Best of Times

[High Priest Ali]

(Why are we doing Titanic?)

"Nothing, Seya," Seto said, "Ryou and me were just talking."
"Bout me?" Seya asked.
Sharp kid.
"A little bit," Seto told her and smiled.

[Royal Vizier Kris]

Ryou was silent, his mind thinking about the previous conversation. Finally, he stood up and took Seya off Kaiba, walking back to his spot where Seya sat on his lap. "hey, you want to do something?" he asked swetly.
"What?" Seya asked.
"Want to come live with me?" Ryou asked.
Seya was silent, as if unsure about this. Finally, she nodded her head. "Yeah!" she said excitedly.
Ryou smiled, looking up at Kaiba. "They won't let me though..." he said, as if just now thinking about this. "One, adoption costs a lot of money...Two, I'm too young..." he fell silent, looking down at Seya again. He woulnd't mind keeping her, but now that the thought struck him, he realized there would be a lot he had to do.

[High Priest Ali]

"What about your dad?" Seto asked, "Can't he do somethi-"
He was interrupted by Mokuba coming up the stairs and through the door. "I'm soory! I didn't mean to lose her but...she just got away from me, you know?" he said. Then he saw that Seya was safe with Ryou and his brother and said, "Oh...never mind..."
"See? Scares you doesn't it?" Kaiba asked him, "Now you know how I felt when I lost you in the grocery store all those times."
"Yeah, yeah..." Mokuba muttered.

[Royal Vizier Kris]

"He could but the adoption would be in his name," Ryou pointed out. "Andd then there would be no point in me adopting her because I couldn't...She would be my..." he looked down at Seya, who looked to be half asleep in his lap now. "-My sister...And I kind of want to keep her, as a daughter..." he trailed off, feeling his cheeks turn a light shade of pink. There was something about the thought of having Seya as a daughter that made him, feel different. Like maybe like he felt like she belonged with him.