Disclaimer: No I don't own Yugioh. (death screams) ....
%%%%%%%%%%%%% Tea's POV %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Domino Park was a theme park said to rival Disneyland. Been to both, I would say that I like this place better; while Disneyland had five separate parks, DP had them all in one: a innovation center, roller coasters, animal world, etc. Plus, it was a beautiful day the season being in between spring and summer, with just the right occasional breeze.
Shouts of excitement and chatter filled the air as we headed in the front entrance. I realized I'd been hoping to see you-know-who, a.k.a. 'my crush', standing beside the information kiosk. I couldn't believe how disappointed I was.
And felt.
Bleah, I thought to myself. So, I have to do this part of the project too. Not really surprised…..Nope! I put the twins in their basket, draped in little pink and blue bonnets. "Where's your baby, Joey?" I asked, picturing a crushed doll with pizza grease stains all over it.
"Serenity's takin' care 'o it, ha ha!" He laughed and pointed a finger at me, while I seethed. "You gotta take care of them today on da tri-ip!"
"So, where are we going to visit first?" Yami tried to keep me from strangling the guy. I was already in a bad mood, so I tried to restrain myself.
"Roller coasters!" Tristan and Joey both said. "Haunted house!"
"You guys, I just ate a big breakfast. Can't we go there later?" I complained.
"No-o!" They whined. "We gotta get there before the lines get long!" They dashed off.
"Hey, wait! We're supposed go together!" They were already out of sight. "Arrgh!" I complained, stamping my foot in annoyance. "Well….I guess it's…..just you and me now, Yami. I guess we'll run into them later. Where's your---?" I gestured to my basket. He was also in the home ec project.
"Yugi's taking care of it at home," he answered as we walked toward the thick crowd, nodding at other seniors as they passed.
"I wish he could've come," I said finally, fingering my cell phone in my skirt pocket, staring absently ahead. Suppose he got lost? Or didn't know the way?
"He didn't. Kaiba just didn't come, that's all," Yami said, and my fingers twitched. How did he know that was who I was thinking about? I answered my own question. Super perceptiveness……must come in handy. "I'll do our project alone anyway……" I decided not to deny it. "….since the WHOLE school wants him to graduate already….!"
"How about you?" He tilted his head just a fraction, as we passed some restaurants. "Do you?"
"Of course...I do!" I stuttered feebly. "It'll be the happiest day in Domino High's history!" Well, that was sort of mean…..
Yami kept silent, but he gave me one of his enigmatic smiles. We joined some other seniors and went around in a group, to everywhere we could manage to fit in the day. At the roller coasters, I tried to picture Kaiba in one. While everyone would be screaming in exhilaration, he'd probably be staring blankly ahead with his usual expressionless expression. After all, he did design theme parks. He'd probably been to about a million roller coasters, so he'd be tottally bored.
Still, I wished he was here….
Around lunchtime, clouds started to gather in the pristine blue sky, so we headed into the cafés to get a bite. I half-expected Joey and Tristan to be in there, stuffing their faces, and ready to skip the bill. Once they did do that; and I had to spend half the night getting them out of jail. It had been on a dare. But they weren't.
Hmm, it's 3:30, and the park closes at 10:00, I thought, checking my watch for the hundredth time. The girl doll woke and demanded to be fed. Boy, this one sure does complain a lot, I thought, settling her on my lap.
"The doll is more hungry than you are," Yami noted, gesturing to my untouched sandwich. "You have to eat something, or you'll pass out. You've done lots of walking today."
I pointed out that so had he and he wasn't eating anything either. My tone came out more harsher than I'd meant and I immediately apologized. "I...... have such a headache….do you mind asking around for some aspirin?"
"Sure." He disappeared nochalantly, and I glanced back down at the girl doll, the doll the teacher had originally given to Kaiba. Who still wasn't here. Even though the 'twins' were a pain--- like their 'father'----I've been learning a lot from them. As an only child, the only babies I've held were from my parents' friends. I felt a strange affection, as I gently stroked the plastic head, and looked at the glassy eyes. I sort of feel like a little girl again….. nursing her doll, I thought with a smile.
