Disclaimer: "I do not own Yugioh."
"talk"
'thoughts'
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"I'll see you guys later. Bye." Tea waved to her friends who smiled and waved back.
"Bye Tea." Yugi said with a cheerful smile.
"Yeah. See ya later." Joey replied and, he and and yugi left, talking amongst themselves. Tea saw them disappear and then proceeded to walk towards Kaiba mansion. The security guard at the main gate let her in after hearing her name, and Mokuba greeted her at the door. He was waiting for her. She apologized for her late arrival but he assured her that it was okay. He then led her to Seto's room.
Seto felt someone enter his room. "Mokuba, is it you?" He asked. He was sitting on his bed, his head resting against the headboard.
"Yup, it's me Seto." He said energetically. Seto frowned but because of the bandage, it was not visible.
"Since when do you wear girls perfume?" He asked dryly. Tea was surprised at his sharp senses.
"I don't Seto." Mokuba said as a matter-of-factly.
"Then which bimbo did you bring with you?" Seto said sourly, crossing his arms over his chest. Tea felt like yelling at him and telling him that she was no bimbo but Mokuba turned to her, begging her to stay quiet.
"That's not a nice thing to say to you caretaker Seto. I picked her myself. She is really good." Mokuba said in the same cheerful tone.
"I told you before Mokuba, I don't need anyone. I can handle myself." Seto stubbornly replied. Now Tea decided to say something.
"No you can't. You probably can't even go to the bathroom without someone's help." His head turned sharply in her direction.
"Who are you?" He asked rudely. Her voice had sounded somewhat familiar.
"Ask me nicely and I may consider answering." She said with the same arrogance.
"Nice? You must be hit in the head to ask that of me. What is your name girl?" He scoffed and asked. His voice was commanding, and it was annoying Tea to no end.
"I said, ask me nicely. Did you lose your hearing too?" She replied.
"At least I still have my brain, unlike you." His triumphant smirk made Tea want to choke him, but she restrained herself. She was here to take care of him, not injure him further.
"Since you guys are getting along so well," Mokuba said, slowly backing away, "I'll leave you two alone. Have fun." He ran out, without turning back.
"Mokuba, where are you going? Don't leave me with this idiot." Seto yelled in panic but Mokuba was already gone.
"Why are you screaming? I should be the one crying cause I'm all alone with an arrogant maniac." She said.
"Maniac? Where are you from?" How could she call him a maniac? He was an arrogant jerk, he admitted, but not a maniac. She had to know that. Did she even know what the definition of maniac was?
"I am from Domino, genius." She said. His eyes widened.
"Then you must know me. Still, you wish to make your life a living hell?" He asked in a somewhat warning tone.
"As long as I make yours hell, I am happy." She cheekily replied.
"You must be very happy then, because our have achieved your goal just by stepping in this room."
"I know. Am I good or what?" She said with a small laugh. "Ok enough chit chat. We have a long life ahead of us for that-." But she was cut off by Seto.
"Speak for yourself. If I have to spend another minute with you, I'll commit suicide." He was acting like a child. Tea sighed.
"Fine with me. One less jerk in the world. Since you will be gone shortly, let me make the last few hours of your life comfortable." His mouth hung wide open.
"I'm not letting you touch me girl." He said, his body tensing slightly as if preparing for an attack. He was acting like a scared little child.
"What is your problem? I only want to help." She was losing her patience.
"I told you, I don't need help from someone as pathetic as you." Tea slumped in a chair. He was frustrating and had tired her already. How was she supposed to deal with him for days without succumbing to the temptation of hitting him?
"He may have lost his eyes but his tongue works just fine." She thought sourly.
"It works to ward off against morons like you." Tea eyes went wide.
"Did I just say that out loud?" That was the only explanation. He couldn't hear her thoughts.
"You don't know when you're thinking or speaking. How do you expect to take care of me?" He mocked. His smirk only made Tea's mood worst.
"Just for that, I'm not leaving." She folded her arms over her chest, much like him and sank further into her chair.
"It's not like you were going to leave before." He pointed out.
"Whatever." She wasn't going to let him frustrate her into leaving. She was doing this for Mokuba.
"Why are you still here? I don't need you so just leave." He spoke after a lengthy silence. He didn't want her in his room, watching him. He didn't even know who she was.
"I'm not leaving. You say you can take care of yourself. Well, I'm going to call your bluff." She declared.
"It's not a bluff, girl." She was as annoying as Wheeler or Gardner.
"Then prove it. I'll stay right here and watch you." She knew he was uncomfortable with her therein his personal space, watching him.
"I don't have to prove it to you. There is some other reason you're not leaving." He was no fool. There had to be another explanation. Perhaps Mokuba had promised her something big if she stuck with him. He reminded himself to ask the kid how much was he paying her.
