Disclaimer: I don't own any part of Yu Gi Oh...or Lucky Charms...hehehe^^ You'll find out why Lucky Charms is in there a little later. ^^
Hushpuppy24: In chapter seven, we left off with Seto and Téa's eyes locking at the hallway. Téa tried to ask what was wrong, but Kaiba gave her the cold shoulder. After Seto went inside his study, he felt bad for speaking to Téa in that manner, so he buried himself in more work. Téa, worried that Kaiba might do something he'd regret, decided to go look for Mokuba to ask what was wrong with his brother, only to find no Mokuba in sight. She stumbled into the study where Seto was, asking where Mokuba had gone. She had turn to leave the room when her vision went dizzy and fainted on the floor. Kaiba carried her back to her room and she slept until early next morning. Waking from her slumber, she finds a sleeping Kaiba next to her bed, lying on the floor. She laid the bed sheets over Seto, just as he began to awaken.
Phew...long summary. On with the chapter then...
Chapter 8
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Seto moved a little and opened his eyes slightly wider, allowing Téa to know that he was awake. Téa quickly stepped back, knowing how Kaiba always liked to have his own space. Kaiba pulled off the bed sheets as he got up. "Do you feel better?" He asked politely as he straightened his clothes.
Startled by Kaiba's sudden thought of kindness, all Téa could say was, "Yea...thanks."
"You hungry?" Seto asked as he walked towards the door.
"Not really..." Téa lied, only to have her stomach start to growl one second after she finished her sentence. The growling was so loud that even Kaiba could hear. Seto was puzzled at where the noise was coming from until he found out that it was Téa's stomach making all the noise. Kaiba was shocked at how a human stomach could be so loud. "Well...maybe I am just a little..." Téa said, blushing with embarrassment. Seto gave a small chuckle and headed out the door.
"Come if you want some food for your growling stomach!" Kaiba called back. Still a little embarrassed from how noisy her stomach was, Téa quickly ran after Kaiba.
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Down at the dining table, Seto and Téa each poured themselves a bowl of 'Lucky Charms' cereal and some milk. As usual, Kaiba had his daily cup of coffee with him. They sat down and began munching away at their breakfast. The silence was making Téa uneasy, so she tried to start up a conversation. She looked down at her bowl and exclaimed. "Hey! Look!" She pointed at her cereal as she recited the following rhyme in a British accent. "Hearts, stars and horseshoes, clovers and blue moons. Pots of gold and rainbows. And the red balloon!" Téa giggled as she finished. "It's magically delicious!" She said in a peppy tone. Kaiba just sat there, staring at her as if she was crazy.
"Are you sure you're feeling ok?" Kaiba asked, raising an eyebrow.
Realizing she had embarrassed herself again that day, she replied quietly. "Yes...I'm fine..." She stared down at her bowl of cereal, then back at Kaiba. "Kaiba..." She said. Seto looked up from his cereal. "You don't watch much television, do you?" She asked.
"No... Why should I?" Kaiba asked curiously.
"Well...for entertainment purposes." Téa tried to explain.
"Entertainment?" Kaiba still didn't understand the purposes of watching TV.
"You know...to kick back and relax! Laugh at all the funny sitcoms and such..." Téa explained even further, but Kaiba's face still had that puzzled look. "Never mind." She sighed as she finished up her cereal.
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It was drawing close to 7am when Seto's cell phone rang. * Ring Ring * Seto dug into his pocket and took out his cell phone. "Hello." Seto said into the phone. "Mokuba? Where were you last night?" Téa could sense the worry in Seto's voice. 'He cares a lot for Mokuba...' She thought. "Oh, I see..." Seto's conversation continued. "All right. I'll come by in about an hour. Ok. Bye." Kaiba ended the conversation and stuffed the cell phone back in his pocket.
"Where was Mokuba last night?" Téa asked.
"He stayed the night at his friend's house. He didn't have his keys with him and he said something about me not picking up my phone. It was probably when I was taking care of..." He stopped in mid-sentence and started to blush.
"Huh?" Téa wondered as she watched Kaiba's cheek turn a slight shade of pink.
"Nothing." Kaiba quickly replied.
"Ok..." Téa stared at him suspiciously. 'Hehe! He won't admit that he had been taking care of me when I fainted.' She thought to herself, smiling inside. "So what did Mokuba ask for that you'd be there in an hour?"
"He and his friend just wanted a lift to school. That's all." Kaiba replied as his blush started to fade.
"You care a lot about Mokuba, don't you?" Téa asked.
"Yea... He's all I've got..." Kaiba said quietly. He turned away so Téa couldn't see his eyes begin to water.
"Why?" Téa questioned curiously.
"Mokuba and I are both...orphans..." The words seemed so hard for them to come out of Seto's mouth. "My parents...they died when we were young..." A tiny tear trickled down Kaiba's face as he quickly wiped it away.
"Oh...I'm sorry..." Téa apologized. "I didn't know..." She lowered her head, trying to feel how Seto had felt. 'So that's why his parents are never around...' Then, the framed picture that was at Kaiba's bedside popped into her mind. "You looked so happy in the picture..." Remembering a young Seto Kaiba, grinning happily in the photograph with his parents.
