Tea looked up at him with tears still streaming from her eyes. "How did you
find me?"
He smiled. "I followed the moving truck. It wasn't that hard. I had to know where you were to make sure you were alright."
Tea started to smile but then broke into tears again and huddled against him.
Seto gave her a tight squeeze. "It's okay my little princess. But tell me-" He held her away from him. "Why have you been doing that to yourself?" He looked at her arms and then into her watery eyes.
"I was so alone. All of you guys were gone. I- I- I was just so alone." She fell back into his chest crying and he rubbed her back more.
"Tea. You can't do that though. It's not healthy. Now I know what you're going through, but please promise me. You won't do it again?"
She looked up at him with her red eyes, "B-but."
"Please Tea?"
She nodded and leaned on him again as her sobs began to lessen. "O-okay."
He smiled and gave her another tight squeeze. "Thank you." He exhaled. "Don't worry, I won't leave you by yourself again. I'm here for you, I'll always be here for you." Seto sat there hugging Tea for quite some time until he felt her body go limp and he looked down at her sleeping form. He smirked and picked her up and placed her in her bed. Covering her with her sheets her kissed her forehead. "Sweet dreams Tea."
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He jumped down from the tree and looked back up at Tea's room as he gave a contented sigh. 'I'll see you again tomorrow Tea. Just hang in there for me.' He smiled and walked off to his car.
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Yugi spun his food around with his fork like he generally did when he was feeling down and then he spoke out to Joey. "Has she called you yet?"
The blonde shook his head. "No Yug, haven't heard a thing."
Tristan shrugged. "I haven't heard anything from her either."
Yugi gave a depressed sigh and sank further down onto the table. "I hope she's doing alright."
Kaiba at this point who had been sitting there silent staring off into space for quite some time now spoke plainly. "She's fine."
The violet eyes popped up from staring at the food, to Kaiba. "What?"
A contented sigh came from Seto and he continued staring off into space as a smile crept onto his face. "She's doing just fine."
"Did she call you or something?"
"I followed the moving truck, and I went for a visit."
Yugi's expression was confused, "But what did her parents have to say about this?"
There was a slight pause, ". They don't know."
Joey raised and eyebrow, "So you're telling us that you went to see Tea without her parent's finding out?"
"Exactly."
"Oh, you're asking for it Kaiba."
"How so?"
The blonde shrugged, "Jus' think about it. Her folks Obviously don't really like ya, and now you're sneaking around their back to see their daughter After they've moved to get away from that. It's not a very bright idea."
This caused Seto to chuckle.
"What's so funny?"
The CEO shook his head and smirked. "It's quite humorous actually. You see last night I went to her new house to see how she was doing; in fact I was watching her through her window when- Guess what I saw? A knife. Kind of ironic if you think about it."
Yugi's expression grew concerned. "That's not a good thing Kaiba."
"Of course I know that. Don't you think I of all people would?"
Tristan held his hands up. "Then.?"
"Don't worry about it. I had a little talk with her. She's fine." He smirked again and continued staring off into space as the three other pairs of eyes at the table continued staring at him.
"And we're just supposed to forget about it now?"
"Yeah, quite being so mysterious Kaiba."
"Can't you tell us what was wrong?" Yugi's was the last voice in this as he gazed over at Kaiba with a worried face.
Seto shook his head and got up. "Don't worry about her. I've got it under control." And he walked back inside.
Joey then stared over at Yugi and Tristan. "So what do we do?"
Tristan glanced sideways at where Kaiba had just left. "Leave it I guess."
"Leave it? We're just going to leave it?"
Yugi shrugged. "What else can we do Joey? There's no other way we can contact her, we don't know where she lives, her phone number, anything."
"Kaiba knows."
Yugi shook his head. "I'd seriously doubt he's going to tell us Joey."
Joey finally fell forward on the table in defeat. "Fine. I guess we really can't do anything then."
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Kaiba parked down the street once again and traveled down the road and up into the tree next to Tea's window. He leaned back on the trunk as one of his legs hung off the branch and he stared in the window at Tea sitting at her desk. 'She really is beautiful.' He saw her take something out of her desk and then she walked out of his view. His face became slightly concerned as he sat there until he saw her come back and put whatever it was back in the drawer and then go back to writing.
Crawling forward on the branch he approached outside her window and tapped lightly on the glass. Her head swung up and she looked out the window and jumped a little when she saw him. Then leaning forward she turned the lock and lifted the window up.
