M: M here bringing you the third chapter which I promised you! Happy Valentine's Day everyone…again! Hope you enjoy the story!
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Recap:
"Chemistry" Atem's alluring deep voice spoke into her ear as his head rested on her shoulder.
A blush rose to her face as she moved her head slightly to look at him. "Just like me. Different class though" He smirked at her mischievously. She stared at him and he did the same.
"Atem" Yugi's voice broke through their staring contest. "Leave her alone."
"Why Yugi? Don't tell me you're interested in her?" Atem questioned as he took his head off her shoulders and slithered to her side his arm brushing hers.
"Of course not! You know Rebecca is the only one that will ever have my heart!" Yugi fumed.
"Then why should I leave her alone? What? Does she have a boyfriend?" Atem then turned to face Tea. "Tell me beautiful. Any guy in your life right now?" He asked winking at her as he stared at her charmingly. Tea nodded her head no a bit too stunned to reply.
"See Yug. No boyfriend so she's free game."
"She's Rebecca's friend and Rebecca told me to look after her" Yugi fumed again.
"So? What does that have to do with me?"
Tea stared at Atem who looked bored out of his wits as Yugi yelled at him waving his arms around crazily.
"Are you two brothers?" Tea questions interrupting Yugi's rant. They both turn to stare at her, eyes wide while Yugi's mouth is still slightly open.
"Um…" Yugi states.
"Are you or aren't you?" Tea asks again raising an eyebrow. How hard is it to answer a simple yes or no question?
"It's…complicated…" Yugi finishes off lamely lowering his arms back down to his side while Atem rolls his eyes.
"Are you brothers or not?" Tea asks again a look of annoyance taking residence on her face.
"We may share the same last name Tea" Atem purred out his intense orbs of fire staring into Tea's sapphire colored eyes. "Along with minor physical characteristics but you will find that we are different…very different from each other…" Atem finished sending her another one of his mischievous, seductive, and simply charming smiles.
Tea blinked a bit too caught up still in his smile to notice that he had slung an arm over her shoulder his fingers playing with a couple of her chocolate brown locks as he steered her to her right. "Chemistry is this way my dear" He breathed out.
"Atem!" Yugi's reprimanding voice shouted again making Atem cringe and make Tea get out of that beautiful trance Atem's smile had put her in. She shook her head trying to get herself fully out of his spell and quickly stepped away from him making his arm fall off her shoulder but not before his hand made short contact with her arm, sending a shiver through her.
Atem turned his head around to face Yugi and they just stared at each other their eyebrows furrowing together as different emotions passed through their eyes. It's as if there having a mental conversation Tea idly thought.
"I am merely taking Tea to her next class since your next class is on the other side of the school." Atem states innocently but the smirk on his face disproves his words.
"Yes but if I let you take her then there's a high probability that Tea will never make it to her next class…or any other class after that" Yugi crisply answered.
Tea blinked staring back and forth still a bit confused. Yes it had come to her attention that the way Atem moved and acted simply screamed out the words trouble and player but they also screamed out seductive and alluring equally as dangerous.
Atem huffed out annoyed before walking away passing Yugi. He turned his head around slightly to look at Tea and said "Sorry my sweet but it seems that the hunter doesn't want the big bad wolf to get near you." He sent her a smirk filled with dark promises the glint in his eyes promising it even more before continuing to walk turning around in the corner disappearing from view.
Tea didn't take her eyes off that corner for several seconds as if she was waiting for him to come back but he didn't and also Yugi's voice brought her back down to earth. "Sorry about Atem" Yugi apologized.
"For what?" Tea asked turning around to face Yugi. He allowed himself to grimace but before he could tell her the bell rang signaling that they were now late.
"Oh shit! I'm late!" Tea yelled running off, her schedule tightly in her hand leaving Yugi alone in the hall. He sighed and turned calmly walking knowing that it would make no difference running or walking since he'd still be getting a detention.
It wasn't long till Tea noticed that she had absolutely no clue where she was going. Sure Atem had technically shown her the way to go but that didn't' mean she knew how to read this damn map and find her class. She saw a boy leaning over as he drank from the water fountain. It wouldn't hurt to ask him she thought going over.
The boy raised his head up when he heard her footsteps getting closer. His eyes took her in before he shot up like a bullet going rigid. "YOU!" He shouted his warm brown eyes wide with alarm.
