Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Gi Oh. Perhaps I'll own a vast selling anime/manga someday, but until then...I'll just continue with my stories~! ^^ Oh, and I don't own the book 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' either.
Hushpuppy24: On the last chapter, Yugi tried to explain about the letter, but was cut off by a kiss from Téa. Yugi kept thinking up excuses of why Téa would do this but in the end, Téa said she wanted to be with him. She told him about how she saw Seto with another girl and that she didn't need him...because she had Yugi. Téa stayed over that night in the guestroom and awoke late next morning. She got dressed and had breakfast with Yugi and his grandpa. After breakfast, she decided to go out for a walk. She strolled down the streets looking at the great qualities of spring, but visions of Seto still clung to her head. Her absent-mindedness caused her to not notice herself stepping off the sidewalk and onto the road. Grasping attention of the streets, horns beeped as Téa was nearly ran over. On the other side of the street, Seto had also noticed Téa. Their eyes locked for a split second as both caught a glimpse of each other. Téa turned away and started walking away as quickly as possible, but Seto followed. He manoeuvred passed the cars and finally caught onto Téa. Téa only replied coldly, and when Seto tried showing how much he missed her, she began to bring up the fact that she was breaking up with him. Seto tried to defend himself, but Téa didn't listen. Seto was about to explain whom the girl was when that girl called for him from across the street. Téa was about to leave when Seto grabbed her by the wrist. He held up her hand and asked if she didn't love him anymore, then why would she still treasure the ring that was placed on her hand. With her rage, Téa tore off the ring and shoved it into Kaiba's hand. Ayumi, the blue haired girl, had finally reached the other side of the road and Seto's attention was turned to hers for only a few seconds, but Téa was gone after. Seto clutched onto the ring as Ayumi dragged him along. Téa watched from behind a tree as the two disappeared from her sight before heading home.
Again with the next chapter...
Chapter 4
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Téa slowly opened the door to the Game Shop and headed straight to her room. She passed Yugi on the way and didn't even notice. She laid down on her bed and closed her eyes.
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Outside the door, Yugi's heart filled with worry. He lightly knocked on the door and opened it slightly. "Téa?" May I come in?" There was no answer. He opened the door a little wider and stepped inside. "Téa? Are you ok?" He asked gently.
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Téa just let out a sigh. "I'm fine Yugi..." She replied. "I just want to be alone right now..." She said in a moan, as she hugged a pillow against her face, her voice muffled.
"Ok..." Yugi said half-heartedly. He took one last glance at Téa before leaving the room. 'Why didn't I destroy that letter?! I'm so stupid!' Yugi cursed himself.
'Well at least you and Téa are finally together.' Came a voice from inside Yugi. Yami was now speaking up. 'You've loved her for as long as I know and your love is finally being returned. Aren't you happy?'
'Is my love really being returned?' Yugi asked Yami. 'Or is she just forcing herself to love me?' He thought sadly.
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Téa cried softly in her room, now hugging the pillow against her chest. 'Why'd I got and do that? Why?' She kept asking herself. 'The ring was all I had left of him... Now it belongs to him again... just like my heart...' She continued to cry as her voice was heard from the other room.
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Yugi sat on his bed, leaning against the wall as he listened to Téa's soft and muffled crying. His heart grew heavy and sank deep down into his stomach. It had hurt him just as much it had hurt Téa. Even if it were his dream to be with Téa, he'd never want it to be like this. He'd never hurt another just for his own happiness. 'Tomorrow...' He thought. 'I need to talk to Kaiba tomorrow... I need to know what's going on!' He continued to sit on his bed in thought, only now, his face wore a determined look.
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Seto continued to walk on, being dragged on by Ayumi. She bounced along the streets with her hyper activeness, as Seto trailed behind. "Come on Seto! You promised you'd show me around! What's with you? You were fine just yesterday..." She looked at Seto, but he his head was hung low, looking at the ring on the palm of his hand. She waved her hand in front of his face but there was still no answer. She looked down at his hands and watched the diamond in the center sparkle in the sunlight. "Would you get a grip already?" She asked angrily as she snatched the ring away.
