sorry for the very, very late update. i had guests over and you can fighre out the rest. i never got a chance to even touch the mouse. any way, now that they'r gone, i can go back to updating my stories. sorry you had to wait so long. but here's a new chapter. enjoy.

disclaimer: "i do not own yugioh."

"talk"

'thoughts'

"What?" marik yelled in shock at yami's response.

"Are you feeling well?" malik asked.

"What kind of joke is it man?" duke said. Yami growled in anger.

"This is no joke. I really do love her. And I am warning you guys. Stay. Away. From. Her." With that, yami exited, leaving some very confused teens behind.

"Can you believe that?" malik said in shock.

"We've lost him." Bakura said. Then an evil smile appeared on his lips. "Let's see how long this love lasts."

"Wow yami, that was so much fun." Tea said as she and yami stepped out of the arcade.

"Yeah. You're pretty good at video games. I didn't know." Yami said and tea laughed. Yami couldn't keep his eyes off her smiling face. She was so beautiful, so pure, so lovely, so angelic, so…

"Yami, why are you staring at me like that?" tea noticed his stare and asked.

"Have I told you that you're beautiful?" yami said with the same glazed look in his eyes.

"I think so." tea said with a blush on her face.

"Let me say it again. Tea, you're the most beautiful person I have ever seen." Yami's words made tea's hurt happy and sad at the same time. She wanted to hear these words, but from someone else's mouth.

"Thanks." She managed to say.

"Tea, do you consider me your friend?" yami asked and tea slowly met his gaze.

"Of course yami. I consider you my best friend." She honestly replied. During the past couple of weeks, they had spent a lot of time together and had gotten pretty close. He had made her forget about her pain and brought a smile back to her lips. He was a true friend.

"Tea, I want to be something more then just a friend to you." yami said and tea's eyes widened. Did he mean what she thought he meant?

"What do you mean yami?" tea asked, dreading the answer.

"Tea, I have grown quite fond of you. In fact, I can't bear to be away from you. You're in front of my eyes when I am awake and in my dreams when I sleep. Tea, I really like you and would like to extend out relationship from friendship to something much more precious." As he spoke, tea gazed deep into his eyes. She found warmth, care, protection, fondness, appreciation, and endless love only for her, something she always wanted to see in seto's eyes. She could tell yami loved her, but did she love him?

She trusted him but did she love him the way she loved seto? No. She knew she didn't love him. She admired him and liked him, but only as a friend. Should she say no to him? Should she break his heart just the way seto broke hers? No. She couldn't do that to him. She knew first hand what it felt like to have your heart torn apart and she didn't want yami to experience that. She didn't want him to go through the torture she went through.

"Tea, will you go out with me?" yami asked. Tea snapped out of her thoughts and stared at him. His eyes now held fear, fear of being rejected.

"I'd love to." tea finally said. Just because she couldn't get her love didn't mean yami shouldn't get his either.

"Cool. I'll pick you up at 7:00pm tomorrow. Is that okay with you?" yami said excitedly. He was having trouble keeping in the joy that he was feeling at the moment.

"Yeah. It's perfectly fine with me." tea said. Yami

"I'll see you tomorrow then. Bye." Yami said and leaned forward to slowly plant a kiss on her cheek. After that, he left, leaving tea to muse over her decision.

Tea stepped out of the bathroom, clad only in a towel. She walked towards the closet and tried to find an outfit for her date. Today was the day she was going out with hi.

"Oh man, it's already 6." She yelled in frustration and grabbed a black skirt. Along with that, she picked out a tight, red spaghetti strap shirt. She quickly dressed in her outfit and started to blow dry her hair. She was planning to wear them up, but seemed like she didn't have enough time. So she let them hang down her shoulders and proceeded with light make up.

"Ding dong." The doorbell rang.

'Who could that be?' she wondered. 'It can't be yami. It's too early.' She slowly opened the door to reveal none other then seto.

"Se—kaiba. What are you doing here?" she tried to sound angry but failed miserably.

"Tea." he growled her name and pushed her inside the house, closing the door behind him.

"What are you doing?" she asked in anger.

"No. What are you doing?" he yelled. Tea flinched the tone of his voice.

"What do you mean?"

"Don't play dumb. Why the hell are you going out with yami?" seto had heard mokuba talk to yugi about yami's date. Out of curiosity, he asked who was the "unlucky" girl and found out it was tea. Without a single word, he marched out of the mansion, towards her house. And so, here he was.

