A/N- Sorry for late update, but you might want to get use to having updates every other week, cause schools killing me. To many honors classes. For those who were wondering/concerned, I mention the nose this chapter. Everything gets mentioned/explained in due time. I'll even have the summary come to life, and if you understand what that means I'll give you an ice cream cone. But you have to explain it to me in your review!

Author Note Revised: Not many changes here

Disclaimer- I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Stop asking me that! Ahhhhhh:runs around in circles and screams insanely:

Kaiba woke up slowly and felt stiff. He picked his head up looking around.

"Oh crap, I fell asleep! Why didn't she wake me up?" Kaiba said to himself. He rubbed his eyes and looked down at his watch. 7:12 a.m.

"Oh shit! I need to get home." Seto exclaimed as he jumped out of his chair and picked up his briefcase and cell phone. Everything else could stay there since he would be coming back anyway. He did fail to notice a small pillow lying in front of his desk. Seto headed towards the door when he noticed something attached to it. He walked up to it and saw that it had his name on it.

"Gardner," he muttered as he tore the note off the door.

Kaiba,

Maybe if you listened to me and went home when I told you too, you would be sleeping in your own home. But nooo, Mr. Cold Eyes doesn't listen to his crappy employees.

Tea

P.s. There's coffee already made in the lounge.

"Stupid girl, coffee would be cold by now," Seto said crumpling up the piece of paper in his hand and opening the door. He looked left to the elevators, then right to where the lounge was down the hall. He sighed and headed right. When he walked into the room, only one other person was there, reading a newspaper. Seto had successfully avoided people the past couple days, so they wouldn't look at his slightly swollen nose.

If they're smart they'll ignore me.

"Hey Mr. Kaiba!" The young man said cheerfully when he noticed the CEO had entered the room.

Guess he's not. But I would expect nothing else. Kaiba threw a glare that dared him to say more.

"Uh, I was just wondering if you be able to explain the note on the coffee pot and that girl that was in her earlier. I'll be leaving now." He said quickly, stood up and hurried past Seto. When he got closer to Kaiba, he saw his nose and was about to question him about that too, but decided against it.

"Naïve fool, what did he say about a note?" Kaiba said to himself walking over to the coffee pot and ignoring the rest of what he said for now.

"What the," He said as he pulled a piece a paper off it. It read as follows:

Do not touch!

Coffee reserved for

Seto Kaiba, the

Workaholic

"Idiot Gardner, what is she up too?" Then he remembered what that man had said about a girl.

What was she doing here this early? Did she ever leave? Maybe it wasn't her...

Kaiba went out of the room and looked for the man that was speaking to him earlier. He spotted him nearing the end of the hall.

"Hey you!" Seto yelled to him. The man turned around and when he saw that it was Kaiba yelling to him, he rushed down to him as fast as he could. Kaiba waited impatiently as the man jogged up to him.

"Y-Yes sir?" The man said as Kaiba scowled at him.

"What were you saying about a girl?" Kaiba asked calmly. The man didn't know if he should relax or get even more nervous.

"Well, um, when I arrived this morning it was about 6:30ish, I always come in early, anyway, she was in the lounge and was placing that note on the coffee, and then she-"

"What did she look like? Did she tell you her name?" Seto asked, getting annoyed with his behavior.

"She didn't tell me her name, all she said was good morning and left. She had beautiful brown hair that wasn't long or short, and these really stunning blue eyes. And not that bad of a bo-"

"That's enough, go back to whatever you were doing." Kaiba said.

"Yes sir, sorry sir." The man said bowing and walking off quickly. Seto shook his head and walked back into the lounge. He really didn't want a reminder on how beautiful she was.

Wait, did I just say beautiful?

Yes you did.

I need to get these thoughts and you out of my head.

I only come around if you need help admitting something.

Well, I don't need your help admitting anything.

Seto sighed and shook his head. He really needed to get Tea out of his head. He grabbed a coffee cup and absentmindedly began to pour himself some. He brought the cup up to his mouth and looked into it. In the swirl of the coffee he swore he saw Tea. Seto dropped the cup, which didn't break, but the coffee spilled everywhere, and left the room quickly. A half hour ago, he was sleeping peacefully, but now he sure wasn't peaceful. He walked to the elevators and pressed the down button. As the doors opened he felt his pocket vibrate.

"That's odd, I never put it on vibrate," Kaiba said to himself, taking out his cell phone from his pocket.

