Redo Chapter Three
Kisara yawned as she trudged quietly from the bus stop to her apartment. She went inside the building and saw the part time door man, Ichikiwa Sojuro. Ichikiwa was about six feet tall his hair was purple, and before Kisara had always thought he had dyed it. His hair reached his shoulders and he was one of the people Kisara trusted the most. "Hi Ichikiwa!" she said pleasantly. Even though she had just moved there, Ichikiwa had known her from before and was the one to help get her the apartment.
"How was school, Kisa?" he asked
"Terrible. Let me change and take a quick shower and I'll be down to talk." Kisara sighed, heading towards the elevator
"You mean wait-until-my-shift-is-basically-over-shower or an actual normal shower?" Ichikiwa grinned. Kisara pouted and held back her laughter. Ichikiwa was one person she didn't blush around since she'd known him since her college days. Exiting the elevator, she unlocked her room door and stepped inside. She tossed off her school flats, which were surprisingly comfortable but she didn't want to use them up, and picked up her dress from in her bedroom and tossed it in her laundry basket. Kisara then proceeded to take a pair of sweatpants and sweatshirt and stayed in the shower for what seemed to Ichikiwa like forever.
From her fridge she took out a small cake, a bottle of wine, two cups, two plates, two forks, and a cake knife. She packed all of the stuff in a box and went back downstairs. "So I'm guessing you took a wait-until-my-shift-is-basically-over-shower." Ichikiwa teased.
Kisara pretended to pout and said, "Well then I guess you won't be needing any of this stuff since your about to go." and turned back towards the elevator
"Wait Kisa I'm sorry!" Ichikiwa laughed. Kisara turned around and gave him a room brightening smile. She walked back over to him while he dragged a table and two chairs. Kisara put the box down and took out their mini picnic.
(A/N: The hyphen in parenthesis are Ichikiwa and normal is of course, our lovely Kisara)
"So how was your day?" Ichikiwa asked, taking a sip of his wine
"Well, first I went to KaibaCorp (Interesting) and I got hired to be Kaiba-san's secretary's assistant. (Meaning?) Meaning I have to work with him almost all the time I'm at work. (Oh. How big is your office?) I'm actually sharing with his secretary, Nishioka Anii-san. I think she's around your age. Maybe three years older. (Are you trying to set me up with someone? I thought you loved me!) Ichikiwa, you are like that brother I never had. (Aw, vice versa) Anyway I think I was picked because I wasn't drooling over is royal CEO. (You don't like him?) Just wanted to poke fun at somebody. (Glad it wasn't me) Half-way when they were checking my credentials my alarm for school went off. I ran out of the office, then ran back in and gave them my phone number. (lol) School was a mess. There was this girl named Nekoette. She has blue hair and it's natural. (Maybe you should go natural) Whatever Ichikiwa. I met a really nice girl named Anzu Mazaki. She stood up for me. She's cool. She said she'd let me borrow her notes and have study sessions and stuff. (Reminds you of college?) Yeah, it does... except this should be easier, right? (Eh, not really. In high schools you need a social standing) Are you sure that just isn't stereotype? (Um, not sure. Probably is true though) That reminds me, did you know Kaiba-san goes to Domino High too? (Really?) Yes! He asked me if I was a junior and I told him I was a senior just like him, except a year (or two) younger. (does he live up to the rumors?) How am I supposed to know? The most I've talked to him for today was five minutes, and that's for all of our encounters and I could still be exaggerating. (Because you're too shy or because he's a jerk?) Hey, he could just be quiet. (I dunno, those rumors are kind of fierce) R-U-M-O-R-S. That's exactly what they are. RUMORS and nothing more. (Geez, sure you don't have a crush on the guy?) No! I like someone else... (who's not your adoptive brother Ichikiwa?) Who's not my adoptive brother Ichikiwa."
A person entered the lobby, and they stopped their conversation to realize how late it had gotten. Ichikiwa's started to ring. "Hello?" he said. He did a bit of head nodding before saying, "Understood sir. Goodnight." Ichikiwa sighed
"What's wrong?" Kisara asked, cutting each of them another slice of cake
"My boss said I'm going to have to stay back late. I don't want to drive back that late."
