Hey guys! I know that lots of you were surprised with Atem's actions and were wondering what will happen next. So, this is the new chapter.

Thanks so much for the following reviewers:

. fantasia-49.

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There are some important notes I would like to say first. If you don't want to read, just skip and read the chapter, but please read.

Note 1: I want to apologize for not thanking my friend "Mistress Fang" who wrote me the lemon; yeah don't expect me to write anyone by myself!

NOTE 2: I want to thank the nice guy/girl; V that criticized my story. Thanks a lot for your very insulting words that you wrote in your review but I would really appreciate if you stopped reading my stories; yet better if you never ever visited my profile again. I don't mean to be rude, like you, but writers appreciate when someone gives them some good criticism; something to encourage them and improve their writing skills, by telling them about better words to use or better writing style to use, or when someone indicates some grammar mistakes they made, but you didn't do any of that. You were simply trying to make me feel down by the curses and swearing you said. So, if you don't like the summary or the couples then I don't think that anyone made you read the story against your will. You could've simply gone back when you didn't find the couples you like, and went to look for another story instead of wasting your time by my shit story.

I'm being nice with you this time, but the next time you try to mess with me, you'll be sorry. Being from another nationality and another country, yet being Arabian doesn't mean that I have to hear some stupid mocking and insulting talk from a stupid American like you. (No offense to any American one in here.)

Well, I'm done. You can read the new chapter now…

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Nor do I own the song "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Miley Cyrus.

We're Not Meant to Be

Chapter 14

"Reveal The Shocking Truth!"

"We're here in front of Domino Hospital in Domino city," a reporter girl was talking. "The lovely, hot pop-star Tea Mazaki was brought here half an hour ago with a serious injury. Her boyfriend, the famous King of games; Atem Moto, who brought her here, has refused to give us an interview and he's now in the hospital. The owner of the hospital; CEO Seto Kaiba has banned any kind of press or paparazzi from going in and he's keeping lots of security on the front door. No one knows how's the condition of our beloved pop-star, until now that is." The reporter flashed a smile to the camera, "don't leave your seats and stay with us guys, we'll update you with everything new that happens. This is Jenny Tess from the local news."

Atem who was passing back and forth in the lobby turned to one of the windows and lifted the curtains a little bit to see what was the source of the loud noise underneath; the view itself made him gasp; there was like a sea of people, paparazzi who were trying their best to take some photos of Tea and lots of journalists and reporters from different local news companies.

"This is gonna be a tough day." Atem muttered. Just then, he heard the sound of footsteps going his way. He turned to see his friends running towards him. They all asked the same question once they saw him.

"Atem, what happened? How's Tea?" Atem sighed while Joey and Tristan fell on the floor panting heavily.

"I can't believe dat we made it here." Joey admired their hard work.

"I know. I'm glad that Mokuba showed us the secret passage, or we would never make it." Tristan added.

The gang stared at Atem who was all silent. Atem couldn't just tell them what happened. He, himself, didn't believe that this happened. He couldn't just believe that Tea was raped, that she wasn't virgin. And who raped her is none than Duncin; that low, despicable son of a bitch who was always interfering in Tea's business. Now he could understand why Tea hated him so much. But something didn't make sense to Atem. Why was Duncin going after Tea after he had raped her? What would any bastard want from a girl than having her in his bed? So, after he had what he wanted from Tea, why was he still after her? It didn't make any sense to him. Something was still mysterious about this entire thing.

"Atem…please tell us what happened in there?" Mai asked hoping that Atem would answer this time, but Atem just closed his eyes, blowing a tired sigh.

After what it seemed like eternity of silence, Atem decided to break the silence and spoke up. "I hurt Tea, Mai. I'm the responsible for what happened to her. Because of me Tea is lying here in the hospital." Mai and the others gasped, while Yugi and grandpa looked down. They already knew that Atem hurt her, but why? That was the question they wanted to ask.

It wasn't a long time till the doctor walked out the Emergency Room with a man and a woman speaking with him. Just when the gang met the coming couple, they all let a huge gasp including grandpa. Atem noticed that the couple was Tea's mother and he figured that the man was her father, but why did his friends gasp like this?

