Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Game of Hearts ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

Hello there sorry about the delay I was having writers block issues and such. All better now though.

Enjoy,

Pixiewolf

 

CHAPTER 5

THE NEXT DAY

She tried to listen to what Tea was saying but all she could picture was that woman on top of Seto and that feeling of nausea associated with the image. All thoughts of loyalty towards her brother had vanished the minute that girl kissed Seto.

“Have I made a mistake?” she wondered as she idly fingered the blue silk of the dress Tea had handed to her earlier.

“Or am I being stupid and jealous? Can I trust myself and that this isn't just lust talking. Besides he probably doesn't have any feelings for me anymore, even if he even really had any to begin with. It sure seemed like he hasn't even given me a second thought. Am I reading too much into his actions? He can't be with her. I hate her. I hate him,” thought a conflicted Serenity when suddenly a realization hit her.

“My dating Tristan has never really been real for me. I have always had the idea at the back of my mind that I would go back to Seto. He has never left my thoughts. Even though I reasoned to myself that it wouldn't work and that it wouldn't be fair, in all of my what if scenarios involving Seto, we always ended up together. And now that he's with her I am stuck with Tristan. Or no one. And I can't approach Seto now. He would only reject me and I don't think I could handle that. Maybe it's best to leave things the way they are and avoid him. I mean if I avoid him it won't hurt as much. Right? If I told him how I really felt he would laugh at me. Or worse we would date and it wouldn't work and I would feel foolish. And worse yet I would hurt him more…” reasoned Serenity bitterly before her thoughts where interrupted by Tea.

“Earth to Serenity. You there?” Serenity jolted alert when Tea began tapping her shoulder.

“Is something wrong? You seem out of it? I thought you were excited about this dance. I know Tristan is he can't stop talking about how pretty you will be,” Teas exclaimed dreamily.

“To go to a dance with the man of your dreams is the most wonderful romantic thing in the world. We are two very lucky girls,” said Tea grinning not noticing Serenity's grim expression.

“Why does my heart feel like there is something squeezing it and it won't let go,” thought Serenity panicking trying to calm her racing heart.

“This is going to be hell,” she thought as anger flooded through her.

“I'm so stupid.”

 

Seto sat in his office looking out the large window behind his desk. It was something he ordinarily didn't do often. Now it seemed like his eyes never left the horizon. He spent a lot of time at his office. Although he would never admit it to anyone it had always been the one place he felt the most in control over. His life on the other hand had become somewhat of a wreck. The last several weeks had been terrible.

“What's wrong with me?” I was so sure of what needed to be done. Nothing has changed right?” His thoughts wandered once again to that night in the coffee shop. The girl he had been with was a one night stand. A few kind words and she had been his to do with as he pleased. Just like his stepfather told him all those years ago.

“Seto there are two things that I know without a doubt. The first is business and the second is women. To be successful in business you must learn to distance yourself from your emotions and that means things like love. You can't have both. Just remember business can never break your heart the way a women can.”

He had always taken that advice to heart, always believing on some level it was true. Love always got in the way of success. He wanted success. So over time women had become a game to him. He found it amusing to see how far a woman would go for love and the result when they found out everything was a lie. Each time he broke a woman's heart he realized something.

“Love makes you weak. The last one was no exception. What was her name again?” He wondered vaguely before dismissing it as irrelevant.

“It wasn't the same this time though,” he thought uneasy at this new discovery.

“I felt guilty whenever I was with her. It wasn't fun this time. Why?” He asked placing his hand against his for head trying to will the answer to come to him. He thought of Serenity again and the look on her face when she had see him in the bar. He closed his eyes remembering the emotions that had played across her face.

“Fear, anger, longing, regret, sadness, and pain,” he thought remembering his reaction. At the time he had felt elation over her reaction. But now he wasn't so sure.

WINTER FORMAL

Serenity looked herself over again in the mirror. Her hair, makeup and dress where solid. She was ready. She wore a simple midnight blue floor length gown. Tea had selected it for her, it really was a beautiful dress. It flattered her curves and gave her a more mature look. Best of all she thought,

“I don't look so innocent in this dress. I guess that's why I like it so much.” Serenity had looked again at her clock. She had gotten ready in record time but had spent the rest of the evening so far trying to get up the courage to leave her room.

