Chapter 5
"Tea," shouted Gwen and Bobby as they both ran down to greet their nanny.
"Hey you two. How was school," asked Tea.
"Great. Look at what I got." Bobby held up a yellow, paper star, "Teacher said that I did a good job today saying the alphabet."
"That's terrific honey."
"Can we go now? I want to go home and bake cookies for daddy," exclaimed Gwen. Tea smiled, and nodded. All three of them went into the limo, and talked endlessly about their day.
"Are they done yet," whined Gwen.
"Not yet. Just wait 10 more minutes." Gwen pouted, which made Tea giggle and ruffle the little girl's hair.
"Hey," giggled Gwen. Tea wiped her hands on the dishtowel, and proceeded to go and see what Bobby was up to.
"Ok honey. Turn off the video game. It's going to hurt your eyes."
"No," answered Bobby defiantly.
"Bobby," warned Tea.
"No," he shouted. The next thing he knew, the T.V. was off.
"Hey," he shouted to the culprit. There was Gwen, right next to the T.V.
"Gwen, your so mean," he shouted. Gwen smirked, giving off a you-know-it face.
"Gwen, Bobby, no arguing," replied Tea.
"But—"
"No buts. Come on, it's time to get washed up for dinner."
"Is daddy coming home for dinner," asked a hopeful Bobby.
"I'm sorry, but no. Your dad has a lot of work to do." Bobby's face dropped, making Tea's heart do the same thing.
'Poor baby. I've got to make Kaiba stay more time at home.'
The sound of the front door opening and clicking shut was the only sound heard throughout the big house. Footsteps led upstairs, and stopped in front of a door. The figure opened the door, and saw a woman sleeping on the bed of a little boy's.
"Tea. Tea," whispered the figure as he shook the woman to wake up.
"Hm?" Tea opened her eyes, and saw Seto standing above her.
"You're home," she stated.
"Yeah. How were they?"
"Great, as always. You want to stay, or going to bed?"
"I'll stay for a while." Tea nodded, and got up.
"You know, you should have seen your son's face. He adores and misses you."
"I know. Goodnight."
"Night." Tea left, closing the door behind her.
"Daddy," whispered a sleepy Bobby.
"I'm here," answered Seto.
"Where's mommy," he asked. That one little statement broke Seto's heart.
"She's gone," he answered painfully.
"But she was just here a minute a go," Bobby answered. Realization hit him. His own son was talking about Tea.
"She's going to bed. Do you want me to stay?" Bobby nodded; Seto sat down on his son's bed, weeping quietly.
The sun's rays seeped through the curtains, landing on the young man's face. Try as he might, he couldn't block the annoying sun's rays. His hand reached instinctively towards his right, and touched something soft.
'Wait a minute.' He looked at his right, and saw a single red rose lying on the bed.
'Who would have…' He reached out to pick up the precious flower, and found a note attached.
May your soul find peace. That's all it said: "May your soul find peace."
'Gardener.' Anger was rising in his veins. Instead of gratitude, he felt anger.
'Just wait until I get my hands on her.' Seto looked at his clock, and saw that it was still pretty early.
'I doubt that she'd be up. Better talk to her alone than in front of the children.' With one swift movement, Seto Kaiba was out of bed, ready to confront the woman living in his house.
The first thing Tea noticed, as another weight on her bed.
'What the…' She opened up her eyes, and saw Seto Kaiba sitting on her bed.
"How dare you." His voice was seething with anger and venom.
"What," she asked, not registering that he was talking about the rose.
"How dare you butt into my business." That one little comment struck a chord in Tea's mind.
'He's talking about the rose.' "Look, I was only trying to help."
"I don't need your help or sympathy."
"Can't you take any emotions at all? You're going back to the way you were before you met Maggie."
"How dare you. You have no idea what I've been through."
"On the contrary. I know exactly what you're going through. I lost a love one too."
"Like I care to listen. Just stay out of my business Gardener."
"No," she answered defiantly.
"What did you say?" Seto's voice was full of threat and warning.
"I said no. Look, just listen to me."
"I've had enough of your speeches when we were in high school." He started to get up, but not before Tea grabbed his hand and pulled him down.
"What do you think you're doing? Let me go," he ordered.
"No, you're going to listen, and listen good. I know exactly what you're going through. I lost someone who was close to me, someone who made me whole."
"And who may that be? Some male dancer you met in New York?"
"As a matter of fact no. I fell in love and lost Ryou Bakura."
A.N.:
Hey, sorry for the long wait. Load of work and all. Anyways, surprised? Trust me, it took a lot of thinking and reading and inspiration for this to happen. I was actually going to do something similar for my crush on Valentine's Day (I was going to give him a fake yellow rose with my perfume sprayed on it. But, I then realized that I didn't like him anymore. So, I'm not doing it). Anyways, you all know the drill. Bye.