CherryRed: Hello everyone, this is my first fanfiction, I apologise for any gramatical errors or spelling errors I may have overlooked. I DO NOT OWN YU-GI-OH! So on with the first chapter, enjoy! -
Reviews are welcome! This is just a pilot chapter so I would love to know what you think of it.
This is a Seto X Tea pairing.
Tea floated on her back in the large swimming pool, gently caressing the water with her fingers as she stared up at the high ceiling. It was 8pm, the gym was closing in an hour and it was practically deserted, apart from Tea that is.
She closed her eyes and tried not to think about the day she'd had, sighing to herself as she failed to forget the words her dance professor had spoken to her earlier that day:
"I'm sorry Tea, you're a good dancer you really are, but you're on an average grade and your body shape simply won't allow you to progress further in the field, your smart Tea and I think we both know that you're not going to become a professional dancer any time soon"
She splashed the water angrily as her Professor's words echoed around her head. Swimming towards the side of the pool she grabbed her towel from the edge and climbed out of the pool and rushed towards the showers. The girls changing room was completely empty, grateful for this, she grabbed her shampoo from her locker and proceeded to the shower. Standing under the pitiful trickle of water that the gym showers provided, she grudgingly lathered her shampoo in to her brown hair. Soon the air was filled with the scent of vanilla, Tea's favourite smell. When all the suds had disappeared down the drain, she wrapped her towel around herself again and headed back for her locker. Grabbing all of her belongings she slipped in to one of the changing rooms and began throwing her clothes on quickly, the eeriness of the empty locker room was starting to creep her out a little and she wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. When she was finally dressed she flung her gym bag over her shoulder and headed out towards the entrance, her hair was still damp from the shower so the sharp October air was bound to make her ill but she didn't want to hang around the gym any longer.
Rushing towards the entrance she paused as she saw a familiar figure emerging from the male locker rooms. Tall with damp brown hair, dressed unusually in grey joggers and a white hoodie with a blue gym bag slung over his shoulder was the formidable CEO of Kaiba-Corp, Seto Kaiba. Tea hesitated, should she say hello or should she just go on with her business like she hadn't seen him, after all it had been two years since the duelling days, and two years since the pharaoh had passed over in to the afterlife. Besides, it's not like they were ever friends, if anything Kaiba had made his dislike for her and her friends very clear from the beginning.
Frowning slightly she decided to just continue through the doors to the outside, the cold air hit her hard and she gasped. She didn't think it would be this cold, cursing herself for not wearing suitable clothes, her pink sports bra and white jogging bottoms was not going to protect her against the cruel October air. Her apartment block was on the other side of town; she would have to get the bus there and that would involve standing at the bus stop in the formidable cold for over half an hour. She sighed, not being able to put it off any longer she decided to set off in to the dark night.
Kaiba's p.o.v
The pitiful stream of water from the shower head descended over his body, the gym was almost closing so the locker room was empty apart from him. Kaiba was glad of this, like he needed any simpletons wondering what Seto Kaiba was doing at this cruddy second rate gym, that's why he always went to the gym at night time, he enjoyed peace and quiet. He had only recently started going to this particular gym because he was interested in taking Kaiba-Corp to the next level, he already owned theme parks and restaurants but he wanted to start investing in fitness. So he was scoping out some of the shabbier gyms around Domino City, finding one he wished to purchase and completely redesign.
He headed out of the locker room and in to the entrance hall of the gym, his dark blue eyes narrowed as he spotted a familiar face. If it wasn't the cheerleader of the goon squad, he hadn't seen her in 2 years, of course she would go to this gym, the poor wannabe dancer couldn't afford to attend anything better than this dump.
She was looking out in to the dark October night, he couldn't be sure if she had even seen him or not, she looked apprehensive, probably about the cold air. With good reason too, considering all she was wearing was a pair of white jogging bottoms and a pink sports bra. Her stomach was completely on display, her skin was pale like porcelain but her muscle she had gained from years of dancing was obvious, she was slender and toned. Her hair was damp, and she'd pulled it up in to a high pony tail of some sort. Kaiba snorted, if she wanted to go out dressed like that then she was a fool, she would get pneumonia from the freezing air. He watched her leave the building and exited after her, his black limo was out front waiting for him, he climbed in to the back seat.
His driver glanced at him through the rear-view mirror: "Good work out Mr Kaiba?"
Kaiba nodded curtly, he was not one to converse with his overly chatty staff, no matter how often they tried to make conversation. The engine started up and the car pulled away.
Tea p.o.v
Tea watched the sleek limo drive away in to the distance, she wondered about what it must be like to have so much money, drivers and maids and people just rushing to your beck and call. She knew that Kaiba had achieved his success on his own, taking over his adoptive fathers company and transforming it into the multibillion dollar gaming company it was today, branching out in to food service and even creating his own theme parks. Kaiba had made a name for himself and he had done it on his own.
As she walked down the street she shivered and watched as her breath fogged in to the air, damn it was cold. She thought about her dancing, she had always wanted to be a dancer since she was a little girl. Her parents were both doctors and heavily disagreed with her choice of career, so she had decided to reach it on her own terms. She studies at Domino University and works part time at Burger express to cover her rent for her cosy one bedroom apartment.
Over an hour later, Tea was finally walking up the front pavement to reach the entrance of her apartment building. It was now almost 9 o'clock and her cheeks stung from the icy air. Her hands were frozen so she fumbled a little with her key as she unlocked her apartment door, once inside she quickly locked the door and pulled the chain lock across, she was aware she didn't exactly live in a safe neighbourhood but she could afford it and that's what mattered. Her heating dial was on the wall, in order to save money she had been putting on more layers as opposed to the heating, but tonight she was so cold she switched on the heater to full. Once inside her bedroom she peeled off her gym clothes and tossed them in to her small washing basket. It was already overflowing with clothes, she sighed.
"I could really do with some maid service right about now" she muttered to herself. She climbed in to a pair of fluffy pyjamas and went in to the kitchen to make herself a cup of cocoa. Putting the kettle on to boil she glanced out of her kitchen window, she could see the huge Kaiba Corp building in the distance, shaking her head she prepared her cocoa and went back in to her bedroom. Double checking her front door was locked before clambering in to her warm bed, she lay staring up at the ceiling in the darkness. Before she knew it she had drifted off in to a troubled sleep, that night she dreamt of dark blue eyes while her cocoa remained cold and untouched.