“I have to accept he has moved on and he likes this other girl. And that he's doing things with her,” thought Serenity feeling the urge to be sick well up inside her once again.

“Why does my heart feel so heavy? Maybe if I stay with Tristan I will forget all about Seto and THAT girl.”

“Serenity you ready,” came Joey's voice from the other side of the door pulling her out of her revelry.

“Coming,” she yelled back at her brother putting Seto out of her mind at least for the moment.

 

 

“Why am I even here?” Seto grumbled from the back of the limo.

“Because Seto you have been mopey and even more of a workaholic lately and you need to take a break. And because Seto you owe me for forgetting that thing,” Seto blanched,

“Blackmail Mokuba, really?” Replied Seto through gritted teeth.

“I learn from the best big brother,” replied Mokuba grinning. Reluctantly, Seto stepped out of the car and shut the door behind him. He watched as the limo began pulling away and a head pop out of the window,

“you have to actually go in, I will know if you don't big brother,” yelled Mokuba. Seto cringed looking around to see if anyone had heard, lucky he was late and no one saw the brotherly exchange. Seto put on his most menacing expression and headed towards the dance. This would be a very long and painful night he had no doubt.

 

 

“It really is a beautiful and romantic scene,” thought Serenity as she walked through the doors alone. Tristan and Joey where in the parking lot having a heated discussion about something or other, Serenity hadn't been listening. She had snuck away instead.

Serenity scanned the dance area impatiently,

“Did he come?” She asked herself her eyes trying to pick him out of the crowd.

“Looking for me?” Came a familiar voice from behind her. She spun around in the direction of the voice only to find Tristan grinning at her and holding out a glass of punch.

“Y-yah,” she replied trying to cover the disappointment she felt with a smile. She quickly drank her punch and set the glass down on the table nearest to her. She leaned up against the wall behind her. Her eyes no longer scanning the room, instead she just watched the smiling couples dancing across the floor. She looked over at her date hoping the romantic scene would inspire him.

“I have no one else to blame but myself,” she thought as she watched Tristan shove appetizers in his mouth and spill crumbs all down his front. She turned back to the dancers in front of her relieved that at least food would save her from having to dance with Tristan. She closed her eyes listening to the music and the murmur of happy couples when she felt an all too familiar clammy hand weave into her own. She had to fight herself not to pull away. Opening her eyes Serenity flashed Tristan an empty smile and let herself be led onto the dance floor. She let him press himself against her, his hand holding hers his other clamped onto her waste leading her ungracefully across the floor. She tuned out his voice when he began whispering suggestively into her ear.

“It will be over soon,” she thought to herself seeing Joey give Tristan the thumbs up. Joey had told her several months ago that her dating Tristan was the happiest thing she could have done. He had told her she was making a great choice and that with Tristan he could know that she would be protected and taken care of even if he wasn't there. Inside Serenity had been screaming,

“I don't want someone to just take care of me, I don't want Tristan, I want Seto. I want all of me to be loved not just the so called pretty parts.” Instead she had just smiled at her brother and said,

“I hope so too, big brother.”

Tristan turned them again awkwardly; she continued to stare off into space when she saw him. His presence filled the room, washing her over mading the air difficult to inhale. He stood tall, leaning against the wall in his neatly tailored black suit his profile half covered in shadow. His shirt was unbuttoned at the top and he wasn't wearing a tie, but he looked amazing. She couldn't tear her eyes from him. Her heart fluttered with hope when she noticed he didn't have a date.

It was then that their eyes met and time stopped. His icy blue stare pierced her very soul to the core. She couldn't have taken her eyes from him even if she had wanted too. She didn't want too.

He was walking towards her in slow measured steps an arrogant smirk on his lips. She held her breath for what seemed like forever. When he arrived in front of her it had felt like another life time had passed. Her heart was beating ferociously in her chest as Seto tapped Tristan's shoulder and stretched out his hand to her. No words only actions. She didn't even look at Tristan as she took Seto's hand and let herself be lead away from Tristan. Her eyes never left Seto's; this moment was only for them. The flickering lights reflected off the decorations casting the room with flickering shadows that seemed to dance in time around them. When the silk touch of his hand softly caressed the middle of her back she tensed in anticipation even thought she was expecting the familiar touch him. His other hand lifted her hair away from her neck before taking hold of her other hand. He bend his head down letting his lips touch the side of her neck lightly, his tongue tracing along her bare neck. His hand gripped her hip firmly, holding her close to him pressing his body to her own. The possessive feel of his hands on her was made even more intense through the fabric of her dress. Her whole body tingled as they began to dance. She felt the world she hated drift away, replaced by the world she wished for every second of everyday.

