I Dare You
Chapter 4: Sweet Dreams
Disclaimer: I'll own Yu-Gi-Oh! when tomorrow becomes today (which is unlikely to happen)—so yeah, I don't own anything.
My mom grounded me for like 3 days from using the computer, so I was like bleh. I couldn't do an update. Grrr…It stinks.
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The limo was really spacious for Tea—as it was her first time riding one—no less than Kaiba's. But Kaiba still felt the need to move away from her—as for him, they seemed to be too close to each other.
"Wh-why are you doing th-this?" Tea quivered as she asked the silent CEO.
Kaiba, still facing the window, remained watching the falling raindrops that danced and frolicked in the wind that blew to and fro—as if he never heard a single word Tea said.
"Ka-Kaiba, why are you hel-helping me?" Tea trembled as she repeated her words.
Without taking a glance at her, with his head still facing the window, he mumbled, "I just don't want to owe anything to you. So just shut up before I change my mind."
Same old Kaiba.
The trip to Kaiba's mansion was quite short. Or did just everything go so fast?
Kaiba was the first one to step out of the limo with Tea following behind. He instructed someone to bring Tea's things upstairs.
"Go and change. You stink." Kaiba told her.
"And so does your attitude." was Tea's quick response.
"Whatever." With that, Kaiba turned his back and began walking away.
"Wait, Kaiba. How am I going to change if I don't have extra clothes?" Tea asked.
"Did you think I was that stupid to bring you here, and tell you to take a bath without putting clothes in your room?" Kaiba was stunned at Tea's naivety.
"Oh, okay."
"You'll be using the guest room which is upstairs, two doors away from mine. He will tell you where your room is." Kaiba pointed to the man who just brought Tea's stuff to her 'room'. After, he continued to walk up the flight of stairs.
Tea's eyes roamed the place she was standing, 'Wow…Kaiba's mansion is…humongous.' She gaped.
Then she noticed the man Kaiba pointed to awhile ago, "Oh, I'm sorry."
She started to climb the stairs and stared all the way to the end, 'This is going to take forever.'
Finally, they had reached the top and began strolling across different rooms.
The man stopped in front of a door and Tea followed suit. He fumbled for the keys in his pocket—and as soon as he found it, he unlocked the door and let Tea inside.
"Thank you, sir." Tea softly spoke.
She then locked the door and her eyes began exploring the place. The room was painted in a bright, pink color. There were white curtains hanged across the large window. She looked beside her and saw a single-sized bed with neatly folded blankets. Beside it, there was a small, wooden desk with a lampshade placed on top. Not far from where she was, there was a computer. And near it, was a huge closet.
Tea opened the closet and saw it filled with clothes to the brim. "Wow…Kaiba did an awfully lot of shopping."
She removed one from the hanger and tried it on. Miraculously, it fit her perfectly.
After a while, she took it off and started to undress herself and headed to the shower.
Meanwhile…
"You mean Tea's here?" Mokuba jumped up and down.
"Yes." The older Kaiba muttered.
"YAY!" Mokuba stopped jumping and began running in circles.
"What are you so happy about?" Kaiba asked.
"I'm going to have someone to play with!" Mokuba giggled.
"Play? Gardner? I don't think so."
"Then what's your reason for bringing her here?" Mokuba asked as a small smile crept to his face.
"I owe her after helping me escape those 'people'." Kaiba spat out the last word as if it were something of bad taste.
"Then why did you bring her here instead of her own place?" Mokuba giggled some more.
'Now that I think of it…Why did I bring her here anyway?' Kaiba thought. "It's none of your business." He plainly told Mokuba.
Meanwhile…
"Now that was a good bath!" Tea exclaimed as she dried her hair with a towel.
She opened the closet and looked for something simple to wear. She browsed through the entire closet for something that wasn't much extravagant, not too plain, and most of all, comfortable. After searching for what seemed to be eternity, she finally found what she was looking for—a blue spaghetti-strapped dress.
She combed her hair and slipped on a pair of step-in sandals and went down the steep stairway.
Just right after she arrived at the staircase, she felt her phone vibrate from her pocket.
"Hello?" Tea asked.
"Hey, Tea! It's me, Joey!" The voice on the other end replied.
"Uhh…Hi." Tea muttered.
"We're going to have a sleep-out at Tristan's tonight. Wanna come? Where are you, anyway?" Joey chattered.
"I'm at the Kaiba Man—err…" Tea stopped in the middle of the sentence. 'Why the hell am I saying this to Joey?'
Joey went silent to ponder on what he just heard. If he was right, Tea was going to say 'Kaiba Mansion', was she? What on earth was she doing at Moneybags' place?
"Tea? What were you going to say?" Joey grinned at the other line.
Tea knew Joey was stupid concerning a lot of things. But in cases like this, he was completely smarter—much to her worry. She had to think of some excuse. Any excuse. She surfed through her head to think of something Joey would probably fall for.
"-cough- I'm at my place, and –cough- I don't think I'll be able to catch up with you guys –cough-. It seems I have a bad case of colds –cough- A really bad case." Tea tried to make the coughing more realistic so she could convince him.
"Aww…Too bad."
Suddenly, Mokuba called Tea for dinner, "Tea! Dinner's ready!"
"I'll be right there in just a minute, Mokuba!" Tea yelled.
Which makes her think, 'Oh, no. Did I just yell that that loud for Joey to hear?'
Unfortunately for her, Joey heard every single word. If she was staying at her place, how come Mokuba was there? Unless…
"Bye –cough- Joey –cough-."
