Curiosity Killed the Cat
Lalalalalllalala! That was awkward! Hmmm,…. OK, I'm going to admit something! I wrote all FIVE chappies before I submitted it to fanfiction, so that's why I have no reviews. WAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Only two people have read this story so far and that's AR (of course), and my buddy Lathayan! Go YOU TWO! Ya'll rock!
AR was mortified reading this! Bwahahahaha! Now she needs glasses! Ummm… that really isn't funny cause he/she has glasses already. Oh well, now Ar needs seven pairs of glasses! Bwajhahaha! So dawn the age of glasses people! Hooray! Glasses rock! I've had to wear mine since kindergarten! All around the clock!
Do you know that the number one glasses question that people ask me is "do you wear glasses while you sleep?". (O.O) HONESTLY! They say there isn't such a thing as a stupid question! Pft! Yeah right! Not only is that stupid, it's gay, retarded. Ugly AND fat! (O.O) OK, that was awkward!
If you have read any good stories, can you recommend them for me? I haven't found that many stories lately, and well…yeah! I like all stories rated T and M. Bwahahahahahahaha!
Chapter 5:
"Stupid moronic buffoon faced jack-…WOW!"
Tea came to a halt. She had just exited the woods and emptied onto the said clearing, but she wasn't expecting this!
When Mr. Ishtar said stable, Tea pictured an old barn with a horrible smell. This was anything but that!
It almost looked like a minny mansion! It wasn't wood, it was a beautiful grey stone with vines climbing the edges. The roof was low in one part, but raised in certain points to give a tower effect. It was a slightly darker grey than the walls. It honestly would have looked like a castle, except for the hay sticking out the windows. And instead of a royal metal gate/door, there was a large open wooden barn door. High flowers decorated the outside, as well as trees. On one side of the building, doors and gates led to an open practice field and an old road.
Just like a book.
It certainly cheered Tea up about cleaning the stables.
Heading for the door, Tea looked around for any signs of life.
"Why is nobody here? …Hello?"
No answer.
"Geeze! If no one's ever gonna be in the room I'm supposed to meet them in, why do I even bother?"
"Oh, hello there."
"YIPES!"
Two boys just came out of one of the horse stalls.
"Ryou! You scared the bigeepers out of me! Oh… hello Mr. Moutu!" Seeing the man that was yelling at Tea this morning, drove her back to her senses. She made a quick bow. "Sorry sir! I didn't mean to be late again! My deepest apologies!" I hope that will do.
"Ummm… am I missing something here?" Mr. Moutu asked kind of shyly.
Shyly? Mr. Moutu isn't shy, is he?
"OH! I think you have made a mistake here. Are you referring to Yami Moutu? Because this is Yugi Moutu."
Tea's cheeks burned up. "Eep! I'm so sorry! I won't make the same mistake again! I promise!"
"I-It's OK! Honest, it doesn't really offend me that much."
"Don't worry Te. Yugi is like me. We aren't as strict as our brothers and other members of the club. We won't kill you or anything.
I hope to almighty heaven that he's joking!
"Yeah…Ummm. You can call me Yugi too. I don't much like the formal name and besides, it gets too complicating."
Tea felt herself relax a bit. Ok, that's two people on the friends list so far! Good job Tea! BUT, that also leaves two on the "OK" list and one on the enemy list. Hmmm… I can't really categorize Mr. Ishtar now, so I'll wait a bit on him.
"So Te, what brings you to the stables?"
"Oh! Well, Uhhh… you see. I kinda got in a bit of trouble…."
"WOW! Your first day has barely started and you've already been sent to the stables? What could you have possibly done?"
"Ummm… I sortof slept in and I kinda ate my breakfast in the members kitchen while I was supposed to be doing chores."
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"Wow. That's pretty lucky actually."
"WHAT?"
"Well, normally what you did is pretty serious! You can even get fired for that! Depending on who what when and where that is… in fact, someone did a couple months ago! First day too! He got fired on the spot! But you only got sent to the stables. That's pretty lucky!"
