Having A Heart

Summary: Kaiba believes that the heart is just a big muscle that pumps blood around the body. Serenity tries to convince him that the heart is a place where you keep the ones you love. Will she succeed? And will he place her in his heart? Silentshipping.

Disclaimer: I'm working on it, but for now, I do not own YuGiOh.

Author's note: Chapter 7 it is! Not my best chapter, but it's acceptable. I hope... Anyway, I hope you like the chapter^^ And I want to thank Mirokusonlybabe for reviewing chapter 5 and fox-white-moon for reviewing chapter 6! So, thanks! You're really nice to me, I truly appreciate that^.^

Chapter 7: Heart Of Gold

Kaiba tapped his foot impatiently as he heard some stumbling inside the apartment he was standing in front of. After a few seconds, the door was opened… by the most beautiful creature he had ever seen.

Although he would never admit it, he was absolutely stunned by Serenity's appearance. The long, blue dress and the high heels she wore made her look a bit taller, therefore making the fifteen-year old girl look like a real woman. She looked… elegant. Yes, elegant was the perfect word to describe her, which was pretty ironical, since Kaiba had thought that a Wheeler couldn't possibly possess any form of elegance. She proved him dead wrong.

Of course, he was still Seto Kaiba, so he just stared at her coldly, not showing any emotion. Any other guy who got to go out with such a beautiful young woman would have given her a compliment on her outfit. Kaiba didn't. He simply stared at her for a few moments, perhaps a tad bit to long, before he turned around and walked back towards his limousine.

"Let's go," was all he said.

Serenity quickly closed the door behind her and locked it. She followed Kaiba to his limo, not sure what to say or do. He seemed to be reluctant about going to dinner with her, and she didn't want to make his grudge against her grow any larger.

Kaiba's personal chauffeur was standing besides the limo, opening the door for Serenity and Kaiba. Kaiba simply got in, not granting his chauffeur a second look. Serenity, on the other hand, smiled to the chauffeur, to thank him. He smiled back, though a bit shaky. It had been a long time since someone actually showed some appreciation towards him.

She got inside the limousine for the third time in her life, once again sitting next to Kaiba. However, the absence of Mokuba made this ride a lot more awkward then the first two rides. When the chauffeur closed the door behind her, she couldn't help but feel slightly trapped.

"So…," she started, trying to get a conversation going. "Why did you invite me to go out to dinner tonight?"

It was a question she'd been wanting to ask Kaiba ever since Mokuba told her that his brother was taking her out to dinner.

Kaiba glared at her for a little while before he answered.

"You made me and my brother dinner. I owe you. And I hate owing people anything."

It was a simple statement, and it also made sense, but Serenity still felt a little disappointment. Mokuba had said that this was probably Kaiba's way to thank her… On the other hand; Mokuba had also said that he wasn't sure. It wasn't more than logical that Kaiba was doing this so he wouldn't owe her a favour.

"You don't have to, you know, if you don't want to… You really don't owe me anything," she said softly, trying not to sound too disappointed. She had actually thought that Kaiba was beginning to become human, but she was dead wrong. Again. She usually had a lot of people knowledge, but she just couldn't figure out the man that was Seto Kaiba.

Kaiba didn't say anything. Usually when people did something for him, which didn't happen often, they got on his back like a bunch off crows, wanting money or other valuable things. He figured that Serenity would want some kind of reward as well. Yet, here she was, telling him that she didn't thought he owed her.

Maybe it was a trick. Maybe she wanted him to cancel this, so that she could keep her favour for something else. Well, that wasn't going to happen. They were going to dinner right here and now. Then he would be even with her. Hopefully, he would never see the mutt's sister again after this.

An uncomfortable silence followed. Kaiba was staring straight ahead, not intending to communicate with Serenity in any way.

Serenity, on the other hand, was trying to think of something to say, so she could break the barrier of silence. There were a lot of things she wanted to ask him, but she was scared to do so. She didn't know what his reaction would be; maybe he would yell at her, throw her out of the limo or even hit her. He was too unpredictable to take a chance. So, instead of asking him anything, she stared at her lap.

After a while she looked at him from the corner of her eye. Now that she took a good look at him, she noticed how incredibly handsome he looked in that black tuxedo. She never saw him wearing anything else besides his trench coats, which gave him an intimidating look. The tux was softer, more elegant. Together with the blue tie, giving the outfit a little colour, he was perfect.

Wait a minute… What was she thinking?! She felt a blush creeping up her cheeks. She quickly looked the other way, out of the window. When she lost sight of him, her cheeks slowly regained their original colour. That must be the reason why Kaiba has so many fan girls. He was ridiculously handsome. She just wished he would be just as wonderful on the inside as his was on the outside.

After a few moments, she felt the car stopping. Snapping out of her thoughts, her head shot up. The door of the car was, once again, opened by the chauffeur. She quickly scrabbled out of the car, feeling like a prisoner who had just been released.

Once outside, she took a deep breath of fresh air. She looked up, to see where Kaiba was taking her, and she felt her jaw drop.

In front of her was the most beautiful building she had ever seen in her entire life. It wasn't too big to be intimidating, but not too small to be humble. The whole thing was enlightened by beautiful lights that were bright enough to be welcoming, but not bright enough to be blinding. A sign that lighted in a different colour than the other light showed the name of the restaurant. It was stunning.

