A/N: Hey guys! I'm sorry about the sorta late update, I was in New York. I was there since Friday and just got back yesterday, so I haven't had much time. Yay! It's my one month anniversary! Thanks so much to Sai Bakura for pointing that out to me and congratulating me:D I love her reviews, she's always giving me so much credit. I don't deserve it! T.T Thanks to all my reviewers for this last chapter! I'll take a moment to list you out, hopefully to show some of my gratitude! I LOVE YOU GUYS!
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Ch.7 The evil Gandalf of Oz
Kaiba motioned Téa over to him, he didn't need her annoying friends listening in. It was bad enough he had to cover for her, but now they were all shooting him glares and in Yugi's case, questioning glances. It wasn't like him and Téa had a secret relationship or anything. It was an assignment, and unfortunate assignment.
"You rang 'o' supreme ruler?" Téa said sarcastically. After that 'thing' comment, she wasn't in a mood to be nice.
Kaiba rolled his eyes but smirked, "Yes I did. You'll have to pick up Mokuba from school today, he has an appointment at the doctors, so that mea-"
Téa sneezed and sniffed, "Which means?"
Kaiba smirked even more, "Which means you'll also be getting to visit the doctor about that cold."
Téa's cheeks tinged pink, after that display, there was no way she could avoid it now. "Fine, but I'm still not sick!"
"hm, well I won't be sticking around, you'll have to go with Mokuba. I have a meeting that I have to attend, so a driver will pick you up. I on the other hand am leaving at lunch. Report Mokuba's condition to me as soon as you get back. Understand?" Kaiba raised his eyebrow.
Téa gave Kaiba a quick smile. She would have fun with Mokuba, and probably take him out for a treat later. "Crystal."
Kaiba nodded and was around the corner in a flash, she figured he didn't like being within a 10ft radius of her friends for so long.
The 1 minute warning bell rang and Téa turned to leave when a small hand grabbed her arm. She looked down to see Yugi looking up at her wanting answers. She knew she didn't have time for this and waved him and the two boys behind him off. She left to escape into her next class. All through the class she dreaded the obvious truth that she would need to tell the guys, eventually.
Téa never thought she would ever need to be stealthy, but it seemed like a good trait right about now. She peered around the corner to make sure the coast was clear. 'Phew, no sign of the guys...' She moved slowly through the almost deserted hallway. She had let at least 2 minutes pass before she left the classroom. That meant that there was now only about 2 minutes left to get to class, due to her slow pace of course. Suddenly a loud crash of a trash can behind her, signaled she was doomed. 'Damn.'
Joey and Tristan were arguing and Joey tripped over the trash can. Tristan was almost crying and Yugi was having a hard time containing his own laughter. Yugi looked up from Joey and saw Téa sneaking away on her tiptoes. Why, he had no idea.
"'Ey Téa!" Joey yelled, before Yugi had a chance. Joey jogged up next to Téa and watched her turn to face him. "Was' up? You look a lil' pale." He reached up and put a hand on her forehead, "You're hot."
"Jeez Joey, now your hitting on Téa too, what happened to you man!" Tristan joked hitting Joey lightly on the arm.
"AM NOT!" Joey yelled taking a swing at Tristan's face. "I would neva! We're too good 'a friend's righ'?" He gave a goofy smile at Téa who nodded looking guilty. "Maybe you should get checked out, ya know. Ya aint' lookin' normal."
"Ya ok Joey. I'll go to the doctors today, thanks for all your concern. I have to get to class." She gave each one of the boys a small hug then left them.
"Somethin' aint' righ'." Joey said, striking a thinking pose.
Yugi looked up at his friend and nodded, "I was just thinking the same thing."
Tristan threw a fist into the air and looked at the two other boys, "Let operation: Interrogation, commence!"
"I aint' mean ta look down her shirt! It was completely innocent, I swea'!" Joey caressed the side of his face. It stung with the might of a thousand needles. There was a faint outline of a pink handprint right where Téa slapped him. He honestly didn't mean to, it was just so convenient.
"Nice job ya idiot! Now she won't want to tell us what's going on! Great tactics by the way, Sherlock. I'm sure asking her where she was the evening of the Domino High carnival, LAST YEAR, is really going to help!" Tristan fumed as he glared accusingly at Joey.