"Me?" Tea asked looking warily at him.
"It's me Joey!" he said pushing his blond messy bangs out of his eyes. "Mai's boyfriend and Serenity brother."
"Oh!" Tea said her eyes turning bright. He gave her a friendly smile.
"So what are you doing walking during class time?" He asks grinning. "Skipping on your first day already."
"What! No! I! AM! NOT!" Tea pronounced clearly freaking out. "I…I'm lost…and what about you!" She questioned back.
"Drinking water what else" he answered grinning cheekily. "And lost eh. What class?" He didn't even wait for her to respond merely plucking the schedule out of her grip. "Oh! You're in my class! Come on!" He said grabbing her lightly by the wrist as he proceeded to drag her down the hall.
A couple seconds later they got to a door with the words Chemistry painted on it. He opened the door and went in still towing Tea.
The professor, a semi-bold, semi-fat looking man turned from the board where he was writing some type of equation as Joey entered with Tea. "Ah, Joseph, there you are. I was beginning to think you went down the drain" The professor cracked a smile which Joey happily returned.
"Nah. I didn't go down Prof. Oz but I did find our new student" Joey said tugging Tea forward to be in front of him letting go of her wrist.
"Ah! Ms. Gardener! There you are! I was about ready to send out a search party to look for you" Prof. Oz said smiling jokingly at her. "Good job Joseph in bringing her here but don't think that act of kindness will bring up your test score."
Joey nervously laughed as he walked back to his seat rubbing his head muttering "Worth a shot" before grinning cheekily at the class. Everyone in the class was quietly laughing finding the exchange between Oz and Joey quite amusing.
"Now Tea. Why don't you sit next to…Julie…yes Julie…she's the one listening to music when she is clearly not suppose to" Prof. Oz said giving Tea copies of the lecture they were currently on. Tea went to the middle of the classroom and sat down by the girl who had turned beat red from getting caught and had torn off her earplugs…only to put them back on two seconds later. Tea smiled at Joey seeing that she was sitting behind him.
Once Prof. Oz finished the lesson he allowed them simply because it was Valentine to chat amongst themselves for the rest of the period. Joey turned around in his seat to face Tea. "It's a good thing Mai txted me that picture of you if not I never would have recognized you." Joey said smiling.
"Well I never would have remembered you or Yugi if Mai, Serenity, and Rebecca hadn't reminded me about you guys."
"Aren't you going to introduce me to your friend, Joey?" A slightly loud voice said behind Tea. Tea turned in her seat to find herself staring at a guy with a weird triangle spiky brown hair that got darker the higher up it went.
"Tea this is Tristan. Tristan. Tea." Joey said rolling his eyes. "There now you're introduced."
"So where are you from Tea?" Tristan questioned smiling at her as he jumped over his desk to land in Julie's vacated chair.
"She's from here idiot" Joey said.
"No dumbass I meant what school did she come from?" Tristan answered.
"Then you should have been more specific!" Joey yelled leaning over the desk to glare at Tristan.
"I used to go to a private school" Tea's soft voice stopped the fight.
"A private school?" Tristan said ignoring Joey.
"Yeah. She came from that dance academy private school. You know the one my sister goes to" Joey inputted.
"So you know Serenity!" Tristan asked happily.
"I do. She's one of my best friends."
"Does she ever talk about me?" Tristan asked.
"Why do you wanna know?" Joey asked annoyed.
"Because I wanna ask her out that's why!"
"What! You want to go out with my sister!"
"Ya so what if I do!"
"You can't! I won't allow it!"
"Serenity is the one who decides not you!"
As Joey and Tristan argued over Serenity and dating Tea went through all of her conversations with Serenity trying to remember if she had ever mentioned Tristan before.
"She has actually" Tea quipped. "Mention you Tristan."
"Really?" Tristan and Joey asked each holding the other in a headlock a look of surprise on her face. Tea nodded her head.
"She told us that a friend of her brother named Tristan is always over at their house and he's really loud and rowdy" Tea said looking up as she tapped a finger against her cheek. The more Joey seemed to inflate with Tea's words, a triumphant grin on his face the more Tristan seemed to deflate. "And she also mentioned that she didn't mind because she found you cute" Tea finished smiling.
