~A.N: The story isn't intended to bash Tea. She's the only decent character in Yu-Gi-Oh anyway*~

~*Underneath the Mistletoe*~

            Tea opened her eyes, finding herself lying down on a mattress. Her friends Serenity, Mai, Ishizu, Duke, Tristan, Yugi, Yami and Bakura surrounded the bedside.

            "What…" Tea groaned. "What just happened?"

            "You fainted." Yugi replied.

            "Tea," Ishizu looked at her with wonder. "Are you all right?"

            "Sort of," Tea replied. "Where, where's Ryou?"

            "Man," Joey beamed. "You should've seen him. As soon as the maggots crawled right in front of him, he fainted for a few seconds before he got escorted home."

            "I don't see what's funny about that." Duke glared at Joey.

            "You're lucky Tea." Joey groaned. "The nurse said you gotta stay in here the whole day. It's all over the school. Midori kidnapped and now Tea getting death messages from Saint Nick. It's like hell on Christmas Day."

            "We should be worried." Yugi gazed at the floor. "I don't think that letter or the rat was a prank. It sounded serious to me."

            "Tea's the one who should worry more. Her cousin Midori kidnapped and now she's in a situation in when three weeks," Serenity then bursted into tears. "Oh god! I can't take it…what if…"

            Joey held his sister from behind, standing her up. "Come, let's go outside. You might worry Tea even more." The two then left the health room.

            Tea watched the two leave, still shaken from the events that had played earlier. The bell then rang.

            "Damn," Bakura stood up. "You get to kick back while we have to listen to Shadi drone on about his days."

            "Well I think it's interesting." Yami picked up his bag.

            "What do you expect?" Bakura sneered at Yami. "You were the pharaoh. Of course you'll be entranced."

            "Why shouldn't I be? You were a thief. So the ancient past is not as impressive as you would expect."

            "Could you two just give it a rest?" Mai pulled Bakura by the ear. "C'mon Bakura, you still have to help me with the kanji essay." One by one, everyone left the health room except for Yami, who remained by her bedside.

            "Are you going to be all right?" he held her hand in his.

            Smiling weakly, Tea nodded. "I'll be fine Yami. The nurse told me to stay here for most of the day."

            Yami smiled back. "Good. I'll see you after school." He then leaned forward and gave her a quick kiss before turning around, leaving the room.

            Time passed by as Tea fell asleep once more. Suddenly, she heard the door open. Her eyes slowly shifted towards the door, seeing Marik enter. "Marik?"

            Marik made his way towards Tea's bed, sitting on her bed. He placed his hand on her forehead. "I heard what happened."

            Tea stared at Marik blankly. An uncomfortable silence filled the air as she finally muttered. "Been a while."

            He nodded slightly. "Yes. Even if we were supposedly friends, we both tend to avoid each other ever since I went out with your cousin."

            "By the way, how are you holding up ever since Midori went missing?"

            A sigh came about from Marik. "I think of her a lot. I feel as if each relationship I'm in, I fail."

            "You didn't fail with Midori. But when it came to us…well…" she tried to find the right words to say. "You know why we broke up, right?"

            Marik nodded once more. "I believe we don't have to go in depth." He then held out a mistletoe, grinning.

            "What the?" Tea took a glance at the mistletoe. "A mistletoe? Hey wait a minute…"

            Before she could continue, Marik leaned forward, pressing her lips towards hers. Tea struggled for a moment before finally giving in. The two were so enraptured at the moment that they did not hear the door open and see Yami step in, watching them. Silently, he approached Marik and Tea.

            "You know if it's under a mistletoe, it's s'posed to last less than a minute and it's not supposed to be that passionate."

            Marik looked up at Yami rather calmly while Tea was startled. He then stood up heading towards the doorway. "Force of habit perhaps." He muttered before leaving.

            "Come on Yami, it was just a mistletoe gig." Tea sat up on the bed. "I guess he still has some feelings left for me."

            "Perhaps," Yami helped her stand up. "But you still love me right?"

            "Oh Yami," Tea smiled, placing a kiss on Yami's cheek. "Of course I still love you."

            "I'll take you home. Yami took Tea by the hand as the two left the health room."

~*I know it is so lame this chapter. But I know in the next chapter it will get better. To Be Continued*~