"Give that back!" Seto yelled.
"No! You promised you'd spend time with me!" Ayumi yelled back.
"Give it back!" Kaiba continued to yell. Ayumi finally sighed in defeat and handed it back.
"I'm not asking a lot from you Seto..." She said sadly. "I just haven't seen you in a long time that's all..." She tried to look into his eyes but he didn't seem to be paying attention. "If it was that girl you were with I understand..." Seto's eyes suddenly darted to Ayumi. "I'm not stupid you know. I could clearly hear and see what was going on. She's that girl you were waiting for these three years isn't she?" Seto nodded slightly. "I see..." She hung her head low. "And I caused you two to split up...am I right?" Seto didn't want to answer. It was true that Téa broke up with him because she thought he and Ayumi were together now, but he could never say that to his one and only true friend.
They met after a few days when Seto and Mokuba first arrived at the orphanage. Mokuba made friends fairly quickly, but Seto had much more on his mind. The pain he's suffered, battles between his heart and his mind...it was a lot more than what a 10 year old had to go through. A little after his mom passed away, his father also went as well. He and his brother were left with their aunt, but she was not able to take care of them afterwards either. The only choice was to be left at the orphanage and hope for the best that someone might want to take them under their care. Goodbyes became hard for Seto, but hellos became even harder. Seto didn't want to talk to anyone, sometimes not even Mokuba, but the little Kaiba never knew. He'd just always shrug it off and go off with his other little friends, but Seto always sat in a corner, either reading or just looking out the window. He'd let his thoughts wander and sometimes shed some unnoticed tears. The orphanage would've been a dark moment of Seto's life, but one faithful day made the whole experience some of the happiest days of his life.
* Flashback *
Ayumi had been observing Seto for the past few days now. She watched him quietly read a book near the window as she stood several metres away. She finally approached him and tapped him lightly on the shoulder. Seto looked up from the book and Ayumi could see his crystal blue eyes, so beautiful yet so filled with hurt. "Mind if I sit down?" She asked politely. Seto just shrugged and went back to reading. Ayumi took a seat next to him and for a moment...silence fell upon them. "So why don't you play with the others?" Ayumi asked. Seto gave her a confused shrug and went back to reading. "You want to come play with me?" Again, Seto gave another shrug. Ayumi was beginning to get a little angry. She comes over and offers to play with the lonesome kid and all he does is give her the silent treatment! "What's with you? Are you going to say anything at all?"
"I have the right to not speak..." Seto mumbled quietly.
Ayumi glared at Seto for a moment, but soon returned to normal. "What'cha reading?"
"To Kill a Mocking Bird." Seto replied, still not looking up from the book.
"How'd you get that? This is an orphanage after all..." Ayumi asked curiously. Orphanages didn't have much money, and books like those costs a lot to just buy one. For a second, it seemed that Seto tensed a little.
"My...my mother gave it to me..." The young Seto explained. His words sounded hurt and bitter at the same time.
"Oh? Where is she?" Ayumi wondered.
"It's none of your business." Seto said sternly. He shut his book and began to walk away. For the next few days, Ayumi didn't stop trying to communicate with Seto, but she had actually slowly begun to gain his trust. Her unwillingness to give up showed Seto her loyalty and they soon became best friends.
* End Flashback *
"I know it was me..." Ayumi said solemnly. "Don't worry about it!" She began to run and waved goodbye to Kaiba.
"Where are you going?" Seto asked loudly, but Ayumi didn't reply and just ran into the distance. He looked down into the palm of his hand as a thought of Téa crossed his mind. His heart still ached at what Téa had done, but inside he knew she didn't mean it. As long as he still had hope, he knew Téa would return to him someday. After all they've been through, it couldn't just end like that...can it? He slowly started heading for home, the ring still clutched in his hand. "My heart belongs to you Téa..." He whispered to himself. "You and only you... Forever and always will be..."
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That Sunday passed by quickly and Monday soon reached its peek. Yugi got up early and readied himself for school. He put on his t-shirt and jeans and went downstairs for breakfast.
