Ichigo- Sorry for the extremely long delay. Somebody *glares and Bakura* deleted the whole chapter and lost the disk saved onto it.
Bakura- it wasn't my fault you wouldn't give me back my ice cream!
Ichigo- I told you once and I'll tell you again! You took that ice cream from the girl on the street and ran away!
Bakura- and it took some effort!
Kaiba- *sigh* see what I have to put up with?
Ichigo- T.T and that was the best chippie I have written so far!
Bakura- T.T I'm sorry… do…you want some cookies then?
Ichigo- ^_^ thanks…where did you get them! These are good!
Bakura- no kidding! The little girl said she got them from Kroger!
Ichigo- aww! That's so sweet! Did you say thank-you?
Bakura- O.o why should I? I took the ice cream as well as the cookies with me!
Ichigo- -_- anyways..some of you are asking what happened to mokuba! If you read chapter 17 in Melting A Heart of blah blah blah, then yea, you would know. But since I'm nice and don't steal ice cream *glares at Bakura* I wrote it the situation out again…or atleast I did. Now I'm just too lazy and just copied and pasted some parts from chapter 17.
Kaiba- long story short…just read and you'll find out…plus…I think you should read this part b/c it MIGHT have something to do with the ending! Ooooooo If you guys already now what happened, then just scroll down after the scene where it says "Present" to see what happens next.
Ichigo- and for a VALENTINES TREAT, we added some frosting to this little chapter that will hopefully make you smile! So HAPPY B-LATED VALENTINES TO ALL! And please review!
Drifting Away- A New Year To Remember
"The sky is high. It is far away, just like your heart. Only tears are by my side, I cant forget you"
"Call 911," Kaiba quivered. He pulled back Mokuba's hair and started rocking back and forth with Mokuba in his arms. "Wake up Mokuba. Come on I know you can." Mokuba just lay there unconscious. Tea still stood there, watching everything. "Tea!"
Tea snapped back again and looked at Kaiba. "Go now!" Tea ran inside the house calling 911."
After calling, Tea ran outside where Kaiba was still kneeling with Mokuba in his arms.
"This can't be happening," Kaiba said repeatedly. "This can't be happening."
"Wha-what happened," Tea asked one of the kids who was playing with Mokuba.
"There wa-was a car and it hit Mokuba," the young boy stuttered, " He went o-over there to get the ball with his bi-bike and the car jus swerved and hit him."
"Where did the car go?" Tea said nervously. The boy stood quiet, on the verge of tears. "WHERE DID HE GO!" she shouted.
"I don't know! I just don't know," the boy screamed. "He just went by."
"Where," Kaiba asked immediately. He gently laid Mokuba back and stood up holding his open arms open. "Where did he go," Kaiba demanded. Tea stared at Kaiba's arm and stepped back from where he was as she gulped slowly, not taking her eyes off Kaiba's arms
"Kaiba," Tea said slowly, slightly quivering. She never took her eyes of his arms and hands. Kaiba didn't hear her soft voice.
"Where did the driver go," Kaiba repeated.
"Kaiba," Tea said more firmly and loudly. Kaiba jerked his head toward Tea.
"What," Kaiba said in an annoyed voice, "What is it?" Tea stepped back. She was breathing hard, still staring at his arms.
"Your arms," Tea began, "Look at your arms." Kaiba looked at her for and moment and then slowly look at his arms. Red coloring was stained to his long sleeves and his hands were covered with blood. Kaiba's eyes widen and he jerked his head to Mokuba. He ran to him and kneeled while searching. He turned Mokuba around and there he saw the menaced wood protruding out of Mokuba's left side. Kaiba's eyes widened bigger in horror and on the verge of tears while breathing faster and faster. He quickly wiped the tears that were about to come out. Suddenly, Mokuba's eyes lit open slowly. Kaiba looked up and held Mokuba's head to his chest. Mokuba was crying in pain and was staring at Kaiba.
"I-it hurts, Seto," Mokuba said weakly, his eyelids slowly closing. Kaiba was nodding fast, repeatedly, still with kept tears in his eyes.
"Yes, yes I know," Kaiba whispered, "Just hang in there, kiddo. Just hang in there. Everything will be okay." He rocked his body back and forth. "A-are you okay, do you f-feel okay?" Kaiba stuttered. Mokuba's face was stained with tears. He slowly shook his head, not a tear coming from his eyes.
