Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Harvesting the Heart ❯ Chapter Three ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Hey again, welcome to the third chapter YAY! Unfortunately for both TÃ©a and Seto, they still have more and more torture to come, but this Chapter is gonna be all about our favourite little CEO!

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Harvesting the Heart

Chapter Three

Seto's POV

If I murder the geek squad and say it was an accident, I wonder if I could get away with it?

“Um…big brother?”

Looking up from my computer, I come out of my thoughts and glance up at Mokuba, “Yes?”

“I was wondering if…” he stops for a moment as he looks up at my head. “-Um Seto…why is there a piece of tomato in your hair?”

Joey Wheeler you are so dead! I can't believe I STILL have food left in my hair. I've already spent TWO hours trying to get the rest of it out.

Do you know what it is like to have to walk around school with food in your hair?

I shake my head. “I'd rather not talk about it to be honest, Mokuba”

He raises an eyebrow. “Why? What did TÃ©a and her friends do this time?”

Now I have to admit, this comment surprises me. Not only because right away he assumes it has something to do with those losers, but also because Mokuba said TÃ©a and her friends, instead of Yugi and his friends like he usually does. Very odd…

“What makes you think it has anything to do with them?” I ask.

“Because they're the only people who would put you in a situation where you end with a piece of tomato in your hair” Mokuba replies, and he looks at me as if it's obvious.

Since when did he get so smart anyway?

“Well be that as it may,” I reply “I'd still rather not talk about it”

Mokuba gave a slight nod of understanding, but a small smirk makes its way across his lips. “Hey, at least it wasn't another black eye”

I should have known he'd bring that up…

At school the next day, I make it through period one and two before Gardner corners me by my locker.

She pulls out a fist full of notes and shoves them in my hands. “There” she mutters, “Now that's two nights of homework I've done for you” and then she stands there expectantly, waiting for me to do the right thing and give her back her wallet.

But since when do I do the right thing when it concerns anyone from the geek squad?

“Let's hope it's as good as it was yesterday” I reply before walking down the corridor in the opposite direction.

“Kaiba!” Gardner exclaims, “You can't just walk away.”

Giving a small smirk, I look over my shoulder. “Watch me”

I hear Gardner's footsteps behind me. “Hey.” she calls out. “I said you can't walk away”

I stop on the spot and turn around. “And what exactly are you going to do to stop me?”

Gardner glares up at me, and if looks could kill I'd probably be six feet under. “Just answer me this Kaiba, how long are you going to keep this up?”

A small smirk forms across my face. “Until I get bored”

-Which, I can tell you now won't be for a while.

“Kaiba…grow up” Gardner hisses icily.

I stare down at the increasingly pissed off friendship preacher in front of me “Gardner, deal with it” I reply before turning back around and continuing down the corridor.

I can almost feel Gardner's anger pulsating off her. “Where are you going?” she calls out.

I glance over my shoulder, “Away from you”

I walk into an empty classroom and lock the door behind me. Seconds later after I sit down and pull my lap top out, I hear Gardner rattle the doorknob. “You're not getting away this time” she yells through the door, “I'm still waiting right here”

A small smirk appears on my face. “Get used to it”

Gardner only lasts two minutes outside the door before the rest of the loser patrol drags her off to her next class. Opening the door and walking out, I make way down the school corridor only to realise I'm late for class. Glancing down at my timetable, I give an irritated sigh as I notice that the class I'm late for is…well, dance

Yes, it is true. I, Seto Kaiba, unfortunately do dance

However, despite the fact that I do dance, it was NOT my choice. The class I originally signed up for was economics, but I was the only one who did so. Apparently no one else in this school cares about financial and monetary matters. So I ended up getting shoved into the only class that had any vacancies…

And I can tell you now I am NOT happy about it.

The teacher, Miss Tsbusa, already hates me. Not that I could care or anything, but I do have a reputation for having a flawless record. The last thing I need is some pissed off teacher flunking me because I refuse to participate in her class. But seriously…dance?

In case no one noticed, I DON'T dance

-ever.

“Well Mr Kaiba, so glad you could join us today”

I glare down at the teacher, hating the fact that every one in the class is looking at me. “Have I missed much?” I ask. (Like I care anyway)

Miss Tsbusa looks at me with a knowing smile, “I was just about to pick partners for this terms major work”

Partners? Major Work? You mean I'm not only going to have to dance, but with a partner?