"I have every right to go out with whoever I want to. Beside, who are you to question my decision?" he ignored her question and stepped towards her.

"I told you to stay away from him," he growled like an animal as he inched towards her. She moved back but he was quickly on top of her. He grabbed her arms and pulled her towards him, crushing her small form against his.

"Kaiba let me go." Tea demanded as she struggled against him, but he only held her closer. God, how he had missed her, the feel of her body next to his, the feel on his skin against hers.

"Seto… call me seto." he whispered in her ear and licked her earlobe. A shiver of pleasure ran down her spine. He grinned.

"Please, leave." Tea begged him. It was hard enough for her to control herself with him so close to her. Now with his touch, she was losing control over her mind and body. She knew if this continued, she would end up hurting yami.

"Don't do it," he whispered again.

"Huh?" she asked, confused.

"Don't be fooled by yami's change of behavior. He wants nothing more from you then your body."

"And how does that make him any different then you?" tea said hotly and pulled away form his touch. Seto stared at her in bewilderment. How could she say that? He was different then yami.

"Don't you want the same from me?" tea spoke again. "You use me to satisfy your needs. And that's okay with you. But when yami does the same thing, it's wrong all of a sudden. Why? Is it because it's not you? Tell me." tea demanded. But seto had no answer for her.

"Seto, I gave you my heart and what did you do? You shattered it. Yami picked up the pieces and mended it. He healed the wounds you inflicted. He helped me when you pushed me away. He was there for me and you weren't." her words set him on fire. His mind clouded with rage and jealousy. Yami had poisoned hr mind with hatred for him. Tea still continued, ignoring seto's reaction.

"When I see into yami's eyes, I see caring, I see passion, and I see love. And when I try to see in your ryes, I see hatred, anger and lust."

"You don't understand. I…" seto began but she interrupted him.

"Do you love me?" her eyes gazed into his for any kind of sigh, but found none. He wasn't sure what to say.

"Do you love me?" she asked again, as tears began to form in her eyes. He stood there with an emotionless face. She turned away from him.

"Then leave. I have nothing more to say to you and nothing more to hear from you." seto extended his hand to touch her, but then pulled back. Taking one last look at her sobbing form, he left the house.

"Tonight was great. I had the time of my life." Tea said to a smirking yami. They were standing over a bridge in the park, enjoying the silence of the night. So far, the date had been perfect, much to yami's pleasure. He had bought out the whole hotel for the night, not wanting anyone to interrupt them. After dinner, they had danced to the music, played by an orchestra that yami had hired especially for the night.

Everything had been perfect, except one thing. Tea. She looked gorgeous as ever and was smiling as well. But yami detected a hint of sadness in her behavior. She seemed distracted, as if thinking about something. Little did he know it was someone.

"Tea, this was the best night of my life too." He admitted to her as he turned her body to face him. The moonlight reflecting off her face made her look like a glowing angel and he felt his heart stop at the blissful sight. She was beautiful, from her shinning blue eyes to her rosy lips. He slowly leaned forward to kiss her, when she turned away, guilt and pain evident in her eyes.

"I'm sorry yami, but I can't." she slowly said. Ever since seto's visit, she couldn't stop thinking about him. She had been trying to hard to forget him and get on with her life. She had thought she was over him, but his one visit proved to her that she still loved him, still crave for his touch and still wanted to be with him. And with these thoughts in her head, she couldn't bring herself to kiss yami. She felt like she was betraying herself, seto and yami.

"Tea, all night I tried to look for the joy in your ryes that was in my eyes, but found none. I knew you were sad about something but I didn't know what. Tell me, is it because you're with me?" yami asked in a low voice.

"No yami. It's not because of you. I like you a lot, but only as a friend." Tea admitted in a guilty voice.

"Then why did you agree to go out with me?" a confused yami asked.

"I… I…" she wasn't sure if she should tell him the real reason, that she went out with him out of sympathy. Yami noticed her discomfort and bowed his head.

"Who is he?" yami asked, shocking tea completely.

"Huh?" she pretended she didn't know what he was talking about, but yami was smart.

"I know it's someone tea. I can see it in your eyes. I know it's the same person who hurt you earlier."

"Oh yami." Tea whispered slowly, realizing how yami must be feeling right now.

"I always win at everything tea, but I lost your heart and love. I just want to know who managed to steal you heart before I had a chance. I want to know who is the lucky man who had you even when lost you. Please tea, tell me."