"Getting too attached, are we Gardener?"
There was no mistaking that icy, sardonic, cynical voice. With just the right amount of a sneer in it! I forced myself to look up casually. He, Kaiba, stood there in the crowd, facing my direction. Though I couldn't be sure he was looking at me, his head was slightly ducked and his eyes were shadowed. He was wearing his usual deep blue coat and green velvet shirt underneath.
"So. You came." I was proud of the indifference, just the right amount of sarcasm in my voice. "I was thinking I had to do this project all alone!"
"Just so you wouldn't whine to the teacher," he shot back, ignoring me then and looking about the room. I saw him clench his right hand in front of him and guessed that he didn't like to be in public places very well.
"Here you go, Tea," Yami handed me a pill and a tall glass of water. "Kaiba." He greeted the other, shooting a death stare at him. "I'm very surprised you've bothered to come"
The way they were scowling at each other, anybody passing by would've think they're ancient enemies from the past, I thought, my eyes going from each one to the other. But that's silly. I guessed Yami was upset because I'd been upset, and Kaiba was upset because……..just for Yami having been born, I figured. Who knows? The guy was an unsolvable puzzle.
Remembering my earlier promise to myself, I got up and said in an ultra bright voice, "Well, I'm full. So let's go and visit the rest of the park, shall we?" I glanced about; the café was nearly emptied out. "Guess it's just us three, then," I murmured, secretly dreading it. What was I supposed to say to the either of them?
Kaiba just said a "Whatever!" and hurried on ahead. I whispered to Yami that I guess he was in a bad mood, and he answered that that was nothing new. I had to agree, for he was silent for about an hour or so, until we reached the fairgrounds.
Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed, so we decided to go to an indoor ride. Fortunately, the line was short, I didn't think I could stand another minute, my legs were killing me. When the attendant finally seated us, I sighed with relief as I sat down.
"Hey, Tea! Hey Yami!" a voice yelling to my right distracted me. Joey and Tristan for frantically waving from the other car. "We've been in here twenty times!" "No, it was 23 times." "No, 20!" and they started arguing rather loudly as the cars start pushing us forward. I sweat-dropped and pretended not to know them.
The ride of some sort of shooting game. There were laser guns where you were supposed to shoot the evil aliens as they popped up, and the more accurately, the higher your score. I didn't like shooting games very much, but I liked this one. Plus, Joey and Tristan's car were sort of our car's rival; there was a tiny target on top of each car, you see, that when hit, sends the whole car spinning wildly.
The whole place got dark, and creepy music started to play, and I was surprised when Kaiba actually took up his gun. On the way here, he'd been scowling, and I saw him shoot a look at Yami, who was sitting on the other side of me. Then I saw him look at the tiny target atop Joey's and Tristan's car. I swear, he smiled.
Well, by the end of the ride, both Joey and Tristan were so dizzy from spinning so much, they staggered to a bush to puke, I guessed. I looked at my score: 1345. "You are a good extraterrestrial extinguisher." Said the computerized voice. I snuck a look at Kaiba's score: 1,200,000,000. "Outstanding out of this worlder!"
"Gee, and I thought I tried hard," I mumbled. "Of course, you do get extra points for hitting the rival car's target…..but don't you think you hit it way too MUCH?" I said the last word extra loud, through gritted teeth.
"Not much enough," he said loftily, not really caring. I took a look at Yami's score just before it was cleared for the next ride:
1,200,000,001.
I could tell from the look on Kaiba's face that he'd sawn it too. Uh. Oh.
%%%%%%% lol Yami always beats him lol %%%%%%%%%%%
"Guys, it was by ONE point," I said, waving my arms emphatically. They ignored me.
"Kaiba, I assure you, I did not cheat." Yami was smirking, with his arms folded across his chest in an arrogant stance. "While you were busy making poor Joey and Tristan spin around like that, I was ACTUALLY shooting the aliens."
"Whatever!" he hissed. "I know you get extra points for doing that, and I must've hit them a million times!"
