Chapter 4 already! Thank you to all you lovely reviewers! 21 reviews!

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Avataria: Yep, his limo did almost run her over and I will be working the relationship aspect in this chapter.

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(don't forget to review the end of this chapter! If you have some Seto x Tea stories, I'll go take a look at them if I can get my computer to cooperate!)

Disclaimer: Let's make this simple. I don't own, so you don't sue. I'm too tired to think of a good disclaimer.

Notes: If you read A Dancer's Thoughts, I might be doing a continuation. The more reviews, the more likely there is to be a sequel. If you haven't read it, it's a Seto and Tea oneshot….please go look at it.

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Tea woke up around midnight. "Oh god, where am I?" she looked around frantically. She was lying on a couch in an office. "Of course I'm still in Kaiba's office!" she thought. "After spraining my ankle, there's no way I could have gone anywhere else."

Looking down, all she saw was brown. Pulling away, she noticed that it was Kaiba's head. She smiled. "He must have carried me here, and then fallen asleep," she thought.

Looking down on his head again, she unconsciously brought her fingers up and ran them through his hair. It was smooth yet silky at the same time. This was her last thought as she succumbed to sleep once again.

For awhile, silenced reigned. Suddenly, Seto awoke panting. "What was that?" he asked, referring to his dream.

The Dream

He was in a forest, cool, calm and moist. Fog enveloped him as he ran. His muscles felt no pain, they rejoiced in the exercise.

Breaking through the last part of the trees, he came to a waterfall. There were two people there waiting for him. An elegant woman with long brown hair and a tall man with black hair and laughing blue eyes.

"Mother? Father?" he asked in awe.

They said nothing, only smiled and nodded. His mother came closer, descending the stone steps to his level.

"Seto…." she said, glancing into his eyes. Leaning forwards, she kissed him on the forehead.

As she pulled back to examine him, an extraordinary change occurred. Her hair shortened and her eyes changed from green to light blue. Looking up at him, she smiled.

"Tea?" he asked, astonished.

End Dream

"What was I dreaming about Gardner for?" he questioned. Glancing upwards, he noticed Tea's hand in his hair. "What was she doing?" he thought.

Tea started to shake violently. "No…..don't……you can't," she moaned in her sleep. "Don't……..no."

Seto watched her intently. "She must be having a nightmare or something," he thought.

"Please no……….anything but this," Tea said, rocking back and forth. "Anything else……..don't let me remember."

Seto wondered what she was dreaming about. "Last time I saw her, she was a happy-go-lucky cheerleader," he remembered. "What has happened to her that she wants to forget?"

Tea turned over once again. "Mom, don't……..dancing……don't make me leave."

Seto's eyes widened. "So she doesn't have parents either?" he was astonished. "I never would have guessed that deep down she's just like me..."

Tea had curled up into a little ball, now starting to violently rock back and forth. "So cold………all alone," she continued.

Seto suddenly heard a loud 'crack' coming from the chair. "She's going to break my chair!" he thought in alarm. Leaning over, he grabbed her arm.

"Gardner, Gardner, wake up!" he said. Groaning, she swatted at his hand. Exasperated, he tried again.

"Gardner, you're having a nightmare!" he exclaimed, grabbing her around the waist and pulling her off the chair just in time.

Seto landed on the floor very hard, Tea falling into his lap. "What was I thinking?" he asked himself, mentally punching himself in the forehead.

Tea awoke when she felt herself falling down. Opening her eyes, she was slightly disoriented. Then she saw the position she was in. "Oh my god, what am I doing in Kaiba's arms! I don't remember this!"

She felt his arms tighten around her as he pulled her away from the chair, which was slowly falling apart. "I'd never thought I'd say this, but this is nice," Tea admitted to herself. "Obviously Se-Kaiba doesn't know I'm awake yet."

The chair suddenly snapped into millions of tiny pieces. Tea instinctively screamed as it fell to the floor.

Seto's eyes snapped open, surveying the damage. "Great, that was a 5000 dollar chair!" he thought. Then he saw Tea lying among the splinters. "Well, it is kind of my fault she fell; I did put her on that chair in the first place. Wait, since when do I care what happens to T-Gardener?"

"Gardener?" he asked, grabbing her hand.

"Oww!" she screamed. "I think I have a splinter there!"

"Here," Seto said, bending over her hand.

