Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Human ❯ A Little Visitor ( Chapter 4 )

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It took a week of begging from Mokuba, but after that, Seto aloud him to go to Sweets and Things by himself every day after school. Li also promised to take care of Mokuba and make sure nothing happened to him. She notified her staff that he was to get anything he wanted free. It was like an after school program made especially for Mokuba. When he arrived he got a snack and Li helped him with his homework. It was almost like he had a big sister now. In truth, Li thought of Mokuba as a little brother.

"Good afternoon, Mokuba-san, what can I get you today." "A slice of carrot cake and, since it's cold today, a mug of hot chocolate. Thank you, Kaede-san", said Mokuba with a blush. Kaede was one of 8 members of Li's attractive staff. Li made sure that her whole staff was either attractive because they were nice or because they were attractive because they were both nice and physically attractive. That way, more customers would come back, and more would want to come in. 4 girls and 4 boys, that was the winning combination for Li's staff. It didn't hurt that the attractive owner of the shop, Li, lived and worked there as well.

"Hey Mokuba. How are you today?" Li walked in through the door, the jingle of the bell at the top of the door sounding to announce her entrance. "Fine", Mokuba said halfheartedly. Li looked at the black-haired boy, worry flashing in her eyes. "Are you sure? Do you want to talk about it?" Mokuba sat up straight at this and quickly said "No!" Li became even more worried by this. Mokuba flashed her a cheery smile. "No, it's alright. Don't worry yourself about it." Li could see a fake smile from a mile away; after all, she used to be the master of them. However she let it go. "Alright then. I'll be down right after I change." It was a Saturday afternoon in late February. Mokuba had no homework and Li had finished hers during lunch. Sure, she had to skip eating, but what was one meal compared to the days of living on scraps like she use to do. Sunday was her one-day off. God, she missed two-day weekends. She spent Saturday after school doing bills, filling out order forms and the lot. Then she was free on Sunday to do as she pleased. Li came back down with her paperwork, a cup of peppermint tea had been set out for her. She smiled gratefully at Kyotaru. He was one of her friends as well as workers. Li tended to fall asleep while doing taxes, and she didn't like caffeine, so he always set out a cup of mint tea for her.

She and Mokuba sat silently. Li, doing her taxes, and Mokuba, watching people talk and mill about the warm shop.

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12:20 A.M

It was already Sunday morning and she had yet to go to sleep. Instead, here she was walking outside in the cold. She couldn't sleep tonight. She felt Mokuba's attitude today nagging at her in the back of her mind. She didn't know why. 'He was probably just tired, or maybe a girl he likes told him that she didn't like him.' Li prayed it was something small. But the problem was, just as she could catch a fake smile; she could sense when people had big problems, depending on how uneasy they were about the situation. And to her, Mokuba had seemed very uneasy. Li was distracted from her thoughts as snow started to fall. She watched as the majestic snowflakes slowly plunged to there deaths. That's when she heard it.

*Slap* Slap* Slap* Slap* Slap*

It was the sound of rubber soles slapping on the icy cement. Someone was running, and they were coming closer. Se saw a figure outlined in the darkness. As they came closer, she could see that they were small, probably a child. Then she saw long hair. Then she was surprised as she recognized the figure.

"Mokuba!?" she yelled in surprise. She ran and stopped to kneel in front of him. "What the hell are you thinking? Does your brother know you're out here?" "L-Li", he hiccuped. Li examined Mokuba's face. It was now obvious to her that he had been crying, and he still was. She embraced the boy, trying to comfort him. His skin was icy to the touch. "Shh, it's alright. Do you want me to call your brother?" Mokuba quickly said, "No! No, please let me stay at your place tonight. Please." "Alright, I'll carry you there. Don't you try and refuse, Mokuba Kaiba. I can tell you're tired and freezing." She walked to the shop, with Mokuba in her arms, unlocked the door, and walked upstairs. She wrapped Mokuba in an electric blanket(1) and went into the upstairs kitchen to make them both some hot chocolate.