Yugi ran to the woman who gasped when she saw him."Mr. and Mrs. Gardner, what are you doing here?" He asked quickly.

The Gardner's or the Mazaki's were now sure that they made a huge mistake by showing up in public while Yugi repeated the question again.

"We're here for our daughter." Mrs. Gardner answered him simply.

"Tea is here?" The gang all yelled in unison.

Before the two could answer, the doctor came out of Tea's room and told them that she's going to be fine and no concussion was made. He also told them that it was alright if they saw her. They all ran to her room and the Mazaki's hugged their daughter so protectively as Tea's mother just cried.

"Oh, my baby, I was so worried about you." Mrs. Mazaki cried.

"I'm fine, mom." Tea answered cheerfully. Now, Yugi and the others were speechless.

"MOM?" They all asked in unison.

Tea saw that the moment of truth has come and so did her parents who decided to leave their daughter to tell them all what happened. After they left the room, Tea took a deep breath.

"Yep guys, as you're all thinking. I'm the same Tea Gardner."

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There was a huge silence that lasted for some minutes. The gang was all with the same expression; their mouths were dropped to the floor while their eyes were so wide like a saucer. Grandpa just smiled remembering that he had doubts from the start and now he knows the answer, while Atem couldn't believe what his ears were hearing. It seemed that today was surprises day.

"YOU ARE TEA? THE SAME TEA? TEA GARDNER?" Joey and Tristan yelled together earning a nod from Tea.

"YOU? HER? BUT SHE HAD GLASSES, SHE WAS, YOU WERE, WE THOUGHT, YOU COULDN'T, WHAT HAPP….." Mai was already panicked of this surprise that she couldn't give a full sentence and she just fell on the floor anime-style and ended unconscious. The others watched her with a big sweat drop while Yugi hurried to give Tea a hug which she gladly returned. Joey and Tristan started crying anime-style.

"I can't believe you're back, Tea!" Joey and Tristan hurried to Tea.

"Tea sandwich!" They both yelled before squeezing Tea in a very big hug. Tea smiled happily as her joy tears started running down her cheeks. Mai woke up finally and saw that sweet reunion and she immediately went to share the group hug.

Atem stood in his place seeing the group with no emotion on his face, while Tea let go after that and smiled.

"I know I should've told you long ago, but I'm really sorry."

"Of course you should've told us! I can't believe you hid something so serious like this." Mai scolded while Tea just stuck her tongue out.

"What matters is that you're back again, my daughter." Grandpa said before giving her a hug which she returned, smiling.

"But why did you leave us from the first place?" Yugi asked the question that was running through everybody's head. Atem already knew what happened and hung his head down, his hands clenching in fists.

Tea was already shaking when she remembered what happened. "The day when I was with Duncin, he took me to a warehouse and…." Tea paused; tears of fear and regret from that day filled her eyes.

"And what?" Tristan asked.

"He raped me guys." Tea stuttered and her tears slid down her cheeks silently. The others froze; their eyes were focused on Tea while their minds were trying to analyze the details they had.

"That son of a bitch did what?" Joey swore, his face threatening, while Tristan slammed his fist against his palm, clenching his teeth.

"What a bastard!"

Mai had tears in her eyes and she went to hug the crying Tea in her arms while Yugi was shaking with anger and his grandpa tried to calm him down while he knew now why Atem was angry. He must've known this truth earlier.

After some time, Tea continued the story. She told them how she had some plastic surgeries and how she signed up in a dancing school and became the well-known singer she is now.

"So, that's how you knew that I love Mike." Mai figured out. (A/N: Mike is the host of the show where Tea was interviewed in chapter 8). Tea gave her a ya-think look before she smiled to her and Mai smiled pinching Tea's cheek. "But they did a good job with you, hun!" She teased and the others except for Atem laughed hard.

"So," Joey said after he stopped laughing. "That bastard doesn't know who you are."

Tea shook her head. "No, and I prefer that he stays like this." The others all nodded promising her that nobody would know about this fact. Grandpa knew that Atem and Tea should talk alone, so he cleared his throat gesturing for the others to leave them alone. They all excused themselves and told Tea that they'll see her in her concert next week. Tea smiled, remembering her big show after a week and said goodbye to her friends.

