Chapter 2

"What are they doing?"

"Oh it's so cute. Rebecca is saying something and Yugi's blushing like hell right now."

"Great. I want to see. Let's switch places."

"Right."

The sneaky duo quietly swapped positions in the booth at the Domino Eatery restaurant, holding the large menus up to their faces to keep from being detected. They had specifically asked for this particular table – within perfect spying range of Yugi and Rebecca. Yami took a quick glimpse of the young couple before smiling in delight. They really did seem like they were having fun. Rebecca was dressed in white blouse and a pink dress skirt, of which she habitually played with during their flirtatious conversation.

"By the way Tea, you look marvelous tonight," Yami remarked at his pseudo-date, clad in a dark red evening gown with a matching purse and pair of gloves. Tea blushed at the compliment, her face almost matching her dress.

"Why, thank you. You don't look half bad yourself." She eyed him up and down, dressed in slacks and a black dress jacket with a white shirt underneath. He had decided against the black tie – he didn't feel like it suited him. Spying or not.

"Ah, I think they're leaving," he whispered. "We'd better go too." Tea nodded, dismissing the waiter who had only served them glasses of iced tea during their entire visit. Yami stood up with Tea, cordially offered her his arm, of which she took, flattered at his politeness despite the purpose of them being out and about in the first place. Her gloved hand slid into a perfect fit at the crook of his elbow.

Yami managed to catch one important snippet of Yugi's and Rebecca's exchange as they followed the midget couple out the door: "Can we go to the park, Yugi? It's a full moon tonight!" Yugi nodded and, unknowingly, mirrored Yami's graciousness and offered Rebecca his arm. Yami chuckled at the mimicry before relaying the information to Tea.

"Then I guess our next stop is the park, then," Tea muttered matter-of-factly.

"I don't know… shouldn't we give them a little bit of privacy?" he asked. Both glanced at each other, before voicing a "nah" in unison. They were on a roll, and they were having fun doing it.

"Sure is beautiful tonight, isn't it Yugi…"

"Yeah, it sure is."

"I had a great time, thank you for taking me."

"Anytime, Rebecca. I had a fun time too."

Meanwhile, across the way in a separate bench, the older teens watched intensely. It was Tea's turn with the binoculars.

"They're just… talking to each other. Probably saying some sappy stuff. Ooh look, they're holding hands… so cute!"

Yami grabbed the binoculars from Tea's face only to catch an even better scene than what Tea had described: Rebecca hugging Yugi close to her as he wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on hers. The sight was just too adorable for words, and even Tea could see it, without the binoculars.

"Let me see!" Tea half-whispered, snatching the binoculars just in time to see Yugi offering a shivering Rebecca his jacket for warmth, and her returning the gesture by planting a peck on the cheek as a thank-you. "Man, aren't they just precious…"

"DUCK!"

Tea felt herself being pulled to the seat of the bench and held firmly there. It took a few seconds, but she realized what was going on. And then she remembered, Yami had lightning-fast reflexes. Hopefully, neither Yugi nor Rebecca saw them.

"Whew, that was a close one," whispered Yami, as he released Tea from his grasp. She almost didn't want him to. She slowly stood up to see, from a distance, Yugi and Rebecca preparing to leave, perhaps because they did see them after all. Rebecca was on Yugi's arm again, with his jacket draped around her shoulders. "Should we follow them?"

"Nah," he replied nonchalantly. "It's nice here. We should stay a little longer."

Tea blushed, and she felt the color stain her cheeks immediately, thanking Ra it was dark outside. He just wanted to spend some time with her…alone. At the park. Under a full moon. After a successful spy session. She suddenly felt awkward.

Despite her face warming from the situation, the rest of her body shivered incessantly. It had to have been no warmer than 40 degrees outside, and her strapless dress did nothing to shield her shoulders and upper arms from the cold air. The unmistakable sound of teeth chattering brought Yami's attention to her discomfort. Without saying a word, Yami casually removed his jacket and wrapped it around Tea's goose-bumpy arms, as if he dealt with this situation with women on a daily occurrence. Or perhaps, he was doing it to mimic Yugi in a humorous way. She hoped it wasn't either. All she could care about was the jacket encasing her in a shroud of warmth, both physically and mentally.

"Th-th-thank you," she managed to say, through chattering teeth. He replied by placing an arm around her shoulders for further warmth… in a sort of loving manner…or was she imagining that?

She rested her head on his shoulder – soon after, she felt his head fall gently on hers, but his eyes weren't closed. He was looking at the moon.

