Pairing: Ryou Bakura x Téa Gardner
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, just my OC's and Kassie-chan owns Vipera.
Eh, hardly any there lime… nothing bad, lol, just a warning in case
Someone Like You
Chapter 17
By Kaz
"And so here's the bathroom, and over there's the guestroom where I guess Shi and Chi could sleep and… here across the hall is my room where you'll be staying."
"Oh, but um what about you Ryou?"
"Oh no it's okay; I can sleep on the couch."
"Oh Ryou, no, you don't have to do that. I mean I can just stay with Shi and Chi in the guest room and …."
"No really Téa, its okay. I mean it would get crowded, so it's okay the couch is comfy."
"Well if you are sure? Okay then."
"Great, well I will go and see what Chijin and Shiro are up to."
Téa let out a breath of air as Ryou left; it was getting so tense. Gripping the door handle, she gently opened the door to the room in which many memories lay.
Stepping inside, she glanced around the room it had not changed much; it was still pale blue in colour, very neat and tidy much like Ryou. Looking around, she saw a few book and notes scattered around on a desk. Stepping up, she looked around until her eyes lay on a picture in a pretty oak frame.
Lifting up the frame, she studied the picture and smiled. It was when she and Ryou had gone to one of his dad's exhibit parties. It had been a wonderful evening, she had worn this red low back cut dress, and Ryou had looked so handsome in his tuxedo. It was also one of the nights when they had begun to venture a little further in their relationship, not the full distance that had happened a few days later, but that night had been one of the turning points in their relationship. It would always be a special memory.
Smiling, she sat the picture down and glanced toward the bed, it was in this room, on this bed, where she and Ryou had. Sighing, she shook her head, she didn't want to remember that night…It brought up memories and feelings that she wasn't ready to handle.
Running a hand through her hair, she was about to go and see what her children were up to, when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in."
Glancing curiously as to who was at the door, she smiled when Yugi stepped in, but not without feeling a slight fear again inside her, she hoped he didn't want to talk about what they had talked before Shiro had his accident.
"Hi Téa I hope I am not disturbing you."
"Oh no Yugi, not at all… is everything okay?"
"Yes, I mean no, listen Téa, I need to say something."
'Oh no, please, not all this again,' she thought.
"I just want to say, that I am so sorry about the way I behaved back in London. Everything I said and asked it was selfish of me. I had no right to ask you anything like that… it is just that I really missed you and I only realised how I felt about you when you left. I guess its true you never know what you have until it's gone."
Yugi wiped the tears from his eyes, before he turned around to face Téa.
"Téa, I will always love you but I guess I waited too long to tell you."
Crying, Téa got up from where she was sitting and gave the smaller boy a hug.
"Oh Yugi I am so sorry for everything. For never telling you about me and Ryou, to running away and for now for hurting you. You are one of my best friends and I am just so sorry that I can't love you that way."
"Well I guess some things weren't meant to be."
"I guess not," Téa replied softly. "But we will always be friends and sometimes that can be even better right?"
"Right… I hope that everything works out okay for you and Ryou, I do, he… sigh… he loves you a lot."
"Huh?"
"He does Téa and I know you love him. Don't make the same mistake I did, tell him before its too late."
With that said, Yugi left Téa in a some what semi state of shock. Losing all feeling in her body, she fell down on the bed and pondered on what Yugi had said.
'He loves you… you love him… tell him…before it's too late.'
'I don't know what to do. I mean it's true I love him… I really do.'
"I love him," she declared. Shocked that she had said it out loud, yet happy that she finally faced up.
"I love him."
"Téa?"
Looking up at the voice, she smiled through her tears,
"I love him mama. I still do."
"Oh Téa." Maria rushed to her daughter's side and pulled her into a hug.
"I always have mama; I was just too scared to tell him. I mean I said that I thought he was going to leave us when life got tough, but it was not really that, it was me. I was just too scared, afraid of him being there, afraid of loving him, only for me to hurt him again. But I can't lie anymore, after all this time; I don't want anyone but him."
Maria smiled at her daughter and stroked her hair, "So you finally admit to it hey? It's about time but I think instead of telling me all this, you should be telling Ryou, he deserves to know Téa. You have already kept so much from him, besides you should also hear what he has to say. You owe him that."
