Author Note: I don't own YGO or any of the characters.
'Love or Pretend?'
~ Here's chapter six. Thanks for all of the reviews! Hope you enjoy!
Note: //Yami talking// /Yugi talking/
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Chapter six: Loving you as just a friend
"Tristan's gotta be kiddin' me. I don't love Tea. I could never love Tea......at least I could never love her as anythin' more den uh friend."
That night Joey was lying on his bed thinking about what Tristan said earlier that night.
'Do you love Tea as more than a friend or not?'
That single question went through his mind all night. He didn't sleep at all. His thoughts on how everything that had happened between him and Tea just wouldn't leave his mind.
"I should huff never asked Tea ta do dis. None of dis would huff never happened if I hadn't asked Tea ta pretend ta go out with me. And now I'm da only one dat can fix it."
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"Tea?" she heard the small and innocent voice of Yugi on Wednesday morning while going through her locker for books.
'Oh no, it's Yugi. I forget he was supposed to come back today. I just hope he doesn't bring up what happened yesterday at his house.'
"Oh, hey Yugi. What's up?" she acted casual around him.
"Nothing......but I was wondering if we were walking home together after school. We still are, aren't we?"
'God! I forgot about that too. Oh well......I guess I still can since mom dropped me off this morning.'
"Um, yeah! We can still walking home together. My mom dropped me off this morning and I didn't bring my car, obviously, so that works out perfect. I'll meet you outside of school this afternoon."
"Great! So do you want to go find the others before class starts?"
"Well, I would, but I need to go talk to Madame Lucia for the schedule of my next dance performance. It's coming up soon and I need to be ready for it, you know. So I'll talk to you later, Yugi! Bye!"
Then Tea walked off in a hurry. She let out a big sigh of relieve. 'Whoa! That was close. I'm glad I got away when I did.'
After Tea was gone Yugi closed his eyes and walked into Yami's soul room. He was sitting down on one of the millions beyond millions of stairs in his room, thinking.
Yami looked up and was without doubt surprised by Yugi's presents when he walked in.
//What are you doing here, Yugi?//
/I needed to ask you something, Yami. Do you think everything's back to normal with me and Tea?"/
//I'm not sure. But while you were talking to Tea I felt that she was hiding something from you......from us. It worries me.//
Yugi began to grow concerned. /How? Do you think she's okay?/
//I don't know......Tea just still doesn't seem to be herself. Something still isn't right. I can just sense it. I think I should still talk to her this afternoon as we planned.//
/All right. If you need to, go right ahead. Just don't say anything that could make things between me and Tea worse, deal?/
Yami chuckled. //I promise, Yugi, I won't.// ~~~~~~~~~
'She's gotta be around here somewhere.' Joey was looking around for Tea during lunch. 'I still can't believe I'm actually takin' Tristan's advice. He better be right about all of dis. If he's not I'm goin' ta kick his butt so hard he's going ta wish he was back in kindergarten!'
Joey looked around for fifteen minutes and still couldn't find her. Breathlessly he said to himself, 'Where da...hell is she already? I mean, how hard...is it...ta find uh girl...'
He suddenly spotted her just about to turn a corner and to go into the cafeteria. She was all alone so Joey knew that this was perfect time to talk to her. He walked quietly behind her and covered her mouth.
Tea immediately screamed. Her cry for help was muffled so no one heard her. Joey grabbed her waist and gently brought her to a nearby classroom. He quickly locked the door behind him once they were in.
She was still screaming when they were inside. "Tea! It's me, Joey," he whispered into her ear.
Tea was surprised to know him it was him. 'It's Joey?!?!' He let go of her mouth and she slowly turned around to him. She gasped slightly. Tea knew she didn't want to be near him right now. "Joey......I-I-I need to go."
She unlocked the door but never managed to open it. Joey slammed his hand hard the door and stood in front of her so she couldn't escape him. "No! Ya can't go yet!"
Tea looked at him with confusion. "Joey, why aren't you letting me leave? What's going on?"
"Because ya can't leave yet. We need ta talk."
"Joey, you can't keep me in here. I want to go and have lunch......now MOVE!!!"
She tried to get past him but he wouldn't budge an inch.
Joey face began to get serious. "I'm not lettin' ya leave 'til we've talk dis out!"
Tea sighed. At this point, she had no will to fight and argue with Joey. She figured he'd say he was sorry for leaving her like he did and then they would be on their way.
"Fine. What do you need to tell me?"
