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Chapter 12: Five Minutes Can Change Your Life
"Kaiba! Wait up!" she said breathlessly, half jogging to catch up.
He didn't turn, just calmly walked away out the glass double mall's doors, which closed behind him with a flash of sunlight. She paused, then followed.
Well, at least he's moving fine enough to get away from me, she thought, taking his obvious ignoring personally. She glared at his retreating back for a while, taking in the hot, sunny day where humidity was at an all time high. And still he wears those long jackets, even then. As she power walked to catch up, Tea was disgusted at her palms for smoothing down her skirt free of wrinkles; only ditzes did that. But here she was. Dreading what was to come.
To stop him, she called, using a vaguely sarcastic tone, "If you want to rupture your back even worse, then go ahead and don't listen to me. But who'll wheel you around for the rest of your life? Because that's what'll happen when you spend it in a wheelch---"
She was cut off at this point because he'd stiffened at her voice, turned, and stuffed her, practically, in his limo, all in one quick move. It all happened so fast, she doubted anyone caught it outside. Gasping in outrage, she yelled, "What do you think you're doing?" without taking a breath.
"What do YOU think YOU'RE doing?!" He had thrown her against the plushy, leather seats, face livid. "Blurting all my secrets out--! In the middle of day--! Where some enemy could hear--!" With a press, he pushed a button that seemed to lock everything on the side bar.
"Well . . . Well . . . ." Tea could only stammer, thinking of an excuse. Sheesh, he revels in paranoia! CONSTANT paranoia! "Like, yeah right, Pegasus or someone have their ears pressed against your window 24/7!" she defended herself, fixing herself up in a sit, glaring, disgruntled.
He snorted, harrumphing, and studied the seat in front of him like why should he listen to her inexprienced ramblings. Tea decided to drop it and move on to another subject. "Anyway . . . . like I was saying to you earlier in the nurse's office, I . . . . . " He's probably going to accuse me of snooping, but, oh well. "overheard two doctors talking about your X-rays, and they said your progress is deteriating."
"Stop," he said before she finished her sentence, but she finished anyway, with a concentrated look. "I don't want to hear----" Your lies, he wanted to say, but somehow the words stuck. "That's only some juvenile's opinion," Kaiba said after a pause, double checking to make sure they were soundproof. "I am getting better," he said. omnisciently.
Like you know it all. "What, do you list 'medical experience' on your resume?" she said bluntly. "Because unless you do---" he cut in again, but she went on. "---it's the first time I've heard of it."
Sheesh, and people call ME sarcastic?! Her tone is dripping with it. He wanted for her to go away, leave him and his thoughts alone, and strangle her for screaming out what had happened to him in the past few weeks. It was supposed have been a secret! Only close comrades knew about it.
'Comrades?!' I mean, 'associates.' Kaiba smiled mirthlessly at his own word. I have no friends
. 'Friends.' Yech.
Steeling away, he glanced at her expression. Full of hope, and concern. But apart from being completely naïve, there was a certain wariness in there too. Used to it, Kaiba gentled his tone, though his eyes turned, if possible, more steely.
"I don't care if this 'doctor' is a renowned practitioner in all the world," he stated calmly, stubbornly crossing his arms across his blue suited chest, though it hurt to do so. "I'm NOT going back to that hellhole." Hospitals. Ugh. "N-O-T GOING!"
"Is it me?" she persisted, stubborn as he. "Is it because of me? My community service is almost up. Will you go . .. . then?"
"No, it's not you," he said, too automatic, he thought. "I just don't like going to hospitals. Even being treated in one is worse. Got it?!"
With that, he put a hand on the door as if he was going to push it open. Tea saw him hesitate, at and at first thought . . .well, it didn't matter, since she saw him wince, and a clear drop of sweat slid stickily down his cheek.
Accompanied by a fierce grimace, she knew by now it was his back, was acting up again. His left hand went to his pocket. "Oh no, you don't!" she exclamed, stopping him. "Pills aren't giong to help, Kaiba. Only seeing a doctor can . . . "
He scowled, shook her off, and unscrewed the cap. Damn her, for laying all my problems in it's full glory like that. Let's see her go through this. And then we'll see if she's still yapping. Tea watched the little blue pills shake out into his slightly shaking hand . . . . it reminded her of a druggie, so much, that it scared her, and her arm flung out.
Thinking she was trying to knock it down, he held it away from reach, but her hand instead slapped over his mouth. "I am not letting you take them." She whispered.
Glaring even more deathly, he mumbled something, then yanked her palm down, then snapped, "Don't be so over-dramatic!" With that he proceeded to stuff the pills quickly down his throat. Then, halfsmirking at her horrified face, he said mock-innocent, "What? Never saw someone take some painkillers . . . ?"
A defeated sigh sounded from her, and she looked down sadly. Finally, he thought. "I hope you can tell Mokuba that when you're dead of a pill overdose." She managed to stated calmly.
The mocking smile disappeared. "My brother doesn't remember me, and it's best you keep your mouth shut to the world about that too." He added, as in menacing afterthought.
"Yes, he does." Tea knew that Mokuba had asked her not to tell, but she thought this important."He does remember you."
After a stunned silence, his face slackened to it's usual expressionless state. "You're not a good liar, Tea." Realizing his error, he stumbled on anyway. "Nice try."
Not! He thought sardonically, crossing his legs and arms and waiting for the medicine to take effect.
"It's true," she protested hotly. "He told me not to tell you---"
"He tells me everything!" He argued, starting to get really angry now. His back was still throbbing with pain. "Got that? Everything!"
"Obviously not!" She said, obstainetly, oblivious to his anger. " You don't spend enough time with him to know!"
.He loomed over her like the Tower of Doom. "Don't TELL me how to act around him! You don't know anything about us!"
Again, she opened her mouth, starting to interrupt, but he cut her off.
"Just leave me alone! It's pretty pathetic how you followed me around in school, acting like we we're boyfriend and girlfriend. Get a clue; we're not a couple and we never will be!" He was about to add an "I don't like you!" at her stricken, pale face, but decided not to.
But I love you..... She felt the horrible sting in her throat."But I ...." she began, underneath her breath, so softly, just as he cut her off, yet again.
"WELL,I DON'T LIKE YOU! YOU LIE!"
"DON't call ME a LIAR!" Her pride made her say, actually yell in his face, as she angrily stood up, eyes bright. He said something else, but Tea didn't hear it, for she was too busy running out the door, scramblig, stunbling.....and biting down the horrible heaving of sobs that rose like acid in her throat. She felt her heart beat loudly with resentment and anger, deeply hurt.
Mostly at him, such a jerkoff, but at myself as well, for falling in love with such an insensitive guy.....A car turned the corner. It's headlights flashed into the now nighttime darkness, blinding her, like a doe. A doe caught in the headlights......
HONK! HONK! H--
I don't like her! Kaiba sat, unmoving, staring the darkness, sulkily scowling, alone in the limo, restlessly fingering the rattling bottle of pills in his long fingers.I DON'T. He sighed heavily, feeling 100 years old. She always make me feel bad...... about...... what a bastard I am! he complained silently, ranting at the gods.
".....I love her...."
The gods, seemingly, answered with a horrible crunch....
ToBeContinued.....
A/n: Er, sorry about that ending.I'm addicted to The Hyponitizing Cliffie . I will get helpsoon.Please review anyways, thanks.
