Nightfall, I'm with you, I was going to add this to the last chapter, but you read it before I could, so this officially chapter 9 now
Vampire essence, the lure of the vampire.
He looked gorgeous standing there, but Tea wasn't going to let him see her. Her eyes landed on the window. She wouldn't make it. He could probably already smell her; she couldn't have him catch her. She refused to attend Kaiba's event as a vampire, that is, if Yugi turned her into one. Her eyes landed on the vase on her nightstand, she hadn't been home, so the flowers wilted, but in the bouquet was baby's breath. Hopefully, it would still work. She quietly made her way across the room and grabbed the baby's breath. Each step she took was quiet as she made her way back to the doorway. Yugi wasn't anywhere in sight. She walked to the other side of the room, and quietly opened the sliding glass doors. It made a low creaking noise. He would have heard it. She quickly pushed the glass door open and climbed out onto the balcony. She began climbing down to the next balcony, she had done it before when the elevator was out of commission and a group of drunken guys was blocking the stairway.
She swung onto the balcony below and opened the door. It was an empty apartment, under construction. She rushed down the hallway and ran for the door, but it swung open before she could reach it.
"I remember when you had told me how you had to climb down the balcony to go meet me at the park, and how you wished the maintenance staff would fix the elevator," Yugi said as he closed the door behind him. "Its a good thing I listened."
Tea took a step back.
"Don't be afraid of me Tea," he said gently. "Kaiba turned you against me, because he knew how deeply I was in love with you. He was jealous and couldn't stand seeing me have a better life than him. He was mad because he didn't have what we have." Yugi outstretched his hand to her. "Come to me Tea." His voice was seductive and she could barely fight him. Her body was working against her.
"If that was true," Tea whispered, "you wouldn't have to use vampire essence to make me come to you."
Yugi stiffened. "Tea, you belong to me." He walked over to her and wrapped an arm tightly around her waist; he pulled her to him and planted his lips firmly on hers. His kiss was intoxicating, she felt herself being pulled into him, she wanted to him to devour her in kisses. He moved in closer and pushed his body against hers, she let out a gasp as his other hand went up her thigh. She moved her hand and she remembered the baby's breath. She quickly raised it between them and he began to cough violently. He pulled away and Tea ran.
"Tea!"
Tea knocked on Kaiba's door.
"Come in."
She opened the door slowly, and closed it behind her. He was sitting on his bed with his laptop on his lap. "I can't do it," she whispered as she climbed onto the bed and lay beside him. "How do I fight someone so seductive? I loved Yugi, but he isn't the person I loved, I know that, but he looks just like him and..." Tea held back her tears, she had promised herself she wouldn't cry over him again. She turned her head to Kaiba. "Why did you help me?" He didn't answer, instead he continued typing. "Whatever the reason, thank you."
Kaiba put his laptop down and pulled Tea to him. He planted his lips firmly against hers and she didn't resist. What she felt when he kissed her was different than the kiss she had had with Yugi. This was completely different; it was intoxicating in another way. She wanted him to kiss her, but not because of the vampire essence, she couldn't even sense it. She pulled him closer to her and wrapped her arms around him tightly. She held onto him as he hand began to travel up the small of her back.
There was a knock on the door.
Kaiba pulled away reluctantly. "What is it?" He asked.
"The event is in less than an hour, I was checking to make sure you were ready," Mokuba called from the other side of the door.
Kaiba turned to Tea. "We have to get ready." She nodded and he planted another kiss on her. "Do you want to know why I helped you at first?" She simply looked at him. "It was because, when I first was turned into a vampire, I felt alone and weak. I vowed never to let myself succumb to that again, and when I saw you, it reminded me of how weak and alone I had felt, and I thought that no one should have to go through that. The difference now is that, I didn't have anyone, not even Mokuba, I never told him. You at least do. We should get ready." He outstretched his hand to her and she took it. He helped her off the bed. "Do you have anything to wear?"
She nodded. "I went home and got a few things."
"You went home?" Kaiba asked. "What if Yugi had been waiting for you?"
"He was. But I'm okay now." She smiled and left.