"Tea look, I'm sorry for how I acted yesterday. Kissin' ya and leavin' ya like I did was stupid. I should huff never done those things. I'm really sorry if I hurt your feelings."
"Is that all?"
Joey knew where was going. He knew Tea just wanted to get out of here so she could get on with her day and not bother with him. 'Doesn't she even care I'm tryin' ta tell her dat I'm sorry?' "No, it's not. Now will ya listen ta me for just two seconds?!?! I'm tryin' ta make uh point here!"
Now Tea was angry. "No you listen, Joey. You were the one that made me pretend to go out with you so 'Melody Thomason' would notice you. You were the one that kissed me after knowing I had a rough time at Yugi's. And then you were the one that left me there, at my house, all alone after everything that just happened. Do you have any idea that made me feel? How hurt I felt that you left me like that."
Joey looked down with his hair blocking the expression of his face.
"No, you don't. You could never understand what I've gone through in just the last two days of you and Yugi. I think the only people I can trust now are Tristan, Bakura, and Duke. You and Yugi have made me so upset that I can't stand it. I mean, what were you thinking when you kissed and took it back when you walked out on me?"
Joey raised his head and started walking around the empty classroom. "I was thinkin' dat I was helpin' ya feel better."
"Joey, c'mon! That's-."
"Yeah, I kissed you!" he yelled in her face. She immediately became quiet. "I kissed ya when I knew I liked someone else. I kissed ya when I knew we were only friends. I kissed ya when I knew you were feelin' upset ......And I kissed ya when I knew dare's someone else in dis school dat loves you more den anythin' in da entire world and he probably should huff been da one dat kissed ya yesterday......not me."
The last part Joey said caught Tea off guard from her anger at him. "W-w- what......? What are you talking about?"
Joey shook his head and looked back at her. "I'm not sayin' his name, Tea. I'm not sayin' it because he doesn't know dat I know he likes ya."
"Then why would you tell me this?"
"Because not everythin' in life has ta huff an explanation. Serenity taught me dat."
"Joey-."
"Don't speak yet, Tea. I still huff more ta tell ya." That's when Tea realized how close Joey was to her again. He was even closer than last time they were together......and alone. She began to get scared and nervous while he was talking. "Now, I know what I did was wrong. I spent da whole night thinkin' about it, Tea. I know can't take back what I did or didn't do. And said or didn't say. All I can do now is stand in front of ya and hope for your forgiveness. I already told da class dat I couldn't go on without your friendship......" he paused to brush a hand through her hair, making her shake a little while closing her eyes wishing it would stop. "......and now I'm tellin' ya. I can't go on tomorrow knowin' dat I lost of da one of da best friends I ever had because of uh stupid thing I screwed up in. So please don't let our friendship go because of me. I care too for ya ta let ya go out of my life now."
Tea's eyes were forming tears. 'He's only wants to make me feel better. Oh, that's so like Joey. It guess I shouldn't have gotten so worried about it after all.' She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him. "Oh, Joey! I don't want our friendship to end. I just want everything to be like it was. It would take much more than a few mistakes to ever ruin our friendship, okay?"
Joey sighed and hugged her tightly. "Danks, Tea. Ya know, I don't know what I'd ever do without uh friend like ya in my life. Danks so much. I promise never ta go and do somethin' like dat again."
Tea smiled happily while a few tears rolled down her cheeks. She closed her eyes and said, "Joey, I love you......"
Joey's eyes widened and he softly let go of her. He whispered to her, "What did ya just say......"
"Joey, I've always loved as a friend. You may not have realized this but you were always there for me."
Joey shook his head sadly. "No, I wasn't. Ya were. Ya were da one dat always stood by my side. Like the time I first dueled Mai, you were da only one dat stayed ta support me. Or da time I dueled Espa Roba in Battle City. It was your words from Serenity dat got me through da duel. You've always been dare for me. It was me who never dare for you."
Tea looked at him softly. "That's not true, Joey. You always were by my side when I need you the most. Like the time I dueled Mai for the starchips Yugi needed to get into the castle to save his grandpa at Duelist Kingdom. You cheered me on the whole way. I'll never get that."
"I know, but dat was never enough."
"Joey, you didn't have to always be standing next to me for me to know you were with me. Remember our ring of friendship? It symbolized the friendship you, me, Tristan, and Yugi will always have for each other. Just because you weren't always standing next to me, doesn't mean you weren't supporting me. I feel you and others in my heart, cheering me and never giving up on me every time I need your encouragement. You were always there for me, Joey, and I'll never forget it, okay?"
