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Hushpuppy24: For Righto Roo, I accept criticism that is of any good that could improve my stories, but yours is just lame. If you don't like it, don't read it! And for you to continue to read and review my chapters after I updated them is just REALLY LAME! I mean there are 16 of them! Who would continue reading these chapters if you thought it was not of any good in the first place. Say all you want but no one wants to hear any of your opinions of no value whatsoever. Note that I'm trying to be as nice as possible as others are also reading. So if you could just take your puke else, that'd be grateful. Also if you choose to review this chapter with more flames, it just shows how ignorant you are, or that you have nothing better to do with your life. Apologies to others who are reading this, sorry for being caught up in that.
Now for the summary...
During chapter 16, Seto's fever had lowered. Téa thought about what she did when Kaiba first fainted in the classroom when she called to him. She tried to carry Kaiba to the nurse's office, but he was too heavy, so she went to Yugi for help. At the nurse's office, the nurse gave Seto some Tylenol and told Téa that he should go home and rest. Inside Joey's car, Joey asked why Téa cared so much for Kaiba, but she didn't answer. Snapping out of the flashback, Téa thought about why she cared for Kaiba so much. Suddenly, Kaiba started to mumble something in his sleep and grabbed onto her hand, whispering her name. She slipped her hand out of his grip, as he was about to awaken. Téa asked how he was feeling, but soon started scolding him for making them worry about him. Kaiba asked who were 'they' and Téa started to stutter, trying to make excuses that she didn't care for Kaiba when Mokuba came into the room. Téa excused herself from the room and went down to the kitchen to make some soup.
Now for the next chapter...
Chapter 17
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Kaiba watched as Téa shut the door behind her as she left. His eyes wandered back to Mokuba, who was staring at him. "Are you feeling better?" Mokuba asked in a happy tone.
"Yea..." Seto answered, still a little tired. "Téa says I got you guys worrying over me... Sorry you had to go through that..." He said apologetically.
"Why would I worry?" Mokuba replied confusedly. "Maybe you've got Téa worrying ...but certainly not me!" He said with a grin.
"Oh?" He said shocked, yet puzzled. "And why is that?" Seto asked as he cocked an eyebrow up.
"Because you said you'd always be there for me... so I know you'd never leave without a goodbye..." Mokuba said soulfully. "I believe in you...and I always will." Without saying any other words, the two brothers embraced each other. Moments later, they pulled apart as their conversation continued.
"How'd you get here?" Seto asked in curiosity.
"Joey and Yugi came by the elementary and picked me up. They said you were hurt or something. Alex came by a little while ago too! But she went back home... Her house isn't far from here so she walked back. She was in here with Téa before... I was downstairs eating with the others." Mokuba let out a nervous laugh, and then put on his best grin.
"Oh... Ok..." Kaiba said as he pictured Téa in his head. 'I must've worried her a lot..." He thought with a worried expression on his face.
"Téa cares a lot about you, you know..." Mokuba told Seto. "She was by your bedside ever since I don't know when...but she was already there when I got here."
"What are you trying to tell me?" Seto tried to hide his blush, pretending not to know what Mokuba was saying.
"Are you blushing big brother?" Mokuba said with a snicker.
"Of course not!" Seto denied, but his cheeks only turned even redder. "It's the fever that's making my cheeks red..."
"Alex said that Téa likes you, that's why she cares so much about you! Don't you for her?" Mokuba asked in curiosity.
"I...I..." Kaiba stuttered. Téa's smiling face flashed in his mind, but so did Gozaburo. He clutched onto his head as the pictures flashed back and forth. He wanted to love again, but to love means to also be hurt again. "I...I don't know..." He replied unsure of his feelings, his voice trembling. Mokuba noticed tears forming in Seto's eyes and decided to change the subject.
"Ummm..." Mokuba thought out loud. "Why don't you go check on Téa and that soup?" He suggested with excitement. "You must be hungry! I've still got to finish up some homework so I better start doing that." Seto lifted his head and smiled at his little brother. 'I don't deserve such a great brother...' He thought to himself. Seto nodded his head in agreement to Mokuba's suggestion and he made his way down the stairs and to the kitchen, while Mokuba went back to the guest room to finish up his work.
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Téa slowly scooped up some boiling hot chicken noodle soup into the bowl. She set the bowl down on the counter, letting the steam rise and cool off. She took out a picture from her vest pocket. She looked at it dreamily as her mind drifted off.
