Two Halves of a Whole – Ch 5
The following day, Kaiba invited Isaac to lunch, figuring he should get to know this new family member. Kaiba found out quite a bit about Isaac, and about himself. Isaac and he were separated at birth, only for Isaac to be adopted out by a lovely Canadian family. He grew up in Canada his whole life, living in Ontario for a bit, then moving to British Columbia. He met Miriam in high school and they became best friends. He's always been out of the closet, it was never a big deal he came out. He helped Miriam come out to her parents. After graduating high school he waited an extra year before going to University to study dance and science. Miriam moved here, he followed suit shortly after. Now he's here, teaching dance, and performing.
"So let me get this straight," Isaac pondered, after listening to Kaiba recount his childhood and recent events of duel monsters, "you never went to university?"
"Yeah, there a problem?" Kaiba countered curtly.
"No, it's just interesting. Someone who's as smart as you, I would imagine would have gone to university!"
"I don't need to. I run a multi-billion dollar company and can afford to live quite well."
"Well, what if something were to happen to the company – what if it just...fell apart? What if you lost your job?"
Kaiba snorted, rolling his eyes. "As if that would ever happen. Either way, I have such a high reputation in this city I could easily start another company, Kaiba Corp 2.0 so to speak."
Isaac let out a huff of disbelief at how his twin could be so arrogant. He pulled his phone out and started to write a new text, "and you're obsessed with duel monsters too?" Isaac asked Kaiba. "Gosh, you're such a nerd! But yet again, so am I, hah!" Isaac finished typing. His text read: 'Is Seto ALWAYS this arrogant?' He searched through his contacts, attached Yugi's number to the text, and pressed send. He looked back at Seto.
"I wouldn't call it much of an obsession but more of a passion. It's something you may not understand, the game has more meaning to me than anything else could give me."
"I think I might be able to understand, I have my obsessions too ya know." Isaac let a smirk play lightly at his lips. "I mean, my obsessions...or obsession rather, has great meaning to me. It's been a huge part of my life, who I am."
"And what is your great obsession?" Kaiba asked with one eyebrow raised. He was curious to hear this.
"Ever heard of Lady Gaga?"
"Lady what?"
"Gaga. Mother Monster. You know – the famous international pop singing sensation, disco stick?" Isaac's eyes widened in disbelief as Kaiba slowly shook his head 'no.' "WHAT?" Isaac nearly yelled in disbelief. "You're telling me you've NEVER heard of Lady Gaga? That's absurd! Ok, as SOON as I get a chance I am showing you some of her stuff, she's the real deal."
"So you're obsessed with a pop star. Isn't that a little cliché?" Kaiba was expecting something better than this.
"She's more than just a pop star you know. She's changed so many lives, including mine. She's helped me through some of my darkest times, through some of my most depressing times. She is one of the only artists I know of that connects with her fans on a much more personal level. I am a Little Monster and I am proud of it. Nobody can ever take that away from me, nope!" Isaac's phone buzzed in his hand, he looked down to check it.
"I don't see the point in obsessing over people who dedicate their lives to being fake to the world, just to get their name in lights. But I guess if it makes some people happy, then so be it. It's a waste of time."
Isaac sighed sadly. "You just don't understand. She isn't fake. With your ego it might take some time to get it through your head what exactly her message is."
'lol, yes, for as long as I can remember. But he has gotten better! It used to be much worse. But I fear his inflated ego is something that will never quite go away. But that's ok, because now we have you, the super nice version of Kaiba ;p ' Yugi's response read. Isaac chuckled.
'lol aww you're a sweetie. Well, guess I'll have to deal with it then, wish me luck!' Isaac texted back. His sapphire eyes returned to meet colbalt ones.
"Well it's been lovely chatting with you twin, but I must dash, I have to meet someone somewhere soon – I'll talk to you later then I guess?" Isaac said, as he was getting up to leave.
"See you around," Kaiba shot back. His eyes narrowed as he watched Isaac exit the restaurant.
Isaac received another text from Yugi. 'I'm sure you can do it, you're a strong person. Dinner tonight? Plz?' Isaac's heart skipped a beat as a smile played generously at his lips. He sent a quick message back, 'Sure! But come over to my place, I want to cook. =) '
He tucked his phone away quickly in his pocket when he approached the bus stop. His face was flustered a brilliant shade of red, his stomach full of beautiful butterflies.
Isaac met Mokuba at the mall for some gay brother-sister shopping time. Mokuba explained to Isaac that the goal of this trip was to help make her 'girly,' as she put it. She had been wearing boy clothes for so long and Isaac inspired her to do something for herself, but she needed help. She felt embarrassed going into stores and getting feminine clothing, because she hid her identity for so long, it affected her greatly.
It was perfect, Isaac knew his way around malls quite well, and helped navigate Mokuba to where the best clothing and deals were. He did more than just navigate, he helped select clothing for her to try on, telling her what would look flattering on her and what would not.
"How does this look?" Mokuba asked as she stepped out of a dressing room to show Isaac a yellow-red dress they picked out.
He looked at her for a minute, hmm-ing and scrunching his face. "It's not doing it for me, the colour doesn't look right. Try the purple and blue one on, I think that might go better. The cut is also different which will probably compliment your figure much better."
Mokuba nodded and trotted back into her dressing room. She found the dress Isaac was talking about – it had two 1-inch straps that went over the shoulders, it blended from blue at the top to purple at the bottom, knee-length, and flowed from the breasts down. She checked herself over in her personal mirror before stepping out to show Isaac, she felt good about this one.
"Oh, MUCH better Mokuba, I like this one alot. It's a definite yes. Wow." Isaac exclaimed.
"Really? You think so?" Mokuba asked eagerly. They had already bought a bunch of other clothes, but it never ceased to excite her whenever Isaac said he liked something.
"Yes, it really is. In fact, I think this is the dress you should put on right when you get home to show your other brother." They had agreed that once they got back to the Kaiba mansion, Mokuba would put on some of her new clothes and confront Kaiba, demanding acceptance. It was a big step but Isaac wanted to encourage this, Mokuba needed to be freed from everything holding her back to being the beautiful woman she wanted to be.
Mokuba grinned widely, "Alright! I think this is the last thing I have to try on too. I'll go get back into my other clothes."
Isaac smiled, "You hurry up now! Because I think we're almost done, but not quite, we still need to get you some new shoes to match with some of these things!" he winked at her.
Mokuba giggled as she ran back into her dressing room. Girl shoes! Finally!
Back at the Kaiba mansion Mokuba put on her new dress to show to her big brother. She was nervous, but she could do it.
"Now, you sure you can do this alone?" Isaac asked, concerned. He knew Kaiba wasn't too friendly, and was concerned for her well being.
"I'll be fine," Mokuba nodded. "I need to do this alone, I need to have him accept me."
"Alright then...you have my number if anything happens, ok? Please promise to call me when it's over with."
"I will, don't worry!" And with that Mokuba gave Isaac a huge hug. Isaac grinned and returned the warm hug, pulling away rustling Mokuba's neatly combed raven hair.
"Well, I better get going , I have some dinner to prepare for tonight!"
"Good luck!"