Tea stared at Atem after the others left them alone. He didn't say a word since he entered the room. He didn't even remark about her true identity. He must be feeling guilty for what happened.

"Atem…" Tea called softly. But before she could say anything to him, Atem walked to her and bent next to her bed, holding her hands in his, while his head was down so Tea couldn't see his face.

"I'm so sorry for what I did, my love. I'm sorry for being mad at you and for hitting you the way I did. I didn't mean it, I promise. It's just that I was so angry for what happened and I was so pissed off from that fucker, that's why I acted the way I did. So, forgive me, please." Atem's voice became weak in the end and Tea felt teardrops on her hands, suddenly. She couldn't believe that Atem was crying.

"Honey, I'm not mad at you…." Tea assured. "I'm just happy that you're okay now. I was so afraid when you were yelling at me back there. I was so afraid that I might not see your beautiful smile again or hear the word I love you again from you. I'm so sorry for keeping this secret away from you." By now, Tea started to cry again. Atem sat down next to Tea and held her so tightly in his arms as she cried on his shoulders and gripped his shirt.

"I love you Tea. I'm so sorry." He told her.

Tea smiled. "Don't worry about me. The doctor said that it was just a scratch."

Atem smiled and broke apart to look at her eyes. "I know, thank god." After he said that he captured Tea's lips in his in a passionate kiss. Tea gasped before she started kissing Atem back while hugging him tight.

Atem left the room after Tea had to shower and go home. He was walking through the corridor, feeling happy that she was fine and that she forgave him. It was a great thing that it was just a scratch and nothing was serious.

As he passed the office of the doctor that examined Tea, he noticed her parents there and he stopped to listen to what they were saying.

"Your daughter is lucky that she wasn't dead. The impact was really hard on her head and she could've lost her memories or became disabled or worse, she could've died. I can't believe that her boyfriend could hit her that way." Atem gasped. Tea was about to die because of his hit? Didn't the doctor say that it was only a scratch?

"I can't believe that Atem would do that to her." Mrs. Gardner admitted, placing her hand on her heart.

"That guy is a bastard. When I see him, he's going to be sorry." Mr. Gardner threatened through clenched teeth.

"I suggest that we keep her in the hospital for another two days, just to make sure she's fine." The doctor suggested and Tea's parents nodded.

Atem couldn't believe what he heard. He was about to kill Tea? How mad was he feeling to hit her that way? What could've happened if she died? He would have never forgiven himself. And what will happen when he faces Duncin? He's going to be mad again and might hurt Tea again. Atem felt so paralyzed by what the doctor said, he sank on the floor with his back facing the wall, his heart beating so much and his eyes full with tears.

Two Days Later…

Tea lied tiredly on the couch after she came back from the hospital and her mother went to make her something to drink. It was a tough period and Tea was glad that she passed it, she was sad, however, because of Atem's lack of calls. The doctor kept her for another two days in the hospital, but Atem never came to visit again and nor did he call. She tried to call him many times, but Yugi would always answer and tell her that he wasn't home. Tea knew that he was furious at himself for what he did to her but she just wanted him to let it go like she did. But what she didn't know is that Atem was avoiding her.

Looking at the table she noticed the newspaper and decided to take a look at the headlines. Grapping it with no interest she searched with her eyes until she stopped at her photo and the headline made her eyes narrow with anger.

"Tea Mazaki's boyfriend is a psycho!"

"America has been asking; what the hell is wrong with Tea Mazaki's boyfriend? We were surprised enough when we found out that Tea had a boyfriend and he is none other than Atem Mutou the famous king of games, but we were even more surprised when we knew about him sending her to the hospital with a serious injury. So what was wrong? We are debating about his state of mind because the way Tea was injured indicates that she was hit really badly with something hard on her head, maybe he hit her with something or throw something on her. I just have to say to Atem if you have a mental problem go fix your head better than getting it all on our beloved singer!"

"Shit!"

Tea threw the newspaper angrily cursing under her breath. What the hell? Who was the idiot that wrote all that about Atem? He had mental problems? God, his mind was better than any other one in the world. If they only knew what was the reason for what happened. She bit her lips angrily thinking about how stupid she was when she hid the truth from Atem. If she told him from the start, none of this would've happened.