"I don't think so," Mokuba said softly. Kaiba's welled up again, but as always, the tears never came out.
"Where is the ambulance," Kaiba shouted quickly. Tea looked around worriedly, biting her lip. Kaiba gently put Mokuba back on the concrete and stood up to take out his cell phone out of his pocket. He then dialed 911.
"Hello?" Kaiba said urgently, "Where are you guys!" Kaiba's veins were popping out as his face wrinkled in worry. "I don't care if there is traffic or not, if you had a brain you would have brought another ambulance on a different path! Bring another one or I'll make sure you all will get fired for not doing your jobs," Kaiba screamed angrily, "y borhter is bleeding here and if you guys don't come down here right now, I'll see to it that you'll regret this day!" Kaiba threw his cell phone to the floor and rished to Mokuba's side. Mokuba was crying in pain, screaming.
"Make it stop, just please make it stop hurting," Mokuba cried out, "Please." Tears welled up in the younger Kaiba's eyes. Mokuba looked into Kaiba's eyes pleadingly while holding tightly to his hand. Mokuba was bruised from head to toe with deep cuts and cuts covering his body. And with one final plea for life, Mokuba whispered, "Please." A single tear dropped down his cheek. Kaiba touched his forehead with Mokuba's. Slowly, Mokuba's eyelids closed shut. Kaiba's eyes widened.
"Mokuba," kaiba asked quietly, tears welling heavily in his eyes. He stared at Mokuba, but Mokuba didn't move. Suddely, the ambulance came, but Kaiba didn't notice them. He didn't notice them taking Mokuba away from his arms. He didn't even notice the people calling out to him to come inside the ambulance. He just kneeled there in the same positin he was in when he held Mokuba as his whole world spun in circles and crash. The people had to carry him inside by the arms onto the ambulance. Everything seemed to be in slow motion. But he didn't notice.
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"H-how is he," Kaiba asked worriedly, "Is he okay, will I be able to bring him back hiome sometime soon or possibly today," The doctor sighed and rubged his forehead continuously. He looked Kaiba straight in the eye.
"I don't think he's coming hom anytime soon, Mr. Kaiba," the docot hesistated. Kaiba's face wrinkled as his whole face turned pale with horror an anticipation.
"Wh-what do y-you mean," Kaiba's voice quivered and he stepped a foot back.
"The good thing is that your brother is not dead," the doctor reassured.
"And the bad part is," kaiba asked as he loosened his coloar.
"The bad part is," the doctor began, "Is that although we have successfully removed the wound from your brother, he has suffered a major head injury in that incident," Kaiba's heart started beating.
"And," Kaiba asked, half not wanting to know.
"And," the doctor hesitated, "He's in a coma."
"He's unconscious," Kaiba asked.
"Correct," the doctor replied, "He's has to be under our care intil he wakes up, if indeed he does."
"What do you mean by that," Kaiba said. The man he was talking to stood quietly. Kaiba took a step foreward and whispered with a slight quiver in his voice, "How long will he be like this?"
"Depends on how bad the injury is," the doctor said, "Maybe days, or months, years…possibly for the rest of his life period. We don't quite know the average time a person wakes up from a coma." The doctor looked at his papers once in a while. "You're brother will be under our best of care. We're very sorry." Then the doctor walked out the door as Kaiba slowly sat down, taking everything the doctor said in his mind.
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Present
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Kaiba buried his face into his hands. All his hard work to just to keep his brother protected from any harm or danger was ruined just by one lousy problem he wasn't able to control. He couldn't look at himself anymore.
Kaiba sat in his office, watching through the window and the sky. All of a sudden, a door bell rang. He sighed and got up and strolled down. He opened the door before Tea ran up to him, clinging onto his shirt. She wrapped her arms around his neck, trying not to fall to her knees.
Kaiba just stood there, shock by her arrival. Slowly putting his arms around her in a comforting way, Kaiba gently talked sweet words in her ear. He then pushed her away from him.
"Is something wrong," he asked. Tea kept herself from crying and just wrapped her arms around herself.
"No," she lied. Kaiba looked at her curiously and held her shoulders. Tea looked to the side and discomfort. She looked at him again. "Can I stay here, for the night or…longer." Kaiba nodded slowly.
"Sure," he said, " I see no reason why not. Tea, is something wrong?" Tea forced a faint smile and shook her head.
