Okay I have finally squeezed some time to write this, I'm sorry that I
updated this late, but hey, you know how homework can be! Now with the
vote, yep Seto is way in the lead. Anywayz this chap is mostly them but the
next chap would be more of her dealing with the other four, so don't lose
hope on them yet!
And I give my thanks to all the reviewers! Love you all! Okay now on with the story!
Pasted with a grave look, Tea sneaked a furtive peek through the curtains. Her legs inched forward sluggishly and her clenched hand was brought up to her chest in a pleading style.
"Please tell me no one is home, please, please." Tea mumbled in a small tone.
Narrowing her eyes mulishly, she slide the key into the doorknob and gingerly pushed the door open. A squeaky sound erupted as she popped her head through the slit open and her eyes wondered around the room. She sensed footsteps trampled her way and quickly cast her glimpse back to find Seto stirring a smirk at her pale face. Cursing mutely, she sucked in a handful of air and leapt the door open. Jaws clenched, she snapped her eyes close preparing the scream of a lifetime from her parents. Chills hissed in her body and she sensed mutual fear rushed into her stomach. Chewing her lips, she stood. She felt the time slow down and picture the indignant look upon her parents face. She shivered inwardly and waited. No sound came. Skin crawling, she forced a slit open only to find an eerily stilled room. Cricket chirping; she stepped inside, her look fluttered.
A hand landed on her shoulder and she yanked back meeting an even wider smirk and an absent laugh. Grunting, she flashed a distaste sneer and looked away. Trudging closer, she clambered the stairs and searched all the rooms. Washed over with doubt, she seated on the couch and a scowl drowned on her face. Examining her agitated face, Seto guffawed and sniffed stiffly. Tea only glared at him monstrously, a slight curve dipped on her piled lips.
"Not funny Seto." Tea seethed. "Who knows what happened to my parents!"
Her sentence was only met with a bleak look. "So what do you have in mind?"
Flashing a penetrating look, she brought her linked hand beneath her chin in a pondering style. "Not sure yet." She said.
Seto nodded and smiled at her puzzled face. "No clue?" he questioned, hints of sarcasm tucked in his voice.
Tea only glared at him bluntly, her face intense. "Do you think they went to look for me?"
"Could be a possibility."
"I hate this, I hate all this worrying." Tea gagged in a needling voice.
Seto shrugged and remained silent.
"What if something happened to them? Shouldn't they be worrying about me and not the other way around!" Tea seethed, letting her frustration fly.
"Okay okay, no need to shout." Extending a hand onto her shoulder, directing back with only a sullen look.
"Okay I don't like this."
"I can see."
"Well you are not helping!" Stomping her feet, her piercing graze meet his cold slanted eyes.
"What do you want me to do?" Seto retorted, arms folded.
"Anything!" Tea bristled. "Just don't sit around."
Nodding, he blinked dryly and locked gaze with her. He could sense worry seeping through her eyes and a slick of sweat made its way down her neck. "Does this help?"
Tea drowned her look to the slip of paper clasped in his hand and her gaze traveled up to his playful smirk. Flashing a skeptical glance, she snatched the paper and pinned her eyes to the words.
Seized with fury, she felt her body slink down with relieve the further she read. Shifting in her sit, her keen look melted as a small smile dipped onto her face. Seto stirred motionless, a croaky grin plastered on his face.
After finishing the note, Tea tactfully folded it and slipped in her pocket. Her face appeared collected when she faced Seto. "Where did you get the note?" she demanded.
Slightly taken back, he nudged his finger to the table where the phone was located.
A menace sneer bolted down her look as a fierce look stretched taut on her face. "When did you find it?"
"While you went upstairs to search?"
Tea could feel her heart stomping against her chest and a surge of beat sucking her breath in. "Why didn't you give it to me earlier!" she chirped.
"Eh? What are you talking about? Shouldn't you be happy that I actually found the note?"
"No." Came the prompt answer. "You were playing with me, am I right?" she jeered, and her fist clashed against his shoulder.
Forcing a few steps back, he blinked. "Why did you do that?" he spat gloomily.
"I was worried sick about my parents, and you tell me you had the note all along!" she squeaked in a pitched voice.
"Oh, that." A lazy smile crawled onto his lips. "What do you want then?"
She shifted her shoulder as an agonizing look smothered cross her face. "An apology."
Seto only looked at her and tossed a deranged look. "What the note say?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"What the note say?" he repeated again, chunked in an icier tone.
Tea stepped back and ran briefly through. "That they went on vacation, that I have to live alone now."
"I see." He grumbled.
"About the apology."
"Can you manage living along?" He continued.
"Yes, now about that apology!"
Grimacing sourly, he asked. "Are you sure?"