Tea was brought out of her thoughts by the voice of the TV being turned on. She looked to see her father coming towards her to plant a kiss on her forehead.

"Are you alright now sweetie?" Tea smiled to her father, he always treated her like a kid and she didn't complain about it. She knew that being the only child in the family meant that she was very special to her parents.

"I'm better dad, don't worry." Tea assured him with a sweet smile. Mr. Gardner sat on the couch next to hers and switched over to the news.

"We would like to assure you all that Tea Mazaki was brought home today and she's better than ever, so don't worry Tea fans. On the other hand it appeared that Atem Mutou; Tea's boyfriend the one that sent her to the hospital did that because Tea told him that she wanted to break up with him and he couldn't control his anger and did what he did. It's a little confusing, though that Tea was naked when she was taken to the hospital and all we could assume is that Atem tried to have sex with her against her will."

"What the hell….?" Tea couldn't believe what she heard. What's wrong with people? Atem didn't do anything to hurt her.

"I cannot believe that. This is a total scandal. Look at what that bastard did to us."

Tea stared at her father in disbelieve. "What are you saying dad?"

Mr. Gardner threw the remote control making it crash. Mrs. Gardner hurried to the living room to find out what was the reason for the noise.

"What's happening honey?" She asked worriedly.

Mr. Gardner turned abruptly and shot his wife a glare. "I told you that that guy was dangerous. I told you that I didn't trust him but you wouldn't believe me. "

"Dad, Atem didn't do anything to me!" Tea protested, shoting her father a glare. She was getting angry by the whole story. She thought that her dad would understand that her boyfriend was just angry because she wasn't virgin, but looks like her dad was also against her.

"Why were you taken to the hospital then?"

"Dad, Atem only did that because I lied to him. He figured that I wasn't virgin and he also knew that someone raped me. You just can't blame him for what he did." Tea said as a matter of fact, crossing her arms to her chest.

"What?" Mr. Gardner shouted, getting up. "You could've died because of that hit he gave you and you still don't want me to blame him. What do you want me to do then?"

Tea tried to get up but she felt dizzy and quickly fell on the couch again. Mrs. Gardner ran to her daughter. "Tea, don't get up! You're still weak." But Tea didn't listen; she got up again and stood facing her dad.

"I'm responsible for what happened. Atem was furious and I tried to stop him that's why he hit me. He wasn't aware of what he was doing." Tea bit her bottom lip remembering how angry he was that day. "Atem would never do anything to hurt me dad. Trust me."

"Really?" Mr. Gardner checked mockingly. "Then why were you naked when they took you to the hospital? Atem wasn't trying to rape you like that bastard Duncin?"

Tea shook her head unbelievingly. "What does that has to do with the case now?"

"Just answer me Tea!" He yelled.

"Atem wasn't going to rape me. He took me willingly to his bed." Tea stuttered a bit while answering, while her father was shaking with anger, and his eyes widening with the scariest look which made Tea swallow hard.

"So you wanted to have sex with him?" Mr. Gardner asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Y-yes." Tea answered truthfully, looking to the floor below, and knowing that her dad would maybe kill her now. Mr. Gardner's teeth were clenched tightly while his eyebrows were arched; Tea knew that he was in his ultimate anger. Mrs. Gardner looked at her husband worriedly. She was surprised that Tea admitted that she was about to have sex with Atem when the incident happened. It made her feel worried of what her husband would say now.

The tension lasted for like forever when Mr. Gardner finally decided to break the silence.

"I let you do what you wanted Tea, but again, you disappointed me. From the time you were in love with that son of a bitch I told you that I wasn't relieved. Something inside me was telling me that that kid meant trouble, maybe my parent instinct, but you didn't listen, and I was proven right when he raped you." Tea closed her eyes shut. It was true; her dad tried to tell her for thousands of times that Duncin was no good for her but she didn't listen to him. She was blinded with love and she thought that her dad was like any dad in the world, doesn't want his baby to start dating. It hurt her to know that he was right. "And now," he continued making Tea re-open her eyes, "now I knew that that guy is not good for you and yet again you don't want to listen to me. But I won't allow you to do what's in your head this time Tea."