"The lights are beautiful," she said with a smile, still enchanted by the beautiful lights.

Kaiba, who got out of the limo as well, rolled his eyes. Frankly, he found the lights way over the top.

"We're not here for the lights. We're here to eat," he said coldly, stating the obvious.

Serenity felt her cheeks turn red once again.

"You're right. I'm sorry."

Kaiba rolled his eyes again before he gently took her arm. He knew he needed to hold on to her, otherwise she would probably get lost and make a scene, which wasn't something he wanted to happen. It wouldn't be good for his reputation.

She stared at him in wonder about the fact that he just took her arm, but she didn't say anything. It wasn't the gesture that wondered her so much; she probably would've grabbed his arm herself if he hadn't taken hers, because she was afraid to get lost. No, it was the gentle way he had taken her arm. She would've thought Kaiba would just grab her arm and drag her inside. She smiled brightly. Maybe Seto Kaiba was a gentleman after all.

Kaiba looked at the girl whose arm he was holding. For some strange reason, she was smiling. Why would she be smiling? He didn't get it. He knew for sure that he was not amusing himself, and that he wanted to get this over with as soon as possible. Yet, she was smiling like something great had just happened. Wheelers… He would never understand them.

Serenity felt Kaiba tugging her arm with, again, surprising gentleness, indicating that he wanted to enter the restaurant. She gladly walked besides him, feeling a lot more comfortable all of a sudden.

She had to admit; she'd been afraid of Kaiba at first. He seemed so cold, mean and hard. She didn't know what she had to expect from him. She was afraid that, if she'd say anything wrong, he'd be angry and start yelling at her, or even worse, hit her. But now, because of his gentle gesture, she knew he wouldn't hit her. Yell, maybe, but not hit. It wasn't his style.

When they entered the restaurant, Serenity's jaw dropped once again. She'd thought that the outside of the restaurant was beautiful, but it paled in comparison to the inside. It felt like she just set foot in a French museum.

The entire restaurant was decorated in the style of Monet. There were busts of him in every corner, and his most famous paintings were on almost every wall. She wouldn't be surprised if some of them were actually original Monet's. This place seemed like it could afford them.

"It's so beautiful," she whispered, as if she would destroy all the beauty if she talked out loud.

Kaiba rolled his eyes for about the gazzilionth time that evening. So, there were paintings and sculptures of some old, long dead, French artist. Who cares? It wasn't like those things brought anything useful to the world. And Kaiba hated useless things. And useless people. Perhaps that was why he hated the mutt so much.

While Serenity was staring at all the beautiful art, Kaiba spoke with one of the waiters, telling him he had a reservation. As soon as he mentioned his name, the waiter immediately showed him and Serenity the best table in the entire restaurant; by the window, with sight on the park, which was as beautifully enlightened as the restaurant itself at this time of the evening.

Still following the gentleman rulebook, Kaiba pulled a chair back, offering Serenity a place to sit. She gladly took it.

"Thank you," she said politely, smiling at him.

Kaiba grunted as a response before he sat down on the chair on the opposite side of the table. Damn, why did they place the chairs at a two-persons table always in a way that made the two people face each other? It wasn't that the Wheeler girl was sore on the eyes, he had to admit that, but he got this strange feeling in his stomach when he looked at her. He'd never felt it before, but he knew he wanted it to go away. It was getting rather annoying.

After a few moments of awkward silence, the waiter returned to their table, asking if they would like a drink. Kaiba, being eighteen, would have ordered a nice red wine, if he hadn't been with a fifteen-year old girl. So instead, he ordered a bottle of the most expensive mineral water known to mankind.

The waiter disappeared, only to return a few seconds later with the mineral water and the menu. As he poured the water into two glasses, which were made of pure diamonds, Serenity took the menu to see what she wanted to order. However, the minute she opened the menu, she felt the colour draining from her face.

So far for her plan to pay for her own dinner. The first course by itself was more than she could afford. Those prices were insane! No, they were more than insane. She couldn't even afford the bottle of mineral water Kaiba just ordered.

While she was freaking out about the prices, the waiter had, once again, returned, asking the two if they had made their choices. Kaiba, who came here so often that he didn't even had to look at the menu, immediately gave the waiter his order. When the waiter had written Kaiba's order down, he turned to Serenity.

"What about you, miss?"

Serenity's head shot up. She'd been worrying about the prices so much, that she hadn't looked at the actual food written on the menu.

"Uh… I… uh…," she stuttered. Her face, that lost it's colour a moment ago, now turned bright red in embarrassment.

"She'll have the same as me," Kaiba said, saving Serenity from looking like an idiot.

The waiter nodded as he left for the third time, returning a minute later with the first course. The service was incredibly fast in this place. He placed a bowl in front of both of them, revealing the first course; fish soup. Serenity never had fish soup before. It looked… expensive. She was starting too feel guiltier by the second, letting Kaiba pay for all of this. She shouldn't have agreed to go with him.

The waiter placed a napkin and a spoon next to each of their bowls before he stepped back.

"Bon appetite."

And that ends chapter 7!^^ As I said, not my best, but next chapter will be better. Hopefully... Oh, and by the way, the 'strange feeling' Kaiba's having? Yup, those are the famous butterflies... Only he doesn't know that -.- Anyway, please review so I can improve my writing!