"You could stay with me." Kisara said, taking a huge chunk from her cake
"I've seen your place, it's a mess." he teased
"Fine then, sleep in your cold car." she snorted. Ichikiwa laughed. "I don't want you to stay up late just because of me." he said
"Don't worry, gotta couple of spare air mattresses." she grinned
"Well what if someone knocked me out then finding the room key and decided to take you out too?"
"I don't think that person could be that good to take us both out to the city at the same time." she smirked. Her friend pulled on her cheek before devouring his slice of cake. Kisara placed her apartment key on the table and slid it over to her friend. "I'm leaving you the cake and wine. You could just pack the stuff back in the box and take it up. Goodnight." Kisara said
"Goodnight Kisa." he said, giving her a quick tight hug
Kisara dug in her closet until she found an air mattress. She set it up and hopped into her bed. She set her alarm and closed her eyes, waiting for sleep to take over.
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Ichikiwa had offered to take Kisara to work, seeing as she had to be there and not at school. Kisara took out her phone and called Anzu. "Hi Anzu-chan!" Kisara said
"Hi Kisara, what's up?" Anzu asked
"Are you on the bus?" Kisara asked
"No, I walk to school. I'm not that far away." Anzu replied
"Well, I can't make it in today. Could you tell the teachers that I um, that um, my, my grandparents might die and I have to be there?" Kisara stuttered. Anzu sighed. "Sure Kisara."
"Thanks Anzu-chan! I'll try to work as much as I can to catch up." Kisara said, smiling
"Okay Kisara, bye!"
"Bye Anzu-chan!"
Ichikiwa looked over at his half-sister. "So why do you call her 'Anzu-chan'?" Ichikiwa asked
"Oh, well, you see, um, I dunno. I just feel like it. She did tell me I didn't have to but I just want to." Kisara mumbled
"Mkay." was all Ichikiwa replied
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Kisara waved goodbye to her friend and bumped right into Nishioka who spilled the cup of coffee she was carrying. "Oh my gods I am so sorry Anii-san!" Kisara said, her eyes tearing up
'Well, there goes my job.' the poor girl thought
"Relax, Strife-san. The only problem now is that we have to go back out and grab Seto a cup of coffee. Wait here, I'll go drop these papers at the front desk." Nishioka said.
Today, Kisara observed, Anii-san was wearing a soft pink pencil dress with a quiet yellow belt and white heels. Kisara, on the other hand, was wearing a black mini dress with a black leather jacket lined with faux fur and black heels. "I'm so sorry Anii-san!" Kisara apologized again, taking another bow
"It's okay Strife-san! Anyway our ride has arrived." Nishioka said
Kisara's mouth gaped at the limousine that had parked in front of them. "Our driver is Kozato Eiichi." Nishioka said, stepping inside the limo. Kozato had short ruffly golden brown hair and the most sweetest looking gray eyes. Kisara followed Anii after a moment of hesitation. "He must have all of the ladies after him." Kisara complemented
"And you?" Ms. Anii asked
"Oh no!" Kisara exclaimed with the shake of her head and the slightest hint of a blush
"So was that your boyfriend that just dropped you off?" Nishioka asked teasingly
"What?!" Kisara spluttered. Her face was a very bright beet red.
"I think I hit the nail on the head." Nishioka teased
"N-No!" Kisara said, managing to find her voice
"Ichikiwa is a friend, in fact, he's more than a friend. He's like my brother."
"Aw." Anii sighed
"Why are you acting like a sixteen year old." Kisara muttered, but the second she did she wished she didn't. Instead of being angry Ms. Anii laughed. "I'm sorry Kisara (do you mind if I call you Kisara?) I just like to tease. Seto said I needed to stop bugging people every time but it's just so much fun. Also you can call me Nishioka, you know." the kind lady said
"O-Okay Anii- um, Nishioka-sama."
Nishioka sighed. "You aren't going to drop the suffix are you?"
Kisara shook her head. "Oh well. Let me brief you in on some things while we're here then." Nishioka said cheerfully
"First things first, when Seto comes into work earlier than eight he tends to be grouchier then normal. In fact, every time he comes in give him his coffee, he likes it black, extra black. Sometimes we don't know if he'll come in or not so they installed a coffee machine in the back. I'll show you it when we get back. As I was saying, he hates sugar in his coffee and he must have his coffee!" Nishioka said
"Okay then, Kaiba-san must have coffee before talking or else." Kisara said, also writing an grave with R.I.P beside it.