Tea stared at her dad not understanding what he was getting at.

"I forbid you to see that guy again Tea." Mr. Gardner ordered her, giving her a serious look. Tea and her mother gasped together. "You're grounded for a month; you can't go out unless there's a concert and you're not allowed to see that guy. Your friends could visit you at home, but I won't welcome Atem in my house along with them."

Mr. Gardner turned to leave when Tea yelled. "Dad, you're being unfair. You can't do that to me. I love Atem and I won't listen to you."

Mr. Gardner turned to Tea and gave a tired sigh. "Well, I knew that, that's why I'll make your driver make sure you won't see Atem again."

"You can say whatever you want. I'll see Atem and I don't care for all of you!" Tea yelled angrily, her eyes burning like fire with anger.

"You'll do what I want Tea. No discussion!" Mr. Gardner yelled.

"This is my life and you have no right to tell me what to do. You've lived your own damn life so stay out of mine!" Tea yelled, tears overflowing from her eyes, only to be answered by a hard slap on her face from her father.

Mrs. Gardner ran to her husband and placed her two hands on his shoulders to stop him as he was staring at Tea who just put her hand on the slap mark and said nothing, looking at the floor, her hair blocking her eyes.

"Your damn life isn't only yours. When you hurt yourself your mom and I will be hurt too. You should know that. So, you're grounded until you feel a bit of responsibility towards this family."

Tea raised her eyes; tears were cascading down her face but the look on her face was so angry and mad which made her mom swallow hard.

"I hate you dad! I HATE YOU!" Tea yelled furiously before running to her room.

"Tea!" Her mother yelled and was about to go after her when her husband stopped her.

"Let her go Lillian. She still doesn't know what it is like to be a parent and fear for your children. Someday she'll be in my shoes and she'll know how I feel now." Mr. Gardner tried to sound ok but Lillian knew that her husband was so hurt by the words that Tea spoke.

XxxxX

Atem lied on his bed doing his homework as he was listening to Tea's new album on his iPod. Yugi went in to find him biting on the pencil's back rubber as he was thinking about the math homework. Yugi knew that homework was always a waste of time to Atem and he would always whine about how easy it is, but seeing him doing his homework and on the weekend meant that there's was a problem. Hearing Tea's voice and seeing Atem listening to her songs made Yugi sigh with frustration; he knew that Atem was thinking about her.

"What are you doing?"

"Doin' homework." He simply answered.

"Well, I meant why are you doing homework? It's weekend, you should be out!"

Atem merely stared at Yugi for a second before turning his gaze again to his homework.

"You know that the history lesson was about old civilizations and the teacher asked us to write an assignment about an old nation. So, I'm thinking about pharaohs, this should be easy and fun to me; writing about me."

Yugi stared down at the so called history assignment and sighed.

"What history are you talking about? You're doing the math homework." Yugi signaled. Atem looked down and was sure now that Yugi wasn't laughing at him. He didn't even open the history notebook. Atem threw his head on the homework groaning with frustration. Yugi sat down next to him and said nothing to him for a while.

"Did you talk to Tea?"

"Eh…."

Yugi shook his head. "You still didn't talk to her? She has been calling you for the past two days and you're not answering. You should have a talk with her Atem."

Atem didn't answer, but Yugi noticed him tighten his grip on the pencil.

"Atem, you can't keep avoiding her. You have to settle things with her." Yugi stopped thinking about what he said. "You know what; I don't even know why you're mad. I thought you two forgave each other when you were at the hospital, so why are you avoiding her anyway?" Atem sighed. He didn't want to tell Yugi what he heard the doctor say to Tea's parents.

"Yugi, I did a terrible thing with her. I don't have the eye to face her now." Atem muttered closing the math book.

Yugi didn't believe anything now. She did forgive him so why was he saying that?

"If Tea didn't forgive you, she wouldn't be calling you." Yugi explained.

"I will talk to her Yugi, but not now." Atem straightened up and switched off the iPod. Yugi stared at him for some time. He knew that Atem felt so sorry for what he did to his girlfriend, but thinking about it Tea is fine and because of what happened they exposed the truth behind Tea Mazaki and found their old friend, so nobody got hurt right?