"Uh-huh!" she bounced back. "Now about the apology!" she insisted, fury shook in her eyes.
Crooning evilly, he gleamed at her. "Stop that, we have a more serious issue here!"
Tea faked a smile. "Like what?"
"Like you living alone, that won't work."
"Why not!" she fumed.
"Cus I said so, too dangerous to have a inexperienced girl like you living on your own." He reasoned, his face stone like.
"Too bad, I don't care. And frankly my parents don't either." She intoned in a wooden voice.
"I do."
Tea stopped and peeked at him. "I still don't care." She bawled in a scratchy minded tone.
Cursing scornfully at her impish face, he fought. "Listen, my place is pretty big so you ca-"
Tea glared at her and cut him off in a monotone. "No thanks, I can handle it. Now I want the apology!" she roared.
"For goodness sake, can you just forget about that!"
"No. And I want it now!" she moped, her devious eyes narrowed thinner.
Puffing a sign, he pulled a funny look. "Only if you agree to let me protect you."
At the sound of that, Tea felt a scream caught in her throat and her words tumbled like splattered glasses. "Get out, I don't need any protection! How many times do I have to tell you I can handle it on my won!" she hissed with roaring anger.
His gaze hardened, and let out a stiff chuckle. "With a stubbornness like that, you ought to get hurt later on you know that!" he reminded her, his face clipped.
"Yea but I thought that is what you like about me!" she spluttered, and then flushed in a mottled red. She quickly looked away at the felt of his eyes on her.
Seto veered at her with a new wave of awe. He sensed her groan and a slow smile crackled on his face. He strode forward and bent to look at her crimson face.
"I see."
"No, no, no!" she muttered under her breath.
"Come on!" he intercepted finger with her and dragged her for the door.
Limping after him, she snarled ruefully. "Where are you taking me?"
"My place."
"My apology!" she whimpered, and pouted cockily.
He stopped and let go of her jaw. "If I do that, will you be a good girl and come with me?"
Twirling her fingers, she glued her face down. "No, I have to go to class, I'm missing out right now!"
"I don't see how that has anything to do with this."
"Okay, okay, listen I want to live alone, I want to!" she urged and then nibbled her lips.
"Oh, okay then if that is what you wanted." He replied dully, and lifted his foot to leave.
Just when he reached for the door, a shrill request stopped him.
"About my apology." Her quizzical look strained up to his limp face.
He paused and avoided her stare. "You are not getting any."
Her glare remained on his face, vibrating with need. "Why not! I deserve one!"
"Listen." He shoved a relish look. "Listen Tea,"
"I don't want excuse."
"Fine then!" he hissed petulantly.
"Now-"
"SORRY! Happy?" he glared and shade of red seeped through his cheek.
Her stare widened and stilled hastily on him. "Y-you said it?"
"I thought you wanted it."
"I do, I do, I just didn't think you would say it." She giggled sheepishly and fidgeted around.
"Whatever."
"Wait here." She grinned and quickly fled upstairs.
Staring drowsily at her shadowy back, he slit inside and rested his head onto the couch.
After a good ten minutes, his eyes snatched open at the brunette giggling at him with a suitcase clenched in her hand.
"What is that for." He questioned, unable to dissemble a smile from crackling.
"Now you have to drive me to school, you know that?"
He nodded. "Now get in the car." He lifted the suitcase and threw it in the car. Tea trailed after him, she wondered what made her to go. But whatever it is, she predicted it is good.
Just when she prepared to shut the door, the sound of the phone startled her and she quickly went to grab it.
"Hullo?"
"Tea Gardener?" The hoarse voice demanded.
Sensing a shudder at the cold voice, she nodded. "Yes, who is it?"
"Why are you not at school?"
"Oh, I got lost yesterday and just arrived home now."
A muffled sound erupted on the other line, she assumed it to be laughter. "So having trouble finding your way out yesterday from the park?"
"Eh?" Speechless, she stammered. "H-how did you know?"
"Can't recognize my voice." It began in a seductive minded voice.
Her eyes snapped open and she felt the name escaped from her mouth. "B- bakura."
"Uh-Huh."
"H-how come you are calling?" she inquired in a blank tone.
"Oh are you saying you are expecting someone else?"
Tea remained silence and bite her lips in sheer disgust.
"Just come to school right now, ya hear?" the voice bawled.
"Okay fine."
"Good." He answered and hanged up.
Tea pouted at the phone and cursed gutturally. Heaving a sign, she stepped out and faced an impatient Seto tapping in irritation.
"What took you so long."
"Drive me to the school."
"Now?" he frowned.
"Yes now!" she moped and quickly clambered in the car.
"Fine."