"I would have never thought. I guess it's because I'm working here against my will."
"Must be. But… how much did you eat? By the looks of your clothes, I would guess at two and a half fridges."
"Hahah! Very funny!" Tea said while laughing a bit at the joke as well. "Actually, I came pretty close to that. I had a Danish, cinnamon buns, cereal, muffins"-
"HOLY COW! Stopping right there, that's already twice what I eat! You must really eat a lot!"-
Tea frowned, did they think she was fat too?
-"But how's that possible? You're so slim!"
What? They don't think I'm fat! That's fantastic! Eat that Bakura!
"Uhhh… I guess I have a fast metabolism?"
"Must be. But anyways, you have a chore to do?"
Tea groaned. She was hoping they would forget about that.
"Lucky for you though, the georgez horses are away at a week long tournament and the others are having their yearly checkup. But they'll be returning tomorrow. So, there really isn't a mess seeing as it was cleaned upon the horse's departures."
"Than what should I do?"
Ryou and Yugi smiled up at Tea. "Well Te, seeing as you finished your job, and they stable is fully cleaned, you can assist me and Yugi here at some… "strategic mind learning exercises"."
"Huh?"
"In other words, would you care to join us for a game of cards?" Put in Yugi.
"Cards? You mean to tell me you were playing cards in the stables? Not only the fact that you were in the stables, but you were playing a-a middle class game when you're supposed to be playing "go" or croquet!"
"Do you really care?" Asked Ryou raising an eyebrow and putting on an innocent face.
"Hell no!"
Tea followed Ryou and Yugi back into the horse stall. It wasn't as messy as she thought. It was kind of…cozy. The two had set up a low table off to the side with two bean bag chairs on either side. A stack of cards were in the middle and so were some snacks and drinks. It reminded Tea of what a little boy might think of a fort. The straw on the ground was fresh and soft, and the window let in enough light so a lamp wasn't needed.
"You guys really made yourself at home here, didn't you?"
"Yeah well… sometimes it's nice to get away from the rich life. Too many responsibilities. We come here as much as we can to get a break. It's not like a secret, as it's only a table in a stable, but nobody knows about it. They think we go out to the towns during the times we disappear."
"Do you ever go to the towns?"
"Oh yes, but they get boring after a while. Funny how that works. I mean, this room is just a table and cards, and the towns are filled with hundreds of activities and stores."
"Here! I'll go get another bean bag!" Yugi suggested and ran out of the small room.
"Hey Ryou?"
"Yes?"
"If you let no one else know about your secret "base", why did you let me join the two of you? I mean, we've only just met AND I'm a servant here."
"Oh well… I don't know. You just seemed…nice. I thought we could be friends. But if you don't want"-
"NO! No, I want to be friends with you, I really do, it's just, I don't know. Everything is so confusing! All I wanted was a vacation in the richest town ever and to kick back and relax, but now…I'm forced to work in a club house and clean barns." Tea snorted at her last comment.
"I'm sorry Te. I know you didn't mean to break that vase. But me and Yugi are here for you and I'm sure you'll make more friends in no time. Besides. You get Sundays off and Tuesday mornings! It's not all bad. Only one more day until Sunday." Ryou moved his hand onto Tea's shoulder and gently patted the spot.
Tea felt her shoulder go warm. She liked the feeling but somehow, it gave her shivers. She knew she couldn't relish into the touch any more as Ryou still thought Tea was a boy.
"I'm back! Oh… Am I interrupting something?" Yugi asked with a teasing smile.
"Oh sod off mate! I was just talking to Te. that's all!" Ryou said without any tone of being insulted. He said it rather lightly, like he was repeating an old inside joke. It must have been the case, seeing as both Ryou and Yugi had smiles just short of goofy on. "Don't go making wild accusations you could get killed for."
Tea's face still turned red though.
"You OK Te?"
"Oh what? Yeah, I'm alright."
