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-13
Shipper: Bakura x Tea
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters, cards, settings, or basicly anything else from Yu-Gi-Oh!
A/N: Allrigt, so I'm going to go with what you guys want and from this chapter on, our innocent ex-boyfriend of Tea will be Ryou and the spirit of the millenium ring will be Bakura! Yay!
Reveiwers:
Guardian Kysra- What will happened? I don't know yet, he he!
Tasha- Yeah, Bakura and intimacy is funky. Which reminds me... I was watching Yu-Gi-Oh! Today in the Duelist Kingdom Epy when Joey is kidnapped by Bandit Keith & Co and then Yugi & Co go into the cave and then Bakura and Tea start screaming and running around when dead bone things come out of coffins, lol. I was thinking "My romantic hero is running around screaming like a girl, as his romantic rival Tristan of all people, punches the skull."
R Amethyst- Ditto, I had no idea who Ryou was until I did a bit of research. I usually just go by the english names, but sometimes I refer to Tea as Anzu, although usually Bakura just remains Bakura with me. However, if you guys want him to be Ryou that is fine with me. Oy, I don't know about three days. It's mid-term/finals week right now, so I'll be very busy but I do try to work on this story as much as possible. :)
Misty- Thanks!
Elandra Windfire- Thankyou so much!
Kaori- Thanks, I love your name it's pretty. I have a made-up character named Saori. Lol.
Magick-angel- YES! Another Roswell fan! *Throws confetti and alien blow-up dolls everywhere* You rock!
Beholder of the Shadows- Thanks! Lucky for you this is a Tristan free chapter. Well, he is mentioned though.
youkai the hell hound- Thanks, I will continue!
yugioh gurl- Thanks!
Anzu Mazaki- Thankies!
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Tea's eyes quickly darted forward to the blackboard before her, displaying several notes on the history of ancient Egypt, notes that Tea had only copied as far as-
-Pyramids are of great importance to the Egyptia
She let out a soft yawn and quickly scratched down an 'n' to Egyptia. After scratching the side of her head curiously she leaned over the side of her desk, glancing at the little wadded up piece of notebook paper which had snapped her out of her reverie. She picked up the crinkled and unfolded it across her notebook, easily deciphering Ryou's quick scribbles.
Tea,
I feel horrible, no, make that, unbearably, incredibly, guiltily, piece of filty scum, horrible. As you can see, I really don't have a way with words the way you do, but I'm working on it, for you. I really want to apologize for what happened last night. You must understand that this is the truth- I don't want to hurt you. I'm begging for your forgiveness, and I don't know if I could live without it. You do mean alot of me Tea, and that is why I am so sorry. I hope that maybe we can still be friends?
-Ryou
Tea let out an angry sigh as she wadded up the piece of paper in her hand and glanced over her shoulder. Exactly two desks down and one to the right, Ryou gave her an earnest and hopeful grin in attempt to win her friendship back. Tea gave Ryou a harsh glance, closed her now watering eyes and swung her head back around. She made a cursory glance at the trash can and gracefully chucked the note into it without their instructor even noticing as she rambled on about ancient Egypt. Seto Kaiba, who sat directly right of Tea, noticed the note-passing and back and forth looks between the two. He had already heard about their break up first hand from Mokuba who was present at Domino Park when it had happened. Everyone in the entire city of Domino knew about good-hearted Tea and the shy gentleman, Ryou. He came close to retching a few times upon hearing the story of how they got together. Even the locals he'd do business with would have something to say about Domino's number one super couple. Once he had come to school this morning, everything had changed. Of course, thanks to that babbling puppy dog and his precious poodle, Kaiba wouldn't have been surprised if the news reached Timbuktu by noon. He was there when Joey and Mai, surrounded by a circle of curious girls and boys related the entire story. Their reactions were quite surprising. Ever since Tea had gone out with Ryou, he suddenly became a wanted man, especially now that he was single. It didn't really make sense to Seto, Tea wasn't that popular, so why did almost every girl in Domino High suddenly want her ex-boyfriend? Supposedly, girls were getting tired of the tough guys and finding their needs fulfilled with the quieter, more polite ones. So, now Ryou ranked up there among himself and Yugi Moto (Don't even ask how Yugi Moto became a most wanted) in Domino High's social ladder. Not that popularity was ever a concern to Seto, no, being the best was his most concern. Yugi or Ryou didn't appear as much conflict to Domino City's number one bachelor. As for other young men in the school, they probably felt a need to avenge Yugi Moto's faithful friend, and the fact that Ryou became suddenly popular with the girls didn't help either. But they had no chance of even touching a hair on Ryou. Not only had he grown from being a wimpy bully target into a stronger more defined young man, but since it was Ryou who broke up with Tea, there was the possibility that Tea still had strong feelings for him, and she would more than likely stand in anyone's way who tried to harm him, as she always had done. As for Seto's take of it all, one thought surpassed any threats or social ladder upgrades; if Tea and Ryou couldn't last, then the rest of them were doomed.
