Chapter 11: If you ever need me...
I was going to update this next week or something but I finished writing it yesterday!! So I decided to update today and since a lot of you guys wanted Seto/Tea...here it is! A whole chapter dedicated solely to those Seto/Tea fans of this story ^^
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, but if the guy (what's his name?) doesn't want it anymore, tell him I'll be more than happy to take it from him!! lol
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= flashback & end flashback
( ) = me talking to you
Tea stretched. "Don't you ever get tired of video games?" She teased. Mokuba, eyes still glued to the screen shook his head. "Nope!" He announced cheerfully. Tea had been playing games-board games, Duel Monsters, computer games, and now video games-for literally five hours straight.
After another half an hour of games, Mokuba stretched too.
"Hey Tea do you want to stay over for dinner?" Tea hesitated. "Please? Pretty please?" Mokuba gave her puppy dog eyes. Tea groaned. "Well, all right. You look so cute when you do that!" She grinned at Mokuba.
To Tea's relief, Mokuba informed her that Seto usually had dinner in his office, if he had any at all. Today, he was exceptionally busy, so he stayed in his office. Tea and Mokuba ordered Chinese food and watched TV while eating it.
It was around 10 o' clock when Tea tucked Mokuba in. He fell asleep instantly, having had so much action in one day. Tea decided to clean his room up before leaving. There were game pieces scattered everywhere. Tea began to sing softly to herself as she neatened up everything.
"I'll always remember
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever
And ended too soon
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tea watched from the sidelines of the duel. The duel was between Kaiba and Yugi. They were on a ledge of Pegasus' castle. Kaiba had challenged Yugi to a duel. The winner would be able to get the 10 starchips and go into the castle (I know this was a while back, but I don't know Battle City enough to write about it).
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"In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside
It was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry"
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Tea had seen the stricken look in his eyes. She didn't think anyone else had noticed. It was almost as if he was yelling at himself for not doing enough. But he acted so cool on the outside, no one would realize that he was, in fact scared. Kaiba was willing to do anything-including jumping off the ledge-to win this duel. Tea had been surprised by his feeling of caring for his younger brother.
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"It was late in September
And I've seen you before
You were always the cold one
But I was never that sure
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed"
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She had seen Kaiba around in school. All she knew about him back then was that he was a teenage CEO of Kaibacorp as the heir of his father (she doesn't know he is adopted). She also knew that he was cold-hearted and didn't have much, if any, friends. She remembered wondering as she passed by him in the classroom how anyone could be so cold.
But that moment, in Duelist Kingdom, she thought with sudden realization how he would sacrifice himself to save his brother. She stared as a cold smirk crossed his face. She heard him daring Yugi to attack his BEUD.
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"In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside
It was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry"
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At that moment, Tea had learned a valuable lesson for life. Everyone, even someone that showed no feelings and was so cold and heartless as Kaiba, cared for someone. Even if it was just one person, that caring was there. Tea regretted ever thinking that there was no one in this world that Kaiba loved. Because there was.
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"I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make your everything
All right..."
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When Tea had cried for and with Yugi, she remembered part of her had wanted to be with Kaiba too. She felt sympathy for both duelists, she almost didn't know who to root for. When she was yelling at Kaiba, defending Yugi, she had seen the frosty look in his eyes, glaring at her. She almost couldn't bear it. She wanted to do something-to make that go away.
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"I'll always remember...
It was late afternoon...
In places no one would find..."
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Tea had almost cried along with Yugi when Pegasus captured Kaiba's soul in a card. She had felt a strong feeling of hate towards Pegasus. 'Why?' She had wondered as she swallowed a huge lump in her throat. 'Why did this happen to Kaiba when he didn't deserve it at all?'
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"In places no one would fin
All your feelings so deep inside
It was then that I realized
That forever was in our eyes
The moment I saw you cry"
Tea hummed softly as she took a final glance around the room. 'Perfect. Everything's back in order.' In fact, the room was cleaner than when she first arrived there. She opened the door and quietly closed it behind her.
