Love

'I miss you, Atem...' Téa thinks as she brushes her short brown hair in front of the large mirror. She's sitting in a chair. Her books are in a shoulder bag, which is on the floor, resting against the chair. By the mirror, there are pictures of Yugi, Joey, and other friends, smiling as they're goofing off. With her big blue eyes, Téa longingly glances at one photograph of Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and herself, wishing for one of those carefree times with her friends. And then there's her crush. She sighs sadly, wishing she had a picture of him, too.

It's not that she isn't happy. She's in America, studying dance. It's been her dream...

'That's it. - I'm going to make myself a picture of him and nothing's going to stop me,' she thinks determinedly. She puts the hairbrush down and gets a blank piece of paper and a pencil from the bag against her chair. And she begins to draw.

'His eyes have a brave look... So serious... And mysterious,' she thinks as she draws his eyes. Her eyebrows furrow in concentration. 'And his jaw makes him look so strong and courageous. And he stands so proudly and determinedly...' When she's done with the rough sketch, she tapes it to a corner of the mirror, by the photographs of her other friends.

'Oh! I forgot his cartouche!' She thinks, taking the paper back down and drawing the necklace around his neck. - The one she bought for him a little before he left. 'There. Now it's complete.' She tapes it back up and smiles at her crude drawing. 'You are my first and only true love, Atem... I will never love anyone as much as you...' she thinks. Her cell phone starts ringing and she hurries to get it out of her purse.

"This is Téa," She says. She then glances at her wristwatch. "Can you please call back later? My dance class starts in five minutes," she says into the phone before the person at the other end can say anything.

"Téa...?" the person asks.

"Yugi!" Téa says excitedly. "How'd you get this number?! Why are you calling?! - It must cost a bundle to call me from Japan!" Téa says worriedly.

"I thought it was worth it... to hear your voice..."

Téa blushes. Behind her, the taped picture of Yami falls off the mirror and lands on the floor.

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Hmm... It's been awhile, hasn't it? Welp, I finally got this chapter done. ('Welp' is one of my words... It's close to 'well'. It's kind'a like 'ack!' but 'ack!' means I'm surprised, usually in a bad way, like "ack! My internet messed up!"... Heh... Just a little about myself.) I worked on this chapter some on September 6th, when one of my teachers were sick and didn't have class, but I didn't get it done. I don't remember if I started it before that or not... On September 6th, I got down to the first time she put the picture on the mirror. Then I worked on it some one day during finals week, December 12th, I believe, when I got out early and didn't have anything else with me to work on. That's when I got the idea about the cartouche and the ending. So... Now I have it typed up and everything. Tell me what you guys think... By the way, my grades finally got posted and I got A's for all five of the classes I took.

I'm not sure what to do with the story after this chapter... I guess I could get back to Kaiba... But not the duel. That's, for one, private, and secondly, the outcome's not important. If you want to see a duel, then check out the Kaiba vs. Pegasus one in my "Finding One's Self" story. So... Anyhow, about what to do next... In the past I've thought about making a storyline or something after a few of these one-shots. Like, having the characters meet and have to save the world or something, but then recently I figured out that it would be a really bad idea, since this story is about the end of the show - the whole meaning behind chapter one - and starting a story would be very wrong to do, when this is about the ending of one. In other words, I'll have to do one-shots, with no connecting plot. But, I could add to some of the characters I've already done - just not continue where I left off in the earlier chapter.