* Flashback *
Téa sat on the edge of the bed, her hand on Seto's forehead. 'His temperature still hasn't gone down yet...' She thought worriedly. Seconds later, a knock on the door was heard. Téa's attention quickly turned to the door as she took her hand off Kaiba's forehead. First entered a small girl with long pink hair. Following her was Mokuba with a chocolate bar in his mouth. "Mokuba?" Téa asked, surprised to see a stranger in her house. "Who's that?" She gestured towards the pink haired girl, but before Mokuba had a chance to speak, the girl had already introduced herself.
"Hi! I'm Alex!" She greeted happily. "Nice to meet you!" She said as she held out her hand.
Téa just stared blankly at her. 'Wow... She's not a bit shy at all...' She thought. "Hi. I'm Téa." She replied as she took Alex's hand and shook it. "You must be the friend of Mokuba's Kaiba told me about." She said with a warm smile.
"I guess!" She replied perkily. "And you must be Seto's girlfriend?"
"No!" Téa immediately spoke up, her cheeks reddened. She can feel her cheeks burn with embarrassment. "I'm...just a friend..."
"You don't look the type!" Alex replied.
Mokuba let out a giggle before speaking. "Is my brother ok?" He asked.
"He should be ok..." Téa said as she tried to hide her concern that Seto's temperature was still not dropping.
Mokuba stood by his bedside and looked at his condition. Seto looked fine to him so he decided to go downstairs. "I'll be back later... I'm gonna get something to eat with Joey." With that, he left the room, leaving Alex and Téa in the room with Kaiba.
"So what's wrong with Seto?" Alex asked after Mokuba left, drawing closer to Seto's side.
"He's got a high fever..." Téa explained with concern. "He passed out earlier today and his temperature still hasn't dropped..." Her expression dropped as she looked over at Seto, who was still in his sleep, breathing heavily.
Alex looked at Téa's expression and knew at once that she cared deeply for Seto. "You like him don't you?" Alex teased.
"WHAT?!" Téa exclaimed in shock at the sudden comment. "Of course not!" She denied, her face blushed a brighter shade of red every second. "He's just a friend..."
"You seem to care for him a lot more than just a friend." Alex teased some more. "And from what I heard from Mokuba...I think he cares for you just as much." She gave Téa a wink and looked down at Seto before digging into her backpack and taking out a photo. "Here!" She handed it to Téa. Téa held it in her fingers as she studied the picture carefully. It was a 6X8cm photo, but it clearly shown Seto and Mokuba with big smiles when they were just young boys. "Keep it!" Alex informed cheerfully. "But just for now!"
"How'd you...?" Téa began to ask but was soon cut off.
"Mokuba gave it to me! I'm special to him, so he gave me something that's special to him. But I'm going to lend it to you just for now! You seem like you need to do some thinking about it...but once you and Seto get together you'll need to give it back! Ok?" She said with a big smile, showing two of her fang like teeth.
"But I..." Téa began to speak, but Alex had cut her off again.
"No need to deny your feelings! I gotta go! Talk to ya next time!" She called out as she left the room and closed the door. Téa just stood there blankly holding the picture in her hand.
'What an upbeat girl...' She thought to herself. She looked back to the picture in her hand, studying the features of both the Kaiba brothers.
* End Flashback *
Still staring at the picture, she noticed that Seto's dimples are shown when he smiles. 'Maybe...just maybe...Alex was right...' She thought to herself. 'I mean...he does make me feel differently...and he seems to be much more different than when we were at the duelist kingdom...' Her thoughts were soon interrupted when she heard Kaiba call her name. She looked up from the picture to see Kaiba only about one or two meters away from her. She quickly tried to stuff the picture in her pocket, but the picture fell to the ground without her noticing. "Kaiba!" She said in surprise. "Oh! Here's your soup!" She said as she took the bowl into her hands. The scorching heat burned her fingers causing her to yell out in pain, squeezing her eyes shut. Her fingers, delicate to the heat, let go of the bowl as the liquid spilt and the bowl dropped to the ground, shattering it to pieces of glass. She felt her body being yanked backwards as the bowl dropped.
Opening her eyes, she realized Kaiba's arm was around her waist, and that she was at a safe distance away from the broken glass and boiling liquid. She looked up at Seto's blue eyes as a small blush formed on her cheeks.
