Hi, back again with yet another story. This idea just came to me in my head, please enjoy.
Summary: He had all of the fame and fortune in the world, but all he wanted was someone that would treat him like he was as normal as anyone else. He might get his wish when he meets a cafe waitress who is having problems of her own. Will they be able to help each other?
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I just own the story.
Chapter 1
It was around seven in the evening and the streets were busy of people on their way to their homes from work. Families greeting each other and sitting around a dinner table talking about how their day went. All except one person. He sits in his office inside a multi-million dollar corporation known as Mutou Inc. that he owns staring out of his window looking down at all of the cars zooming by with a gloomy expression on his face. His name was Atem Mutou and you would think that he was happy with his life, right? I mean he was know for his fame all over Domino City, he had admirers from fan-girls and he had a successful life going for him. So why wasn't he happy you ask? Well the truth is, he didn't care about all of that. All day everyday, he has to deal with meetings about business deals, sign paperwork and whenever he steps into a room or goes outside, he is always recognized and girls would always fawn over him and say that they want to marry him someday. Pathetic is what he would say. All they cared about was his fame and fortune. He looked over at his clock on the wall and saw that he still had about thirty minutes until he had to leave. So he turned back around to his desk to see of he had anymore papers that he missed and then put them in the file bin on his desk for his secretary to pick up. Just then, he heard his intercom beep in and his secretary Katie buzzed in.
"Mr. Mutou sir, Ms. Ookami is here to see you." Atem let out a frustrated groan and banged his head repeatedly on his desk. Rachel Ookami was not someone he wanted to see right now. In fact, he would be happy if he never saw her again. She was from another company that her father owned and wants to marry him so that their companies would merge together, but he doesn't want to merge with any company and more importantly, he doesn't want anything to do with her. He pressed the button on his intercom and answered back.
"Thank-you Katie." He sighed and then when he heard the door open, he saw the reason for his nightmares. She had long black hair that went down to her waist and red eyes that held a evil glint in them. She walked over to his desk and sat down at the edge in a seductive position thinking that he would fall for it. He almost blew chunks just looking at her.
"Hello Atem, I just wanted to come by and see how everything is doing. You haven't called me in a couple of days so I thought that since you're just about to leave, maybe you and I could go by your place tonight." she said. Atem stood up from his chair and started to get his briefcase to put all of his papers inside and closed it back again.
"I have work to do tonight." he told her in a gruff cold voice. Rachel glared, but then put on a fake sad pout.
"Oh please, we haven't seen each other in so long and I'm starting to miss you." she stood from the desk and walked over to put her hands on his chest. Atem pushed her away from him and went to get his things together to leave.
"I don't need any distractions. So the answer is no." he said. Rachel then glared again.
"You say this everytime I come here. I never get to have anytime with you because you have your work to do."
"That should give you a clue right there. I don't want anything to do with you and I don't know why you keep coming around here when all you're going to hear is the same thing from me everytime. So why don't you save us some time and just leave my office so I can lock up and go home." he said. Rachel was seething with anger, but then she calmed down and put on a sinister smile.
"Alright then, you go on home and work. I guess you do need to think about the future of our company when we are finally married." she said. Atem stepped up to her slowly and grabbed her arm in a firm tight grip and if he wanted, he could easily break it and glared at her. She gasped at the vice grip he had on her.
"Did you just not hear what I just said to you just now. I.Don't.Want.Anything.To.Do.With.You. Now get out of my office and stop coming around here." he growled. He then dragged her to the door and pushed her out of the office. Once Rachel was out of the building, he turned to get his things and left but without turning to look at a blond haired Katie who was leaving also.
"Katie, if Ms.Ookami decides to come back here again, then have security escort her off the premises." he said. Katie nodded gratefully.
"Of course sir. If you ask me, she needs to be in a loony bin somewhere if she can't take a hint that you're not interested in her." Atem chuckled.
"Yes I agree with you there." he said. Katie looked at Atem again when he saw a sad, tired look on his face.
"You okay?" she asked. Atem nodded.
