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To approach or not to approach?
That was the question that was floating around in Kaiba's head as he stared at the poor girl who was crying in the cold rain. A heavy sigh left his lips, his breath created a fog in the freezing air. He kept wiping away the rain drops that had fallen on his face, but gave up eventually. What was the point? It was pouring and hell, he was already soaked.
There was no more time to waste as he decided to approach her. He walked towards her, avoiding puddles of water along the way. "Serenity." He said coolly once he had reached her. He saw her looking up at him, the raindrops were disguising her tears but her swollen eyes gave away the fact that she had been crying.
"What do you want?" She sneered, but silence was her only reply. Frustrated, she turned away from him and started to open the door to her car. A hand on her shoulder stopped her from entering. She spun around. "What do you want?" She asked again. She saw that he had a look of concern on his face and noted that he was entirely wet from the rain too.
"Why are you working here?
"Why do you care?" She snapped. Serenity was sick and tired of him lingering around her. Pinched in long-suffering irritation, Serenity's exhale was audible. 'What was he looking for? Shouldn't he be at home in his big mansion plotting of ways to make more money?' She thought. Then she wondered why he risked being spotted by protecting her from that pervert. 'Was he out looking for a charity case? ' Kaiba was either mentally possessed by an angel or simply had something diabolic up his sleeve. She wasn't sure. "Why did you help me back there?"
All these questions she threw at him, why couldn't she just be grateful? "That asshole deserved every punch I gave him. Frankly, I wasn't even done with him. I know you're not a slut, you're an innocent girl strangled in this corrupted business. I saw it in your eyes...Why?" Kaiba always had good judgment, he could easily tell between a bad girl and a good girl. He was sure that this Wheeler fell under the good girl's list. He took a step closer to her and within a second he felt her head on his chest. Her little arms shyly wrapped around him. Her tattered coat now fallen off her shoulders and now caught in-between her car door and the back of her waist. She could feel Seto's body heat radiating from him and somehow, it was keeping her warm.
At that moment, she didn't care who he was, she just needed someone to lean on because the night had consumed her, leaving her numb and dead inside. She just wanted to hear the comforting sound of a beating heart.
Kaiba stood there, allowing her to rest her head against his hard chest. He felt the warmness coming from her little fragile body. A collection of emotions ran through his mind. What he wanted was to find out if her skin was as soft as it appeared to be. Never thought he'd catch himself wanting to do that, but he held Serenity back and with the back of his hand, he gently stroked her cheeks. Indeed, her skin on her angelic face was extremely soft.
She stared at him, her heart hammering hard against her ribs. Was he actually stroking her cheeks with such gentleness?
Her soft cheeks, beautiful wet hair, and innocent looking eyes were enough to make him want to kiss her. Without hesitation, he leaned close to her and their lips met. He kissed her softly and slowly. He wasn't sure why he had let his guard down and kissed her. But her lips felt soft against his and he had no regrets of doing it.
Kissing this innocent beauty somewhat made him feel as if he had entered a different world. A kind and gentle world where life was never hard. An innocent world that his mother had tried to create for him as a child, but he knew never existed.
Serenity eyes widened as he kissed her, but she calmly let herself loose and began to close her eyes. If his goal was to make her forget about her dreadful night than he had succeeded. Now the angry thought of that pervert was gone and pleasure filled up her entire body. She wanted to touch him, to feel his muscles. Instead, she gripped onto her car handle from behind her, holding on to it tightly. As if she literally feared that his kiss might actually sweep her off her feet.
He tasted of black coffee. He probably drank a lot of it to keep himself up late at night to work, she thought. But, she didn't mind the taste at all. If anything, the taste awakened something in her body, making her want more.
Making her want him.
He never got an answer as to why she was working as a stripper and he may not get that answer tonight. Whatever the reasons were, he was sure that it would come out eventually. After all, the truth always had a way of coming out and that thought never failed him.
