it up by the window. She went to get Mokuba's suit out and check everything. It was all there and clean, nothing to worry about, she left it on Mokuba's bed for him later. She went back to her room and got out her shoes and sat at the mirror. Because of the fire she didn't have much of her things. She didn't really have anything pretty to wear with this dress. She did have one thing. It was an anklet, it was a gift from Yugi for her last birthday, it had spheres on it and the chain was silver. She left it on the table and went looking for hair stuff.

Time passed and she started to get ready, they had to leave by 6:30 at the latest. It was nearly 5 so she got dressed. Her hair was gently curled; it sat just below her shoulders. She wasn't one for wearing a lot of makeup; she had a slight red lip gloss on and put on a little mascara and eyeliner. It was a quite natural look but it just made her eyes stand out a little more than normal. She put on the dress and the shoes and starred at herself in the mirror on the inside of her wardrobe. It felt like something was missing. She looked at the clock. It was 6pm. She went over to Mokuba's room.
"Moki-kun, are you dressed?" she stood outside the door.
"Yes!" the door swung open wide, Mokuba's jaw dropped. "Anzu-chan is so pretty." He gave her a big grin.
"Thank you Moki-kun" she gave him a big cuddle and brushed down his suit and adjusted his tie. "Let's go check on Seto."

Mokuba ran down the corridor and burst into Seto's room, she followed behind slowly, she was nervous about presenting herself to Seto. "Hurry up Anzu-chan!" Mokuba came out of Seto's room and grabbed her hand and dragged her into Seto's room. She starred at her feet, her face felt hot. Slowly, she looked up and her eyes met with his, she was mesmerised by these glimmering pools of blue. Seto's face lit up. "You're beautiful…" He stepped up to her and took her hands in his. "Moki, can you wait down stairs for us?" Mokuba nodded and bounced out the room.
"Anzu-chan, close your eyes." she went red and closed her eyes. She could hear him moving around and opening something. The felt the material of his jacket brush past her shoulder and something land on her chest and her hair get moved. His hot breath caressed her neck; he got close to her ear and whispered "Open." She put her hand to her neck and felt something there and turned to the mirror. He had put on her a silver necklace; it had two layers, one that was tight round the neck and a loser one that had a locket on it. The locket was crusted with sapphires; she opened up the locket and nearly cried when she found what was inside. A photo of a young her sat on her father's lap. In the other side it read 'Love never fades.'

"Seto, its beautiful, thank you, how did you get this photo?" She couldn't stop staring at it in the mirror.
"I had the idea when you agreed to come to the party with me, so I went to your mother and asked her for a photo of you and your dad, I saw a sapphire that matched your eyes so…I got them to put it there…" he came up behind her and held her. She turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Seto! You're amazing!" she was nearly in tears. "Come on Anzu-chan, let's get going."

The three of them got in the limo and went to the party, Anzu was so nervous her knees were shaking. The hall was massive; there was a crystal chandelier in the middle of the room. Mokuba was dragged off by a group of other kids when they walked in, a group of important looking men were gesturing for Seto to come over.
"Ah, Kaiba-sama, it's been a while hasn't it, business as strong as ever I see." A rather large built man in a suit talked to Seto as if they were old friends but Seto didn't seem overly interested.
"Life is as good as ever Takashima-sama, Yamamoto-sama you don't normally come to these events, why the sudden change."
Yamamoto-sama was a lot younger looking than the other men here, still older than Seto, little over 25. He got his business when his Grandfather died. He was no were as near a good business man as Seto but thought they were in the same league.
"Well hello there madam, may I say you're looking beautiful this evening." Yamamoto took Anzu's hand and kissed it. If looks could kill, Seto's would have shot him dead were he stood.

An announcer told everyone they could enter the dining hall and they would be shown to their seats. Mokuba came back to find them and sat one side of Seto and Anzu sat the other. It was a long table, like you see in movies about kingdoms and knights.
"Well it looks like tonight is my lucky night" Said Yamamoto sitting opposite to the teens. His father was also there as he owns half the company with him. They sat and ate and talked across with him. Yamamoto was a massive flirt and was making it clear that he wanted to 'get to know' Anzu very well. This was really starting to irritate Seto. He knew that if he got pulled away from Anzu for a minute then he would swoop in and try it with her. The thought of another boy putting his hands on her made him rage. The dinner was over and they all sat and chatted while waiting for their puddings.
"Seto-kun, are you okay?" Anzu could see his knuckles going white, gripping one side of his chair.
"Yes, I'm fine," He leaned in close and whispered in her ear "Remember, don't drop any desert on that dress."
She went bright red and playfully hit him on the shoulder, people watched and started to comment, Seto had never bought a guest to any of these events before, the strangest thing was no one there, even the men that had known Seto years, no one called him 'Seto' everyone called him Kaiba-sama or Kaiba-san.

