9.Breakfast with an old friend.
Yami jumped into the small convertible that Tea owned, it was a sky blue finish that had a small dent on the passenger side because of a shopping cart that hit it not to long ago. He was dressed in very nice clothing, a black over shirt with buttons, a black tank top under that, and a pair of form fitting black pants with his regular dress shoes. Around his neck the puzzle like always…except now it was empty.
Tea was wearing a short sleeve dark blue shirt accompanied by knee long black shorts and black flats. She looked very pretty in the outfit and could pull it off without a hitch. She had a look of happiness upon her face but also worry if you looked deep enough. She smiled joyfully as Yami buckled his belt and asked how she was she was doing.
"Oh, I'm doing just fine! You?" She said with enthusiasm.
"Well I'm doing alright I suppose." Replied Yami with no hidden meaning behind his words.
They took off down the street at the required speed limit, Tea was a very careful and cautious driver. Also she didn't want to have her guest go into another "panic attack". After a few minutes Yami clicked on the radio to hear two chatty girls, he quickly switched it to something more interesting.
"How can you see into my eyes, like open doors?" The song started.
"Wake me up, wake me inside, save me!-" Tea interrupted the song.
"So…Yami, were would you like to go to eat?" She asked inquisitively.
"Hmm…" The baffled spirit thought, "How about the dinner just a few blocks that way." He pointed down a nearby street.
"All this time I cant believe I couldn't see, kept in the dark, but you were there infront of me,
I've been sleeping a 1,000 years it seems, not to open my eyes to everything!!" The song continued
("I hope its still there…I've been away from society for so long.") He thought in worry.
"Alright sure!" She turned the car down the oncoming street and headed a few blocks until she reached a nice little eatery called "Joe's All Day Foods." She took a parking space near the front door of the dinner and the two teens hoped out and went inside quickly, getting a seat immediately. Yami ordered a cup of coffee and Tea a glass of orange juice, they then waited for the waitress to come back to get their breakfast orders.
"So, I have to apologize for yesterday…" Yami started slowly, "Its just-" He was cut off.
"No no, don't apologize…it was our fault. We should of done something else, we should of known better then to…-"
"Its alright Tea, Im not mad. And Im doing just fine."
"Well alright…its just that we all know that losing-"
"I know…" Yami looked away, pain still filled him. Tea new she had gone too far.
"…So what do you see that you want to eat?!" She quickly changed the subject, for Yami could not talk about Yugi yet.
"….Well the eggs and bacon DO look good, but I think I'm craving for the chocolate chip pancakes more. Ra its hard to pick just one though!"
"Well then get both!" Tea chirped cheerfully, tilting her way in a joyful manner. "I'll pay for it so get whatever you want!"
"Oh no, I'LL pay for it! Ok?"
"NOPE! I will, and that's THAT!" She said faking authority.
"Well ok, but just this once!" Yami said making a deep baritone chuckle. He could feel the warmth and happiness of good company and friends fill his empty shell of a person.
The waitress came and took their orders. Tea got a plate of scrambled eggs, two waffles, and a cream cheese bagel, Yami got the chocolate pancakes and egg's n bacon. They both handed the waitress their menus and waited for the other to start talking.
Yami played with his straw in a trance like state until he randomly broke the silence and surprised Tea.
"You look very pretty today, just to let you know." He complimented in a friend type of manner.
"Oh, why thank you." Tea said blushing helplessly, "You look very handsome as well."
"So, what have I missed this year? What has happened that I haven't been informed of or discovered myself…I've been in the dark so long, I want to see the light." He said becoming a bit solemn.
"Hmm, well…" Tea said thinking with her index finger on her chin, "Well there have been a major output of vampire books and movies that you might like, also the car companies have made a car that run on natural gas, Russia took over another country but then gave them back, Tokyo's crime rate went way up, our old school was burned down due to faulty wiring, Tristan and Serenity started going out, Joey beat up Tristan, Kaiba and Joey are still doing wonderful as a couple, and Kaiba got even richer. No one has see Ryou or Bakura in awhile, they are suspected to be in Egypt stuck in a tomb somewhere. Mai has opened up a new perfume store that has taken on major success. Duke is still head over heels for his dice game, and yours truly has become a professional dancer for Broadway!" She gave a thumbs up and winked.