Joey gazed up at her and smiled. "Danks, Tea. I needed dat."
"Anytime."
Then they gave each other a hug.
After they let go of each other they gazed into each other's eyes.
"So......are we okay now?" Tea asked him after she got her eyes off of Joey long enough to say the words.
"Uhhh.......yeah. Let's get out of here. I'm starvin' anywayz."
Tea giggled. "When aren't you hungry, Joey?"
"Probably when I'm sleepin'."
"No, you still think about food in your sleep. I heard you yelling out 'gigantic donut' once at Duelist Kingdom."
"Dat was me?!?!?! I didn't know it! I mean, sure I dream about dem every once and awhile, but I never actually thought I'd yell it out."
Tea giggled again. "Well you did. But can I give you a tip? Next time you do that make sure I'm not around."
"Why?"
"Because I'll kill you if I wake up from it."
Joey sweatdropped. "I gottcha. I'll much sure I won't do dat next time."
"So are we eating or what?"
"Yeah! Let's hit it!"
Joey was almost out the door running when Tea stopped him by grabbing his arm.
"What da......? Tea, is dare somethin' wrong?"
Tea reached up and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "You're a good friend, Joey. Don't ever forget that."
Then Tea walked out the door, leaving Joey speechless. ~~~~~~~~~
"Tea, over here!" Yugi called to her from outside the school building later on that day.
Tea immediately saw his smiling face and waving hand when she looked up at him. "Hey, Yugi!"
She ran over to him and he asked her, "Are you ready to go?"
"Yep! Let's go!"
Yugi and Tea walked home in silence just like he thought it would be. Neither of them knew what to say to each other. Until-
"Yugi-."
"Tea-."
They both laughed in amusement of what they just did.
"I'm sorry, Tea. You go first."
"No, you go first."
"Okay. I'm sorry about what happened yesterday. I shouldn't have asked you about the kiss. I know now that you were just trying to be a good friend by giving me a kiss on the cheek and I respect you for it."
Tea smiled in appreciation. "Thanks, Yugi. I'm glad you understand now."
Yugi suddenly felt Yami flinch.
//Yugi, what are you doing? I thought I was going to talk to Tea about this.//
/Listen Yami. If I can get Tea to talk to me first then you won't have to come out after all./
//But I thought that was what you wanted me to do.//
/Just let me try first and then if it doesn't work you can come out./
//But Yugi, I wanted to talk to Tea anyway. I wanted to ask her some questions myself.//
Yami's interest wanting to talk to Tea had just spiked into a tad of jealously for Yugi.
/About what? If I got Tea to talk to me about it than what's the big deal? You were going to be asking her the same questions, right?/
//Of course I was, Yugi. I just thought I could ask her because maybe I could get more answers out of her, like you said.//
Now Yugi was starting to get really angry. /Tea's not a toy, Yami! You can't just think that because you were an Egyptian pharaoh you could get more answers out of her. Now I'm talking to her and that's final!/
Then Yugi instantly shut his mind link off with Yami.
(A/N Hmmm.......I wonder...... Do you think Yami might have a crush on Tea as well? How interesting can this fic get?!?!)
"Yugi.....Yugi?" he heard Tea ask him when he came back to reality.
"Yeah?"
"You were spacing out there for a little while. Is everything okay?"
"Oh, it was nothing. I was just talking to Yami about something."
As soon as she heard Yami's name Tea began to get a little nervous. Though, not so nervous that she would start to blush. Her crush on him wasn't as big as it was back in Battle City, but it was definitely still there.
"So how's Yami doing lately?" she asked while trying her very hardest not blush in front of Yugi.
Yugi's spike of jealous had just kicked in again. 'Does Tea have a crush on Yami?......Or does Yami have a crush on her?'
"He's doing fine," he replied as calmly as possible. 'I better change the subject before I say something I could regret later.' "Um Tea, would you like to stay over for dinner tonight? I'm sure Grandpa would love your company."
"That would be great, Yugi. I'd love to come!"
Yugi began to blush. 'Maybe I do have a chance with her after all......'
"Thanks, Tea."
"Oh, just remind me that I need to call my mom and tell her that I'm staying over for dinner."
"Got it."
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Meanwhile......
'I can't believe Yugi would do this to me. Tea's my friend just as much his and I should have the right to talk to her. I know she's hiding something from us......from me......and it's about time I find out what it is. I care for Tea so deeply and I want to know that she's all right. I need to she's okay because I'm worried about her and......I love her......'
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O_O What did Yami just say?!?!?!
