Hi guys. In case you haven't realised, I kinda revised the story. The major
changes are that a) there is now a prologue, b) the chapter which is not a
chapter is removed, c) Yami now goes by the name of Yami. (It's been
bugging me that I've been forced to call Yami 'Yugi' just because Tea calls
him 'Yugi' but I have finally found a solution.) Anyway, the story probably
makes a bit more sense now.
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Title: Kiss Me Quickly.
Summary: Tea (Anzu) and Yami Yugi rediscover a lost passion. Events based loosely on episode 53, 'Dance Battle of Flame' where Yugi Muto gets concerned about his Other Self and sets the Other up for a date with Tea.
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Yami and Tea burst out of the dark alley into the bright sunshine, gasping for breath. Behind them, they could hear first the increasingly laboured breathing of the lone policeman, then his frustrated cry as he gave up chase. The two of them exchanged a look and burst into helpless fits of laughter. Tea was laughing so hard that her legs bucked, and letting her handbag fall limply to the floor, she collapsed against Yami, forcing him to lean heavily against the wall for support. He didn't look as if he minded though; it only seemed to make him laugh even harder.
"Hey Tea," he gasped between breaths. "Do me a favour, will ya. Promise me that if we ever go out together you're gonna junk those platforms."
Tea smiled cheekily. "And why should I?"
"This is why," he said, pulling her head down for a kiss. At length, he drew away and leaned back, eyeballed her smilingly. "Damnit, Tea, I'm getting neck cramps!" he laughed.
"And why should that concern me?" she teased coyly.
"Doesn't it?" Yami raised an eyebrow, obviously baiting her.
"Of course it doesn't!" she retorted.
"Really?"
"Yes, really."
"Alright then," he replied, "Bye."
"Bye?"
"Bye."
And without another word, turned around and walked away, leaving Tea to stare after him in stunned silence. Yami paused after a couple of steps and glanced at her over his shoulder.
"Tall chicks turn me off, see," he said keeping a perfectly straight face, feigning nonchalance until the twitching of his lips threatened to give away his jest. Tea threw back her head and laughed. Picking up her handbag, she ran up to his and flung her arms around him as he welcomed her into his embrace.
"Oh gods, Yami I love you," she giggled, but Yami pressed a finger to her lips, silencing her.
"Strong words, baby," he whispered and kissed her. "Don't say anything you know you don't mean," he said seriously, and for a moment, she flushed the deep red of startled humiliation. Seeing her blush, Yami's face broke into a grin. "So... I guess that means you're wearing flats next time?" he teased hopefully.
Tea punched him.
***
They spent the rest of the day walking around, just soaking up the sun and luxuriating in the other's presence, but although they had talked about it jokingly before, Tea found she was vaguely disturbed by the differences in their height. Yami... well, he wasn't as tiny as Yugi, but still, it felt wrong.
She felt like she was on a date with a younger brother, especially when a flock of birds decided among themselves that he looked like a good landing perch. It was so adorable, his look of helpless frustration as he stood immobile, frozen to the spot while a pigeon pecked at his hair. She couldn't quite understand why, but she knew that she adored him with all her being, even though they had only just gotten to know each other.
But then again...
She shuddered slightly and pushed away the arm that was perched comfortably on her buttocks. Yami looked up at her, surprised. "Yami," she said hesitantly. "You're not Yugi, are you?"
Yami shook his head. "Of course not," he replied. "But you already know that, Tea. What's wrong? What's bothering you?"
"You really *are* not... Yugi, are you?" she pressed. Yami got her drift. He sat her down on the park bench and took her hands in his.
"No, I'm not," he said. "I'm not. We might share the same skin, but I'm different. You can see that, can't you? We're not..." he broke off uncomfortably, searching for the right words. "Tea, how do put this? When I take over his body... I change... *it* changes...it becomes different. *I'm* different. We're not..." he rubbed the back of his head uncertainly. "I'm not him," he concluded at last. "Not inside and not out."
"But does he know?" she asked awkwardly. "I mean, can he... watch?"
"Yeah, I guess so, but not always, see. He... I... we can watch each other, you know, but not always... like... only sometimes, when...when...when... shit, Tea, I'm not good at this!" he sighed in frustration. "We *can* watch each other, but only at certain times, when the situation calls for it, or when the other lets us. Otherwise the self inside will just...well... be... dormant... in the soul room. It's difficult to explain it, Tea. It's just one of those things that are felt but not said."