"Yeah, I just have alot of work to get done and I'll be busy tonight into the the next morning. So I don't think I'll be coming in tomorrow. Why don't you take the day off and spend it with your family? I'm sure they would be happy, especially little Alicia." he said.
"Thanks, but are you sure?" she asked.
"Positive, I really don't feel like coming in anyway." Katie walked over and patted his shoulder.
"You shouldn't be so isolated with your work. You should be enjoying yourself once in a while. Have you even considered dating anyone?" Atem scoffed.
"I don't have time for that right now. Besides even if I did decide to date, it'll be like having a one way conversation because the girl I date would be talking about how successful I am and how much money I have and me, I won't be able to get a chance to say anything. The time that she's finally finished talking, the date will be over. I just want to meet someone who hasn't heard about me or my status, but that'll be like a million to one since every girl I see wants to throw themselves at me."
"Don't worry, she's out there. You just have to have a little faith, but you won't have any if you keep yourself locked up in your work. So here's my advice, if she won't come to you, then go and look for her. Go to a cafe or somewhere alot of people don't usually hang out and maybe you'll find your princess there." Atem looked at her with a weird look.
"I think you're reading too many fairy tale stores to your daughter." Katie laughed.
"I think you're right, but take my advice anyway. Oh shoot, I have to get going. Are you going to be alright?" Atem nodded.
"I'll be fine, I should get going too and thanks for the advice Katie." With that he left to take the elevator down to the main entrance of the building. Once he was out, he stepped outside in the cold, night air and walked over to his black Mercedes. He got inside and just sat in the car for just a minute before he started his car and pulled out of the parking lot. It was still early and he wasn't ready to go back home yet, so he decided to just drive around to clear his head. He drove for about a half an hour when he saw a little cafe on the other side if street named Shining Star and Atem was thinking about what Katie told him earlier.
'Go to a cafe or somewhere alot of people don't usually hang out and maybe you'll find your princess there.' Atem shook his head.
"No way, you have to be kidding me. Well since I'm here, might as well go inside and maybe get something to take home." So he parked in front of the cafe and went inside. It wasn't like any cafe he's been to before. It was small, but enough to draw in customers because of the cozy atmosphere when you don't want to be in a place with alot of noise. There was soft music playing in the background and very few people just sitting at their tables talking and having a good time. Atem smiled thinking that there was now finally a place where he can just wine down and not have to worry about any publicity here. He took a table over by the window and picked up the menu to see what he would like to order. There was alot of his favorites inside and he wondered how is it that he never heard of this place before. He was interrupted out of his thoughts by a waitress coming over to him.
"Excuse me sir, are you ready to order?" Atem looked up from his menu and gasped. In front of him was a brown haired girl with the most beautiful blue eyes he has ever seen before. Never in his life, has he seen someone so majestic and he feels like he's drawn to her in some way. He could see her lips moving, but he couldn't hear anything she was saying until she shook his shoulder to wake him out if the trance he was in.
"Uh, I'm sorry. What did you say?" he asked.
"I asked if you were ready to order, but then when you didn't answer, I thought that something was wrong." Atem shook his head and smiled at her.
"No, I'm fine, I just have alot on my mind right now." he said.
"Yeah, I know how that is. So what would you like to order?" she asked. Atem looked back at the menu again, but he couldn't decide what to get.
"What do you recommend on the menu?" he asked.
"Me? Oh, no one's ever asked me that before, but I personally go for the croissants and the mocha latte with whip creme. It's my all time favorite." Atem smiled and closed the menu.
"Alright, I'll have that." he said.
"Good choice, I'll have your order ready in five minutes." She walked over to the counter to place the order through. Atem was watching her in a daze as she walked away and wanted to know about her. Five minutes later, she came back with his order and set it down in front of him.
"Here you are, one croissant and mocha latte with my special touch of whip creme. I hope you enjoy it." she said.
"Thank-you, I can't help but notice how peacefully quiet this place is."
"Yeah, alot of people come here to think about stuff or just sit around and have a good time. I don't think I've ever seen you around here before. Are you new to the neighborhood?" she asked. Atem was really surprised that she never heard of him and was starting to like her already.
"Well no, I just got off of work and decided to just drive around before I went home. That's when I saw this place and thought I come inside for a while." He held out his hand to her for her to shake.
