Hello again, I am really proud of this story and I am also grateful for everyone who reviewed my last chapter. Sorry it took me so long to update, but I was putting alot of work into it. In this chapter, you'll find out the story about Atem and Yugi's parents. Thanks to the following who reviewed my last chapter.
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Luckygirl 777
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Tea-The Chosen One
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Chapter 6
It was still dark outside when Tea woke up from her peaceful dreamless slumber. She turned over to look at the clock on her nightstand and saw that it was two o' clock in the morning. She was surprised because she was always able to sleep all through the night. She tried to lay back down go back to sleep, but no matter how many times she tossed and turned, she just couldn't seem to get back to sleep. Tea decided to just get out bed and quietly roam the house. It was still hard for her to move from her stomach still being in pain and once she was up, she went out into the hallway. There was a glow coming from one the rooms up the hall and she looked inside to see that it was the game room. Yugi, Joey and Tristan were all asleep on the lounge chairs and she guessed they were worn out from the long hours of playing video games. Joey and Tristan were snoring loudly and mumbling in their sleep. She noticed that Atem wasn't in the room with them and figured that he was in his own room sleeping. She lightly walked downstairs and into the living room. Since she has been here, she hasn't really took notice of how nice the living room really looked. There was a fireplace mantel along with a wide screen TV in the corner of the room and black plush sofa and love seat with a coffee table. Tea looked towards the mantel and saw pictures of Atem and Yugi when they were smaller. There were some pictures they taken with their grandpa and some with Joey and Tristan, but there was a picture of two people she never seen before. She guessed that they must be Atem and Yugi's parents. She took the picture down to get a better look at it. In the picture was a man with an intimidating, but kind look in his eyes. He had the same colored eyes that Atem and Yugi had. The woman had long dark hair and down to her waist and her eyes were a beautiful golden color. She looked like the kind of person that whenever she walked into a room, it would brighten up in an instant. She reminded her so much of her own mother.
"You know, it's too soon for you to be moving around." Tea turned around and saw Atem leaning against the wall watching her. She put the picture back on the mantel when Atem came walked over to stand next to her.
"Sorry, I couldn't sleep so I came down here and that's when I got curious about the pictures." Atem smiled.
"It's alright, no harm done." he said.Tea was looking at how he was watching his parents picture with such intensity. The silence was making her feel a little nervous and was curious about what he was thinking. She was startled when he finally spoke.
"This is the last picture that my parents took before they died. It was the day of their 8th year anniversary and my father planned dinner reservations for him and my mother at this fancy restaurant to celebrate. Yugi and I were only seven and our grandpa was coming over to watch us for the night. I was upstairs watching my mother getting ready. She looked so pretty and elegant. She came over to sit next to me on the bed and told me how much in love she was with my father and how lucky she was to have found him. They were leaving the door, but before they left, they gave us a hug and kiss goodnight. It was after midnight and they were late coming home. The weather was so bad and Yugi and I were so concerned with them driving in that heavy rain. Those roads were slippery and I had a feeling that something was going to happen. I turned on the TV to try and ease my mind from all of the worry, but as I was changing channels, I saw a news report of a car that was flipped over and I recognized that it was my parents car in an instant. I called my grandfather and Yugi to show them and we went to the scene to see that they were being taken to the hospital. When we got there, we had no choice but to wait until the doctor talked with us. While I was sitting in my chair, I suddenly began to feel a chill, but didn't think of it being important so I let it slide. The doctor came back out with a face fallen look and then, I started to shiver uncontrollably. I couldn't stop no matter how much I tried and Grandpa and Yugi were getting concerned. Grandpa put his coat over me, but I still couldn't stop shivering. He called over the doctor to have him take a look at me, but before he could even touch me, I jumped out of my seat and ran off to find where my parents were being kept. I didn't know where I was going, but my feet were guiding me to where I needed go. I suddenly stopped in front of the operating room and my hand was reaching to push the door open. I was afraid to find out what was inside, but I opened the door anyway and what I saw made me drop to my knees in disbelief. There inside the room were my parents bodies laying side by side lifeless on the operating table. Yugi was about to run in, but I wouldn't let him see our parents like that. He tried to push me off until he got tired and cried in my chest. Grandpa came up to us and pulled us away from the room and took us home. On the day of the funeral, they were both buried next to each other. That's what they would have wanted and Yugi, Grandpa and I always visit their graves together on their anniversary." Atem finished his story. Tea never would have guessed that he went through such an ordeal. She turned to him to see that he had a few tears streaming down from his eyes. She reached out to hold his hand and Atem snapped out of his daze and wiped his face.