He couldn't tear his eyes away from hers. The dull empty eyes he had seen across the dance floor sparkled at him full of life again.

“Your dress suits you. You look beautiful," he murmured tightening his grip on her waist. She sighed relishing in his confident tone and the seductive pull of his voice.

“I missed you,” whispered Seto

“I missed you too, I missed you so much,” she replied softly.

“I tried so hard to stop feeling. It was for the best, I-…“ Serenity had begun, but was cut off by Seto's lips covering hers in a desperate kiss. She moaned softly leaning her body against his trying to get closer to him. Heart hammering, breath stuck somewhere between her chest and mouth she returned the kiss with equal ferocity.

Like the other kiss this one also seemed like it was over all too soon. When she pulled away she caught sight of a fuming Joey being held back by both Tea and Yugi and reality slammed back into her. Tristan stood mouth agape beside Joey staring at the scene to surprised to react.

“This has been too much it seems,” thought Serenity feeling sorry for him having a front and center seat to her very public betrayal. Turning her eyes from her brother and Tristan she noticed that other people where also watching the drama unfold with interest. She turned to Seto,

“Not here,” she said quickly, taking his hand leading him outside away from the growing crowd. Serenity could hear that Joey, Tristan, Tea and Yugi where hot on their heels as they made their hasty exit away from prying eyes. Just as they exited the dance Joey shouted angrily in their direction.

“What did you do to my little sister, you bastard,” yelled a furious Joey. His hands fisted at his sides, Yugi and Tea where stealing furtive glances at one another as if askingif they should even step in.

“STOP! Big brother,” yelled Serenity,

“I am to blame for all of this. If your going to blame someone blame me not Seto,” continued Serenity still clutching Seto's hand for dear life.

“He's making you say this little sister, he's hurting you, you don't like people like him, Serenity please. He is a terrible person, who does terrible things. He's tricking you to get to me,” exclaimed Joey shaking his head back and forth,

“This isn't about you big brother, I want to be with Seto. I choose Seto of my own free will,” replied Serenity trying to fight back an overwhelming urge to break into tears.

“I don't believe you. You're my little sister,” he said weakly looking heart broken. His shoulders sagged as he looked at the pair. His little sister stood hand clasping his worst enemy, he looked up into her eyes, they were filled with fierce passion and determination. He looked down and silently turned back towards the dance,

“no more words” he thought,

“she has chosen him over me.” Yugi followed after Joey putting a supporting arm around his friend. Serenity couldn't stop the tears from welling in her eyes, she had just done what she had tried so hard to prevent.

“He's never going to speak to me again,” she whispered as the tears cascaded down her cheeks. Seto turned her to face him and put his hands on her cheeks wiping the tears with his thumbs and locking eyes with her.

“He will understand, give him time,” he told her seriously before he let her go. She nodded weakly in agreement giving him a shy smile.

“Whore!” Came a growled threat from in front of them. Tristan stood staring straight at them his face contorted with barely controlled rage. Serenity turned to face him once again shocked the anger in his voice. Tristan had been many things to her but never was he angry towards her.

“Tristan I-,” she began but he cut her off,

"Don't speak when I'm speaking!" He yelled breathing harshly now his fists shaking. Seto stepped forward his reply was cool, arrogant,

“She's too good for trash like you.” Seto turned slowly still wary that Tristan might do something stupid and escorted Serenity towards his waiting limo. As she slid into the car she looked back at Tristan, he was still staring at them his expression was unchanged, she could still hear his words in her head.

“Whore,” She thought touching her fingers to her lips and turning her head towards the window. Seto slid into the seat beside her and shut the door behind him tapping on the intercom to tell the driver to take them to the mansion. She hadn't known why things had progressed like that. Her brother had been right about a few things,

“Seto is sometimes uncaring, cruel, arrogant, and possessive but not to me. He is different with me. All I want is to get to know all of the real Seto. I want to understand him the way I think he understands me.”