No, My Last Name Isn't Kaiba (Seto Kaiba X Reader)

Nine

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beepbeepbeepbeepbeep.

Your eyes slowly opened to the sight of a hospital room ceiling. Slowly, you turned your head to your left, where you felt a pressure on your hand. To your surprise, Seto Kaiba sat in the chair next to your bed, squeezing your hand like a lifeline.

"Se..." you started, but a violent coughing fit racked your body, causing you to bolt upright, in turn bringing on a sharp pain down your back, forcing you to lay back down. Seto jerked awake immediately, moving his arm to cradle your back.

After the shock of waking up and pain and coughing were over, Seto released you, then stood up. He paced the room for a few seconds, then turned to you and screamed, "What the hell were you thinking?"

You flinched back, gritting your teeth. You'd known that he would be mad, but this was way more furious than you'd thought he'd be.

"You could have died! Why did you go with Mokuba? I'm the one who's supposed to be keeping you safe!" He clenched his fists, collapsing into the chair again. His shoulders, surprisingly, began to shake with worried sobs. "Don't you understand?" he added, his voice much softer now. "I'm trying to protect you."

Slowly, you eased up onto your elbows, then to a sitting position. With great difficulty and pain, you reached over and wrapped your arms around him. "I had to go back and save a girl who wouldn't have made it otherwise. I'm so sorry."

Seto made no movement to return your embrace, instead pushing you away and standing, making his way to the window. He stared out at the city for a second, then turned back to you. "Please. For the sake of Jade, Mokuba, your friend Takehiko, Wheeler, and me, especially me, don't put yourself in danger like that again."

"I make no promises, Seto," you returned, glaring him down. "My heart is too kind to work as a bodyguard anymore. Don't ask me for your sake, because frankly, I don't care about you like I should." He flinched, and you realized that you had struck a nerve. A very sensitive one, at that.

"Seto?"

He turned away from you. "You'll be discharged in a day. I expect you to return to the mansion. In two days, you have a sightseeing trip with Jade and Takehiko. Wheeler's tried to visit you several times. Mokuba is putting the blame on himself. Every one of those things affects me in some way. I have to take you and your friends to that trip, Wheeler is basically my mortal enemy, and my brother is the most important person in the world to me." He leaned his forehead against the glass.

You gritted your teeth, and decided to try something. "Is this your way of confessing?"

Seto whirled around, his head knocking into the window frame. He showed no signs of pain, only anger and confusion. "What did you just say to me?"

Again, you glared him down and repeated, "Is this your way of saying you've fallen in love with me?"

He sneered at you and scoffed, "Don't flatter yourself." His eyes told the real story, though. Sensing that you knew, he spun on his heel and walked briskly out of the hospital room. "I'll send your friend up."

A few minutes later, Jade burst into the room, throwing herself into your arms. "I can't believe that you would be so stupid! First Joey got shot, and now you run into a building you know is about to explode?"

You hugged her weakly. "I'm sorry, Jade," you said. "I didn't want to let anyone die."

Jade's eyes widened. "You don't know?"

"What?" you asked, unsure of what she meant.

Her shoulders slumped and she fell back. "The woman with the son didn't get out in time. She died right after they got her into the ambulance."