This teacher is seriously deluding herself.

She turns towards the rest of the class, “Well, seeing as Mr Kaiba has kindly graced us with his presence, I will now call out each of your names and assign you a partner”

She glances around the room for a moment before continuing. “And remember, these partners are non negotiable.”

Going down the roll, Miss Tsbusa calls out each name and assigns them a partner. She comes up to Gardner's name, and for a moment I actually begin to sweat. Not Gardner, NOT Gardner! Anyone but her…

-Actually…I guess Wheeler would be worse. But I would rather be with neither…

In fact, I don't want to be with anyone.

Thankfully however, Gardner gets partnered with some other then me. I would let out a sigh of relief, except my name comes up just after Gardner's.

Miss Tsbusa stares at me for a moment, and I give her another icy glare. Glancing down the list, she finally picks a girl who, luckily for me, is away today.

Once she finishes setting partners, Miss Tsbusa glances around the gym “Each of you have your partners now. I want you to spend this lesson going over ideas with each other about the possibilities of what you two would like to do at the end of the term”

I watch as everyone grabs their partner and finds themselves a corner of the gym to sit down in. I on the other hand stay were I am. One because I still refuse to participate, but more importantly because my partner isn't here anyway.

A small frown forms across Miss Tsbusa's face. “Mr Kaiba, Miss Gardner? Why aren't you two going off with your partners?”

“Because my partner isn't here” I answer

“Mine either” Gardner adds in.

Miss Tsbusa glances between us. “Well then I guess it would be much easier then if I just make you two partners instead”

Wheeler bursts out laughing.

~*~

“Oi Tristan! Oh my God man, you are never gonna guess who TÃ©a's dance partner is”

A small frown appears on Gardner's face as Wheeler's loud voice booms across the lunch room, “Joey” she exclaims “Shut up!”

I on the other hand am simply seething. The last thing I need is for Wheeler to announce to the entire school the sickening predicament I now find myself in.

Giving an irritated sigh, I lower my head and turn back to my work. Not even five seconds later however, my attention is once again interrupted by the geek squad bursting into fits of laughter.

Can't those idiots EVER shut up?

I shoot them all a quick death glare before going back to my work once again. This time, I'm able to actually get three minutes of uninterrupted work done before the mutt and the pointy haired freak both burst into laughter again.

Why I thought I might be able to get some work done is beyond me

Standing up, I pack away my things and make my way out of the lunchroom. As I open the door, I turn a corner only to have someone knock straight into my chest.

I look down to see Yugi standing in front of me

“Watch it” I mutter, seriously not in the mood for anything besides finding solitary.

“Sorry Kaiba, my mistake”

Walking away, I notice a small smile creep its way across Yugi's face.

I wonder what he's smiling about?

“Where is it?” I murmur to myself as I search through my pockets. Not finding what I'm looking for, I pull out my bag and tip of it contents across my desk.

“You lose something Kaiba?”

No, I just felt like tipping my stuff all over my desk. What type of question is that?

Glancing up, I find Yugi standing besides my desk, and he gives me that same knowing smile from lunch. “Maybe you should retrace your steps?” he suggests.

What's with that smile? That's MY knowing smile he's copying. It's the one I give people when I know something concerning them that they don't...but why is Yugi smiling like that? I never miss anything!

Yugi raises an eyebrow, “Well? Did you retrace your steps?”

Frowning, I decide to play along with Yugi's stupid suggestion. But what did I do today? I took Mokuba to school, classes, more classes, lunch, running into Yugi, more classes…wait! Running into Yugi?

I turn towards Yugi and glare down at him. “You have my key card” I state simply.

He searches through his pocket and indeed pulls out my key card, the one I need to get into Kaiba Corp. “You mean this?” he asks innocently.

Who the hell is this and what did he do with the real Yugi Motou? Mr `heart of the cards' never does anything like this.

“Motou, what is it exactly that you want?” I ask.

Yugi lets out a small chuckle. “I'd have thought it was obvious”

“Well obviously not, seeing as I have ask” I reply icily.

He looks at me as though it's simple. “I want you to give TÃ©a her wallet back”

I end up having to promise Yugi I'll give Gardner her wallet back in order to get my key card. Who would have guessed Yugi Motou had it in him to be sneaky? I guess Mr Heart of the cards is human after all.