"What picture?" Kaiba lifted his head and turned back at Téa.
"The one in your room by your bed. I was in there yesterday and I..." Téa tried to explain but was cut off my Kaiba.
Kaiba's eyes narrowed. "I'd appreciate it if you don't go snooping around my room." He said in a harsh tone. Téa lowered her head again, realizing she's upset Kaiba once more.
'I should just stop trying to get to know him better. I try to befriend him but I'm only making him feel worse.' She thought to herself as tears welled up in her eyes.
Kaiba, noticing Téa's sadness quickly tried to patch things up. "But it's ok... It was nice to finally tell someone about my parents." He said, forcing himself to smile, even just a little. Téa quickly wiped away her tears and shot back a smile. "You know...you remind me a lot of my mother." Seto smiled.
"Me?" Téa pointed to herself. "Uh...is that a good thing?" She asked confusedly.
Kaiba let out a chuckle. "Yea. That's a good thing. She was nice and gentle. Very caring and was always looking at the bright side of things." Téa blushed. "I miss her a lot."
"Well...now Mokuba won't be the only one you've got!" Téa suddenly exclaimed in a cheery mood.
"Huh? What?" Kaiba didn't understand what she meant.
"You said before that Mokuba is the only one you've got, but now...you've got me as a friend too!" She smirked as she pointed to herself. "And I'm sure Yugi and the others would love to hang around with you too!"
"Thanks for the offer, but I don't need friends out of pity. Besides, I've always been fine on my own." Kaiba defended, trying to hide his emotions. Longing for the friends he never had.
"But it's not out of pity! They'll surely like you for who you are if you'd just show them the kindness that you showed me..." Téa tried to make Kaiba reconsider, but he wouldn't.
"It's getting late, I should go. Don't want to keep Mokuba and his friend waiting." Seto said as he headed out the door.
"But Kaiba!" Téa tried to hold him back, but Seto had slammed the door shut behind him. 'Arg! That Kaiba! Such a stubborn guy...and always leaving with such a dramatic exit..." Téa sighed as she headed back up the stairs to her room.
Hushpuppy24: HEY~! Well there's another chapter! Sorry about the whole breakfast part when Téa started doing that whole Lucky Charms part...I wrote that part in the morning, and I was thinking of cereal and ya...hehe^^ It's a lot better than that stupid little Barbie rhyme I had in my head for a while! LOL~! I'm so stupid at times! -_-|| Surprises me how I got straight A's~! HEHE~!
Hushpuppy24: In chapter seven, we left off with Seto and Téa's eyes locking at the hallway. Téa tried to ask what was wrong, but Kaiba gave her the cold shoulder. After Seto went inside his study, he felt bad for speaking to Téa in that manner, so he buried himself in more work. Téa, worried that Kaiba might do something he'd regret, decided to go look for Mokuba to ask what was wrong with his brother, only to find no Mokuba in sight. She stumbled into the study where Seto was, asking where Mokuba had gone. She had turn to leave the room when her vision went dizzy and fainted on the floor. Kaiba carried her back to her room and she slept until early next morning. Waking from her slumber, she finds a sleeping Kaiba next to her bed, lying on the floor. She laid the bed sheets over Seto, just as he began to awaken.
Phew...long summary. On with the chapter then...
Chapter 8
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Seto moved a little and opened his eyes slightly wider, allowing Téa to know that he was awake. Téa quickly stepped back, knowing how Kaiba always liked to have his own space. Kaiba pulled off the bed sheets as he got up. "Do you feel better?" He asked politely as he straightened his clothes.
Startled by Kaiba's sudden thought of kindness, all Téa could say was, "Yea...thanks."
"You hungry?" Seto asked as he walked towards the door.
"Not really..." Téa lied, only to have her stomach start to growl one second after she finished her sentence. The growling was so loud that even Kaiba could hear. Seto was puzzled at where the noise was coming from until he found out that it was Téa's stomach making all the noise. Kaiba was shocked at how a human stomach could be so loud. "Well...maybe I am just a little..." Téa said, blushing with embarrassment. Seto gave a small chuckle and headed out the door.
"Come if you want some food for your growling stomach!" Kaiba called back. Still a little embarrassed from how noisy her stomach was, Téa quickly ran after Kaiba.
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Down at the dining table, Seto and Téa each poured themselves a bowl of 'Lucky Charms' cereal and some milk. As usual, Kaiba had his daily cup of coffee with him. They sat down and began munching away at their breakfast. The silence was making Téa uneasy, so she tried to start up a conversation. She looked down at her bowl and exclaimed. "Hey! Look!" She pointed at her cereal as she recited the following rhyme in a British accent. "Hearts, stars and horseshoes, clovers and blue moons. Pots of gold and rainbows. And the red balloon!" Téa giggled as she finished. "It's magically delicious!" She said in a peppy tone. Kaiba just sat there, staring at her as if she was crazy.
