Darkness and Inspiration
Chapter 17
Kaiba hung up his trademark jacket/trenchcoat on the coat tree as he entered the mansion, pausing to slip off his shoes before he entered the living room.
"You're home early," Mokuba commented, reclining on a couch, feet resting on the armrest, head against a gargantuan pillow, playing some newNintendoDSgame, probably fresh off the assembly lines.
"Hm." There really wasn't anything to say.
"Hey, Seto!" His little brother snapped off the game (He didn't save…), and sat up straight. "Let's do something together!"
"Urgh. Mokuba, we've already 'hung out' this week." He didn't bother to hide his disgust with the word.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, but I really wanna learn how to play tennis!" Mokuba was, by now, right in front of Seto, who was still in the doorframe.
"What's there to learn? You just hit a ball over the net with a fancy racket." Kaiba tried to get around the younger sibling, who just moved in his way again, this time with the famous, and dreaded, irresistible puppy-dog eyes.
"Please?"
"No!"
The less mature of the two started to sniff, going into a fake cry that was very convincing. Seto always fell for this. "But-but…it'll…be really…funnnn…I just thought my big brother would want to…spend…time with meeeee!" He was careful to hide his face so that Seto wouldn't see him laugh.
"Fine!" Seto surrendered angrily when he couldn't take it any more. "We'll go!"
"Yay!"
"Now get your stuff."
-Scene change-Yugi and Téa-
They had a whole court to themselves, hitting the ball back and forth.
-Flashback-
"Um, Téa?" Yugi started, blushing.
"Hm?" (Téa). They were walking down the sidewalk, not really going much of anywhere. The arcade can be boring, too, sometimes. All eyes were on Yugi…
"Can I ask you something?" Yugi's face was now red as a beet. It was so funny.
"Of course. What?" She was such a ditz at times.
"Would you…um…would…you…STOP LAUGHING YOU GUYS!" Joey and Tristan had burst into snickers, and were now laughing full power.
"Ignore them, Yugi. What were you gonna tell me?" They stopped as the others went on, grasping each other's shoulders for balance.
"Uh…it's…really stupid."
"No, it's not. Tell me." How was it that he could fall under her spell so easily that she unknowingly wove?
"Will you…go out with me?" He let it out, and the two up front stopped, surprised. "You know…on a…you know…date?" Momentary silence followed.
Joey, thinking this was a private moment, said, "Well, Tristan, what's say you and I go have a duel?"
"Yeah, I hear the mall's got a new arena," came the reply.
"Let's go." They left. Yugi was a little disappointed. He had wanted Joey to be his moral support. Yami had remained silent this whole time.
"Sure, Yugi," Téa answered. "When?"
"Um…is…right…now…okay?"
"Yeah! Come on! Let's go!" She took hold of his arm, causing him to blush deeper. "Where we going?"
"I was thinking…we could…play some tennis?"
-End Flashback-
To be honest, it had taken Yugi forever to get in here. He hadn't known what he was going to do if she had said no. Reservations at this court were hard for middle-class people like him to get except days in advance. For someone like Kaiba…it would be a breeze.
"Seto, you're not playing right!" They heard a complaint from the next court over. They jogged over to the fence to see…
"Come ON, Seto!" Mokuba was pulling, in vain, Seto toward their court. He hadn't budged.
"Hey, Mokuba!" Téa waved at them. Yugi wished she hadn't. He had wanted it to be just the two of them…
"Téa! Hey!" He called back. Seto did/said nothing.
"Wanna play a match with us?" She asked them.
"Sure! Come on, Seto!"
Yugi sighed. So much for just the two of them.
They doubled up, Yugi and Téa, versus the Kaiba brothers. No ref.
"I'll serve first!" Yugi volunteered, taking one of the fuzzy green (snot-colored) balls and gently tossing it up into the air. As it came down, it made contact with his red racket, speeding toward the other end of the court.
A figure leaned against a fence nearby, looking on with amusement. The four players were unaware to his presence, and that was how he wanted it.
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Who would win this little game? And who WAS that guy on the fence?
Stay tuned!
NOTE: I am so sorry. I haven't updated in like, forever. I've got like two more chapters typed up for this one, so I'll get them up ASAP. Everything hunky dory okie-okie? Don't ask where that came from, cuz I dunno. And this is one of the ones I'm gonna cut, see my bio for more details. Tootlukers!