"My name is Atem." he said.
"My name is Tea. It's nice to meet you." she said shaking his hand.
"Tea, that's a really pretty name" he said. Tea blushed and smiled sheepishly to him.
"Thank-you." Just then she heard her name called by one of her co-workers and turned to see that there was a problem with cappuccino machine. She turned back to look at Atem.
"I'm sorry, but I have to go and see what the problem is." Atem nodded.
"That's alright. I hope we can talk again." he said. Tea had a thoughtful look on her face and smiled at him.
"Well, I have a fifteen minute break in a few, I could come back and maybe we can talk some more."
"Sure, that'll be great." With that, Tea went over by the counter to see two of her co-workers having some trouble turning the cappuccino machine on. She got behind the counter and walked over to them.
"What happened?" she asked. Her friend Cathy and Lisa turned to her when Tea came up to them. Cathy was one of Tea's friends since they were in middle school. She had dark red hair put up into a ponytail with her bangs flowing down on the side of her face and her favorite thing to talk about is boys. Lisa was a friend Tea recently met when they worked in the cafe. She had long dark blue hair down her waist and is always into the latest trends.
"Oh Tea, Cathy and I were about to get some cappuccino from the machine, but when we started it up, nothing happened. We tried everything we could think of to find the problem, but nothing worked." said Lisa.
"It's a piece of junk if you ask me. I don't why Mrs. Kat just don't get a new one because this thing is just so ancient." said Cathy. Tea stepped over to the machine and examined it.
"How is it that it's not working? I just gave a customer a latte from here not too long ago. I just don't understand what it could be." She went behind it to see that it was still plugged up, then she pressed the buttons and jiggled the handles, but nothing was happening. That is until the machine started to shake and cappuccino was spraying out of the machine. Cathy and Lisa screamed and moved out pf the way to avoid being sprayed on. Tea was loosing control over the machine, but then on close inspection of the machine, she found a loose screw in the back. She turned to look at her friends again to see that they were on the other side of the counter.
"One of you guys get me the tool box from the back, hurry!" she said urgently. Cathy went into the employee room and got the tool box to bring it out to Tea. Once she did, she went back over to stand next to Lisa while Tea concentrated on the machine.
Atem looked over by the counter when he heard some screaming and saw that something was wrong. He then saw Tea near something that was smoking and he got up from his seat to check and see if everything was okay. He walked over to the two girls he guessed were Tea's co-workers to see what was going on.
"Um, excuse me, but is anything the matter?" he asked. They turned to him with wide eyes and Atem guessed that they knew who he was. The girl with dark blue hair spoke up to him and explained.
"Uh, our cappuccino machine is acting up and Tea is trying to fix it." she said. Atem looked over to Tea and saw that she was struggling to get behind the machine to reach something. He turned back to them again.
"Do you think it'll be okay if I help out?" he asked. They both gasped happily.
"Totally, that is if you don't mind." said the red haired girl. Atem nodded.
"No problem." He went behind the counter to walk up to Tea and see what he could do to help her. He stooped down next to her and tapped her shoulder and when she turned around, she dropped her screwdriver in surprise.
"What are you doing behind here?" she asked.
"Well I heard alot of commotion back here and I wanted to see if you were okay. It looks like you're having some problems with your machine." Tea nodded and turned back to pick up her screwdriver.
"Yeah, I know what the problem is. It's a screw in the back that's loose and needs to be tighten, but I can't reach back there to get it." Atem took the tool from her hand and smiled at her.
"Why don't I help you with that?" he said.
"No I can't let you do that. You're the customer and you shouldn't be doing this." Atem shook his head.
"I just tasted the best mocha latte from this machine and I want to be able to have it everytime I come here. Just let me do this, okay?" Without waiting for her to answer back he stood up and looked behind the machine to find what was looking for. It was a little tough, but he managed to reach the screw. While he was doing this, a lady around the age of sixty came down from the second floor of the cafe to find her employers standing around and came down to find out what was going on. She walked over to Cathy and Lisa for some answers.
"Girls, what is going on?" she asked kindly. They both turned to her and answered.
