Melting

By: Bob- and- Obo inc.

A/N I know that In the other chapter i have the story titled by two names...I am sorry for that but the story was origionally called One Random Story or some such random thing but at the last minute I changed it, without even thinking that I hadnt changed it on the origional document...but now in this chapter I have mended my error and will continue writting. Please Read and Review, I promise to update quickly!

I realise that I forgot my disclaimer last chapter...well here it is...

Disclaimer: I do not own yugioh or starwars...or advil...or anything...

Mai walked into the restaurant and found her friends waiting for her at their usual table, all present and accounted for, that is except for Ashley. "Where is Ashley?" Mai asked..."Dont tell me she is late?"

Rachel smiled at Mai. "Shes not coming, she got a cold from walking in the rain today and felt to sick to come tonight, Im catching up with her tomarrow."

"Hmmm...well I'm going to have to pay her a visit tomarrow was well." Mai said, and then she walked around the table and trapped Joey in a passionate embrace. "I missed you." She winked and Joey looked alittle red...

Everyone was so excited about seeing Mai again that they didnt really question Ashleys flimsy excuse. Tristan and Serenity, Newly weds, were sitting across the table rom Joey and Mai. "So Tristan, How is your shop doing?" Joey asked.

"Just fine actually. Last week I had a really nice harley in the shop for some motor work, the guy over paid me and refused to pay any less than he offered. To tell you the truth he seemed really familliar, Like I had met him before, But i couldnt quite place it." Tristan said.

"Well what did he look like?" Rachel asked.

"He had black hair, about The length of Joeys, and really dark blue eyes...about as tall as me...thats about all I remember..." Tristan said.

"Well all them rich moneybags are the same...you probably saw him on a magasine or a newspaper or something..." Joey said offhandedly...then the food arrived and the talk quieted to a slight chatter and they chatted most of the night away, By the end of the night Serenity and Tristans big news was spilled and there was another reason to celebrate...Joey was going to be an Uncle. It was well past nine pm when the group left the restuarant going their seperate ways home. Ryou and Rachel, who lived in the same building walked off on their own way home.

Ryou walked Rachel to her door before heading up two more floors to his apartment. He walked across his living room to the computer dest that he used for marking papers that his students wrote and that such thing, he opened the drawer and pulled out a velvet covered box. He opened it and looked at the diamond ring inside twinkling in the feint light coming from the lamp by the couch. He carefully closed the box again and put it back in its drawer, Soon...soon he would present the woman he loved with this ring and they would be happy for the rest of their days, Smiling he walked down the hall to his room, threw off his clothes and crawled into bed in just his boxers, he turned off his light and went to sleep thinking about the one woman he loved.

Ashley was enjoying her night, they had managed to stay awake and decided to put episode five into the dvd player and started watching it. But as all good things must come to an end so was this night...Ashleys eyes began to get heavy and her head was moving down on her pillow...soon she was completely asleep and her head wasnt actually resting on a pillow it was resting on Seto.

Seto looked over and saw that Ashley was fast asleep. He smiled and let her sleep, Soon his eyes were closeing and he was asleep long before Darth Vader pronounced that he was Lukes father. During their slee Seto and Ashley seemed to move closer, but of course their seperate blankets seperated them, but his arm did find its way about her waist and it rested their until Ashley awoke just after seven am. She had her interview at ten and then she had to meet Rachel after she got off work which was around five so she had plenty of time between the interveiew and meeting Rachel.

She got up and had some breakfast, Seto was still fast asleep and that was good, after waking up this morning with his arm over her had disconcerted her a little bit, sure back in highschool she had crushed on the infamous Seto Kaiba...there were few who hadnt...but still, last night she had seen him in a whole new light...and she had to question wether or not she was falling in love with him...or if it was her foolish little crush coming back to haunt her.

Seto woke up and saw that Ashley wasnt on the couch anymore, so he got up and walked to the kitchen, there he found Ashley stareing off into space lost in thought. He waved a hand in her face to get her attention. "Good morning." he said.

"G...Good morning!" Ashley stammered and tried not to turn red. "How are you feeling this morning?" She asked.

"A bit of a headache...do you have any advil?" he asked.

"Yeah, in the cupboard above the fridge. Got a nasty hang over did you?"

"Yeah.." he said as he grabbed the advil and swallowed three pills.

"Vodka will do that to you..." Ashley said as she dug into her frosted flakes. "Want some?" She asked.

"Vodka?" Seto asked.

"No...Frosted Flakes..." Ashley laughed.

"Yeah sure..." He said, laughing as well.

"Ok, milk is in the fridge, bowls are in the cupboard above the sink and spoons in the drawer beside the fridge and the cereal is on the counter," that said Ashley went back to her breakfast. Seto went about making his breakfast, Just as he started eating Ashley stood up and put her bowl and spoon in the sink. She was walking from the room when she turned back and looked at Seto. "I have an interview today at ten it shouldnt take any longer than an hour, would you like to stay here or do you want to leave?" Ashley asked.

