"Made To Order"

Chapter 9

By Petit Angel Girl

Anime: YuGiOh!/Yuugiou Duel Monsters

Pairing: Yami x Tèa/Anzu

Rated G

Authoress' Note: This story is also side-written by my friend, Sara-Darkotter. She wanted me to mention that. Now, onto the story!

"Téa! Are you ok-of course you aren't! Idiot!" He picks her up, quickly carrying her inside. She's laid gently across the couch, panting feverishly and her cheeks flushed. "Shhh..." he strokes her forehead, not knowing what to do. What hero can save someone from a fever?

She opens her eyes slightly to see both Yami and Yugi there, her vision blurred from her fever. "Yami...Yugi..."

"It's okay. You'll be fine. You'll..." Yami feels like he's going to cry. He's not emotionally cut out for this!

She gives a weak smile, holding up a plastic bag. "I brought your ramen..."

He takes it, setting it aside. "Yes..." He thrusts it at Yugi. "Make some of this, will you? I don't think we have chicken soup."

"Maybe we should call her mom first."

"Oh. Yeah. Um. You do that or my-"

"Your girlfriend!"

When Téa starts coughing, Yami immediately glues himself to her side, rubbing her back.

Moments later, when her mother arrives…

"Oh, Téa. Really..." She clicks her tongue. "Why do you let these things happen to you? You get hurt and try to help others. You get sick and go out anyway..." she sighs to herself again.

"It didn't happen until after I left, Mom..."

"Téa... Then the second you felt ill, you should've called someone! Not try to walk the rest of the distance somewhere!"

"But, Mom..."

"I'm just worried, Téa. It's what mothers do. Especially pregnant ones, with all the hormones that come with it."

She giggles weakly. And Yami hears mention of this, seeing the mom's enlarged belly… "I forget. Sibling's due when again?" he asks Téa.

"Four..." she yawned, "months... Right?"

"Yes. Four and a half, really."

Téa nods, remembering. "Five more to go..."

"Anyhow, I should probably take my daughter home, unless you WANT her to hang around."

"We're sorry, Mrs. Gardner. It's just that Yami's new to all this, and-"

"Wrong thing to say, you know."

"Hm?"

"Nothing." Yami sighed. 'Guess she won't blow up.'

"Téa. Time to leave."

'Nevermind.'

"But, Mom-"

"If they don't know what to do when someone's sick, they're not going to take care of you."

"Actually, I'm just new to the whole panicking when someone's ill. I know what to do. So…she could stay."

Téa's mom looks at him, ponders a moment, then nods. "Keep your motives clean though."

"Mom!"

Authoress' Note: To be continued in the next chapter ^.^