"I just don't feel safe in my house," she answered, "Never lived in a house with no one in it."
"Okay," Kaiba walked in the kitchen and took his keys. "Lets go get your stuff."
"I already got it," she smiled, moving aside to see two suitcases. Kaiba raised an eyebrow for a moment, but then shook his head and smiled.
"Should have known that you did," Kaiba chuckled. He got one and started to go upstairs until Tea ran up and got to the stairs first.
"I got it," she said nervously. She went a few steps up the stair, but then stopped. "Hey Seto?" she asked softly.
"Yeah?"
"Tristan is having a party at his house. Suppose to be for New Year's. Will you come with me?" Kaiba smiled.
"Of course."
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Tea sighed while lying on her bed, looking at the ceiling. She turned to the side to watch the sky through the balcony door. She never thought that her world would turn upside down so sudden. So soon. She only thought that these types of situations were only for movies and overdramatic soap operas.
She closed her eyes, trying to imagine telling her friends about the phone call. Tea's eyebrows drooped. It would be best not to tell them. After all, what can they do anyways? They don't have that kind of money. What would she say to those sadistic people when she comes to them with no money? What would they do to her mom? What will her friends do when she tells them?
No. She can't tell them. She can't break down and fall to her knees to show them her true self. The weak little immature girl hiding behind an image of a strong responsible well-to do young woman. What will her friends think when they see the once strong Tea fall into a deep pool of misery that she had always been in?
Of course, she couldn't tell Kaiba. He had the money, yes. But she doubt that he would care enough to give 3 million dollars to her. How can she, a simple average girl, ask a multi-millionair for money? It was embarrassing. Just like how her parents thought of her.
At least that was what she thought. Tea got up and took out the snow globe Kaiba gave to her Christmas Eve. She turned the knob and let go to watch the angel dance in the snow. How graceful she moved. Tea grew with envy.
Her parents were the natural happy couple. Always optimistic, kind, and respectful to others. It always bothered her how she could never match up to them. And she knew she had disappointed them numerous times, her mother especially.
Her mother was a professional dancer in her earlier years. Up to this day, she had been teaching Tea moves that every dancer would love to know. But even though she tried, Tea never could follow. She noticed that when she was young and could see the wrinkles in her mom's face.
Her dad wasn't quite like that. She didn't even think he even cared about her dancing. He would just nod his head in approval just because she was daddy's little girl. Her dad always expected Tea to become a doctor and when she decided to become a ballerina, she guessed that her dad was crushed.
She remembered the picture at home with her and her parents after a dance recital. Sure that seemed proud of their girl in the picture, but she knew that after the recital was gone and they were back home, her mom would tell out all of her mistakes.
But then, when she was on the break of thinking that her parents were not the natural happy couple that seemed to be, she remembered the time when she was at dance practice and glimpse at the back door.
There stood her parents watching happily at their daughter in pride. When Tea glimpsed at them, she expected a disappointed look. It was so refreshing to see actually go home with compliments and appreciation. And for the first in a long period, she actually saw her mom cry.
Tea opened the balcony doors and layered her elbows on the marbled pane. She now agreed that too much thinking could give you a real headache. She closed her eyes slowly, feeling the moon's light on her while the breeze gently swift though. Everything was so peaceful. At least, her surroundings were calm. Inside her, it was a different world. Her head ached and her stomach hurled and twisted inside.
Tea was getting tired of her "strong" characteristic. Sometimes, she wished she could be the one who needed to depend on somebody. She got tired of pretending like everything was perfect and that she could take down everything that was put in front of her, even if it was the death of her father. Outside, was this powerful girl that would take a million years to break down, but inside was this small little child just wanting something, someone to take her in their arms and take care of her.
By then, she didn't even notice the bottle of wine she was holding in her hand. She kept on drinking. It seemed to help a little. It helped ease the pain at least. She felt a bit dizzy, but that was normal. She always felt dizzy. She stumbled down to the floor, clutching her head. Kaiba walked in with a glass of water.
"I thought you might want some-," He stopped while staring at the drunken girl. He quickly bent down to pick her up and put her on the bed.
"Let go of me," she said arrogantly, "I can do it myself." Kaiba grabbed the bottle from her hand and drained its contents down the sink. "Hey!" Tea yelled. The young boy dumped the bottle in the trash and came up to Tea.
