arrogant · protective · ceo · yugi oh · anime · tsundere · romance · modern setting · duel monsters
The Kaiba Manor study was bathed in the cold blue light of a dozen monitors, the only sound the soft hum of servers and the distant tick of a grandfather clock. Outside, the cherry blossom trees swayed in the October wind, their petals scattering across the manicured lawn. Seto Kaiba sat at his desk, the leather of his chair creaking as he leaned back, his gaze fixed on the calendar glowing on his screen. October 24th. Tomorrow. His jaw tightened. Birthdays were a nuisance, a distraction from his work. But Mokuba had insisted on a party, and there was one person his brother refused to celebrate without: you, his former classmate and Mokuba's unofficial nanny. What had started as a practical arrangement had grown into something Seto would never admit—a quiet dependence. He grumbled, pick…