By: OtakuChild.
DISCLAIMER: Um....no.
Heyhowdy! I actually got organized!
Malik: About time you did.
Me: Shut up. Anyways, chapter four has finally materialized before your very eyes! There is still no winner to Chapter Three's contest, so the contest continues! Look at the bottom of chapter three for more info, and be sure to check out the fic I'm co-writing with Velvetrose, "Malik's Home Video." I'll be doing every other chapter, starting with chapter two. YEEE!! Oh, and for the sake of moving things along in this fic, let's just say it's the end of the school year.
"Maaaaaliiiiik!"
A certain
white-haired tomb robber was stalking the shadows of his house. It was
the week Malik stayed at Bakura's place, as they liked to trade off every
other week.
"Oh Maaaaliiiiiik!"
Out of
nowhere the platinum-haired teen flew up and jumped onto his koi. Bakura
almost fell to the floor. He turned to face Malik, and picked him up and
swung him around before planting a kiss on his nose. Malik jumped up and
wrapped his legs around Bakura's waist. Bakura held him steady.
"You
called?" Malik's smooth voice never failed to send shivers down Bakura's
spine.
"I need
to use the computer. I have a thesis due Monday(1)."
"I'm
done with it. I'm gonna go draw now."
"Have
fun, love."
Malik
let out a giggle and kissed Bakura. Bakura put him down, and went to the
den, while Malik went to find his backpack and art pencils. For the next
hour the only sounds heard were Bakura furiously typing and Malik drawing,
and erasing and drawing again.
Until
the phone rang, that is.
Bakura
growled at the aspect of having his homework interrupted.
"I GOT
IT!!" Malik yelled from the living room.
Bakura
let out a sigh of relief and made a mental note to pay him back.
Malik
ran to the phone, slipped on a rug, and fell to the ground(A/N: Oh poor,
poor Malik, he can be rather clumsy at times. ), only to get up and
grab the phone.
"Hellooooooooooo?"
"Balik?"
A stuffy feminine voice sniffled on the other end of the line.
"Tea?"
Malik shifted the phone to his other hand.
"Yeah,
id's be." Tea let out a hacking cough. "Balik, you were right. I kissed
Yugi. And I got bono." Tea sniffed again. "So, do you wadda gloat dow,
or gloat later?"
Malik
paused in surprise.
"Tea,
I'm not going to gloat. What I am going to do is tell you to call Yugi
right
now and tell him your feelings."
"WHAT?"
Tea shrieked. "I can't do that!"
"And
why not?" Malik asked. "Listen, he's going to find out sooner or later
that you got sick, and he'll do a process of elimination, and he'll find
out about you, and your feelings."
"DABBIT!"
Tea hissed. "Balik, he won't like be back. I dow he won't."
"What
makes you so sure?"
"He just...he
won't."
"Tea,
you have nothing to be afraid of." Malik twirled a blonde strand of hair
around his pinkie.
"Balik!
You don't udderstand!" Tea said. "I kissed hib!"
"Tea,
think back," Malik said. "Remember the day at the park. Then you will have
your answer." And he hung up the phone.
Tea rested her head on the pillows of her bed. Remember the day at the park? What the hell is that supposed to mean? She closed her eyes and replayed the events of that day.
FLASHBACK
It was
Malik's idea that everybody get together and go to the park, though he
later admitted he did it just so he could see Bakura(and maybe watch
the sunset with him) and Bakura admitted that he tagged along in the hopes
that he and Malik would get to spend a few moments alone together. Once
at the park, everyone kind of went off by themselves. Ryou, Yami, Tristan,
and Joey started a duel, Malik took Bakura by the hand and dragged him
off to Ra knows where, and that left Yugi and Tea by themselves on the
park bench, watching the sunset.
"Tea?"
Yugi asked timidly.
"Yea?"
"Have
you ever kissed anyone?"
Tea turned
bright red, a little surprised that her love interest would ask such a
question. "No, I've never kissed anyone before. Why?"
"How
much importance do you put on your first kiss?" Yugi fidgeted around, obviously
nervous.
"A ton,"
Tea said. "In order to kiss the person, I need to truly be in love with
them. That's why I've never kissed yet."
"Wow.
Really?" Yugi let out a small sigh of relief.
"Yeah,
really."
"Me too.
I could never kiss anybody I didn't truly care about. I thought I was crazy
for thinking so." He looked at his feet.
"Maybe
we are crazy, Yugi," Tea said quietly, "But crazy people are what make
the world spin."
And they
sat there, watching the beautiful sunset.
END FLASHBACK
The
Park! Something in Tea's mind clicked. She replayed the conversation
at the park, and the conversation she had the day she'd kissed him.
I'd
kiss you too.
Then
it hit her.
Yugi
said he'd kiss her, and he said that he'd only kiss someone he really loved.
Malik was right!
She grabbed
the phone and dialed Yugi's number with renewed speed.
The Turtle Game Shop
A/N: Let's just assume Tea is still stuffy, but I'm not going to write the words all stuffy, M'kaaaay?
"Hello?"
Yami
answered the home phone. He listened to the voice on the other end of the
line. "Sure, hang on a sec."
"YUGI!"
"WHAAAAAT??"
Yugi had been feeling loads better, but wasn't allowed to go back to school
until he had a complete, perfectly clean bill of health. Yugi got up and
walked down the stairs.
"You're
girlfriend is on the phone," Yami whispered.
"She's
not my girlfriend!" Yugi hissed back.
"You
never know, that may change," Yami said with a wink, and he disappeared
into the Millennium Puzzle, which then lifted off the table, floated up
the stairs, and disappeared around the corner.
