A/N: Hello! Sorry for the delay, tidying room and stuff... I can honestly say my bedroom is way more untidy than Yugi's soul room. Anyway, this chapter is pretty much fluff based so if you're not into that, my apologies. Any feedback, positive or constructive, is always greatly received so if you have the time... Enough from me now! Please Enjoy! Xx

Disclaimer : I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter Seven

"Yukiko, I want to apologize."

Yukiko glanced up from her plate of untouched food. They were sat in the dining room of the Kaiba mansion, dinner laid out before them. Mokuba had joined them and also looked around at Kaiba at the man's words. He had of course been waiting for them when they returned from their dangerous adventure and it hadn't taken the teen long to get the truth out of his brother about what had happened.

Yukiko wasn't sure if she'd just heard Kaiba correctly? Was Kaiba apologizing? She frowned at him confused. What was he even saying sorry for? The serious man sat back in his chair and surveyed Yukiko with those blue eyes of his. Yukiko sat up straight and stared right back at him. He sighed, clearly agitated.

"You shouldn't have had to experience any of that today." He spoke in a tone Yukiko wasn't sure she'd heard him use before. She stared, almost open mouthed, at him.

"If you think I'm going anywhere, you're an idiot," She scowled somehow catching on to his mood. Her cheeks turned pink immediately after she'd spoken and she almost regretted speaking so forcefully. Despite her annoyance at how easily she blushed, she knew the man needed to hear it. He couldn't seriously believe a… a gun fight… It still felt incredulous for her to think that… but he couldn't think that would scare her away. They'd been through worse. Yukiko turned back to her food and gazed at the untouched plate. She just wasn't hungry. Despite her best efforts, she was still on edge and full of adrenaline from the overly dangerous afternoon activities.

"Big brother, how could you think Yukiko would leave?" Mokuba asked Kaiba incredulously. Yukiko glanced up at the younger of the Kaiba's who was sat opposite her. She smiled at him and he beamed back.

"You wouldn't leave?" He asked no trace of worry in his expression.

"Never." Yukiko grinned back. Mokuba turned his grey eyes back on Kaiba.

"See, Seto." Mokuba grinned. Kaiba remained quiet. Mokuba quickly finished eating and sat up straight.

"Don't you have homework to do, Mokuba?" Kaiba asked his sibling seeing he'd finished eating.

"Yes." Mokuba admitted scowling. Yukiko couldn't help but chuckle.

"Go do…" Kaiba began but Mokuba cut across him.

"Yeah, yeah, I know…" He grumbled sliding out of his chair and marching out of the room. For the first time since Kaiba had spoken, Yukiko turned her gaze back on him. He was watching her with a half smirk across his features.

"An idiot am I?" He asked suddenly, causing her blush to instantly return. Yukiko looked away awkwardly. She'd just had to run away with her mouth, hadn't she? Well there was no point in backing down now. She might as well dig herself a bigger hole.

"You are if you think I'd leave." She mumbled, using her fork to push now cold food around her full plate. There was a moment's silence which was broken by the sound of a chair been pushed back. Yukiko waited with baited breath, her heart hammering away. She felt his hand curl around her wrist. She instinctively let go of her fork and allowed Kaiba to pull her to her feet. He turned her so she faced him. Yukiko gazed up into his face as he pulled her close to him, his hand curling around her own shaking one. Her heart was going crazy, almost on the verge of protesting it had gone through too much today. How was he able to still have this effect on her after so much time? She gulped as he smiled down at her, an amused glint in his eyes, his other hand coiling around her waist.

"What makes you think I wasn't going to say I wasn't going to let you go?" He asked pulling her even closer, trapping her hand in his between their torsos. Yukiko forced herself to breathe normally, despite the air catching in her throat and the colour in her cheeks. He let go of her hand and Yukiko rested her palm across his heart. She could feel it beating and felt a little relaxed to feel it had accelerated slightly too.