Distancing himself from her wasn't easy, but being a Kaiba, dealing with the uneasy was his specialty. After all, running a multi-billion dollar company was never easy. Choices had to be made, good ones that is. He took a step back from her ending the kiss, "You give in life once, it'll control you." He eyed the club with his cold blue eyes, "They will control you. That business will eat up your soul if it hadn't already. You don't have to sink to that level. Whatever it is that you desperately need, there are more than one way to go about it. Don't let life control you, you need to take control of your life."
Serenity knew Kaiba was a loner with a capital L. He went through life solo and she found that to be depressing. He was no doubt a strong-minded man though, she was sure that there was no one out there who would be able to control him. The only person that she could think of who would be lucky enough to see the softer side of him would be his little brother, Mokuba.
"Control..." He whispered softly but firmly, his cold stare trapping her in place. "...is everything."
Not sure of what to say, Serenity only stared back. She didn't know the man well enough to trust him with her tragedy. She didn't even tell Joey about her brain tumor, so why must she tell him? All she knew was that he was a rich loner, possibly a workaholic, and he despised her brother. On the other side, Joey never had much kind things to say about Kaiba either. However, Kaiba stood up for her which brought nothing but confusion upon her..and his kiss...The kiss triggered something in her innocent virginal body, leaving her wanting something more. The route to which was tempting her beyond her most sensual imagination.
An earsplitting thunder sound broke out, interrupting her thoughts about the kiss between her and Kaiba. She blushed a little, but he was too concentrated on the rain to notice. "Go home, Wheeler." He chuckled and reached around her to open up her car door, catching her coat and placing it over her shoulders again; this time she placed her arms through the sleeves.
She gave him a little glance before getting in her car, a slight smile fell upon her face. He shut her car door and quickly made his way to the silver car that he had borrowed.
Kaiba watched in the rear view mirror as Serenity drove away and waited till she was out of sight. He took extra precaution while driving in the rain, his mind beating him up with strange questions. 'Did she like my kiss? Did I make a mistake? Am I falling for her? Have I lost my mind? Are cupids messing with me? To hell with it!' He screamed in his head, attempting to hush his mind up. Those questions were making him dizzy and he tried to brushed them away.
His attitude towards her changed, he went from not caring for her to wanting to beat up every man that laid their hands on her. He wanted to claim her and his protective instincts were telling him that she needed him. She needed his help, his power, his protection...maybe even his love.
"Seto Kaiba had been spotted at a gentlemen's club last night. The young CEO assaulted a man, leaving his face completely battered." Announced a young blonde news anchor lady. "We have the footage right here. There is no denying it."
Mokuba watched on his living room floor as the footage of his older brother was played on national television. "So, that's the godforsaken place he was talking about." He said to himself.
They had blurred out all the strippers to keep their identity hidden. Unfortunately, Kaiba's face was exposed for the whole world to see.
"I don't believe it! Is this some sort of publicity stunt?" Asked a male news anchor as soon as the footage ended. "Is this a desperate attempt to have people focus their attention on his company? After all, he is launching a new program next month."
"If anything this stunt is only going to sabotage his business." Said the female anchor. "There's rumours that this isn't the Seto Kaiba though, and is actually a lookalike. The cameraman moves around a lot so judge for yourself! Here is the footage again if any of you have missed it."
Suddenly, the television turned off and Mokuba's head spun around to see that his brother was holding onto the remote control.
Kaiba was fighting the urge to throw it through the huge television screen. "At least the moron who filmed this whole scenario captured the good side of my face." He said, sarcasm dripping from his voice.
"Seto! Our company is in ruins?" He cried.
"Don't be silly, Mokuba. Everyone knows damn well that my company holds the best technology for Duel Monsters. They can't resist but to buy from us. No other companies had stood a chance against Kaiba Corp. Soon the media will be filled with other bullshit like Lindsay Lohan from America and her hundredths DUIs." With that he slammed the remote on the table and walked away. Little did the world know that he was actually defending a poor girl from a pervert that night.
