Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Through It All ❯ Warming Up The Cold ( Chapter 9 )

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Chapter 9: Warming up the Cold

Serenity woke up to the sensation of a hand covering her mouth. Her eyes snapped open and she screamed, but it was muffled and hardly audible. Fear blinded her and all she could do was cry.

“ Serenity it’s okay, it’s me.” It was whispered into her ear and she immediately relaxed, knowing straight away it was Kaiba. Her vision cleared and Kaiba was leaning over her with his one hand covering her mouth and his other was holding a finger to his lips, signaling her to keep quiet.

He removed his hand slowly, still optimistic about whether she would try to scream or not. Confusion was written all over her face, so she obviously hadn’t heard the voices of their former kidnappers.

They were close, too close for his comfort. So he had woken her up, making sure she wouldn’t give away their position by covering her mouth with his hand.

She sat up, a questioning look on her face.

“We know you are out there somewhere, so you had better give yourselves up... the punishment will be less severe.” Was shouted somewhere outside, the last word still echoing between the walls of the cave. They were really close.

Kaiba quickly moved his hand back over Serenity’s mouth, but it was unnecessary because she only started crying, the silent tears sliding down her cheeks. Terror and panic was etched into her beautiful features.

Kaiba got up and pulled her up silently after him. He then retreated to the far back end of the cave... the one furthest away from the opening of the cave.

He then placed her in between the wall and himself. If they were found, he wanted to be the one they saw first and the one they targeted first.

He could feel her clutching the back of his shirt, like her life depended on it. But then again her life was in the balance. He could tell she was looking over his shoulder because he could feel her ragged breath against his neck.

“Come out come out where ever you are.” He could feel Serenity stiffen and he cringed when she let out a sob, it wasn’t that loud, but they had to be careful. She buried her face into his back still clutching his shirt like crazy.

His plan was to wait it out... what else could he do? They were outnumbered, they were lost and they were tired. His other option was finding a way out of the cave without being spotted and then running, but there was always the huge risk that they would be spotted and how long could they really run for? He looked over his shoulder at Serenity. Her face was still buried into his back. He knew she was too weak, she would never be able to handle it. If they were caught, this whole escape would have been for nothing, and he shuddered to think what would happen to Serenity and him.

He turned around and she let go of him hesitantly. He caressed her tears away slowly with his thumbs. He was trying to comfort her. He couldn’t tell her everything was going to be all right... he himself didn’t know for sure. He couldn’t tell her no harm would come to her... that too was out of his hands. He hoped his actions would speak louder than words.

He wrapped his arms around her small frame and closed what little space was between them by drawing her closer. It was like the hug they had shared earlier in the cell they had been kept in, the only difference this time was that he had initiated it.

In return she wrapped her arms around him. He could tell she was trying her hardest not to cry because her body was still wracking with noiseless sobs. He held her close, liking the feeling of her in his arms so much. What had come over him... who the hell would know? He would never act this way, he would never be doing what he was doing at this very moment, and he would never feel the way he was feeling now. Maybe situations, like the one they were in, brought out feelings a person never knew they possessed in the first place and it made them do things that were irrational for that person to be doing.

Him comforting and hugging... now that was very irrational for him. He only ever hugged his brother and he only ever comforted his brother. She was the first person and it was ironic that it was a Wheeler of all people. She was nothing like her brother though. He should have started degrading himself by now, reprimanding himself by now, but with her... everything was different. Everything.

He only realized now that she had stopped sobbing all together. Her being was quiet and her face was now buried in his neck. He could feel her warm breath tickling his neck slightly. He moved his one arm down to her lower back, while moving the other so that his hand was holding the back of her neck.

He could feel her shiver and he had a feeling it wasn’t because she was scared. He smirked slightly.

It hit him then, like a blow to the stomach. He had feelings for her, why else would he take satisfaction in knowing she was shivering because of him. Could he ever allow himself to like someone in a manner that he had never done before? He was Seto Kaiba, the Seto Kaiba. For most of his years he had learned to be cold. He was even cold to Mokuba sometimes.

Serenity moved her head and now was looking at him, their eyes connected. She was searching them. Did he have an expression on his face that gave away his inner struggle? He didn’t waste any time setting his mouth in a grim line and making his expression cold, hard and uncaring. He had an inner suspicion that she knew he cared though.
“I... I... don’t hear anything anymore Kaiba.” She whispered it, her voice hoarse. All he could focus on though was the fact that her lips were so close to his own. He snapped himself back to reality, and at an amazing speed.

He lifted his head and turned it to the side slightly, so he could hear better. She was right, utter stillness surrounded them, but he had been too caught up in his thoughts to even notice.


Hi again. I know I have not updated in a long while. I am going back to school soon, after a two-month break... and in this break I did not write anything at all. So now I don’t feel like I have accomplished anything. But anywho, I don’t think that really matters because it all comes down to the point that I did not update. For this I apologize. With me going back to school, my life gets more organized again and I truly think I will update more often now. Thank you if you have read this far. The good news it that Seto and Serenity action will occur in the next chapter. I am pretty sure of this and because the next chapter is chapter 10, I think it is cause for celebration so it definitely will be longer than all my other chapters.

Thank you once again for reading this far.

I righteously want to thank EVERYONE that reviewed. It makes my heart swell reading over all the reviews and I can’t even explain how much I really appreciate them.

So I put it plainly.

Thank you.