Yugi was sitting on the corner of the lunch table trying to think of something reassuring to say. Unfortunately he was 100 with Tristan on this one. There was no way Téa would want to talk to them, especially not Joey.
Yugi twitched at the scene when Téa caught Joey staring down her shirt when she was attempting to explain something. She was just about to hopefully shed some light on the situation when, her face turned red in rage, and Joey's, in pain. After that, he wouldn't be surprised if Joey was on her 'must kill' list. Maybe he would have to have a little chat with her on his own. Who knows, it might save a life.
Later that day after a lot of arguing with the doctor and an arrest by security, Téa and Mokuba were at the ice cream parlor. Téa ordered a double scoop of strawberry and chocolate, while Mokuba picked the superman triple scoop. Téa treated even though Mokuba offered, it was an apology for all the chaos in the doctors office.
"That was hilarious! I can't believe you yelled at the doctor you weren't sick, after he ran 3 tests that said you had a fever. Hehe, That was so fun!" Mokuba said, not noticing Téa's sudden stressed expression. It's not like he noticed he was rubbing it in. "Then the security guys had to get us out because the doctor said he couldn't handle such crazed denial!" Mokuba laughed, with a mouth full of colorful ice cream. "I had a lot of fun, thanks Téa. I never have fun when I have to go to the doctors!"
Téa gave a small smile and ate some of her ice cream, "I guess we'll have to get thrown out more often." She joked as Mokuba giggled at her comment. They ate slowly and told jokes and embarrassing stories.
"One Halloween I made Seto come tick-or-treating with me and I was a munchkin from the Wizard of Oz. I told Seto that he had to be something else from the same movie. I told him that the character most like him was Glenda the good witch. I was grounded for a week for that remark. Instead he said he wanted to be the Wizard of Oz, but he ended up looking like a ticked off Gandalf." Mokuba giggled as Téa almost shot ice cream out of her nose.
By the time they finished, their hands were all sticky from the licked off drips of ice cream. They piled into the limo and drove off to the Mansion to see the evil Gandalf of Oz.
"I expect no changes in Mokuba's health." Kaiba said, not looking up from the stacks of papers in front of him.
"Nope, he's perfectly fine. He grew a little taller, but that's about it." Téa said, leaving out the part when she tried to take the documents. It was only so she could show them to Kaiba and he wouldn't say she didn't do anything.
"Good. You're staying home tomorrow I presume." He looked up momentarily to catch the wandering eyes of Téa. He noticed the heavy silence so he prodded on. "Hm? I know I was right."
"Ok, fine! I'll stay home tomorrow." She pouted then turned to leave the man to his work. "Stupid Gandalf."
"What was that!"
"Nothing 'o' great wizard of OZ, nothing at all."
Tuesday
Téa was stuck in bed all day, Kaiba made sure of it. Mokuba begged Kaiba to stay home with Téa and take care of her. Sure he stayed home, but he had everyone but himself do the taking care of part.
He worked the whole day from his office and was on conference calls. He locked Téa in her room except when she needed food. Then he had one of his maids bring her meals so she wouldn't be able to escape.
Téa screamed her lungs out that day. Her throat soon became sore and she was burning up in that damned room. She thought she was going to die from lack of fresh air. Sure the room had a window, but Kaiba had locked that too. Probably to make her suffer. She didn't get any air until Mokuba came home. She almost cried when she saw him. He took care of her the rest of the day and promised to talk to Kaiba.
Tuesdaydidn't help her fever whatsoever, so that meant she would still be at the mansion all day come Wednesday. Maybe Kaiba would grow a heart by then…not likely though.
Wednesday
Kaiba was better today, tremendously better, yet he was still a jackass. He let Téa go out of her room and eat when she wanted to, but he locked her outside for hours at a time. Téa could almost feel herself getting sicker by the second. She didn't see him the entire day. Maybe she needed to take stealth lessons from him.
When Mokuba got home, Téa once again complained, but this time mentioned that Kaiba improved. Once again Mokuba promised to talk to his brother.
Thursday
Téa woke up early that morning and found Kaiba's door open. She saw a sleeping Kaiba in his big comfy black chair. He was sprawled out and his head was lolled over to the side. Téa moved toward him and brushed a couple of strands of hair from his face. She left the room and returned with a light blanket. She laid it over him and went to leave. she took one last look at him and closed the door. She almost regretted leaving. She closed the door and got into a coughing fit. She was still really sick.
