"How...? How did we end up this way?" I questioned myself.

She stayed frozen beneath me, one of her hands shakily holding onto my bicep. Her face was bright red with a small stream of tears rolling down her cheeks. I was holding her hand against the bed with our fingers laced as my other hand was place firmly on her bare breast.

She did not speak. I tried to think back as I pulled myself up from her neck, where I had been kissing and nibbling. I was coming to my senses. That's right... She asked for this...

It was earlier today. She worked second shift, so she was in by two PM. For the past week, she hadn't been acting like herself. Seto had tried talking to her. I tried talking to her. But she just shut herself away. She used to be so open... And I thought we were close enough to be friends..

But now, Seto is away for the tournament. As for myself, I had just gotten out from my last class of the day. After stopping by my usual spot at the park to finish my homework, I had finally headed home. The mansion wasn't nearly as busy without Seto around. No meetings would be held here without him.

But thinking back, I had just gotten home and went straight to my room to get changed. After getting out of my school uniform and into some jeans and a t-shirt, I had headed down to the laundry room. One of the maids had earlier come to clean my room. In doing so, they already took my laundry hamper. I needed to make sure my uniform was going to get cleaned, so I decided to bring it down myself.

And it was there that I found her. She was sitting on the floor, holding her hands over her mouth. Her feet were tucked underneath her. She was trying so hard not to weep. Her eyes were shut so tightly and her cheeks were so flushed. The tears kept falling and she just couldn't stop them.

"Kisara?" She turned around to face me, still trying to stop the sobs.

"M—Mokuba? I—I'm sorry..." She started wiping the tears away with her sleeves. "I'll g—get back to work..."

I threw aside my uniform, and knelt down, embracing her. "No... You can cry. No need to hold it back..."

She trembled. I could almost hear her heart beating as she shook in my arms. She tightly gripped on to my shirt and pressed her head on my shoulder. And she just sobbed. It's like she was still trying to hold it in. I rubbed the back of her head, trying to comfort her.

"You can cry here, Kisara" I consoled her. "If there's anything I can do to make you feel better... Than by all means, please let me know..."

Her sobs started to get even more quiet. Her grip loosened. Her shaking almost completely stopped. The atmosphere changed. I didn't know exactly what was going on.

And the in a somber tone, she asked me, "Sleep with me?"

My eyes opened wide and I gently pulled her back, letting go of the embrace.

"Wh—what?" I had to make sure I wasn't imagining what she had just said.

"Sleep with me..." her tears started back up, "Please..."

And even though I didn't understand it, here we are now... I had merely picked her up, and brought her to my room. After getting her there, I shut and locked the door behind me. My actions let loose, and I couldn't control myself. I took her face into the palms of my hands and pressed my lips to hers, closing my eyes as I pushed myself against her. She grabbed a hold of my shirt as I bit her lip, walking and leading her backwards to the bed. The moment the back of her legs hit the bed, she stumbled back, with me over top of her.

I opened my eyes and pulled my shirt off over my head. She looked up at me with her flushed cheeks and innocent eyes. She unbuttoned her blouse, and I pulled the straps off of her shoulders. Her skin was so white, so pale. I was falling under a spell. As she undid her last button, I pulled down her shirt, as well as her blue padded bra. She closed her eyes for a moment, and turned her head away. I brushed away the hair from her neck and leaned down to lick her sensitive skin.

She let out a small yelp and covered her mouth. I stared at her as she did and then pulled her back up to where we were sitting. I pressed her against me as I unclasped her bra strap. She let it fall with her blouse to the bed and I pushed it to the floor. No later did I return her back to the position where she lied. I leaned down again, kissing her neck and nibbling her shoulder. She let out small yelps and moans as I did. When I grabbed her breast, she tightly grabbed on to my bicep. That's when I joined my hand with hers and pressed it to the bed.

That's when I pulled myself and looked down to see her expression. My eyes grew wide when I saw the tears.

Here we are. In my own bedroom. Light out. Shirtless. Fingers laced together with one hand as the other one had been groping her breast. I was basically sitting over her, just staring. Her eyes had not opened until the moment I froze from seeing her tears. Her tears triggered the consciousness in me. I could finally grasp hold of myself.

And I was left with the questions, "Why? How?"

And I stared down to her, questioning why we were doing this. I can't bring myself to go any further now that I realized what's happening. I can't do this. I've always found her to be attractive—so much that I basically challenged Seto, even though I knew what had happened in his "past life" that even he refuses to believe. And not only that...

But she is in fact an engaged woman.

"Kisara... You don't want this..." I pushed myself off of her and sat beside her. "I'm not the man you're in love with..."

She stared up to the ceiling. It took her a moment before she spoke out to me again. "I don't care..."

I turned back to her, watching as she sat up, pulling out the hair tie that she always wore to keep her hair in a pony tail. Her bangs fell over her face, with an expression I'd never seen from her. She hugged herself and began shaking again.

"It's... not fair..." She cried.

"I don't understand..." I expressed, "Why do you want to do this?"

Her voice trembled, "Because..."

"Why? I asked again, "You'd be acting out against your fiance. You'd be cheating on Fujiyama."

"So what!?" She shouted, covering her face as she started crying more, "If he can, than why can't I!?"

And that's when the truth came out. I fell speechless. All I could do was sit there, watching her cry and listening to her words. I had no idea that he was having an affair. And even worse were her words that followed.