"Good! Now let's play! With three of us, we can play better games."
The trio sat around the tables and made themselves comfortable.
"By the way, if this is secret, why did you come out when I came into the stables? Shouldn't you have kept your mouths shut instead of ruining your fun?"
"Well, actually, we were worried."
"Worried?"
"Yeah, no one is supposed to be in the stables until tomorrow at least. And no one else comes here but me and Ryou. Plus we heard some angry grouching that we were scared belonged to an ogre."
"Hey!" But Tea really didn't care. She laughed at the joke Yugi made.
"But, won't I get into trouble if Mr. Ishtar finds me not doing my job? I'm supposed to obey all the rules right?"
"Oh for petes sake… Fine. I almighty Ryou command you, Te, to relax and play cards with us untill the lunch bell wrings! Bwahaha!"
"You know, I might have actually believed you were an overlord if not for that cheesy laugh at the end."
"Yeah, well…"
"Hey Te?"
"yeah?"
"Why are you wearing a sweater vest? Aren't you hot?"
"Yeah, that is confusing. Plus, where did you get it? I'm sorry to say that I forgot to tell you about that linen closet."
"Oh, eh heh heh… Uhhh… You see, this morning, I felt really cold so I went looking for someone to tell me where I could get a sweater."- Tea lied about this while Ryou looked away feeling guilty. –"Eventually, I got lost and ended up in a dark purple hallway with weird windows"-
"What! How did you end up there? You shouldn't be in those halls! You could get caught and believe me, that won't be pretty!"
"Well actually, I DID get caught"-
"You did!"
"Yeah, by Bakura."- This time Tea wasn't interrupted, but the look on Yugi and Ryou's face was enough for her to stop. Their eyes had gone wide and they were both glancing at each other.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh! Uhhh… nothing. Just that, it couldn't have been Bakura. It must have been someone else. You probably made a mistake."
"No I didn't! It was Bakura! Believe me, you don't make that kind of mistake. Why does it really matter?"
"Two reasons. One: that's a restricted area and two: Bakura shouldn't be there."
"Why not?"
"Oh it's nothing! Forget about it! We'll discuss it later! Now, go on with the story."
"Yeah, I wonder how much yelling Bakura gave to you?"
"Actually, none! He asked what was wrong and than helped me back to my room. He showed me the linen closet and than ran off."
"That's it?"
"Yep."
"That doesn't make sense at all! He didn't even give you the tiniest of punchings?"
"Nope! Nadda!"
"Something isn't right."
"What's not right? Come on guys! Tell me!"
"No honestly, it isn't anything! Just that, well, you know when you get those bad feelings is all."
"Oh…"
"Now let's play!"
"Yeah!"
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"Two fives"
"One six."
"Two sevens."
"Bull shit!"
"Hey!"
"I'm sorry, but you lose!"
"Why? Or more importantly, how did you know I was lying?"
"Because he wins everything!" Ryou sighed.
Yugi just grinned. "That and you're the worse liar in the world."
"Why am I so bad at it?"
"Well, when you lie, you tend to bite your bottom lip. An obvious trait to distinguish from."
"And here I am thinking you have mystical mind reading powers that can see the future!"
"Oh, I only use that for playing concentration."
All three burst out laughing.
"You know what? I'm started to really not mind coming here anymore! You guys are awesome. It's like, I have friends…"
There was a moment of silence.
"What does that mean Te? Haven't you ever had friends before?"
"What? Oh right! Course I've had friends! Who hasn't! I've got loads! Just a little slip of the tongue! That's all!"
Somehow, Tea knew Ryou and Yugi didn't buy it, but she was thankful they decided not to push the subject. If they knew she was a loner, maybe they wouldn't want to be friends with her anymore. Tea couldn't take that.
DING DONG DING DONG
"Eeek! Oh no! It's the bell! I can't be late for my next chores! Eeeek! And I need time to change!"
