I dont own Yugioh only my Oc.
Chapter 13
"Not bad Kiara." Kaleb said letting go of her hand, music echoed in the studio, he pressed the remote shutting it off.
Kiara panted out of breath smiling brightly, Kaleb handed her a small towel. "Thanks." She said
"With more practice we'll have it down in two weeks, enough time for the party." Kaleb said
"I hope so." She said walking over to her gym bag taking out a bottle of water, she took out her phone seeing another text from Mokuba.
'Kiara, do...do you wanna stay over at my place? We can have a sleepover! It'll be fun! We can order pizza stay up and watch scary movies!'
Kiara couldn't help but smile then quickly frown, knowing that if she does accept she'll see Seto.
'I'd like to but i'm busy. My schedule is packed...unless we can have it after i'm done i'll be free in two weeks on a saturday.'
Kiara sent the text, it's been a few days since she left Kaiba's home since then they haven't talked.
"Something wrong?" Kaleb asked
"No, nothings wrong." Kiara said "I...well..its a long story i'll tell you about it later why don't we practice again?"
"Are you sure you're up for it? You can rest up before we start again, I don't want you to overdo it and get hurt." Kaleb advised.
"I'll be fine!" Kiara said she lightly moved her body, showing off by doing a few twirls. "Look, I'm fine see!"
"Kiara! Watch out for that-"
"Kyah!" She shouted stumbling onto a pile of yoga mats in a corner.
Kaleb let out a sigh shaking his head. "Same ol' Kiara." He muttered softly then chuckled. "She never changes."
Two weeks...for the last two weeks Kaiba saw Kiara being picked up after school by that young man. He shouldn't care what she does in her spare time yet he can't help it. What could she be doing with him? What if he does something to her?
He shouldn't be thinking about this late at night! Kaiba rolled onto his stomach and blindly reached for a pillow hoping to get some sleep. He wanted to erase all those what if scenarios, He knew that she's mad at him for simply telling the truth, he was sure that she would come to her senses and talk to him. Yet she hasn't.
His face lulled back and forth in the soft cushion of the pillow.
"Sleep...sleep..." Why won't his brain listen to his demands?! He was ready to go to sleep and he needed his rest.
He propped himself up on his elbows and rubbed his face, cursing softly.
'What's wrong Kaiba? Don't like seeing her with other boys?' The voice tormented
"It's not that!" He lashed back
'Deny it all you want, you can't deny that you do care for her.' the voice continued 'Look at yourself you're all restless just by what you saw earlier.'
"Shut up!" Kaiba cursed out.
The next morning his usual routine got up, showered and dressed for school. When their homeroom teacher took attendance, Kaiba's eyes shifted at Kiara in her seat. They haven't spoken to each other since that night she left.
Class went by fast, the bell signaled for lunch/free time. Kiara and Téa were at the library picking out some books.
"What?! You mean I get to see you two together again!" Téa squealed loudly then covered her mouth seeing a few students looking at them full of curiosity.
"Téa!" Kiara exclaimed
"Sorry…"She said softly. " So where do we see the performance?"
"Tomorrow After school, only you,Tristan, Yugi and Joey." Kiara said "It's too bad Miho is out sick this week she would've loved it."
Téa grinned. "I can't wait!" She said "So what's the routine?!"
Kiara chuckled."It's a surprise." She said
"You don't think he'll ask you out? Will he?" Téa asked her eyes glittered with hope.
Kiara shook her head. "No, nothing like that, we're very good friends." Kiara said
"The way that he looks at you doesnt mean just friends to me!" Téa said cupping her hands together. "It's just a feeling I have, that he's the one for you, think about it! He's nice, charming, funny, athletic and considerate. I wouldn't be surprised if he asked you out!"
"Um...Téa i think you're going overboard with everything, we're just dance partners." Kiara said "Besides I'm not interested in Kaleb."
Kaiba couldn't help but think over their words, even at a quiet library he heard everything as the two girls left, he was left to his own thoughts. He was used to a simple hello from Kiara...when she came she didn't greet him, was she still mad? Why would she still be mad at this?
It didn't help that she had those friends with her stuck to her like glue that he can't get her alone to talk.
After that school ended. A limo arrived for Kaiba to take him to his other meetings. Once inside he glanced by the car's dark tinted windows seeing Kiara and her friends with that Kaleb guy. He saw Kaleb being too friendly with Kiara.
