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Hushpuppy24: During chapter 11, Téa had just left Kaiba Mansion and was staying over at Yugi's house. Yugi asks where she had been for the past few days and she answers that she was at Seto's mansion. Yugi pointed out that it didn't seem very much like Kaiba to be nice to anyone else other than his brother, and Téa raised her voice at Yugi, defending the one and only, Seto Kaiba. She apologized afterward and Yugi forgave her. Meanwhile, Kaiba was blaming himself that he had driven away Téa, but was questioning himself why he even cared so much.

Now for the next chapter...

Chapter 12

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Seto tried to cover up his thoughts with more work, but this time it didn't work. Hours passed, but his mind kept wandering off, every so often, a picture of Téa appearing before him. 'What's wrong with me?' He thought to himself. He looked at the letter that was still on his desk. 'Why am I acting so strange?' He finished reprogramming another digital game before going to bed.

He tossed and turned in his bed, trying to find the perfect position to sleep, but that didn't matter because his mind had kept him up for quite some time. He continuously thought about the letter Téa had left him, and the last thing she wrote. 'If you'd still like to become friends, you're still welcome to...she said. Just great... She just had to write that...and now it's gnawing away at my conscience since she left because of me... Especially when her wounds weren't fully healed yet...'

He took a quick glance at the digital clock at his bedside. '2:30am... I've got to get some sleep...' He stared up into the darkness of the ceiling, only slightly visible by the light of the moon. 'Why should I care that she's gone?' His eyes slowly began to close, blinking less often because his eyelids felt so heavy. Finally, he was asleep.

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Seto woke up late next morning. He yawned as he sat up on his bed. Rubbing the back of his head, he looked at the picture at his bedside. 'Good morning Father, Mother.' He said inside his head.

He stepped into his bathroom and brushed his teeth. Washing his face and combing back his hair, he headed down the stairs and into the kitchen. He made a quick cup of coffee and took a sip. He heard loud laughter coming from the other room. Walking towards the noise with the cup of coffee still in his hand, he peeked into the living room, seeing Mokuba rolling on the floor filled with laughter from the Saturday morning cartoons on TV. Kaiba gave a little smile and took another sip of his coffee.

Mokuba finally realized his brother standing at the corner. "Morning Seto." He said with a huge grin across his face.

"Good morning." Kaiba replied.

"You don't look so good. Not much sleep last night?" Mokuba asked as he kept one eye on the television screen.

"Not much..." Seto said as he took another sip of his piping hot coffee. "But I'll be fine."

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Over at the Motou residence, Yugi had just woken up. He let Téa sleep on his bed while he slept on the couch. It wasn't as comfortable, but he still had a good night sleep. He let out a small yawn and stretched out his arms. Hopping off the couch, he changed out of his pyjamas and headed to the bathroom to wash up.

After spending about 15 minutes washing up and gelling up his hair, Yugi crept down the stairs, expecting to see his grandfather making breakfast. Instead, Téa stood in front of the stove, holding a frying pan and making their breakfast.

"Morning Yugi." Grandpa said as he was peered up from his newspaper at the breakfast table.

"Morning Grandpa." Yugi greeted, still sounding tired. "Morning Téa."

"Morning!" Téa whirled around, visible with two plates in her hands. "Breakfast is ready." She said with a smile. She and Yugi both took a seat at the breakfast table and began eating.

"You're up early Téa. You shouldn't be making breakfast. You need your rest, since your wounds aren't completely healed yet." Yugi pointed out, still a bit worried.

"Don't worry. I feel great!" Téa reassured him. "Joey called a little while ago. I was surprised he was up so soon!" She let out a little giggle before continuing. "He told us to meet at the arcade later. He sounded quite surprised to hear my voice..." Her sentence dragged on as she pictured Joey freaking out, running around in circles going 'Oh My God! It's Téa!'

"Téa?" Yugi waved his hand in front of Téa's face, snapping her out of her little imagination. "Did you hear what I said?"

"Huh?" Téa said as she reached back to reality.

Yugi let out a sigh before rephrasing what he said. "I said what time did he want us to meet?"

"I think in about half an hour. So we should hurry..." Téa stated. The two of them quickly finished their breakfast of bacon and eggs, and started heading to the arcade. It was not very far, so they got there within ten minutes.

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Waiting impatiently at the arcade, Joey and Tristan paced back and forth at the entrance. "Are you sure it was Téa?" Tristan stopped pacing and faced Joey.

"Positive." Joey replied confidently. The two of them soon caught a glimpse of both Yugi and Téa walking towards them in the distance. "Hey!" Joey and Tristan called out as they waved their arms in the air. Everyone on the streets turned towards them, but they didn't seem to notice.

'Do they ever stop embarrassing themselves in public?' Téa thought sarcastically.

"Téa! It really is you!" Tristan exclaimed with glee.

"See, I told you so." Joey smirked. Tristan glared at him, then returned to talk to Téa again.

"So where were you these past few days?" Tristan asked Téa.

"I was at Kaiba's man-" Téa tried to explain but was rudely interrupted by Joey's sudden yelling.

"YOU WERE WITH KAIBA?!" Joey yelled out, having a spaz attack.


Hushpuppy24: Well that chapter's done. Enjoyed it? If you did, then great! If you didn't...well then...that's ok~! ^^ More chapters coming up soon... ^^