"Wow…I've missed so much. Oh but great job though Tea, I always knew that you would become a great dance." He smiled and winked, then made a soft chuckle. The waitress suddenly appeared out of nowhere and handed them their food. The two teens said their thank you's and the waitress asked if they needed anything else but they said they were both good and she left. They sat in their booth and started to dig into their breakfast meals.
They had little conversation, mostly about what's going on in everyone's life. Other than that they ate the hot delicious food and enjoyed each other's company.
"I don't know what went wrong?…What did I do?" Asked Yami suddenly. Tea gasped quickly and dropped her fork back onto her plate in surprise. She picked it up shaking a little bit.
"Wha- what do you mean Atem?" She asked saying his formal name.
"I have asked myself that question for a whole year, days on end I would repeat it in the darkness. What went wrong…how and why did it happen? It just doesn't make any sense Tea, what did Yu-…what did YUGI do to deserve THAT!" He struggled to say, pounding his fists into the table with only a third of his strength. No tears in his eye's, he couldn't cry.
"I'm sorry Yami…I know its hard." She placed her hand on Yami's, "but Yugi didn't do a thing, it was just by chance. Its just because he was out late and got lost…" She stopped there making sure to not push to far.
"By chance…" Yami scoffed, he didn't sound mad. He was trying to remain calm and serious, Yami knew it was time to talk about it, if not just a little bit at least. "No one should be killed by just chance…did they even find the one who did it?" He asked concerned flooded out of him.
"…No…the…knife, was clean of any prints, as well as Yu-…as well as Yugi." She said hesitantly, making sure not to open any wounds that were just barely beginning to heal. "But if they had to make a guess they would say that the person who did it was a new member in the Cobras gang. The crime scene was described as being an initiation ritual that all members must go through to get into the Cobras. Also the knife they found had a large snake carved into the handle…" She stopped fearing that she had gone to far and described to much.
"Oh, alright. Well its nice to know they some kind of lead." He said quietly. ("Now you have some information!") Yami heard a voice in his head, it sounded like him but also Shadow. "Umm Tea, I think I'm ready to go, how about you?"
"Oh," Tea looked down at their plates and noticed they were both clean of the main course, "Alright, lets get going then." She had hardly noticed they had eaten all of their food already.
The two teens walked to the register and Tea paid for the meal, although Yami bitched that he wanted to. He then let out a laugh as Tea said "Your just ASKING for me to make you pay for this meal!" She relaxed seeing Yami a bit more light hearted. They left the restaurant and got back into the car happily. They started off back to the apartment where Tea had picked up Yami, on the way back Yami complained how even in a whole year the radio still had nothing good on it. When they got back Atem hopped out and said thank you to Tea giving her a hug. She stopped him and asked, "Hey Yami…some of our friends and are going out later and want to know if you want to join? We would all love to have you, but if you don't want to its cool."
"Hmm, sounds fun. I wouldn't mind just hanging out at random places with some good friends. So I believe yes I would love to, just let me know a few minutes before your all ready to meet and I'll get ready. Ok? See you later Tea." The two hugged once more and Tea drove off happy. Yami headed back into his flat and got out a list, which was already covered in random words.
Rope, wire, knife, guns, bullets, gloves, map, poison... He wrote something very fast on it and dropped it on top of Yugi's side of the bed and headed off to the front room. In the middle of the paper, written in bright red, circled and underlined three times, was the word Cobras.
Sin-Alright I got 2 done tonight! Comments please, and I hope this story is coming along good. If you haven't noticed I am not Tea bashing in my writting, there is no room for such immature actions in such a serious story. So ya hope you enjoy and have a good day/night