"I'm so sorry, I had no idea that you went through so much when you were a kid." she said.
"Thank you. I really didn't expect for them to survive. A couple of days after the funeral, I did some research at the library and I found out on an online source that the car had swerved on the road and they didn't have control of the car. It was flipped over about three times. My mother died on the scene and my father died just when they arrived at the hospital. I accepted that they were gone, but I broke down when I got home that day and I hardly ate or slept. Couple of weeks later was when Yugi and I met Joey and Tristan and they seemed to brighten our lives with their goofiness." Atem chuckled lightly. Tea still had a sad expression as she was staring at Atem.
"I have to ask you something. Why did you tell me how your parents died? I mean you could have just not said anything at all, but you told me anyway. I just need to know why." Tea said. Atem turned back to her with a warm smile.
"I told you because I trust you completely.You're the first girl that I have ever gotten so close to and it feels nice to talk to someone who actually listens to you. I mean I do talk to Yugi, Joey and Tristan and they do listen, but I just want to know someone that understands what I'm going through, you know?" Tea agreed.
"Yeah, I do. I've been alone all of my life to know how that feels." Atem turned back to Tea with a guilty look.
"Oh Tea, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to-" Tea shook her head.
"It's okay, really. I guess it is nice to talk someone who understands you. I talk with Naomi in my counseling sessions with her, but it's not the same talks that you and I are having right now. She expects me to just come out and tell her about my past. I know she wants to help me and she says that's its good to talk about what happened, but I just don't want to relive the memories of that night. I keep having nightmares about it too. Almost every night, I see the events take place over and over." Atem was looking at her again.
"Is that the reason why you were screaming in your sleep yesterday morning when I came to your room?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm sorry I lied to you." Atem shook his head.
"No, don't apologize. I understand that you're not ready yet. I only told you about my story because I wanted to tell you and that I wanted you to know a little more about me. I don't want you to think that you have to tell me anything just because I told you about how my parents died. I want you to tell me when you're ready." He wrapped his arms around Tea to embrace her.
"When that day comes, I will be there listening from start to finish and I will be your shoulder to cry on." Tea leaned her head into Atem's chest and wrapped her arms around his waist to return the embrace.
"Thank you Atem." she whispered. They stood there for a few more minutes when they broke apart to look at each other.
"It's getting late. Why don't we turn in for bed. You got to rest that stomach of yours and I want you to feel better in time for all of us to go to the arcade later today." Atem said. Tea nodded and started to yawn. Atem was laughing and Tea glared at him.
"Hey, I can't help it. I didn't realize how tired I was. Guess I should talk to you like this every night if it's going to make me tired."Atem stopped laughing and looked at her softly. Tea started to blush under his gaze.
"W-what is it?" she asked.
"Nothing, c'mon lets get to bed." He held her hand as he led her up the stairs to take Tea back to her room.
"Goodnight Tea, I'll see you in the morning."
"Goodnight Atem." She turned to open her door when she felt Atem's hand again. He touched her face and leaned in to kiss her cheek.
"Sweet dreams." Then he went inside his room to sleep. When Tea went to lay down, she touched the place on her cheek where Atem kissed her and she fell asleep for the first time with a smile on her face. The next morning was quiet and peaceful. The birds were chirping and the sun was shining showing a definite possibility of being a great day. Yup everything was peaceful and serene.
"IT'S ARCADE TIME!!" except for Joey's loud mouth. He was the first to wake up Yugi and Tristan since they were all still in the game room.
"Ugh Joey, do you have to be so loud?" grumbled Tristan.
