FQ: Um...yeah...I'm very very very very very very very very sorry for not updating.

Malik: taps foot And?

FQ: And I have a new chapter!

Malik: This better be good, meaning less torture.

FQ: fake smile Oh, I promise! crosses fingers

Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh is not mine.

Warnings: OOC's and foul language.

Dare Date

Chapter 4: Afternoon Interlude

Blink.

Blur.

Blink.

More blur.

It wasn't until the third try that a clear vision finally appeared; what she saw thought, wasn't exactly what she had expected. She jumped a little in fright before realizing that it was just a gigantic hologram poster of a basketball on the ceiling. She calmed down knowing that the ball won't fall on her anytime soon and sat up. Looking around, she found herself in a strange environment. 'Where am I!' Fear grew inside the girl's mind as she turned to her left. Her eyes grew wide, clearly not believing what she was seeing.

The brunette sitting on the bed screamed.

That loud and terrifying noise woke up the person to the left of the girl. He almost fell off that chair that he was sitting on.

"Oh look, sleeping beauty finally decides to wake up." The boy said sarcastically, yawning soon afterwards and not bothering to cover it up.

"YOU! Marik! What the-how-when----" The girl stuttered, unable to make a complete sentence due to the shock of seeing that guy.

"Yes me. I'm glad that you've remembered my name." He said lazily and then snickered, "I've kidnapped you---" before he, Marik can finish his sentence, the door to this extremely messy room flew open.

"Ah, and here comes Prince Charming, who's just a little too late to kiss the princess to wake her up." said Marik, folding his arms, as if narrating a fairy tale.

Paying no attention to his crazy alter ego, Malik Ishtar walked into the room. "Are you alright Téa? I heard a scream." Malik sounded like a perfect gentleman.

Already blushing a little by the comment that Marik made, the brunette, Téa, blushed in crimson red when she actually looked at Malik. Why? The reason was quite simple and obvious, Malik had no shirt on, only a lavendar towel wrapped tightly around his waist…and you can imagine the rest.

Téa quickedly turned her head away while murmuring a "I'm fine" under her breath.

Marik turned to look at this other half to see why Téa had looked away. Eying Malik carefully, Marik smiled, "Nice outfit, very fitting for a day like this." The sound of rain clattering can be heard.

Malik blushed when he realized that he's only wearing a towel. He hurried out and back into the bathroom before his body temperature could rise to a hundred degrees due to embarrassment.

"Well, that's that." Marik said after Malik had disappeared from the room, as if nothing had happened.

"Since when did you have such a good sense of humour?" Téa asked sarcastically.

"Let's see, since three weeks ago?" Marik answered with the same amound of sarcasm as Téa as well as a playful smile on his face.

"Right." Téa said as she got out of the bed. Her IQ might not be as high as some people's, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is Malik Ishtar's room, in the Ishtar family apartment, here in Domino City. 'Such a mess.' Téa thought as she carefully walked over to the door, trying hard not to step on anything. 'How can he or anyone for that matter live like his!' She questioned in her mind. Then she stumbled over some Styrofoam cups, almost falling down to the floor. However, knowing some dance moves, Téa was able to save herself. She managed to get to the door and followed Marik out of the room.

Téa starred at the back of Marik's head as she walked. 'How come I never noticed that the back of Marik's head looks like a flower?' She giggled, 'Marik and flower…hmmm…they definitely don't go together.' Téa closed her eyes and imagined Marik in a field of pink flowers, laughing, trying to catch a bright yellow butterfly, 'I would pay anything to see that…' Téa laughed out loud.

Smack.

"Ouch."

"I really don't think it's wise for a princess to walk with her eyes closed." Marik commented as Téa removed her forehead from Marik's back, "and what the hell were you laughing at!" His tone was sharp and cold.

"Sorry…" Téa felt a chill going down her spine when Marik's voice turned unfriendly. She looked down at the wooden floor, 'There's not way I'm gonna tell him about the flowers and the butterflies…' At the thought of that, she giggled again.

Marik simply glared at the brunette and walked off to the kitchen…

…while Téa was still in her own little world.

"BIG BROTHER!"

'Oh no, not again…' the infamous CEO Seto Kaiba thought grumpily. His little brother Mokuba was bouncing to him while he stood up and around his desk to greet him.

"BIG BROTHER!" Mokuba repeated, even louder this time.

'Whatever he's thinking about, I didn't do it…' Seto cleared his throat, "what is it little bro?"

Instead of answering his brother's question, Mokuba jumped and hugged Seto. "BIG BROTHER!" Mokuba yelled again before burying his head into Seto's waist for he doesn't quite reach Seto's chest yet.

