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"Just what the hell are you crying about now?" Anzu blinked completely astonished to see Seto smirking at her and she felt hot tears prickle behind her eyelids. Her hand covered his larger one resting against her cheek and she cradled it to her face. Rivulets of salty fluid secreted heavily from her eyes and she could do nothing to stop its flow.
"Kaiba...I." Her words were swallowed by a sob and she brought his hand to her chest keeping it close afraid that this was another hallucination and she in reality was all alone again. "I'm so sorry!" Her cries were the only thing heard afterwards and Anzu swore she was indeed dreaming. It wasn't until the hand in her grasp freed itself and she heard quiet laughter. Looking down in her lap she saw Seto looking at her with the oddest expression on his face, his lips parted resulting in his laughter.
"God Mazaki, you really are a crybaby." She couldn't suppress the smile which appeared and she too joined in his glee. He's alright, she thought happily and without thinking she smooth a lock of hair from his forehead. "What are you doing?" The wonder and cautiousness in his voice made her smile softly. He seemed like a little kid in her eyes and again she thought this was a dream.
"I'm just really happy you're going to be okay."
He snorted ever so softly and frowned at her. "I highly doubt I'm going to be okay." He twisted his head from side to side. "The pain in my neck is becoming annoying." Anzu stared at him surprised. His entire arm was in her make-shift bandage possibly broken and he was concerned about a small crick in his neck!
"Kaiba." She murmured hesitantly. "Aren't you worried about your arm?" She touched the bruised appendage lightly and he recoiled from her touch, the pain striking across his face impossible to miss.
"Fuck!" He hissed under his breath. His fingers gingerly touching the arm and he looked back up at her in what she could call amazement. "You bandaged my arm?" A dark blush scrawled over her face and she shifted nervously mindful that he was still lying half way on her lap. She supposed she could tell him to move or possibly help him to another location but somehow she enjoyed him being there.
"I--Well you were unconscious and I felt horrible because this entire mess was my fault and I thought I could at least help you by fixing you up." Her eyes became dull and she fought the tears which were coming back with a vengeance. "I don't know much about first aid but I was desperate and I had to do something! You saved my life after all."
Silence reigned over the brunettes and neither spoke for a long time. It seemed they were both lost in thought unable to even initiate the next course of action. Anzu looked around the depressing classroom praying for just a glimmer of hope. Anything to get them out of here. She wanted to see if everyone was alright, wanted to go home and above all else she wanted Kaiba to get some medical attention. If he stayed in his current condition for too long who knows what might happen! They should at least try to--
"Thank you." Her eyes widened and she stared dumbly at his face for a few minutes before coming out of her confused haze.
"Huh? Why are you thanking me?" Seto looked peeved at her response and she fought the giggle which threatened to make itself known. He just look so awkward the way he was glaring at her. Maybe after wishing and praying for him to wake up and yell at her it just seemed to funny that she would want something like that to happen.
"Because you helped me idiot!" Her mouth formed in a small circle and she petted him again ignoring the stiffening of his body. She like touching his hair. Liked the way he tried to be impassive to her touch and she liked the blush on his cheeks, so dark that she could see it in such poor lighting.
"No. I should be the one thanking you. You did save me you know."
"I know." He was thoughtful again and she just kept playing with his hair. "But if I'd known you were going to be fawning over me like a mother hen then I wouldn't have rushed to you in the first place!" Anzu laughed and flicked some brown hair from his gaze. This was so unlike the Seto Kaiba she knew and if she wasn't completely choked up she would have asked him if he hit his head along with damaging his arm.
"Why did you save me?" It had been a hot topic on her mind for a while now and she really wanted to hear his reason whatever it may be.
"I really don't know why." He sighed and used his uninjured hand to rub his face. "My body just reacted on its own and before I knew it I was by your side and this happened." He gestured angrily to his arm and Anzu felt the guilt wash over her.
"I really am sorry Kaiba. If I wasn't in such a dazed state you wouldn't be in so much pain."
"God, would you stop apologizing already! You're giving me a damn headache!" He attempted to sit up only to fall helplessly back on her lap. He groaned and clutched his arm and blindly buried his face into her stomach. Anzu's temperature spiked and she remained as still as possible unsure of what she should do. She could practically feel the heat from his face on her skin and she wished she hadn't torn her shirt to shreds. She touched his head uncertainly and retreated hastily when he pulled away from her body. "Shit! My head is killing me!" He looked at her then to the side and then back at her again. His expression unreadable and she gulped. "Why is my head on your lap?"
"You're just noticing that?" His menacing glare made her bite her tongue and she momentarily admired the glow of his eyes in the moonlight. Mysterious, was the perfect adjective to describe what she saw and it made her lightheaded. "Well, its not like I could have dumped you on the ground to suffer and I did feel pretty guilty so don't read much into it." She could sense the smirk on his face but ignored it when she heard him hiss in pain. "What's wrong?!"
"Don't shout dammit!" His breathing was erratic and she paled at the thought that he must have really hit his head. Anzu reached out to touch his forehead but he sensed her intentions and swatted her hands away. "I don't need any help Mazaki!"