Hushpuppy24: Ok...sorry for lateness but I had a little block for this chapter because I wanted to get the couple together soon~! ^^ I know this chapter was a little weird...but it was the best I could do...but I hope you still liked it... Review please~! ^^
Hushpuppy24: For Righto Roo, I accept criticism that is of any good that could improve my stories, but yours is just lame. If you don't like it, don't read it! And for you to continue to read and review my chapters after I updated them is just REALLY LAME! I mean there are 16 of them! Who would continue reading these chapters if you thought it was not of any good in the first place. Say all you want but no one wants to hear any of your opinions of no value whatsoever. Note that I'm trying to be as nice as possible as others are also reading. So if you could just take your puke else, that'd be grateful. Also if you choose to review this chapter with more flames, it just shows how ignorant you are, or that you have nothing better to do with your life. Apologies to others who are reading this, sorry for being caught up in that.
Now for the summary...
During chapter 16, Seto's fever had lowered. Téa thought about what she did when Kaiba first fainted in the classroom when she called to him. She tried to carry Kaiba to the nurse's office, but he was too heavy, so she went to Yugi for help. At the nurse's office, the nurse gave Seto some Tylenol and told Téa that he should go home and rest. Inside Joey's car, Joey asked why Téa cared so much for Kaiba, but she didn't answer. Snapping out of the flashback, Téa thought about why she cared for Kaiba so much. Suddenly, Kaiba started to mumble something in his sleep and grabbed onto her hand, whispering her name. She slipped her hand out of his grip, as he was about to awaken. Téa asked how he was feeling, but soon started scolding him for making them worry about him. Kaiba asked who were 'they' and Téa started to stutter, trying to make excuses that she didn't care for Kaiba when Mokuba came into the room. Téa excused herself from the room and went down to the kitchen to make some soup.
Now for the next chapter...
Chapter 17
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Kaiba watched as Téa shut the door behind her as she left. His eyes wandered back to Mokuba, who was staring at him. "Are you feeling better?" Mokuba asked in a happy tone.
"Yea..." Seto answered, still a little tired. "Téa says I got you guys worrying over me... Sorry you had to go through that..." He said apologetically.
"Why would I worry?" Mokuba replied confusedly. "Maybe you've got Téa worrying ...but certainly not me!" He said with a grin.
"Oh?" He said shocked, yet puzzled. "And why is that?" Seto asked as he cocked an eyebrow up.
"Because you said you'd always be there for me... so I know you'd never leave without a goodbye..." Mokuba said soulfully. "I believe in you...and I always will." Without saying any other words, the two brothers embraced each other. Moments later, they pulled apart as their conversation continued.
"How'd you get here?" Seto asked in curiosity.
"Joey and Yugi came by the elementary and picked me up. They said you were hurt or something. Alex came by a little while ago too! But she went back home... Her house isn't far from here so she walked back. She was in here with Téa before... I was downstairs eating with the others." Mokuba let out a nervous laugh, and then put on his best grin.
"Oh... Ok..." Kaiba said as he pictured Téa in his head. 'I must've worried her a lot..." He thought with a worried expression on his face.
"Téa cares a lot about you, you know..." Mokuba told Seto. "She was by your bedside ever since I don't know when...but she was already there when I got here."
"What are you trying to tell me?" Seto tried to hide his blush, pretending not to know what Mokuba was saying.
"Are you blushing big brother?" Mokuba said with a snicker.
"Of course not!" Seto denied, but his cheeks only turned even redder. "It's the fever that's making my cheeks red..."
"Alex said that Téa likes you, that's why she cares so much about you! Don't you for her?" Mokuba asked in curiosity.
"I...I..." Kaiba stuttered. Téa's smiling face flashed in his mind, but so did Gozaburo. He clutched onto his head as the pictures flashed back and forth. He wanted to love again, but to love means to also be hurt again. "I...I don't know..." He replied unsure of his feelings, his voice trembling. Mokuba noticed tears forming in Seto's eyes and decided to change the subject.
"Ummm..." Mokuba thought out loud. "Why don't you go check on Téa and that soup?" He suggested with excitement. "You must be hungry! I've still got to finish up some homework so I better start doing that." Seto lifted his head and smiled at his little brother. 'I don't deserve such a great brother...' He thought to himself. Seto nodded his head in agreement to Mokuba's suggestion and he made his way down the stairs and to the kitchen, while Mokuba went back to the guest room to finish up his work.
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Téa slowly scooped up some boiling hot chicken noodle soup into the bowl. She set the bowl down on the counter, letting the steam rise and cool off. She took out a picture from her vest pocket. She looked at it dreamily as her mind drifted off.