Sighing, A weird kind of heavy feeling crept gradually building up to his chest. There it placed its full weight and he felt himself drifting from the current location. He was falling into himself and he didn't like it. Easily he pushed all of this from his mind and shrugged.
Meanwhile with Mokuba.
The young Kaiba let out a sigh waiting for his older brother to be finished with his work, Mokuba stayed in his room already finished with his homework. He took his remote by turning on the t.v. in his room to watch his usual program.
"Good it's on! The doctor!" Mokuba said his attention towards the program of an older gentlemen with salt&pepper hair, dark eyes wearing a gray suit, sitting on a chair across from him was an audience. "I hope he got my letter!"
'Now today's advice segment as usual we receive numerous letters. A few are related to this topic.'
The doctor held a few sheets of papers.
'This one was sent Anonymously saying I need help with my workaholic brother.' He said 'I've read it beforehand so I'll explain the letter. It says Hi doctor, i watch your program all the time, i need your help with my brother..i need advice he likes a girl but won't admit it, there are times when she comes over and hangs out with us until recently they got in a fight and she left, my brother is now in a bad mood all day and at work. What do i do to help them?'
"That's my letter!" Mokuba smiled.
'Hmm...this is a simple situation with a simple solution. You have a few options option A: Let it go with the flow of things to let the two talk on their own. Option B : Tell your brother how you feel about this to give him the courage to go talk to her and work things out with her. ' the doctor explained. 'In these types of situations communication is the key.'
Mokuba wrote all of it down in his notebook. "Okay...i'll need them to be alone and talk...hm...oh! Duh i can just call her and invite her." Mokuba muttered to himself.
Meanwhile with Kiara….
Kiara stared at her cellphone no new messages or emails, she took some time off to practice her dance routine with Kaleb, when she showed the routine to her friends they loved it, especially Téa saying that it was a very good representation on what they wanted.
"So...who's the guy?" Kaleb spoke up, rousing a conversation. "Are you and him...you know..together?"
A faint blush appeared on her cheeks. "No, we're just friends..at least I think we still are." Kiara said
"You think? Why?" He asked
"We got in a fight." She said "He thinks that I can't take care of myself."
Kiara told him what happened between her and Kaiba. Kaleb didn't say anything he listened to what she had to say, when she was done Kaleb spoke up.
"If he exploded like that it means that he cares for you even if he was that straight forward."Kaleb said
Kiara shook her head, Kaiba is someone that she can't figure out, knowing that he did change a lot, she wished that there was that small fragment of that young Seto she knew when she was young. "I'm going to the restroom i'll be back." She said
After she left her cellphone rang catching Kaleb's attention he glanced at the phone seeing the name. He decided to answer it.
"Hello?"
"Uh...who is this?" Kaleb raised an eyebrow at the child's voice.
"Kaleb, a friend of Kiara's."Kaleb said
"Where's Kiara? I need to talk to her, it's super important!" he said "I need her to talk to Seto again!"
"Is that so? If you want, I think I can help you with that." Kaleb said
Meanwhile with Kaiba….
Kaiba packed up his work laptop and left the meeting room, Today's meeting went well, it could have been better if he didnt feel distracted , his hand went to his pocket feeling his cellphone, he paused did he exchange his number to her? He remembered her giving her number to him and Mokuba. He went towards the private elevator going to his office. The elevator dinged and the doors opened Right in his office he found Mokuba in his chair waiting for him.
"Seto, are you free now? We need to talk."Mokuba said
Kaiba did not let his guard down."If this is about me working late last sunday-"
"It's not that! This is something more important than that!"Mokuba's eyes twinkled. "We've been invited to a charity dance! We can't miss this dance! There's going to be a lot of new potential clients!"
Kaiba took a step back at his younger brother's eagerness at this dance.
"Do I have to dance?" Kaiba asked
"Nope!" Mokuba said "They have a special dance arranged by a couple. We have to go, and don't say you can't, I already checked your schedule!"
Kaiba raised an eyebrow at his younger brother's insistence about this event, normally Mokuba would dread it, knowing it's to keep up with the company's appearances.
It was now the day of the charity event indoors in elegant white and gold colors. The marble floors.