After a piece of toast and some milk, he picked up his backpack and headed towards Téa's room. He knocked gently on the door. "Téa?" He opened the door and stuck his head inside. Téa was in her bed sleeping soundly, but was soon awakened. She opened one of her eyes, but the other one still shut. "Good morning." Yugi greeted.
"Morning Yugi." Téa replied.
"Well... I'm heading for school now... Will you be ok while I'm gone?" Yugi asked worriedly.
"I'll be fine. Why wouldn't I be?" Téa asked.
"Just checking." Yugi replied before heading out the door and shutting it behind him. He trotted down the stairs and out the front door with only one thing on his mind. He didn't walk to school with Joey or Tristan that day. They had a basketball practice or something so they had to go early, leaving Yugi to walk to school by himself. He could've driven there, but he wants to be environmentally friendly. Besides, it wasn't very far away and he could use the exercise.
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As Yugi approached the school, Yugi could see Kaiba getting out of his car. Yugi approached Kaiba in a calm manner and caught him right after he slammed his car door shut. "Kaiba." Yugi said sternly. He could see that Kaiba is trying to avoid eye contact, but he definitely looked hurt. "Could I talk to you?" Seto still didn't answer. He walked a few feet away from Yugi when he stopped dead in his tracks at what Yugi said next. "It's about Téa."
A rush of feelings swept over Seto's entire body. He clenched his fist a little tighter as he turned around and fixed his sight on Yugi. "What is it?" He said, trying to sound as tough as he could.
Hushpuppy24: OMG~! I am absolutely SOOOOOOO sorry for the EXTREMELY late chapter~! *cries* I don't want this myself, but school started and all. And lucky me...-_- I get the teacher who just loves giving out projects...-_- And the whole bringing a notebook thing to school so I could work on my story thing is not working either since I have like NO time during class that I'm not doing some kind of homework so that really sucks... So I'll try to get my chapters up during weekends, and maybe weekdays if I ever get the time. Once again, so sorry T.T Stupid science project and humanities project...-_- Anyways, hope all of you will continue reading, but please expect delays sometimes because I've got way too much work...
Hushpuppy24: On the last chapter, Yugi tried to explain about the letter, but was cut off by a kiss from Téa. Yugi kept thinking up excuses of why Téa would do this but in the end, Téa said she wanted to be with him. She told him about how she saw Seto with another girl and that she didn't need him...because she had Yugi. Téa stayed over that night in the guestroom and awoke late next morning. She got dressed and had breakfast with Yugi and his grandpa. After breakfast, she decided to go out for a walk. She strolled down the streets looking at the great qualities of spring, but visions of Seto still clung to her head. Her absent-mindedness caused her to not notice herself stepping off the sidewalk and onto the road. Grasping attention of the streets, horns beeped as Téa was nearly ran over. On the other side of the street, Seto had also noticed Téa. Their eyes locked for a split second as both caught a glimpse of each other. Téa turned away and started walking away as quickly as possible, but Seto followed. He manoeuvred passed the cars and finally caught onto Téa. Téa only replied coldly, and when Seto tried showing how much he missed her, she began to bring up the fact that she was breaking up with him. Seto tried to defend himself, but Téa didn't listen. Seto was about to explain whom the girl was when that girl called for him from across the street. Téa was about to leave when Seto grabbed her by the wrist. He held up her hand and asked if she didn't love him anymore, then why would she still treasure the ring that was placed on her hand. With her rage, Téa tore off the ring and shoved it into Kaiba's hand. Ayumi, the blue haired girl, had finally reached the other side of the road and Seto's attention was turned to hers for only a few seconds, but Téa was gone after. Seto clutched onto the ring as Ayumi dragged him along. Téa watched from behind a tree as the two disappeared from her sight before heading home.
Again with the next chapter...
Chapter 4
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Téa slowly opened the door to the Game Shop and headed straight to her room. She passed Yugi on the way and didn't even notice. She laid down on her bed and closed her eyes.