"I want to, but I am so scared. I don't know what or how to tell him."
"Well, why not try closing your eyes and just let it all come out."
"Easier said than done Mama."
"Well true, but I think you need to tell him tonight, you can't have this hanging over you. I mean you are both already both walking on eggshells around each other, besides its going to affect Shi and Chi as well… speaking of which, let me take them for the night, you need to sort this out."
"I don't know mama. I don't want to move Shiro around too much. Besides I have to give him his medicine and painkillers, he should be with me."
"Well let me take Chijin then. I want to catch up with my granddaughter anyway."
"Alright."
"Right go and pack a bag."
"What now? But everything is still packed up I haven't unpacked."
"Oh! Oh well we will just have to find something, come on."
And with that, she grabbed her daughters hand and hauled her out of the room.
"Bye Mama, Bye daddy. Tell Shiro that I will see him tomorrow okay."
Smiling at their energetic daughter, both Ryou and Téa waved bye. They were all alone now, except of course for Shiro who was flat out, the painkiller were strong, he shouldn't wake until morning.
Stepping back inside the house, they both turned to face each other.
"So," began Ryou.
"Yeah," said Téa not quite sure what to say. Rubbing her hand together in a nervous jester she exclaimed, "Oh I will do the dishes."
"You don't have to.""No, no, I want to."Ryou sighed as he watched her… it was such a tense atmosphere. He was really hoping that she wasn't regretting her decision to move here.
Seeing that the dishes were piling up on the drainer, he got a tea towel and began to dry.
As she handed the last dish to him, their finger accidentally brushed each other, causing an electrical jolt of feeling run up and down their spines, not to mention a feel of déjà vu. After all, they were in the same position that had led up to that night.
Swallowing in a surge of fear, she let he fingers slip from the dish and turned to leave the room, leaving a slightly disappointed Ryou.
Running up the stairs, she quickly glanced into Shiro's room to make sure he was okay, before walking hastily into her bedroom and closing the door. Leaning back on it she thought, "What the heck am I doing? Why did I run? I can't keep doing that. I mean we are going to live together, things like that are bound to happen."
Walking up from the door to the window, she glazed out at the street. The place looked so beautiful in the moon light, she vaguely heard the door open and felt a pair of arm wrap around her waist.
"Téa?"
Turing around in his embrace, she leaned her head against his chest and whispered, "I lied Ryou."
"What?"
"I lied to you again… all this time I said I didn't want you in my life because I was scared that you would run out on us, it wasn't true it was me, I was scared that I would run out on you again and hurt you even more… I got scared. I- I…I love you Ryou."
Unable to say more she began to sob lightly against his shoulder.
As soon as Ryou heard those word he became dazed, she loved him… she loved him, breathing in relief, he had to stop himself from jumping up and down on the ceiling.
He gripped her shoulders and lightly pulled her back from him staring at her face, her eyes were glanced downwards. Moving his hands from her shoulders, he ran his fingers along her cheekbones, before moving them under her chin and lifting her head up causing her to look up at him.
"I love you too," he mumbled, before drawing his head down and giving her a much-needed kiss.
Gasping at the emotions surging up and fire building up inside her she deepened the kiss, their hands moving everywhere.
She felt Ryou move his hands up and down her sides, while she grabbed his head and moved her fingers in his hair. Breaking the kiss off for an air supply, they both looked at each other, their vision clouded with passion and heat. Slowly Ryou began to place butterfly kisses along her cheek and jaw.
Opening her eyes wide at the heat flowing through her, she moaned slightly and moved her hands underneath his shirt, opening the buttons. Ryou feeling what she was doing, began to unbutton her blouse, slipping it off her, he let it fall to the floor. Kissing her again, he moved her along the wall, until they reached the bed, never once breaking the kiss.
Reaching the bed, he laid her down, staring at her unclothed beauty, Ryou asked, "Téa are you sure?"
She nodded as her eyes closed, 'Please let everything go right, and I am just so tired of being alone.'
TBC
::Cough:: I had to edit this from the real lemon chappie ;