"What?" he answered.

"Seto!" He heard his brothers yell. Kaiba realized he was on speakerphone with them as he was bombarded with questions from his siblings.

"Are you okay?"

"Where have you been?

"Are you okay?"

"Where are you now?"

"Are you okay?"

"Why didn't you answer our calls?"

"Yes Mokuba, I'm fine!" Kaiba said, rubbing his forehead. This wasn't the best morning.

"I accidentally fell asleep working late at the office. My phone was on vibrate, and I didn't hear your calls. I'm still at the building now but I'm on my way home now. Don't wait for me I need both of you here." Seto said, pressing the one button.

"But Seto, why was your phone on vibrate? You never do that." Noa asked.

"I don't know, I think someone put it like that." And I have a sneaking suspicion who.

"Seto, will you be coming back to work?" Mokuba asked worriedly.

"Of course! I'll just be late. I have to go now, I need to take care of something." Kaiba said hanging up on his brothers. The elevator was reaching the sixth floor when he pressed the stop button. Then he pressed the nine, where his super computer and testing area was located. As the elevator came to a stop, Kaiba stepped out. He walked into a large room where on the far side of the wall was the computer.

"Why the hell was she still here this early? I'll just talk to her, clear my head, and be able to get on with my life, without her invading my thoughts every five minutes." Kaiba said, speaking about Tea. He was at the computer now, accessing his satellite using voice-command.

"Locate Domino, Japan, Tea Gardner."

-

Tea stepped into the shower and let the cool water wash over her body. She wasn't sure if she should smile or kick herself for her paper trail.

"Oh well, I made my point. But I need to stop being nice to him, he's such a jerk he doesn't need it." Tea said to herself.

"That felt good on my stiff body. Never again am I sleeping on that hard floor." She said stepping out of the shower and drying herself. She put a bathrobe on and began to towel dry her hair. She walked into the kitchen when she was done, and grabbed an apple and sat on a stool. She was deciding whether to go to sleep again or if she should give Joey a call when the doorbell rang.

"Kyaa!" Tea yelled, dropping the apple and almost falling off the stool.

"Who could that be so early?" She said looking at the clock and saw that it was about eight a.m. The doorbell rang again and Tea stood up and headed towards the door.

"Coming!" She yelled. "Impatient person." Before she opened the door she noticed that she was still in her bathrobe.

"Oh well, I'll just have to get rid of whoever it is fast." The doorbell rang again and Tea opened the door aggravated.

"I'm right-" Tea saw her boss standing in front of her, arms crossed and eyes glaring. Seto looked at her and guessed correctly that she had recently taken a shower since her was damp, but guessed incorrectly when he thought she was wearing pajamas underneath her robe.

"What do you think you were playing at earlier? I should fire you right now for your little games." He stated plainly, not caring that she was fidgeting uncomfortable. He was used to this whenever he was about to fire someone. But she had other reasons.

"Kaiba, can you hold on a sec?" Tea asked, realizing that this could be a long conversation, and she didn't feel like talking to him in her doorway while she was only a robe.

"I'm your boss, that means you listen to me, not the other way around."

"But I do have authority of you when you're on my property, and I tell you to get off it!" Tea said, not wanting to deal with him. He sure was much easier to handle when he was asleep.

"Technically, this isn't your property, so I don't have to listen to you. So answer me now, what were you trying to pull earlier? Or should I just fire you now?" Seto said smirking at her.

"Kaiba will you at least let me get dressed!" Tea yelled, loud enough for all her neighbors to hear. By now, an elderly man was already watching them from across the street. He had first became interested when the black limo drove up to the house, but instantly put his newspaper down when he saw Kaiba get out of the car and walk up to Yugi's house. He even stood up and slowly walked down his small driveway when Tea answered the door.

Kaiba looked at her in shock, not expecting what she had said.

She sighed and looked around to see if anyone had heard her. There was a lot of gossip from the neighbors that harassers lived in their neighborhood. She only knew of one and unfortunately he was already listening to her and Kaiba's conversation.

"Oh crap its that perverted old man. Come inside quick." She said noticing the old man and pulling Kaiba into the house. She slammed the door and locked it.

"What was that all about? I don't want to waste anymore time here, so unlock the door and let me out." Kaiba said, not liking where this was going. He felt as if he would snap if he didn't leave soon. (You'll see what I mean later )

"Well, I don't know why you came here in the first place if it's wasting your time. Leave if you want, just lock it again when you do. That man out there is a perverted, nosy, unsanitary creep." Tea said walking down the entrance hall and heading towards her room, leaving Seto standing by the door.