To come face to face with Kaiba.
Tea blinked. Had she just seen a tear on the corner of his eye? No, probably not. It was gone now.
Seto had gotten out of his office to check up on Mokuba. He thought Tea was gone by now, even though he knew she had stayed for dinner. Then when Seto neared Mokuba's room, he had heard her sing to herself as she cleaned up the room. Without knowing it, Seto had found his eyes watering. He blinked them away in annoyance.
"I...I was going to leave. Um, good night Kaiba." Tea said softly. She looked up his eyes, those eyes that had made her shiver because their iciness, those which had been filled up with mixed emotions in her memories. Wait, had they been emotions, though? Because emotions and Kaiba definitely didn't go together.
"Hey, Kaiba, are you ok?" Tea looked at him worriedly. What was the matter with him? "Anything on your mind?" Kaiba shrugged. "Nothing. Good bye, Tea." "Do you want to talk?" Tea asked softly as he was about to turn away.
To her surprise, he nodded. "All right." Tea shrugged to herself. It couldn't hurt, could it? They walked into the living room and sat next to each other on a loveseat.
'I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make your everything, all right.....'
That part of the song was in Tea's mind. 'And I still do,' Tea realized now. She hated to see anyone so cold, so heartless. Suddenly, she didn't care if this was Seto Kaiba, she didn't care if all her friends hated his guts (well maybe not Yugi). On impulse, she hugged Kaiba.
Seto's eyes widened. 'What the...' His mind was spinning. He pushed Tea away, but not harshly. "I-I'm sorry." Tea apologized furiously, her face turning redder and redder. 'Damn, Tea! You had to let your feelings overcome you! That doesn't work with him, remember?'
"Never mind. It's late. You better go home." Seto replied and turned to walk out of the room. "Kaiba, why are you so distant sometimes?" Tea blurted out. Seto turned around slowly. "Distant?"
"I...I mean, why do you lock yourself away from other people?" Tea looked at him, "and why don't you ask for help when you need it?" She asked softly.
"You don't understand. None of you do. To ask for help is equivalent to announcing weakness. I have my reputation and my pride to uphold Tea." Seto stared at Tea with narrowed eyes. He had to be careful around her. Many times in the past he had come close to actually telling her his emotions.
But Tea was persistent. "No, you're wrong. Because sometimes it takes more courage to ask for help. Especially if you haven't asked for it in a long time." She stood in front of him. He could feel her innocent eyes probing at him.
"And you know, there's always someone who's willing to help." Tea said even closer. Their faces were inches apart. "Tea..." All thoughts of pushing her away; of resistance flew out.
She was too good to resist. He leaned over and kissed her. Tea held him closer. They stayed in that position for what seemed like blissful hours. When they broke apart Tea smiled up at him, lightening her whole face. "And I'll help you, Seto. Always when you need me." Seto stared at her. 'Really?'
After a few moments, Tea kissed him on the cheek. "I think we both need a break. I'll see you around Seto." She waved and walked out the door.
Seto gazed at the place where his angel had stood moment before. A tiny smile escaped his lips. 'Tea....' He thought as he went bac up to his office.
A/N: okay, I have this feeling maybe some parts weren't exactly necessary. Also, I know that Seto doesn't really cry or anything and I know it wasn't late September, but that's how the song goes. Anywayz thanks for reading and please review~!! ^_^
Tea: Wow there was a lot of me in that chapter ^_^
Seto: Uh, I think I was a little out of character...I mean, why would I just stand there?
Tea: You mean you didn't want to be with me? (looks sad)
Seto: Of course I do! I'm just blaming the stupid authoress
Me: :-( HEY!!
Seto: Sorry, but that's a fact
Tea: Now now Seto, let's not be mean
Me: When will you learn to appreciate my writing?
Seto: NEVER
Tea: (sweatdrops) oooookay. Thanks for reading you guys!! I need to break 'em apart. R+R as always~~!!