Both had completely forgotten about Yugi and Rebecca, now gazing blissfully at the magnificent scene of brilliantly shiny stars and a proud, glowing moon, accompanied by the rhythmic chirping of crickets. Tea had fallen into such a state of bliss, she had just noticed their hands intertwined, and she wasn't sure whose hand found whose. Unbeknownst to her, Yami was as puzzled as she was. Neither made any effort to let go of the other's hand, however.

"Even though we were being total douche bags spying on Yugi and Rebecca, I really had a good time with you tonight."

"Me too, Tea. I'm glad you're as devious as I am." Tea giggled at his humored tone. He seemed much more relaxed on an adventure of sneaking around spying on Yugi than on some life-threatening journey to save the world from some asshole trying to harness heavy duty magic. Understandable.

She thought of his eyes, one of the many attributes he had that seemed to mesmerize her to no end. A deep, alluring violet, always firm and focused. Highly capable of hiding any unnecessary emotions when dealing with an enemy. So intense…yet as she saw them now, soft and gentle and kind. Sometimes, even playful. She greatly admired his brave and determined side, one that had saved her from many terrifying situations. But she also adored his normal day-to-day personality, without grand-scale responsibilities as being a pharaoh who was the target for any bad guy who wanted power. He was sweet, funny, incredibly intelligent, and understanding – and he could revive chivalrous, polite and respectful behavior from its state of obsoleteness, something she believed no other man she had met can ever pull off as well as he. She guessed it was one of his many gifts.

'Wow, my mind sure is rambling off the hook tonight… what is the matter with me?' Tea thought to herself.

"Tea?"

She immediately snapped out of her reverie upon hearing his sweet baritone voice say her name. Why was she noticing all this now, when they had been talking to each other all night?

"Yeah?"

"Oh good, you're awake. It's getting late; I should probably get you home."

No… she was so warm… she didn't want to move… She looked up at his eyes, as if pleading to let them stay…just for a few more minutes of being in his arms…

"Ahh, screw it."

Tea immediately felt her chin being gently guided to her left as she felt soft lips upon hers. With about a second-long delay, she flinched, shocked at the sudden gesture. But Ra, as soon as she registered what was happening, she didn't want it to stop. Not for the world.

"I love you, by the way."

Those magic words rung in her ears like a sweet melody, warming her to the core. The most beautiful song she had ever heard.

"I love you too, Yami."

Their lips gently brushed each other's, before their tongues took over and chased each other like a dramatic ballet scene. Both were engaging and enjoying the kiss tremendously, completely oblivious to their audience.

"Should we leave them alone?" Yugi whispered to Rebecca, his hand intertwined with hers.

"Why? They were spying on us!" she whined.

"True… we could embarrass them a bit…"

The older teens finally broke apart, gazing into each other's eyes. Unfortunately, the moment was soon spoiled by odd noises coming from somewhere near them. They almost sounded like birds chirping, but that couldn't be right…

Yami and Tea scouted the area for the source of the sound, suddenly aware that they were making out in a public domain. They rolled their eyes as they discovered the two youngsters they had been spying on previously, making child-like kissing noises, and giggling all the while.

"Hey, knock it off!" Tea half-yelled, half-joked. She felt herself go pink, and she noticed that Yami had as well.

"Yeah, how old are you guys, five?" Yami added, expressing similar tone of voice. "Ever heard of privacy?"

"Apparently you haven't," Yugi retorted, crossing his arms.

"Oh yeah…" Yami replied sheepishly, scratching his nose.

"Oh yeah," Yugi mocked him impatiently. "Look, it's getting late, past our bedtimes…since you know, we're five years old." Yami chuckled. "Alright, Yugi. Take Rebecca home and I'll see you later."

"Alright. Come on Rebecca. Later Yami, Tea."

"Goodnight Yugi. See you at school on Monday."

Yami offered Tea his arm once again, of which she happily obliged. The trek to her house was silent, but not awkward. The simple contact they had was enough to keep them mentally busy. Tea returned the jacket to him as they arrived at her dimly lit front porch. "Goodnight Yami. And thank you, for everything."

"No problem, Tea. Goodnight."

She reached her gloved hand to his face and shared a final loving kiss before he started his journey back home. She sighed, watching him disappear into the night.

The spiky-haired teen shoved his hands into his pockets as he neared the Game Shop, where Yugi awaited him. He chuckled to himself.

Yugi couldn't stay mad at him forever.

THE END

Cheesy? Yes. Sappy? You betcha. Worth reading? You tell me.