As Tea disappeared, Seto turned to leave, but decided not too. He looked around the small house (compared to his it was small) and saw few things. He was in a hall that ended into a living room and there was a door to his right. Taking this opportunity to look around, he opened the door to find something he didn't expect. It was an indoor garden, complete with a sunroof and large windows. The seemed average sized, although the white walls made it seem bigger. The garden itself was potted flowers, and since most of the flowers grew in a great abundance in their pot, you could hardly see what they were sitting on and looked like masses of colors. There were three long tables, and extra table against the far wall that had a sink and gardening supplies (ex. gloves, water can, scissors). Seto walked into the room, wondering why he hadn't noticed this before, since the windows faced the front of the house. He walked down one aisle that had purple flowers on his right and some bright orange ones on his left. He bent down to take a closer look at the orange ones, recognizing it but not remembering what it was.

"Calendula officinalis." a voice said from the doorway. Seto turned, somewhat startled but not showing it. Usually, he did the sneaking and surprising, but somehow Tea had managed to go by unnoticed.

"Also known as Marigold's (I know, not shrubbery type, but I said most of the flowers were, not all). What are you doing in here? I gave you the option to leave, and I thought you would have taken it." Tea said, walking casually over to him. She was wearing shorts and a soft blue shirt now, and smelled faintly of apples.

"You never answered my question." Kaiba said simply, and then looked around the room again. "Why do you have a garden inside?"

"The notes were to show you that I get the last word, and to possibly force your employee's to see you. I figured that for the past few days you had been avoiding people as much as possible, due to your nose. I have an indoor garden because I wanted too. I guess I'm just lazy and didn't feel like planting outside. It's actually very nice because I can read and write in here, and not have to worry about bugs or the wind." Tea said moving past him and over to the far wall table. She picked up the watering can and went over to the sink to fill it with water.

"You always have to have the last word don't you?" Seto said, watching her.

"I'm just stubborn like that. So, how are your brothers? They've grown, since the last time I saw them. In person at least, I've seen them in commercials." Tea asked, not wanting to be alone, no matter who the company was. After all she was a social person. She carried the water can and began to water some red chrysanthemums.

"They've seen you, from what I hear. At some of your shows. And your right, you are stubborn." Seto said, walking over to a plant he didn't notice before that was separate from others. It stood about a foot tall and had deep blue flowers. Tea turned to glare at him, when she saw him walking towards the plant.

"You idiot, don't touch that! It might have a reason for being separate from the other flowers!" Tea yelled, setting down the water can and rushing over to him. Seto stopped and looked at her glaring.

"I know what I'm doing, Gardner, so leave me be. I was checking to make sure it was what I thought it was, since I didn't think you would own anything poisonous. I know now that this flower is actually the poisonous herb, Aconite, or sometimes called Wolf's bane or Monkshood. And its only poisonous if eaten." Seto replied simply, like it was obvious what he was doing all along.

"Well, sorry. You didn't know what Marigold's were so how was I supposed to know you knew what Aconite was. And you could still get some of the effects of it. Sorry for being concerned. Damn, I need to stop being friendly." She muttered to herself and resumed what she was doing.

"What are you still doing here? I don't want to waste anymore of your precious time." Tea said bitterly after a few moments.

"Just lo-"Kaiba was about to reply when his cell phone rang. Tea glanced at him and rolled her eyes.

"What?"

"Seto? We were beginning to worry about you again. We called the mansion to see if your okay but they said you never went home. Where are you?"

Kaiba sighed as he heard Noa's voice on the other line.

"Noa, I'm fine. I told you I had something to take care of first. I'll be back at Kaiba Corp. in two hours."

"Two hours? Why so long, it doesn't take that long to take a shower and change."

"What is this an interrogation? I'm on the other side of the city; I have to drive all the way back to the mansion and then back to Kaiba Corp., okay? Anything else?"

"Seto, why won't you tell me where you are?" Noa's worried voice said over the phone. Kaiba didn't reply at first and just sighed.

"I'm at Gardner's house." He replied. Tea stopped watering and watched him, although Kaiba was facing away from her.

"Tea's? What are you doing there? Is there something your not telling me?" Noa's slightly panicky voice said.

"I was about to fire her-"

"Don't fire her! What did she ever do? Seto just leave her be and go home."

