Disclaimer: "I do not own yugioh."

"Talk"

"Thoughts"

Tea stood before the most beautiful mansion she had ever seen, not to mention the grandest. It was huge, with a beautiful garden in the front. There was a pool on the side and she could also see a basketball court. 'He is damn rich. I must rob him.' She thought. A butler greeted her at the door and took her to the study room. On her way, she had a chance to marvel at the insides of the mansion. Expensive furniture and high-tech equipment was visible in every room. The staircases were grand. She was impressed.

The butler took her to a room, almost as big as the school library, maybe bigger. It was full of shelves of books. On one side were some computers. 'He sure is lucky to have everything in the house. I have to go to the library and the computers there are too fast for me.' She sat on a chair and waited for kaiba to come. After all, he was the one who had invited her.

After school, tea was at her locker, talking to her friends. Joey was yapping about the teacher, pairing duke with a smart girl on purpose. Jane was smart and she was a duke-fan. All duke had to do was smile charmingly at her and she would be all water. She would do all the work for him and he would be free to flirt. Just when joey started to swear at the teacher, kaiba appeared, and before joey could open his mouth, kaiba told tea to meet him at his mansion for the project. So here she was, inside his humongous mansion, waiting for him.

She waited for some time but when he didn't show up, she decided to take a tour of the study room. She went to the shelves to check out the books. It seemed like every book on the planet was there. She took out one and started to read it when she heard voices approaching.

"I am not going to eat that." came a child's voice and the sound of running feet.

"But master mokuba, master kaiba has specifically instructed us to feed you your vegetables." It was a maid, tea guessed. She put the book back and walked towards the door to see what was happening. Just then, a boy with black air ran inside with a woman in her late thirties behind him. She looked tired, but the kid looked as energetic as ever. He hid behind tea's legs.

"Please master mokuba, just this once." The maid begged again.

"No. I hate them. And I never see seto eat them. So why should I?" mokuba said. The maid gave up and walked out, shoulders slumped. Mokuba then moved away from tea and stood in front of her.

"So, are you the girl who is supposed to work with big brother?" He asked her.

"Yeah."

"You're pretty." Eh said. Tea giggled and kneeled in front of him.

"You are pretty cute yourself… mokuba." He blushed and turned his head away to stare at the computers. He looked so adorable that tea wanted to kiss him.

"So… do you like video games?" he asked.

Seto stretched as he shut down his laptop. He had just finished his work and was well aware of tea's presence in his mansion. The butler had informed him of her arrival. But he waited to finish his work first. Now that he was done, he could start their project together. And see how good she really is. Yami had told him of tea's "intelligence" and seto wanted to see it for him. He had the chance now. She did act maturely then the rest of the bimbos in the school. As he approached the study room, he could hear voices, loud voices. Curious, he peeked through the small opening formed between the door and the wall.

Tea was sitting before the plasma screen TV, a game controller I her hands. Besides her sat mokuba, looking at the screen with wide eyes, yelling instructions to tea.

"No, no. Kick him. Kick him. Flip, flip. He is behind you. Do the combo you did before. You are losing health. Hurry." Tea's fingers were moving fast like a pro, her eyes fixed on the screen. Her brows were knitted in concentration, making her look cute. She was yelling too. "I am trying. It's not working. I don't have enough energy. Wait, I got him. I got him. Take that you freak." It seemed as she was winning again since mokuba was practically jumping in the air. "Keep going. You are going to win. You're gonna—you won, you won."

Seto watched from the side as mokuba and tea jumped in excitement and joy, hugging each other, yelling, "we won, we won" again and again. Seto glanced at tea that could pass for an eight year old instead of a sixteen year old because of her antics. So much for her being mature theory. He watched them in fascination. He had never seen mokuba so happy before. When Mokuba suggested they play again, against each other, seto decided to reveal him. He coughed, making them jump and turn around.

"Hey seto. Tea is real good at video games. She may even beat you." Mokuba said. Seto glanced at a flushed tea, which suddenly found the floor quite interesting. He smirked.

"We will see mokuba. Why don't you go and eat your vegetables while we work." Seto said. He added a stern glare with it. Tea was surprised to see mokuba follow obediently and she was impressed as well. Seto turned to tea.

"Maybe we should start our project now." He showed tea what he had in mind and discussed it with tea. He was surprised at her level of intelligence. She brought up nice points about their topic, nice negative points. They argued for half hour on what their topic should be. Tea didn't like his topic. She felt it was too boring. But seto believed "economy" was perfect topic.

"God. You are impossible to work with. And you are so stubborn. I am telling you. The teacher is stupid. He will sleep while marking our project." Tea said.

"He is a competent man and knows a good project when he sees one. He will not sleep." Seto argued.

"There must be something more interesting that we can pick. I am gonna go find some book." She got up, tired of arguing with him. Seto just scoffed and sat with his arms crossed. Tea reached a shelf and started searching for something nice. A book caught her attention, but it was on the top shelf. She stood on her toes to grab it, but still couldn't. She glanced at seto who seemed to be enjoying the show she was presenting. '

'That bastard likes seeing me helpless and expects me to ask him. But he will have to wait longer.' She thought and decided to take a risk. She jumped in the air, hand stretched for the book. She got the book but while pulling it out, she shook all the books besides it as well. She raised her head fearfully to see the books falling towards her. She quickly turned around, closed her eyes and grabbed the next thing for protection and buried her face in it.

