Chapter 3! Once again, thanks to all the people who reviewed! You guys rock! I'll respond to your reviews soon……
Yep, this is a song chapter. You'll know if I'm writing one because the chapter title will be something – title of song. This chapter contains the song My Immortal.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or Evanescence's My Immortal. If I owned either, I would be filthy rich.
Tea woke up early, having slept a lot the day before. Plus, her nervousness about working for Kaiba and her usual nightmares had prevented her from sleeping much in the first place. "What if I mess up?" she thought. "Will he fire me? Will he kick me out?"
Slowly, she descended the stairs to the kitchen. Looking around for something to eat, she decided to make pancakes. Monotonously, she pulled out the flour and other ingredients.
Mokuba peered into the kitchen. He saw Tea, stirring a mixture. "Hey, Tea!" he said.
Tea responded with a warbling smile. "H-hi Mokuba," she responded.
"Are you okay?" he asked, worry etched into his features.
"Yeah, I'm just nervous," she replied. "Go sit down and you can have some pancakes."
"Yes ma'am," Mokuba saluted and laughed. Giggling, Tea turned back to her pancakes.
"Now let's see if I can get this right," she thought. Shoving the spatula underneath the golden brown cakes, she flipped them up into the air. Unfortunately, the pancakes spun out of control and landed on…..
A very confused Seto Kaiba who had just entered the kitchen.
"What the crap!" he exclaimed, glancing up at the pancakes affixed to his head.
Tea started to laugh. She couldn't help it. It was just too funny- seeing Seto Kaiba with pancakes on top of his head.
"Gardener!" Kaiba said. "What are you doing?"
"M-m-making b-b-breakfast!" she said in between giggles. Mokuba was staring from Seto to Tea like he was watching a tennis match.
Walking over to him, Tea pulled the pancakes out of his hair. Putting them on a plate, she handed them to Mokuba, who was still standing there with his mouth hanging wide open. "These'll be yours then, okay?" she said.
Mokuba then started laughing. "I don't know," he said. "They might not be sanitary after being in his hair, you know?" he said, then silenced on seeing his brother's glare.
"That's okay, I can make new ones," Tea said, avoiding Kaiba and his icy eyes.
After breakfast, Tea and Seto climbed into one limo while Mokuba climbed into another one.
"See you after school!" he shouted before his limo sped away.
As soon as Seto entered the limo, he pulled out his laptop and started typing furiously. The only sound in the car was the typing of keys.
Eventually, Tea ventured a question. "Where does Mokuba go to school?" she asked.
"Domino Business College," he responded without even pausing in his typing.
Tea twisted her purse around in her hands. "Look, Kaiba, I'm sorry for what happened…"
"Never mind, Gardener," he immediately responded, eyes still fixed on the computer.
After arriving at Kaiba Corp, they both proceeded to the top floor. Seto showed Tea her desk right outside his office. Pointing at some filing cabinets, he said, "Organize these folders alphabetically. I want this done by noon today."
And with that remark, he strode into his office.
Glancing at the chaotic folders, she sighed. "This is going to take forever," Tea thought. "Trust Kaiba to give me something difficult to do my very first day."
Then an idea popped into her head. "What if I listen to some music?" she thought. "It'll make time pass faster!" Walking over to the radio, she switched it on and set it to her favorite station. Picking up the nearest folder, she started to dance.
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
Tea thought about him. Her boyfriend, the love of her life. The one who was supposed to be with her no matter what happened. The one she was destined to be with forever.
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When he left her, Tea felt like dying. She was broken, had just faced rejection from a major Japanese dance academy and then he had the nerve to dump her. Yet she couldn't forget him. He lingered on in her.
She continued her dancing/organizing, not caring how much noise she made.
Seto Kaiba couldn't concentrate. His fingers hovered over the keyboard, his thoughts on a certain blue eyed brunette in the next room. "Speaking of the next room……." he thought, suddenly hearing music coming through the thin walls.
Walking over to the door, he had every intention of bursting in and telling Tea to be quiet. But upon seeing her dance, Seto just stood and watched.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Tea thought back to how she'd helped him. "I cheered for him in duels," she remembered. "I helped him face his destiny. I was his friend when no one else would help him. He's treated me so cruelly, yet he still possesses my heart."
Twirling around, she remembered when she first met him.
You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
She remembered the aura he seemed to possess. The power he had while he was dueling. "But he took my heart and dashed it to pieces on the stones outside that bar," she thought. "He's always in my dreams; I'm so afraid that he'll come back and break my heart again."
Seto watched her dance, a look of pain on her face. He had a strange urge to go out and comfort her, but restrained.
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
"I won't forget all you've done to me," she thought. "You've scarred me both inside and out. I trusted you completely and you cheated on me. I've never fully recovered."
Seto watched amazedly as a tear fell down her pale cheek. He had no idea a single song could do this to someone.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
"I helped him regain his memories, I helped him win during duels, I did so much for him!" she thought. "How could he throw me away after all that? And how could my friends take his side?" she questioned. "I know. He won them over with his words and promises. Just as he won me with his false pledges."
Seto saw her violently kick over a trash can in the middle of the song. His eyebrows rose. "What is she thinking about?" he wondered.
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along.
"He's gone." Tea thought. "I need to move on, need to get him out of my life. I can live without him." Suddenly she felt weak and fell to the floor.
Seto uncrossed his arms in alarm as he watched Tea crumple to the ground. Abandoning his cold demeanor, he strode over to her.
Tea looked up as he approached. "What's wrong?" he asked gruffly.
"N-nothing," she shakily responded.
"Stop lying, Gardener," Seto said. "What's bothering you?"
Tea put her arms around her legs and pulled her knees up to her chin. Staring up at him with mournful blue eyes, she reminded Seto of a lost animal. Giving a shuddering sigh, she began her tale.
Flashback
Tea strode out of the bar in a rage.
"Tea, come back!" he begged.
"No! I listened to you before! I won't make that mistake again!"
"But Tea! I didn't kiss her! She kissed me!" he pleaded.
"Then why did you kiss her back?" Tea demanded. "You've liked her all year, haven't you?" Not receiving a response from her boyfriend, she continued. "I have eyes, you know!"
"Tea, we can work this out! It was a mistake!"
"It was a mistake, all right," Tea agreed. "I just couldn't see it." Spinning around, she turned her back on him.
End Flashback
Seto sat there in shock. "Who knew that Tea Gardener could endure so much?" he thought. And not knowing what else to do, he wrapped his arms around her, giving Tea the support and comfort she needed in this time of hardship.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me.