His finger brushed over her hand and she felt like a sudden bolt of electricity had passed through her. Staring down at his head, she had the strongest urge to kiss him. "Wait, this is Kaiba I'm talking about!" she thought. "The guy who acted like a total jerk towards me and my friends. So what if he's good looking?"

Seto, for his part was busy trying to get the splinter out of Tea's hand. Holding it in his own, he noticed for the first time how perfect her hands were. "They're so small and well formed," he thought. "And pale and...why are my thoughts going in this direction anyway?"

Tea tapped Seto on the head. "Hello? Kaiba? My splinter?"

Snapping out of a trance, Seto bent over her hand once again. With one quick flick of his nail, the splinter came out.

Pulling herself up, Tea walked back towards the shelves and folders.

"What are you doing?" Seto asked her.

"I'm finishing my job, Kaiba," Tea responded. "I never did finish organizing these files." She picked up a folder, only to have its contents fall out.

"Geesh, I'm sorry!" she exclaimed, kneeling down to pick up the scattered papers. "I really - Kaiba, what are you…..?" she let her question trail off as he knelt down and helped her to gather the missing documents.

"Gardner, are you crazy?" he asked, rising to his feet.

"I'm sorry," she apologized, glancing up at him with eyes that reminded Seto of his dream.

"You don't have to do this," he said, his hands closing over hers.

"I-never mind," she responded, still trying to register the fact that he was touching her.

"What?" Seto asked, bending down even closer.

"Um…." Tea said, leaning in towards him.

Their lips inched together until…….

"Mr. Kaiba?" a man asked from the doorway.

Startled, Tea pulled away from Seto.

"What?" he asked extremely annoyed. "Stupid driver," he cursed. "I should really fire him for ruining that moment...wait, was I about to kiss Gardener?"

"Oh my God!" Tea thought. "Was I really about to kiss Kaiba-or was he about to kiss me? This kind of stuff always gives me a headache!"

"Sir, Master Mokuba has been on the limo phone line for half an hour sir," the driver said. "He will not hang up until he speaks to you and you alone."

"Fine," Seto grunted, taking the cell phone his employee handed him. Holding it up to his ear, he heard Mokuba's voice on the other end.

"Seto, where are you?" he asked worriedly.

"I'm at work, Mokuba," Seto said, his expression softening as he spoke to his only living relation.

Tea smiled. "It's so cute when he talks to his brother," she thought. "It's obvious that he cares a lot for the people he loves."

"Yes, Mokuba, I'll be home soon," Seto finished, closing the cell phone. "Here," he said, handing the phone to his driver. "I'll be down in a minute. Do not leave until I am ready."

"Yes sir," the driver said, exiting the room, thankful that he hadn't been fired. "Isn't that the same girl I almost ran over?" he asked himself. "Why didn't Mr. Kaiba fire me when he had the chance?" Mulling it over, he decided it would be best to not say anything to his employer.

"Gardener, are you coming?" Seto asked, picking up his metal briefcase.

"What just happened?" she asked her voice shaky.

"Nothing. Forget it," Seto demanded. He was tired and didn't want to discuss anything right now, especially the almost kiss. Turning around, he walked downstairs, Tea following him.

Climbing into the limo, he didn't take out his laptop as was usual. Instead, he directed his thoughts at the person who was currently sitting next to him.

Tea, for her part was lost in memory.

Flashback

"It was a mistake all right," Tea agreed. "I just couldn't see it."

"Tea, we can work this out," he begged. "Just give me a chance."

Tea spun around. "A chance? That's the last thing I'm going to give you after the way you've treated me!" she screamed as tears poured down her cheeks.

"Tea," he said. "Let me do one thing first."

"What?" she asked but was cut off by his lips on hers. She could taste the alcohol in his mouth as he crushed her against the wall.

Suddenly, Tea's fist flew up and connected with his cheek. "Stop it!" she screamed. The tears flew freely now.

Now he regretted having hurt her. "Tea," he said, extending his hand.

She pushed it away. "I thought you were a gentleman," she said. "But it turns out I was wrong. I thought I could trust you, I overlooked your mistakes – and there were a lot of them. I thought you loved me, I thought you cared. But I was wrong."

"Tea," he said, eyes shining. "I won't lie to you any longer. When you said you loved me, I was apprehensive. I didn't want to rush anything. I wasn't sure if I loved you or not."

"How could you lead me on like that?" Tea demanded. "How could you crush all my hopes?"

"I'm sorry Tea," he apologized. "It's just not going to work. It's over."