Yep that is it. Please review! , Keep voting if you didn't and your always welcome to change your mind! Next chap there would be more Tea dealing with the other four so yea! Now I'm out, bye!
And I give my thanks to all the reviewers! Love you all! Okay now on with the story!
Pasted with a grave look, Tea sneaked a furtive peek through the curtains. Her legs inched forward sluggishly and her clenched hand was brought up to her chest in a pleading style.
"Please tell me no one is home, please, please." Tea mumbled in a small tone.
Narrowing her eyes mulishly, she slide the key into the doorknob and gingerly pushed the door open. A squeaky sound erupted as she popped her head through the slit open and her eyes wondered around the room. She sensed footsteps trampled her way and quickly cast her glimpse back to find Seto stirring a smirk at her pale face. Cursing mutely, she sucked in a handful of air and leapt the door open. Jaws clenched, she snapped her eyes close preparing the scream of a lifetime from her parents. Chills hissed in her body and she sensed mutual fear rushed into her stomach. Chewing her lips, she stood. She felt the time slow down and picture the indignant look upon her parents face. She shivered inwardly and waited. No sound came. Skin crawling, she forced a slit open only to find an eerily stilled room. Cricket chirping; she stepped inside, her look fluttered.
A hand landed on her shoulder and she yanked back meeting an even wider smirk and an absent laugh. Grunting, she flashed a distaste sneer and looked away. Trudging closer, she clambered the stairs and searched all the rooms. Washed over with doubt, she seated on the couch and a scowl drowned on her face. Examining her agitated face, Seto guffawed and sniffed stiffly. Tea only glared at him monstrously, a slight curve dipped on her piled lips.
"Not funny Seto." Tea seethed. "Who knows what happened to my parents!"
Her sentence was only met with a bleak look. "So what do you have in mind?"
Flashing a penetrating look, she brought her linked hand beneath her chin in a pondering style. "Not sure yet." She said.
Seto nodded and smiled at her puzzled face. "No clue?" he questioned, hints of sarcasm tucked in his voice.
Tea only glared at him bluntly, her face intense. "Do you think they went to look for me?"
"Could be a possibility."
"I hate this, I hate all this worrying." Tea gagged in a needling voice.
Seto shrugged and remained silent.
"What if something happened to them? Shouldn't they be worrying about me and not the other way around!" Tea seethed, letting her frustration fly.
"Okay okay, no need to shout." Extending a hand onto her shoulder, directing back with only a sullen look.
"Okay I don't like this."
"I can see."
"Well you are not helping!" Stomping her feet, her piercing graze meet his cold slanted eyes.
"What do you want me to do?" Seto retorted, arms folded.
"Anything!" Tea bristled. "Just don't sit around."
Nodding, he blinked dryly and locked gaze with her. He could sense worry seeping through her eyes and a slick of sweat made its way down her neck. "Does this help?"
Tea drowned her look to the slip of paper clasped in his hand and her gaze traveled up to his playful smirk. Flashing a skeptical glance, she snatched the paper and pinned her eyes to the words.
Seized with fury, she felt her body slink down with relieve the further she read. Shifting in her sit, her keen look melted as a small smile dipped onto her face. Seto stirred motionless, a croaky grin plastered on his face.
After finishing the note, Tea tactfully folded it and slipped in her pocket. Her face appeared collected when she faced Seto. "Where did you get the note?" she demanded.
Slightly taken back, he nudged his finger to the table where the phone was located.
A menace sneer bolted down her look as a fierce look stretched taut on her face. "When did you find it?"
"While you went upstairs to search?"
Tea could feel her heart stomping against her chest and a surge of beat sucking her breath in. "Why didn't you give it to me earlier!" she chirped.
"Eh? What are you talking about? Shouldn't you be happy that I actually found the note?"
"No." Came the prompt answer. "You were playing with me, am I right?" she jeered, and her fist clashed against his shoulder.
Forcing a few steps back, he blinked. "Why did you do that?" he spat gloomily.
"I was worried sick about my parents, and you tell me you had the note all along!" she squeaked in a pitched voice.
"Oh, that." A lazy smile crawled onto his lips. "What do you want then?"
She shifted her shoulder as an agonizing look smothered cross her face. "An apology."
Seto only looked at her and tossed a deranged look. "What the note say?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"What the note say?" he repeated again, chunked in an icier tone.
Tea stepped back and ran briefly through. "That they went on vacation, that I have to live alone now."
"I see." He grumbled.
"About the apology."
"Can you manage living along?" He continued.
"Yes, now about that apology!"
Grimacing sourly, he asked. "Are you sure?"
"Uh-huh!" she bounced back. "Now about the apology!" she insisted, fury shook in her eyes.