"Okay, bye. Get well soon!"
Tea put her phone back in her pocket. She was really hoping Joey didn't hear her shout Mokuba's name.
"Come on!" Mokuba lead Tea to the dining hall.
When they arrived, Tea saw a long dining table with eating utensils neatly placed along with a napkin on top of a plate. There were many different kinds of forks and spoons—which were quite confusing. She only saw that at lavish restaurants.
Finally, Kaiba came. Before taking his seat, he glanced at Tea's direction, gawking at her from head to toe, 'She wore what I chose?'
After eating, Tea used the napkin to wipe her mouth and placed it back on the plate. It was actually a good thing that she listened well to their lessons on good manners and proper etiquette.
The whole eating thing was quiet. Not even one spoke a word. Which was most likely since they were far away from each other, and to do a conversation, one had to shout before the other would hear, considering the length of the dining table.
Kaiba proceeded to his office upstairs, Tea went to her room and Mokuba just glanced at their retreating figures, 'What's up with them?'
Time quickly passed and it was already 1:30 in the morning. Kaiba was drowned in his work. He continued on typing in his laptop—until he felt a shot of pain whiz through his head.
"Argh!" Kaiba clutched his head. He was having a major headache. It was mostly caused by the running and hiding from the lunatics he did with Gardner yesterday morning.
He lifted his mug to take a sip of coffee when he saw there was none left. His most powerful weapon had betrayed him. 'Where was coffee when you need it?' Kaiba complained in his head.
He stood up from his chair and decided to continue his work some other time. Now, sleep would be his bestfriend.
He had a hard time walking with everything blurred in his path.
He finally had a grip on his doorknob and opened the door.
Strange. His room wasn't pink.
His eyes were playing tricks on him again.
He saw his bed and dumped his body on it. He placed the mug he was holding on the nearby table. At last, he was getting the most deserved rest he didn't have in ages.
Tea decided to take another soothing bath. The warm water on the tub relaxed her nerves and gave her peace of mind. After a few minutes, she rose up from the water and wrapped herself in a towel and exited the bathroom.
She was welcomed by a sleeping figure on the bed. And it was utterly familiar.
It was Kaiba.
She gazed at his tranquil form as he snuggled under the covers. She couldn't believe that the sarcastic, arrogant, snot-nosed, twiggy, egotistical jerk could look like an innocent, childlike person in his sleep. And what's even harder to imagine, he actually looked…rather…cute.
'What am I thinking?' Tea mentally slapped herself.
Seriously, the word 'cute' and Kaiba should not be in the same sentence. Ever.
It was about time that Kaiba got out from her bed.
"How long are you planning to lie on my bed?" Tea questioned as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Why…is my…pillow…talking?" Kaiba groaned and pulled Tea into his arms and held her so tightly that it was getting more difficult to breathe.
"Kaiba, let go of me!" Tea screeched as she tried to free herself from Kaiba's strong grasp.
In the process, waterdrops from her towel began dripping on Kaiba—making him turn on the other side of the bed dragging Tea—who was still trapped in his arms—with him.
"Mokuba…were you…peeing…on the…bed again?" Kaiba moaned as he made his clasp on Tea even tighter.
"Wake up, Kaiba!" Tea yelped, still trying to get away.
Mokuba was so thrilled at the idea of playing with Tea that he couldn't go to sleep. He just had to ask her tonight…err…today.
"Tea, I was hoping if you could uh—" His eyes widened at the scene he was seeing. "Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt…" With that, he quickly closed the door and scurried away.
Oh, crap. This was not good.
Really not good.
"Kaiba! WAKE UP!" Tea screamed at the top of her lungs. But all it did was make Kaiba turn again.
This time, he squeezed her really, really tight. "My pillow's…incredibly…soft…tonight." He sighed as he pulled her closer to his chest.
Tea was really losing her strength, aside from the fact that being squeezed by Kaiba was making her gasp for air.
In fact, she was too close that she could already hear Kaiba's heart beat steadily. She also felt the warmth in his body—that warmth that gave her a tingling feeling on her spine from top to bottom. It was really hard to imagine that a person so cold and icy such as Kaiba could have a warm heart.
She could feel Kaiba slowly loosening his hold on her. From afar, he looked like as if he was embracing a shuddering Tea—left out in the cold rain, all alone—into an affectionate hug. Into a cozy, pleasant embrace that could melt the ice buried in the depths of one's heart.
It was intricate to resist. She gently closed her eyes. And the warm emotion lulled her to deep sleep.
An hour later, Mokuba came by Tea's room to check once again. It was reasonable that he was still awake. Who wouldn't be if you had seen something like that?
As he expected, he saw two serene sleeping figures on the bed cuddling each other.
He walked quietly into the room and covered them with a thick blanket, turned off the long been opened lampshade and closed the door.
A smile spread across his face as he softly said, "Sweet dreams, Seto."
Next morning…
A bright, ray of sunshine shot through the thin, white curtains and filled the dark room, illuminating it.
Kaiba was awoken by the piercing sunlight. And astoundingly, he felt as light as a feather. That sleep sure made him feel better. Wait, he actually felt heavier.
He opened his eyes—and was greeted by a moist towel wrapped around—Tea's chest.
No, he was still probably sleeping.
He rubbed his eyes and blinked twice. The sight didn't disappear.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
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I'm trying so hard not to put some curses in here. It's bad.
Better do some more brainstorming. Heehee…Poor Seto.
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