Hi everyone! Enjoy :D
I am so sorry about how long it took me to get this up, I've moved house and been working a lot. I also scrapped the idea I was going to do for this chapter because every time I attempted to write it just wouldn't come across how I wanted it to so I changed the direction I was taking it.
As always my apologies for any mistakes I may have made.
I DO NOT OWN YU-GI-OH!
Tea sat staring mutely out of the window, it was raining heavily outside so the rain pelted against the car window. She glanced at Kaiba; he had his eyes focused on the road and his hands lazily rested against the steering wheel. His eyes flicked to hers and she glared at him before folding her arms and staring back out of the window. They were driving back to Domino City from Tristan's cabin; they had all arrived at the cabin and everything was going well until night time when Joey and Kaiba got in to an argument and Tristan told Kaiba to leave. She didn't fancy the thought of spending the rest of the weekend getting grilled from Joey for inviting Kaiba, so she apologised to the guys and decided to go back to Domino City with Kaiba.
"You don't have to keep giving me angry looks, I didn't ask you to come back with me" Kaiba said suddenly, still staring at the road.
Tea sighed, "Yeah I know, I was just really looking forward to the weekend, I hoped you would all get along" she admitted.
Kaiba nodded but said nothing so Tea returned to watching the rain pelt against the window, it was almost 10pm so it was very dark and the rain was starting to worsen considerably.
"Visibility is getting really low outside" Kaiba murmured, Tea only just caught what he had said due to the thundering racket of the rain against the car. He quickly reached over and tapped something in to the high tech sat-nav built in to his car, the map showing the route back to domino city had quickly altered itself to another destination.
"We aren't going back to Domino City?" Tea inquired, raising her voice over the deafening rain.
"It's going to take another 3 hours to get there; I can't drive in these conditions so we're going to stop at the nearest hotel until morning" he explained, frowning out at the darkness. Tea leaned back in her seat, a feeling of panic suddenly settling in to her stomach, her and Kaiba alone in a hotel together? She squirmed in her seat, luckily Kaiba didn't seem to notice as he was too busy focusing on the, now almost impossible to see, road. About ten minutes later they pulled up outside what looked like a small hotel but it was impossible to tell because of the weather. They jumped out of the car and ran up in to the reception of the building, even though it wasn't far from the car they still ended up sopping wet. Kaiba approached the receptionist while Tea looked around, the reception area was well lit and cosy looking. It reminded Tea slightly of her grandma's house because every surface seemed to be covered in colorful doilies and strange little ornaments. She wandered over to Kaiba who seemed to be giving the frightened looking receptionist a hard time.
"I want the two best and most expensive rooms you have available" he stated coldly.
"We only have one deluxe suite available sir" the girl stammered.
"Well make another available?" Kaiba demanded.
The girl looked alarmed; she shakily tapped a few keys on her computer before shaking her head.
"We only have three deluxe suites and two of them are booked, we have a few standard rooms available?" she tried tentatively, but seemed to shrink back at the look Kaiba give her. "Fine we'll just take the one" he snapped, handing her his credit card. It took Tea a while until she realised what this meant, her and Kaiba would be sharing a room together with one bed, her stomach gave a funny jolt at the very thought.
Kaiba dumped his and Tea's bags on the bed in the hotel room, the 'deluxe suite' wasn't up to his standards but it would have to do. The sound of the shower running drifted from the bathroom; he removed his wet tie and threw it over the chair in the corner of the room. He was nervous about the situation that he had landed himself in, he and Tea would have to share a bed tonight and the thought terrified him. The sound of Tea's voice from the bathroom made him jump out of his thoughts.
"Hey Kaiba could you please pass me my bag?" she called, her arm protruding out of the bathroom, he passed it to her quickly.
He grabbed his laptop out of his bag and sat with it on the bed, Tea surfaced from the bathroom toweling her hair, she was now dressed in baby pink jogging bottoms and matching hoody. He slammed the lid of his laptop shut furiously, "No Wi-Fi!" he fumed. Tea giggled but her laughter was drowned out by a rumble of thunder, she suddenly looked apprehensive. She edged her way over to the bed and clambered on, sitting cross legged, eyeing him sheepishly.
"Well, looks like we'll just have to entertain ourselves for a while" Kaiba sighed.
"We could tell ghost stories?" Tea suggested, Kaiba couldn't tell if she was being serious or not so he just settled with giving her a cold stare. She frowned, "Well, I think we should order a load of room service and just pig out on the bed" she said firmly, before reaching over to the little phone on the bedside cabinet. Kaiba watched her sceptically as she cradled the phone to her ear and dialed the number.
"Um yeah hi, is this room service? Oh good, um, I'd like some food please" she stammered.
Kaiba snatched the phone from her, "Seto Kaiba in the deluxe suite room 22, we'll have a six pack of whatever beer you have and as much 'junk food' as you can carry" he stated before hanging up the phone. He saw Tea frowning at him, "don't you ever say please?" she asked. He raised an eyebrow but didn't respond.
Tea sipped her beer before grabbing a handful of jelly sweets from the pile in front of her. Kaiba lounged opposite her, they had been chatting comfortably with each other for the past hour as they steadily made their way through the snacks; Tea enjoyed Kaiba's company and hoped that he enjoyed hers also. He seemed to really be himself around her, humoring her with stories from his company and reminiscing together about all the adventures they used to get themselves in to, even though Kaiba never willingly ever wanted to be a part of them.
"Did anything ever happen between you and Yami?" Kaiba asked suddenly. Her hand froze in front of the jelly sweets and her eyes snapped to his. She studied his face for a few seconds before sighing.
"Not really, he left before anything could happen I guess" she admitted, staring determinedly in to her beer, she was hoping that would be the end of it but Kaiba pressed on.
"What if he hadn't left?" he asked, his voice giving away no emotions.
She finally looked up in to his eyes, "I don't know" she admitted truthfully. His eyes bore in to hers for what seemed like an age before he eventually looked away. Tea tentatively tried at steering the conversation back to Kaiba's recent work projects which got him started talking about the new gym he was working on, she nodded and listened attentively, but inside she was breathing a sigh of relief.
Kaiba laid on his back staring up at the ceiling; they had disposed of all the sweets and empty beer bottles and turned in for the night. He lay on top of the covers and Tea was sleeping soundly beside him, curled up in a ball under the duvet. He observed her peaceful face which was slightly illuminated by a strip of moonlight creeping in through the curtains; he could hear the slow steady sound of her breathing. Trying not to disturb her he crept off the bed and padded silently to the bathroom, he needed a shower to clear his thoughts. Standing under the cascade of water his mind wandered to Tea and the Pharaoh, he was surprised how angry the thought of them being together made him. He shook his head, the Pharaoh was gone forever so he was being stupid getting himself worked up over nothing, besides it's not like he and Tea were a couple or anything. Grimacing to himself he carried on showering peacefully before quietly returning to the bed. He lie there for what seemed like hours watching Tea sleep until he finally drifted off in to an uneasy slumber.