"Mrs.Kat, we're having some trouble with the cappuccino machine, but don't worry, Atem Mutou is fixing it for us." Cathy squealed. Mrs. Kat was the owner of the cafe and she turned to see Tea on the floor next to someone who was fixing her machine. Atem finished with the screw and turned to look at Tea.
"Well it's tightened. Let's give it a test run." Tea stood up to grab a cup from the counter and went over to turn on the machine. Once it was on, the cappuccino came out very smoothly just like earlier and Cathy and Lisa were cheering behind her. Tea turned to Atem and smiled at him.
"Thank-you so much. Believe it or not, you just saved us alot of money form buying a new one." she said.
"It was nothing, I was glad to help." he said. Cathy, Lisa and Mrs. Kat came over to thank him also.
"Thank-you young man, we seemed to be always having problems with this machine. Sometimes I wonder if it's older than me. I hope we haven't caused you too much trouble." she said smiling at him. Atem bowed to her and answered back.
"It's was no trouble at all ma'am. I was happy to help." Atem faced Tea again.
"I'll be waiting at the table for you." He walked out from behind the counter to go back to his table. Mrs.Kat turned to her employers.
"All right ladies, back to work. Tea, you can have your break now to go and talk to that handsome man that fixed my machine." she said and walked back into her office. Cathy and Lisa ran over to Tea and started talking at once where she couldn't understand what either one was saying.
"Oh my gosh Tea, why didn't you tell us that you knew the Atem Mutou?" asked Cathy. Tea was confused.
"I don't know him. He just came in here and I took his order. It's not he's like some sort of big celebrity." They both stared at her with eyes as wide as saucers at what she just said. Apparently, she doesn't know who he is.
"Hello, Earth to Tea! Atem Mutou happens to be the all time most biggest celeb in the history. He is the C.E.O of Mutou Inc. and he is the richest guy in the world. I wonder why he would want to eat here is beyond me." said Cathy.
"He also gives generous donations to children's hospitals and orphanages. He has such a kind heart." said Lisa.
"Not to mention hot." said Cathy. Tea shook her head at her friends.
"That's nice you guys, now I have to go and give him his check and take my break." She left to go and walk to Atem's table to see that he was sipping his latte and looked up when she standing next to him. What she didn't expect was to find her friends standing behind her.
"Hi, Atem." they said. He stared at them when they spoke to him.
"Uh, hi?" he said. Then they gave out a loud squeal and Tea had to push them away from her.
"Do you guys mind? I'm trying to work and I'm sure that he doesn't want to hear your loud squealing. Besides, I see more customers coming in and they are ready for you to take their orders." Tea said in an agitated voice. They both gave out a sad sigh and did what Tea told them. She turned back to look at him and laughed nervously.
"Uh, are you ready to pay the check now?" Tea asked.
"Yes I am." Atem got out his wallet and payed the amount that was on his bill. Tea went over to the register and put in the money and brought back his change. Then she sat down at the table in front of him.
"I'm sorry about them. They can get kinda crazy and they had this silly idea that you were some sort of celebrity." she said. Atem looked down at the table and he didn't say anything. Tea noticed that he was silent and her eyes widened.
"So, it's true?" she asked. Atem turned to face her.
"I wouldn't say that I'm a big celebrity like your friends name me out to be, but I am famous around town since I own a corporation. I have alot of people just come up to me and wanting to know if I'm the Atem Mutou that everyone talks about. I'm surprised that you never heard of me."
"Well, I don't really read much about the news and plus, I'm not interested in knowing about the lives of anyone who's famous. I just look at them like they're ordinary, everyday people." Atem sighed in relief.
"I wish everyone would be like you. I just want to have a normal conversation with someone who won't go all crazy just because they heard about what I did and what they heard from other people. It's like this everyday of my life and if I could, then I would actually give it up just to live a normal life like everyone else." Tea was looking at him with sympathy. All he wanted was someone he could just sit and talk to without having to say anything about what he did for a living.
"Well, at least you're popular with the girls. You must have a lucky lady hanging on your arm." Atem laughed and shook his head.