Seto climbed over the desk and smiled at her. "Hey again."
Tea smiled back and swiveled her chair to face him. "Hey."
He looked down at her arms and his eyes fell onto a brighter shade of red. With the smile dropping from his face he stared at her in disappointment. "Tea, you promised."
She looked away from him at the floor. "I-I know."
With a sigh he pulled out her desk drawer and saw the knife. He reached in and grabbed it out and then held it up in front of Tea. "This isn't good for you. You can't do this to yourself Tea. You just can't." 'Oh god why is this happening to me.' "I won't let you do this. Why are you doing it?"
She got up and went to sit on her bed as she continued staring at the floor. "I don't know Seto. I don't know."
He put the knife down on the desk and walked over and sat down next to Tea. "It'll all get better soon. You just have to hang in there." He put his arm around her shoulder and rested his head on hers. "Just hang in there. You'll get through this."
"But, my parents. They're so mad at me."
He gave a tiny little smile and sighed. "Don't worry about them. They're just parents. It's their job to be overprotective. They'll get over it."
A small tear made its way down Tea's cheek. "But they don't like you. They really don't like you."
Lifting her chin with his finger he looked into her eyes. "Does it look like that's stopping me?" He gave her a light kiss and then rested his forehead against hers with a smile. "I won't let anything bad happen to you, okay? I promise."
"I'm sorry."
"It's ok. I just don't want you getting hurt, that's all."
She looked down at the ground again. "I wanna go home, I don't like it here. I don't have any friends here. It's just so different."
Seto nodded. "You know the other guys are really worried about you?"
"They are?"
"Yeah, they miss you too." He looked up at the door and then through the window outside. "I have to go now Tea. I'll be back tomorrow. Now don't do anything more. It'll all get better, just you wait." He gave her one last hug and a kiss. "Don't worry little princess. I'll protect you." And with that he grabbed the knife off the desk and crawled out the window and down the trunk of the tree.
Tea stared out the window after him and sighed. 'Bye Seto.'
((That's the end of chapter 3. It's a little shorter than normal. but ok. I couldn't help it. That was just the perfect place to end it ^_^ . Now I write more. Keep reviewing!))
He smiled. "I followed the moving truck. It wasn't that hard. I had to know where you were to make sure you were alright."
Tea started to smile but then broke into tears again and huddled against him.
Seto gave her a tight squeeze. "It's okay my little princess. But tell me-" He held her away from him. "Why have you been doing that to yourself?" He looked at her arms and then into her watery eyes.
"I was so alone. All of you guys were gone. I- I- I was just so alone." She fell back into his chest crying and he rubbed her back more.
"Tea. You can't do that though. It's not healthy. Now I know what you're going through, but please promise me. You won't do it again?"
She looked up at him with her red eyes, "B-but."
"Please Tea?"
She nodded and leaned on him again as her sobs began to lessen. "O-okay."
He smiled and gave her another tight squeeze. "Thank you." He exhaled. "Don't worry, I won't leave you by yourself again. I'm here for you, I'll always be here for you." Seto sat there hugging Tea for quite some time until he felt her body go limp and he looked down at her sleeping form. He smirked and picked her up and placed her in her bed. Covering her with her sheets her kissed her forehead. "Sweet dreams Tea."
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He jumped down from the tree and looked back up at Tea's room as he gave a contented sigh. 'I'll see you again tomorrow Tea. Just hang in there for me.' He smiled and walked off to his car.
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Yugi spun his food around with his fork like he generally did when he was feeling down and then he spoke out to Joey. "Has she called you yet?"
The blonde shook his head. "No Yug, haven't heard a thing."
Tristan shrugged. "I haven't heard anything from her either."
Yugi gave a depressed sigh and sank further down onto the table. "I hope she's doing alright."
Kaiba at this point who had been sitting there silent staring off into space for quite some time now spoke plainly. "She's fine."
The violet eyes popped up from staring at the food, to Kaiba. "What?"
A contented sigh came from Seto and he continued staring off into space as a smile crept onto his face. "She's doing just fine."
"Did she call you or something?"
"I followed the moving truck, and I went for a visit."
Yugi's expression was confused, "But what did her parents have to say about this?"
There was a slight pause, ". They don't know."
Joey raised and eyebrow, "So you're telling us that you went to see Tea without her parent's finding out?"