"Do you know what you're doing?" he asked irritably. Tea smiled and closed her eyes, raising a finger for a moment.
"Yes…I do," she said happily, drunk from the wine. Kaiba shook his head furiously. The last thing he wanted was another burden to carry.
"No you don't," he said, "You're getting yourself drunk," Tea shook her head.
"Correction," Tea started, "I already got myself drunk, Mr. Smarty Pants." Kaiba groaned in frustration.
"Do you have any more of this in your suitcase," he asked.
"Nope, wait…yea…no, wait," Tea giggled, "I don't know." Kaiba rolled his eyes and began unpacking her stuff. He found 2 more bottles. Tea held her stomach as her face turned pale. She ran to the restroom before she threw up. After she was down, she clenched her head.
"My head hurts," she complained. Kaiba drained the contents and then turned around to see her.
"It wouldn't if you haven't been drinking so much," he scowled. Tea shoved him while walking past him.
"Why do you care so much," she snarled, "It isn't like you're the one throwing up." Tea walked to her bed and sat down, face in her hands.
"What's happening to you," Kaiba asked. "It's like you're not even Tea." Tea groaned.
"You know what, I just don't want to do this now," Tea said.
"Well, that too bad," Kaiba said firmly, "You don't even want to talk about anything anymore." He paced around.
"What are you? My mom?" Tea screamed. "You're not my mom, so quit acting like the responsible one." Kaiba stopped pacing around, his face in frustration.
"Someone has to be, since you're obviously not."
"You're not that responsible either," Tea scowled, "If you really were, mokuba wouldn't be in the hospital and you wouldn't have been cutting yourself so much back then." Kaiba looked at her hurtful, not believing what she had just said to him. Tea sighed and closed her eyes, realizing what she just said. "Look, I didn't mean-," Kaiba headed out the door.
"I think you did mean that," Kaiba said. He stopped at the door and said lowly, "I don't think I'm up for that party at Tristan's anymore." He walked out the door. Tea looked down, disgusted at what she just did.
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Tea walked out of Kaiba's house the following night for Tristan's party in a black skirt with a chain wrapped around her waist as a belt and a white tank top. Kaiba was in his office working on some stocks. Seeing him being frustrated made twists in Tea's stomach.
She got in her car that was back from the shop and went to his party.
Tristan's house was huge and when Tea got there, there were already a lot of cars parked. Tea opened the door and was greeted by Tristan and Joey with party hats on. Everyone was dressed nicely with the girl wearing skirts and the boys wearing suits. Tea smiled.
"Happy New Year's Tea," Tristan yelled over the music.
"You too," she smiled, hugging both of them. Joey raised an eyebrow.
"Where's Kaiba?" Joey asked. Tea forced another smile to appear.
"Umm…he has some work to do." She said as normally as she could. Joey nodded, not quite sure.
"Okay, well let me show you somebody we met at the shop," Joey said cheerfully. "Yo, Don Don! Get your hands off that cake 'cuz I gotta show you someone." Tea realized that name and now wondered if it was that boy she met in Domino City. To her surprise, it was the same person. Tea immediately smiled as the boy walked in with black pants and jacket with a blue shirt under. He smiled shyly and handed out his hand.
"Hey Tea," he smiled, "I guess I was right when I said we'll be seeing more of each other." Tea laughed.
"Yeah," she said, completely amazed. Joey and Tristan stared dumbly.
"You know him?" Tristan asked. "What a small world we have."
"Don Don is the son of that company…umm what is it? Kirkhigh Inc. I think," Joey said.
"Yeah," don don said cheerfully, "I try to keep it low key, but I guess that didn't work well." Everyone laughed.
"Where's Yami and Kikyo?" Tea asked? The three boys pointed at the couple who were dancing from closely, kissing each other every time they had the chance to.
"They're getting it on," Joey joked.
"Well me and Joe here have to go," Tristan said, waving good-bye. Tea smiled and waved back, leaving her with Don Don. They stood there for a while in silence. Don Don looked up at her.
"Um, do you want a drink," Don Don said, "Or some cake or something?" Tea shook her head.
"It's okay." She said uncomfortably.
"Are you sure," Don Don began to smile, "One of the drinks there is bubble tea. With the little balls in them and stuff."
"You mean tapioca," Tea smiled.
"Tapioca?" Tea laughed.
