A/N: I am so sorry for the lateness, ever since school started I'm not up to the mood to write this, you know how homework can be a killer. Well here is chapter ten, a bit short, but hope you like it. Thank you bow

A/N to AngelShikonExpectra1: Maybe it's a bit too late to say this, yes you can go ahead and translate into Spanish, I would love that. I wrote this under my bio, butnot sure if you read that. Well go ahead, that is if you are still interested. ()

Chapter Ten

"LET GO!" Tea screeched.

The hand cupped around her wrist tightened.

"LET GO NOW DO YOU HEAR ME!" Tea blustered and stared dagger at his slim back.

His form remained unwavering.

"LET ME GO YOU JERK OR, OR ELSE!"

"Or else what?" His sapphire orbs narrowed.

"Or else I'll scream so hard and kick you and bit you if I have to."

"Oh?" A lift of cloud in his eyes signaled her warning had caught his interest.

A glitter sparkled in her eyes and dimmed almost immediately. "Wait . . . S-seto?" She stuttered, with shivers evident in her voice.

"What is it?" His tone cold as ice.

An involuntary gasp escaped her lips. And a look of shock lingered on her face. Her feature became evasive as she tried to hide her surprise. However the stupefied expression on her face was unmistaken.

"W-what are you d-doing here?" Tea coughed out the words with uncertainty.

His eyes watched her with stern, and the silence that followed meant he opted to not answer such question.

Feeling neglected by his rejection, Tea held her breathe for him to make the next move.

"What were you thinking?" The CEO asked.

"Thinking about what?"

His look turned morose. "What were you thinking hanging with that maniac?" He clarified his means by adding more words and vulgar at the same time.

Tea chirped flutteringly. "Are you talking about Bakura?"

Kaiba glared at her.

Tea took that as a yes. "He is not a maniac." She protested.

His cold cerulean orbs grew thinner. A sneer was drawn on his icy features. "Oh? I take it you actually want to spend time with him?"

Tea looked down to avoid meeting his eyes. It frightened her to see such fury tugged in them. "Why do you care?" She spluttered after a moment.

"You didn't answer my question." He pointed out sharply.

"I didn't have to answer your question." Tea squawked.

Silence followed. A twirl of wind swept by, no sound. It was eerily silent, almost tranquil.

"What did you just say?" He broke the silent. His voice was very grim. It sounded dangerous, on the verge of cracking.

"I said I didn't have to answer your stupid questions when you never give me a good enough reason why you dragged me here in the first place." Tea jeered, feeling her heart beat rapping against her chest.

"Pardon me?" His voice, surprising, was rather composed.

Tea pouted and looked away, refusing to repeat it again.

"I will ask again, what makes you think you can hang out with that fool?"

"My gut feeling makes me think I can hang out with him, he is not a fool." Tea explained soberly.

"Oh then what is he, a poor excuse of a human being?" He suggested.

"I--," Tea stopped, unable to fire back an excellent comeback. "He is not a poor excuse of a human being either." Tea trailed off, slightly enraged by her gawky reply.

"Oh? Really? Aren't you so sweet defending for your so called boyfriend." An ominous air clung to his face. His voice was pitched an octave higher, it was shrill rather than hoarse.

"Yes I am."

Kaiba blinked at her unexpected call. Her voice was strong and the foolish will was inevitable.

"Vain girls." He commented.

"What if I am?"

"Don't you give me that attitude Gardener." He warned her.

"Not after you explain to me why you dragged me here, not counting hurting him as well."

"I choose not to answer that." His answer was short and brisk.

"You don't have a choice."

"What? You are going to kill me for that if I don't?"

"No, I will force you to tell me before I kill you, for that matter." Tea leveled him off equably.

"Whatever."

"Don't you whatever me."

Kaiba smirked evilly. "I can whatever whoever I want to whatever for."

Tea looked at him funny. She then giggled, which dissolved into a chuckle that eventually skidded into a whoop of laughter.

"What is so funny?" Kaiba said in a straight tone, without success, at her agitated face.

"What you just said, it did not make sense."

He snarled.

She guffawed even more.

"Stop it, you look funny."

"I don't care."

"Tea?" Kaiba began in a sly tone.

"What?"

"D-do you l-like him?" His face cross and twisted when he spoke. Each word stumbled like bricks falling onto the ground with much difficulty. He mentally slapped his forehead.

Tea cringed.

"Do you?" This time, his voice was more restrained.

"I-I don't know."

Kaiba grinned, and then clutched his coat for revealing his glee.

Tea scowled. "Did you just smile?"

"Yes." Kaiba decided to be truthful on that.

"Are you actually happy that I am unsure?"

"No comment."

"What are you getting at?" Tea penetrated her eyes on him.

"Nothing." Another meek respond.

"And about that question."

"What of it?"

"What is your purpose in knowing?" Tea stuttered, deliberately trying to shove her glance away from his face, which had grown quite dark and serious.

"Curiosity."

Tea was ready to buy that answer, but was that a glint of remorse she saw in his eyes? She nibbled her lips, contemplating on the thought. Then scared out of her wits, she could swear she saw him blush.

"Seto?" She mumbled, quite stiffly.

"I will not allow it." His words tumbled like shattered glass.

Tea asked swiftly, perhaps out of nervousness. "Allow what?"

"I will not allow you to be his."

Shock was written all over her face when she leapt to say something, but only managed a husky gurgle.

"I will not allow it." He repeated.

"But why?!"

Then Kaiba did something she dreaded the most. He turned and looked her in the eye. Tea found it almost impossible to tear her eyes away after. They remained intact with hers. His eyes felt like magnetic, pouring out with a raging passion. Tea was dumbstruck and sensed tickles running down her back.

"That, you don't need a reason." He said slowly, in a tactful manner.

Before she could urge a reply, he had already shoved her inside a black limousine. The car zoomed down the road. Her eyes were wide.

What did she saw in those sapphire orbs, they were cold, and that is definite. However there is also something else she saw, which ticked her off guard. That something else was emotions. And more, emotions for her.