"Of course. Today we don't have any school and we get to spend the whole day at the arcade."
"But Joey, it's still early and the arcade is not even open yet." said Yugi
"Yeah I know, but that'll give us time to get some breakfast. So let's go in Atem's room and wake him up." Joey said as he walked out the door. Yugi and Tristan got up and followed him. They opened the door to see that Atem was still asleep and Joey went over and poked him until he woke up. He was met with a tired, cranky Atem who was not pleased at being awaken.
"Joey, I hope you have a very good reason as to why you woke me up." he said.
"Yes I do. We have to get ready to go to the arcade so wakey wakey sleepy head." Atem looked at his clock to see it was seven o' clock and turned back to Joey with a glare.
"Joey, you always complain about getting up early to go to school and yet even when we don't have to go, you still manage to wake up anyway.
"Hey yeah, that is strange. Oh well, I'm going to go to Tea's room and wake her up." Joey didn't get very far when Atem stopped by tripping Joey to the floor.
"Hey, what gives?"he asked. Atem stood up from his bed and helped Joey stand back up.
"Let's give Tea a couple more hours to sleep. She and I were up late last night about some things." Yugi, Tristan and Joey stared at him.
"What kind of things?" asked Yugi. Atem turned his gaze to Yugi.
"I told her about the night our parents died. She was looking at all of the picture on the mantel and that's when the story came up about them. I was surprised that I had a calm voice while I was explaining it to her and when I finished talking, it felt like some huge weight was lifted off of me." Yugi walked over to Atem and put his hand on his shoulder.
"I'm glad that you feel better now. It didn't look that way before, but I think that you took our parents passing the hardest." said Yugi.
"Thanks Yugi." Joey was sniffling in the background and came up to them and said.
"Okay, no more sappy stories, you guys are going to make me cry." he said. Tristan rolled his eyes.
"Yes, we really don't want to make him cry anymore." Joey perked up with a whole new found energy.
"Okay, lets go get some grub. The sooner we eat the sooner we can get out of here." Everyone sweat dropped. They were all walking out to go downstairs into the kitchen. Atem stopped by Tea's bedroom and peeked inside to see that she was still sleeping. He smiled at her before quietly closing the door. Three hours later, Tea woke up and looked over her nightstand to see it was ten o'clock. She got up and wash up and got dressed to go down to see everyone in the kitchen.
"Hey Tea, you finally woke up. C'mon on in and chow down with us." Joey said with his mouth full.
"Uh, no thanks, I think I'll just have an apple. I'm not really that hungry." she said.
"Are you sure Tea, we got plenty." said Yugi.
"Yeah, I'm trying to pace myself by eating a little at a time. You know due to my stomach." she explained. Atem got up from his seat on the stool and handed her a red apple.
"How is your stomach? Is it still sore?" he asked concerned.
"A little, but it's getting much better thanks to you."
"I'm glad that I was able to help." They didn't notice that they had an audience watching them until they heard.
"AWWWW!!" cooed Yugi, Joey and Tristan.
"Look at Atem talking sweet to a girl." said Tristan. Joey wiped an imaginary tear from his eye.
"Our little boy is growing up." Atem growled and turned to all of them with a warning glare. They took the hint and started walking out the kitchen.
"Oh would you look at the time, we better get ready to go." said Yugi
"Yeah, we'll meet you guys outside." said Joey. So they all ran out before they met with Atem's wrath. He turned back to Tea with a nervous laugh.
"Sorry about that. They're not used to me being so close to a girl before."
"Well, I've never been this close to other people before so I know how it is."
"Let's hurry and get outside to the others before Joey gets an ulcer from waiting so long." They both went outside to see pacing on the front lawn.
"Finally, what took you guys so long? I am ready to get my game on." he said. They all walked the 2 blocks to the arcade. Tea was shocked at how big it was and when they went inside, it was even more bigger. There were games everywhere you turned.
"Hey Tristan, Yugi let's go to the race car games. I bet I'll be able to come in first this time." Joey said with confidence.
"Joey you say that every time and I always leave you in the dust." said Tristan.