"OK. I just want to tell you that you should let go of what happened." Atem nodded his head slowly, "And something else, Tea's concert is three days away, so maybe you should think of talking to her soon." Yugi watched Atem for some time and when he didn't answer he just huffed and went out the room.

Atem threw his back again on the bed and stared at the ceiling absent-minded. He couldn't stop thinking about Tea even if he tried to. She was his life now and he just couldn't live without her anymore. But what about what happened? He still didn't believe what have happened. First Tea isn't virgin. Second, that bastard is the one that raped her. Third, Tea is the same Tea that was Yugi's friend. One day was enough for him to find lots of strange and unbelievable things. Now, what was he going to do after he knew all these things? He should do something about that bastard Duncin but without hurting Tea in the process.

Three Days Later…

Domino Square

Tea kept staring at the road from the window in her limo. Usually when she has a concert she would be singing happily in the car, but today she hasn't uttered a word. Her driver Jeremy who has been her driver since three years knew her so much and knew that something is wrong with her, then remembering what her father told him and how he ordered him to spy on her and never let her see her boyfriend made things clear to him; she must be angry because of her father's actions.

"Miss Tea, what songs are you going to sing today?" Jeremy asked cheerfully, looking to her from the rearview mirror, but she didn't answer. Jeremy's smile was replaced by a stern look, "You're going to talk to Atem, aren't you?"

Tea looked at his eyes and saw the knowing look he was giving her, and then she nodded.

"Well, miss I'm not going to forbid you. You can talk to him for as long as you want." He told her simply.

"Really?" Tea checked hopefully and Jeremy smiled.

"Sure! I like Atem and I think he's a good guy for you." Tea smiled widely and leaned to give her driver a quick hug.

"You're the best Jer!" Jeremy laughed happy that Tea was smiling finally. She just couldn't stop thinking about Atem. It has been like a week since she got out of the hospital and he still didn't call her or text her or visit her. What was wrong with him?

"I'll see him today at the concert and I'll ask him why he didn't come to visit me." Tea smiled when she thought of that and tried to focus on her concert now.

The cheers and claps erupted as Tea got out of the car with her bodyguards and everyone tried to touch her or touch hands with her while lots of camera's flashes were shinning as lots of journalists tried to have the best shot for Tea. Tea got on the stage with thousands shouting her name loudly.

"WE LOVE YOU TEA!"

Tea smiled and waved for her fans as she took the microphone.

"HEY AMERICA!"

Cheers erupted more as Tea tried to look for her friends and she spotted Mai and smiled. "I hope you enjoy the show today because it'll be the best ever! Now give me a drum!" Tea yelled and the music started getting so much yells and cheers from the crowd.

I come home in the morning light

My mother says when you gonna live your life right

Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones

And girls they want to have fun

Oh girls just want to have fun

The phone rings in the middle of the night

My father yells what you gonna do with your life

Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one

Tea scanned her friends one by one and when she spotted the empty seat of her boyfriend…..

But girls they want to have fun

Oh girls just want to have-

She stopped...

The music kept playing while Tea felt like the words got stuck in her throat. She couldn't remember the lyrics of the song, and seeing that Atem wasn't her made her not willing to remember the lyrics either.

People were staring at Tea worriedly especially her friends and the crowd went deadly silent and the only thing that could be heard was the music of the song.

Tea found herself in a very stupid situation and she dropped the microphone and hurried out the place.

Reaching her house, she threw herself on the couch crying her eyes out. Mrs. Gardner came to her daughter and patted her shoulders.

"It's ok honey. Don't cry."

"Mom, I can't believe that this happened to me."

"I know honey, but you're not the only singer that forgets the lyrics. That happens all the time." Tea turned abruptly.

"Screw the lyrics. I was talking about Atem. I can't believe that he didn't show up in the concert. Why mom? I forgot everything when I found his seat empty. Does he hate me now? But I thought that we made up at the hospital!" Tea sobbed hurtfully on her mother's shoulder.

"I wish that he never comes to any concert. It's great that we got rid of him."

Tea looked up to find her father and glared. "I can't believe you're saying that dad. What the hell did he do to deserve this hate?"

"He just tried to hurt you, that's all!"