And on and on as we walked. I rolled my eyes, swing my basket back and forth. "Boys," I muttered as we headed for the innovation center. They were still arguing as I looked over the new dance technology. There was one where a computer 'eye' monitors your every move of your body. I couldn't resist; quickly I got in the line. Looking over my shoulder, I saw that they were out of sight. Probably still bickering. I enjoyed it immensely, the first time today. A small crowd gathered around me to watch me dance, then got bigger and bigger, clapping and whooping. I closed my eyes, memorizing the beats for further practice at home. Everyone "awwed" in disappointment when I finally stepped down, sweating.
"Sorry, guys, I'm tired," I said, and they all dispersed disappointedly. "When are they going to release that game?" I asked the attendant, turning to him.
"In two months. You're very good dancer; the best I've seen yet," he said, and I was taken aback. He looked like a movie star, buff and tanned with a dazzling white smile. Now, I'm not one of those goofy girls that swoons in front of a good looking guy. But this guy…….he was built! Very well, I might add.
"Thank you very much," I said too loudly, shaking his hand when he offered. "Are you a dancer, too?" He said that he was, for two years. Then some others wanted to play it and he helped them to get onstage. I looked at him wistfully, then turned around and went back outside. It was already night and it was pretty hot, and I decided a nice cool swim would help, since I was all sweaty from my dance.
I looked around for the guys, surprised they were still in one piece. "I saw you, Tea….I really liked your dance," Yami said kindly.
I flushed with pride. "Thank you. Where were you guys?"
Yami cocked his head towards the left, indicating the arcade. From the fierce glare on Kaiba's turned away face, he didn't have to say more. I told them that I wanted to go to the water park, and we started to walk again.
"You could at least take pity on him," I whispered to Yami. "and let him win once in a while." If possible, Kaiba's glare turned even more glarier; he'd probably heard me. I stuck my tongue at him.
"Yes, I should," Yami said clearly, in a way that indicated he won't ever, not in this lifetime. I could practically hear Kaiba seething from behind us, cursing under his breath.
By the time we reached the water slides, he was in a better mood, that is to say, he wasn't making death threats anymore. I didn't think that he'd actually kill Yami, but he was so unpredictable, is was hard to say. Altogether, he still looked very pissed off and seemed to be deep in thought.
I felt a strange feeling of sympathy for him. Deciding to ignore it, I asked Yami if he was going inside the pool. The park was filtering out, most of the ongoers had gone home already. I could hear shrieks of laughter from inside, and the pool looked cool and inviting. He said that he would, but first he'd make sure Tristan and Joey were all right. They had looked pretty green behind those bushes.
"...Thanks to him," Yami finished, jerking his thumb behind him. I saw a slow, proud smile creep over Kaiba's face and figured he was thinking: Yeah, at least something good came out of it……
Then again, that's too optimistic for him, I thought, waving good bye as Yami left and approaching him. I shifted the basket from hand to hand. "You really shouldn't of been so mean--"
"Spare me the lecture, Gardener," he said bluntly, even before I'd finished my sentence. "And before you ask, no, I am not going in there."
There was a short pause. "Why not?" I said, keeping my voice light and casual.
"Like I need a reason." He said with a scoff.
"Do you forget…..your suit?" I surprised myself with my daring. Boy, you are walking on thin ice…..
"Why do you want me to go. To have a look at my body?" he said, with a leer.
"D-don't flatter yourself!" I protested hotly, a fraction of a second too late. I hoped he'd take my face heating up as anger. "Fine. But you have to take care of the twins, then!" I pushed the basket at him, and flounced away. Inside the girls changing room, I seethed inwardly, chastising myself for letting him get to me like that. I hoped the twins were all right.
I climbed the highest slide, then had fun looping and whirling in the dark, wet tunnel, before landing inside the pool with a splash. The water was cold! I gasped, and broke the surface, letting my feet touch the ground. The water looked like liquid night as I did a few strokes around, fluttering into a butterfly kick. It's all the better he doesn't come, I thought, putting my arms up for the back stroke. Probably Joey would go inside, and then he'd insulted him about 'doggie paddling'……..I let out a small laugh and chuckled at that for some reason.