"Well I have no where to go, I can go back to my house to get clothes, and I have some money for a hotel room.." Ashley cut him off. "You can stay here as long as you need, What I ment was that you can stay at the apartment while I go out, or you can go out for the day...I didnt expect you to leave." Ashley smiled at him.

"Thank you." Seto said.

"Your most welcome. anyways your clothes are in the dryer, they should be done soon." Ashley turned and walked down the hallway to the bathroom to get ready for her interview.

Half an hour later she came out of the bathroom and went to the living room, she was fully ready to go but she still didnt have to leave for at least another hour. Seto had folded the bed back into the couch and folded up his blanket and put his pillows on the blanket beside the couch on the floor. Ashley tried to supress a giggle. He was still dressed only in his boxers...

"Whats so funny?" he asked at her barely audible escaped giggle.

"Oh nothing..." Ashley heard a beep down the hall and ran off to get his clothes. She had escaped.

She walked back to the living room and gave Seto his clothes then he went into the bathroom to get dressed. Ashley sat on the couch trying to get her flaming cheeks to behave...

It was finally time to go to her interview and Aslhey grabbed her coat and the umbrella as well as her purse. Seto came out of the living room, trench coat in hand. "So, where exactly is this interview?" he asked.

"About twelve blocks up from here..." Ashley said.

"Thats quite a ways to walk...Let me walk with you. Im heading that way anyways...I have to go my house and I'll be heading that way..."

"You are a bad liar, Seto Kaiba. I know that your house is in the complete opposite direction, but if you insist, you can walk me." Ashley winked at him. She handed him her spare key. "Thats incase you get back here with your things before I do. If you dont mind me asking how much stuff are you getting?"

"My laptop and some clothes and a few other small personal things...not to much...the bank took everything else that was of value that I hadnt already sold..." he said sadly.

Ashley and Seto walked along amiably, Seto holding the umbrella for them to keep most of the rain off. People passing by paid no mind to them, which was great...he didnt need to be pointed out as Seto Kaiba the failure...today he was just Seto Kaiba ordinary human being, in the company of the most beautiful woman he had ever known, he had been rude and unkind to her and her friends for years but she still was compassionate enough to let him into her home and offer him a place to stay when he had no where else to turn...she was an extrodinary woman indeed. He left Ashley at the small diner and headed off towards his Mansion, He had a long walk ahead of him, but he didnt mind he had plenty of time to spare.

Finally he arrived at the mansion and let hiself in. All the servants were gone and had been for at least a month or more. He strode to his bedroom on the second floor and collected a suitcase full of clothing..and his breifcase containing his laptop. Then he gathered a few things, pictures mostly of his brother and his grad photo, his grad yearbook and his deck. All his other cards he had sold off for money to keep Kaiba Corp running and now all he had left was his deck that had served him well in rescueing his brother so many times...he placed his few personal items where he could fit them in his breifcase and suitcase. He decided to grab another suitcase and put a few more items in it. Then he called a cab to take him back to Ashleys house. Just before he left he grabbed the small box containing the few of his mothers jewls that he hadnt sold off. he placed that in his pocket...he just might have a use for them. The taxi arrived and he was on his way to Ashleys, leaving behind his mansioin, never to see it again...

Seto arrived at the aparment shortly after noon, he made it all the way upstairs with his two suitcases and his breifcase, when he got to the top of the stairs there was Ashley, just opening the door, she turned and smiled at him. "What timeing! Wouldnt you agree?" she giggled and held the door for him. He took his things in and set them in the living room. "hmmm..." he said from the livingroom.

"Are you hungry?" Ashley asked from the kitchen.

"A little, why? are you?" He asked back as he came into the kitchen in time to see her putting some hotdogs into the pot of water on the stove.

"How many would you like?"

"That depends...are you making anything with them?"

"I have some Mac&Cheese?"

"Perfect." He said, "I'll have two hotdogs."

Ashley smiled and put on another pot of water for the macaroni then she went out into the living room with Seto and turned on the Tv. Ashley surfed the channels then passed Kaiba the remote, then she went into the kitchen to deal with the food. shortly after that the food was done and she called him to the kitchen.

"Ummm...Kaiba...Lunch is ready..." she said.

Seto walked into the Kitchen. "You can call me Seto," he said as he put ketchup on his hotdogs. He picked up his plate and sat at the table with Ashley.

"So...hows the gormet food? Seto?" Ashley asked...letting his name roll of her tongue, she liked saying his name.

"Very well actually, I havent had hotdogs in a long time."

"Well, I eat them often...so you'll have no shortage of hotdogs.." Ashley laughed.

A/N Now please dont kill me, i know that this chapter is shorter than the first...but at least it is a chapter...i promise to get ch. 3 up tomarrow-ish...well yawn this author is off to bed...nighty night, and please review!