Kiara Looked through the curtains seeing the large group of strangers at the event, she couldn't stop shaking.
"Excited, are we?" Kaleb teased. "Anything wrong?"
Kiara cleared her throat. "Just nervous."
"I'm sure you'll be fine, once we dance just focus on me" Kaleb reassured.
Kiara nodded, "You're right." she still peeked at the crowd.
"Good." Kaleb smiled wide. "Because we've worked really hard." he casually adjusted his suit, "We go and do our best, there's no competition, it's a normal dance."
"Yeah..."
Kiara casually separated himself from Kaleb. Her heart beating fast, her palms sweaty.
Kaleb stepped in front of her line of vision. "Look at me Kiara."
Kiara could barely make eye contact, but she did. "Yeah?"
"You are a talented young woman, you can do anything you set your mind to, you got this girl!" Kaleb encouraged
Kiara smiled, not sure what to say, Kaleb had always been the type to smile and encourage others. She's grateful to have a friend like him. Kaleb felt his phone vibrate and peeked at the message.
'Hey we're here! Thanks for inviting us.'
Kaleb smiled deep down he wants Kiara to be happy, this will give a little push for them to make up it should work if not Kiara will end up hating him for it.
"I'll do a quick dress change for our dance." Kiara said "I want to look the part of one of my favorite characters."
"I'll be waiting." Kaleb said, taking her hand giving a reassuring squeeze.
Mokuba stood next to Seto both wearing elegant suits, glancing around at all the guests. It took a lot of convincing for him to bring Kaiba to the party. Mokuba surveyed the floor trying to find a certain person, it wasn't long until they heard the speakers.
An older red haired woman wearing a dark green dress, holding a microphone. "Good evening everyone thank you all for attending this event all proceeds will go to help animal shelters in the local area. My name is Mia Sato. As you all know, I used to be a judge from an old t.v. show dance junior our special guests are from this show, now all grown up into two successful young men and woman. Before we see them dance, let's take a trip to memory lane seeing these two." Mia said with a smile. "Roll the tapes!"
Kaiba raised an eyebrow and the screen went dark then showed an old video of two kids in a studio dancing with the instructor.
'Kiara what do you think of Kaleb?' The cameraman asked in their break.
The young girl smiled. 'He's nice, a very good dancer, He can be a little goofy at times but he does it to make me smile. '
'Do you like dancing with Kaleb?' He asked
The young girl nodded with a wide smile. ' I do! He's a lot of fun.' She said
The clip changed to the young dark haired boy.
'Kaleb, what do you think of Kiara?'
The young boy shrugged. ' It's my first time dancing with a partner. I'm glad it's her because she's nice and cute.'
The scene was cut to the two dancing in the contest with the other participants. Kaiba just stood there watching the video, then it clicked the conversation she had with Téa at school, that young man picking Kiara up it was all for this event.
The video ended and Mia continued speaking.
"And now the two young dancers, now older, are here dancing again. This piece is inspired by one of their favorite movie scenes." Mia announced "Kiara and Kaleb dancing their version of the addams family tango."
Kaiba saw Kiara again, he's standing and he moved past the crowd to have a better view.
Kiara let her hair down and it was styled flat straight with very faint curls at the tips giving her face better definition.
Her morticia-like dress made her neck look slender, her make up kept simple dark eyeliner made her blue eyes pop. There's something else that he did remember correctly: that dress accentuated her figure nicely making her look curvier in all the right places, he couldn't look away.
She smiled at the crowd. The slow violin-like music started making Kaleb take off his suit jacket tossing it in the air, he lightly caressed Kiara's shoulders while she let out a sigh rolling her eyes, seeing him plant kisses on her palm towards her shoulder when he was just inches away from going up to her face she put her hand up stopping him.
Kiara felt different and more confident dancing with Kaleb however it stopped for a second when he spun her for her to be face to face with Seto. Not wanting to break character she caressed Kaiba's cheek ever so lightly , smiling seductively, there she saw something in his eyes for a second, His eyes are darker than she remembers and quite intense; especially with his fringe hanging across his forehead. He parted his lips slightly shivering by her contact until she was whisked away to finish her routine.
Kaiba was taken back from it, he kept watching her dance. Something about this Felt Familiar But why? This is the first time he'd seen her dance yet he's experiencing déjá vu.