"The little balls are called tapioca," Tea said. Don Don blushed that he didn't even know that.
"Oh," Don Don chuckled. "Well, do you want some?"
"Sure, why not," Tea said cheerfully. She followed him to the table as he began to pour some into a cup. He handed it to her before she began drinking. "Thanks."
"You're welcomed," Don Don said. "So what's a girl like you coming here all alone?" Tea smiled and smiled mischievously.
"You're a smooth talker aren't you," Tea smiled. Don Don looked down and laughed.
"You think I'm smooth? I usually trip over my words," He chuckled. Tea smiled.
"Well, if you must know," Tea began, "I was suppose to come here with Seto Kaiba, but we had a little fight." Don Don nodded.
"That happened to me one time," Don Don said, "I was going out with this girl Amanda and before we were going, she asked me if how she looked in this dress. Now this dress was black, with pink and green poke-a-dots. Very hideous. I may sound like a rich snob right now, but if you would have seen that dress you wouldn't blame me." Tea smiled genuinely for the first time that day.
"What did you say?" Tea said, completely amused by the situation.
"Well I tried not to be rude," he started, "I said that maybe she could get another dress. But she just got really mad and assumed that I thought she looked fat in it." Tea laughed, her eyes dancing.
"And she broke it off," she asked. Don Don smiled and shook his head in embarrassment.
"No, she just picked another dress," Don Don chuckled, "I swear she had the worst sense of style ever. She then picked this really bright yellow dress that had brown and black stuff on it. I don't even know what it was. She asked me if this was better and I thought it would just be better if I said yes. So she was happy."
"Then why did she not come with you to the party," Tea asked. She took a sip of her bubble tea and kept her eyes on Don Don.
"Well I didn't know she was going to wear it right after we got out of the mall," he exclaimed. Tea's jaw dropped down in disbelief as her eyes shimmered. "People kept on staring at her and got mad at me for not telling her. So I was like "Okay I don't think that dress looks good. And then she got and mad again and blamed me for calling her ugly even though I said not such thing." Tea shook her head.
"Just to give you advise," Tea said, "Just avoid any questions a girl asks about her looks." Don Don nodded and smiled.
"I found that out a long time ago," he laughed. Tea smiled and looked at the door. She sighed heavily and looked down. Don Donn lowered his head to meet hers. "Still upset?"
"I was just hoping he would come through that door or something." Tea said sadly. Don Don refilled his glass and raised it up.
"Let's toast to couples who don't know what the heck is going on, eh?" Don Don smiled to the side. "And to horrifying clothes." Tea smiled and raised her cup.
"To couples and clothes." She said proudly.
"To couples and clothes," he said after her, before drinking.
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Kikyo watched the two brunets raising their cups to one another while clinging on to Yami. She bit her lip and raised her eyebrow, wondering what happened to Tea and Kaiba. She watched as the boy she heard as Donichi Kuwaba, the son of one of the biggest companies out there. She snorted in disappointmen under her breath. Don Don was almost exactly like Seto Kaiba. Only Don Don seemed too much more friendlier and social.
The first time she ever noticed him was when a group of girls almost ran her over to try and get to him. Kikyo smiled slightly. She saw his face when those girls crowded around him. She knew he didn't like all the attention as he tried to move away from him. He was a nice boy. Most guys would just put his arms around those girls and bring them to some room. But Don Don seemed more shy then some guys as he smiled politely at them and walked away from them quickly. She laughed quietly to herself when she saw the situation. Poor guy. She thought, smiling. Her smile soon faded as she watched Tea and Don Don talking.
Yami looked at her curiously. He smirked.
"Don't tell me you're falling for that new guy too?" Yami smiled. Kikyo jerked her head toward Yami and smiled, before kissing him on the lips.
"Are you jealous," she teased. Yami wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Of course not," Yami said uneasily. "You're not falling for him, right?" Kikyo laughed at Yami's fear. It was so cute.
"No," she smiled. "I'm just curious. Maybe Tea's falling for him." Yami smiled.
"No way," Yami exclaimed, laughing, "Tea is Kaiba's. Or…she's supposed to be. I mean, she rejected me just to be with him. And who can resist this sexy face here?" Yami joked. Kikyo laughed.
"Wow, so you're Mr. Sexy now," Kikyo teased. Yami raised his head proudly.