"I… I…" Yukiko stuttered unable to come up with a reasonable explanation. She couldn't explain how she'd known, she just had, or at least she'd though she had. He smirked at her seeing her struggling to come up with a response. His hand caressed her cheek as he held her against him. Yukiko could feel her body tingling from the contact and was sure she might swoon if she didn't get her heart under control quickly. It still completely confused her how the odd moments such as this could leave her totally breathless and her pulse out of control. Kaiba could see the effect he had on her and it amused him. He liked seeing her flustered.

"Do you think I'd let you get away that easily?" He asked his expression turning serious. Yukiko bit her lip. Had she really thought he'd give up that easily? Of course not. This was Kaiba she was talking about! He was one of the most stubborn people on earth. She felt suddenly foolish thinking he'd let her go without one hell of a fight.

"I'm sorry, but I'm too selfish to let you get away that easy," He finished, a mischievous grin spreading across his face. Yukiko couldn't take this anymore. This tension was driving her crazy. She pushed up on to her tip toes, wrapping her arms around His neck. Without hesitation she forced her lips upon his desperately. He grinned against her mouth before lifting her off her feet and kissing her back.

Buzz…buzz…buzz

Yukiko groaned, not wanting to get up. To her surprise she felt a shift of weight besides her and a second later the irritating alarm was switched off. She felt the person next to her shift back down and an arm was draped casually back over her hip. Yukiko opened her eyes curiously. Why weren't they getting up? It was a work day wasn't it? She flipped over and gazed into the pretend sleeping face of Kaiba.

"Aren't we getting up?" She asked curiously, her eyes itching to close.

"Do you want to?" He asked softly without making any indication he intended to get up.

"No." Yukiko replied a little too bluntly. Kaiba opened his eyes with mock questioning and watched as her face flushed.

"Yesterday was eventful," he muttered his response closing his eyes again. Yukiko thought it over. She would much rather stay where she was, in his arms, than get up and go to work.

"Okay," She replied happily, snuggling back down, resting her head against him.

"Slacker," He whispered, the smirk apparent in his voice. Yukiko grinned and gazed up into his face. His eyes were now closed again and he was breathing gently. So, they'd had a rough and hectic time, but this meant he wanted to stay off work. She really had damaged him. From the sounds of it, he'd never have done that before! As she was watching him, he opened his eyes again.

"What?" He demanded. Yukiko felt her cheeks turn pink.

"Nothing," She replied hurriedly, rolling onto her side and facing away from him. His arms wrapped tighter around her, pulling her close against his body. Her heart sped up insanely fast.

After several minutes of comfortable silence, Kaiba shifted and sat up. Yukiko rolled over and gazed up at him, feeling sleepy. She'd almost drifted off again before he'd moved. He stood up and stretched his arms out above his head.

"I thought we weren't going to work?" Yukiko asked confused. He glanced back at her and grinned.

"We're not." He replied. Yukiko sat up and frowned. Why were they getting up early then?

"But…" She began, trying to understand.

"Breakfast." He answered simply. Yukiko felt her face flush with embarrassment at the simple answer. It should have been obvious.

"Oh," Was all she could respond with. She didn't want to leave the nice warm comfort of bed, but breakfast did sound rather inviting. Yukiko quickly jumped up out of the bed and straightened out the shirt she wore as nightwear. Kaiba was already half way out the door and she quickly caught up with him, heading down the stairs.

They entered the kitchen and saw Mokuba was already there, helping himself to cereal. His eyes widened slightly as they entered the room. He was obviously surprised they weren't ready for work. "Why aren't you dressed?" He asked looking at the pair.

"We're not going to work today and you're not going to school today, Mokuba." Kaiba spoke walking over to the coffee maker on the side.

"Why not, Seto?" Mokuba demanded frowning. Yukiko suddenly understood. She'd been an idiot to have not seen it before. Yesterday there had been a pretty big security breach; he wouldn't want to risk anyone's safety until the issues had been looked into.

"Kenta is looking into all of the security measures and increasing any weak links. Until these are resolved and strengthened, you will be staying here, both of you." He spoke determinedly his eyes turning on Yukiko at the last part. Mokuba met eyes with Yukiko and she shrugged, not knowing what else to do in this situation.

