disclaimer: "i do not own yugioh."

"talk"

'thoughts'

"She's not coming." Yugi said sadly to joey and the others. They were all sitting in yugi's living room, planning to hang out. It had been two days since the incident with tea. All of them had returned the same day. Turned out that marik and others really did have a purpose to climb the hill. They had taken all of the girls' clothes and placed them on top of the hill. Mai and others make up and everything was missing, so they decided to go. Seto's mood was ruined so he left as well. The others were worried about tea, so that ended their little vacation.

Yugi and joey had tried to contact tea. They wanted to meet her, but she refused. She was deeply hurt and needed some time alone. Joey still wanted to go and talk to her. Surprisingly, yami was the one who stopped him, and the others from calling tea again and again. He was the only one who had talked to her after that day.

(Flashback)

Yami drove towards domino and tea sat beside him. He noticed that tears kept coming out of her eyes.

"Tea, do you wanna talk about it?" he asked. He didn't want her to cry anymore. Somehow, it pained him to see tears in her eyes.

"No. Not yet. I don't know." She admitted.

"It's okay. You don't have to," he said smiling faintly at her. The rest of the drive was silent. Tea fell asleep on the way. Yami figured she hadn't had much sleep last night. He took off his coat and draped it over her. Even though he was driving and knew that he should keep his eyes and mind fixed on the road, he found it difficult to do. Her presence distracted him. He couldn't stop staring at her angelic face. Who would want to her someone like her?

When her house came, he gently woke her up.

"Tea." he whispered. "Tea, we're at your house." She rubbed her eyes, a gesture which he found extremely cute, and woke up.

"So early?" she questioned with surprise and he smiled at her innocence.

"You slept the whole way."

"Oh." She realized. "And you put your coat on me?"

"Yeah. Didn't want you to catch a cold."

"Thanks." She handed it back to him and got out of the car. He stepped out as well.

"Tea, listen." He finally said, moving closer to her. "I know you are hurt and don't want to talk about it now. But if you ever want to, I'll be there."

"Oh yami, thank you so much." She said and hugged him. He slowly wrapped his arms around her to comfort her. At that time, he didn't care what part of her body was against his, or how close she was to him. All that mattered was her smile and her happiness, and that new feeling brewing deep within him.

"Whoever he is, he should be crying, because he hurt and lost someone like you." yami whispered to her. She slowly pulled back.

"Thanks yami." She said and entered her house.

(End flashback)

"We should do something about her." ryou suggested.

"Maybe we should go visit her." tristen said.

"No." yami stated entering the room.

"Why? We want to see how she's doing?" yugi said.

"Yeah. What id she's cutting herself and trying to commit suicide?" joey said. Yami thought for a moment.

"Maybe I should check on her." yami said.

"Why you? She's our friend more." Joey said.

"Because I know how she's feeling. She told me herself, so I should go to her." yami said.

"Ok. But call jus and tell us." Yugi said and yami nodded.

Tea sat in her living room, flipping through channels. She hadn't called her friends or went to see them. She wanted to be alone and sort the mess out. She loved seto but he felt nothing but lust for her. And this hurt her more then anything else. Why did she have to fall in love with a sick bastard?

"Ding dong." The doorbell rang.

'Who could that be?' she wondered and opened the door, only to find a smiling yami.

"Hello there." He smirked.

"Hi, what are you doing here?" she asked.

"I'm here to take you with me." he said calmly.

"Huh? What do you mean? Take me where?" she asked.

"That's a surprise." He said.

"Yami, I can't." she said.

"Why can't you? You have been bottled up in this house for far too long. You should be out, enjoying life, not crying over some bastard who doesn't care. Come on and show him that you don't care either." Yami yelled.

"I wasn't staying in because of that. It's just that I'm not ready. Look at me." she said smiling at his little outburst. He studied her. She was wearing blue shorts and a huge gray shirt. Even in that, yami thought she looked gorgeous.

"You look fine to me. Or maybe it's because I think you look beautiful no matter what you wear or what you may not wear." He smirked.

"Yami, stop it." She said playfully. "I'll be done in 10 minutes. Can you wait?"