"No, I'm single. Can't get a date with these girls acting crazy when they see me and even if I do go out with a girl, she'll be talking through the whole date and as soon as she's done, it's time for me to pay the check and leave." Tea giggled when he said that. Atem's heart melted when he heard her laugh. It was like music to his ears and he wanted to be able to bring a smile to her face.
"What about you? I'm sure there must be a lucky guy that's claimed your heart." he asked hoping it wasn't true. Tea's smile faded from her and Atem looked worried wondering what was wrong.
"Did I say something I shouldn't have?" he asked. Tea shook her head.
"No, you didn't say anything wrong. It's just I broke up with my ex-boyfriend a week ago." she said. Atem looked at her with a concerned look on his face.
"What happened, if you don't mind me asking?" Tea shook her head and stared at her hands on the table before she took a deep breath and started her story.
"Well, it all started when my friends forced me to go to this party. I was getting tired of all of the commotion so I went ouside to get some air and that's when I met him. We started talking and hit it off really well. We did everything together and I really thought he was the one for me. It was our six month anniversary and we planned to go out and celebrate. I had got home early to surprise him and when I opened the door, I noticed that it was too quiet. I came inside and put my things away when I suddenly heard a noise coming from my bedroom. I walked over to the door to find out what the noise was. As I put my hand on the doorknob, my brain was telling me to get out of there, but my heart was telling me face whatever was behind it. So I twisted the knob, pushed open the door and what I found just made me sick to my stomach. He was cheating on me with another woman in my bed and not only that, I found out that it had been going on throughout our whole relationship. He really played me for a sap and made me wonder if I'll ever believe in love again." she said sadly. Atem's watched her with wide eyes as he listened to her. How can someone hurt someone as special as her and not only that, made her lose faith in love? He reached over the table to grab her hand and she looked up to see him smiling at her.
"Please don't lose your faith in love Tea. I'm sure that some there's someone waiting for you and when he finds you, he's going to treat you just like a queen and never let you go." he said. Tea smiled back at him.
"Thank-you Atem, you're so sweet. Any girl would be crazy not to get to know the real you. Well it's almost time for my shift to be over so I better get ready to get out of here." she said. Tea stood up from the table with Atem following her.
"I'll meet you at the door while you get your things and we can walk out together." Tea nodded and went over behind the counter to get her stuff and let her friends know that she was leaving and went over to Atem who was standing by the door. They both went out only to be met with a serious thunderstorm.
"Oh no, it wasn't suppose to be rain today." said Tea.
"Since when was the weather man ever right? Do you have a car?" he asked. Tea shook her head.
"No, I was going to wait for the bus, but I think I'll take a taxi. Though I don't see one anywhere." Atem grabbed her hand.
"You will do no such thing. I'll be happy to drive you home." he offered.
"I don't to be an inconvenience and having you go out of your way."
"It's no trouble at all. Come on." They walked over to Atem's car and stepped inside. Tea gave him directions on where to drive to her apartment and they arrived about twenty minutes later. Atem walked Tea to her door and she turned to him before she opened the door.
"Thanks for driving me home Atem." she said.
"It was my pleasure. Are you working tomorrow?" he asked.
"Yeah, I work everyday and I'm off on the weekends. Why?"
"I was hoping to come around again and talk with you. I feel like I should know more about you." he said.
"Sure, I'd like that." Atem gently grabbed her hand and brought it up to his lips to kiss it while locking his eyes with hers. Tea felt a shiver down her spine when she felt his lips on her hand. Atem brought her hand back down to her side and smiled at her.
"Goodnight Tea."
"Goodnight Atem." He gave her one last glance before he walked downstairs to his car. Tea was watching him until he was outside before she opened her door and went inside. She leaned on the door and brought her hand close to her chest. She could still feel his warm lips against her hand. She shook her head to clear her daze and went to her bedroom to sleep. Atem got inside his car and sat at the wheel for a minute. He still felt Tea's soft skin against his lips and wondered what it would be like to kiss her lips. He shook his head to clear that thought and started his car and he looked at the apartment building again.
'I'll make you believe in love again Tea, I promise.' He pulled his car out of the parking lot and drove home.
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