((Welcome back my people! * bows before everyone * This be the sequel to
"Walking Through Despair"! I hope you like it as much as the other *
crosses fingers * Well, I'm going to shut up now and give you the story
actually now. Keep in mind that I'm basically picking up from right where I
left off. but I'll give time and stuff so. whatever. On with the fic!!!))
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of its characters. I just use them ^_^!!!
Kaiba walked into his house after school that day. Going into the kitchen he grabbed a knife and put it down on the counter as he went to the fridge and looked through it. Pulling out an apple he went back and leaned against the counter as he slowly shaved the skin off, as he got lost in his train of thought. 'It's been about a two weeks hasn't it?' He stopped in mid slice and looked at the knife before shaking his head and continuing. 'It hasn't been that bad. I think making peace with Joey and everyone has really helped. They don't seem to mind as much anymore.' Peeling off the last bit he threw it in the trash and took a bite from the fruit. 'I wonder how she's doing anyway. Probably at the game shop. Maybe she's hungry.'
He took his cell phone out and punched in the number.
"Gardner residence. Who is it?"
"Hey, this is Seto. Is Tea in?"
"I'm sorry she's not here right now. Can I take a message?"
"No. That's fine. Do you have any idea when she'll be back?"
"Around four thirty."
"Ok, thank you." He hung up the phone and looked at his watch. 3:33. He shrugged and shoved the phone back in his pocket as he took the last bite from the apple and chucked the core in the trashcan. Walking up into his office he shut the door behind him and sat down at his computer 'I'll work until five. Tea should be back by then. I'll call again later.' He started typing as his mind worked the programs and dinner plans at the same time. 'Maybe we should get Chinese. Takeout possibly. I bet she'd like that. Anyways, then we could just stay here.' Kaiba still wasn't comfortable with the concept of spending a lot of time in public. He'd finally gotten used to eating lunch with Tea and Yugi and everyone, and that was still sort of stretching it.
He continued playing ideas through his mind as he typed until he looked over at the clock and it was 5:05. With a little smirk he turned off the computer and pulled out his cell phone.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
"Hello?"
"Hi Tea."
"Hey! Mom said you called earlier."
"Yeah, I was wondering if you wanted to go get something to eat. Or you could just come over here and we could get take-out?"
"Sure, that sounds great. I'll come right now okay?"
"Okay, see you in a bit then."
"Alright, see ya."
Tea hung up the phone and ran downstairs from her room. She grabbed her jacket and was about to head out the door when her dad came up. "Where are you off to? Forget something at the game shop?"
Tea blinked for a second. 'I wonder what he'd think of this.' "No, I'm just going to go over to a friends house for dinner."
With a shrug her father walked into the living room. "Just make sure you're back before nine."
"Okay." She nodded and then ran out the door.
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Getting up from his desk Seto was walking to his room to get something when he heard a sound coming out of "Tea's" room. Opening the door he looked around and followed the high pitched beeping sound to the bed. Looking over the bed he didn't see it. Then kneeling down on the floor he looked under the bed and saw a green light. Reaching under he pulled out the pager and looked at it in his hand. It read the words: Yugi's House, on it. 'This must be Tea's. I'll give it to her when she gets here.'
Shoving it into his pocket he went downstairs and waited until he heard the doorbell ring.
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Tea walked into the kitchen and leaned against the counter as he stared at her.
"So what do you want to get? .Or would you rather go out somewhere?"
She couldn't help smiling as she looked at his face. It was so obvious he really didn't want to go out. "Eating in s'fine."
He sighed and leaned against the wall across from her as he slanted his head forward and looked at the floor. "So what do we want? I was thinking maybe Chinese.?"
"That sounds fine."
"Or would you rather something else?"
"Chinese is fine."
"We could get pizza if you'd like?"
"The Chinese sounds good."
"Or Mexican."
"Chinese is really okay."
"We could always just make something too."
Crossing her arms she sighed. "It's fine Seto, Chinese is really great."
"Or we could-"
"Seto!"
He snapped his head up and looked at her. "What?"
She walked over to him and grabbed either side of his face. "Chinese. Is. Fine. Okay?"
"Okay, so what Chinese exactly?"
