contractual bond 🔏

Chapter 6

Airi Otogi was always the center of attention. Her good looks, her wealth, and her amazing voice and talents; she had it all. She wasn't greedy or selfish, she was always the complete opposite , but her father saw otherwise. Her father used her for wealth and fame. Made her look like a trophy that he was proud to have.

People would talk behind her back and say how  snobby and a bitch she was. She didn't have a lot of friends and stayed alone. When Seto Kaiba approached her, she though it was going to be different. He was nice to her, gave her complaints, things that her father and brother never said to her.

She felt like she could trust him, and she did. She didn't care whether he was a jerk to others, she found peace with him. She trusted him when no one else did and that's how she fell for him.

"Hey." Airi found Kaiba in the courtyard of their school. He was reading a book and she sat down on the bench next to him.

"Oh, it's you."

"Wow, nice to know you have my back. You're really weird, aren't you?" She laughed.

"What are you even going on about?"

"You act so cold and ignore me in school but at parties, you act like you like me."

He scoffed. "Do you know how dumb you sound right now?"

"I know, but I just want to thank you. You really helped me through a difficult time. I really don't have anyone to talk to about this, not even my close friends. They told me to stay away from you but, I just can't."

She looks up at him with a glint in her eyes. He sighs and raises his hand and waves her off. "I could care less about what people say; they're just jealous since we're both rich and famous."

Airi laughed. "That's true, but truly thank you for being there when no one wasn't." She leaned up and kissed him. It caught him off guard but he kissed her back. She then suddenly let go and blushed.

"I got to go, I'll see you around." She gets up and runs away. Kaiba scoffs and watches her back disappear.

"What a weird girl."

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"Hey Kaiba." Airi called out to the nude man besides her.

"What?" He looks up from his phone and watches her.

"Do you remember that day, our first kiss?" She blushed and Kaiba laughed.

"You make it sound so fucking cliche."

"I don't know, but why am I doing this? You practically ruined my life and blackmailed me to the point where I had no choice. Yet I'm always coming back to you. Even when we were younger, I was crazy in love with you but was blind to see your true self."

"I hope that's not the issue this time." He scoffs and puts on his clothes.

"I think there's something in you. Something that made you act like that, but deep down I think you're a nice person." She laughs as she puts on her clothes.