Mokuba saw at the top of the staircase what Li's apartment looked like. Her apartment above the bakery was very nice and warm looking. The walls were a peach color and most of the furniture was white. The carpet was a color you couldn't really define as pink. It was as if the carpet was white, then colored with diluted red wine. It was an odd color, but it was nice. On the opposite wall facing him was a t.v. He saw the back of a white couch facing him and the sides view of an easy chair with a glass coffee table in front the couch lengthwise and in front of the easy chair widthwise. He how sat on the couch, facing the t.v, wrapped in an electric blanket(1). Li went into the kitchen to make them both some hot chocolate. At the right side of the room, where a wall should have been, were large glass doors that were framed in white painted wood. Through those doors, he saw a spacious balcony with a garden box on each of it's three sides, which were now frozen with snow, but come spring and they would be crowded with flowers.

To the left, Mokuba could see a door painted white. 'That's probably Li's room", thought Mokuba. Behind him, next to the stairs, was a section with no wall, for it led into a cozy kitchen with gleaming white tiles. There was a sink, some cupboards, a stove, and a counter. This was a change from the big rooms he was usually in. Li came back into the room and handed Mokuba the steaming mug.

"Mokuba, could you please tell me what you were doing running through the streets in the middle of the night in this weather?" The boy looked into his mug. "I just couldn't take it anymore." "Take what? Would this have anything to do with what you didn't want to talk about this afternoon?" Mokuba nodded.

"It's just that... Seto, he..." Mokuba kept faltering. Li put an arm around the poor boy. "It's alright Mokuba, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." "No, I want to tell you this. Maybe you can make him stop." Li looked at him in surprise. "Mokuba, what makes you think that I, just another one of Seto's classmates, can succeed where you, his own brother, have failed?" Mokuba looked up at the taller girl and smiled.

"Because he cares about you too. Maybe if two people he cares for tell him to stop, he will." Li was too curious about the in the world Mokuba was talking about to notice that he said Seto Kaiba cared for her. "Stop what? Tell me, what is it you want Seto to stop doing?" Mokuba looked at her sadly. "I want him to stop bringing home those strange women." "Strange women?" "Yeah. Every couple of weeks or whenever he goes to a party, he brings home a woman and he sleeps with her. I wouldn't mind so much, because he's soundproofed his room, but it just isn't right. He's starting to remind me of our stepfather." At this point, Mokuba looked as if he were about to cry. "Your stepfather?" Li wondered about the man who had raised Seto Kaiba to what he was today. "What did your stepfather do?" Mokuba sniffed. "He brought home women, too. He also use to beat Seto a lot. I'm afraid that Seto might one day start beating me too." "Mokuba, that's ridiculous. Your brother loves you very much." "I know that, but I wish he would just stop falling apart. He's slipping away, I just know it." "Well, Mokuba, I promise to talk some sense into your brother in the morning, but for now, we need to get some shut eye. I'm sure you're tired from running and crying, right?" Mokuba was about to reply, but a rather large yawn cut off his words. Li laughed. "I guess I can take that as a yes." She then picked Mokuba up and walked into her room.

"You can have my bed. I'll be right next to you so if you need anything just wake me up, okay?" Mokuba nodded and snuggled under the warm comforter. Li rolled out a futon and as soon as she laid her head down, she fell asleep.

~ KAIBA MANSION: MORNING ~

Seto woke up to find the woman he had slept with staring at him. "Good morning, sleepy head", said the woman in a sickly sweet voice. "Shut up" grunted in reply. The woman cocked an eyebrow at him. "What's wrong with you?" "Nothing." The woman smiled and wrapped her arms around the boy's torso and laid her head on his chest. "So, what's for breakfast?" Seto just continued to stare at the ceiling. "For me, I don't know and for you, probably something from your kitchen." The woman immediately lifted her torso so her arms were holding her up. "What do you mean?" Seto got out of bed and started to get dressed. "I mean get dressed, then get out." The woman's face changed from a look of confusion to a look of anger. "That's it? What about last night?" Seto didn't even look at her. He said in an uncaring tone, "What about last night?" The woman got out of the huge bed, using one of the satin sheets as a robe to cover herself. She walked over to Seto and grabbed his face so he would look at her. "You can't seriously look me in the eye and say that last night meant nothing to you." And of course, Seto looked her in the eye and said, "Last night meant nothing to me." The woman moved to slap him but he stopped her hand, pushed her away and continued getting dressed. The woman finished dressing in a hurry and stormed out of the Kaiba mansion.