She dropped her hands and went back to lean on the counter. "Just some Lo Mein and dumplings is cool."
He nodded and pulled out his cell phone. "That's fine with me."
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After they had ordered the food Kaiba went to pick it up with Tea and then they came back to his mansion and ate it. After they were done they had talked until it was almost nine when Seto drove Tea home and walked her to the front door.
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"We should do this again." He smirked.
Smiling up at him she nodded. "That would be nice."
"I'll see you tomorrow at school then?" His smirk grew to a smile.
"Ya, I'll see you then." She gave him a peck on the cheek and opened the door and was about to go inside.
"Oh Tea."
She turned around. "Mm?"
He reached into his pocket and put the beeper in her hand. "You forgot this in the guest room."
"Oh thanks."
Smiling he walked back to his car. "See ya."
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Tea shut the door behind her and walked into the kitchen where her mom was at the sink washing dishes.
Without looking at Tea she looked out the window. "He looks nice."
Tea smiled. "He is."
"What did he give you?" Her mom turned and was drying a dish in her hand.
"Just my pager, I'd left it at his house."
"When did you do that?" She placed the dish on the counter and grabbed another one to dry.
"Probably last month, when I stayed there."
"Oh really.?"
"Ya, that was when-" Tea's eyes bugged out as she realized what she had said and looked at her mom who was staring back at her with an accusing look on her face. "Um. I mean-"
"How long did you 'stay there'?"
"Um. um. um. I didn't. I, uh, didn't say it right. I just, visited, I didn't stay there. Um, uh, oh, hehe." She giggled nervously under the hard glare of her mom. "I was just-"
The continued hard glare.
"He was hurt. I-"
Stare. Stare.
"It was just a month-"
Raised eyebrows and an even harder stare. "A month?"
"But, but, you see. He'd gotten in a crash and. He needed help. So I took care of him. There wasn't anything wrong with it."
"Oh, sure, of course, I see. My daughter tells me that she was just sleeping at some guy's house that I have never met for a month, and while her parents weren't home to top it off!"
"But Mom-"
"Maybe we shouldn't have been so trusting in you. Leaving you alone in a house all by yourself for two months. What exactly were you thinking?"
"I was just- It seemed right at the time."
"Really? Hm. I guess I misjudged your judgement then."
"Mom-"
"You are grounded from this point forward young lady!"
"But Mom-"
"No! You were completely out of line! 'There wasn't anything wrong with it' my foot! Go up to your room!"
"Mom."
"Now!"
"Erg! I was just taking care of him! Jeez!" Tea stomped upstairs and slammed the door to her room as she fell down onto her bed and glared at the ceiling. 'I was just taking care of him. There was nothing wrong with it. It's Seto. It was completely innocent. Why doesn't she believe me? I know it may be sort of a shock to find that out. but REALLY!'
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Seto sat down next to Tea at lunch and noticed her glaring at the table. With a slight look of concern growing on his face he placed his hand on her shoulder. "Tea? Is something wrong?"
"It's not fair."
"What's not?"
"My mom grounded me."
"Oh. Why?"
"Because of you."
"Did I do something?"
"No." She shook her head and continued staring at the table.
"Then. Why?" He was completely lost. She was grounded because of him. but he hadn't done anything? That made a lot of sense, not really.
"It's because of when I stayed at your house that month. She had a total fit. It's not like we DID anything."
He blinked at her slightly. "Well." 'That would be a problem, wouldn't it. I never thought about that, but it would be normal for her parents to be worried. I hope this doesn't cause problems.'
"Well what?"
"We'll still be able to see each other at school. Like this. It's not the end of the world, I guess."
Tea turned her head sideways and stared at him. "What do you know? You've never been grounded. I can't use the phone, I can't watch TV, I can't leave my room, and they're all mad at me."
His expression sank a little at how she was reacting and he removed his hand from her shoulder. "That's not really my fault Tea."
"Sure it isn't. Whatever." She glared at him and looked back at the table.
"Tea-"
"Just leave me alone."
"But-"
"Shut up Kaiba."
His face sank and he looked at the floor and sighed. "Okay then. I'll talk to you later tonight then."
"No, you won't."
