Tèa Gets The Hiccups

Rated G

Anime: Yu-Gi-Oh!

Pairings: Yami x Tèa

Summary: A one-shot I just daydreamed up. Tèa gets a bad case of the hiccups after eating breakfast. Who will have the cure?

It's a normal sunny morning in Domino City and Tèa had just finished a fairly big breakfast of cereal, toast, rice, milk and juice back at her house. Now she was at the sink putting the dishes in the sink and preparing to wash them.

"Mm, that was a great breakfast." She chuckles. "You know sometimes I surprise even myse —" She's cut off a sudden jerk. "Hmm, excuse me. That was weir-Hic!" Tèa immediately clamps a hand over her mouth. "Uh-oh. Hmph!"

Tèa had the hiccups.

Later that day, Tea's hiccups still hadn't let up

Hic!

Hic!

Hiccup!

Now she was on her computer, looking for any cures. "Hmm, let's se-hic-see here…Holding my-hic-my breath? Okay. Hup!" She covers her mouth again, this one taking her by surprise. "Well…here goes." Tèa takes the deepest breath she can, holding it for 10 seconds.

When the seconds pass, she lets out the breath, panting, and waits. "Hey…I think it – Hic! – Nope. Maybe not. Huck! Maybe I'll go – go watch some TV 'til this pa – hic – passes." So she heads to the living room.

'Hmm, I can-can't hear anything over the-these hiccups' Huck-up! 'Maybe if I…' She closes her mouth again letting out a muffled 'hmph!'. 'Hmm, good. But I can do better. Let's see.' She then puts both hands over her mouth and nose. A moment later she hiccups again, but this time its quiet, with just a body jerk. 'Ah, sweet silence. At least they don't hurt. Yeah, this'll do' She gazes up at the TV again, her body jerking three times with silent hiccups, each a few seconds in-between. Once the show ends…

"Well, that was a good show. But I sti-still have the hic-ulp!-hiccups. Maybe my friends can help."

So she makes her way to the Game Shop. Once she arrives, it's Yugi who answers the door. "Hi, Tèa."

"Hey, Yugi. Can I com-come in?"

"Sure."

"Thanks."

Yugi steps aside and closes the door as Tea enters, a soft 'hmph' escaping her throat. "So are you alright, Tèa?"

"Oh, I'm fine. Except I have the – hup!" She covers her mouth again, but gently with her fingers this time.

"Hiccups?"

"Uh-huh. Bad, too. Pro-probably from eat-eating my breakfast too fast. Know any cures? Hic!"

"Hmm…I know of some. Come on." He leads her to the kitchen. In there, he fills a glass with water and hands it to her. "Drink this."

"Water?"

"Yep. The most common cure next to holding one's breath."

"Hmm…Hmph!" She takes the glass and begins to drink. A moment later…

"Well?"

"I think they're gone, Yugi. Thanks!"

"No problem. Works for me everytime. Wanna go watch a movie?"

"Sure."

So they walk out together about to head into the living room, when…

"Hey, Tèa!" Joey chirps. But his sudden greeting startles her.

"AHH! Hic!" She immediately puts her hands over her mouth. "Oh, no! The-hic!-they're back! Hmph-mph!"

That's when Yami walks in. "What's going on?"

"Joey accidentally scared Tèa and her hiccups came back."

"Hmm…well, I think I know of a cure."

"You d-hiccup!-do?"

Yami then just smiles, walking up and kissing her on the lips, cheeks softly flushing. Tèa's eyes widen in surprise at this, her own blush appearing, but she gradually returns the kiss.

A few minutes later, Yami pulls away. "So…they gone?"

Tèa waits a moment then nods, still blushing. "Uh-huh…and you can cure me any day…" They both then smile and kiss once more, embraced in each other's arms.

Authoress' Note: Well, that's it. There's my story. Just something I thought'd be cute to try out. Let me know what you all thought. No bashing/flaming, please. Thank you