"You're right. I want to see you make a fool of yourself." She said with glee. "I don't want to miss the live episode of 'misadventures of Seto Kaiba.' And for all the special fans, an added bonus, 'when a bathroom trip goes horribly wrong." She finished dramatically and doubled over with laughter, much to Seto's distaste.
"Laugh all you want. That is never going to happen." He assured her confidently. Tea only laughed more, making him angrier.
"We'll see when you have to go to the bathroom. You better hope you know where the toilet paper is, or where the toilet is." She added between giggles.
"We'll see girl."
They sat in silence, no sound except Tea snickering once in a while. She may be having fun but Seto was having trouble controlling his natural urges to urinate. He knew if he tried to go by himself, he would surely stumble and bump into at least one thing, and that's what she was waiting for. But if he stayed on the bed any longer, he would be in a much more embarrassing situation. What should he do? His stubborn mind told him to stay but his body screamed at him to go. Having been stuck at the last thread of control, he decided to listen to his body and got up. He could feel her amused eyes on him. Right now he didn't care. He just hoped he would find the bathroom and fast. He really should have spent more time in his room then his office.
Tea watched him walk cautiously, hand stretched for any object. But because of his height, he couldn't touch smaller objects, like the table he was about to bump into, or the stool that awaited his long legs. He grunted as he hit the table. Tea shot up to help him. He may be a jerk but she couldn't just helplessly see him get hurt, not when she could do something about it. She held his arm and guided him towards the bathroom. He didn't protest. Tea figured he had to go badly and resisted the urge to laugh. After taking him to stand besides the toilet, she walked out and closed the door behind her with a loud click so he would know she was out and he had his privacy. Only when she heard the tap close and the door opened did she move again to assist him.
Seto came out of the washroom and felt her soft, small hands hold him again. She was helping him, after all he had said to her. Surprising. She could have taken advantage of his situation and could have embarassed him, but she had been courteous and nice.
She led him to his bed and he sat. He felt her walk towards the nightstand and grab a bowl of soup a maid had brought just before Mokuba had entered with her. The bed shifted on his left, indicating that she was sitting now.
"Open your mouth now. I have the soup. It is still warm so you should eat it now." She informed him.
"I can eat myself. I am not a child." He was not going to let her feed him. She thought she had power over him just because she had helped him once, but she was dead wrong.
"Could have fooled me. You don't know where your bathroom is or when to accept help. How can I expect you to know where your mouth is?" She said cheekily and he supressed a growl of frustration.
"Find your brain first and then ta-." But he couldn't finish his sentence. She had inserted the spoon in his mouth. He swallowed it and opened his mouth to yell at her, but in came another spoon. This time, he turned his head away and spoke. "What the hell are you doing?"
"I'm feeding you. Now be a good boy and open your mouth. Here comes the plane." She was treating him like a 2 year old.
"You're ridiculous. Do you know tha-?" Another spoon. He decided to keep his mouth shut and not give her a chance at all.
"Come on. The plane is ready to land. Zoom zoom." She said. No response from him. She tried again but no avail. He was smart and wasn't going to fall for her old tricks. She would have to do something new. Her eyes flashed with mischief as an idea came to her. She sighed loudly so he could hear her.
"I wish Yugi Motou was in this situation. Then I could have had so much fun." Just as she expected, he turned his head to face her. If he didn't have bandages on his eyes, she would have seen them flash dangerously at her.
"Yugi? What would that midget be good for?"
"He is so cool. He is the Duel Monsters champion and he is so cute. On op of that, he is super nice, not like you at all." She inserted the spoon in his mouth. He was so busy being angry that he didn't notice or protest.
"Of course he isn't like me and he can never be either. He is a midget." Tea felt like slapping him for insulting her friend but didn't. She wanted to torture him more.
"And that hunk Joey. He is so hot." Tea said with a dramatic squeal, much to Seto's distaste.
"Wheeler is nothing more then a sniveling dog." Seto grumbled. He couldn't believe the nerve of this girl, claiming that those losers were better than him.
"He has such a cool body. I bet he works out every day. He must have awesome abs." Tea continued shoving food down Seto's throat while he grumbled.
"He is a weakling compared to me. I can beat him with my eyes closed." Seto boasted. Tea smirked as she placed the empty bowl on the side table.
"Sure. But you can't stop me from feeding you." He suddenly became very still and slowly turned his head in her direction.
"What?" He asked, unsure of what had just happened. Did she manage to trick the Seto Kaiba?
"While you were busy getting mad, I fed you the whole bowl. See, I was right when I called you a child. I distracted you so easily and fed you." She said proudly. Seto didn't say anything. He only grumbled, angry at himself for being fooled by such a simple trick. But she was a clever girl, he gave her credit for that. No one ever managed to fool him, but somehow she had. And she knew exactly how to tick him off. But how? Who was she?
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