"Okay Tristan, bring it on, you won't be so cocky when I beat you." Then they all went off leaving Atem and Tea alone. He turned to her to see that she was looking all over the arcade with amazement.
"So how do you like it so far?" Tea looked at Atem.
"I never thought it would be so big. It's so amazing." Atem chuckled and grabbed her hand.
"What do you want to do first?"
"I don't know, there so many games here. I can't figure out what to choose."
"Well, we'll just walk around until we find something that interests you." They were walking around for a few minutes trying to find a game to play and at the same time watching other people play. Suddenly, there was a game that caught Tea's attention. She let go of Atem's hand and walked over to it. Atem noticed the warmth missing from his hand and saw Tea going over to a game she saw. He decide to follow her and see that it was a karaoke game where you sing the song that you choose and it rates you on how well you sing it. He turned to her to see what she was going to do.
"Are you going to play this one?" he asked. Tea shook her head.
"No way, someone might hear me."
"So? I think that you should definitely play it. Let's see which songs are on here." He scrolled through the list of songs until he found the one the was perfect.
"Why don't you sing this one?" Tea looked to see which song it was and turned back to look at him.
"Um, that song is for two people to sing. Even if I wanted to sing that, I would need someone to sing it with." Atem was grinning.
"I know, that's why I'm going to sing it with you." Tea eyes widened.
"You can sing? I had no idea." she said.
"There's alot of things you don't know about me yet. So what do say? Ready to show me what you got?" Tea still wasn't sure if she wanted to until she felt Atem's hand again. He gave her a reassuring smile and she smiled back.
"Okay why not." So Atem clicked on the song and picked up the microphones for them to sing into. Tea waited for the right timing before she started.
Tea
Tell me how I'm suppose to breathe with no air?
If I should die before I wake
It's 'cause you took my breath away
Loosing you is like living in a world with no air
Oh
Atem
I'm here alone didn't want to leave
My heart won't move it's incomplete
If there was a way that I could make you understand
Tea
But how do you expect me to live alone with just me?
Cause my world revolves around you it's so hard for me to breathe
Atem & Tea
Tell me how I'm suppose to breathe with no air?
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there
It's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gon breathe without me?
If you ain't here I just can't breathe
It's no air, no air
No air, air x4
Alot of people gathered to where Atem and Tea were singing and watched in awe at how well they both sang together. Yugi, Joey and Tristan came back from the racing games to see the both of them singing together. They knew that Atem could sing, but this was the first time they heard Tea sing so beautifully.
Atem
I walk, I ran, I jump, I flew
Right off the ground to float to you
With no gravity to hold me down for real
Tea
But somehow I'm still alive inside
You took my breath, but I survived
I don't know how, but I don't even care.
Atem & Tea
So how do you expect me to live alone with just me?
Cause my world revolves around with you it's so hard for me to breathe
Tell me how I suppose to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there
It's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gon breathe without me?
If you ain't here, I just can't breathe
It's no air, no air
No air, air x4
No more
There was a huge crowd around them clapping to the rhythm of the song.
Atem & Tea
It's no air, no air
Oh
Faded
So how do you expect me to live alone with just me?
Cause my world revolves around you it's so hard for me to breathe
Tell me how I'm suppose to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there
It's no air, no air
Tea
Got me out here in the water so deep
Atem
Tell me how you gon breathe without me?
Tea
If you ain't here, I just can't breathe
Atem &Tea
It's no air, no air
No air, air x3
No air
When they finished the song, they were surprised by the loud cheering and applauses they were getting from the crowd of people that was listening to them. They were so caught up in their song, that they didn't realize that they had an audience. Yugi, Joey and Tristan came over and hugged them both.
"You guys were so awesome!" said Joey.
"Yeah, that was best duet I have ever seen!" said Tristan.
"I didn't know you could sing Tea. You should perform like that more often. You are very talented." said Yugi. Tea still had a shocked and surprising look on her face. She didn't realize that there were people who heard her sing. She never sung in front of an audience before, but by the looks on everyone's faces she felt overwhelmed and she smiled knowing that others thought she could sing beautifully.
