It's Time to Rock the Dragon

“Charlotte!” Was all that Kaiba could exclaim.

I could read Kaiba well. I knew all his mannerisms, and I know all his expressions. But it didn’t take a genius to work out the look on Kaiba’s face. He was shocked, plain shocked. And why shouldn’t he be? I never told him I was moving to Satan City, I was the last person he’d expect to see at Capsule Corp. right now.

“You know him?” Chi-Chi shrieked at me, very confused.

A challenger appears. I guess she doesn’t like the ‘perfect mother’ for her grandchild might be taken away from her.

“We were acquaintances in the past.” Seto replied to Chi-Chi.

“Yeah, acquaintances.” I mumbled.

This was so stupid. I thought I’d never see Seto Kaiba again. I was content with never seeing Seto Kaiba again. Now he was here in the flesh again, attempting to tear down all the walls I worked so hard to build up with a few words in a matter of seconds. Even if we didn’t really date, we were more than acquaintances.

Gohan noticed how uneasy I was, and embraced me tighter into his side hug, Tina still in my arms.

“Playing happy families then Charlotte? I’m glad you were able to finally move on then.” Kaiba said with malice, a slight glare on his face.

Around the room everybody’s mouth went o-shaped. It was finally made obvious the connection Kaiba and I had.

“Me too. It’s good to have something real, other than what seems to be you using women for personal gain.” I replied awkwardly.

I didn’t want to start a fight with Kaiba; in fact I really wished he would just go away. But fighting was probably the only way to get rid of him.

“Wait, you did what you tried to do with me to other girls? It was all right with me, I’m older and can take that stuff. You’re going around manipulating young and impressionable teenage girls for personal gain. You’re despicable. Get out of my house!” Bulma shouted at Kaiba.

“Aw, no need to get angry. Charlotte you understood didn’t you? I mean look at you; you’ve ended up with a baby and a boyfriend. Perfect life, right?” Kaiba snickered at Gohan and I.

“It’s a doll. I thought it’d be more of your thing, you know being material and plastic.” I snapped back, jumping off the couch to enter the challenge.

Gohan quickly jumped up, and grabbed me by the shoulders in order to calm me down. I looked up at his face and he seemed to be quite worried about the situation at hand.

“Look, Mr. Kaiba I really think you should leave. Your childish behaviour is not achieving anything; in fact it’s probably pushing the Brief family away even more.” Gohan sighed to Kaiba.

“Yes mister! I want you off the property NOW! You better scat or the cops will be called. I don’t think that would be a good image for you or your company would it?” Bulma spat at Kaiba.

“I’ll gladly leave.” Kaiba spat back, storming out of the room.

Everyone kind of stared after him in shock for a minute or two. What happened was so unexpected and out of the blue, and nobody really knew how to react either.

However, after a minute the attention turned onto me. Gohan hugged me tighter, and Chi-Chi and Bulma raced over.

“Are you alright hun?”

“Oh my god I can’t believe he did that to you! What a creep!”

“If you need to talk about it, both Gohan and I are here anytime”

“He’s made the deal even more impossible now!”

“I’m fine. I’m just a little…shaken up. I got rid of him, and I just want him gone.” I sighed, looking down speaking to no one in particular.

“Do you need anything? A snack? Drink? If you’re really stressed you could get a world class massage from one of our robots?” Bulma offered.

I looked up at Bulma and smiled. She really wasn’t what I was expecting from a CEO’s daughter. I was expecting a selfish woman who cared about nothing but getting her own way. Like Seto!

“I’m fine thank you. I think I might go outside and get some fresh air and come back in when the place livens. I’m sorry everyone.” I sighed, once again looking down at my feet.

“Gohan will follow you!” Chi-Chi called out, as soon as I got up.

“MOM!” He whined, “Charlotte probably wants some alone time after that whole ordeal….”

“No, it’s okay. You can come…but only if you want.” I said to Gohan, quickly adding the last bit.

Gohan was probably mad at me and didn’t want to be alone with me. After all, I had failed to tell him about Kaiba. It was a big thing and as much as I hate to say this, he was a big part of my life. I hadn’t said a word to Gohan. I probably just killed any trust between us.

I hope I didn’t ruin the project. The whole project was about building trust and a relationship with your partner in order for the goodwill of the baby. Or something along those lines anyway.

I just lost a friend, a crush and quite possibly an A tonight. Dammit!

“I’d love to join you. That is, if you want me to.” Gohan replied, a blush covering his cheek.

“I’d love to!” I cheerily replied.

I’d still have to wear my guard though. Don’t want myself getting caught off guard or getting my hopes up. Need to fix this situation.