TBC......
Please review!
'Love or Pretend?'
~ Here's chapter six. Thanks for all of the reviews! Hope you enjoy!
Note: //Yami talking// /Yugi talking/
~~~
Chapter six: Loving you as just a friend
"Tristan's gotta be kiddin' me. I don't love Tea. I could never love Tea......at least I could never love her as anythin' more den uh friend."
That night Joey was lying on his bed thinking about what Tristan said earlier that night.
'Do you love Tea as more than a friend or not?'
That single question went through his mind all night. He didn't sleep at all. His thoughts on how everything that had happened between him and Tea just wouldn't leave his mind.
"I should huff never asked Tea ta do dis. None of dis would huff never happened if I hadn't asked Tea ta pretend ta go out with me. And now I'm da only one dat can fix it."
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"Tea?" she heard the small and innocent voice of Yugi on Wednesday morning while going through her locker for books.
'Oh no, it's Yugi. I forget he was supposed to come back today. I just hope he doesn't bring up what happened yesterday at his house.'
"Oh, hey Yugi. What's up?" she acted casual around him.
"Nothing......but I was wondering if we were walking home together after school. We still are, aren't we?"
'God! I forgot about that too. Oh well......I guess I still can since mom dropped me off this morning.'
"Um, yeah! We can still walking home together. My mom dropped me off this morning and I didn't bring my car, obviously, so that works out perfect. I'll meet you outside of school this afternoon."
"Great! So do you want to go find the others before class starts?"
"Well, I would, but I need to go talk to Madame Lucia for the schedule of my next dance performance. It's coming up soon and I need to be ready for it, you know. So I'll talk to you later, Yugi! Bye!"
Then Tea walked off in a hurry. She let out a big sigh of relieve. 'Whoa! That was close. I'm glad I got away when I did.'
After Tea was gone Yugi closed his eyes and walked into Yami's soul room. He was sitting down on one of the millions beyond millions of stairs in his room, thinking.
Yami looked up and was without doubt surprised by Yugi's presents when he walked in.
//What are you doing here, Yugi?//
/I needed to ask you something, Yami. Do you think everything's back to normal with me and Tea?"/
//I'm not sure. But while you were talking to Tea I felt that she was hiding something from you......from us. It worries me.//
Yugi began to grow concerned. /How? Do you think she's okay?/
//I don't know......Tea just still doesn't seem to be herself. Something still isn't right. I can just sense it. I think I should still talk to her this afternoon as we planned.//
/All right. If you need to, go right ahead. Just don't say anything that could make things between me and Tea worse, deal?/
Yami chuckled. //I promise, Yugi, I won't.// ~~~~~~~~~
'She's gotta be around here somewhere.' Joey was looking around for Tea during lunch. 'I still can't believe I'm actually takin' Tristan's advice. He better be right about all of dis. If he's not I'm goin' ta kick his butt so hard he's going ta wish he was back in kindergarten!'
Joey looked around for fifteen minutes and still couldn't find her. Breathlessly he said to himself, 'Where da...hell is she already? I mean, how hard...is it...ta find uh girl...'
He suddenly spotted her just about to turn a corner and to go into the cafeteria. She was all alone so Joey knew that this was perfect time to talk to her. He walked quietly behind her and covered her mouth.
Tea immediately screamed. Her cry for help was muffled so no one heard her. Joey grabbed her waist and gently brought her to a nearby classroom. He quickly locked the door behind him once they were in.
She was still screaming when they were inside. "Tea! It's me, Joey," he whispered into her ear.
Tea was surprised to know him it was him. 'It's Joey?!?!' He let go of her mouth and she slowly turned around to him. She gasped slightly. Tea knew she didn't want to be near him right now. "Joey......I-I-I need to go."
She unlocked the door but never managed to open it. Joey slammed his hand hard the door and stood in front of her so she couldn't escape him. "No! Ya can't go yet!"
Tea looked at him with confusion. "Joey, why aren't you letting me leave? What's going on?"
"Because ya can't leave yet. We need ta talk."
"Joey, you can't keep me in here. I want to go and have lunch......now MOVE!!!"
She tried to get past him but he wouldn't budge an inch.
Joey face began to get serious. "I'm not lettin' ya leave 'til we've talk dis out!"
Tea sighed. At this point, she had no will to fight and argue with Joey. She figured he'd say he was sorry for leaving her like he did and then they would be on their way.
"Fine. What do you need to tell me?"