When everyone had finished eating they were all shown to the main hall, were the musicians were already set up to start playing. "Hey, Moki, I need to go do my rounds and keep these men happy, keep Anzu-chan with you. Whatever happens make sure Yamamoto doesn't get alone with her okay?" Seto gave his instructions to his brother, apologised to Anzu and told her he'd be back soon. He walked off with that confident look on his face and started talking with the other business men. All the dates and wives were in the corner talking amongst themselves, they looked at her and whispered. All she could think was they thought 'oh why is he with her!', she thought they must be convinced she's a gold digger or something. She sat with all the kids and ended up with one of the little girls on her lap playing with her hair.
"Oneechan's hair is really soft." The little girl was nuzzling up in Anzu's hair. "Can we dance?"
"Okay" Anzu giggled holding the little girl at her hip and walking up to the dance floor, all the little ones following. She swayed and danced with the little girl with a massive smile on her face. Seto was watching on off in the distance, seeing her look after all those kids made him smile.

Seto wasn't the only one watching Anzu be mother hen. Yamamoto decided this was his chance to get in there. "One day, you're going to make a very good mum." He brushed the little ones hair back behind her ear. "Thank you, Yamamoto-sama" Something about him made Anzu feel uncomfortable.
"Honey, you don't need to be so formal, you can call me Nao, Anzu-san?"
"Um, okay, Nao-san."
"Hey little honey, do you mind if I have the next dance with Anzu-san"
The little girl jumped down from Anzu and ran off dragging Mokuba and his friends with her. He took her hand and led her to right in the middle of the dance floor; he placed on hand firmly at the base of her back and held her hand tight with the other. Anzu felt really uncomfortable as this much older man watched her body move to the music, she really wanted this song to be over soon. She could feel his hand slowly slip down her back. If he so much as put one pinky on her bum she would freak. She didn't want to cause a scene and embarrass Seto but she can't stand perverts.

The song ended, instead of him letting her go like she thought he would, he pulled her closer and whispered right in her ear "Mmmm, let's go somewhere a little more privet." Before she could get a word in he had dragged her off and round the corner. "Hold on! What do you think you're doing!" she said pulling her hand away. He pushed her up against the wall, using his body weight to hold her down. She tried as hard as she could to get him off but she just couldn't. He started to kiss her neck and feel along her sides. She couldn't scream, not without making the worst scene imaginable.
"Stop it Nao-san! Get off me!"
"Shut up, you love it! Anyway, what you gonna do, scream for Kaiba, in front of all the people he works with."
Someone grabbed him and threw him on the ground. It was a very pissed off Seto. "No, she doesn't need to scream." Seto gave him one sharp kick to the chest before Anzu grabbed him and pulled him away. "Please, don't get yourself into trouble for me…"
"Did he hurt you…"
"No, I wasn't hurt, I was a little scared…" she cradled herself and stared at her feet. Seto pulled her close to him and held her tight; she rested against his chest. "I promise, for as long as I live, no man will touch you against your will ever again." He squeezed her tight.
"Seto-kun…wanna' know what will cheer me up?" she looked up at him with a cute expression.
"What's that then?" he smirked
"Let's go have that dance."

She ran off with Seto in toe, and dragged him onto the dance floor. The evening was nearing the end, the lights were dimmer, and couples had split off to dance anyway. He placed his hands at her waist and she draped her arms over his shoulders. The two of them danced slowly, losing themselves in each other's gaze, they didn't notice the people watching them, they didn't notice the whispers or the fact that Mokuba had taken photos of them. All they cared about was that they were together, in that moment. Seto brushed her hair behind her ear and spoke softly "Anzu-chan, did I tell you that you were the most beautiful girl here"
"Nope, I don't remember you saying that." She blushed slightly.

He felt her fingers creep up his neck and play with his hair. He pulled her closer to him and traced the line of her jaw to her chin and then brushed his hand against her cheek, his hand crept up into her hair and he leaned in close. Her heart slowed down, her breathing steadied. She could feel his breath on her lips. They stopped and hesitated, less than an inch away from each other. "Seto…" She closed the space between them, it felt like an explosion. She ran her fingers through his hair and kept him close. She had wanted this for so long; he put his tongue against her lips, asking for permission to enter. Cautiously, she parted her lips and felt his tongue enter her mouth and almost dance with hers. It was deep and passionate and she could barely contain herself, she let out a slight moan of appreciation. They parted for air and just stared at each other. The rest of the room stared at them to.
"Oniisan, I think we'd better go now." He laughed.

Everyone whispered at the group got in the car and left. It was silent the whole way back. The tension between Seto and Anzu was unbelievable. Mokuba ran straight up stairs and left them alone. They looked at each other and grinned. They went upstairs and stopped outside Seto's room. They began to kiss again, hands wondered, things got a little heated. Seto opened the door behind him and walked her over to the bed, she sat on his knee and they continued to kiss. The broke the kiss for air and laid on the bed.
"Seto-kun…does this mean you want to be with me?" She looked concerned.
"Anzu-chan, I've wanted to be with you for so long, please don't make that face, looks like you don't trust Me."
"I just get worried to be honest…" She was worried to look at him.
"Anzu Mazaki," He made her look at him. "I am in love with you. If you right now said that you'd be mine, I could die happy."

He kissed her softly on the lips, she cried a tiny bit but it didn't matter because he was there to dry her tears. Knowing that those feelings were mutual made everything feel so much easier. Anzu went and changed and then came back into Seto's room.
"Can I sleep here now? I really hate sleeping by myself…"
"Of course, as long as I make you feel safe."

She climbed into bed and cuddled up close with him; they had a kiss and a cuddle and went to sleep. In the morning she needed to suck it up, take Yugi to see her mum and to go to her dad's grave. At least she could tell him that a guy was looking after her.