"Sure. I can wait for you all my life, O' fair Tea." yami said and tea giggled.

"Come on in Romeo. I don't want the neighbors to see you." she grabbed his arm and pulled him in.

"Whoa. I didn't know you were that eager." He smirked and tea sighed.

"I'll be back in 10 minutes." She said and ran upstairs, while yami waited for her downstairs. She was happy that he came. Ever since that day when he dropped her home, she felt connected to him. His words really helped her and she was grateful to him. She quickly changed into the first outfit that came in her hand and ran downstairs.

Yami waited for her to come. He was glad that she hadn't rejected his offer. He could tell she was still upset but he would make her forget about all her problems and make her smile again.

"Okay, I'm ready." he heard her say and turned his head to see her. She was wearing a red tight shirt and black skirt. She looked hot.

"You look hot." He blurted out. She laughed.

"Let's go." She said and he followed.

They got into his silver convertible and he drove.

"So, you still haven't told me where you're taking Me." she said.

"It's a surprise."

"Why can't you tell me?"

"Because it'd rin the surprise." He said plainly. "Besides, I want to see you smile and this surprise is sure to do that." he added.

The car stopped in front of two grand gates. Tea looked up and her eyes widened.

"The carnival?" she said amazed.

"Yup. Now let's go in already. There are rides and games." Yami said, pleased at her reaction.

"And food. I love carnival food, especially cotton candy." She squealed excitedly and he laughed.

"You're such a kid, a cute kid I must say." He said and tea found herself blushing.

"Stop it. And let's go in. I can't wait." She said and they walked in.

"Let's go on that ride." yami said, pointing at one.

"Gravity Ax." Tea read the name. "Look scary. Let's go." She said and they purchased the tickets. Upon their turn, they quickly rushed to grab desired seats and got ready. The ride started. It spun in circles as it got higher and faster. Then it started to spin sideways and wobble. Screams of enjoyment and fear filled the air. But then the ride turned 180 degrees, flipping the people inside over their heads. Now the people sat in with their legs in air and head towards the ground.

"Oh crap." Tea muttered, gripping the handle tightly.

"Scared?" yami smirked from beside her.

"A little. But that's not my problem." She said.

"Then what?" he asked curiously.

"My skirt. I have to fix it." She said blushing. Her skirt was flipped and wad showing off her thighs and panties. Yami blushed.

"Then fix it." He said, noticing the stares of other males around them

"I can't. I'm afraid to let go." She sheepishly replied. He placed his hand on her hand and whispered.

"Let go one hand and fix it. I promise I won't let you fall." He said and tea stared at him with surprise. She didn't expect that from him. His face was serious and his eyes assuring. She felt safe with him around. So she moved her hand and fixed her skirt. Like promised, he didn't remove his hand and didn't let her fall.

After some more crazy rides, they decided to play some games. Yami, being the4game king, beat every game and won her a lot of stuff. He knocked over the pyramid of bottles with a ball and won her a giant stuffed lion. Then he played shooting game and won her a huge tweety bird stuff toy. He even knocked a fat man into the tub of water, just to see him fall and struggle to get back on the platform again. They went to horror house, roller coasters, even carousels.

All that time, the smile didn't fade from her face. She was laughing and enjoying the day, just like he intended. At the end of the day, they were loaded with prizes, especially tea. Yami had won in every game he played and he played every single game. Tea was having trouble walking because of all the stuffed toys she was carrying. She couldn't ask yami for help since he was loaded as well. Miraculously, they managed to get to the car without tripping. Yami dumped everything in the back and breathed in relief.

"Whoa. I thought I wasn't gonna make it." He said smirking at her.

"Me neither. But we did. This is the best day of my life." She said happily.

"Mine too." He said. "Now let's get out of here." He hopped into the front seat. Tea sat as well and they drove off.

"Yami, that was a very nice surprise." She said smiling at him.

"Glad you like it." He said.

"But why? Why did you do it?" she asked him the question that had been lingering in her mind.

"What do you mean?"

"You could have spent the day with your friends. Why did you come to spend it with me?"