End Flashback

Tea sighed. "I've got to move on," she told herself. "I can't keep living in the past. I've got to concentrate on what's important, getting to America and becoming a professional dancer."

Seto glanced over at her. Tea hadn't moved in the past 5 minutes and seemed to be deep in thought. Unknowingly, his arm snaked around her shoulders before he caught himself. "What am I doing?" he thought. "I'm not attracted to Gardner...am I?" He shook his head. "Of course not," he assured himself.

Meanwhile, Tea's thoughts had drifted around to her companion. "Why is Kaiba being so nice?" she thought. "Why is he helping me at all? All he's done in the past is insult Joey and try to beat Yugi in duels. He never wanted our friendship, sympathy, or even anything to do with us. So why now?"

Her contemplations jumped back to Battle City. "Se-Kaiba saved my life that day, he stopped that crate from dropping on me, even though I told him to forget about me, to make sure Yugi and Joey were safe," she remembered. "Later, he claimed that he did it because I helped Mokuba escape from the rare hunters. But Yugi and Yami saved his life multiple times and all he ever did was demand a rematch."

"Kaiba?" she asked.

"Hnn," he grunted.

"Do you remember Battle City?" she awaited his answer.

"What kind of a question is that?" he thought. "Yes," was his verbal response.

"Do you remember when Marik took control of Joey's mind and made him duel Yugi?" she asked all in one breath.

"You mean the duel where Wheeler was actually close to winning for once and you were stuck under that crate?" Seto inquired.

"Why did you do it?" Tea asked.

"Do what?" he asked, eyes narrowing.

"Why did you rescue me?" she asked. "Why did you stop that rare hunter from dropping the crate on me?"

"Because you saved Mokuba's life," he stated simply, not even sparing her a glance.

"I know that's what you say," she responded, annoyed. "But Yugi's saved both Mokuba's soul and yours in Duelist Kingdom and you said that it wouldn't change anything. So why did you save me?"

Seto stared out the window, not responding. "I wasn't really thinking when I saved her life," he thought. "It's what any decent person would have done. But I'm not supposed to be a decent person," he realized. "I'm Seto Kaiba, President and CEO of Kaiba Corp. I'm supposed to be a reputed workaholic and a coldhearted jerk that cares nothing for the feelings of others. I'm not supposed to be normal."

He was brought back to Earth by Tea shifting towards him. "Umm...it's kind of late to say this," she began. "But I just wanted to thank you," she said, hugging him.

"You're welcome," Seto barely managed to eke out. "Why does she keep hugging me?" he asked himself.

"Mr. Kaiba," the driver said. "We're here."

Abruptly, Tea pulled away and Seto noticed the immediate lack of warmth. Sure, the limo had heaters, but this was a different kind of warmth.

Walking into the mansion, the two brunettes were greeted by an overly-excited Mokuba.

"Seto, Seto, Seto!" he exclaimed. Tea smiled. Even thought Mokuba was 15, he still acted like a 12 year old kid.

"Hey kiddo," Seto said, ruffling his brother's hair.

"Seto, can we watch a movie?" Mokuba asked.

"A movie?" Seto responded, confused.

"Please Seto?" Mokuba begged. "There's this really good one that just came out on DVD! I picked it up after school was over! Please?"

"But I have to work this weekend Mokuba," Seto said. "We need to finish Duel Disk Version 5.5 by the..."

"Seto..." Mokuba whined. "You're always working!"

"Come on Kaiba," Tea said. "Are you so busy that you can't spend two hours with your little brother?"

"Do you not love me anymore Seto?" Mokuba asked, putting on his 'poor little me' act.

"Fine," he said. "But it better only be two hours." And with that, he turned and strode up the stairs to his room.

"G'night Tea," Mokuba yawned, wandering down the hall.

"See you Mokuba!" Tea said, also deciding it was time for bed. Walking towards her room, she noticed a door closing. "Is that Seto's room?" she wondered, not even noticing that she called him 'Seto' in her mind.

Climbing into bed, she thought about Seto. "I wonder what makes him so cold hearted. Why is he always obsessing over being the best?" she speculated while pulling the covers up to her chin. "Why does he only smile around his little brother?"

And with these thoughts in her head, Tea drifted off to sleep.

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Yes! I finished Chapter 4! Chapter 5 should be coming up pretty quickly; I've already started writing it. The more reviews, the faster I write!