Just Another Day

The dismissal bell rang, students poured out of classrooms as though they could not get out fast enough, and chatter soon hummed through the air, like several hundred cicadas. It was just another ordinary day in the life of Tea Gardener. Slowly, she ran hand through her brunette locks of hair, and, to her joy, she saw Yugi up ahead. No one could miss his perfect purple tipped black spikes of hair, not to mention his short stature. Tea thought it cute, even though she constantly picked on him for his height. She could not be too overjoyed, however; it would give her away in an instant. So she hid behind a corner, and took a deep breath. Quickly, she whipped her compact out of her purse, and after a moment of intense studying, decided she looked fine. Confidently, she marched out into the hall, only to discover that Yugi had left. "Damn," she muttered under her breath. "Hey Tea," someone spoke up from behind her. She nearly jumped through the roof, before she realized it was just Joey. "Don't sneak up on my like that!" she cried, looking frazzled.

"Alright, alright, jeez! Why are you so worked up?" Joey demanded, adjusting his backpack until it hung more comfortably. "Isn't it obvious, Joey? She's scoping out the halls for a certain spiky-haired King of Games we know," Tristan spoke up, walking up to them. "That is not true!" Tea protested, her cheeks burning with blush. Of course, Joey and Tristan didn't believe her, and decided to use her feelings against her. Their timing perfect, they belted out, "Tea and Yugi, sitting in a tree; K-I-S-S-" before Tea grabbed the textbooks of a random student and flung them at Joey and Tristan. After storming off and leaving her so called friends in a beat up heap, Joey rubbed his head and muttered, "Love sucks sometimes."

"Stupid jerks. They have no idea what I'm going through," Tea growled to herself, clutching her backpack until her knuckles turned an eerie shade of white. Passerby stopped to stare, as the brunette looks positively poisonous. Her blue eyes were flashing, her mouth was in the form of a scowl, and she stared at the ground as if she wanted to murder it. Once she had reached her locker, though, she managed to calm down. "It's Friday afternoon," she whispered to herself with a smile. After grabbing what she needed, she closed her locker door, calmly, and proceeded to walk away. That is, until someone caught her eye. "Yugi," she gasped, as she raced to fix up her hair a bit. She couldn't check her face again, though, since Yugi had spotted her. In fact, he ran up to her, and managed to look happy to see her.

She managed to keep from falling to her knees when he greeted her, "Hi Tea. What are you up to?" Finding the ability to smile, she replied politely, "Oh, nothing much, really. How about you?" "Oh, the same." When he turned and started away, she understood this as an invitation for a walk outside. "So, whatcha gonna do tonight?" he asked innocently. Her heart instantly leapt into her throat; it sounded as though he were suggesting something. After a deep swallow, she answered, trying to keep the shake out of her voice, "I don't know, yet. I'll probably just sleep the weekend away, as usual." "Great minds think alike, eh?" he said to her, and laughed. Her tongue was too dry for her to join in, so she just nodded and decorated her face with another smile. I'm dying, I'm dying, she thought to herself as Yugi turned away. A look of panic took over her face as he stopped talking; had he grown bored? She dared to look, and felt relieved to see that his eyes were unfocused; he was probably just talking to the pharaoh inside his Millennium Puzzle.

And, indeed, he was.

"Yugi, this may not be exactly he best thing to say at the moment, but I think that Tea is keeping something from you. She looks as though she's dying to say something to you…a confession of affection, perhaps?" Yami teased Yugi through their connection with the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi blushed, but only slightly. "That's ridiculous, Yami. I know that she doesn't like me," Yugi replied firmly, fixing his gaze tightly on the silhouette of his friend. "Calm down, aibou," Yami told him, his expression softening. "I was only teasing." Yugi nodded and turned away, breaking his connection with the former pharaoh. He looked up at Tea and said conversationally, "So, Tea. How do you feel about 80's pop?" The question was so absurd that Tea actually broke out in laughter, as did Yugi. He looked so peaceful, so ever-happy, when he laughed or smiled, and her heart melted. She found herself and Yugi outside suddenly, even though she felt as though they had just started their walk. She yearned to pour her heart and soul out to him, and she figured it was either now or never. Slowly, she licked her lips with her dry tongue, and opened her mouth to speak, when-

"Well, I better get home," Yugi broke in suddenly, just as Tea said, "Yugi, I want to tell you something." He blinked once, looking very innocent and unknowing, and nodded. "Sure, Tea. What is it?" Suddenly, her stomach clenched; how on earth could she speak of feelings, out here in the open, for the world to hear? "Personally, I think 80's pop is awesome," she replied lamely, her face practically bursting into flames. Yugi stared at her for a minute, and then put on an adorably confused face. "Well, alrighty then," he answered oddly. He walked down the sidewalk, then turned to wave and call out, "I'll see you later, Tea! If you run into Joey, tell him I want my cards back!" Tea nodded, waving back until he was so far away, she had to squint just to see him talking in earnest to Yami. Out of nowhere, she felt tears dribble down her cheeks as she realized how much her heart hurt. But she just simply turned to walk home, ignoring the voice in her head screaming at Tea to run after Yugi.

Yep. It was just another day.


Not too good? Well, whether you enjoyed this or not, I'm going to continue writing my collection of oneshots. So bear with me people. I might get better, but I might not, as well. Oh, bother, just don't flame me. And do not fear, my public! I am still working on To Bring You Back, so no worries. This is just to occupy space on my Stories List, since it feels pretty empty. R&R, no flames, gently critiques. Buona ginata!