This scene was the most recent of many similar ones he had been through. It wasn't his fault that so many women wanted to get in his pants. He was rich and handsome with chestnut brown hair, icy blue eyes, and a slim yet muscular physique. Seto went downstairs for breakfast only to find his younger brother was not there. 'Must be sleeping in.' then one of the servants came in with the phone. "Kaiba-sama, there is a young lady on the phone for you." "Thank you" he said in a monotone voice. "This is Kaiba." A familiar voice came out of the earpiece of the phone. "It's 9 A.M. Are you wondering where your little brother is?" "Li? How the hell did you get this number?" "Mokuba gave it to me. I bet you don't even know where he is." Seto scowled "Of course I do. He's in his room, sleeping." "Oh, I'm sorry, we were looking for 'He's at Li's house' but thanks for playing." Seto shot straight up out of his chair. "What!?" "Don't worry he's fine and he's currently eating breakfast. I'll explain everything when you get over here." With that, Li hung up. Seto immediately called for the chauffeur and quickly set off.

~ SWEETS AND THINGS ~

The limo pulled up to the shop, which didn't have many customers that morning. After all, who besides a person with a job to do would be out on this icy February morn?

Seto entered the shop and then his little brother's arms. "Mokuba, go wait in the limo for me. I'll be right there; I just need to talk to Li for a moment." Mokuba silently went to the limo.

"What the hell is going on!?" Seto erupted. The last customer left, and the two were left all alone. Li pulled out a chair and motioned for him to sit down. He complied. Li sat down in the chair across from him.

"Mokuba came to me last night, out of breath and half frozen and do you know why? Because he was running away from you, or rather, your hobbies." Seto looked at her with a furious look on his face. "Why would he do that? He loves me and he knows I love him too." Li smiled grimly and put the tips of her fingers together, mimicking the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. "That's all good and true, but you're starting to frighten him. He says your habits are becoming like those of your stepfather." Seto's eye's widened in shock. "What?" "Mokuba seems think to think it's only a matter of time until your completely gone and someone else will be left in you place." Seto stood up, the chair's legs scraping the floor. "That's ridiculous!"

Li looked at him sadly over the tops of her glasses, her eyes now a stunning combination of ruby and amethyst, locking on to his own eyes. "It's not so ridiculous, Seto-kun. I had an older sibling once too, and I had to watch her slip away from me. Don't let that happen between you and Mokuba."

Seto then left the silent shop and went to his little brother. Once both were in the limo, Seto started talking. "Mokuba, I was thinking, maybe... maybe we should start spending more time with each other." Mokuba looked at his brother in surprise. "Really? You mean it Seto?" Then Seto smiled a true smile, which he only seemed to crack every few years. "Yeah. Do you want to go anywhere today?" "You bet I do. I want to go to the Domino Amusement Park!"

The whole day was spent at the amusement park. Mokuba had tons of fun. Even Seto was somewhat entertained. When they arrived home, Mokuba was laden with prizes his brother had won for him because Mokuba had insisted. As Seto entered his room, a million questions seem to shoot through his head.

'Why? Why do I care what she says? Why do I believe what she says? Why do I listen? Is it because I care for Mokuba, or is it because I care for her?' The thought stunned his mind into silence. Did he really care for this girl, Li? Was it possible for him to care for someone besides his brother?

He fell asleep like that, with a million questions running through his head, all of them about her.

~ T.B.C ~

Next chapter might have a lemon, or at least a lime, that is, if you guys want one. Please review and tell me!