Tea sighed and nodded her head, and they both leaned back to stare blanky into space. Suddenly Yami tensed. Sitting up, re reached over and grabbed her hands anxiously.
"Tea, promise me something," he choked. "Never tell Yugi," he said. "Never. Ever. Tell Yugi about this. Please."
Tea nodded dumbly. Of course she wouldn't tell Yugi. How could she? A ditzy voice sounded in her mind. //And what are you going to tell him anyway, Tea? 'Hey Yugi, guess what? I just had sex with Yami! You know, your Other Self you set me up with over the weekend? The one that shares the same body as you? How cool is that?!' Yeah, way to go, man!// the other voice mocked her within the confines of her head. //Tea Gardener, you are like, the ultimate bitch!//
"We'll keep it a secret," she whispered, resignedly.
"Between us," Yami agreed.
"But--" she tensed, suddenly remembering how Bakura and Joey had walked in on them. Yami winced.
"Shit!" he breathed. "Oh, *shit*!" He felt like the worst sort of traitor possible. He'd just let a *girl* come between them. How could he betray his hikari like this, especially when he knew that Yugi had always had a crush on her? And now he could not even keep it a secret from him: Joey would surely tease them about it at school on Monday. How could he do this? And especially after Yami himself kept going on and on about honour and pride as a duelist... he shook his head and slumped back helplessly. He felt like such a hypocrite.
"Yami?" Tea asked hesitantly. "You okay?" Yami sighed heavily.
"Yeah, Tea, I'm fine. Come on, let's get moving, okay. I'm getting restless just sitting here like this."
"No!" Tea whined, pouting her lips. "Not when you're like that." Leaning over, she gave him a quick peck on the cheek and flashed him her best puppy- dog eyes. Yami smiled.
"Stupid girl," he said fondly and ran his tongue teasingly across her mouth. "You have no idea how ridiculous you look."
When her lips parted in annoyance, Yami plunged his tongue into her mouth, and Tea shuddered to feel his slick warmth licking at her from the inside. Whimpering slightly, she pulled herself into his lap and twined her arms around his head and neck, forcing him to plunge himself deeper into her throat. Yea gods, it felt good, she thought, feeling his strong fingers creep underneath her blouse. //Almost too good,// she corrected herself. One thing was certain though; she needed him with a lust so strong that she knew it was fruitless to fight it.
They walked aimlessly through the meandering streets with their arms around each other, pausing every few steps to exchange desperate kisses. The disgusted looks on the passers by did not bother Tea as much as she thought it would. It was just so easy to ignore their scorn. After all, what did it matter what the world think? This was between her and him. Later she knew she would come to regret her rash acts, but for now she was content to throw caution to the wind and drown herself in her Yami's ceaseless attentions.
And so they walked until their random wonderings brought them back to the rows of colourful shops. "Hey look!" she cried suddenly, digging her heels in and making him grind to a halt. "An arcade!" she crooned excitedly in his ear. "Let's go in!" Yami nodded. He would much rather have followed her home to her bedroom, but since that was obviously not going to be happening any time soon, an arcade was as good a place to be as any. "Alright," he grinned. "Let's go."
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Now that the exams are over, I've been meaning to go over to my reviewers' pages and read your fics, but I'm really busy at the moment. I've got deadlines (I write for the school magazine) and I'm in the middle of publishing my first book, plus I'm involved in PLANNING a holiday camp and ATTENDING another holiday camp, AND I'm co-conducting a coupla workshops at the moment and organizing my club's Christmas party even tho I'm not Christian =D Holidays aren't much of a holiday this year, it seems. Please forgive me if I am slow to update. And please be patient. I *will* get down to reading your fics!
prodigy-angel-x: haha. I thought it was funny too. Or at least, I thought it would be really funny if it ever happened to me, and I thought 'what the heck' and slipped in the tampon scene. I also happen to think it's really sexy to have a guy slide in a tampon for you, but that's just me. You're doubtless thinking 'whoa, way too much information', so I shall shut up about it now. =P And YAY! I've changed it to Yami cos it's really been bugging ever since I started writing it that I'm calling him Yugi even tho he's really Yami. (((*mutters: "Yugi the psycho" as she reads the manga*...hehehehehe. Check out my other fics when you have the time.))) Will do. Truly I'm intending to go through the fics from *all* my wonderful reviewers. I'm just really pressed for time at the moment.