"Tea look, I'm sorry for how I acted yesterday. Kissin' ya and leavin' ya like I did was stupid. I should huff never done those things. I'm really sorry if I hurt your feelings."
"Is that all?"
Joey knew where was going. He knew Tea just wanted to get out of here so she could get on with her day and not bother with him. 'Doesn't she even care I'm tryin' ta tell her dat I'm sorry?' "No, it's not. Now will ya listen ta me for just two seconds?!?! I'm tryin' ta make uh point here!"
Now Tea was angry. "No you listen, Joey. You were the one that made me pretend to go out with you so 'Melody Thomason' would notice you. You were the one that kissed me after knowing I had a rough time at Yugi's. And then you were the one that left me there, at my house, all alone after everything that just happened. Do you have any idea that made me feel? How hurt I felt that you left me like that."
Joey looked down with his hair blocking the expression of his face.
"No, you don't. You could never understand what I've gone through in just the last two days of you and Yugi. I think the only people I can trust now are Tristan, Bakura, and Duke. You and Yugi have made me so upset that I can't stand it. I mean, what were you thinking when you kissed and took it back when you walked out on me?"
Joey raised his head and started walking around the empty classroom. "I was thinkin' dat I was helpin' ya feel better."
"Joey, c'mon! That's-."
"Yeah, I kissed you!" he yelled in her face. She immediately became quiet. "I kissed ya when I knew I liked someone else. I kissed ya when I knew we were only friends. I kissed ya when I knew you were feelin' upset ......And I kissed ya when I knew dare's someone else in dis school dat loves you more den anythin' in da entire world and he probably should huff been da one dat kissed ya yesterday......not me."
The last part Joey said caught Tea off guard from her anger at him. "W-w- what......? What are you talking about?"
Joey shook his head and looked back at her. "I'm not sayin' his name, Tea. I'm not sayin' it because he doesn't know dat I know he likes ya."
"Then why would you tell me this?"
"Because not everythin' in life has ta huff an explanation. Serenity taught me dat."
"Joey-."
"Don't speak yet, Tea. I still huff more ta tell ya." That's when Tea realized how close Joey was to her again. He was even closer than last time they were together......and alone. She began to get scared and nervous while he was talking. "Now, I know what I did was wrong. I spent da whole night thinkin' about it, Tea. I know can't take back what I did or didn't do. And said or didn't say. All I can do now is stand in front of ya and hope for your forgiveness. I already told da class dat I couldn't go on without your friendship......" he paused to brush a hand through her hair, making her shake a little while closing her eyes wishing it would stop. "......and now I'm tellin' ya. I can't go on tomorrow knowin' dat I lost of da one of da best friends I ever had because of uh stupid thing I screwed up in. So please don't let our friendship go because of me. I care too for ya ta let ya go out of my life now."
Tea's eyes were forming tears. 'He's only wants to make me feel better. Oh, that's so like Joey. It guess I shouldn't have gotten so worried about it after all.' She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him. "Oh, Joey! I don't want our friendship to end. I just want everything to be like it was. It would take much more than a few mistakes to ever ruin our friendship, okay?"
Joey sighed and hugged her tightly. "Danks, Tea. Ya know, I don't know what I'd ever do without uh friend like ya in my life. Danks so much. I promise never ta go and do somethin' like dat again."
Tea smiled happily while a few tears rolled down her cheeks. She closed her eyes and said, "Joey, I love you......"
Joey's eyes widened and he softly let go of her. He whispered to her, "What did ya just say......"
"Joey, I've always loved as a friend. You may not have realized this but you were always there for me."
Joey shook his head sadly. "No, I wasn't. Ya were. Ya were da one dat always stood by my side. Like the time I first dueled Mai, you were da only one dat stayed ta support me. Or da time I dueled Espa Roba in Battle City. It was your words from Serenity dat got me through da duel. You've always been dare for me. It was me who never dare for you."
Tea looked at him softly. "That's not true, Joey. You always were by my side when I need you the most. Like the time I dueled Mai for the starchips Yugi needed to get into the castle to save his grandpa at Duelist Kingdom. You cheered me on the whole way. I'll never get that."
"I know, but dat was never enough."
"Joey, you didn't have to always be standing next to me for me to know you were with me. Remember our ring of friendship? It symbolized the friendship you, me, Tristan, and Yugi will always have for each other. Just because you weren't always standing next to me, doesn't mean you weren't supporting me. I feel you and others in my heart, cheering me and never giving up on me every time I need your encouragement. You were always there for me, Joey, and I'll never forget it, okay?"