"Second, don't call Seto, Seto. Unless he tells you otherwise then calling him Kaiba-san is fine. The only people who can cal him Seto are me, and his younger brother (and I think his younger brother's girlfriend?). Speaking of his younger brother,"
"Third, if you see a young middle school looking boy, with long black hair and violet eyes, and maybe a girl around the same age as the boy with glasses and blonde hair then those two are Mokuba, the younger Kaiba brother, and his girlfriend Rebecca. Always call Mokuba 'young Kaiba-san' and the girl you can call 'Hawkins-san' or call them as they please."
"Fourth, if you see Seto in a mood were he's just cursing at everything it's best to leave him alone. I'll try to cool him down. Never, ever, ever make eye contact and if you value your job, under no circumstance are you to talk to him. That is corporate death."
Kisara nodded and scribbled another grave with an R.I.P dream job doodled beside it.
"Fifth, during work, no flirting or texting unless it's like grades or something. But still no flirting!"
Kisara nodded and added that.
"Last things last, I should probably tell you this now he normally doesn't get drunk, but when he does (and I'm so disappointed in him for that) he is an absolute flirt and playboy. You think the way he grew up he wouldn't do that but noooooooooooooooooooooo. Apparently a teen CEO is still a teen." Nishioka said
Kisara nodded and wrote the last tidbit of information down. "That's everything I can think of at the top of my head." Nishioka said
"Thank you, Nishioka-sama!" Kisara smiled.
"Nishioka-san, Kisara-san, we have arrived. Sorry for all of the traffic." Kozato said, interrupting their chat
"It's no problem Kozato. We shouldn't be long." Nishioka said, helping Kisara out of the limo. The duo headed into the coffee shop to pick up the blackest coffee available. "Nishioka-sama, what coffee do you like?" Kisara asked
"Black, why do you ask?" Nishioka asked, looking at Kisara from the corner of her eye
"Well, since I'm the assistant I'm the one who's going to make all of the coffee runs, right?" Kisara asked
"Your not wrong about that." Nishioka admitted
"You can wait in the car, Nishioka-sama, I won't be long." Kisara said with a smile
"Okay," her boss said, walking back though a bit suspicious, "call me if you need help, alright?" she said before leaving the building. Kisara nodded her head cheerfully before making her order.
"What took so long?" Nishioka asked, opening the door for Kisara, "And why do you have eight cups?"
"No reason. Could you hold on a sec? Thanks, don't mix them up!" Kisara said, taking a cup out. She went around the front to where Kozato was. "Kozato, do you have a marker?" she asked
"S-Sure, K-Kisara-san." he stuttered, blushing.
"Thanks!" she said, she wrote a long list on it and handed him the cup. "Thanks again Kozato!" she said, heading back to where Nishioka was.
"It was too good to be true to think it was her number." Kozato said with a sigh as he sipped the coffee.
Kisara marked three cups from the first coffee holder. One read, 'Kaiba-san' another, 'Nishioka-san', and the last one read, 'Kisara'.
"Let's go Kozato!" Nishioka said
"Yes ma'am." Kozato replied
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"Nishioka, why are you late?" Seto growled when they finally got back.
"Gomen Kaiba-san. I accidentally bumped into Anii-san and she dropped your coffee. She offered to show me where the coffee store was. Gomen'nasai." she said, bowing extra low.
"Seto, before you say anything take your coffee." Nishioka sighed, accidentally (or maybe the cups shifted...) grabbing one of the other cups. Seto drank it, he knew it was different, but it tasted good so he didn't say anything. Kisara noticed this and decided to finish her plan.
"Oops! Sorry Mr. Kaiba! Ms Anii gave you the wrong cup." Kisara exclaimed
"Wait, he's actually drinking something that's not black coffee." Nishioka said, dumbfounded as Kisara handed him the cup marked with his name. As she handed the cup over their hands touched and she felt sparks fly. Seto felt them too, and his face smirked a small bit but vanished. Meanwhile Kisara's face was basically red. "S-S-Sorry K-K-K-K-Kaiba-san!" she squeaked, her voice getting extra squeaky as she ran to her desk. Nishioka looked amused but also confused. Thankfully from there they couldn't see the poor girl's face. 'W-What's wrong with me?' Kisara thought, 'I-I don't like K-K-K-K aw, bull! I can't even say his name without blushing. Like, I mean, I heard he has a six-pack... oh my gods he would- WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH ME?!' Kisara thought as she typed up her report. She chugged down her coffee.