Embient: haha. Why am I not surprised that you liked the title? *grinz* Nah, just joking. No offence meant. I was pretty surprised that you liked them getting on with it with the others watching though. I kinda thought it was too abrupt and wince-ably bad writing on my part. I dunno. I'm still pretty bad at sex scenes, (I get impatient) which is why I'm penning so many at the moment. Trying to get some practice... so if you have any comments or ideas for improvement, tell me. If they're *scathing* comments, pls email it to me and I will get my epal to read it. My worst weakness is that I'm bad at handling criticism, even productive criticism so my epal helps me with it. I ken take it coming from her tho cos I'm her beta (and a damn good beta at that!) and goodness knows I've critic-d her work enuf for that.
Crisskitty: YEAH! Damn right she's getting rude! *grinz* Well, I didn't realise she was until you pointed it out, but MAN, it is about time she does. If only she'd do so in the show as well... *haiz* oh well, we can always dream, cant we...
Yami Yuugi Lover AKA Kiyo: Thanx, tho I'm not quite sure what you mean by ( Yami/Tea...// Yugi/Tea ?? ). If you're asking whether it's yami or yugi, the answer's yami. But if you're pointing out that it *might* be possible that since Yami and Yugi share the same skin, she might actually be *ahem* both of them, then I salute you. Hmm... it *is* an interesting thought though. I was actually thinking of throwing Yugi into the drama as well, seeing that he actually likes Tea, but that'll fall outside my game plan for Kiss Me Quickly. Hmmm... perhaps we might do a sequel?..... what happens when two souls who share the same skin both strive for her attentions?..... and the whole aibou bond yami n yugi share... it's cool to think about, but you gotta admit it's terribly soap opera-ish, isn't it? Haha. What do you think of the title? Kiss Me Quickly II: The YuGiOh Soap Opera. *grinz*
Arezal: Am continuing! =D But just don't expect frequent updates. I've finished my exams, but I'm really busy at the moment. _ *and* I had a bit of a brain-jam lately (I'm not qualified enuf to claim to have writers- block, see). That's really the main reason ch 6 took so long. Sorry.
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Title: Kiss Me Quickly.
Summary: Tea (Anzu) and Yami Yugi rediscover a lost passion. Events based loosely on episode 53, 'Dance Battle of Flame' where Yugi Muto gets concerned about his Other Self and sets the Other up for a date with Tea.
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Yami and Tea burst out of the dark alley into the bright sunshine, gasping for breath. Behind them, they could hear first the increasingly laboured breathing of the lone policeman, then his frustrated cry as he gave up chase. The two of them exchanged a look and burst into helpless fits of laughter. Tea was laughing so hard that her legs bucked, and letting her handbag fall limply to the floor, she collapsed against Yami, forcing him to lean heavily against the wall for support. He didn't look as if he minded though; it only seemed to make him laugh even harder.
"Hey Tea," he gasped between breaths. "Do me a favour, will ya. Promise me that if we ever go out together you're gonna junk those platforms."
Tea smiled cheekily. "And why should I?"
"This is why," he said, pulling her head down for a kiss. At length, he drew away and leaned back, eyeballed her smilingly. "Damnit, Tea, I'm getting neck cramps!" he laughed.
"And why should that concern me?" she teased coyly.
"Doesn't it?" Yami raised an eyebrow, obviously baiting her.
"Of course it doesn't!" she retorted.
"Really?"
"Yes, really."
"Alright then," he replied, "Bye."
"Bye?"
"Bye."
And without another word, turned around and walked away, leaving Tea to stare after him in stunned silence. Yami paused after a couple of steps and glanced at her over his shoulder.
"Tall chicks turn me off, see," he said keeping a perfectly straight face, feigning nonchalance until the twitching of his lips threatened to give away his jest. Tea threw back her head and laughed. Picking up her handbag, she ran up to his and flung her arms around him as he welcomed her into his embrace.
"Oh gods, Yami I love you," she giggled, but Yami pressed a finger to her lips, silencing her.
