Tea looked down at her reflection in the water. It looked like her, but it wasn't her. The reflection was so simple, but she herself was not. She was complex. She hadn't noticed that Yugi had walked up to her, because a reflection was something that he didn't possess. Yugi had grown over the years, in height he was equal to Tea. His face was more like Yami's face had been, they were almost exactly identical, just not their personalities. She was twenty now, and so was he. Yugi, just like her, was complex, to be more specific he was intricate. Just like their relationship. It didn't help that Yugi was a vampire, and she wasn't.
Yugi sat down next to her. He delicately placed an arm around her and rested his head on her shoulder. She knew he was listening to her heart beat, it was something he did often. "I'm leaving," he whispered in her ear.
She let out a gasp.
"I have to go to Paris to take care of some business, I don't know when I'll be back." He kissed her on the cheek. "Goodbye."
Tea watched him go. She fought the urge to run up to him and beg him to take her. But he wasn't going to Paris for fun. He was going for blood. Every four years the Blood Rituals took place, and Yugi was determined to become one of the inner members of the Crimson Blood. The group of almighty vampires that ruled over the legions of vampires. If she went to Paris with him, there was no guarantee she was coming back a human.
Eventually, Tea headed home. She knew nothing was going to be the same and that Yugi would not be coming back to her. She entered the elevator of her apartment building and hit the button to the top floor.
First a single tear trailed down her cheek, but eventually she found herself crying non stop. She hit the stop button on the elevator. She felt stupid. She had expected him to leave. She didn't know why she was so upset... She cried until she couldn't cry anymore. She whipped away the remnants of her tears.
"Yugi I love you," she whispered gently to herself, knowing he couldn't hear her. She hoped he knew.
The elevator stopped and she walked to her apartment. Slowly she began to put the key in the lock.
"Tea Gardner, it has been a while," came a deep voice.
"Hello, Kaiba." She turned her head to him. He was leaning against the wall in the hallway. She was sure he hadn't been there before. But he definately looked good.
"I have a proposition for you..."