Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Don't Tell ❯ The Rarity of Limousines ( Chapter 3 )

{Friday afternoon, after school}

The intercom beeped, and Kaiba nearly jumped out of his skin.

He had just finally gotten himself interested in his work (in other words, he had just gotten himself to stop thinking about Serenity), and now someone was interrupting him?! "What?" he snapped, pressing the `talk' button. "This had better be important; I'm very busy at the moment."

"That's what I tried to tell her sir; I did!" came the exceptionally worried voice of his secretary. "But she wouldn't listen!"

"Who?" Kaiba demanded.

A voice said something in the background, the secretary said, "She says her name's Serenity Wheeler, and you know her from school. She says she has something very important to ask you. I have no idea how she got here, but now she's here and she *insists* that I let her into-"

"You're babbling," Kaiba said dryly, sounding completely calm though inside he was shocked. Serenity? Here?! But why...? And hadn't she promised her brother...?

There was a moment of silence, and Kaiba could almost see the secretary looking flustered and trying to compose herself. "Wh-what do you want me to do with her, sir?" she finally asked.

Kaiba frowned. `Ah, the million-dollar question,' he thought. He desperately wanted to see her, and he couldn't even get close at school, with Joey watching her like a hawk. But on the other hand, what could she possibly want? Maybe to tell him off for knocking her brother down and making fun of him? But why couldn't she just do that at school? Maybe she didn't want to cause a scene... But coming to his office was a bit on the extreme side... Now, Tea might do that, but not Serenity.

Finally he sighed, and pressed the talk button again. "Let her in if she wants."

"Um, okay," the secretary said, sounding rather puzzled that he didn't want her thrown out immediately.

"But tell her she'd better make it quick," he added.

A few moments later, Serenity opened the door. "Hey," she said cheerfully.

"Hi," Kaiba said cautiously. "What do you want?"

She was quiet for a moment, walking over to one of the windows. Suddenly she turned, and she looked a lot more serious. "What is up with you?" she demanded. She didn't sound mad, exactly, but very curious.

Kaiba blinked. "What do you mean, what is `up' with me?" he asked, though he knew what she meant.

"You know what I mean," she said, seeming to read his mind. "Why did you just suddenly come out of nowhere and decide to talk to me yesterday? You never talk to anyone. And why did you get in that fight with Joey over me? I heard the whole thing, you know."

He stared at her. "You... heard the whole thing?" he managed to say.

"Oh, yeah," she said, shrugging. "I stood right around the corner; you two thought I was gone. But anyway, you're avoiding my question. What is up with you?"

"I was, uh, just trying to be nice, you know?" he muttered, fully aware of the fact that he was lying.

"Oh," she said, and went quiet again, turning to stare out the window some more.

"What?" he demanded defensively. "What did you expect?"

"Oh, nothing, I guess," she said. She sounded cheerful enough, but now it sounded a little... artificial. "I guess I should be going..." She started to walk towards the door.

"Wait!" Kaiba said, startling both of them. He cleared his throat. "Uh, wait. About yesterday. I was trying to ask you something, remember? I noticed that you walk home, so I was wondering if you'd like a ride sometime... In the limo, um..." He hurriedly turned back to the computer and did a few pointless things while he waited for himself to stop blushing.

Serenity stared at him for a moment, then grinned hugely. He didn't seem to realize that she could see his reflection in the computer screen... "Sure!" she said. "That would be great. We'd have to be careful my brother doesn't see though; oooh, would he be mad... Oh well. Monday, then?"

Kaiba's mouth fell open. `It was that easy?!' he thought. `Mokuba, you're amazing...' "Okay," he choked.

"See you soon, then," she said, and started towards the door again.

"Hey, one other thing," he said hurriedly, turning to face her. The truth was he just wanted her to stay a little longer, but he *did* have another question. "About your brother... Didn't you promise him that you wouldn't talk to me anymore?"

She giggled. "No I didn't; don't you remember?" she said matter-of-factly. "I promised him I wouldn't talk to you anymore *in school*. We're not *in school*, now are we? See ya!"

He stared after her, slowly starting to grin. He had a feeling the weekend was *really* going to drag...

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