Having A Heart

Summary: Kaiba believes that the heart is just a big muscle that pumps blood around the body. Serenity tries to convince him that the heart is a place where you keep the ones you love. Will she succeed? And will he place her in his heart? Silentshipping.

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

Author's note: And here is my first multichapter story ever! Yey me! *sarcasm* Well, I won't nag anymore than necessary. Enjoy the story^^

Chapter 1: Look inside your heart

"Well, Wheeler, looks like I've beaten you. Again." Seto Kaiba smirked as he looked down at Joey Wheeler, who had fallen to his knees in defeat.

"You just wait, Kaiba! I'll get you someday!," Joey yelled.

Seto chuckled. "Dream on, Wheeler. A third-rate amateur duellist like you couldn't beat me if your life depended on it."

"Cut it out, Kaiba. Isn't defeating him enough?," Tea Gardner said firmly, as she knelt beside Joey to comfort him. Seto ignored her. He loved humiliating that pathetic mutt way to much.

"You should just stay down, like the pitiful dog you are," he continued, loving the expression of embarrassment on Joey's face. Oh, how he hated Joey Wheeler. He opened his mouth to spit out another insult, but someone else beat him.

"Please, mister Kaiba. Joey had suffered enough." He looked at source of voice. A small, auburn-haired girl looked back at him with a hopeful look in her innocent, hazel eyes. He smirked. The mutt's sister. He should have known.

"Your brother is nothing more than a pathetic mutt. He doesn't need a sympathy vote," he answered coldly.

"But… Please, look inside your heart." Seto smirked again. "My heart? The heart is nothing more than a big muscle that pumps the blood around the body. You won't find much in there." Idiotic people with their 'look inside your heart' philosophy. It annoyed him almost as much as all the 'hocus-pocus' nonsense.

"Well, that was a very ingenious way to waste my time," he sneered, his voice full of sarcasm. "Now, if you don't mind, I have more important things to do." With those words, he picked up his briefcase and walked away.

"I hate that guy!" Joey got up from his knees as he stared at the back of the CEO, who was walking away from them.

"Relax Joey, it's only Kaiba. You shouldn't get all upset over him; it'll only give him the satisfaction he's looking for," Yugi stated wisely.

"Yeah… perhaps you're right, Yug," Joey sighed. "I shouldn't waste my energy on that asshole." He swept a bit of dirt from his knees. "Now, let's go get some lunch. I'm starving." Yugi and Tea laughed. Joey was always starving.

"Fine, I'll buy some lunch," Tea said, knowing that Joey would probably be broke.

"Awesome! Let's go!," Joey said enthusiastic. The three friends started walking toward the MacDonald's, Joey's favourite, when Tea noticed that the fourth member of their group wasn't walking besides them.

"Hey guys, wait a moment." Joey and Yugi stopped, looking at her with a questioning look on both their faces.

"What is it, Tea?," Yugi asked. Tea, not answering Yugi's question, turned around to see Serenity, who hadn't moved since her conversation with Kaiba, staring off into space.

"That is it," Tea said, with a nod of her head towards Serenity. Joey walked back to his sister.

"Hey, sis? What're you thinking about?" She looked at him with both sadness and pity in her eyes. "Is he always like that?," she asked.

"Who's always like what?," Joey asked, not understanding what she was talking about. "Kaiba. Is he always that… cold?"

Joey narrowed him eyes. "Yeah. I've never seen him being nice to anyone except his little brother. He's a cold hearted bastard."

"Oh…," she said, staring at her feet. "That's pretty sad…" Joey shrugged. "I guess… But it seems to work for him. Now, come on, stop pitying Kaiba and come with us to MacDonald's. Tea's buying!"

Serenity looked up at her brother and smiled slightly. "Yeah, perhaps you're right. Let's go to MacDonald's."

She let her friends drag her to the MacDonald's, where Joey ate halve the food in the entire place, and she pretended to be just fine. In reality, she wasn't fine. She couldn't stop thinking about that Seto Kaiba. 'The heart is nothing more than a big muscle that pumps the blood around the body.'

She just couldn't understand how anyone could truly believe that. The heart was the centre of a human being. The heart was a place where you kept the ones you love. The heart was… everything.

She wasn't just letting this go. She would do anything to prove that man wrong. To prove to him that the heart is everything.

"Hey Seto, how was your day?," Mokuba asked when Seto entered the living room.

Seto sighed, as he sat down on one of the comfy armchairs in the room. "I worked, I beat Wheeler in a duel… the usual," he replied to his younger brother.

Mokuba could see that his brother wasn't amused, which surprised him. When Seto beat Joey in a duel, he usually bragged about his victory. "Why are you so grumpy?," he asked, trying to find the reason behind Seto's bad mood.

"I'm not grumpy Mokuba, I'm tired," Seto replied, not completely telling the truth.

"Why?" Seto rolled his eyes. "You're not helping, you know," he said, rubbing his temples.

"I know… But I won't stop until you tell me what's wrong," Mokuba said. He knew his brother would give in now, because he really wouldn't stop nagging until Seto told him what was wrong.

"Fine," Seto said reluctantly. "It's that mutt's sister."

Mokuba raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Serenity? What about her?"

Seto shrugged. "She's just so… naïve. And innocent. It's as if she doesn't even know what the word 'evil' means. I never knew that kind of people actually existed." He sighed. "She even told me to look inside my heart. I wouldn't be surprised if she'd still believed in Santa Claus. Frankly, she intrigues me."

"So… basically, you found your complete opposite?," Mokuba asked carefully.

"Basically, yes," Seto confirmed. "So, are you happy now? Can I go to bed in peace?"

When Mokuba nodded, Seto got up and walked out of the living room, straight to his bedroom. Without even changing into his pyjamas, he plumped down on the king size bed in the middle of the room. However, the thought about Serenity Wheeler kept him from getting any sleep. 'Please, look inside your heart.'

He growled. He was a man of science, a man of facts. Emotions, memories, knowledge… Everything that made a human being human was stored inside the brain, not the heart. The brain was the centre of every organism in the universe. The heart was nothing more than a servant, making sure that the brain got enough oxygen to function properly. Surely, anyone in their right mind could understand that.

He was right. He was always right. If anyone else was foolish enough to believe otherwise, it was their problem, not his.

Satisfied with his final conclusion, he let sleep take over his body, granting himself the rest he had been longing to get ever since he faced that naïve girl.

And that was chapter 1! Yey! It's not that great, and there's a lot of dialogue in it, but I'm quite happy with it. I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you'll review so I can improve my writing skills^_^