Crooning evilly, he gleamed at her. "Stop that, we have a more serious issue here!"
Tea faked a smile. "Like what?"
"Like you living alone, that won't work."
"Why not!" she fumed.
"Cus I said so, too dangerous to have a inexperienced girl like you living on your own." He reasoned, his face stone like.
"Too bad, I don't care. And frankly my parents don't either." She intoned in a wooden voice.
"I do."
Tea stopped and peeked at him. "I still don't care." She bawled in a scratchy minded tone.
Cursing scornfully at her impish face, he fought. "Listen, my place is pretty big so you ca-"
Tea glared at her and cut him off in a monotone. "No thanks, I can handle it. Now I want the apology!" she roared.
"For goodness sake, can you just forget about that!"
"No. And I want it now!" she moped, her devious eyes narrowed thinner.
Puffing a sign, he pulled a funny look. "Only if you agree to let me protect you."
At the sound of that, Tea felt a scream caught in her throat and her words tumbled like splattered glasses. "Get out, I don't need any protection! How many times do I have to tell you I can handle it on my won!" she hissed with roaring anger.
His gaze hardened, and let out a stiff chuckle. "With a stubbornness like that, you ought to get hurt later on you know that!" he reminded her, his face clipped.
"Yea but I thought that is what you like about me!" she spluttered, and then flushed in a mottled red. She quickly looked away at the felt of his eyes on her.
Seto veered at her with a new wave of awe. He sensed her groan and a slow smile crackled on his face. He strode forward and bent to look at her crimson face.
"I see."
"No, no, no!" she muttered under her breath.
"Come on!" he intercepted finger with her and dragged her for the door.
Limping after him, she snarled ruefully. "Where are you taking me?"
"My place."
"My apology!" she whimpered, and pouted cockily.
He stopped and let go of her jaw. "If I do that, will you be a good girl and come with me?"
Twirling her fingers, she glued her face down. "No, I have to go to class, I'm missing out right now!"
"I don't see how that has anything to do with this."
"Okay, okay, listen I want to live alone, I want to!" she urged and then nibbled her lips.
"Oh, okay then if that is what you wanted." He replied dully, and lifted his foot to leave.
Just when he reached for the door, a shrill request stopped him.
"About my apology." Her quizzical look strained up to his limp face.
He paused and avoided her stare. "You are not getting any."
Her glare remained on his face, vibrating with need. "Why not! I deserve one!"
"Listen." He shoved a relish look. "Listen Tea,"
"I don't want excuse."
"Fine then!" he hissed petulantly.
"Now-"
"SORRY! Happy?" he glared and shade of red seeped through his cheek.
Her stare widened and stilled hastily on him. "Y-you said it?"
"I thought you wanted it."
"I do, I do, I just didn't think you would say it." She giggled sheepishly and fidgeted around.
"Whatever."
"Wait here." She grinned and quickly fled upstairs.
Staring drowsily at her shadowy back, he slit inside and rested his head onto the couch.
After a good ten minutes, his eyes snatched open at the brunette giggling at him with a suitcase clenched in her hand.
"What is that for." He questioned, unable to dissemble a smile from crackling.
"Now you have to drive me to school, you know that?"
He nodded. "Now get in the car." He lifted the suitcase and threw it in the car. Tea trailed after him, she wondered what made her to go. But whatever it is, she predicted it is good.
Just when she prepared to shut the door, the sound of the phone startled her and she quickly went to grab it.
"Hullo?"
"Tea Gardener?" The hoarse voice demanded.
Sensing a shudder at the cold voice, she nodded. "Yes, who is it?"
"Why are you not at school?"
"Oh, I got lost yesterday and just arrived home now."
A muffled sound erupted on the other line, she assumed it to be laughter. "So having trouble finding your way out yesterday from the park?"
"Eh?" Speechless, she stammered. "H-how did you know?"
"Can't recognize my voice." It began in a seductive minded voice.
Her eyes snapped open and she felt the name escaped from her mouth. "B- bakura."
"Uh-Huh."
"H-how come you are calling?" she inquired in a blank tone.
"Oh are you saying you are expecting someone else?"
Tea remained silence and bite her lips in sheer disgust.
"Just come to school right now, ya hear?" the voice bawled.
"Okay fine."
"Good." He answered and hanged up.
Tea pouted at the phone and cursed gutturally. Heaving a sign, she stepped out and faced an impatient Seto tapping in irritation.
"What took you so long."
"Drive me to the school."
"Now?" he frowned.
"Yes now!" she moped and quickly clambered in the car.
"Fine."
Yep that is it. Please review! , Keep voting if you didn't and your always welcome to change your mind! Next chap there would be more Tea dealing with the other four so yea! Now I'm out, bye!