DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fanfiction produced for entertainment purposes only. Yu-Gi-Oh! and all related characters are the creations of Kazuki Takahashi.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Yep, you guessed it, more suggestive dialogue.
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Part 13: Tristan and Téa
By Shadow's Mirror
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"I can't believe I'm doing this." Tristan sighed heavily as he paused in the doorway of the small booth. He peered inside and pulled a face. This was definitely not his style.
"Look on the bright side. Joey said that if you do this, he'd forgive you for not telling him that you've been dating his sister. That seems fair enough to me." Téa's bright voice made Tristan jump. He turned to look at the girl standing behind him, patiently waiting for him to enter.
"Yeah. I guess. But I think he only offered the deal so I'd do this with you instead of him!" he grumbled. He still couldn't believe Joey had talked him into doing this.
"Well, it works out best all around, anyway. You're better at it than Joey." Téa grinned.
"That's true." Tristan smirked at the memory of the last time he and Joey had done this. 'Pathetic' was being kind. His smile faded into a puzzled frown. "Although I still don't get why we're doing this. I mean, I know you want to teach Kaiba a lesson and all, and I'm cool with that, but why do it this way?"
"Because, what's the one thing that Kaiba hates more than anything in the world?" Téa smiled slightly as Tristan thought for a moment. The answer was so obvious…
"Uh… Yami." Tristan blinked in confusion at Téa, wondering why she had just groaned and muttered 'or not…' and what Yugi's other half had to do with this. Unless… oh surely Téa wasn't planning on having Yami join them too? The booth wasn't big enough for all three of them! He eyed the small curtained-off room thoughtfully. Well… maybe…
"Okay… what's the second thing he hates?" Téa's voice cut in on Tristan's pondering before he could go any further down that trail of thought. He made a mental note to thank her later.
"Oh, that's easy. Being beaten by Yami!" Tristan grinned. Téa groaned again.
"Tristan… work with me here… It starts with 'F'." Téa waited while Tristan thought about it.
"… Oh!" Tristan didn't have to think long. After all, he was talking to Téa about Kaiba and Yami. There could be only one 'F' word on her mind at the moment.
"Exactly. As soon as we get this right, I'm going to go and give it to Kaiba." Téa smiled serenely.
"Oh man… you're right. It's the perfect revenge." Tristan laughed out loud at the thought of Kaiba's expression when Téa made her little 'presentation'.
"It's not revenge. It's just… teaching him a little lesson." Téa was still smiling serenely, but now her brown eyes held more than a hint of mischief.
"Okay, well if you're gonna 'teach' him today, we'd better get started!" They grinned at each other.
Tristan held open the curtain and stood back to let Téa inside, then followed her. As soon as they were in position and ready to go, Téa pressed a few buttons on the wall in front of them. Music began playing out of the stereo speakers on either side of the small booth as words flashed onto the monitor set into the wall.
A few moments later, a song about friendship could be heard coming out of the mall's kareoke-recording booth.
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