Perks of the job
By Mushka-kun
Chapter 18 – the gift of music
Summary: the night of the party was finally here!
Disclaimer: I no own YuGiOh .
'Thoughts/Quoting'
"Speech"
*Sound*
[A/N]
The day seemed to fly past. She did all of her normal duties as nanny and then got herself ready along with Mokuba and gave the driver the address Seto had told her a few days before. She had a black and white skater dress on with a belt bringing it in round her middle and little canvas dolly shoes. She wanted to look pretty but not over-do it. Mokuba just had a nice shirt on and a pair of jeans. When they arrived the place was already buzzing. There were all kinds of people there, from young children to adults working for other big companies. She hadn't seen Seto yet, Mokuba had been dragged off by some other children.
Anzu went to get herself a drink when she was stopped by an elderly man.
"Well hello miss, who have you come here with?" he said with a smile.
"The Kaiba brothers."
"I thought as much, there's no way that boy would come without there being someone he wants to impress. You must be the girlfriend right?"
The man looked at her with a knowing smile, she wasn't sure how but she felt like she should be close to this man. She got her drink and then went off with the man. He was much taller than her with grey hair; he walked slightly bent over but which much confidence. He spoke about Seto like he was a child who never did as asked. The two of them sat down and talked about this and that. All of a sudden he stood up, looked around and grinned. He excused himself from Anzu and then disappeared. All of a sudden the lights when down and everyone's attention was drawn to the stage. It was the old man.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm very happy to see that so many of you have turned out to our little party. I'd like to thank all of you who have donated money to us over the years and a very happy welcome to those of you who have seen the benefits of your money. Hope the children enjoy the entertainment of the evening"
Everyone clapped and cheered as the old man stepped off the stage. That's when it occurred to Anzu. Old man, lots of children, the friendly atmosphere and all the big companies that donated to him. This was the old man who ran the orphanage. The Domino city orphanage wasn't exactly the smallest one; they also had connections to the children's ward of the hospital and a few day cares. One of the speakers had come on and did a short speech; she was yet to have seen Seto. When the speaker left a piano was wheeled on stage. The lights went down and everyone went quiet, Anzu new this could only be Seto. The lights came up and there he was, dark blue shirt and black jeans, looking as smart as ever. He started playing. Anzu knew the song instantly. You and me – Lifeboat. One of Anzu's favourite love songs, not that she thought she'd ever told this to Seto. His singing voice was low and husky, she thought this was one of the most wonderful sounds she'd ever heard.
"There's something about you now,
I can't quite figure out.
Everything she does it beautiful.
Everything she does is right."
He made one glance at Anzu and her heart melted, if she hadn't known beforehand she was defiantly certain this was the man she loved more than anyone in this world. The song ended and everyone clapped, left stage with his normal confident stride but something was odd. The old man from earlier caught the corner of her eye, he signalled for her to come over. She was lead into a back room. She found Seto sat in the corner of the room. He looked a wreck.
"Still got stage fright Seto-chan" the old man put his arm round him with a big smile. Seto looked up at her and seemed really embarrassed.
"I'm okay Ojiisan" he stood up and walked over to Anzu.
"Seto –kun, you were wonderful." She smiled up at him.
Seto wrapped his arms around her tight; she could feel him shake. She had seen him talk for bigger crowds, perform on stage and play the piano and he never got like this after. Was it just when he sang? He kissed her softly and introduced her to Ojiisan. He used to spend a lot of time playing chess at the orphanage with Seto.
"The last time I beat Seto-kun he must have been about 6 or 7. Such a little talent" The two of them seemed really close. Seto excused himself and walked off, he didn't seem as confident as normal. "Hmmm, well little miss, what do you think to you and I doing something to cheer him up?"
"Go on…"
When he entered the main event room Seto was bombarded by people. None of them mattered to him. Other than Ojiisan the only people here he wanted to talk to were the orphans. The older ones were there at the same time as him and Mokuba; they were the main reason why he gave so much money to the charity. He kept walking till he found Mokuba and the rest of the children. He ended up sat with a little girl sat on his knee and a young boy telling him all these extravagant stories. Even though he'd never admit it, he liked being around children. He liked the big imagination and how everything is so amazing and how they have so much love to give.
"Ahh Nii-san, look at the pretty lady with Ojiisan." The little girl was tugging on Seto's shirt and pointed at the stage. There was Anzu stood next to Ojiisan, he was sat on a stool with an acoustic guitar in hand. He starts playing as Anzu sways nervously to the music, she picked up the microphone. Seto felt the world stand still as the first few were sung.
"Oh kiss me out of the bearded barley,
Nightly, beside the green, green grass,
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step,
You'll wear those shoes and I will wear that dress"
She looked up and smiled sweetly, her voice was soft and charming, a blush crept across her face. His heart melted, everyone faded; all he saw was Anzu.
"Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift you open hand
Strike up the band, and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling,
So kiss me"
She was more than just a dancer, in his mind, she was just generally wonderful.
The song ended and she carefully placed the mic down. Everyone started clapping and Seto stood up and applauded loudly, she couldn't help but giggle, in a way he reminded her of Jonouchi. She felt a hand on her back pushing her forward, Ojiisan with a big grin on his face. Seto started walking up to the stage. He reached out to her and she jumped down almost onto him. He held her up off the ground and gave her a kiss.
They spent the night looking after the children and hearing stories from Ojiisan. When Mokuba started getting sleepy they took him home, he fell asleep in the car. Seto carried him to his room and tucked him in while Anzu got ready for bed. She was still all giddy curled up in bed. Seto came in and laid down next to her
"Alright, you've found out my secret." He brushed her hair behind her ear and stroked her cheek.
"What do you mean?"
"The only thing I get nervous doing in public is singing. I don't often sing so feel happy you heard it, you won't again for a long time." He kissed the bridge of her knows and started getting undressed for bed.
The two of them cuddled up and went to sleep 'This is wonderful,' Anzu thought to herself. 'One of the best Christmas presents ever with still 5 days to go."