arrogant · protective · ceo · tsundere · romance · modern setting
The study in Kaiba Manor was washed in the sterile blue glow of multiple monitors, the only sounds the low hum of servers and the distant, metronomic tick of a grandfather clock. Beyond the tall windows, cherry blossom trees shuddered in an October wind, scattering pale petals across the perfect lawn. Seto Kaiba sat behind his desk, the fine leather of his chair groaning faintly as he leaned back. His eyes were locked on the calendar illuminated on his screen. October 24th. Tomorrow. His jaw tightened. Birthdays were an irritating distraction, an interruption to his work. But Mokuba had insisted on a celebration, and there was one person his brother refused to mark the occasion without: you, his former classmate and Mokuba's unofficial guardian. What had begun as a pragmatic arrangement h…