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Outside the door, Yugi's heart filled with worry. He lightly knocked on the door and opened it slightly. "Téa?" May I come in?" There was no answer. He opened the door a little wider and stepped inside. "Téa? Are you ok?" He asked gently.
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Téa just let out a sigh. "I'm fine Yugi..." She replied. "I just want to be alone right now..." She said in a moan, as she hugged a pillow against her face, her voice muffled.
"Ok..." Yugi said half-heartedly. He took one last glance at Téa before leaving the room. 'Why didn't I destroy that letter?! I'm so stupid!' Yugi cursed himself.
'Well at least you and Téa are finally together.' Came a voice from inside Yugi. Yami was now speaking up. 'You've loved her for as long as I know and your love is finally being returned. Aren't you happy?'
'Is my love really being returned?' Yugi asked Yami. 'Or is she just forcing herself to love me?' He thought sadly.
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Téa cried softly in her room, now hugging the pillow against her chest. 'Why'd I got and do that? Why?' She kept asking herself. 'The ring was all I had left of him... Now it belongs to him again... just like my heart...' She continued to cry as her voice was heard from the other room.
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Yugi sat on his bed, leaning against the wall as he listened to Téa's soft and muffled crying. His heart grew heavy and sank deep down into his stomach. It had hurt him just as much it had hurt Téa. Even if it were his dream to be with Téa, he'd never want it to be like this. He'd never hurt another just for his own happiness. 'Tomorrow...' He thought. 'I need to talk to Kaiba tomorrow... I need to know what's going on!' He continued to sit on his bed in thought, only now, his face wore a determined look.
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Seto continued to walk on, being dragged on by Ayumi. She bounced along the streets with her hyper activeness, as Seto trailed behind. "Come on Seto! You promised you'd show me around! What's with you? You were fine just yesterday..." She looked at Seto, but he his head was hung low, looking at the ring on the palm of his hand. She waved her hand in front of his face but there was still no answer. She looked down at his hands and watched the diamond in the center sparkle in the sunlight. "Would you get a grip already?" She asked angrily as she snatched the ring away.
"Give that back!" Seto yelled.
"No! You promised you'd spend time with me!" Ayumi yelled back.
"Give it back!" Kaiba continued to yell. Ayumi finally sighed in defeat and handed it back.
"I'm not asking a lot from you Seto..." She said sadly. "I just haven't seen you in a long time that's all..." She tried to look into his eyes but he didn't seem to be paying attention. "If it was that girl you were with I understand..." Seto's eyes suddenly darted to Ayumi. "I'm not stupid you know. I could clearly hear and see what was going on. She's that girl you were waiting for these three years isn't she?" Seto nodded slightly. "I see..." She hung her head low. "And I caused you two to split up...am I right?" Seto didn't want to answer. It was true that Téa broke up with him because she thought he and Ayumi were together now, but he could never say that to his one and only true friend.
They met after a few days when Seto and Mokuba first arrived at the orphanage. Mokuba made friends fairly quickly, but Seto had much more on his mind. The pain he's suffered, battles between his heart and his mind...it was a lot more than what a 10 year old had to go through. A little after his mom passed away, his father also went as well. He and his brother were left with their aunt, but she was not able to take care of them afterwards either. The only choice was to be left at the orphanage and hope for the best that someone might want to take them under their care. Goodbyes became hard for Seto, but hellos became even harder. Seto didn't want to talk to anyone, sometimes not even Mokuba, but the little Kaiba never knew. He'd just always shrug it off and go off with his other little friends, but Seto always sat in a corner, either reading or just looking out the window. He'd let his thoughts wander and sometimes shed some unnoticed tears. The orphanage would've been a dark moment of Seto's life, but one faithful day made the whole experience some of the happiest days of his life.
* Flashback *
Ayumi had been observing Seto for the past few days now. She watched him quietly read a book near the window as she stood several metres away. She finally approached him and tapped him lightly on the shoulder. Seto looked up from the book and Ayumi could see his crystal blue eyes, so beautiful yet so filled with hurt. "Mind if I sit down?" She asked politely. Seto just shrugged and went back to reading. Ayumi took a seat next to him and for a moment...silence fell upon them. "So why don't you play with the others?" Ayumi asked. Seto gave her a confused shrug and went back to reading. "You want to come play with me?" Again, Seto gave another shrug. Ayumi was beginning to get a little angry. She comes over and offers to play with the lonesome kid and all he does is give her the silent treatment! "What's with you? Are you going to say anything at all?"
