A Change of Heart

By: In Fair Verona/Sibby

Summary: Bakura and Tea have had a serious and steady relationship for 1 year, and suddenly Bakura wants to call it off. How will he end the relationship without hurting her? Maybe his favourite card can help.
Rating: PG (Rating Will Elevate)
Shipper: Bakura x Tea
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters, cards, settings, or basicly anything else from Yu-Gi-Oh!
A/N: In this fic, Bakura and Tea are both 16, thus they started going out when they were 15. Make sense? So far this in a one chapter ficlet, that *may* progress into a 4 chapter ficlet. It depends on how many/how good the reveiws are.


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Tea Gardner clutched the flower pot tightly with her arms, encircling it dearly like a mother would a newborn child. White daisies, yellow tulips, and sunkissed orange marigolds were firmly planted and in full bloom inside the ceramic pot. A shiny pink satin ribbon was tied around the rim of the pot, into a quaint bow, signifying that this pot was indeed a gift. Nestled in between a tulip and marigold, was a folded white slip of paper. A crisp slip of paper, which on the outside, written in gold ink in fine calligraphy, was the name 'Bakura'. Combining all these clues, you will see that Tea Gardner, the faithful and caring long term girlfriend of Bakura, has brought her boyfriend a present. (Aww! How sweet!)
"I wonder why Bakura wanted to meet me here." Tea whispered, placing the pot carefully on the metal bench inside of the Domino Park. Raising her hand, to shield her eyes from the shining sun, Tea looked for any sign of her boyfriend. None! "He must be running late." Tea assumed, sitting herself down on the bench. It was a very nice day. Clear blue skies, not a cloud in sight! The sun was spreading it's warmth without sweltering the town, and in case it did, the wind would blow a gentle breeze amongst the civilians. Tea closed her eyes and smiled to herself as the wind gently lifted her hair backwards the slightest bit, revealing the quaint grin on her face. "It's such a perfect day." She whispered, opening her eyes to admire the beauty of a perfect world. "Everything's just perfect. For once. Yugi has finally established good terms with Seto Kaiba, Tristan and Yugi have finally made themselves busy with new girlfriends, oh and Joey and Mai have finally gotten over that hidden desire and attraction." Tea said, grinning at the memory of one of her best friends admitting to the woman who had harassed him for years that he liked her. It was so romantic. "And I have Bakura." She added with a smile. Speaking of Bakura, turning to her right, out of the corner of her eye she saw the white haired boy making his way up the street towards her. His stance was preoccupied, his face was concentrated on the ground before him and his hands were firmly shoved into his pockets. His Millenium Item dangled from his neck, against his customary cream sweater over the leaf green blouse. He had barely even looked up as he approached Tea, and still a worried, preoccupied look reflected in his crestfallen eyes. "Bakura!" Tea smiled, approaching him quickly and throwing her arms around his neck. Bakura smiled weakly, wrapping his arms loosely around her waist before pulling away quickly.
"Hey Tea." He said uneasily, shoving his hands back into his pockets.
"I brought you something." Tea smiled, picking up the flower pot from the bench and turning around to face him.
"Tea wait." Bakura said, cutting her off. "Before you give me anything, we need to talk."
"Allright." Tea said, nodding slowly as she struggled to read whatever was on his mind. At first she had assumed that Bakura had simply wanted to spend time and talk with his girlfriend when he had called her and told him to meet him in the park. However, now, she was beginning to dread some bad news. "Is everything allright, Bakura?" She asked with concern.
"Yes. No. No, Tea, something isn't right." Bakura admitted. He bit his lip, staring at the floor rather than into her pretty blue eyes. Those eyes would only make what had to be said, so much harder. "Alot's been happening to me lately. I can't exactly... explain. I don't want to have to explain it to you either. But... I do know one thing that I need to do now, before it's too late." He took a step forward, closing the distance between them and laying his lips gently on hers. Tea felt her breath get stuck in her throat, but the aching for oxygen was quickly ceased when he kissed her with increasing passion, laying his hands gently on her shoulders. It might seem like an ordinary kiss to many couples, but this was unsual for them. Mainly because, while Joey, Tristan, and Yugi (Well, maybe not Yugi.) were always all over their girlfriends, Bakura was more respectable and he always took things slowly with Tea, because she needed that patience as well. Sure, they had kissed before. Many times, but it was just a quick peck on the cheek, a soft kiss on the lips to say goodnight after a date, but they had never really *kissed*. Not like this. This was stellar. Bakura pulled away slowly, taking a deep breath before returning to his stance.