Who would have thought it?

But to be honest, I was planning on giving it back some time soon anyway. I only kept it for two reasons, one: payback towards Gardner for punching me in BOTH of my eyes (Both were lucky shots by the way), and two: Because to be honest, it was quite amusing pissing Gardner off so much.

However keeping her wallet did have some bad points too. At least now Gardner won't be following me around school anymore. But she'll just have to wait until tomorrow, because there is no way in hell I am waiting after school to give it back to her.

Besides, it's about to rain and I have to pick Mokuba up from school.

As it happens, Mokuba's already waiting for me when I arrive. While he sits down on his side of the limo, his eyes widen as he sees me. “Wow Seto, what happened today?”

Mokuba could make a profession as a psychiatrist.

Shooting a quick glance at my brother, I shake my head. “I'd rather not talk about it”

A small frown formed across Mokuba's face. “Whenever you say that, it always means something interesting happened”

“Trust me Mokuba, nothing about my day was interesting.”

Mokuba sits there silent, obviously noticing I'm not in the mood to talk about today. I feel a slight pang of guilt as I notice the sad look on his face.

“Why don't you tell me about your day?” I suggest.

I notice his face fall even further before he glances out the window. “Parents day is coming up” he murmurs quietly.

Parent's day is the day where your parents come into school and spend the day in the class room with you so that they can see how the school is run, and what their child is learning. Because Mokuba and I don't have parents anymore, I always go in instead. But being surrounded by all your classmates and their parents isn't easy, especially for Mokuba.

“Do you want to talk about it?” I ask gently

Giving a small sigh, Mokuba continues to stare out at the rain. “No, it's just…TÃ©a?”

“Gardner? What's she got to do with anything?”

Mokuba shakes his head, “No, I mean TÃ©a as in TÃ©a is outside in the rain”

I glance out the window as we come to a set of traffic lights, and sure enough Gardner is walking in the rain completely soaked.

“We should offer her a lift” Mokuba suggests

“No we shouldn't” I reply.

Mokuba looks up at me with those puppy dog eyes of his. “But she might get sick”

No! I've seen enough of those losers today, thank you very much. The last thing I need is to have to be in an enclosed space with Gardner.

“And besides,” Mokuba adds in, “I need to talk to her about something anyway”

I notice how my brother's face has lightened up since seeing Gardner. Why her? Why one of the geek squad? Mokuba should be friends with more normal, or at least sane people.

Without even waiting for my reply, Mokuba rolls down the window and sticks his head out.

“TÃ©a!” he calls out, and Gardner glances around the street until she spots us. A puzzled frown forms across her face, but she comes over anyway and glances down at Mokuba.

“Hey Mokuba, what's up?”

She says this so casually. How can Gardner stand there in the rain and still act so…so…cheerful? Not to mention the fact that she's absolutely saturated and she's wearing her school uniform, which, might I add is made from thin material.

I may not like Gardner (and that's putting it lightly), but not even I can let her walk around like…well, like that.

“Why?” she asks.

Because I don't want to be blamed if you end up getting raped.

“Gardner, it's a chance to get out of the rain. I'd advise you to take it”

She opens the door and sits down next to Mokuba. Still looking away, I take my trench off and shove it towards her. “I'd also advise you to put this on”

Yes, I Seto Kaiba just gave Gardner my trench coat. But no I haven't gone insane. I just don't want Mokuba on my case should Gardner get sick or something.

Gardner glances down at herself as she takes the jacket, and then she notices what I had. A slight blush creeps its way across her cheeks as she puts it on. “Thanks” she murmurs.

“Sure kid, what's up?”

He looks down at the floor, “Well, you see…I was wondering if-” he stops for a moment and looks up, “If you would want to come to parent's day with Seto and me?”

I almost choke, and Gardner does the same. She glances nervously between Mokuba and I, and I can tell she isn't sure what to say.

“But Mokuba, I'm not even related to you.” Gardner replies gently, “Why would you want me to come?”

“Because…well, you're the only girl I know who I can ask”

I watch as Gardner's face softens, and it occurs to me that Mokuba is well, kinda right. Mokuba has no female interaction besides when he hangs out with Gardner—even his school his teacher is male. The closest Mokuba would come to knowing any girls would be our female servants, but their all in their forties or fifties.