"Like I was saying, I was about to fire her. I've decided to give her another chance. I'll be on my way home soon, stop worrying, your beginning to sound like Mokuba." Kaiba said and clicked the phone off. He sighed again, temporarily forgetting he was alone.

"So I guess I'm expected at work tonight?" Tea said, standing directly behind him now. Seto turned quickly, with his usual frown on his face. He couldn't help but to notice how beautiful she was.

"Of course. Now if you'll excuse me I still have to do my job." Kaiba said, moving past her. Tea nodded, then picked up her watering can, going back to work. Seto looked back at her and left the room, and walked the short distance to the front door. When he attempted, to open it, it wouldn't budge. He looked at the locks and groaned. It was one of those electronic locks that needed a password to be unlocked. (The lock is like an alarm; it locks all doors in the house electronically by a panel next to the front door inside and out.) He walked back into the garden room, only to find Tea waiting for him and laughing.

"I knew you would be back. I guess you forgot my door was electronic when you came in." Tea said walking to the back of the room, looking for something on the tables.

"Who do you think you are? Queen of Games? Just unlock the door and let me out of here."

"You're the genius here, why don't you just try to hack into it?" Tea said smirking. She finally found what she was looking for and picked it up.

"What's that?" Kaiba asked looking at it curiously.

"Forget-Me-Not's! It's strange how you know about poisonous flowers and herbs but not the regular ones." She said carrying the small patch of blue Forget-me-nots and walked past him into the hallway. She walked over to the panel on the wall and typed in her number password, looking over her shoulder to make sure Kaiba wasn't watching.

"Don't worry, I have no intention on breaking into your house. I would have no need for your second-rate technology or poisonous flowers." Kaiba said smugly. Tea threw him a glare and with a ding, the doors unlocked.

"Here, I figured you don't like many colors, so their blue." Tea said, handing him the flowers she was holding as he walked out the door. Seto stopped and looked at her. Both of them couldn't read the others expression.

"What is this another game of yours? Are you trying to see if it dies as soon as I touch it?" Kaiba asked, giving her a half questioning half glare.

"No, no game. But I wouldn't be surprised if they did die." Tea said and gave him a genuine smile. She couldn't believe it; she actually was smiling at the bastard. But the bastard was a cute one that she couldn't help but to fall for. Kaiba took them from her, and a sensation went up his arm as their hands briefly touched. He looked at her again to see that she still had the smile in her face. That beautiful smile that made him want to make her his. He grabbed her by the waist and pulled her towards him setting the flowers down on a small stool/end table/thingy by the door.

"Kaiba, what?" Tea began, but Seto put his hand lightly over her mouth. She looked up at him and saw something in his eyes she never thought she would see. They were close enough, close enough to kiss. And that's what Seto had on his mind. Giving into his new emotions, he bent down and kissed her softly on the lips. She instantly gave in and kissed him back. Seto ignored the pain in his nose, not wanting to ever let go of her. He broke it, only when he felt his chest pocket vibrate. Tea looked down at also, having heard it from being so close to him. Kaiba looked at Tea apologetically, then took his cell phone out of his pocket. He was going to fire whoever it was that was calling him.

"What!" Kaiba said venomously into the phone.

"Sorry sir, but we were wondering if you were going to attend your ten o'clock meeting," His secretary said on the other side.

"No I won't, and you're fired." He said and snapped the phone shut, making sure to turn it off this time. He looked up to see Tea standing at a distance from him.

"Maybe you should go," Tea said, not looking up at him. Seto took a step towards her, then thought better of it, knowing that he did need to go. He walked out the door, and heard Tea before he shut the door.

"Good bye Kaiba." Seto shut the door and leaned against it.

"Good bye Tea." He whispered to no one, and walked back towards his limo.

-

Across the street, Pog (perverted old guy, I gave him a name.) had gone back into his house and grabbed his camera. Even though he was elderly, he still knew how to use his more advanced camera. (If you want more info on Pog, just ask, he has his own story.) He walked back outside in time to see Kaiba in Tea's doorway. Pog turned on his camera, hoping to sell his pictures of Kaiba to some tabloid to earn a few extra bucks. What he didn't expect was to see was Kaiba and Tea kissing in her doorway.

"Ohh! I'm going to get some good money for this! Heh Heh Heh!" He said as he zoomed in on them and began snapping pictures. What he didn't know is that he would be selling the pictures to a tabloid that a certain mutt see's.