"Oh." Getting up slowly he walked over to his corner, which had remained unoccupied for the past two weeks and sat down. 'I hope this passes. I'll stop by her house tonight and try to make peace with her parents. Maybe that'll help.'
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of its characters. I just use them ^_^!!!
Kaiba walked into his house after school that day. Going into the kitchen he grabbed a knife and put it down on the counter as he went to the fridge and looked through it. Pulling out an apple he went back and leaned against the counter as he slowly shaved the skin off, as he got lost in his train of thought. 'It's been about a two weeks hasn't it?' He stopped in mid slice and looked at the knife before shaking his head and continuing. 'It hasn't been that bad. I think making peace with Joey and everyone has really helped. They don't seem to mind as much anymore.' Peeling off the last bit he threw it in the trash and took a bite from the fruit. 'I wonder how she's doing anyway. Probably at the game shop. Maybe she's hungry.'
He took his cell phone out and punched in the number.
"Gardner residence. Who is it?"
"Hey, this is Seto. Is Tea in?"
"I'm sorry she's not here right now. Can I take a message?"
"No. That's fine. Do you have any idea when she'll be back?"
"Around four thirty."
"Ok, thank you." He hung up the phone and looked at his watch. 3:33. He shrugged and shoved the phone back in his pocket as he took the last bite from the apple and chucked the core in the trashcan. Walking up into his office he shut the door behind him and sat down at his computer 'I'll work until five. Tea should be back by then. I'll call again later.' He started typing as his mind worked the programs and dinner plans at the same time. 'Maybe we should get Chinese. Takeout possibly. I bet she'd like that. Anyways, then we could just stay here.' Kaiba still wasn't comfortable with the concept of spending a lot of time in public. He'd finally gotten used to eating lunch with Tea and Yugi and everyone, and that was still sort of stretching it.
He continued playing ideas through his mind as he typed until he looked over at the clock and it was 5:05. With a little smirk he turned off the computer and pulled out his cell phone.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
"Hello?"
"Hi Tea."
"Hey! Mom said you called earlier."
"Yeah, I was wondering if you wanted to go get something to eat. Or you could just come over here and we could get take-out?"
"Sure, that sounds great. I'll come right now okay?"
"Okay, see you in a bit then."
"Alright, see ya."
Tea hung up the phone and ran downstairs from her room. She grabbed her jacket and was about to head out the door when her dad came up. "Where are you off to? Forget something at the game shop?"
Tea blinked for a second. 'I wonder what he'd think of this.' "No, I'm just going to go over to a friends house for dinner."
With a shrug her father walked into the living room. "Just make sure you're back before nine."
"Okay." She nodded and then ran out the door.
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Getting up from his desk Seto was walking to his room to get something when he heard a sound coming out of "Tea's" room. Opening the door he looked around and followed the high pitched beeping sound to the bed. Looking over the bed he didn't see it. Then kneeling down on the floor he looked under the bed and saw a green light. Reaching under he pulled out the pager and looked at it in his hand. It read the words: Yugi's House, on it. 'This must be Tea's. I'll give it to her when she gets here.'
Shoving it into his pocket he went downstairs and waited until he heard the doorbell ring.
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Tea walked into the kitchen and leaned against the counter as he stared at her.
"So what do you want to get? .Or would you rather go out somewhere?"
She couldn't help smiling as she looked at his face. It was so obvious he really didn't want to go out. "Eating in s'fine."
He sighed and leaned against the wall across from her as he slanted his head forward and looked at the floor. "So what do we want? I was thinking maybe Chinese.?"
"That sounds fine."
"Or would you rather something else?"
"Chinese is fine."
"We could get pizza if you'd like?"
"The Chinese sounds good."
"Or Mexican."
"Chinese is really okay."
"We could always just make something too."
Crossing her arms she sighed. "It's fine Seto, Chinese is really great."
"Or we could-"
"Seto!"
He snapped his head up and looked at her. "What?"
She walked over to him and grabbed either side of his face. "Chinese. Is. Fine. Okay?"
"Okay, so what Chinese exactly?"
She dropped her hands and went back to lean on the counter. "Just some Lo Mein and dumplings is cool."
He nodded and pulled out his cell phone. "That's fine with me."