"I wish
he wouldn't do that with the puzzle," Yugi muttered. "That's just creepy."
He picked up the phone.
"Hey
Tea," he said.
"Yugi!"
Tea said, relieved to hear his voice. "Yugi, listen, I need to talk to
you, it's important."
"I'm
listening."
"I have
a confession. A few days ago, when I brought over the cookies, remember
that conversation I had with you, and that dream you said you had?"
"Yeah.
What about it?" Yugi had a sneaking suspicion he knew where the conversation
was going, but was trying to quell his hopes just in case.
"Well,
the dream was real Yugi. I kissed you after you fell asleep."
Yugi
could hardly believe his ears. Tea kissed me! He remembered
the day at the park. Tea likes me! She might even love me!
"Yugi,
I...I'm sorry, I..." Tea trailed off, wondering if this was even a good
idea at all.
"Tea,
don't be," Yugi said quickly. "Tea, I'm sorry if this comes out kinda blunt,
but...I love you."
Tea nearly
dropped the phone. "You...you do?"
"Yeah."
Yugi got nervous, and started fiddling with the phone cord.
"Wow.
I was just going to say that I love you too."
"You
do?" Yugi was feeling loads better."
"Yeah."
"Tea,
I'm coming over."
"But
I'm sick!"
"I don't
care, just hang on, I'll be over in a few minutes!"
He and
Tea hung up the phone. After changing into street clothes and writing a
note to his Yami, Yugi headed down the street, knowing exactly where Tea's
house was. Her mother let him in, and he skipped up the stairs, and into
her room. Once there he crawled onto the bed, and gave Tea the softest
kiss she'd ever felt. It made her eyes water.
"Yugi..."
"What?"
Yugi kissed her again.
"I'll
get you sick."
Yugi
grinned. "No you won't. I already had it. I can kiss you all I want."
"Yugi..."
She threw her arms around his neck. "I love you."
"I love
you too. And I'm going to take care of you until you feel better."
And that's
exactly what he did. Once back in school, he gave Tea the homework she
was missing, and helped her with it, and brought her soup and Jell-O and
stuff she could eat while sick.
Two weeks
later Yugi sat in his homeroom classroom reading the latest issue of Rolling
Stone(2). The door opened, and he looked up out of habit. He saw Tea's
figure standing in the doorway, and his eyes lit up. He got up and gave
her a huge hug.
"Hey,"
Tea giggled. "Did you miss me since yesterday?"
"Yeah."
He walked over to his desk and sat on it, putting him a little above eye
level with Tea. "There, I'm taller than you now."
"Yugi,
I don't care." Tea said, and she kissed his nose. The tardy bell rang,
and they sat in their seats. During history they chatted the entire time,
because it was the last day of school, and they had nothing to do. They
watched Tristan trip Joey, and Joey kick Tristan, and then watched as Ryou
quietly shoved Joey into one corner and Skuld shoved Tristan into another(3).
When the final bell rang Yugi walked Tea home.
"Soo..."
Tea said.
"Mmm..."
The two walked in awkward silence.
"How's
the shop?"
"It's
doing well."
"Good."
More
silence.
"Listen,"
Yugi said. "Malik's having a party tomorrow, because we're out of school
and all, and he wants to know if you can come, and I'd like you to come..."
he blushed furiously, "...as my date."
"Yugi,
you know I'd love to! I'll call Malik and let him know." They stopped in
front of her house.
"Sooo..."
Yugi stared at his feet.
"I guess
I'll see you tomorrow night then."
"Yeah."
"Bye
Yugi." Tea said. The she pulled him forward a bit and kissed him. Yugi
snuggled in and kissed back.
"I love
you Yugi."
"I love
you too Tea."
He watched
Tea walk into her house, and he walked quietly down the sidewalk, and heard
a loud tap. He looked up to see Tea in her upstairs room. He waved, and
she blew him a kiss, which he happily returned. He walked back to the Game
Shop.
Bakura's house(4)
Bakura
had been thinking.
He'd
been thinking a lot lately. Mainly he'd been thinking about his current
relationship with Malik. He loved the Egyptian more than anything, and
lately they had been settling into spending every night with each other,
alternating between spending one week at his house and one week at Malik's
house. It was as if they were living together. Bakura wanted to move the
relationship along, but wasn't sure if Malik felt the same way. He also
knew that Malik's party was tomorrow night. He let out a sigh. He desperately
wanted to take things a tad further. He knew he had to do this soon, the
night he was spending alone was the first night months. It felt empty.
He ran through a plan in his head. The only way to move things along was
to ask. And he would ask tomorrow night.
Yippiteepoo! Wahoo! Okay, I must calm down. FOOTNOTES:
(1) Similar to 'Yu-Gi-Oh!
Email Surveys!', I put Bakura into a Junior College, because in my little
world, he wants to do something with his life that doesn't involve world
domination. So basically in that scene, he needs to do English 1A homework.
(2)Yes, Yugi reads Rolling
Stone. In the Manga, he isn't as innocent as he may appear to be.
(3)Skuld is a character
from the Manga 'Oh My Goddess!' in this fic she's a little older, and Ryou's
girlfriend. I always thought that with her bold, loud, outgoing personality,
and Ryou's shy quietness, they'd be perfect together.
(4)Bakura is living in his
own house, which his cushy job at KaibaCorp is paying for. I figured it
would be better to have him in his own place, and Ryou in his own house,
with Skuld keeping an eye on him.
This last chapter will focus mainly on the relationship of Bakura and Malik. I have an offshoot sequel planned for those two. Heheee..
So...we need your advertising
ideas! And we also need a winner to that contest! Thanks to all who have
read and reviewed. So see ya later!
-OtakuChild