"It's… seto." tea finally said. Yami's eyes widened in shock. He couldn't believe it was kaiba all along. Then a small smile appeared on his lips

"It's funny. Kaiba's most precious thing was his title of game king, but I took that away. And now he settled the score by taking away the most precious thing to me."

"Yami, I'm sorry. I should have told you earlier." Tea said. Yami smiled.

"It's all right. I am not mad at you. I know you did it because you didn't want to hurt me."

"But I did. I did hurt you."

"Tea, don't think that. I'm glad we got to be close friends. And I want us to be that way. Ok. Now go to kaiba and tell him how you feel. I know you've been avoiding him."

"Yami, thank you so much for understanding." Tea said as she hugged him. Yami wrapped his arms around her and held her closer. He didn't want to let go, but he knew he had to.

"And don't worry about me. I'm still hot and desirable. I'll find someone soon." Tea smiled and walked away, leaving yami alone.

"Yeah. I'll find someone else soon. But she'll never take the same place you have in my heart tea." he silently whispered to the night.

"Hey tea, I thought you were on a date with yami. What are you doing here?" a confused mokuba asked tea as she entered the kaiba mansion.

"The date's over mokuba. And I'm here to see your brother. Where is he?" tea asked.

"That might not be a good idea." Mokuba slowly said.

"Why?" tea asked with a racing heart.

"I don't know what happened to him. But he went out for a walk and when he came back, he was pissed. He marched straight into the bar and has been in there ever since. I heard a lot of crashes and glass shattering. I'm worried. I tried to call to him, but he doesn't respond." Teas noticed the sadness and worry in mokuba's eyes and felt guilty. She was the reason seto was acting this way, and now mokuba was worried too.

"I'll go talk to him. Where is the bar?" tea asked. Mokuba guided her to a door and handed her a master key to open the door.

"Good luck." He said and walked away. Tea took a deep breath and opened the door. The room was dark and cold. She stepped in and tried to find seto.

She found him sitting on a stool; shoulders slumped in a defeated posture. All around the room, shattered bottled and glasses decorated the floor. He had an almost empty bottle of wine before him and a glass, half filled in his hand. She began calling his name but stopped when she heard him speak.

"Love. What the hell is that?" he was talking to himself, obviously in drunken state. "I don't know what kind of shit is it. All I know is that I want her. That's all I want. She has taken over my mind and my life. I can't stay awake without thinking about her. I can't sleep without dreaming about her. I can't live without her." tears pooled in tea's eyes at his words as he continued.

"I care about her. I want to protect her. I want to hold her, want to hug her, want to kiss her, want to make her laugh, make her smile, make her mine for all eternity. But why don't I love her?" he said and lowered his head on the counter.

"You do love me." tea whispered. His head snapped up at the sound of her voice. He turned around and stared right at her.

"Great. Now I'm dreaming with eyes open." He laughed bitterly.

"You're not dreaming seto. I am here." She said. His eyes widened as she walked closer to him.

"You're… here?" he asked, unsure.

"Yes seto. And I heard everything. You do love me. You've always loved me, you just never realized it." she said and stood before him. He extended his hand to touch her and when it didn't pass through, he wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his face in her stomach.

"Tea, don't leave me. I don't want to lose you again," he said as he tightened his grip on her, fearing she might leave again. Tea hugged him back and whispered.

"I don't want to leave seto. And I won't leave. I can't leave. I love you and want to be with you." she bent to his level and kissed him passionately, proving her point.

"I missed you." seto said with a smile. Tea smiled in return.

"Seto, yami knows about us." Tea said, hoping he wouldn't get mad.

"Doesn't matter. I want to tell everyone that you're mine and always will be. So no one can hope or dream to have you." tea smiled at his words.

"I'm just happy to be with you." tea said, hugging him.

"What about your love theory?" seto asked, dreading the problem might pop up in future. Tea noticed his discomfort and smiled.

"I don't care about it right now. We've got out whole life ahead of us to think about it." she said and seto smiled in appreciation. He wasn't sure what love was, but he hoped it was what he felt for her.

Lucky for him, it was.

ta da. this is the last chapter, at least i think so. i mean, there's nothing more left to say or write about. or is there? no, i guess there isn't. so, what did you think of the ending? it's kind of sad for yami, but happy for seto and tea. any way, you can't make everyone happy, can you?

please review and let me know what do you think of the ending. i can always change it to your liking. so, please review.