“Tori…I was wondering. How did you become Kaiba’s sister? I figure that you’re not actually related.”
                          
So the conversation was going down that path.
                          
“I lived in an orphanage that Seto and Mokuba visited for some Kaiba Land advertising. They saw my talent and adopted me.” Victoria summarized with a shrug. “There’s not much more to it – not very exciting I’m afraid.” She added, not wishing to go through the whole story when it wasn’t truly necessary.
                          
Yet it confused her that she could tell the entire story to Yami without a problem.
                          
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that you’re an orphan. I guess that’s something that you have in common with the Kaiba’s, huh?”
                          
“Yeah, sure.” Victoria replied.
                          
. : . : . : .
                          
Victoria kicked off her shoes and fell to her knees in the entrance way. How could lunch out with a ‘friend’ be so exhausting?
                          
After all the explaining had been said and done, the extra and unnecessary time left over had become nothing but awkward silences and failed attempts at conversations that went nowhere.
                          
How did she go from having great conversations with Téa to having none at all? Yes, she was accepting Téa’s relationship with her Brother, but her chest was still tight from the pain of missing her chance.
                          
After her moment of melodramatic tiredness, she stood to her feet. “Guys!” She called, hanging her coat on a hook. “I’m back!”
                          
She walked into the living room to see that they weren’t there. She made a short interested sound and turned on her heel to check the Game Shop. Only Grandpa was there and he feinted some kind of innocence, claiming that he didn’t know where they were. She frowned a little and decided to investigate their room.
                          
They couldn’t be anywhere else.
                          
When she got to the top of the stairs and turned onto the landing, she saw Yami and Yugi standing in across the hallway, hands behind their backs and looking too sneaky. “What?...” Victoria asked, walking up to them.
                          
“What?” Yugi asked.
                          
“Don’t reply to my question with a question. What are you two doing?” She demanded. “You’re acting suspiciously.” She added with a frown.
                          
“Well, Tori. We’ve organised a little surprise for you.” Yami replied. “And we nearly ran out of time.” He admitted.
                          
Victoria tilted her head to the side. “A surprise?”
                          
Yami and Yugi nodded in unison and each took a hold of her elbows, leading her to the door just a door closer to their stairs from their own room. Victoria had noticed the door before, but hadn’t really bothered to ask what was in there.
                          
Yugi reached forward and turned the doorknob, swinging the door open and revealed an extra room. There was a single bed against the far wall, settled under the window and with a bedside table resting against the left wall. There was a desk against the wall to the right and beside it was a closet.
                          
“What is this?” Victoria asked, looking at each of the Motou’s.
                          
“This room used to be full of storage and boxes filled with junk. Yami and I have been spending the last hour or so taking it all out. We vacuumed and cleaned everything up.” Yugi replied.
                          
“So that you could have room of your own.” Yami added.
                          
“Really? But… You didn’t need to go to so much trouble.” Victoria said, glancing into the room.