"Atem is my boyfriend, whether you like it or not. And I'm going to talk with him tomorrow and settle things down with him." Tea said before heading to her room with her parents watching her silently.

Another week passed after that concert making them a result of fifteen day without seeing Atem. Through that long time, Tea still waited for Atem to call. She couldn't go out since she was grounded and her mom was guarding her all the time, so she won't even think of going out, even from her window!

The week passed really slowly and Tea was just so sad that Atem was neglecting her like that. He didn't even call to apologize for not coming to the concert. What is wrong with him? Didn't he apologize at the hospital and kissed her and just forgot everything? So, why was he avoiding her?

Tea got up to have a shower and when she finished, she noticed that the house was so quiet. Searching the rooms, she noticed that her parents were out. She couldn't believe that they went out without even telling her. When she went to the kitchen, she found a note on the fridge from her mom.

Morning Honey

Your dad and I needed to go somewhere, and we'll be back in the evening.

Your dad hopes that you won't go out the house since you're grounded, while I know that you'll go, so if you needed to see Atemu, hurry. Settle things with him quickly before your father finds out.

Love you,

Your mom

Tea let a happy yell before she went to change her clothes quickly. Her mom is amazing for giving her the opportunity to see Atem, at last. She put on a pair of jeans with a tight blue T-shirt and fixed her hair. Just then….

Ring! Ring!

Tea flicked a look towards the door when the bell rang, groaning. Who could it be now? She was about to go to Atem and talk to him, but now there's someone on the door. Geez!

"Comin'."

Tea hurried on the stairs and opened the door, only to let a gasp when she saw that the visitor was none than Atem.

"Atem…."

Tea threw herself in Atem's arms hugging him tightly. She hasn't seen him for two weeks now and she really missed him so much. Atem, however, stayed in his position not even hugging her back. Tea noticed that and pulled back staring oddly at him.

"Atem, I missed you so much."

Atem placed his hand on her cheek soothing it while Tea closed her eyes and leaned into his touch.

"Why didn't you come to the concert?" Tea asked still closing her eyes.

"I'm sorry."

"Why didn't you visit me in these whole two weeks?"

"I'm sorry."

"You didn't even give me a call or texted me, and you're not answering my calls, why?"

"I'm sorry."

Tea opened her eyes and fixed them on Atem. Why was he repeating the same thing every time? He didn't give a full answer to any of her questions. Atem read her questioning look and sighed, pulling his hand away from her cheek.

"Tea, I came here to tell you something…." Tea read the serious tone and felt her heart beating so fast; she felt so afraid for some reason, "I made a huge mistake when I knew the truth and I made a big scandal for both of us. I know that your parents don't trust me on you anymore and so are Yugi and the others, and actually…." Atem stopped seeing the questioning look on Tea and closed his eyes clenching his fists, "I don't trust myself on you, because I know how my anger could hurt you and I won't put your life on risk again. That's why I came to tell you that I want to brea-" Tea placed her hand on his mouth and her tears started gathering on the edge of her eyes.

"No….no…. Atem. Please!" Tea breathed out. Atem reached with his finger wiping her tears. Tea moved her hand from Atem's mouth to his cheek, "I know that my dad is forbidding me to be with you and I know that the press is talking about us nonstop but I don't care about that. I love you and I'm sure that you love me too, so we should continue. Besides, I thought that we forgave each other in the hospital, so why are you saying this now?"

Atem shook his head. "I realized that being with you, will hurt you and I'm not going to take a chance on that again."

"We should continue…" Tea told him.

"I can't."

"Please!'

"NO! You have no idea how I felt like when I heard the doctor saying that you could've died because of me. I was dying with regret and I wanted to just kill myself for what I did. Tea I can't put you in danger again. As long as I'm with you you'll always be in danger because I'll always remember what that bastard did to you, and I can't think of what I can do when I get mad. You were going to die because of me and I'm not going to forgive myself for that, ever."

Atem bent to kiss Tea's salty cheek and wiped her tears which only increased. "Take care of yourself, please."

Atem turned around and walked away leaving Tea standing in her place and watching him helplessly, while she just cried trying to console her broken heart.

Wow! That was really sad. Atem broke up with Tea. I know that he did that for her own good but that still is so hard for both of them.

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