Kaiba was just as much of a jerk as he was the previous day, but he did let her roam the house. His door was locked of course, but other than that the maids were ordered to leave her alone. Kaiba had made a few appearances when Téa was eating a meal or snaking while watching T.V. He even sat down and watched some cartoons with her for about 20 minutes. Téa had to shake him awake when his cell phone went off in his pocket. He really worked too much.
The report to Mokuba today wasn't full of hate and loathe like the previous ones were. This time, she felt bad for burdening him. She honestly wished she could help him out, he was way too stressed. Hopefully tomorrow he would make more guest appearances.
Friday
Today the sun shone through the thin, white curtains onto Téa's face. She cursed at the beams of light that penetrated her wonderful sleep. 'Ah well, might as well get up.' Her head hurt as she sat upwar and yawned. Her face was hot and her forehead sweaty, no doubt her fever had worsened. She got up and walked down the hall to see if Kaiba's door might be open. It was.
She peeked in and the bed was empty. Sheets were in a jumbled heap in the center of the bed, there was no way the organized CEO left his bed like this. Téa walked in and saw the light on in the bathroom. The door was cracked a bit so the light poured through. She knocked on the door and there was no answer so she pushed it open lightly.
Kaiba sat on the ground in his dark blue boxers sprawled out with his legs in front of him. His back was up against the wall and his head was cocked to the side. His blue eyes stared at her with a dulled over sort of blank expression.
Téa furrowed her eyebrows and dropped to her knees, "What are you doing?" Téa looked around for anything sharp that he may have come in here with. His position looked a lot like he was ready to commit suicide. She had never seen him awake and looking so vulnerable before.
"I'm not stupid. I tripped and I don't want to get up. I'm too tired to move. So go away." Kaiba said rubbing his eyes and sighing. He felt sick and exhausted. He had been working to hard this week and too long. He would start at 7:00 most mornings until 4:00 in the morning the next day. He at least had school usually, but he did this on weekends too. He should have been used to this by now, but he had companies ending and starting relationships with his company. The reporters never help either. They rarely got pictures, but if his company did something wrong, it was over.
Téa internally sighed but at the same time was more concerned. No matter how much lately she was angry with him, he was still important. Not just to her but to a lot of people, especially Mokuba. 'Hell, everyone is important to me! People are important! But…he is a little more important.' "Well I'm glad you're not killing yourself, but this…" She waved her hand around the bathroom then at him. "…is not ok."
Kaiba rolled his eyes and rested them back on her, "It's not like anyone cares, hell, I don't care." He said his shoulders shaking with light laugher. Lack of sleep was really getting to him.
Téa sat down next to him and sighed, "You are stupid."
Kaiba raised an eyebrow urging her to continue.
"Lots of people care" Téa said suddenly not feeling too comfortable with where the conversation was headed.
"Mokuba maybe. But if I was gone, he would get the company. My employees would probably plot to kill him to get the company though." Kaiba scowled at the thought.
Téa rolled her eyes this time. she shook her head and hugged her legs into her body. "I'm sure Mokuba loves you and cares about you a lot, but there are others you know. I care about you."
Kaiba looked at her with an almost surprised expression. He leaned in to look at her as her almost glared at her. He was searching her eyes, but for what? The truth. She had told the truth though hadn't she? It all of a sudden didn't matter.
Téa's eyes widened as the sky fell and a star hit her on the head. That must have been it, because there was no way Kaiba was kissing her right now.
A/N: And that's it for this Chapter! Ya, I know we need more interrogation from Yugi and the boys, but that will come soon! Things get a heck of a lot more confusing now that Kaiba pulled this little stunt. How else will Téa react to this change? You'll have to find out next time! XD Your turn, R&R! I need lots of reviews so I can update, or else I wont! Hahaha it's up to you! So R&R, R&R, R&R!
Wolfie: "Ah, finally you kissed her jeez! That took forever!"
Kaiba: "It's only the 7th chapter!"
Téa: "Damn, I don't find out if I like it or not until the next chapter…"
Kaiba: "How could you not?"
Wolfie: "I truly don't know…"
Téa & Kaiba: (twitch)
Wolfie: "What?"