Is that why Mokuba likes Gardner so much? Because she's the only female role model he has?

Gardner looks at me and raises an eyebrow, and it is then I that I realise she is waiting to see if I approve or not before she answers. I glance down at Mokuba's hopeful face, and he gives me his puppy dog eyes once again.

It's those damn puppy dog eyes that ruin me. Shaking my head, I give Gardner a small nod before turning back around to face the window.

Mokuba and Gardner chat away for the rest of the journey once Gardner gives our driver her address. I on the other hand, spend the trip with my head facing the window, just watching the rain slide down the glass.

I find it so frustrating that no matter what I do or try, the geek squad always seem to manage to worm their ways back into Mokuba and my lives. Why me? I'm already stuck being Gardner's dance partner, (I can't even begin to tell you what's wrong with that), and now I'm going to have to spend the whole day with Gardner, posing as Mokuba's parent's as well?

-Having to spend every day at school with them is bad enough.

What is it about Gardner that Mokuba likes so much? He opens up to her so easily, as if they've been best friends their whole lives. Mokuba is the type of person who doesn't judge people, but won't trust them until he knows they won't break it. Almost immediately after meeting Gardner, he trusted her—just like that

What is it about Gardner that makes people just seem to open up and talk to her? Well…everyone I guess except me. I seem to be the only one Gardner doesn't get along with, not that anyone couldn't figure that out—especially after the whole two black eyes scenario.

If only Gardner wasn't a girl…

Feeling the limo come to a stop, I'm suddenly pulled out of my thoughts. As she opens the door, Gardner gives me what I think might slightly resemble a small smile as she gives me back my trench coat, “Thanks” she says.

I give a small shrug, just desperate for Gardner to leave so that Mokuba and I can go home. “Whatever, just next time bring an umbrella”

“No” I reply. Who's the older brother here?

Mokuba ignores me once again and leans towards Gardner anyway, “Seto's gonna walk you to your door so that you don't get drenched any more then you already are”

She raises an eyebrow in surprise, and I can tell she is trying to suppress a laugh at the fact that my little brother is ordering me around. Giving an irritated sigh, I pull my umbrella out and walk to the other side of the car.

Holding the umbrella over her head, Gardner looks up at me as she steps out of the limo, “Mokuba's trained you well” she states teasingly. I roll my eyes and give her one of my trademark glares, “Just be grateful I didn't leave you out in the rain” I mutter back.

What Gardner does next surprises me; she actually gives me a genuine smile. “I am grateful Kaiba” she replies, “You giving me a lift has shown me that even you can be nice when forced”

“Don't get use to it”

Stepping up onto her front porch, the door suddenly flings open to reveal a middle aged woman who could easily be Gardner's future self at forty.

“TÃ©a, honey, I was worried about you” she exclaims. Pulling TÃ©a into a warm hug, it is then that she notices me standing beside Gardner. Her face suddenly brightens into a warm smile.

I go to open my mouth, but Gardner gets there before me. “Kaiba can't really stay and chat, mum. He has to leave for work”

Gardner's mother shakes her head at her daughter. “But where are your manners, you could at least invite him in for coffee or something?”

“Actually Mrs Gardner,” I speak up, “Gar-I mean TÃ©a is right. I'm expected at work fairly soon so unfortunately I can't stay and chat”

“Well that's too bad” she replies, “I guess you'll just have to come over another day”

Gardner pushes her mother back inside. “Mum! Shut up!” she exclaims.

“What?” Mrs Gardner answers innocently, “I'm just trying to be polite”

Gardner and her mum start arguing with each other, so they don't even notice me leave. Turning around, I start walking back down the driveway to my limo.

Then suddenly, Gardner's mum's words freeze me on the spot as they echoed throughout the street, “Why didn't you tell me you had a boyfriend?”

WHAT!

~*~

How embarrassing.

Also, I know Yugi seemed a little OC, but I figured when it came down to it, Yugi's the type of person who would do anything to help out a friend, especially TÃ©a.

Anyway, as I said before, this chapter took me longer because I spent most of my time studying for a stupid Chemistry test. But don't worry; the next chapter should be up quicker.

I would love to get hear your comments or feedback. Also, if you have any Seto/TÃ©a fics you want me to read I'd be more then happy to oblige.

Jess

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