"Seto, why don't you come up here and explain to us the different chambers inside a traditional Egyptian Pyramid with the help of Ryou?" The instructor asked, interrupting three different thoughts from three different students at once. Tea watched as Seto swept by, the end of his always flowing jacket poked her irritatingly as he passed. Ryou also got up from his seat, as he passed Tea their eyes met and Tea quickly jerked her head away, letting her hair fall over her sad eyes. The two boys began to explain different parts of the pyramid, and Tea's daydreamt thoughts returned. She only looked up once, her eyes once again locking on Ryou. It was as if he had been staring at her the entire time he was up there. As she stared intently at him her fingers softly caressed her lips, gliding over them and memories of the night before flooded through her veins, reminding her of how he had hurt her. Yet one glance from him seemed to change all that. There was always something about the way he looked at her. A look seemingly reserved just for her. Yet, wasn't it that look that had gotten her into trouble last night? Yes, it was. She couldn't be fooled like that again... the way he kissed her... She softly placed her hand down on the desk and let out a heavy sigh as she stared at her untouched notes. Little colored images seemed to spring forth from the blue lined notebook paper, as if acting out a scene from a play. The little pictures revealed herself and none other than Ryou, and if she concentrated hard enough, she could hear them talking. Tea didn't realize it, but she was going through yet another walk down memory lane.
"Thanks for taking me out tonight, Ryou." Tea smiled as the two arrived on her front door step, the censory light flickered on and cast a warm glow across her cheeks.
"It was nothing. I just wanted to make you feel better." He said, a slight blush rising to his cheeks. He glanced at Tea's front door. "I don't hear anything... your parents must be asleep."
"Good." Tea said, nodding her head. "Then they can't be fighting." She looked down at the flowery welcome mat infront of her door. Ryou gently placed a hand on the side of her face, lifting her head upwards so that their eyes met.
"Are you allright?"
"Yeah. I'll be okay." Tea said, her eyes watering slightly. "I know we've only been going out a few months, but I've told you things that not even Yugi, Tristan, and Joey know."
"You should tell them about your parents, Tea. They'd be supportive."
"I just don't feel comfortable yet. Remember, I'm the faithful one. How would it seem if the "Magician of Faith's" own parents weren't even loyal to each other?"
"It doesn't change who you are, or how much the people around you love you."
"I know, but Joey and Yugi have been training at dueling really hard recently. I don't want to distract them. My parents may make up tommorow...You never know."
"I hope they do, Tea."
"Me too. I've just had... a very stressful day. With my parents, and then getting declined a dance scholarship... I'm just glad that I have you."
"Things will get better, Tea. But keep in mind that I might not always be around. Sooner or later you'll have to tell your friends."
"I know. I will."
"I should go. I don't want to wake your parents." Ryou said, turning from the door.
"Uh- wait!" Tea said, reaching her arm out to his sleeve. Ryou instinctively turned around.
"Yes?"
"Um. This is going to be hard to say, but uh... Oh, nevermind."
"Hmm? Tell me." Ryou said, furrowing his brow in curiousity. "Something's troubling you and I know it's not just your parents. If something's wrong and you want to tell me, just do so."
"Well... something isn't exactly wrong, but..." Tea clasped her hand together, twiddling her thumbs nervously and glanced to her side at the untamed bushes infront of her house. "Whenareyougoingtokissme?" She blurted, looking up at him.
"What?" Ryou said, taken aback. Tea dug her nails into her other palm, thinking she had just said something terrible.
"I knew I should've kept my mouth shut..."
"Why Tea, I never realized that you wanted me too." Ryou said, stunned.
"Well, I know you're a gentleman Ryou, but really, I *did* make the first move, if you remember the ferris wheel..."
"Of course I remember."
"And well, we've been going out for 3 months now. I was starting to think that just maybe you were disgusted or something..."
"Me? Disgusted of you? No way Tea. I have wanted to return that for awhile now. I just... didn't really know if you wanted me too."
"Well of course I do, Ryou. Every girl dreams of her first real kiss... Just... don't do it tonight, allright?"
"Why not?" Ryou asked, cocking his head to the side in confusion.
"Because... I've had a bad day, and I want to save your kiss for a day when everything is perfect, and a day when I'm so happy and then you could, you could kiss me and I'd be amazingly happy because if you kissed me, I know that I would feel good, no, great. So, save it for a sunny day, allright?" Tea asked, her eyes pleading.
"Allright." Ryou chuckled. Tea closed her eyes and smiled softly, not expecting it when Ryou swished his head down and kissed her gently, placing a hand at the back of her neck and then pulling only a few inches away and smiling down her.
"But-"
"But you said if I kissed you, you'd feel great. And if I just made you feel great, than you'll need another kiss to make you amazingly happy, right?" Tea barely got the chance to protest before he leaned down and silenced her with another kiss, sweeter and even more enlightening than the last. When he at last pulled away, leaning his forehead against hers, he asked, "So how do you feel?"
