Atem woke before Tea did thanks to the rising sun that hazed over his eyes through the thin curtains. He removed his arm from her bare torso and pulled the bed sheets from his body. He put on his clothes which had been thrown carelessly on the floor by the side of the bed. The room had gone cold since the fire had died out but their body heat and love making had kept them warm during the night but now they would need some more fire wood so regretfully he put on his boots taking one last glance at the beauty who was still asleep.

The bed sheets were draped around her chest revealing her pale skin that started to show fair marks from their 'activities' last night. They had made love twice, after the first time Tea had gotten a little carried away and had her own way with him again not long after and now she glowed more radiantly than ever before with her cheeks still flushed and her exhausted state, her short chocolate brown hair draped to one side, it sent his stomach into a melt down as it felt like someone was twisting his insides.

Before he left he saw a basket next to the door. He picked it up remembering seeing an apple tree the night before when he went to get fire wood before leaving his new bride to sleep peacefully.

Back at the palace:

Seto was having a handful keeping everyone from falling out. When the King and Queen of France found that there daughter was missing from the carriage the morning before they feared she had been kidnapped. When they requested to speak with Atem, Seto had made up a story that he had already left for London for political matters. They off course had their suspicions that he had taken her away but they couldn't exactly make accusations without proof.

Seto sat in the library, Atem had made him 'acting regent' whilst he was away. He was reading through some letters which were minorly unimportant when the doors suddenly opened. The king of France stormed in and slammed his hands in Seto's desk.

"He has taken her" he roared, "I have proof"

Behind him was his wife with the man who drove Joey and Mai's carriage who had just got back to court. "Tell me what you told me" he yelled at the carriage driver. The man looked worried, like he had been threatened or something.

"speak sir" The king yelled again. "Henry" The Queen of France said trying to calm her husband a little, "just tell the regent what you told us" she added.

"Well I urm-I drove the Early of Muray and his wife to a chapel about an hour away from here" he started, "I herd them talking about a wedding and they mentioned the Princess's name..."

Before he could finish the King interrupted him, "see, what more proof do you need"

Seto rolled his eyes and let out a deep sign, "for all I know you have paid this man to say these accusations, the King is due back tonight so I advise you to wait until you went to anyone higher, especially the Vatican"

The King grunted and walked past the carriage man and his wife before slamming the door behind him. "He's so worried" the Queen began looking at the two men as if she were embarrassed by her husbands behaviour, "Even though he doesn't show it he does care about our daughter, he's just concerned"

Seto just nodded before she left the room. More like concerned about what happens to his country He thought before dismissing the carriage man, he'd have words with him later but for now he had to make sure no one else came forward with evidence about Atem whisking Tea away to get married.

Back with Tea:

Tea felt relaxed for the first time in...well since she could remember as she awoke from a peaceful sleep. She expected Atem to be asleep beside her but he was no where to be seen. She sat up holding the covers to her chest. She felt a stinging like pain between her legs and mentally cursed herself. There had been pain as her mother explained but after a couple minutes the pain soon turned into pleasure and gods how divine it had felt! She had got completely lost in the sensations Atem had given to her but what surprised her the most was how peaceful and relaxed she felt in the minutes afterwards.

It was as if all her anger had left her and underneath was warmth and love she felt for him. She needed to feel it again so she had straddled him much to his surprise and they made love again, after that they were both exhausted and had fallen asleep. She combed out her hair with her fingers and reached for her nightdress which was chucked over her chest of clothes next to the bed.

Just as she changed the door opened and Atem walked in with a basket full of fresh fire wood and fruit. She felt her cheeks redden as he looked at her, was he thinking about last night? she turned and started to make the bed just like she had seen Serenity do many times. She herd him place the basket down and then his arms embraced her from behind.

He kissed her neck, "No need to be shy" he whispered pulling her back against his chest, "I have seen all of you now"

"Don't tease me" she blushed and turned around in his arms kissing him on the lips. He smirked against her lips, "I believe I have finally found a way to tame you"

"you mean sex?" she replied tilting her head. Atem chuckled, "Yes, you seemed rather different after we made love, like your tranquil and peaceful, you still are" he paused to laugh, "I better enjoy it whilst it lasts"

She slapped him on the shoulder playfully before wincing. Atem looked at her concerned, "what's wrong?"

"just urm-well a little sore...you know" she replied feeling her face and neck heat up. "oh" Atem replied chuckling a little. He moved over to the fireplace, "you can bathe in the lake to help that, don't worry its clean water"

Tea looked through the window, the water was quite clear like he said. "Perhaps just for a few minutes" she said turning around to look back at Atem. He nodded, "ok, I'll cut us some fruit as well for when your done"

Tea opened the door and walked towards the lake. She dipped her feet into the water to feel that it was actually rather warm than cold. She pulled her nightdress over her head and quickly got into the water. She felt like someone was watching her, perhaps Atem was watching from the cabin.

She cupped some water in her hands and let it run down her skin. Atem was right, the water was helping the pain. "Do you mind if I join you?"

Tea turned and gulped seeing Atem standing behind her, so he was watching her after all! "No at all" she replied turning as he undressed. luckily the water hid most of her body anyway. He got in the water beside her and she noticed her had some dirt on his neck. She reached for his shirt and dipped a little in some water and started to clean the side of his neck.

"Must have gotten it when I was collecting firewood" he said simply watching her. Her eyes met his and she shivered, why did he always have to look at her like that? He placed his hands on her bare back pulling her towards him, her chest pressing against his. She couldn't help but admit that she enjoyed the intimate feel of skin touching skin.

He kissed her on the forehead, "Your so beautiful, and I love you, more than you could possibly understand"

Tea went to open her mouth but no words managed to come out. Atem smiled at her as she looked down at the water, "Its ok, you don't have to say the words yet, whenever your ready, I will wait as long as you want"

Tea looked back up as he ran his hand over her cheek and pushed some hair behind her ear, "but unfortunately court will not wait, we have to return today, are you ready?"

Tea gulped, she knew her parents were going to be angry with her, more so probably with Atem than her but still she was his wife now and she would stand by him, they could get through this together, she hoped.

Author's Notes: So Tea has started to be less angry with Atem and is starting to accept her position as his wife and Queen and maybe soon she will come to realise that she is in fact in love with him but not for a while at least (haha sorry!) but even so there is still going to be a lot of drama! I know I've been talking about my personal problems a lot lately and I am sorry if I babble on quite a bit so I'll try less to talk about them but sometimes it is good to just write down how you feel especially since on here its mainly anonymous.

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