Friendship (Seto Kaiba x Reader)

Chapter 2

~The Next Day at School~

The classroom was buzzing with life; students had been instructed to get into small groups to study for tomorrow's test, but most groups just used the free time to chat and mess around.

My group consisted of Tristan and Joey, who insisted he could help us.

"Joey.. are you sure that's right? That doesn't seem right," I said, puzzled. Math was never my strong suit, and I didn't know what I was doing, but I knew that wasn't correct.

"Trust me, (y/n), I know what I'm doing." Joey twirled the expo marker and then tapped on the whiteboard. "This is how you do it."

"You say you know what you're doing, but aren't you failing this class?" Tristan asked, amused. I bursted out laughing.

"What was that, you little punk?" Joey threatened, pointing the marker at Tristan. "If you don't want my help, then fine, but you don't have to make fun of me." he crossed his arms and huffed.

I grabbed the whiteboard and looked at it. "Ok, I don't get any of this, but this still doesn't seem right, no matter how I look at it." I looked at the whiteboard upside down and shook my head.

"That's because it's wrong. You have to multiply by 'x' before you divide by 'y'," a voice said, startling me. I jumped, almost dropping the whiteboard. Joey growled.

I looked behind me. "Who said that??"

"I did. Is your sense of direction as bad as your math skills?" a boy standing next to me said, looking rather cocky.

"Back off, Kaiba," Joey growled.

Oh, so this is Kaiba.

Joey had told me tales of the rich boy, mostly bad ones, but Kaiba was our only hope for passing. My only hope for passing.

"Joey, be nice," I snapped at him, before turning my attention back to Kaiba, "and yes, I do have a very bad sense of direction."

Kaiba hummed and walked away.

"WAIT—" I grabbed his arm "—please don't go. We're hopeless, we have no idea what we're doing. Stay and help? Please?" I smiled, hopeful.

"...fine." he sat down and grabbed the white board. His cheeks were slightly flushed, probably from my sudden outburst.

"Uh-uh, there is NO way I am working in the same group as him!" Joey shouted, dramatically pointing at Kaiba. Luckily for me, most of the class was used to Joey's outbursts by now, so all we got was a few eyerolls and a glare from the teacher.

Kaiba glared at him. Tristan sat there, looking slightly uncomfortable.

"Joey, sweet, wonderful Joey."—now Tristan looked scared—"I don't know about you, but I would like to know what the hell is going on in class and actually stand a chance at passing the test, and Kaiba over here so graciously decided he would help us! So I suggest you shut up before I make you." I muttered those last words and glared into his fear-filled eyes to make sure I got my point across.

"Okay," I turned my attention to Kaiba, "how do I solve this problem?"

~Time skip to end of class~

"I get it! I actually get it! I can do math now!!!!" I grabbed Tristan's shoulders and shook him.

"Oookay, (y/n), I get it," Tristan laughed slightly, taking my hands off of his shoulders.

I stood up and slammed my hands on the table. "We should get ice cream! I'm buying!" Joey stopped pouting and cheered. "Alright!" he and Tristan yelled.

"Oh wait no I have the thing today—" I looked at them, watched their expressions fall to disappointment, and winced "—sorry guys. Maybe some other time."

I gathered my things and began packing up my stuff.

"Kaiba, thank you. I mean it. I don't know what magic you used, but you actually helped me understand something in this classroom. That has never happened before. I'll see you around." I smiled at him and walked out of the room.

I walked home, happy to have finally understood something, and soon reached my house.

I opened my phone and texted Mokuba.

(y/n): Should I bring my deck?

That's a dumb question, I thought to myself. Why would I need to bring my deck?

Small Child: Yeah! Can we meet up at my house? I have a lot of homework so Seto won't let me leave :(

(y/n): Sure! Send me your address and I'll head over soon!

Apparently being able to play a children's card game is essential in this world.

That's when I remembered that Mokuba had told me that his brother would like my deck, and I felt stupid.

I grabbed my purse and headed towards the door.

Keys, check. Wallet, check. Phone, check. Ah, I forgot my freaking cards!

I smacked my head and ran back into my room, grabbing my deck and cursing.

~yet another timeskip, brought to you by the common hatred of math~

I got off the bus and walked for a few minutes.

Ding! You have arrived at your destination!

I looked up and saw that I was in front of a mansion. No, a castle. No, an empire.

This place is huge!

I opened my phone and texted Mokuba.

(y/n): Ha ha, very funny. Where do you actually live?

Small Child: Wdym? Did you get lost?

I took a picture of the building in front of me and sent it to him.

Small Child: Hold on.

Hold on for what? A butler to check me in? Seriously, Mokuba, enough with the games.

I stared at my phone, irritated, looked up, and saw Mokuba run out of the house and towards me.

Well shit

"You do not live here. Mokuba, weren't you ever taught that breaking into someone else's home was bad?" I put my hands on my hips and shook my head. "I should have known that you were a hoodlum."

"Come on!" he giggled, and started pulling me towards the mansion. "You have to meet Seto!"

Seto.... I know that name.. Is that off of a movie or something?

He opened the door and pushed me in.

"Mo- Mokuba! I am able to walk on my own! Jesus, child, how much sugar have you had today?" I asked, slightly annoyed. I looked around and was shocked to see Kaiba walking around in sweatpants and a black, turtleneck shirt.

"Seto, this is (y/n). (y/n), this is my big brother, Seto."