Sweeter than me

Chapter 2:

The next morning Tea awaited the arrival of her friends.

"Okay, let's see..." Tea looked around. "I put up all my other pets so Marik, Bakura, and Malik can't get to them... that should be all."

DING-DONG! "Oh, their here!" Tea rushed to the door and straightened her skirt. She opened the door, "Oh, hey guys!"

"Hey Tea." They said, they filed inside and sat in the living room.

"Glad you all could make it!" Tea sat down. "Even you guys, Malik, Marik, and Bakura."

They mumbled to themselves.

"So, Tea." Yugi said. "How have you been holding up?"

"Okay... It's weird being at home by myself."

"How long will your mom be gone?" Duke asked.

"Around a week or so."

"Where's your dad?" Mai asked half-heartedly.

"Las Vegas."

Bakura and Marik busted out laughing, "Your dad's in Las Vegas?!"

Malik didn't fully get it, "What's so funny?"

Marik whispered in his hikari's ear, "As soon as they got a divorce, her dad went to Las Vegas to get laid!"

"Oh..."

"And what may I ask is so funny?" Tea was annoyed.

"Nothing..." they tried to stifle their laughs.

Ryou gave Bakura a warning look, and he quieted down. But Marik wanted to push Tea as far as she would go.

"Uh, hey Tea?"

"Yes?"

"Why did your parents split up?"

"Marik! That's terribly insensitive!" The rest of them shouted.

"No, that's okay... they split up because..." and she mumbled the rest.

"What, I didn't hear you?" Marik teased.

"MARIK!"

"My dad had an affair..." Tea said.

Marik and Malik looked at each other and smiled. "With who?" Malik finished his yami's dirty work.

Everyone groaned and sighed.

"Um... With his a flight attendant, on a trip to Santa Monica."

"Flight attendant? Hey I saw something like that on my soap opera last night!" Mai smiled. "See, he wasn't happy with his wife under the sheets. So when he saw the beautiful Brittany on flight 69, he hopped right into bed with her. And when he came home, he finally knew what he'd been missing... great sex. So, he broke up with his wife and flew off to Las Vegas."

"..." Tea was devastated.

"Oh was not the right time to tell that story?" Mai asked.

Everyone shook their heads, but in the back of the room Bakura, Marik and Malik could barely contain themselves.

"Tea better hope she didn't inherit her mom's talent to ruin a guy's fun time in bed." Malik snickered.

Bakura smiled, "I'd bet throughout the whole thing Tea would talk about friendship..."

"Why me..." Tea sighed.

"Relax Tea." Tristan tried to cheer her up, "It'll all get better soon."

"I don't see how."

"Maybe your mom should take sex classes." Marik butted in

Tea sniffed. "..."

"Marik!" Yami had enough of them. "If you don't have anything helpful to say don't say anything at all!"

"But he was being helpful... I mean, if a women can't do her job in bed. She should be dumped." Bakura added.

Tea said nothing.

"I bet, the reason Tea's mom didn't take her is because she's trying to find someone else with lower expectations in bed."

Still, Tea said nothing.

"Her mom is pitiful."

"And why don't the three of just shut-up!!!" Tea stood up. "I'm tired of you three making fun of me! It isn't funny! Such heartless fools like you don't deserve to live!"

Bakura stood up as well. "Well, you know what? I couldn't care less what you think! You are the dumbest most boring person I know! And yes, I am counting your mom too! I seriously doubt that anyone in his or her right mind would care if you left this earth! So, why don't you just drop dead!"

Tea fell to her knees then onto the ground. "..."

"Tea?" Yugi poked her, "Tea?"

Tea didn't move.

Ryou felt her pulse the put his finger under her nose, she wasn't breathing. "She...she's dead."

Everyone looked at Bakura. "What?"