"I've always known... Always! I heard it in the library... I saw the outer parts of her dress below is desk... When ever the door to his study was locked, I could see the shadows as they fucked in the light... But in my bed... Right there! In my own bed! When I was home! That's where I sleep... Where I read... where I go if I'm scared or need to cry... My place to be alone..." She tried wiping it all away with her arms before falling back and crossing her arms over her face. "It's all tainted now... I have no right to call that place my home when he's sleeping around with every maid and tramp that he can seduce..."

And then she rolled over, her back facing me as she buried her face into my sheets as she cried out one last time, "It's not fair... It's just not fair!"

I couldn't take it. I couldn't bare to see her like this. I lied next to her, gently wrapping my arms around her, just to try and comfort her. Seeing her this way made me start to tear up a bit myself. No one should ever have to go through this.

"Why did I watch...?" She suddenly whispered to herself... "Why didn't I just shut the door and pretend not to notice like every other time...?"

I hugged her more, letting her get out what ever she needed. "It's okay now... I'm here for you..."

She seemed to calm down more. That's when there was a knock on the door. But I didn't want to move. I just want to hold her more. They knocked again.

"Mokuba? Are you there?" I recognized the voice. My long term crush. The one I fell for the moment I laid eyes on her. She was also our newest maid... It was Serenity.

"Now's not a good time." I called to her. "Could you come back later?"

There was a pause. "Sure thing. I'm sorry to bother you..."

"You're not a bother." I let her know. "I'm just not feeling so well. That's all. I'm gonna stay in bed and work on some extra credit homework..."

"Okay!" I could tell by her voice that she was smiling. "Don't overwork yourself though. And I hope you feel better soon. I'll stop back by later to check up on you. See ya' later!"

"Later!" I called back and hugged Kisara just a little tighter.

It seemed that her sobs had stopped. Now and then, she sniffled occasionally. I figured it would be best if no one knew about this. Though I was more lenient then Seto and didn't mind relations with our employees, I'd feel awful if terrible rumors spread about us.

But things were finally making sense; That's why Kisara preferred being here instead of at her own home. It was like that from day one of hiring her. I hadn't realized until now, but she was always picking up extra shifts. Anything to keep her away from actually figuring out what was going on.

"Thank you..." She whispered to me.

"Yeah..." Was all I could bring myself to say.

And after a few more minutes, we sat up. She got dressed and I stayed sitting on the edge of the bed.

"You know you can leave him... Right?" I found the words slipping from my mouth. "You don't have to stay with him and let him keep hurting you..."

"I know..." She sat beside me. "But... I have no where to go..."

"No family to stay with?" I asked.

"That's right... I told Seto and not you."

"Huh?"

"I was an orphan. No one adopted me. I left when I turned eighteen and have been on my own ever since. I rented an apartment on my own. I've been alone since I was four or five years old." She said it as if it were natural.

"I had no idea..." I looked down to the floor. "Would you want to stay here? We have plenty of guest rooms."

She shook her head. "I couldn't burden my employers more than I already have."

"It wouldn't be a burden!" I tried to convince her as I put my hand on her shoulder and looked her in the eyes. "You're never a burden here."

And for the first time tonight, she smiled. "Thank you, Mokuba... But I can't do that. I just don't think I could live in another mansion for a while. If ever again..."

"Then..." I was running out of options. Reasonable ones anyway, "Then instead of paying you, I'll rent you out an apartment. We will ay for all your expenses and groceries. We'll even help with the furnishings."

That's when she laughed, but shook her head again. "I can't accept that. Nothing I do for you is worth that much. I will stay the Kaiba's maid for as long as I can though."

"There must be something I can do for you though..." I pressed my hands on my knees, trying to come up with something.

"Well... Seto says you're in school for accounting and finances?" She questioned.

"That's right." I looked over at her.

"Well, as my employer, you know my income... Why don't you make me a budget, and help me find an apartment that I can afford on my own?"

"That... Actually is a logical way that I can help..." I looked at her and then back down to the floor. "How do you keep it together after something like that?"

There was a silence for a couple of minutes before she could answer, "Honestly, I'm used to it. You wouldn't think it by looking at me, but I grew up with the worst luck... My parents just gave me up. I was bullied by a few older kids at the orphanage, and also at school. Even at my jobs, no one seemed to like me, and were always cruel to me. No one seemed to care for my existence or even want me around. But I never let someone into my heart before Kojiro..."

She pressed her hands to her chest, taking in a deep breath. "I'm just used to pretending that everything will be okay... That all things will work out in the end..."

She really did seem like the girl Seto had told me about from his so called "past life." His description of the Egyptian Kisara is spot on in looks, and she even had horrible things happen to her all her life... Maybe, the universe is conspiring to actually bring them back together. I guess I never stood a chance from the start.

With a smirk, I stood from the bed. "Well, I can tell you this. Things will get better for you, Kisara."

She looked up at me, and I turned to her reaching out my hand to help her up. She grabbed my hand and let me pull her from the bed. I let go of her hand and smiled again.

"I can promise you that. You will find your happiness this time." I reassured here.

"This time?" She asked me.

I only smiled and guided her to the door. "You should get back to work."

She nodded, "Thank you... For stopping me from making a mistake... And listening to me."

"You're welcome. Oh, and one more thing..." She walked over to the door, and stared back at me. "If you ask me again... I don't think I'll be able to hold back next time..."

She stared at me for a second, and let a smile form on her lips. "I understand."

And with that, she took her leave. I closed the door behind her and walked back to my bed. I grabbed my shirt and held it up about shoulder height. But I let it fall on to the bed and I grabbed my face with one of my hands. I smiled, a small laugh leaving my lips.

"I guess you will always win... Right big brother?"