* Flashback *
Téa sat on the edge of the bed, her hand on Seto's forehead. 'His temperature still hasn't gone down yet...' She thought worriedly. Seconds later, a knock on the door was heard. Téa's attention quickly turned to the door as she took her hand off Kaiba's forehead. First entered a small girl with long pink hair. Following her was Mokuba with a chocolate bar in his mouth. "Mokuba?" Téa asked, surprised to see a stranger in her house. "Who's that?" She gestured towards the pink haired girl, but before Mokuba had a chance to speak, the girl had already introduced herself.
"Hi! I'm Alex!" She greeted happily. "Nice to meet you!" She said as she held out her hand.
Téa just stared blankly at her. 'Wow... She's not a bit shy at all...' She thought. "Hi. I'm Téa." She replied as she took Alex's hand and shook it. "You must be the friend of Mokuba's Kaiba told me about." She said with a warm smile.
"I guess!" She replied perkily. "And you must be Seto's girlfriend?"
"No!" Téa immediately spoke up, her cheeks reddened. She can feel her cheeks burn with embarrassment. "I'm...just a friend..."
"You don't look the type!" Alex replied.
Mokuba let out a giggle before speaking. "Is my brother ok?" He asked.
"He should be ok..." Téa said as she tried to hide her concern that Seto's temperature was still not dropping.
Mokuba stood by his bedside and looked at his condition. Seto looked fine to him so he decided to go downstairs. "I'll be back later... I'm gonna get something to eat with Joey." With that, he left the room, leaving Alex and Téa in the room with Kaiba.
"So what's wrong with Seto?" Alex asked after Mokuba left, drawing closer to Seto's side.
"He's got a high fever..." Téa explained with concern. "He passed out earlier today and his temperature still hasn't dropped..." Her expression dropped as she looked over at Seto, who was still in his sleep, breathing heavily.
Alex looked at Téa's expression and knew at once that she cared deeply for Seto. "You like him don't you?" Alex teased.
"WHAT?!" Téa exclaimed in shock at the sudden comment. "Of course not!" She denied, her face blushed a brighter shade of red every second. "He's just a friend..."
"You seem to care for him a lot more than just a friend." Alex teased some more. "And from what I heard from Mokuba...I think he cares for you just as much." She gave Téa a wink and looked down at Seto before digging into her backpack and taking out a photo. "Here!" She handed it to Téa. Téa held it in her fingers as she studied the picture carefully. It was a 6X8cm photo, but it clearly shown Seto and Mokuba with big smiles when they were just young boys. "Keep it!" Alex informed cheerfully. "But just for now!"
"How'd you...?" Téa began to ask but was soon cut off.
"Mokuba gave it to me! I'm special to him, so he gave me something that's special to him. But I'm going to lend it to you just for now! You seem like you need to do some thinking about it...but once you and Seto get together you'll need to give it back! Ok?" She said with a big smile, showing two of her fang like teeth.
"But I..." Téa began to speak, but Alex had cut her off again.
"No need to deny your feelings! I gotta go! Talk to ya next time!" She called out as she left the room and closed the door. Téa just stood there blankly holding the picture in her hand.
'What an upbeat girl...' She thought to herself. She looked back to the picture in her hand, studying the features of both the Kaiba brothers.
* End Flashback *
Still staring at the picture, she noticed that Seto's dimples are shown when he smiles. 'Maybe...just maybe...Alex was right...' She thought to herself. 'I mean...he does make me feel differently...and he seems to be much more different than when we were at the duelist kingdom...' Her thoughts were soon interrupted when she heard Kaiba call her name. She looked up from the picture to see Kaiba only about one or two meters away from her. She quickly tried to stuff the picture in her pocket, but the picture fell to the ground without her noticing. "Kaiba!" She said in surprise. "Oh! Here's your soup!" She said as she took the bowl into her hands. The scorching heat burned her fingers causing her to yell out in pain, squeezing her eyes shut. Her fingers, delicate to the heat, let go of the bowl as the liquid spilt and the bowl dropped to the ground, shattering it to pieces of glass. She felt her body being yanked backwards as the bowl dropped.
Opening her eyes, she realized Kaiba's arm was around her waist, and that she was at a safe distance away from the broken glass and boiling liquid. She looked up at Seto's blue eyes as a small blush formed on her cheeks.
Hushpuppy24: Ok...sorry for lateness but I had a little block for this chapter because I wanted to get the couple together soon~! ^^ I know this chapter was a little weird...but it was the best I could do...but I hope you still liked it... Review please~! ^^