"Because I wanted to." his answer surprised her. "I wanted to be with you. I wanted to bring a smile to your face. I wanted to see you happy. That's why I did it."

"Wow. I… I didn't know." Tea said in amazement and he smiled.

"And I can safely say mission accomplished. You were all smiles today."

"Thanks to you." she said.

"Yeah. All thanks to me. So what are we going to do now? I can't have that smile gone."

"Don't worry about it. I have to go to work now. And I have to smile there no matter what."

"Where do you work?"

"Burger world."

"Oh, I'll drop you off."

"Thanks."

They reached Burger World and tea stepped out.

"Okay yami, I'll see you later. Thanks for the great day. I had a lot of fun." She said and walked inside. What she didn't notice was that yami didn't leave.

Tea quickly put on her short uniform and got to work. She was a waitress there.

"Where were you? You're late." Her manager snapped.

"Sorry. I lost track of time." Tea apologized.

"Whatever. Just go and take order of those men over there." She pointed to a group of 4 men, sitting. Tea hesitantly walked up to them. They also noticed and stared at with her lustful eyes.

"Hi, can I take your order please?" tea said putting a fake smile. They smirked.

"Yeah. What's on the menu?" one man said, while his eyes hungrily devoured her body.

"Umm, here's the menu. You can take a look at it." She said, handing them the menus. One guy grabbed it but also grabbed her hand.

"Are you on the menu?" he asked.

"No. And can you let me go, please." She said, struggling to free her hand of his grasp. He laughed.

"But what id I especially request you. Then can I get you?" he said.

"Yeah. You seem like the most delicious thing here." Another man said licking his lips.

"I have something more delicious for you." a voice from behind tea spoke. Tea recognized it immediately. It was yami. He came to stand beside her.

"And who the hell are you?" the man holding tea's hand said with annoyance.

"Your host for today. And here's your order." Yami said and punched the guy in the face. He fell back and let go of tea's hand. But yami didn't stop there. He kept punching and kicking the guy all over the place.

This was all too familiar for her. Yami's reaction brought back a memory of someone she wanted to forget. Some guys had ogled her before and seto had been furious. Now, the same situation happened and yami was the one reacting the same way. This worried her. A crash brought her attention back to the present situation. All the customers had cleared the center and were watching yami beat the guy, who was bleeding now.

"Yami, please stop." tea yelled. He turned to glare at her. His eyes shone with so much anger that they had an animal like glint in them. It scared tea.

"Get the hell out of my sight." Yami spat at the men who ran away. Yami grabbed tea's hand and led her outside.

"Yami, what are you doing here? I thought you left." she asked him shock.

"I came to ask you about those stuffed toys. Good thing I came. Those bastards. How dare they touch you? How dare they even think of you? Fucking bastards." Yami murmured.

"Yami, calm down." She said.

"How can I?" he said.

"Why did you react that way?" she was still shocked.

"Because they tried to touch you. They were bothering you so I beat them up. I don't want people touching you." he said the last part slowly and tea's eyes widened.

"Wh… what? She said in amazement.

"Listen tea. I'll… I'll see you tomorrow. Okay? Bye." He quickly said and left, leaving a very, very shocked and confused tea behind.

(The next day)

Tea entered the Burger World and found that things had gone back to normal. The customers were eating and chatting happily. The waitress' were serving. She sighed in relief and walked towards the back. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw yami standing there, smiling at her.

"Yami, what are you doing here?" she asked.

"What? Can't the owner come and visit?" he smirked.

"Yeah. But that still doesn't explain why you are here." She said, tilting her head to the side.

"I am the owner." He said and her mouth fell open.

"What?" she screamed in shock and he laughed. He always loved her reactions.

"Yeah. I bought this place yesterday. So now, I own it. Also, I hired new staff. Come meet all the waitress's." yami said pointing to many girls. Some of them were old ones, but there was a new girl, who tea presumed took her place.

"Oh." Tea said. "Well, congratulations. I'll… leave you to your job then." She said and turned around to leave but he grabbed her hand.

"Don't you want to know what your job is?" he asked.

"Sure." She said. "All the waitress places are full, so I guess, dishes?"

"No, even better. I made you the manager." He smirked.

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