"Strong words, baby," he whispered and kissed her. "Don't say anything you know you don't mean," he said seriously, and for a moment, she flushed the deep red of startled humiliation. Seeing her blush, Yami's face broke into a grin. "So... I guess that means you're wearing flats next time?" he teased hopefully.
Tea punched him.
***
They spent the rest of the day walking around, just soaking up the sun and luxuriating in the other's presence, but although they had talked about it jokingly before, Tea found she was vaguely disturbed by the differences in their height. Yami... well, he wasn't as tiny as Yugi, but still, it felt wrong.
She felt like she was on a date with a younger brother, especially when a flock of birds decided among themselves that he looked like a good landing perch. It was so adorable, his look of helpless frustration as he stood immobile, frozen to the spot while a pigeon pecked at his hair. She couldn't quite understand why, but she knew that she adored him with all her being, even though they had only just gotten to know each other.
But then again...
She shuddered slightly and pushed away the arm that was perched comfortably on her buttocks. Yami looked up at her, surprised. "Yami," she said hesitantly. "You're not Yugi, are you?"
Yami shook his head. "Of course not," he replied. "But you already know that, Tea. What's wrong? What's bothering you?"
"You really *are* not... Yugi, are you?" she pressed. Yami got her drift. He sat her down on the park bench and took her hands in his.
"No, I'm not," he said. "I'm not. We might share the same skin, but I'm different. You can see that, can't you? We're not..." he broke off uncomfortably, searching for the right words. "Tea, how do put this? When I take over his body... I change... *it* changes...it becomes different. *I'm* different. We're not..." he rubbed the back of his head uncertainly. "I'm not him," he concluded at last. "Not inside and not out."
"But does he know?" she asked awkwardly. "I mean, can he... watch?"
"Yeah, I guess so, but not always, see. He... I... we can watch each other, you know, but not always... like... only sometimes, when...when...when... shit, Tea, I'm not good at this!" he sighed in frustration. "We *can* watch each other, but only at certain times, when the situation calls for it, or when the other lets us. Otherwise the self inside will just...well... be... dormant... in the soul room. It's difficult to explain it, Tea. It's just one of those things that are felt but not said."
Tea sighed and nodded her head, and they both leaned back to stare blanky into space. Suddenly Yami tensed. Sitting up, re reached over and grabbed her hands anxiously.
"Tea, promise me something," he choked. "Never tell Yugi," he said. "Never. Ever. Tell Yugi about this. Please."
Tea nodded dumbly. Of course she wouldn't tell Yugi. How could she? A ditzy voice sounded in her mind. //And what are you going to tell him anyway, Tea? 'Hey Yugi, guess what? I just had sex with Yami! You know, your Other Self you set me up with over the weekend? The one that shares the same body as you? How cool is that?!' Yeah, way to go, man!// the other voice mocked her within the confines of her head. //Tea Gardener, you are like, the ultimate bitch!//
"We'll keep it a secret," she whispered, resignedly.
"Between us," Yami agreed.
"But--" she tensed, suddenly remembering how Bakura and Joey had walked in on them. Yami winced.
"Shit!" he breathed. "Oh, *shit*!" He felt like the worst sort of traitor possible. He'd just let a *girl* come between them. How could he betray his hikari like this, especially when he knew that Yugi had always had a crush on her? And now he could not even keep it a secret from him: Joey would surely tease them about it at school on Monday. How could he do this? And especially after Yami himself kept going on and on about honour and pride as a duelist... he shook his head and slumped back helplessly. He felt like such a hypocrite.
"Yami?" Tea asked hesitantly. "You okay?" Yami sighed heavily.
"Yeah, Tea, I'm fine. Come on, let's get moving, okay. I'm getting restless just sitting here like this."
"No!" Tea whined, pouting her lips. "Not when you're like that." Leaning over, she gave him a quick peck on the cheek and flashed him her best puppy- dog eyes. Yami smiled.
"Stupid girl," he said fondly and ran his tongue teasingly across her mouth. "You have no idea how ridiculous you look."
When her lips parted in annoyance, Yami plunged his tongue into her mouth, and Tea shuddered to feel his slick warmth licking at her from the inside. Whimpering slightly, she pulled herself into his lap and twined her arms around his head and neck, forcing him to plunge himself deeper into her throat. Yea gods, it felt good, she thought, feeling his strong fingers creep underneath her blouse. //Almost too good,// she corrected herself. One thing was certain though; she needed him with a lust so strong that she knew it was fruitless to fight it.