"Hey look, your scores are about to come up on the screen." said Joey. The numbers were tallying up and the score was 100,000. That was the highest record score and lights started blinking repeatedly.
"Whoa, that's the highest score in the whole game! You guys rule!" said Tristan. Atem turned to Tea.
"You want to put our names in?" he asked. Tea nodded. So they both typed their names the screen along with the song they sang and it came out on the display screen on the wall. They stayed for a couple more hours before they all got tired and headed for home. Atem and Yugi let Joey and Tristan stay over for another night and they decided to order pizza when they got inside. Solomon came in and saw everyone in the living room.
"Did you kids have fun at the arcade today?"
"Yeah, it was great Grandpa, especially the little show that Atem and Tea put on." said Yugi. Atem and Tea were blushing a little from the attention.
"A show?" he asked.
"Yeah, did you know that Tea can sing? I'm telling you she had the voice of a superstar." said Joey.
"Oh c'mon Joey, I wasn't that good." Tea muttered as she turned her head away.
"Are you kidding? You could be the next singing sensation if you wanted to." said Tristan. Tea's face couldn't get anymore redder than it was now by all of the compliments that she was receiving. She felt Atem wrap his arm around her shoulder.
"They're right you know. You shouldn't feel like you're not good enough." he said.
"Let's just drop the subject. Um, Mr. Solomon, could I talk to you for a second?" she asked.
"Of course you can dear." They both went into the kitchen and sat down on the stools.
"I just wanted to apologize for my rudeness the first time I came here. I didn't mean to act the way I did." Solomon chuckled.
"It's alright, I completely understand how you felt. When Atem and Yugi's parents died, Atem acted that way for a while also." Tea's eyes widened.
"Really?" she asked.
"Yes, but that all changed when he and Yugi met Joey and Tristan and ever since then, they ave been inseparable. We hope that you will become closer to our family too." Tea turned to him.
"I just have one question for you. Why did you decide to take me in? I mean you could have just said no, but you didn't." Solomon smiled at her question and answered.
"Well, because no one should have to be alone for those many years like you have. I took you in because you were going through almost the same situation as my grandsons and I thought that maybe if you were around others that understand you, that you would open up more. I may not know what happened to you long ago when you were only a child, but I hope that you know that you are around alot of people that care about you." he explained. Tea was thinking about everything he said.
'He's right, I do have alot of people that care about me. Yugi, Tristan, Joey, Naomi, Mr. Solomon, and most importantly, Atem.' she thought. She realized that now, she wasn't alone anymore and had six great people in her life that she considers her friends. She got up out her seat and hugged Solomon.
"Thank you Mr. Solomon, I really don't know what else to say."
"Your welcome dear." She went back into the living room to see that the pizza had arrived and Joey and Tristan fighting over who gets the last piece with Yugi laughing and trying to break up the fight. She saw Atem watching her and patted the seat next to him for her to sit down and join them. She smiled and walked over to him and ate with them and for the first time, she was happy. They all turned in for bed when it was getting late and retired to their rooms. Tea was about to go inside her room when she heard someone calling her.
"Hey Tea." She turned to see Atem coming to her.
"Hey Atem, is something the matter?" Atem shook his head.
"No, I just wanted to ask you if you're not doing anything and if you're okay with the idea, that maybe you and I could go out together sometime." he asked. Tea stood in shock for a minute before she smiled softly at him.
"Sure, I'd love to." she replied. Atem sighed.
"I understand I mean you already have alot on your mi- wait... did you just say yes?" he asked making sure he heard right.
"Yeah, I think that's it's a great idea." she said. Atem then sighed in relief.
"Great, um how does Saturday sound?"
"It's sounds perfect. You know, tonight was the first time that I ever had fun in a while. I'm really glad that I went with you guys." She leaned up to give Atem a kiss on his cheek. Atem gave a light blush when she did that.
"Goodnight Atem." she whispered.
"Goodnight Tea." he whispered back. Tea went inside her room giving a last look to Atem before she closed the door. He stood there for a few minutes before he went to his room. He laid down and went to sleep dreaming about a special brown hair blue eyed girl.
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