Untitled Romance in Domino

By: Castianna

Chapter 3

The next morning Mokuba woke up and snuck over to his brother's room.

'It's going to be so much fun to wake up Seto.' He thought as he opened the door. He did a last minute mental checklist. 'Air horn… check. Air horn… check. And last but not least. Air horn… check!' With an evil giggle he walked fully into the room.

He made it as far as the bed before he realised that Seto wasn't alone. He turned and immediately bolted for his room. He darted across his room and jumped over the bed, landing beside his night stand and sat there. 'Why was there a girl in Seto's bed?' He sat there pondering that thought for what seemed like hours. When he looked at the clock it was 8:30.

"Well time for breakfast." He said and made his way down to the kitchen.

When he got to the kitchen he poured himself cereal and milk then took his bowl to the living room to watch cartoons and eat his food. Soon afterwards Seto joined him on the couch with his own cereal.

"Morning Mokie." He greeted.

"Morning."

"We have a visitor." Seto said. "I rescued her from a bad situation last night, But she was injured, So I brought her here. Her name is Ashley. She has sprained her ankle pretty bad so she will have to stay here until it heals. Would you keep her company for me today I have to go to the office."

"Sure big brother." Mokie said.

Mokie darted up the stairs forgetting about his half eaten cereal on the coffee table. Seto picked up the bowl and carried it to the kitchen. He quickly finished his cereal and then grabbed a cup of coffee. He headed back upstairs to get ready for work. He entered his bedroom and found Mokie already in conversation with Ashley. He went to his closet, pulled out clothes and then headed to the attached bathroom. Half an hour later he emerged from the bathroom, minus the coffee cup. He crossed the room and mussed up Mokuba's hair.

"I'm going to the office, Mokuba here will keep you company today."

Ashley nodded and went back to conversing with Mokie.

As the limo pulled away Seto spoke into the comm. To his driver. "We have to make a short stop on the way to the office today." He then gave Roland Yugi's address.

Back at the Mansion

"So, Ashley, Do you play board games?"

"Depends, what games do you have?"

"You name it, we probably have it." Mokuba said.

"How about monopoly?" Ashley asked.

"Sure. I'll be right back." He said then ran from the room.

Mokuba ran down the hall and entered a door on his left. He entered the game room. A bedroom that had been converted into a game room for Mokuba but now sat unused. He rushed over to the closet and threw open the doors. He scanned the shelves for monopoly. A few seconds later he had the game and was rushing back to his brother's room. They set up the game making Ashley the banker.

Several hours later Mokuba was proclaimed the victor of the game. Ashley stifled a yawn.

"You look tired…" Mokuba said as he finished cleaning up the game.

"Ya a little bit." Ashley yawned again.

"You should get some sleep. I'm going to go put the game away."

Ashley lay down and adjusted the covers around her, within minutes she was passed out. Several hours later she woke up to someone touching her shoulder. Her eyes adjusted to the dim light in the bedroom and she saw Seto sitting beside her.

"Have a nice sleep?" He asked.

"Mmmm yes. A very nice sleep." Ashley stretched and sat up.

"Dinner is ready and I thought you would like to join us down stairs and get out of this room for a change." Seto said.

"Of course I would."

"Ok, let's not keep Mokuba waiting." And with that he scooped her up off the bed and carried her down stairs to the dinning room.

Conversation at dinner was light and amusing, Seto and Mokuba joked through dinner but Ashley stayed silent. Seto left her to her thoughts considering what she had gone through last night. Ashley's thoughts were anywhere but at dinner. She was thinking about Seto and how his attitude was so different from the Seto she had met Yesterday in the park and even different then the Seto of the TV show. After dinner was over Ashley asked if she could use the phone to call Rachel again. Mokuba got up and got the phone for her. Ashley dialled the number to Yugi's cell and waited as it rang.

"Hello?" Yugi said.

"Hey, Can I talk to Rachel?"

"Sure…" Yugi handed the phone off.

"Hello?" It was Rachel.

"Hey, Sorry I didn't call this morning, I was sleeping." Ashley gave a lame excuse.

"No, that's ok, you had a stressful night. And Kaiba stopped here and got your stuff earlier. He explained it to me… Partly because I wouldn't let him leave without telling me you were ok." Rae said.

"Oh, so my stuff is here then." Ashley said dumbly. 'Wow Seto went and got it for me personally….' She thought.

"Hello…Earth to Ashley." Rae said.

"Oh… sorry…. Daydreaming."

"Of course you would be..."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ashley exclaimed.

"Oh, just that you are probably having a hard time curbing your fan girl enthusiasm around him aren't you?" Rae asked.

"No, I'm behaving." Ashley said. Her face was turning red from a blush.

"Well I think you need to get Kaiba to allow me to come visit… I think it would be a stretch to get him to allow the whole gang over. By the way, how long are you off that ankle anyways?" Rae asked.

"I think four or five days at the most. And I'm sure Seto would let you come over tomorrow."

"So its Seto now is it?" Ashley could hear the grin in Rae's voice.

"Well…. Yes…" Ashley stuttered, her blush deepening. "I will call you tomorrow if its alright for you to come over ok."

"Ya, ok. Talk to you tomorrow then. Good night. And don't do anything I wouldn't do." She grinned.

"Of course. Goodnight." Ashley said then hung up the phone.

Seto walked back into the dinning room just as Ashley hung up the phone. The first thing he noticed was her blush. And then he noticed how it made her hazel eyes sparkle like emeralds with flecks of gold in them. 'Wait, where'd that come from.' He mentally shook himself.

"Do you want to watch a movie?" He asked.

"Ya, I'd like that." Ashley said.

Seto moved towards her and picked her up out of the chair and carried her out of the dinning room and into the living room. He set her on the couch and sat beside her while Mokuba picked a movie and put it in the DVD player.

The movie was almost half over and Ashley was having a hard time keeping her eyes open. Slowly they drifted shut and she slumped against Seto's shoulder. Seto looked over at Ashley. He moved his arm around her and placed her head in a more comfortable spot on a pillow in his lap. Then he motioned for Mokuba to pass him a small blanket from the chair. He placed the blanket over Ashley. The brother's finished the movie then Seto carried Ashley up the stairs and to his room. Placing her in his bed he then got changed into a pair of boxers and got in the bed beside her. 'This feels so right….' Was his last thought before he closed his eyes and went to sleep.