"Ugh, I'm all out. Meaning I have to go back in his office." she whispered out loud. She shivered at the thought at staring into those cold, blue eyes. 'Seto's cold se- STOP KISARA!'she mentally shouted at herself. She got up with her report in hand and walked back in the office. "H-H-Here K-K-Kaiba-san. D-Devlin-kun will be here shortly to see you. S-S-Should I send h-h-in in w-w-when he comes?" she asked, bowing. Seto took the report from her hand and their fingers grazed each other. Kisara quickly snatched another of her special coffee brews and basically ran out, her face basically exploding.
'Do I seriously need to drink coffee to make myself even hotter?' she thought, trying to keep her mind off of her boss (boss's boss?)
She took a small sip of the coffee.
"Excuse me, I'm here to see Kaiba-san." she heard someone say. She looked up and smiled, her blush dampening for the most part. "Duke!" she said, jumping up and hugging her friend.
"I didn't know you worked for Kaiba." he said
"I just got the job yesterday." she said
"I'm so proud of you, Kisa." he said giving her another hug.
Seto looked up from his work to see Duke Devlin hugging his new secretary. For some reason, Seto did not want Devlin having his grimy hands all over his secretary. "Go bring him down here." Seto said through gritted to Nishioka.
Nishioka sighed, this was first class jealousy right here but Seto would never admit it. Nishioka walked out. "Devlin-san, would you care to join us?" Nishioka asked
"Sure!" the teen said. Duke walked up into a chair. "Hello Kaiba." Duke said, spinning around in his chair in circles.
"Ugh." Seto said, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"So Kisa, how is work? Get tantalized by the alluring and charming Seto Kaiba yet? I still miss you at the Black Clown." Duke said, giving Kisara wink.
Kisara, who was standing to Seto's left, blushed. "Great. No work relationships, and I missed you too." Kisara said, not exactly sure if she should've replied to him.
"Didn't answer the second question." Duke laughed
"I did." Kisara deadpanned, placing the papers Devlin gave her into Nishioka's care. "Gomen, I still have work to do." she said, excusing herself from the office. She walked over to the elevator and pressed the button to open the door. She knew that at this time the elevators weren't normally used so she just sat in the elevator instead of going to the bathroom. She liked the view anyway. She sat down and looked out the glass window. She saw the cars zooming by and suddenly started to feel extremely nauseous. She opened the elevator back and went back into her office. She sat down at her desk and started typing out another report. She needed to make a report for Kaiba-san to read and fast.
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Kisara looked over her shoulder to see Seto looking extremely annoyed, Nishioka looking amused, and Duke looking like he was having the time of his life. Kisara finished the report but had run out of coffee. She left her report on her desk and walked to the back. She brewed herself a steaming hot cup of coffee, her special brew. For some reason she bought another as well. She tucked the report under her arm with the two cups of steaming coffee in her hand. Kisara took a deep breath and went back inside. "Kaiba-san, Industrial Illusions has sent you somethings." she said, not specifying as she put down the report and coffee.
"You even managed to make him stop drinking black coffee. Drinking that thing every day probably takes its toll." Duke smirked "Did you shake your-"
"Gomen, Kaiba-san, but my shift is over. Excuse me." Kisara said through clenched teeth before stiffly leaving.
"What's wrong with her, huh?" she heard Duke chuckle.
"Hey, want me to call Kozato?" Nishioka asked.
'Oh, she followed me.' Kisara thought
"No thank you Anii-san, I'll be fine. It's rush hour anyway. He's probably talking to his girlfriend anyway." Kisara said
"You know, I think that you two had dated." Nishioka giggled
"What if we did? We had, I had a crush on him, not anymore, I don't know what I feel, and having a relationship with a guy from a rival company is not a good idea. I, just, need some air." Kisara sighed
"It's hard being in the rough business world when your this young. Be careful." Nishioka said sympathetically before leaving.