"Are you sure you're feeling ok?" Kaiba asked, raising an eyebrow.
Realizing she had embarrassed herself again that day, she replied quietly. "Yes...I'm fine..." She stared down at her bowl of cereal, then back at Kaiba. "Kaiba..." She said. Seto looked up from his cereal. "You don't watch much television, do you?" She asked.
"No... Why should I?" Kaiba asked curiously.
"Well...for entertainment purposes." Téa tried to explain.
"Entertainment?" Kaiba still didn't understand the purposes of watching TV.
"You know...to kick back and relax! Laugh at all the funny sitcoms and such..." Téa explained even further, but Kaiba's face still had that puzzled look. "Never mind." She sighed as she finished up her cereal.
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It was drawing close to 7am when Seto's cell phone rang. * Ring Ring * Seto dug into his pocket and took out his cell phone. "Hello." Seto said into the phone. "Mokuba? Where were you last night?" Téa could sense the worry in Seto's voice. 'He cares a lot for Mokuba...' She thought. "Oh, I see..." Seto's conversation continued. "All right. I'll come by in about an hour. Ok. Bye." Kaiba ended the conversation and stuffed the cell phone back in his pocket.
"Where was Mokuba last night?" Téa asked.
"He stayed the night at his friend's house. He didn't have his keys with him and he said something about me not picking up my phone. It was probably when I was taking care of..." He stopped in mid-sentence and started to blush.
"Huh?" Téa wondered as she watched Kaiba's cheek turn a slight shade of pink.
"Nothing." Kaiba quickly replied.
"Ok..." Téa stared at him suspiciously. 'Hehe! He won't admit that he had been taking care of me when I fainted.' She thought to herself, smiling inside. "So what did Mokuba ask for that you'd be there in an hour?"
"He and his friend just wanted a lift to school. That's all." Kaiba replied as his blush started to fade.
"You care a lot about Mokuba, don't you?" Téa asked.
"Yea... He's all I've got..." Kaiba said quietly. He turned away so Téa couldn't see his eyes begin to water.
"Why?" Téa questioned curiously.
"Mokuba and I are both...orphans..." The words seemed so hard for them to come out of Seto's mouth. "My parents...they died when we were young..." A tiny tear trickled down Kaiba's face as he quickly wiped it away.
"Oh...I'm sorry..." Téa apologized. "I didn't know..." She lowered her head, trying to feel how Seto had felt. 'So that's why his parents are never around...' Then, the framed picture that was at Kaiba's bedside popped into her mind. "You looked so happy in the picture..." Remembering a young Seto Kaiba, grinning happily in the photograph with his parents.
"What picture?" Kaiba lifted his head and turned back at Téa.
"The one in your room by your bed. I was in there yesterday and I..." Téa tried to explain but was cut off my Kaiba.
Kaiba's eyes narrowed. "I'd appreciate it if you don't go snooping around my room." He said in a harsh tone. Téa lowered her head again, realizing she's upset Kaiba once more.
'I should just stop trying to get to know him better. I try to befriend him but I'm only making him feel worse.' She thought to herself as tears welled up in her eyes.
Kaiba, noticing Téa's sadness quickly tried to patch things up. "But it's ok... It was nice to finally tell someone about my parents." He said, forcing himself to smile, even just a little. Téa quickly wiped away her tears and shot back a smile. "You know...you remind me a lot of my mother." Seto smiled.
"Me?" Téa pointed to herself. "Uh...is that a good thing?" She asked confusedly.
Kaiba let out a chuckle. "Yea. That's a good thing. She was nice and gentle. Very caring and was always looking at the bright side of things." Téa blushed. "I miss her a lot."
"Well...now Mokuba won't be the only one you've got!" Téa suddenly exclaimed in a cheery mood.
"Huh? What?" Kaiba didn't understand what she meant.
"You said before that Mokuba is the only one you've got, but now...you've got me as a friend too!" She smirked as she pointed to herself. "And I'm sure Yugi and the others would love to hang around with you too!"
"Thanks for the offer, but I don't need friends out of pity. Besides, I've always been fine on my own." Kaiba defended, trying to hide his emotions. Longing for the friends he never had.
"But it's not out of pity! They'll surely like you for who you are if you'd just show them the kindness that you showed me..." Téa tried to make Kaiba reconsider, but he wouldn't.
"It's getting late, I should go. Don't want to keep Mokuba and his friend waiting." Seto said as he headed out the door.
"But Kaiba!" Téa tried to hold him back, but Seto had slammed the door shut behind him. 'Arg! That Kaiba! Such a stubborn guy...and always leaving with such a dramatic exit..." Téa sighed as she headed back up the stairs to her room.
Hushpuppy24: HEY~! Well there's another chapter! Sorry about the whole breakfast part when Téa started doing that whole Lucky Charms part...I wrote that part in the morning, and I was thinking of cereal and ya...hehe^^ It's a lot better than that stupid little Barbie rhyme I had in my head for a while! LOL~! I'm so stupid at times! -_-|| Surprises me how I got straight A's~! HEHE~!