"But Seto… I need to go to school!" Mokuba exclaimed turning his eyes back on his brother. Kaiba shook his head and folded his arms.

"If this becomes a long term measure, I'll get you a tutor." Kaiba frowned turning back to the coffee machine. The tension rose in the room as Mokuba scowled down at his bowl of cereal. Yukiko walked over to the fridge and stopped, gazing at the calendar stuck on it. It was early October, but she skimmed down through the days, her eyes coming to rest upon the 25th. In handwriting Yukiko recognised as Mokuba's were scrawled a few words. Yukiko turned to Kaiba and smiled.

"Hey, it's nearly your Birthday." She beamed as Kaiba turned to her holding out a cup. Yukiko took it and watched as Kaiba took a sip of his own mug. When he'd lowered the steaming cup he spoke.

"So what of it?" He muttered. Yukiko glanced at Mokuba whose mood seemed to have lightened slightly.

"Well, it's around Halloween time…" She continued, hoping her implication would speak for itself. Kaiba was already eyeing her with bemusement. He didn't like where this topic of conversation was going.

"You should have a party." Yukiko said deflated already sensing the CEO's answer.

"No." He replied bluntly. Yukiko felt her cheeks turning pink.

"Why not, Seto?" Mokuba asked, joining in.

"I refuse to play dress up like a bunch of school children." He snapped. Yukiko took a sip of the bitter liquid in her cup and thought.

"But… that's just a no to the dressing up… not a no to a party?" She asked curiously, trying to ignore the flushing in her cheeks as she spoke. He turned his blue gaze back on her and sighed.

"Unfortunately I will be having a business gathering," He spoke his face showing his distaste at the words. Yukiko bit her lip. A business gathering? What was that?

"Kaiba Corp has a new business rival, Gold Industries and it would be a perfect excuse to meet the opposition and many other companies. I like to know who I'm dealing with; after all they have done a deal with Industrial Illusions." Kaiba spoke leaning back against the counter and watching Yukiko and Mokuba. Mokuba who'd sat down at the breakfast bar poured out milk into his bowl.

"Well… that's business related, don't you want to do anything more fun?" Yukiko asked sure her face was bright red by now. Kaiba grinned before taking another sip of his coffee.

"I don't need anything else. Besides what's more fun than making you blush?" He smirked walking over to her, kissing her on the cheek then leaving the room.

Yukiko shook her head, trying to force the colour down in her cheeks. She walked over to the closest stool and hopped on to it, next to Mokuba who had a small smile playing across his lips. Yukiko placed her mug on the surface of the counter and rested her elbow on the counter top, propping her chin in her hand. She sighed. Already she wanted to go back to sleep. Dealing with Kaiba's strange moods was really quite exhausting, he was a difficult if not impossible man to read.

"My brothers a lot happier with you around Yukiko," Mokuba spoke, breaking Yukiko's train of thoughts. She sat up straight.

"I'm sure he was happy before," Yukiko replied, doubting he'd been unhappy.

"My brother was, but Seto's always in a much better mood now." Mokuba replied taking a spoonful of his food and munching on the chocolate flavoured hoops happily. Yukiko frowned thinking. She'd always presumed she really got a lot more from the relationship than Kaiba did. It was never enough to make her worried or anxious, but she did think it. She'd escaped her parents, she'd got a job, gained friends and a new family but what had he gained? He'd gained her.

"Listen Yukiko, whatever you think, don't think you don't mean as much to my brother as he does to you. My brother has never been happier and… It sounds stupid but… since he met you he smiles more and to anyone who knew him before can tell you that is a big deal." Mokuba told her, scowling. He'd easily been able to tell where her thoughts had been heading. Yukiko grinned, and then her face fell. She slumped forwards resting her head on the counter.

"What is it? What's wrong Yukiko?" Mokuba asked worried.

"What do you get the man who has everything, for his birthday?" She groaned.