Well, I've restrained Whistler. She's now sleeping peacefuly. But I fear that she'll wake up before I get the next chapter done. Alright, this one's shorter, but that doesn't mean it ain't good!

After the explosion of words, and fists for that matter, that went on minutes before, the place was pretty much silent. Grandpa Mutou came in to check on Tea and he sent Yugi to the pharmacy to pick up some antibiotics for the scracth on Tea's cheek, leaving Yami alone with her to help her recover. Yugi's grandpa also said that Joey said that he, Tristan, and Duke probably weren't going to be back anytime soon, saying that they had "some unfinished business to attend to."

Tea sat on the couch, shaking slightly from the previous events as Yami left to get some things to clean the scratch with. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Koga slapped her, cut her in the process, and broke up with her because she wouldn't give him what he wanted. What's more, Yami had col-cocked him into next week. She figured that anyone but Yami would have snapped first.

Said Pharaoh came back into the room with a small bowl of water, a bottle of peroxode, a cloth and a box of bandages. He set the items down in the table and sat down beside Tea. He noticed that when he took her hand, she visibly twitched.

"Tea, it's alright. You should know that I would never do anything to hurt you." He said calmly.

She looked up into his eyes. "I know, but I'm still jumpy. Sorry."

"Don't be. You didn't do anything wrong."

"Of course I did. I didn't listen to my friends and I went out with one of the worst guys in school. Because of my stubborness I turned Joey and Tristan against me. Now they'll probably tell me, 'I told ya so' and 'why didn't you listen?"

"Yes...they probably will, but right now they won't. Yugi just called and said that he's going to be late because he ran into them on the street and he's trying to stop them from killing Koga. Personally I would have just beat him into the ground, but-"

Tea stopped him in mid sentence as he began to dab at the scratch with the wet cloth. "That's just it. Why did you clock him of all people?" She asked, wincing at the sting of the cool cloth against the raw skin, blood staining the white fabric.

Yami looked into her hurt eyes. Why had he done that? Because she was his friend, of course, but was there something more to it? His mind quickly recalled the first time he had come in contact with Koga, and how he had told Tea that he loved her. He felt a pang of something shoot through his heart. Jealousy? Rage especially when he slapped her. But jealousy? Was he jealous? He shook off the memory and continued to clean the cut.

"Because..." and he paused.

"Because..." she began.

"Because...I care about you Tea, and I don't want to see you hurt. You're a close friend of mine and it makes me mad to see you upset over what Koga did to you. You deserve so much better than him. Koga just didn's see the beautiful treasure in front of him because his mind was clouded over with lust. I would forget about him, Tea. He isn't worth shedding tears over," he finished, wiping a tear that fell down her cheek.

"I'm not crying because of Koga, Yami," she muttered.

Yami was puzzled. "Then why are you crying?"

"Because of what you said, Yami. That was the nicest and sweetest thing anyone has ever said or done for me. Thank you." she said sheepishly, sliding closer to Yami.

Of course Yami still didn't understand, and he was about to ask her why she was crying if she was happy when she pressed her lips to his. It was a simple kiss, just the brushing of lips, and as Yami's mind finally comprehended what she did, Tea pulled away. Only this time, she didn't look happy.

"Yami, I'm sorry, I-" she stuttered and trailed off. She couldn't believe that she had kissed Yami. What was she thinking?

The Pharaoh looked at Tea with confusion evident in his eyes. Why did Tea kiss him? What's more, why did he like it? Tea was a friend of his, he wasn't supposed to do that. "Tea...why?" was all he could get out. His lips were still in shock.

Tea didn't give an answer but she stood and grabbed her jacket and began to head for the door. Yami went to stop her, to ask her why she did what she did, but she was too quick for him and was out the door before he could blink.

When Yugi reached the steps of the game shop, his grandpa had told him that Tea had left abruptly not too long ago. Yami was leaning on the counter when Yugi came in with the antibiotics.

"What happened Yami? Grandpa just told me that Tea left."

"That's just it! I don't know! I've been thinking about it for thirty minutes!" He sighed, frustrated.

"Well tell me what happened."

"Okay. After you left, I went to get some stuff to clean Tea's scrape. When I came back, Tea started to apologize for acting the way she did, blaming herself for everyone getting mad... She asked me why I clocked Koga, so I told her that I did it because I cared about her and that she was a good friend and then I told her that she deserved better than Koga, that he was too stupid to see the beauty before him and that she shouldn't cry because of him. Then she said that that was the sweetest and nicest thing that I had ever said and done for her, and I still can't figure out why she was crying if she was happy, and then..."

"Then?"

"She kissed me."

"WHAT!" Yugi shouted, the sudden outburst causing Yami to nearly fall off the stool he was sitting on.

"What?"

"What do you mean she kissed you!" Yugi asked surprised.

"Exactly what I said! Then she got up and left, upset I might add, and i don't know why! It didn't last long! Yugi, what did I do?"

Yugi was silent, thinking about everything that Yami had told him.

"Did you like it?" he asked finally.

"What?"

"Did you like the kiss? It's a simple question."

"Yes! I mean no! I don't know! I liked it, but I shouldn't have because Tea's a friend of mine and I'm not supposed to think about her like that. What's wrong with me?"

"It sounds like you like her more than a friend. But what doesn't make sense is why Tea would leave upset...unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless she thinks that the feelings she has aren't true. Tea just suffered a bad breakup,. and she goes and kisses you. Thinking that kissing you is pushing her luck and moving too fast, she left to sort out her feelings. She doesn't think that you felt anything from the kiss, and she must think that what she felt was wrong."

"So that's why she left?" Yami asked at last.

Yugi banged his head on the glass counter. "What I'm saying is just let her be tonight. Give Tea some room to think about everything and try to talk to her tomorrow. I'm gonna go drop these antibiotics off at her house. I'm not going to talk to her, I probably won't even see her. But you need to think about all of this stuff too." Yugi said, turning to the door.

"Oh, and one more thing, Yami."

"Yes?"

"Nice shot. You really clocked him." Yugi gave him a thumbs up leaving Yami laughing as he left the game shop.

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