Kisara went into the elevator and clicked the button for the bottom floor with a sigh. The view got lower and lower. She was still feeling nauseous when her phone beeped. It was from Duke. He was asking if she was okay.
'I'm not okay if you make me blow up in front of my boss!' she texted back. Kisara was extremely winded up. Her phone beeped again. It was Duke again.
'Leave me alone Duke.' she texted back. Her phone immediately beeped:
'Kisa, I really do miss you. Can't we get back together?' he texted
'No.' she texted. Kisara pulled her leather jacket around her tighter as she exited KaibaCorp. 'Why did I say no?' she thought 'I thought I loved Duke still... the only reason why we broke it off was because... wait, why did we break up? I never knew why, he just... wait he said he wanted to break up. HE wanted to and know he's coming back? I don't know what to do about it...'
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"Ichikiwa! I didn't know you were here." Kisara said as she closed the door to the apartment complex. Ichikiwa was sitting at a table in the lobby.
"I wasn't expecting to be here either. My landlord apparently was a scheming crook so I need to find a new apartment stat. Since I work part time here I thought I might be able to get a discount." Ichikiwa said, getting up
"My apartment is too small for the two of us." Kisara sighed
"I'm looking at a penthouse. All the way at the top." Ichikiwa said, opening the elevator and entering it with Kisara
"Do you think we could rent it together?" Kisara asked "I'll get my paycheck soon (that's if I keep my job after today). But I don't recall ever hearing of a penthouse in this building"
"Apparently before it was the same as the other floors until they converted it." Ichikiwa explained
"Also, is it penthouse penthouse or penthouse house?" Kisara asked
"Penthouse house I guess." Ichikiwa replied, not exactly sure where that was going
"Anyway, why are you home early?"
"Duke Devlin." Kisara hissed with as much malice as she could
"Your old boyfriend? What he do, embarrass the crap out of you in front of your crush Kaiba?" Ichikiwa teased
"Yeeees." Kisara groaned "Wait, I don't have a crush on Kaiba-san!" she squeaked, blushing
"Your face suggests otherwise."
"Anyway Kaiba-san always stares at my eyes. I think he knows that their, you know..." she said trailing off
"So why don't you show the real you?" Ichikiwa asked gently
"I'm afraid of being shunned... again..." she whispered
"Kisara, accept who you are." Ichikiwa said, hugging her
"It, it reminds me of my past too much." she whispered, tears coming out now
"Shh, we're at the top now." he said, leading her out of the elevator "Kisara, tell me, do you care about Duke anymore?" Ichikiwa asked
"N-No." the girl replied
"What about Kaiba?" he asked
"I don't know! It's probably just a thing where you look at all those hot guys in the magazine but don't actually care." she muttered
"Well, have you ever felt like that before?" he asked
"Well, yes, after Duke and I broke up." she whispered
"And what do you feel for him?"
"F-For Kaiba-san, I-I don't know... well, I should probably explain more." she sighed, continuing to tell him about her day and the two sparks she had felt.
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"Bye Ichikiwa!" Kisara called, running into the school. Shortly after the bell rang and the students filed into the class. "Who was that you were with?" she heard someone say. She continued walked. "Kisara!" she heard someone call. She turned around and saw Anzu. "Oh, sorry Anzu! I thought someone was talking to another person..." Kisara explained
"So, was that your boyfriend?" she asked, smirking
"No! Why does everyone ask that! His name is Ichikiwa. He's basically like a brother to me and I a sister to him." Kisara sighed
"Anyway we only have one more period. Why did you make it?" Anzu asked
"My ex-boyfriend Duke Devlin decided to pay Kaiba-san a visit. Extremely annoying..." Kisara grunted
"Wait, hold on, you dated Duke Devlin?!" Anzu asked
"That I did." Kisara partly boasted
"Anyway let's get to class." Anzu chattered
Will Kisara get over her fear of her true looks? Will Anzu try to date Duke Devlin? Will Seto realize he actually has feelings? Will anyone realize who Ichikiwa is? Will everyone realize that Nishioka is my awesome and amazing OC? When will Mokuba and Rebecca get in the story? Find out these answers and more in the next chapter.