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Chapter Two
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"Seto, is she gonna be OK?" Mokuba asked, looking at Tea's body on the bed. Her cheeks were red but the rest of her seemed so pale she would sink into the white sheets of the bed. He put a cool, damp cloth on her forehead.
"The doctor says that with enough rest she'll be fine." Mokuba sighed with relief.
"Seto, can she stay here?" he asked. Seto shook his head, frowning.
"Absolutely not! She should be at home to drive her parents insane, not me. Besides, I don't have time to wait hand and foot on a sick teenage girl. I have a business to run. Give me her cell phone. I'll call her house." Mokuba pouted slightly but obliged to the command.
He dug around in Tea's bag. Lip stick, a wallet, gum, mints, a credit card, three pens, and a note pad! Eventually he found her bubble gum pink cell phone. Seto frown at it; pink wasn't his favorite color, to say the least. He looked through her digital phone book and soon found HOME.
The phone rang a few times and the machine came on. "Hi, you've reached the Gardener family. We're not in right now so please leave a message after the beep." BEEP! Seto snorted and hung up.
"The machine...I'll try calling Yugi..." A large bolt of lightening streaked the sky. Seto listened for dial tone but got nothing. He growled in irritation. "Wonderful, just what I need. The phone lines are dead." Mokuba cheered.
"YAY! That means she can stay, right?" he asked, giving Seto his famous puppy dog pout. Seto gave in and nodded. Mokuba cheered again and turned to the sleeping Tea. "You hear that Tea? You're staying with us!" he cried, despite knowing she could not even hear him.
"Lord, what have I gotten myself into?" Seto sighed before walking out of the room.
A few hours went by. Seto had demanded Mokuba go to bed. He had stayed at Tea's side for the whole time, reading her stories and waiting for her condition to change.
"Seto, promise me you'll look after her!" Mokuba begged. Seto sighed slightly. Mokuba's lower lip trembled slightly as though he was fixing to cry.
"Fine, just don't cry on me. But this isn't a deadly disease, Mokuba. She's weary so I'm certain she'll wake up tomorrow."
"But you can never be too careful. Besides, I know you like her." Seto struggled to fight off a blush. Instead, he simply gave Mokuba a slightly cold stare.
"What sort of nonsense is that?" he snapped. "Why would I like a preppy cheerleader to my arch rival?" he demanded. Mokuba laughed slightly.
"Because she's pretty and brave. She has stood up to you, even. I remember when I asked you about two months ago, 'Seto, why don't you have a girlfriend?' you said, 'Because none of those fangirls have the qualities I'd prefer in a woman. I'll go on a date with a girl who is brave and charming. One who doesn't like me for only my money or power.'" Seto rolled his eyes.
"Well, this girl is anything but charming. Her voice is like a banshee scream to me." Mokuba stuck his tongue out at Seto.
"'Seto and Tea, sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Seto with a baby carriage."
"And I'll ground Mokuba from his video games and put him in a baby carriage unless he goes to bed now!" Seto snapped. Mokuba got the message and hurried to his room calling back a "Good night!" to Seto and Tea. Seto massaged his temples in frustration. He looked over to Tea with a frown. "Thanks a lot, now Mokuba is going to try and play matchmaker for the time you're here. Hurry up and get better so you can leave."
Seto pulled up a chair and opened his laptop. He started to try and work out the bugs of his latest project. Something about a duel monster holographic game he was designing. Isn't that a surprise? He sat there for who knows how long, typing away on the key board.
Where am I? My eyes are closed...what happened to me? I feel ill...oh yeah, I fainted earlier in front of Mokuba. Why did I faint? I must've gotten sick from sitting out in the cold rain for so long...but who took me to this place? Not my parents, they're gone. Mokuba couldn't...did Kaiba help? Mokuba probably convinced him.
Tea opened her eyes and looked around. Her head hurts so badly. It felt like a hammer was pounding away and it throbbed. Her heard a constant chatter of clicks, the sound of somebody typing quickly. She tried to lift her head, but fell back after only rising an inch with a soft grunt. The clicking stopped.
Seto looked up from his laptop in time to see Tea move slightly. "So, you're awake?"
Kaiba's voice...am I in their mansion?
"Answer me, girl!" he demanded. Her lips parted slightly but no sound came.
I cannot talk...so...tired...
Seto walked over to the side of the bed. He narrowed his eyes at her. Tea trembled slightly. Was she cold? Scared, perhaps? She did not know herself. "What is the matter with you? Why don't you speak?" Tea shook her head slightly. Her lips remained parted.
My mouth is so dry...I feel terrible...
Seto examined her for a moment. He noticed how dried out her mouth looked. He spotted some lip balm that had rolled from her bag onto the floor. He picked it up and handed it to her. "See if this helps." She managed to use the lips balm, but it did little help. Seto pulled a beeper from his pants pocket and pressed some buttons. In a few moments, a red headed maid ran up with a glass of ice water that had a lemon wedge.
"Your water, Mr. Kaiba!" He took the glass and nodded. She bowed and ran out. Seto handed her the glass.
"Drink this!" Tea shakily took the glass and managed to sip some of the water. The cool water with the slightest hint of lemon added needed liquid to her mouth and dried out throat. Tea made a gentle coughing sound to clear her throat and laid back in the pillows, still too tired to move much. Seto took the glass and set it on her bedside table. "Well?" he asked.
I feel a bit better...but so tired...
Tea's eyes started to droop sleepily. She seemed to struggle to keep them open. Seto sighed slightly. This was getting him nowhere.
"I'll check on you tomorrow. You should be able to talk by then." He thought for a moment and then added, "Try to sleep." He turned and walked to the chair he was sitting at ad picked up his laptop and walked to the door.
"Thank you..." He stopped and turned around in time to see Tea give him a small smile before letting sleep come to her head. He walked over to her side again and looked at her face one more time before officially leaving the room.
Little did he know, Mokuba was hiding behind a potted plant outside of the room, grinning. It was clear that Tea had set a slight spark on his brother's heart, layered by sheets of ice. All that was needed was someone to try and fan the sparks and cause flames. Someone like him.
Mokuba crept off the his bedroom. He needed to figure out how to get Seto to let Tea stay longer, especially after she recovered. The only part of his plan that needed work. The last thing he thought was "how?" before drifting off to sleep.
Ta da? What did you think? Looks like little Mokuba is playing cupid in this story. Ooh, this is gonna be good in the wise words of Mushu. I'll update as soon as I can.