"What do you mean "now"?" Yami started, "I've always been Mr. Sexy." Kikyo kissed him on the lips.
"I love your humor," she said, "But I'm afraid that I will have to leave Mr. Sexy all alone to talk to Miss Bubble Tea Girl over there." Yami clenched his heart and pretended like he was hurt.
"Ouch," Yami said, "You've rejected me. It's so ironic how I'm Mr. Sexy and still girls can dump me." Kikyo laughed and walked up to the two brunettes talking.
"Hey guys," Kikyo said cheerfully. Tea and Don Don smiled.
"Hey Kikyo," Tea said, "You and Yami were looking hot down there dancing and stuff. Though I can't say that were always dancing out there, if you know what I mean." Tea smirked while Kikyo blushed beat red.
"Yea well," Kikyo started, "Mr. Sexy down over there needed some cooling off. I just wanted to talk to you for a bit, if it's okay with Mr. Don Don here." Don Don smiled.
"Go ahead," He smiled. Kikyo locked arms with Tea and brought her outside to the pool where other people there were roaming around. The stars and moon showed brightly as the lights from the pool reflected lightly around. Tea smiled at Kikyo.
"So what's up," Tea asked. Kikyo looked down and then right back up to meet Tea's face.
"Did you and Kaiba have a fight again," Kikyo asked. Tea frowned and fumbled with her hands, looking back at the door. "I'm just worried that's all."
"It was my fault," she said guiltily, "I shouldn't have blamed him for Mokuba and other stuff. Sorry that I got you so worked up about it." Kikyo gave her a gentle hug.
"It's okay," she comforted, "It's just that you seemed to have such a great time with Don Don. I just wondered if you guys were flirting or something." Tea stared in disbelief and laughed.
"We're just friends Kikyo," Tea said, "I'm still hoping that Kaiba will come here. Kikyo nodded.
"Well he better come here before you'll be kissing somebody either then him," Kikyo warned. Tea raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" Tea asked. Kikyo cocked her head to the right.
"You didn't know that when the clock strikes 12, you're suppose to kiss someone?" Kikyo asked.
"No," Tea said. She groaned. "Great, I'm a dateless girl at a party full of couples." Kikyo smirked.
"Not everyone's a couple," she said. She looked at Don Don through the glass doors who was just standing around. Tea backed away from her and smiled.
"Oh no, do not tell me that-," Kikyo's eyes widened.
"No!" Kikyo exclaimed, laughing, "Heck no. I'm just stating a fact. Lynn over there is dateless and so is that guy over there and that those group of guys over there playing volleyball with those girls who don't have a date either. The guys just came here probably for the booze and beer. Although, you'll be the only dateless person is our gang." Tea laughed.
"How about Joey and Tristan," Tea asked.
"Joey convinced Mai to go with him and Tristan finally got Serenity to go too…although is wasn't easy when you have Joey threatening Tristan he'll beat him up if he doesn't treat her right." Tea giggled.
"Well thanks for cheering me up," Tea said sarcastically. Kikyo smiled victoriously.
"No problem," Kikyo said. Just then Yami went out and took Kikyo's hand.
"Hate to steal Kikyo away from ya, Tea," Yami smiled, "But Mr. Sexy doesn't look so hot standing all alone in there." Kikyo laughed and waved good-bye to Tea. Tea smiled back and came back inside to talk with Don Don.
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Joey talked with a group of guys over there in the living room. Tea and Don Don distracted them. They've been talking with each other the whole night. Joey got up.
It's ironic. His whole life he was certain her wouldn't help Seto Kaiba in any way, but now it seemed that Joey would help him in any situation possible. Joey concluded that he was part of the gang. Even though he was still kind of anti-social, Kaiba didn't have that cold look in his eyes whenever he saw them.
Joey went up to the phone and dialed a phone number.
"Hello," a harsh voice answered.
"Yo Kaiba," Joey said cheerfully, "What's up?"
"Joey?" the voice lightened up, "Why are you calling me? Do you need money?" There was humor in his voice. Joey smiled.
"HaHa, funny," Joey said sarcastically, "I just wanted ta know if you'll be coming to da party any time soon." There was a pause.
"No," was the simple reply. Joey frowned.
"Why?"
"Me and Tea had a fight yesterday," Kaiba admitted. "I just feel up to it."
