The Heart Does Go On

The next night was almost déjà vu of when Seto and I were dating. He arrived at my doorstep, instead of sending a honk from his limousine.

“I take it that’s for you?” Dad asked, as I came out of my room.

“Yeah, I’m going out to dinner.” I replied.

“With that Joey guy?” Dad asked, curiously.

“Na, we broke up.” I replied.

“Who is then?” Dad asked.

“Kaiba.” I blushed, and Dad did nothing but sent a smirk.

Although Dad did find some faults in Seto, Seto was someone he admired, so in the end he was a lot happier with Seto than he was with Joey.

I answered the door, and saw Seto dressed in something similar than what he was wearing the day we went for the ‘business lunch’ before we dated when I first realised I liked him.

“You look nice.” He replied, as I shut the door and we were leaving.

“Thanks.” I replied, nervously tucking my hair behind my ears.

I had decided to straighten my hair for tonight (I had nothing to do today, I did a little study, but all of my homework had been completed) and I wore a pleated pale yellow skirt that sort of resembled a school skirt (it doesn’t look as hideous as it sounds, I promise) and a thin woolen long sleeved top, that could be pulled down to be low cut and show off ‘assets’ or be pulled up to be modest. I was wearing it modestly.

To add to my outfit I wore a long silver necklace, with lots of dangling bits at the end, silver bangles and long, black boots that were knee high.

“Where are we eating tonight?” I asked him, as we both got into the limo.

“It’s a place that has a bit of everything. I’m sure you’ll like it.” He replied.

I smiled, as we began to make small talk. Seto was staying as generous as he was the last time we spoke. I could get used to this again.

***

As I was talking to Seto after we ordered, he seemed a little distracted.

“Are you alright?” I asked him, feeling a little concerned.

“No.” He replied, bluntly.

“What’s wrong?” I asked him.

“I hate that I messed something really special up, and the whole time since I messed up I’ve been missing what I ruined, but it only took me until recently to realise I was the one that ruined that special thing.” Kaiba sighed.

I was a little taken aback. I knew he was talking about us, and I never thought he’d admit that what happened was a little his fault. That and the language he used was too informal for Seto Kaiba, he really was hurting. Dayum.

“You didn’t ruin that thing. Things just weren’t going to work out, availability crashes.” I weakly smiled.

Kaiba banged his fists on the table, which made me jump a little.

“You don’t get it Ella. I could have put more effort in, but I didn’t. And now I can’t even feel sorry for myself.” Seto angrily said, although the anger wasn’t sent towards me.

I grabbed his hands in mine, to calm him down a little.

“Look, Seto. Things aren’t ruined forever. You’ve seen where you went wrong; I’ve seen where I’ve gone wrong. All we have to do now is to decide what to do.” I said in a calming voice.

A waitress appeared with our food and I immediately moved my hands and sighed, that was the worst timing ever.

However, he went back to his sarcastic self after the food arrived, and he made me smile a few times.

After he paid, I checked my clock. It was only 8 ‘o clock. I could probably be gone until 9 ‘o clock until my Dad got angry (Although he doesn’t care how late I stay out on weekends, school nights are a different matter)

“Do you wish to go for a walk?” Seto asked me

“Sure.” I replied.

We stayed silent as we walked down the main road, until we found a small park. There was a park bench in the middle of the park, so we strolled over and sat down.

“Listen, Ella. I’m not quite sure how to put this. I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but I’ve never been able to form the correct words in my head. I’m sorry for the way I reacted, and I’m sorry I didn’t pay enough attention to you during our relationship.” Seto said to me, and it sounded like he was having difficulty saying it.

“I’m sorry for not being as understanding as I could be.” I weakly smiled.

“Did you take care of your business?” Seto asked, putting his arms around my shoulders.

“I sure did. Joey and I are now friends, and nothing more.” I replied, automatically putting my head on his shoulders.

Seto then held my chin up, using his fingers. He gave me no time to react, as he pulled me into a kiss. He was testing me. Because I had no time to react, if I pulled away it meant I didn’t want to kiss him. But if I kissed back, it meant I did.

I did what he wanted me to do. I melted into the kiss. I kissed back fiercely with just as much passion as he was putting in.

We pulled away, and he rested his forehead on mine, staring into my eyes.

“Be my girlfriend?” He asked.

I hesitated a little, but tried not to show it. It wouldn’t be fair on Joey if I went out with Seto the day after I broke up with him. But it wasn’t fair on either Seto or I to make him wait. I couldn’t even give an excuse like ‘what will the media think?’ because Seto would automatically say it would look bad for Joey. Stuck in between a rock and a hard place, damn damn damn!

“I would love to.” I smiled.

I could decide what to do from here, right?