"Yes you do!" She shot back angrily and pushed his hand to the side, fingers running through his hair until he cursed aloud. "Oh god."
"What is it?!" Seto demanded and grasped one of her wrists tightening his grip when she prodded at the spot on his scalp. "Fuck Mazaki don't get all quiet on me now!"
"I'm not." She touched the spot again hearing him curse once more and she heaved a relieved sigh. "Don't worry its just a bump and its not bleeding. But you shouldn't lie on it, who knows what might happen."
"The way you were acting earlier I thought I was going to die." He grumbled and she laughed at his sulky attitude.
"Oh come on. What will the world do without Seto Kaiba around.?" She placed a hand on her chest and cried out dramatically. "No! We shouldn't speak of such ill things! Seto Kaiba is our world's only hope and without him we're nothing." She grasped the lapels of his jacket gently. "We're nothing I tell you! Nothing!" Her words were drowned by her laughter and she could've sworn he was laughing right along with her.
"Very funny Mazaki. You should be an actress." His tone was flat and devoid of any real emotion but she guessed he was laughing on the inside. A wonderful thought. Her hands found their way into his hair again and she absently realized he was becoming used to her caresses. No longer did he try to move away or stiffen at her touch.
"But seriously Kaiba, I don't know what I would have done if you didn't wake up." Her expression grew dim as she remembered just how much she cried and pleaded for him to regain consciousness. She had never seemed that caring to anyone but her friends and even then not to this extreme.
"I remember." Her thoughts were broken and Anzu stared down at him. "I remember you crying and telling me how sorry you were." She blushed lightly and her pulse raced as he continued. "You were blaming yourself over and over again and I guess I must have woken up with the sole intention of shaking you back to your senses." He chuckled lowly and she just had to smile. It was comforting to know he wanted to wake up for her no matter what the reason was. "I must have looked like death itself to have you crying over me like that, especially when I know you loathe me so much."
Anzu's eyes softened and her hand stilled on his head still tangled with his thick hair. "I don't hate you Kaiba. In fact I can't seem to hate anyone. No matter what a person has done to me I can't hate them. It's just not in my nature." He made a sound of disgust and she sighed. The man just couldn't be satisfied, its like he wanted her to hate him. "And if I did hate you would I have been so generous as to bandage your arm?"
Seto touched the material on his arm and his brows furrowed. It hadn't occurred to him earlier but now he was curious. Mr Takanori had no first aid supplies so where the hell did she get cloth to tend to his arm? "Speaking of bandages, what did you use to bind my arm?" Anzu blushed and scratched her cheek nervously.
"Uh, well since I really couldn't move anywhere or see anything all that clear I kinda used my school shirt as a bandage." She chuckled anxiously and squeaked in surprise when his hand touched the neck of her pink jacket, his fingernails almost digging into her skin.
"Why did you do it?" He demanded softly and released his hold on her garment. Anzu looked confused for a second before the last puzzle clicked into place. Poor Kaiba, she thought. No one but Mokuba must have been even remotely caring towards him. Then she felt like she was hit with a bucket of ice water.
Oh Crap!
Mokuba. How could she forget about the youngest Kaiba? He must be terrified at being all alone!
"Uh Kaiba, an earthquake hit Domino and Mokuba must be scared not to mention worried about your safety as well." Seto sighed and ran his hand through his hair narrowly missing hers by an inch and she blushed feeling the warmth spreading throughout her body.
"Mokuba is fine. The mansion is built like a fort and Isono is with him so he shouldn't be too scared. Besides, he thinks I'm at KaibaCorp and excluding the mansion it's the safest place to be." Anzu breathed a small sigh of relief, at least he wouldn't stress himself out any further. "You still haven't told me why you bandaged my arm."
She stiffened. She was secretly hoping he would forget but Kaiba was like a dog with a bone and she was pretty sure he wouldn't like to be compared to a dog, given the entire Jounouchi thing. Mentioning her friend reminded her that they might be in trouble as well but she pushed those thoughts aside. Her friends were as stubborn as a person could get and she knew a little earthquake couldn't keep them down. But back to Kaiba who was still resting on her lap, she had to give him an answer and with a graceful shrug she did just that.
"That's a stupid question." Anzu whispered. "You were hurt and there was no one else here to help you. So I took it upon myself to try and repay your kindness and really, a shirt isn't more important than your health."
"Great. My very own Florence Nightingale." She laughed and brushed his hair again fixing them in an unusual pattern then messing the strands up again. "And would you stop playing with my hair!" Anzu rapped her knuckles on his forehead lightly.
"No need to be snippy." She smirked at him mischievously. "Besides I'm sure you're enjoying the attention more than you're letting on."
"Oh please." Seto scoffed and initiated another attempt to sit up this time proving successful and he held his aching head, shutting his eyes from the spinning room. Slender hands touched his forehead and gently massaged his temples, the odd sensation of her body pressed against his back clouding his mind and he unknowingly leaned back into her warmth. He remembered she gave him a massage back in detention but this time it was more...sensual. Perhaps he was just exhausted and all he wanted to do was sleep but that didn't stop him from twisting around, grabbing her forcibly against him and molding his lips to hers...
A/N: Uh, for the first time I have nothing to say. Except enjoy and review!