Great, are you thinking up his jokes aganist your friends now?!
"Hey Tea! Come on an' join us!" A group of seniors were in the middle of a volleyball game, and I happily swam over. Yami still hadn't returned yet, but I decided not to wait any longer. We played until we were exhausted, then I checked my watch, forgetting to I had taken it off. So I asked for the time: 9:03. I been in the pool for about 2 hours!
I told them I would stay a minute longer, and they nodded, laughing and chatting on the way to the changing rooms. Some of the girls stayed for a quick chat, then left. I wandered over toward the floating inner tubes, where they were on a sort of river rapids, taking you around and around in a circle, but slowly.
There were a lot of them, but I only saw a small kid a few feet from me, lying back in looking up at the sky. I did the same, seeing there was no moon, and only a few stars, like silver pins holding up the sky to the ceiling. I smiled, trailing my hand lazily across the water. The soft movement of the water lulled me to sleep.
"Are you done YET! It's almost 10:00!"
My eyes popped open, startled. I had totally forgot. "What…..time is it?" I said drowsily.
"9:55."
"Liar….." I closed my eyes, not wanting to leave the now nice warm water. It couldn't have been that late……
I heard a soft splash a short while later, and figured it was Yami, who had finally come back. "How are they?" I asked, meaning Joey and Tristan.
"I think they're sleeping." The voice drifted around in my head. My eyes were still closed, it was hard to open them. My dangling hand touched something warm. "Unless you mean those fools, Wheeler and Taylor. Then I don't really give a damn."
My eyes opened with a start. It was dark, the park was closing, and Kaiba was in the water. I think. But then again, Yami wouldn't have said that. I looked to my right, the kid was gone. I realized he'd meant the twins were sleeping.
"W-what time is it? Is the park closed?" I was so out of it that I tried to turn over, and fell off my tube with a rather ungraceful, ear splitting splash. I mean, my arms and legs were all over the place when I hit the water. I decided that I would stay there, out of sheer embarrassment for that little display. I held my breath and hoping he'd take the hint and scram. Underwater, I tried opening my eyes, but the weak street light was so dim I couldn't see anything.
Not that I wanted to, or anything!……..
"Idiot! What are you doing?! Trying to drown yourself?!" Is what I heard as I was pulled up roughly, nearly out of the water. "Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind?!" He shouted right in my wet, dripping face, his hands on my bare arms.
"I'm not doing anything!" I shouted right back, spitting water, wetting his face. I squirmed when I saw how he was: with no shirt. At least, it looked like it, it was dark and chlorine was stinging my eyes half-shut.
"You're getting out!" he said, practically dragging me out of the pool. I wiped my face with my hands and felt a towel be slung around my shoulders. I really hadn't expected him to come, and felt awfully gawky in my two piece tankini suit. Out of the water, it was freezing, and my teeth started to chatter aganist one another
"You don't have to toss me like a sack of beans!" I looked longing at the nice warm water and hopped foot to foot, trying to warms myself. "Loser."
He'd been bending down to the side to fiddle with something but that made him turn back. "What. Did. You. Say."
"Nothing…" I was too frozen to move. Then, he started to rant about how Yami HAD cheated, and he was going to prove it someday, this, that, and the other. I realized I couldn't feel my feet after he was done.
"What's wrong with you! Your lips are blue." I don't know how he could see that in the dimness, but I rolled to my side in a nearby chaise. "Don't tell me your freezing to death now," he complained.
"No….I-I just n-need to lie d-down…..FOR ONE SECOND!" I said the last part extra loud, so my voice would stop sounding so weak. There was a short silence, then:
"Second's up." He lay down beside me and grabbed me roughly. I hated how pathetic I must've looked, shaking and shivering like some waif. I noticed that he wasn't shaking, even though he'd been in the water also.