"I have the right to not speak..." Seto mumbled quietly.
Ayumi glared at Seto for a moment, but soon returned to normal. "What'cha reading?"
"To Kill a Mocking Bird." Seto replied, still not looking up from the book.
"How'd you get that? This is an orphanage after all..." Ayumi asked curiously. Orphanages didn't have much money, and books like those costs a lot to just buy one. For a second, it seemed that Seto tensed a little.
"My...my mother gave it to me..." The young Seto explained. His words sounded hurt and bitter at the same time.
"Oh? Where is she?" Ayumi wondered.
"It's none of your business." Seto said sternly. He shut his book and began to walk away. For the next few days, Ayumi didn't stop trying to communicate with Seto, but she had actually slowly begun to gain his trust. Her unwillingness to give up showed Seto her loyalty and they soon became best friends.
* End Flashback *
"I know it was me..." Ayumi said solemnly. "Don't worry about it!" She began to run and waved goodbye to Kaiba.
"Where are you going?" Seto asked loudly, but Ayumi didn't reply and just ran into the distance. He looked down into the palm of his hand as a thought of Téa crossed his mind. His heart still ached at what Téa had done, but inside he knew she didn't mean it. As long as he still had hope, he knew Téa would return to him someday. After all they've been through, it couldn't just end like that...can it? He slowly started heading for home, the ring still clutched in his hand. "My heart belongs to you Téa..." He whispered to himself. "You and only you... Forever and always will be..."
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That Sunday passed by quickly and Monday soon reached its peek. Yugi got up early and readied himself for school. He put on his t-shirt and jeans and went downstairs for breakfast.
After a piece of toast and some milk, he picked up his backpack and headed towards Téa's room. He knocked gently on the door. "Téa?" He opened the door and stuck his head inside. Téa was in her bed sleeping soundly, but was soon awakened. She opened one of her eyes, but the other one still shut. "Good morning." Yugi greeted.
"Morning Yugi." Téa replied.
"Well... I'm heading for school now... Will you be ok while I'm gone?" Yugi asked worriedly.
"I'll be fine. Why wouldn't I be?" Téa asked.
"Just checking." Yugi replied before heading out the door and shutting it behind him. He trotted down the stairs and out the front door with only one thing on his mind. He didn't walk to school with Joey or Tristan that day. They had a basketball practice or something so they had to go early, leaving Yugi to walk to school by himself. He could've driven there, but he wants to be environmentally friendly. Besides, it wasn't very far away and he could use the exercise.
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As Yugi approached the school, Yugi could see Kaiba getting out of his car. Yugi approached Kaiba in a calm manner and caught him right after he slammed his car door shut. "Kaiba." Yugi said sternly. He could see that Kaiba is trying to avoid eye contact, but he definitely looked hurt. "Could I talk to you?" Seto still didn't answer. He walked a few feet away from Yugi when he stopped dead in his tracks at what Yugi said next. "It's about Téa."
A rush of feelings swept over Seto's entire body. He clenched his fist a little tighter as he turned around and fixed his sight on Yugi. "What is it?" He said, trying to sound as tough as he could.
Hushpuppy24: OMG~! I am absolutely SOOOOOOO sorry for the EXTREMELY late chapter~! *cries* I don't want this myself, but school started and all. And lucky me...-_- I get the teacher who just loves giving out projects...-_- And the whole bringing a notebook thing to school so I could work on my story thing is not working either since I have like NO time during class that I'm not doing some kind of homework so that really sucks... So I'll try to get my chapters up during weekends, and maybe weekdays if I ever get the time. Once again, so sorry T.T Stupid science project and humanities project...-_- Anyways, hope all of you will continue reading, but please expect delays sometimes because I've got way too much work...