Joey frowned a bit. Tea said he had work. Tea never lied to him, which was probably the reason why he was shocked.
"Well," Joey said, "Ya might wanna feel up to it."
"Why is that?"
"Because who's gonna be there for Tea when dat clock strikes 12," Joey asked. Kaiba raised an eyebrow.
"What's going happen at 12," Joey's jaw dropped.
"Don't tell me dat you haven't heard dat when the clock strikes 12, everyone has to kiss someone." Kaiba shook his head.
"I don't believe in that." Joey shrugged.
"Ya don't havta believe it," Joey started, "It depends on what Tea believes. 'Cuz there's this nice looking new boy in town and hate to tell ya, but the girls are fallin for him. And Tea and Don Don seems to be hittin it off." Kaiba tensed up, worrying a little bit.
"And that is suppose to bother me," Kaiba asked. Joey sighed.
"Well let me give ya a 'lil scenario here," Joey began, "it's 10 seconds before the 12 strikes. Everyone is counting the seconds down to one and partnering up. 8 seconds left and Tea is getting nervous. 6 seconds, what will she do. The noise is just overwhelming as her heart beats." Kaiba began to look around, becoming nervous. Joey's voice started again, "4 seconds left and everything is get heated up and Tea doesn't know what to do. 2 seconds left. 1 second…what will Tea do?" Joey gestured with his hands.
"I'll be down there." Kaiba said in an instant.
"You better hurry," Joey urged, "It's 11:47." He was then replied with a dial tone.
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Kaiba hurried down the stairs with his keys as his heart beated crazily. He didn't want to be too late. He got into his car and drove off.
It was 11:51. Tea looked at the door, hoping to see Kaiba run up to her. She stared at it. All of a sudden the door busted open and Tea began to smile only to find that it was just a group of guys carrying a keg.
Kaiba waited on the road filled with other cars. He listened to the radio to drain out his thoughts, only…it didn't work, Kaiba groaned at the slow pace the cars were going. How was he supposed to know there was traffic? He looked at the clock on his car, which showed 11:55. Kaiba fumbled with his hands and shut his eyes. He was so stupid.
Tea looked down and then at the door. Everyone was gathering up now. She looked at Don Don and smiled at him. They both walked in with the other group of people who were watching the clock and the television. It was 11:57. Tea bit her lip, looking back at the door. Her eyes sulked down when no one came in.
11:59 came and Kaiba raced down the road to Tristan's house. Time passed by till it was 20 seconds left. He heard the people counting down the numbers til New Years, which made him more anxious. 15 seconds was left and Kaiba gulped.
10 seconds was left and Tea turned to face Don Don. Her heart beated and she forced a smile on her face. She drew closer to him. She soon joined the group in counting down. She looked at the door again as she counted 9 with them.
8 seconds left, Kaiba parked his car 4 houses down from Tristan's. Kaiba shook his head. He'll never make it in time.
6 more seconds, Tea bit her lip, staring at the door. She gave up and looked at Don Don who smiled shyly.
5……………4…Kaiba ran down the street, out of breath. He was almost close to the door. He staggered down, crossing the front lawn. 3……………………2……………Kaiba turned the knob opened and tripped in. He finally saw Tea.
Tea jerked her head, completely forgetting every surroundings. Her smile widened as her eyes shimmered in joy. Kaiba fought through the crowds, finally reaching Tea at last.
1…Kaiba and Tea gave a long passionate kiss on the lips, only releasing for breath. They kissed again. They stopped and Kaiba looked into her eyes.
"Happy New Years," he said, breathing heavily. Tea smiled and wrapped her arms around her boyfriend, kissing him again.
"Happy New Years."
"If there exists one miracle in this world That is, yes, that I was...I was able to meet you."
Ichigo- ahh! Aren't you happy that we finally put in a happy ending for once? And HEY! Look at that! I remembered to put a quote! Wow! They're not mine though!
Bakura- ah man! You suck Ichigo! Why do you have to put something so…happy!
Kaiba- I'm going to throw up. All this valentine thing is getting me sick.
Bakura- me too!
Ichigo- no, I think that has to do with the cookies you stole!
Bakura- It wasn't my fault the girl was holding them out in the open where anybody could get them!
Kaiba- *turns pale* I need to…*run to the restroom*
Ichigo- -_- well, that's just nice. ^_^ but I hope you guys liked this little Valentines treat. Review please!