I was going to update this next week or something but I finished writing it yesterday!! So I decided to update today and since a lot of you guys wanted Seto/Tea...here it is! A whole chapter dedicated solely to those Seto/Tea fans of this story ^^
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, but if the guy (what's his name?) doesn't want it anymore, tell him I'll be more than happy to take it from him!! lol
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= flashback & end flashback
( ) = me talking to you
Tea stretched. "Don't you ever get tired of video games?" She teased. Mokuba, eyes still glued to the screen shook his head. "Nope!" He announced cheerfully. Tea had been playing games-board games, Duel Monsters, computer games, and now video games-for literally five hours straight.
After another half an hour of games, Mokuba stretched too.
"Hey Tea do you want to stay over for dinner?" Tea hesitated. "Please? Pretty please?" Mokuba gave her puppy dog eyes. Tea groaned. "Well, all right. You look so cute when you do that!" She grinned at Mokuba.
To Tea's relief, Mokuba informed her that Seto usually had dinner in his office, if he had any at all. Today, he was exceptionally busy, so he stayed in his office. Tea and Mokuba ordered Chinese food and watched TV while eating it.
It was around 10 o' clock when Tea tucked Mokuba in. He fell asleep instantly, having had so much action in one day. Tea decided to clean his room up before leaving. There were game pieces scattered everywhere. Tea began to sing softly to herself as she neatened up everything.
"I'll always remember
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever
And ended too soon
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tea watched from the sidelines of the duel. The duel was between Kaiba and Yugi. They were on a ledge of Pegasus' castle. Kaiba had challenged Yugi to a duel. The winner would be able to get the 10 starchips and go into the castle (I know this was a while back, but I don't know Battle City enough to write about it).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside
It was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tea had seen the stricken look in his eyes. She didn't think anyone else had noticed. It was almost as if he was yelling at himself for not doing enough. But he acted so cool on the outside, no one would realize that he was, in fact scared. Kaiba was willing to do anything-including jumping off the ledge-to win this duel. Tea had been surprised by his feeling of caring for his younger brother.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It was late in September
And I've seen you before
You were always the cold one
But I was never that sure
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She had seen Kaiba around in school. All she knew about him back then was that he was a teenage CEO of Kaibacorp as the heir of his father (she doesn't know he is adopted). She also knew that he was cold-hearted and didn't have much, if any, friends. She remembered wondering as she passed by him in the classroom how anyone could be so cold.
But that moment, in Duelist Kingdom, she thought with sudden realization how he would sacrifice himself to save his brother. She stared as a cold smirk crossed his face. She heard him daring Yugi to attack his BEUD.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside
It was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At that moment, Tea had learned a valuable lesson for life. Everyone, even someone that showed no feelings and was so cold and heartless as Kaiba, cared for someone. Even if it was just one person, that caring was there. Tea regretted ever thinking that there was no one in this world that Kaiba loved. Because there was.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make your everything
All right..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When Tea had cried for and with Yugi, she remembered part of her had wanted to be with Kaiba too. She felt sympathy for both duelists, she almost didn't know who to root for. When she was yelling at Kaiba, defending Yugi, she had seen the frosty look in his eyes, glaring at her. She almost couldn't bear it. She wanted to do something-to make that go away.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I'll always remember...
It was late afternoon...
In places no one would find..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tea had almost cried along with Yugi when Pegasus captured Kaiba's soul in a card. She had felt a strong feeling of hate towards Pegasus. 'Why?' She had wondered as she swallowed a huge lump in her throat. 'Why did this happen to Kaiba when he didn't deserve it at all?'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"In places no one would fin
All your feelings so deep inside
It was then that I realized
That forever was in our eyes
The moment I saw you cry"
Tea hummed softly as she took a final glance around the room. 'Perfect. Everything's back in order.' In fact, the room was cleaner than when she first arrived there. She opened the door and quietly closed it behind her.