"Bakura..." Tea trailed off, clutching the pot even tighter to her chest. His kiss had thrown her completely off track, she barely remembered what he had said before.
"I shouldn't have done that." Bakura said quickly, once again giving the concrete sidewalk a penetrating glance.
"Bakura, it's allright." Tea said, a blush taking over her rosy cheeks.
"No, you don't understand. I knew it would make it harder, but I had to do that... one last time." Bakura looked up at her, his eyes were frowning and looked red and tired from sleepless nites and countless rubbing. "Tea, it's over. I'm sorry."
"What? What's over?" Tea said, a tremble coming through in her voice.
"Us." Bakura said, throwing his attention to the shifting wind which blew his silky white strands infront of his face, hiding his tortured grimace from her veiw.
"But... Bakura, I don't understand..." Tea choked out, her eyes began to water mercilessly, and the tears ran down her cheeks as if the Hoover Dam had just broken.
"I know you don't, and I don't expect you too. I'm so sorry, Tea. But it is over."
"How, how could you do this to me!?" Tea exclaimed, her strength gave way and she dropped the orange ceramic pot onto the ground, it shattered with a loud click and clack, causing many pedestrians to take notice. Next, after the treasured flower pot, Tea's limp body fell to her knees as well, as she tried to frustratingly wipe away her tears and stiffle sobs but to no avail. "How can you kiss me like that, and then-"
"Tea, I tried to do this as ruthlessly as I could, I never meant to hurt you!" Bakura exclaimed, dropping to his knees as well. He reached out a hand comfortingly to her, but she quickly slapped it away. Shocked, but knowing he deserved that, Bakura lowered his hand. It skimmed across a smooth surface. Glancing downwards, covered by bits and speckles of dirt, was a folded white slip of paper. With his name glazed in gold across it. He picked it up and quickly discarded it in his pocket before standing up. Once again, he made an atempt to help the poor girl stand, but she pushed him off.
"Don't touch me!" Tea muttered, her voice shining with malice. She rose from the gronud on her own, but there were scrapes and scratches across her bare knees from when she had practically collasped. "Can't I just have a straight answer..." She sobbed. "Why?"
"Maybe this will help you figure it out." Bakura said, raising one arm to wipe his eyes which as well began to water, and the other hand he drew from his pocket a Duel Monsters card. He extended his hand towards her, and she took the card from him.
"Change of Heart." Tea said, choking out the words. "Your favourite card."
"I want you to have it. Keep it. Please." Bakura pleaded, fresh tears now sliding down his cheeks.
"I loved you." Tea said softly, staring at the card.
"Don't say that now, Tea." Bakura shook his head, and turned around, beginning to walk away.
"You said it to me once... at the beach."
"And I can't say it again." Bakura said firmly, looking over his shoulders. The crisp tears were now visible against his pale face. He quickly swung his head around and broke into a run, running away from Tea and all the spectators, and the people in the park, and the perfect weather, and the perfect world. Once he was a good distance away from Domino Park, he stopped besides the brick fence of a wealthy neighborhood, collasping onto the soft grass and sobbing wickedly. As he struggled to compose himself and wipe his tears to no avail, he remembered something. Reaching a shaky hand into his pocket, he whipped out the slip of paper, now dusted with brown soot and dirt, and slowly opened it up. Even through blurry teary eyes, the writing was clear to him...

My Dear Bakura,
I'm thinking about you now, and that night at the beach. I know, that was a month ago, but the sweet memories still haunt my dreams. The sounds of the waves crashing against the dusty shore, and how you held me close to you as we watched the sea foam spray the sand. The cawing of sea gulls over head, and how before I fell into a soft slumber, you whispered into my ear and told me that you loved me. I never got a chance to say it back then, but I know what I want to say now. I love you! I love you more than you'll ever know, Bakura! Thankyou for always being there when I needed you.
Love,
Tea.

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What did you think? Deserves to be continued? If I get at least 5 reveiwers, I will continue this and add another chapter. I can give you spoilers for what I plan, just to intrigue you more though! We'll probably be seeing how both Tea and Bakura feel after the break up, and how each is trying to cope with it, and some intense movements from Bakura (Not going to say what he does though.) Oh, and one of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Gang is going to be revealed to having feelings for Tea! Mwaha! Reveiw, please!

X Peace X
x Sibby x