They walked aimlessly through the meandering streets with their arms around each other, pausing every few steps to exchange desperate kisses. The disgusted looks on the passers by did not bother Tea as much as she thought it would. It was just so easy to ignore their scorn. After all, what did it matter what the world think? This was between her and him. Later she knew she would come to regret her rash acts, but for now she was content to throw caution to the wind and drown herself in her Yami's ceaseless attentions.
And so they walked until their random wonderings brought them back to the rows of colourful shops. "Hey look!" she cried suddenly, digging her heels in and making him grind to a halt. "An arcade!" she crooned excitedly in his ear. "Let's go in!" Yami nodded. He would much rather have followed her home to her bedroom, but since that was obviously not going to be happening any time soon, an arcade was as good a place to be as any. "Alright," he grinned. "Let's go."
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Now that the exams are over, I've been meaning to go over to my reviewers' pages and read your fics, but I'm really busy at the moment. I've got deadlines (I write for the school magazine) and I'm in the middle of publishing my first book, plus I'm involved in PLANNING a holiday camp and ATTENDING another holiday camp, AND I'm co-conducting a coupla workshops at the moment and organizing my club's Christmas party even tho I'm not Christian =D Holidays aren't much of a holiday this year, it seems. Please forgive me if I am slow to update. And please be patient. I *will* get down to reading your fics!
prodigy-angel-x: haha. I thought it was funny too. Or at least, I thought it would be really funny if it ever happened to me, and I thought 'what the heck' and slipped in the tampon scene. I also happen to think it's really sexy to have a guy slide in a tampon for you, but that's just me. You're doubtless thinking 'whoa, way too much information', so I shall shut up about it now. =P And YAY! I've changed it to Yami cos it's really been bugging ever since I started writing it that I'm calling him Yugi even tho he's really Yami. (((*mutters: "Yugi the psycho" as she reads the manga*...hehehehehe. Check out my other fics when you have the time.))) Will do. Truly I'm intending to go through the fics from *all* my wonderful reviewers. I'm just really pressed for time at the moment.
Embient: haha. Why am I not surprised that you liked the title? *grinz* Nah, just joking. No offence meant. I was pretty surprised that you liked them getting on with it with the others watching though. I kinda thought it was too abrupt and wince-ably bad writing on my part. I dunno. I'm still pretty bad at sex scenes, (I get impatient) which is why I'm penning so many at the moment. Trying to get some practice... so if you have any comments or ideas for improvement, tell me. If they're *scathing* comments, pls email it to me and I will get my epal to read it. My worst weakness is that I'm bad at handling criticism, even productive criticism so my epal helps me with it. I ken take it coming from her tho cos I'm her beta (and a damn good beta at that!) and goodness knows I've critic-d her work enuf for that.
Crisskitty: YEAH! Damn right she's getting rude! *grinz* Well, I didn't realise she was until you pointed it out, but MAN, it is about time she does. If only she'd do so in the show as well... *haiz* oh well, we can always dream, cant we...
Yami Yuugi Lover AKA Kiyo: Thanx, tho I'm not quite sure what you mean by ( Yami/Tea...// Yugi/Tea ?? ). If you're asking whether it's yami or yugi, the answer's yami. But if you're pointing out that it *might* be possible that since Yami and Yugi share the same skin, she might actually be *ahem* both of them, then I salute you. Hmm... it *is* an interesting thought though. I was actually thinking of throwing Yugi into the drama as well, seeing that he actually likes Tea, but that'll fall outside my game plan for Kiss Me Quickly. Hmmm... perhaps we might do a sequel?..... what happens when two souls who share the same skin both strive for her attentions?..... and the whole aibou bond yami n yugi share... it's cool to think about, but you gotta admit it's terribly soap opera-ish, isn't it? Haha. What do you think of the title? Kiss Me Quickly II: The YuGiOh Soap Opera. *grinz*
Arezal: Am continuing! =D But just don't expect frequent updates. I've finished my exams, but I'm really busy at the moment. _ *and* I had a bit of a brain-jam lately (I'm not qualified enuf to claim to have writers- block, see). That's really the main reason ch 6 took so long. Sorry.