'Mental note: must not let Mokuba eat chocolate again. I cannot stand the sugar high.' Set patted his little brother on the head and asked again, "What is it?"

Silence.

Three seconds later, Mokuba looked up, staring straight into Seto's dark blue eyes. Mokuba's eyes watered, they became round, his lips quivered as he said, "Can we please go to the zoo?"

'Oh my god, no! Not the Mokuba Puppy Face Special! Must resist! Must…noooooo…!' Seto mentally screamed, but failed to resist the cutest puppy eyes on earth and said, "Alright."

"I LOVE YOU BIG BROTHER!" Mokuba yelled, bouncing off of Seto, "Tomorrow moring, 8 am sharp, you and me." said the little Kaiba his normal voice.

'Was he faking the sugar high?' Seto thought, eying his little brother suspiciously.

Mokuba simply smiled and screamed on top of his lungs as he bounced away, "I'm going to the zooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

'Guess not…' Seto turned and walked back to his desk where his precious laptop sat, 'Wait a second, did I just agree to go to the zoo with him?' He then recalled what had just happened and managed to avoid his laptop, and banged his head on the desk.

'Oh no…'

"Seto agreed." Mokuba whispered to his cell phone in his warm and happy looking room.

"Great! Well done." The voice on the other line replied, the voice sounded strangely familiar.

"See you tomorrow Bakura!" Mokuba said with a smile and closed his cute flip-phone. 'Tomorrow's gonna be great!' he thought as he munched on a chocolate bar.

"So let's see, we were looking at games, I suddenly fainted, you drove me here, and put me on your bed. Correct?" Téa asked Malik, who was finally properly dressed in a white t-shirt and a pair of black baggy pants.

"Right." Malik answered, trying to hide his impatience.

"You didn't do anyting…inappropriate…did you?" Téa asked while glaring at the twins.

"Of course not!" Malik defended himself.

"You'll never know!" Marik said at the same time.

"You!" said Téa, standing up.

"Yami!" Malik yelled, also stood up at the same time.

Seeing two deadly glares shooting and him and two pairs of hands curled into four fists, Marik put up his hands and surrendered, "just kidding!"

"Hmph!" Malik and Téa sat down at the same time, turning away from each other.

Silence.

More silence.

A munching sound could be heard.

They sniffed. Malik and Téa turned and starred at Marik.

And they starred some more.

"FOOD!" They both shouted at the same time, launching themselves at Marik, who sadly didn't even have time to scream.

They key hole turned. They quieted down. The door creaked, everyone turned to look at the door, expecting anyone to walk in at anytime.

Three seconds later, a tall and dark haired lady walked in with a big brown bag. She set the bag down, took off her shoes and switched to those comfy slippers, picked up the bag again, and yelled gently, "Marik, brother, I'm home!"

Silence greeted her back.

'That's weird, they usually say something back…' Isis Ishtar thought. She took a few steps forward and looked over the bag to see the living room. 'There they are…' Isis thought with satisfaction, and began to turn to the kitchen, '…with Téa…'

The trio was about to let out the breath that they were holding down when Isis suddenly turned back.

Taking a better look at their position, Isis said apologetically, "oh, did I come at a bad time?"

Really, it was a sight to see. Malik and Téa were on top of Marik, whose usually perfect hair was now messed up. Malik practically has his whole body over his yami's and Téa was reaching for the bag of chips that's in Malik's hands.

'I wish I had a camera with me.' Isis thought.

The trio immediately straightened up. They all said at the same time, "nope, nothing happened!" And wow, they rushed off like lightning. Malik hurried into the bathroom, locking himself in there while Marik went into Malik's ever-so-messy room, tripping over a stack of books that was near the door; leaving Téa along in the living room, facing Isis.

"Umm…do you need help with the groceries?" Téa said with a huge sweat drop.

"Sure." Isis said with a smile, "Good to know that you're getting along so well with those two."

This, of course made Téa blush.

The rest of the day went on without much trouble. Téa enjoyed the dinner at the Ishtar's and didn't mind getting dirty because of a food fight that Marik and Malik decided to have. Isis disapproved it but was forced to join when Malik hit her with mashed potatoes. When all was cleaned up, Malik drove Téa home.

Nothing happened though, don't get too excited. It was only their first date. There are plenty to come.

Their mission tomorrow: seeing the wonders that can happen in a zoo.

To be continued…

FQ: Yeah…please review! I'll have the next chapter ASAP. Reviews! dances off

Malik: Um, you're a little crazy.