After the routine was done everyone applauded, Kiara smiled brightly thanking everyone for their support. Kaiba noticed the flock of gentlemen surrounding her, she's being introduced to one by one. He bit his bottom lip, the burning feeling in his stomach resurfaced. There is one a lawyer's son who Kaiba knows and catches him sizing her up, there was something in that guy that he didn't like, he didn't like the look he was giving her, of a hunter about to catch his prey.
"Mr. Kaiba sir," a nervous associate said he started chatting.
Kaiba looks down, barely listening. He's too busy watching other youngmen, watch Kiara. Don't they know she's way out of their league? He rolls his eyes.
As Kiara is introduced to another person, her eyes can't help but stray over their shoulder to Kaiba across the room. He's talking with a very stoic face, seemingly uninterested in whatever is being said. He's wearing his signature white and blue suit.
"Will you excuse me?" Kiara politely says as she steps away from another introduction.
While practicing this morning, Kiara had quite a lot of time to think. She wanted to let him know what she feels, an honest communication between them.
Kaiba looks over the associate's head. He spots Kiara, still wearing that Dress, making her way towards him.
"Beat it," he hisses to said the man that was occupying his attention. The gentleman scurries off.
Kiara halts her steps, looks up, and turns her attention to him boring a hole into her; her confidence slowly fading.
"Hi."
"Hey."
A shiver slithers up Kiara's back.
"How are you, Kaiba?"
Kaiba forces air through his nose, "Fine…you?" She wasn't making this easy for him, especially wearing that dress distracting him, he shifted slightly while maintaining eye contact.
Kiara frowns. It's paining him to do small talk, for as long as she known him it's not a good sign. "I'm fine."
"…" Kaiba looks past Kiara to find the rest of the room still socializing. A few people More specifically Kaleb and Mokuba were showing interest in their conversation, but they were being polite about it.
"I wasn't expecting you here but i guess it's a good thing."Kiara said
"Why?"
"Because of what happened."
"…Right…" Kaiba deadpanned.
Perhaps this wasn't a good idea? "I'm sure you have a lot on your mind so I'll keep this short."
Kaiba grunted. She had no idea.
"I wanted to tell you that, you're right i do need to be more careful..you don't sugarcoat it and i respect your opinion and i apologize for the way i acted." Kiara presses a hand to her throat, fingering her black lace choker.
"…" Kaiba isn't sure what to do with this information.
Kiara gave a closed lipped smile, "If...you're not busy maybe we can hang out...see a movie or something."
Kaiba furrows his brow, "Hang out?"
Kiara nods.
Kaiba just stares at her.
Did Kaiba expect her to give him the cold shoulder and an attitude ? She doesn't know why, but he seems more confused than understanding.
"Well...i'll be changing out of this dress now." Kiara said "I only wore it for this routine." She's not going to push things with questions. It's not the time or the place. "I'll see you later."
Kiara did admit that she did feel confident in this dress, she did secretly wish that he paid a compliment but that would be pushing it.
"Wait." This is Kaiba's moment.
Kiara is surprised he didn't leave it at that. "Yes?"
This is the part where he would give Kiara his personal phone number Before he can form the words, a spotlight shined on them and slow music started playing. He glances across the room to find his little brother grinning right in his direction giving him a thumbs up.
Kaiba noticed his surroundings, mostly the men his age glancing at the young heiress Kaiba knew if he left her as it is, she'll be swarmed by these hyenas...something warm no something Hot stirred in him and glared at them, he held out his hand to her. "Normally i don't dance in these events but i'll make an exception." he explained
Kiara couldn't help but giggle while taking his hand, unknown to her Kaiba sent heated possessive glares to anyone coming close to them, one look from the young President of Kaiba corp. made them give up before even trying to interrupt them.
"Kiara...you look lovely." he whispered in her ear, while slow dancing, making Kiara smile, feeling her cheeks warm at his compliment.
Mokuba high fived Kaleb. "Thanks Kaleb! Mission accomplished!" He said
"No problem!" Kaleb replied smiling. "You can tell that they like each other."
"I know right?" Mokuba smiled "I've seen Seto glare at people but i've never seen a scarier glare like that before."
"I hope he doesnt turn into a Yandere." Kaleb muttered
"A what?" Mokuba said tilting his head. "A Yandere? What's that?"
"Nothing! Forget i said it!"
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