"Of course, he's not shaking, his blood's probably ice," I muttered aloud to myself, while he ignored me and started to rub my towel clad arms. "HEY! What are you doing?!" it was a wonder no attendant heard our arguing.
"Shut up. I'm trying to warm your pathetic body up," he muttered, with a fierce scowl. I didn't respond, since I did look 'pretty pathetic'. I let him in mute silence, while finally watching with fascination, as a droplet of water, glittering in the non existent moonlight (so I guess it was the streetlight) make its way down his throat, into one shoulder. Then it curved, dropping to his arm, before switching and dropping down his chest. I don't know. I was in some sort of daze and crazy. A strange heat spread around my body, making me finally stop shivering. He reminded me of a panther, sleek and sculptured, but not as buff like that earlier guy. There was an eternal silence, eternal in the Embarrassment Time Zone.
He stopped. "….you're looking at my body, Gardener," he said, soft and mockingly, and I slowly raised my eyes to his and quickly stepped back, managing not to trip. There was sort of a smirk on his face, softer than his usual one, yet still reminding me of a predator and his prey: me.
"I. Am. Not." I said, and it was true; I was looking at his face.
"Now, you're not....but you we-re." We were still lying down in the chaise together. My mind went blank.
Another long silence crawled by. I was torn between getting up and going and …..staying there and kissing him, like I'd told myself that I would. And then laughing at him…! Remember your plan?
Still, just because he's manipulative, doesn't mean you are…..!
Still, he deserves a taste of his own medicine…..see how he likes it!
Still, this isn't you.
Still, then again, you never expected to have such a crush….on the likes of him?! He's your sworn enemy!
Throughout my mental conflicts, he was running his hand up and down my sides slowly. Like he had every right to, like he owned me.
Maybe that's why I do…….But I knew the reason for my crush was because of the night he'd saved me. I had been making fun of him, something very uncharacteristic of me, by the way, but anyway, he had helped me out. Something I'd never expected…..
Why?
"Don't," I said, referring to him touching me. I placed my hands on him to push him off, but my limbs felt ten pounds each.
"Give me a good reason why not." He murmured simply, nudging my chin up with his nose and I suddenly felt his cool breath hit the side of my neck, caressing. I felt a certain, alarm and panic and bit back a choked gasp. "It's dark, and we're alone. Live a little."
Because this isn't right……not now…….someone might see……A million reasons refused to form on my lips. Gulping, I ran my right hand down his chest, and felt him tense up. He might've been looking at me, but I was looking down at my wandering hand. His shoulders were broad, even when not compared to his narrow waist. I had no idea what he intended to do, but I wasn't thinking about that right at the moment. My little finger slipped the valley of his navel, and I gave a sharp tug, impulsively.
"Stop that, you little imp," He took up my offending hand and kissed it swiftly. The soft feeling of his lips was so drawing the my hand lingered on them, starting to trace each contour.
"I think……I want to kiss you," I said slowly, listening to the sound of my own words and the soft lapping of water a couple of feet away. His gaze bored into mine, making my breath catch in my throat.
"Then what are you waiting for?" Again, his words sounded like if everything were simple enough to do.
Easy to say….Actually, the words hadn't been that easy. I switched my mental sayings. Easier said than done…..that's better. More accurate, at least…….I found that I couldn't, with that penetrating gaze of his fixed on me.
"Um…..do you mind…..closing your eyes first….?" I said in a meek tone, fidgeting with the fine gold locket around my neck.
He gave me a look that said VERY PLAINLY, Are you JOKING?!
"Oh come on! Nobody's going to kill you if you close your eyes for JUST ONE SECOND!"
He inhaled sharply, then drew it out in an impatient sigh, one that blew my bangs around and made me flinch a bit. But he finally did so.
Gulp….......! I inched my face closer, right towards his.....
TBC
oh god I'm going to receive death threats!!! For stopping it there!!! - -;;;; but I have a good excuse! Um. Um ….I'm too tired to write any more! (every1 anime falls) but I want you to read the very best! anyway the ride was from MIB alien attack in Disneyland if ya didn't guess. I'll write very fast as I can! So R&R plz!!