"Exactly."
"Oh, you're asking for it Kaiba."
"How so?"
The blonde shrugged, "Jus' think about it. Her folks Obviously don't really like ya, and now you're sneaking around their back to see their daughter After they've moved to get away from that. It's not a very bright idea."
This caused Seto to chuckle.
"What's so funny?"
The CEO shook his head and smirked. "It's quite humorous actually. You see last night I went to her new house to see how she was doing; in fact I was watching her through her window when- Guess what I saw? A knife. Kind of ironic if you think about it."
Yugi's expression grew concerned. "That's not a good thing Kaiba."
"Of course I know that. Don't you think I of all people would?"
Tristan held his hands up. "Then.?"
"Don't worry about it. I had a little talk with her. She's fine." He smirked again and continued staring off into space as the three other pairs of eyes at the table continued staring at him.
"And we're just supposed to forget about it now?"
"Yeah, quite being so mysterious Kaiba."
"Can't you tell us what was wrong?" Yugi's was the last voice in this as he gazed over at Kaiba with a worried face.
Seto shook his head and got up. "Don't worry about her. I've got it under control." And he walked back inside.
Joey then stared over at Yugi and Tristan. "So what do we do?"
Tristan glanced sideways at where Kaiba had just left. "Leave it I guess."
"Leave it? We're just going to leave it?"
Yugi shrugged. "What else can we do Joey? There's no other way we can contact her, we don't know where she lives, her phone number, anything."
"Kaiba knows."
Yugi shook his head. "I'd seriously doubt he's going to tell us Joey."
Joey finally fell forward on the table in defeat. "Fine. I guess we really can't do anything then."
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Kaiba parked down the street once again and traveled down the road and up into the tree next to Tea's window. He leaned back on the trunk as one of his legs hung off the branch and he stared in the window at Tea sitting at her desk. 'She really is beautiful.' He saw her take something out of her desk and then she walked out of his view. His face became slightly concerned as he sat there until he saw her come back and put whatever it was back in the drawer and then go back to writing.
Crawling forward on the branch he approached outside her window and tapped lightly on the glass. Her head swung up and she looked out the window and jumped a little when she saw him. Then leaning forward she turned the lock and lifted the window up.
Seto climbed over the desk and smiled at her. "Hey again."
Tea smiled back and swiveled her chair to face him. "Hey."
He looked down at her arms and his eyes fell onto a brighter shade of red. With the smile dropping from his face he stared at her in disappointment. "Tea, you promised."
She looked away from him at the floor. "I-I know."
With a sigh he pulled out her desk drawer and saw the knife. He reached in and grabbed it out and then held it up in front of Tea. "This isn't good for you. You can't do this to yourself Tea. You just can't." 'Oh god why is this happening to me.' "I won't let you do this. Why are you doing it?"
She got up and went to sit on her bed as she continued staring at the floor. "I don't know Seto. I don't know."
He put the knife down on the desk and walked over and sat down next to Tea. "It'll all get better soon. You just have to hang in there." He put his arm around her shoulder and rested his head on hers. "Just hang in there. You'll get through this."
"But, my parents. They're so mad at me."
He gave a tiny little smile and sighed. "Don't worry about them. They're just parents. It's their job to be overprotective. They'll get over it."
A small tear made its way down Tea's cheek. "But they don't like you. They really don't like you."
Lifting her chin with his finger he looked into her eyes. "Does it look like that's stopping me?" He gave her a light kiss and then rested his forehead against hers with a smile. "I won't let anything bad happen to you, okay? I promise."
"I'm sorry."
"It's ok. I just don't want you getting hurt, that's all."
She looked down at the ground again. "I wanna go home, I don't like it here. I don't have any friends here. It's just so different."
Seto nodded. "You know the other guys are really worried about you?"
"They are?"
"Yeah, they miss you too." He looked up at the door and then through the window outside. "I have to go now Tea. I'll be back tomorrow. Now don't do anything more. It'll all get better, just you wait." He gave her one last hug and a kiss. "Don't worry little princess. I'll protect you." And with that he grabbed the knife off the desk and crawled out the window and down the trunk of the tree.
Tea stared out the window after him and sighed. 'Bye Seto.'
((That's the end of chapter 3. It's a little shorter than normal. but ok. I couldn't help it. That was just the perfect place to end it ^_^ . Now I write more. Keep reviewing!))