"On top of the world." Tea whispered, staring at him in disbeleif.
"Why are you looking at me like that? You didn't think I had it in me?"
"Ryou Bakura, you are filled with surprises." Tea said simply.
"Well, here's another one... come to dinner with me again, tommorow night?"
"Definetly." Tea nodded smiling up at him. Ryou grinned and kissed her quickly before pulling away and whispering a quick good-bye as he practically hopped down her front steps and departed from the home, leaving Tea standing there feeling amazingly happy and on top of the world.
"Thankyou Ryou, Seto." The teacher said as the bell chimed, signaling the end of class. "Class dismissed. No homework." She grinned as her students left the classroom is small huddles, squeezing out of the door way with lightning speed, eager to get to the cafeteria. Seto grabbed his briefcase and proceeded out of the classroom, followed closely by Ryou. Tea slowly packed up her things into her backpack and slung it over her shoulder before walking to the door. As she stepped over the threshold her breath caught in her throat when Ryou blocked her path in the hallway. Tea decided to simply ignore him when he stuck out his arm in another attempt to block her path. Tea scowled, glaring up at him.
"What do you want Ryou?" She asked, not in a friendly tone of voice.
"Tea, you just threw away my note without a second glance!"
"Oh. I'm sorry." Tea shrugged, diverting her eyes to the people passing by.
"Tea, I know what happened last night was wrong. I don't want to hurt you, but I can't stand to have you angry at me. Why can't we just be friends?" He said pleadingly.
"Oh, I see. You just can't stand to have me hurt or angry, that's why you broke up with me." Tea said sarcastically, meeting him eye for eye with a steady glare.
"Tea, you don't understand. I-"
"You!" Tea said sharply, cutting him off. "It's all about you! You don't want this, but you want that. You can't always have things go your way Ryou! Take it from someone who got ditched by their boyfriend!" Tea said angrily, pushing him aside with aggression and stalking down the hallway. People fled out of her way like squirrels and an on coming car, leabing Ryou standing there in bewilderment.
"Ryou." A voice caused the white haired boy to turn around quickly.
"Kaiba?" Ryou quirked an eyebrow.
"Follow me." Seto said, walking off in the opposite direction as Tea and taking a corner into a dead end hallway with a few doors to abandoned classrooms and a counselor's office. As the two boys made their way into the hall, the counselor's door swung open. Seto barely flinched as he ran into the young girl standing in the door way, shoving her back inside the office. He was pretty sure he saw a scowl and smirked with superiority. It was probably some nobody student, he had never seen her face before. As they approached the dead end of the hallway, Seto opened the door one of the abandoned classrooms and the two boys stepped inside.
"Uh...Kaiba, what exactly do you want?" Ryou asked, glancing around the room. "This is rather creepy."
"Just to give you a few pointers."
"What are you talking about?" Ryou asked, frowning slightly.
"Well... you probably aren't even aware of it Ryou, but now you're one of Domino's most wanted."
"Oh, joy." Ryou said sarcastically.
"I knew you wouldn't care."
"I didn't think you did either."
"I don't!" Kaiba snapped, crossing his arms. "I'm just observant. Anyway, you know that Yugi has alot of friends here... I'd watch your back if I were you."
"I've already had my share of violence from Yugi's friends, and frankly Tristan didn't do much."
"Tristan, eh?" Seto said his expression amused.
"Why are you grinning like that?" Ryou asked, quirking a brow.
"...Nothing. It's just that I always thought Tristan had... something with Tea. I mean, with Yugi and his puppy dog always running off and doing duels the two are left alone alot of the time."
"So what? Tea and Tristan are really good friends. They'd both defend each other and every one of their friends."
"So why didn't Joey defend her?"
"Because Joey wasn't there! He was probably doing something with Mai!" Ryou said defensively.
"And Yugi has a girlfriend-"
"So does Tristan!"
"But he'd rather be defending Tea." Seto smirked.
"I'm not going to stay here and listen to your ramblings." Ryou said, heading towards the door.
"Well, before you go, do enlighten me on why you dumped Tea." Seto said curiosuly. Ryou glanced over his shoulder, his lips curved into a smirk.
"That's for me and me alone to know Kaiba." With that, Ryou opened the door and stepped outside, departing down the hallway. He had been so defensive of Seto's theories inside but he couldn't help but shake of the idea that Seto had implanted into his head, and no matter how hard he tried to deny it, it constantly bothered him. Did Tristan really like Tea?
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Yay! I really liked this chapter because we got to see some Seto-ness. :). FYI, the first kiss scene is actually something that happened to me, (Well, not exactly. No guy is actually that romantic. Except for Max Evans- Roswell. He he.) except for me it was a guy asking me out. I told him not too because I was having a bad day and he did anyway to make my day better. :). Yeah. Anyway... the blood is boiling between Bakura and Tea and little by little Tristan's getting thrown into the mix. ***SPOILERS** for the next chapter- someone's coming, and she may be taking everything away from Tea, not just Ryou but her friends too!
~Sibby.