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After they had ordered the food Kaiba went to pick it up with Tea and then they came back to his mansion and ate it. After they were done they had talked until it was almost nine when Seto drove Tea home and walked her to the front door.
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"We should do this again." He smirked.
Smiling up at him she nodded. "That would be nice."
"I'll see you tomorrow at school then?" His smirk grew to a smile.
"Ya, I'll see you then." She gave him a peck on the cheek and opened the door and was about to go inside.
"Oh Tea."
She turned around. "Mm?"
He reached into his pocket and put the beeper in her hand. "You forgot this in the guest room."
"Oh thanks."
Smiling he walked back to his car. "See ya."
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Tea shut the door behind her and walked into the kitchen where her mom was at the sink washing dishes.
Without looking at Tea she looked out the window. "He looks nice."
Tea smiled. "He is."
"What did he give you?" Her mom turned and was drying a dish in her hand.
"Just my pager, I'd left it at his house."
"When did you do that?" She placed the dish on the counter and grabbed another one to dry.
"Probably last month, when I stayed there."
"Oh really.?"
"Ya, that was when-" Tea's eyes bugged out as she realized what she had said and looked at her mom who was staring back at her with an accusing look on her face. "Um. I mean-"
"How long did you 'stay there'?"
"Um. um. um. I didn't. I, uh, didn't say it right. I just, visited, I didn't stay there. Um, uh, oh, hehe." She giggled nervously under the hard glare of her mom. "I was just-"
The continued hard glare.
"He was hurt. I-"
Stare. Stare.
"It was just a month-"
Raised eyebrows and an even harder stare. "A month?"
"But, but, you see. He'd gotten in a crash and. He needed help. So I took care of him. There wasn't anything wrong with it."
"Oh, sure, of course, I see. My daughter tells me that she was just sleeping at some guy's house that I have never met for a month, and while her parents weren't home to top it off!"
"But Mom-"
"Maybe we shouldn't have been so trusting in you. Leaving you alone in a house all by yourself for two months. What exactly were you thinking?"
"I was just- It seemed right at the time."
"Really? Hm. I guess I misjudged your judgement then."
"Mom-"
"You are grounded from this point forward young lady!"
"But Mom-"
"No! You were completely out of line! 'There wasn't anything wrong with it' my foot! Go up to your room!"
"Mom."
"Now!"
"Erg! I was just taking care of him! Jeez!" Tea stomped upstairs and slammed the door to her room as she fell down onto her bed and glared at the ceiling. 'I was just taking care of him. There was nothing wrong with it. It's Seto. It was completely innocent. Why doesn't she believe me? I know it may be sort of a shock to find that out. but REALLY!'
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Seto sat down next to Tea at lunch and noticed her glaring at the table. With a slight look of concern growing on his face he placed his hand on her shoulder. "Tea? Is something wrong?"
"It's not fair."
"What's not?"
"My mom grounded me."
"Oh. Why?"
"Because of you."
"Did I do something?"
"No." She shook her head and continued staring at the table.
"Then. Why?" He was completely lost. She was grounded because of him. but he hadn't done anything? That made a lot of sense, not really.
"It's because of when I stayed at your house that month. She had a total fit. It's not like we DID anything."
He blinked at her slightly. "Well." 'That would be a problem, wouldn't it. I never thought about that, but it would be normal for her parents to be worried. I hope this doesn't cause problems.'
"Well what?"
"We'll still be able to see each other at school. Like this. It's not the end of the world, I guess."
Tea turned her head sideways and stared at him. "What do you know? You've never been grounded. I can't use the phone, I can't watch TV, I can't leave my room, and they're all mad at me."
His expression sank a little at how she was reacting and he removed his hand from her shoulder. "That's not really my fault Tea."
"Sure it isn't. Whatever." She glared at him and looked back at the table.
"Tea-"
"Just leave me alone."
"But-"
"Shut up Kaiba."
His face sank and he looked at the floor and sighed. "Okay then. I'll talk to you later tonight then."
"No, you won't."
"Oh." Getting up slowly he walked over to his corner, which had remained unoccupied for the past two weeks and sat down. 'I hope this passes. I'll stop by her house tonight and try to make peace with her parents. Maybe that'll help.'