Tristan shot up heart's in his eyes as he looked out the window yelling "Serenity my love! I find you cute too!" while Joey paled muttering no over and over again.
"Class dismissed" Prof. Oz said a minute before the bell rang deciding to ignore Tristan's proclamation of love that was shouted out to the world.
"So Tea, what class do ya have next?" Joey asked.
"Oh…I have…English with Mrs. Pi"
"So your with me then" Tristan said popping up next to Tea smiling.
"Take care of her Tristan. Mai and Serenity made me promise that I'd keep her safe here."
"Whatever Serenity wishes is my command. I will make sure that no harm befalls Tea!" Tristan shouted going into a heroic pose closing his eyes. Tea got close to Joey as he explained to her quietly how to get to her English class and then they departed. Tristan opened his eyes only to notice that Joey was heading down the hall to his next class and Tea was already on her way to English. "Hey! Wait for me!" Tristan shouted running to catch up with Tea.
They made it to English Class where it turns out Yugi was also in. Yugi waved them over and Tea sat between them. Mrs. Pi a short chubby woman with curly gray hair wrapped up in ponytail came into the classroom her cheeks having large hearts painted on them matching her hot pink dress that had tiny red and white hearts all over it.
"Happy Valentines Day Class!" Mrs. Pi shouted out joyfully as she skipped into the room her large as in almost as big as her bright pink bag trailing behind her. "Oh! What's this! A new student in my class!" She said joyfully clapping her hands together as she caught sight of Tea. "Come up deary, Come up."
Tea walked to her and Mrs. Pi started giving her paper after paper while explaining in a rapid pace everything that the class had done. "Yugi do you know where Atem is?" Mrs. Pi questioned as Tea went back to her seat between Yugi and Tristan.
"No I don't. Sorry Mrs. Pie" Yugi politely answered.
"Oh…dear that boy is absent more times then I can count. Tsk…Tsk…" She said shaking her head disappointed before passing out a Valentine Word Puzzle. "On a day like today why add work to you all" she cheerfully stated before bringing out a romance novel and began to read.
"Atem has this class?" Tea asked out loud. Yugi nodded his head.
"Then why isn't he here? Is he going to show up late like in homeroom?" Yugi nodded no.
"Atem never comes to this class." Yugi answered working diligently on the worksheet.
"Why not?" Tea asked trying to come off as not really caring as she pretended to work on the crossword as well but her mind was so distracted by Atem that she couldn't focus.
"He likes to take an hour extra of lunch" Tristan replied. Tea glanced at his paper and was surprised to find the name Serenity scribbled all around the page with hearts next to her name.
"Oh…" Tea answered softly.
"I wouldn't get interested in him if I were you" Tristan spoke.
"Who says I am?"
"Well you're interested in why he's not here."
"That's just because no one in my old school ever skipped class on purpose."
"Seriously?"
"Seriously."
Class ended and Tea walked out with Tristan and Yugi. "You wanna have lunch with us Tea!" Joey's voice was heard in the hall and they all turned around to find him running towards them.
"Yeah sure" Tea answered smiling as Joey ran into Tristan and they got into a fight she turned to continue walking and caught sight of Atem leaning next to the cafeteria door arms crossed just staring at her. She felt a blush appear on her face and she turned her gaze to look in front of her as she almost ran into. White hair? Who has white hair? She thought as she caught sight of someone further up ahead walking into the cafeteria.
Once they entered the cafeteria they pointed to the table they always sat and left Tea alone in front of the door as Joey, Tristan, and Yugi headed to the lunch line. As Tea walked over to the table she saw the white haired kid. A boy whose pure white hair went down to half his back with a soft tone in his face heading her way with a boy who was slightly taller than him with silvery grey hair that went up to the nape of his neck with sort of tan skin and had a slightly less soft tone in his face.
She caught eyes with both of them and they smiled at her and she returned the smile. As they started to pass her she wasn't sure but she could have sworn that a change overcame their faces and their faces no longer had a soft tone but a harsh tone but she couldn't be sure because a second later they both pushed past her. She felt something sharp prick her skin as they pushed her.
A couple seconds later when she was almost at the table someone grabbed her wrist forcing her to stop. She looked and found herself staring into Atem's eyes.
M: Done! What do you think! Next chapter is going to center around Atem and Tea so if you want to read it tomorrow then pretty please REVIEW!