Seto saw her jump and immediately stood up. The stupid girl was calling him stubborn but was too stubborn she to ask for help. He saw the books shake a bit when she grabbed the book. He strode swiftly towards her, knowing what was coming next. The books fell out of place and threatened to fall. He ran to stand behind her to push her out of the way. But instead, she pulled him toward her and buried her face in his chest.

Tea waited for the books to come crashing down on her but it never happened. 'Why am I not hurt? she wondered. She was still confused when she felt hot breath on her neck, sending shivers down her spine. She felt soft lips brush against her ear and whisper, "you can open your eyes now." She opened one eye to see what was going one. The first thing she saw was a chest, a well-built chest of a man. Seto had the top buttons of his shirt open giving tea a nice view.

Seto felt his heart skip a beat as he glanced at her angelic face. She looked so scared, so vulnerable, holding his shirt in a tight grip. The way she opened one of her eyes made her look innocent like a newborn child, pure and radiant. She stared at his chest, and then her eyes snapped wide open. She pulled her head back slowly and noticed one of his arm extended to hold back the books. His other arm was wrapped around her waist securely. She blushed furiously as she pulled away from his perfect body. Seto also had a smirk on his face.

"Your topic is just fine." She said blushing.

Seto smirked and they started working. They worked hard and finished half of the project. During that hour or so, tea didn't talk much. She did what he told her to do without ever objecting. And every time they had the slightest bit of contact, she jerked back. Seto enjoyed every moment even though his body was aching bad because of lack of rest. He had worked non-stop for four hours before she came and then worked with her.

It seemed like tea was tired as well. She stretched her arms and arched her back, trying to get the feeling back in her spine. But she sure got a feeling in seto's spine. Seto eyes were on her breasts. Her position stretched the thin fabric of her shirt, revealing her round, perky breasts, an erotic sight to any man. Seto unconsciously licked his lips. But as soon as tea turned to face him, he turned his head away form her.

"I better leave now. We worked a lot today. We can finish the rest tomorrow." She said. Seto noticed she wasn't blushing or stuttering. She was acting as if nothing happened before. She recovered fast. When he didn't answer, she got up, ready to leave. As she walked out of the room, seto watched her with hunger. The way her hips swayed as if dancing to the music was more attracting then anything he had seen before.

Tea walked down the grand staircase, towards the door. She twisted the knob when she felt someone tug at her skirt. It was mokuba. He smiled sheepishly, cheeks red. Tea smiled and bent to his level.

"What is it mokuba?" she asked the blushing kid. It caused him to blush even more.

"Don't you wanna play the game a little bit more?" his eyes shone with hope. Tea found it hard to say no. So she agreed to play one game. That one game turned too many. They got so caught up they didn't pay attention to the time. After beating mokuba for the 20th time, tea put the controller down.

"I think that's enough for today mokuba. I have to leave now." Mokuba's face fell.

"Can't you stay a little longer?" he asked. Tea wondered why he wanted her to stay so desperately.

"No I can't mokuba. Besides, I am bored. I want a challenge. If you can provide one, I'll stay," she said hoping that mokuba would let her leave.

"Don't wish for something you can't handle Gardner." Seto spoke from behind them. Obviously he heard what she said. Mokuba's face brightened.

"Seto is really good at video games. Let's see if you can beat him tea." mokuba said, sounding confident at his brothers abilities.

"I don't think she can mokuba. Or can you?" the last part was directed at tea. She frowned at his smirking face.

"I can." She said wit a determined face. He walked forward until he stood in front of her, their bodies' inches apart. He lowered his face and brought it closer to her.

"I don't think you can beat me Gardner, and I am never wrong." His breath was hot on her lips, making her body tremble with excitement.

"Then I guess I have to prove you wrong then." She said with a smirking face, her breath sending shivers down seto's spine.

"I'll like to see you try… tea." He said her name with such intensity, it made her knees weak, but she wasn't going to show him that. She sat on the floor and held the controller in her delicate hands. He sat beside her with the other controller and they started playing.

(After an hour)

"You guys, it's really late. Maybe you should stop now." Mokuba said yawning.

"I'll stop when Gardner admits her defeat." Seto said smirking.

"I'll admit it when I am losing." She said, her eyes flashing dangerously at him.

"I believe 16-0 is a screaming proof of your defeat." He said, making tea want to strangle him.

"Don't you guys have school tomorrow. You should go home now tea." mokuba said, yawning more. Tea sighed and got up, ready to leave.

"Hey tea, maybe seto can drop you home." Mokuba said looking expectantly at seto, who shrugged his shoulders.

They drove in silence, seto smirking at his victory, no victories and tea angry at her defeat. Defeats. She was good at video games but when it came to seto, not good enough. The car stopped in front of her apartment. She thanked him and moved to get out of the car when he grabbed her wrist, pulling her back. She stared at him, confused. He brought his face closer to her. Tea thought he was gonna kiss her since their lips were brushing, but instead he said, "I'm ready if you are…" tea's heartbeat increased rapidly. "For a rematch." He finished and pulled away, leaving a flushed tea. She decided it was enough for today so she got out of the car and practically ran into her apartment.

Seto watched her run and drove away, a triumphant smile evident on his face. The feel of her lips against his still lingered in his mind. He had started it. Let's see if she had the guts to finish it.

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