To come face to face with Kaiba.
Tea blinked. Had she just seen a tear on the corner of his eye? No, probably not. It was gone now.
Seto had gotten out of his office to check up on Mokuba. He thought Tea was gone by now, even though he knew she had stayed for dinner. Then when Seto neared Mokuba's room, he had heard her sing to herself as she cleaned up the room. Without knowing it, Seto had found his eyes watering. He blinked them away in annoyance.
"I...I was going to leave. Um, good night Kaiba." Tea said softly. She looked up his eyes, those eyes that had made her shiver because their iciness, those which had been filled up with mixed emotions in her memories. Wait, had they been emotions, though? Because emotions and Kaiba definitely didn't go together.
"Hey, Kaiba, are you ok?" Tea looked at him worriedly. What was the matter with him? "Anything on your mind?" Kaiba shrugged. "Nothing. Good bye, Tea." "Do you want to talk?" Tea asked softly as he was about to turn away.
To her surprise, he nodded. "All right." Tea shrugged to herself. It couldn't hurt, could it? They walked into the living room and sat next to each other on a loveseat.
'I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make your everything, all right.....'
That part of the song was in Tea's mind. 'And I still do,' Tea realized now. She hated to see anyone so cold, so heartless. Suddenly, she didn't care if this was Seto Kaiba, she didn't care if all her friends hated his guts (well maybe not Yugi). On impulse, she hugged Kaiba.
Seto's eyes widened. 'What the...' His mind was spinning. He pushed Tea away, but not harshly. "I-I'm sorry." Tea apologized furiously, her face turning redder and redder. 'Damn, Tea! You had to let your feelings overcome you! That doesn't work with him, remember?'
"Never mind. It's late. You better go home." Seto replied and turned to walk out of the room. "Kaiba, why are you so distant sometimes?" Tea blurted out. Seto turned around slowly. "Distant?"
"I...I mean, why do you lock yourself away from other people?" Tea looked at him, "and why don't you ask for help when you need it?" She asked softly.
"You don't understand. None of you do. To ask for help is equivalent to announcing weakness. I have my reputation and my pride to uphold Tea." Seto stared at Tea with narrowed eyes. He had to be careful around her. Many times in the past he had come close to actually telling her his emotions.
But Tea was persistent. "No, you're wrong. Because sometimes it takes more courage to ask for help. Especially if you haven't asked for it in a long time." She stood in front of him. He could feel her innocent eyes probing at him.
"And you know, there's always someone who's willing to help." Tea said even closer. Their faces were inches apart. "Tea..." All thoughts of pushing her away; of resistance flew out.
She was too good to resist. He leaned over and kissed her. Tea held him closer. They stayed in that position for what seemed like blissful hours. When they broke apart Tea smiled up at him, lightening her whole face. "And I'll help you, Seto. Always when you need me." Seto stared at her. 'Really?'
After a few moments, Tea kissed him on the cheek. "I think we both need a break. I'll see you around Seto." She waved and walked out the door.
Seto gazed at the place where his angel had stood moment before. A tiny smile escaped his lips. 'Tea....' He thought as he went bac up to his office.
A/N: okay, I have this feeling maybe some parts weren't exactly necessary. Also, I know that Seto doesn't really cry or anything and I know it wasn't late September, but that's how the song goes. Anywayz thanks for reading and please review~!! ^_^
Tea: Wow there was a lot of me in that chapter ^_^
Seto: Uh, I think I was a little out of character...I mean, why would I just stand there?
Tea: You mean you didn't want to be with me? (looks sad)
Seto: Of course I do! I'm just blaming the stupid authoress
Me: :-( HEY!!
Seto: Sorry, but that's a fact
Tea: Now now Seto, let's not be mean
Me: When will you learn to appreciate my writing?
Seto: NEVER
Tea: (sweatdrops) oooookay. Thanks for reading you guys!! I need to break 'em apart. R+R as always~~!!