"Yeah! And we're gonna be late for lunch"
Tea gave them a plain look. "Oh, poor you!" She said sarcastically. "Whatever will you do? How can you live without your crumpets?"
"You make it sound so minimal! No, I could live without crumpets, but the macaroons! Oh, how I would die without those little delights!"
Tea started laughing. "No seriously, it's just lunch, I mean, I know "I" would die without it, but you two don't seem like the type to go ballistic over a late meal."
"It's not what you think Te. Lunch for us isn't just some jolly tea time. It's actually a board meeting with the club hosts. All seven of us have to be there or else we'll get into trouble! And being late is just unacceptable! In fact, you won't even be allowed in the room unless you're on time! Damn! We should've left ten minutes ago! Now we'll never make it!"
"No! I don't want to get into trouble! I'm not fully cured from the last time!"
Yugi must have noticed Tea's worried look because he quickly explained "just a figure of speech."
"Why won't you make it?"
"Well, the club is VERY big and very complicated! It would take a long time to get there even with the secret passages!"
"Hmmm… if you can't use the main halls or passages, can't you use the servants corridors?"
Ryou thought for a moment. "I've never used them before. Where are they?"
"Well, just follow that short paved path through the forest and it goes to the clubhouse. Than entering the door, you'll find yourself in the corridor."
"Is it close to the barmier room?"
"No, but it's close to the members kitchen."
"Close enough! Let's go!"
"Thankyou Te! And you better hurry too! You don't want to be late for whatever chore you have next!"
"Good luck guys! And I had a really great time!"
Tea sighed as she sat back down on her bean bag. She couldn't describe the feeling she was having.
So happy and loved. She, Tea Mazaki, had REAL friends! At least, she hoped they would stay her friends.
She was snapped out of her senses by a second last warning bell.
"Oh no!"
Tea wipped out her schedule and looked for what she had next.
"DAMN! This thing is so confusing! I don't have time to read it! I'll just go change and figure it out when I'm more relaxed. Tea flipped to the map page and looked for her room.
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"OK! I need to change badly! I think I'll still where the shorts and tie, and yeah, I'm defiantly gonna need another sweater vest!"
Tea wipped everything on and wipped down the hall to the bathroom. She quickly washed her face and brushed her hair back over her eyes.
"I look good!" She said to her self in a deep over exaggerated voice.
"Eeek! But I'm going to be late! Oh no!"
Tea once again took out her schedule and looked at it closely. "Damn! I still don't get it! But look! It says west wing kitchen on today's date. Good enough! I'll learn what I'm doing soon enough!"
Tea darted out the room and headed for the west wing. (looking at the map of course)
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"Sorry I'm late but"-
"No time to dawdle! Now hurry! Grab a tray and get out there!"
"But wait! I don't know what to do!"
The man pointing directions out to everyone in the room sighed angrily and looked at Te. "You're lucky it's your first day! It's simple. You take a tray and go into that room over there. Circle around the table and poor tea to whoever needs a refilling. Always ask. When no one needs a refilling, stand in the far left corner until someone does. When your teapot is empty, come back in here, got it!"
"Yes sir!" Tea said in mock salute. This earned her a tiny half smile from the man.
"Just get going." The man shoved a tray in her hands and pushed her through the door.
Ok Tea! You can do this! Piece of cake! Or should I say piece of crumpets? Tea couldn't help but start a small giggle at the thought. She was still thinking about her new friends and the jokes they made.
But her smile vanished at the scene before her.
Oh…bullshit.
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AC" Bwahahahahahahaha! I am soooo ending it there cause it's already long enough! Don't worry! I will update soon cause my internets screwed and I can't read any stories! IN FACT, THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS WRITE So I will be updating once a week at the least! Well, I'll write like three chappies and update them on Wed.'s or something! Yeah! Go me!
Is it good? I think the cliff anger is kinda obvious though! But I still want to read/write more! Bwahahaha! I love pudding!
Whoever steals my pudding will die a most painful death!
BEWARE! Blah. BLAH!