Joey gazed up at her and smiled. "Danks, Tea. I needed dat."
"Anytime."
Then they gave each other a hug.
After they let go of each other they gazed into each other's eyes.
"So......are we okay now?" Tea asked him after she got her eyes off of Joey long enough to say the words.
"Uhhh.......yeah. Let's get out of here. I'm starvin' anywayz."
Tea giggled. "When aren't you hungry, Joey?"
"Probably when I'm sleepin'."
"No, you still think about food in your sleep. I heard you yelling out 'gigantic donut' once at Duelist Kingdom."
"Dat was me?!?!?! I didn't know it! I mean, sure I dream about dem every once and awhile, but I never actually thought I'd yell it out."
Tea giggled again. "Well you did. But can I give you a tip? Next time you do that make sure I'm not around."
"Why?"
"Because I'll kill you if I wake up from it."
Joey sweatdropped. "I gottcha. I'll much sure I won't do dat next time."
"So are we eating or what?"
"Yeah! Let's hit it!"
Joey was almost out the door running when Tea stopped him by grabbing his arm.
"What da......? Tea, is dare somethin' wrong?"
Tea reached up and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "You're a good friend, Joey. Don't ever forget that."
Then Tea walked out the door, leaving Joey speechless. ~~~~~~~~~
"Tea, over here!" Yugi called to her from outside the school building later on that day.
Tea immediately saw his smiling face and waving hand when she looked up at him. "Hey, Yugi!"
She ran over to him and he asked her, "Are you ready to go?"
"Yep! Let's go!"
Yugi and Tea walked home in silence just like he thought it would be. Neither of them knew what to say to each other. Until-
"Yugi-."
"Tea-."
They both laughed in amusement of what they just did.
"I'm sorry, Tea. You go first."
"No, you go first."
"Okay. I'm sorry about what happened yesterday. I shouldn't have asked you about the kiss. I know now that you were just trying to be a good friend by giving me a kiss on the cheek and I respect you for it."
Tea smiled in appreciation. "Thanks, Yugi. I'm glad you understand now."
Yugi suddenly felt Yami flinch.
//Yugi, what are you doing? I thought I was going to talk to Tea about this.//
/Listen Yami. If I can get Tea to talk to me first then you won't have to come out after all./
//But I thought that was what you wanted me to do.//
/Just let me try first and then if it doesn't work you can come out./
//But Yugi, I wanted to talk to Tea anyway. I wanted to ask her some questions myself.//
Yami's interest wanting to talk to Tea had just spiked into a tad of jealously for Yugi.
/About what? If I got Tea to talk to me about it than what's the big deal? You were going to be asking her the same questions, right?/
//Of course I was, Yugi. I just thought I could ask her because maybe I could get more answers out of her, like you said.//
Now Yugi was starting to get really angry. /Tea's not a toy, Yami! You can't just think that because you were an Egyptian pharaoh you could get more answers out of her. Now I'm talking to her and that's final!/
Then Yugi instantly shut his mind link off with Yami.
(A/N Hmmm.......I wonder...... Do you think Yami might have a crush on Tea as well? How interesting can this fic get?!?!)
"Yugi.....Yugi?" he heard Tea ask him when he came back to reality.
"Yeah?"
"You were spacing out there for a little while. Is everything okay?"
"Oh, it was nothing. I was just talking to Yami about something."
As soon as she heard Yami's name Tea began to get a little nervous. Though, not so nervous that she would start to blush. Her crush on him wasn't as big as it was back in Battle City, but it was definitely still there.
"So how's Yami doing lately?" she asked while trying her very hardest not blush in front of Yugi.
Yugi's spike of jealous had just kicked in again. 'Does Tea have a crush on Yami?......Or does Yami have a crush on her?'
"He's doing fine," he replied as calmly as possible. 'I better change the subject before I say something I could regret later.' "Um Tea, would you like to stay over for dinner tonight? I'm sure Grandpa would love your company."
"That would be great, Yugi. I'd love to come!"
Yugi began to blush. 'Maybe I do have a chance with her after all......'
"Thanks, Tea."
"Oh, just remind me that I need to call my mom and tell her that I'm staying over for dinner."
"Got it."
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Meanwhile......
'I can't believe Yugi would do this to me. Tea's my friend just as much his and I should have the right to talk to her. I know she's hiding something from us......from me......and it's about time I find out what it is. I care for Tea so deeply and I want to know that she's all right. I need to she's okay because I'm worried about her and......I love her......'
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O_O What did Yami just say?!?!?!
TBC......
Please review!