Disclaimer: Don't own them, and I never will! Yu-Gi-Oh! Does not belong to me! ::sniff:: just the story, comp, and time it took out of my life to type it! ::cries some more::
"Egyptian Symbols, Egyptian Pyramids…" Tea Gardener, a young girl of 16 walked her way though the brand new bookstore that had just opened in Domino. "Ah! Here we go!" She tilted the spine of the book back and removed it from the shelf, running her hand over the rough leather cover. "Ancient Egyptian Items, just what I was looking for." She tuned it over, looking at the price. "$50!" Her mind reeled and calculated how much this would set her back on her savings for America. "Shit." She cursed lightly. She had been spending WAY too much money lately. "At this rate…my dream will never come true…."
"Having a problem Gardener?" Her eyes flashed with annoyance as the cold voice rang in her ears. She turned around to see the person she new owned that voice all to well. Seto Kaiba.
"Only when you're around, Seto." She laid the books in her arms and took a few steps onward, letting her finger move against the back of some art books.
"The name is Kaiba to you." He growled in irritation. "I know." She picked out a book on different drawings and placed it in her arms with the other book. "But if I called you Kaiba, that would be one less way to get on your nerves."
Kaiba grabbed her shoulder and turned her so that her back was slammed up against the shelf, making the rows of books shake slightly. "If you know what's good for you, you won't keep that attitude up with me, Gardener." Her head tilted to the right, coming into view of a ballet book, she maneuvered her left hand so she could pick the book, placing it with the rest.
"And you are talking to me because…" She said, not paying the least bit of attention to him. She made it a habit of not looking into his eyes. That always made her soft…and that's NOT what she wanted to be right now.
"I'm waiting for Mokuba. He went to get a book for a school report and unfortunately he saw you. He wanted me to wait and make sure you stayed her, he has something he wants to tell you." She picked up the last book on her list, a cook book. She really needed to work on her desserts.
"And to think, if you would have told me this in the first place, we wouldn't have had the lovely conversation." She rolled her eyes and went to pay for the books. "But since he's obviously the nicer of you two, I'll stay for his sake." She said, not turning to look at him. Tea paid the large sum of money and grabbed the bag of books the cashier handed her.
"Have a nice day!" The cashier said, waving slightly.
"You too." Tea smiled and headed over to a table and set down, opening up her cook book and glancing over it. Kaiba stalked over, sitting on the other side of her. "And what, may I ask, do I own the pleasure of you company?" He grunted and closed his eyes, getting a major headache from all this.
"You talk to much, you know that?" He stated slowly. Sure, he was Seto Kaiba, he sat through boring meetings day after day, but talking to her put them to shame.
"So I noticed. That, or you just don't talk enough." Tea marked a place that she found would look like an excellent dessert." She put the book back and gasped slightly when two hands were placed over her face so that she saw nothing but black.
"Guess who!" An exited voice called into her ear.
"Hmm…who on earth could it be? The voice sounds like it belongs to someone cute, so that rules Kaiba out." He grunted again at this remark. She really talked to much. "So if it rules out Kaiba, and it has to go with someone cute…that must mean it belongs to…Mokuba!" She turned around quickly, catching him off guard, her fingers found there way to his side where she proceeded in tickling him.
"Kn-knock it off!" He laughed, trying to protect his sides from her wandering fingers. She stopped after a few seconds and giggled to herself.
"Okay, okay. So the great Seto Kaiba," She waved her hand toward the agitated CEO. "Told me that you would like to ask me something. Go ahead, I'm all ears for you." She smiled slightly. Mokuba looked down nervously and pulled Tea from her seat and dragging her away a few feet. Kaiba watched with interest as Mokuba whispered something to her. Tea's eyes softened considerably and she knelt down, bringing him into a tight, but loving embrace. She whispered back to him as he smiled with joy.
Soon after they had left, Kaiba had wanted to get out of there fast, wondering what Mokuba had told her. Tea just watched them leave and picked up her books, leaving only shortly after. She walked all the way back to her house, unlocking the door and stepping in. She didn't bother knocking because she knew that nobody was there. He parents loved to travel and were almost always gone. They never took her of course, they were afraid it would interfere with her school. She shook her head as her thoughts roamed back to Mokuba.
The pour kid…" She said, laying down her books on the table as she laid down on the couch. "I know what he's going through…but even I knew that when I came home, eventually I'd see her. But at least I can do something to make him feel better…" She closed her eyes, not bothering to go to bed, she just wanted to sleep right there and let her mind drift. And that's just what she did.
Weaver: Well? Did you like it? I hope so. It is kinda short, but it'll be long next time, count on it. Please, I'm waiting for kind reviews. I know that this chapter was mainly sarcasm (what great relationship doesn't start out with it?), but, I have to stick with it to build up the whole relationship with the three of them. I know it was kind of…funny a little, but the next is kinda gonna be a little on the sad side, so hold with me. Now…review!