Disclaimer (Pushes button on tape recorder) Kineticfairy owns nothing of the real Yu-Gi-Oh... so without further ado... here is the latest chapter.
Mokuba had gone out of the room when Hansley had arrived to take the child home. Kaiba told him that he would come when Téa had fallen asleep. "What's in the bag?" Téa's voice seemed ragged, as if she had just been beaten and bruised, well in a way. Kaiba looked down at his hand, finger twisting and making the whole bag crinkle. He let the bag go and pushed open the top. It had probably melted; they had all been talking for so long. Mokuba had thankfully kept the conversation going. If Kaiba had been alone with Téa he probably would have split after seeing how she was doing. He pulled out a large container of white and handed it to her, it was cold against her fingers and palms, he handed her a plastic spoon. "Ice cream?" he shrugged.
"Mokuba's idea... I thought you might prefer that to hospital food."
"I wasn't complaining... thanks." suddenly her face twisted, as if she were going to cry. She pressed her hand to one side of her face and squeezed her eyes shut. Tears beaded on the corner of her visible eye. He didn't know what was happening, did he do something to offend her... or was he making her feel weak? "Aki is getting married, to Yukari. He told me before Mokuba came in. Nine months..." she muttered. "Maybe I should have waited to tell him I love him." she chocked on her tears.Kaiba took the cup from her right hand and the spoon from between her fingers in her left. She wiped her tears away with her fingers and looked at him, there was this soft smile forming on his lips, not high enough to show it was a smile, but just enough to know it was there. She frowned and apologized. "I shouldn't be telling you this... I just... I wish I had been smarter, Cole was a mistake... but he was the best mistake I ever made and I no longer regret getting pregnant... it was all worth it to know I have a healthy son."
"I saw him... he looks most like you." she smiled at that, Kaiba was being helpful and she was forcing her issues on him, she was rude and overbearing.
"I'm going to get my own place, Seto, so that I won't be in your way."
"Say it again." it was a silent plead, the corners of his lips descended and he looked at her and she shrugged.
"Say?"
"My name. Please?" she didn't understand but she humored him.
"Seto." he sighed and took her hand, the warm one and pressed it against the side of his face, she looked even more confused now and she could see tears bead on the corner of his eyes.
"Don't leave Téa. I—I need you there, at the mansion." she watched his eyes open and she reached up, feeling silly laying in that bed, and brushed away the droplets lingering at the corners of his cobalt eyes.
"What are you saying?"
"I have feelings for you. I don't know where they came from, but they are strong and they are real and… you have so much on your shoulders as of now, I don't want to force something like this... but... whatever these feelings are I don't—I don't want them to go away, if you leave they might fade. This is the first time I've felt something real in a long time, you made me feel this way."
"Seto... I can't—"
"Feel for me." he interjected, sensing she didn't feel the same, whatever feelings he was feeling. It was just too soon for her, he knew, she had just had a baby and the man she thought she loved was engaged and Yami... he had seen him, lagging behind Yugi Moto. "Do you still... love him?"
"Yami? No… he had lots of times to share my feelings, had many chances to do something about it, but he chose to evade me every step of the way. Things are normal without him." She pulled herself up and cupped his face with both hands. "I can't say I don't feel for you... I have these feelings inside me, they won't go away and I— I don't want them to go away either. I'll stay... if you'll have me." This time he didn't bother to hide his smile, but it faded quickly when she leaned in and pressed her lips, softly and briefly against his. Their first shared kiss. If you could call it a kiss, he wished it had lasted longer, but at this point, he'd take anything she would toss his way. He sounded desperate, he felt desperate. She leaned back against the bed and her eyes dropped closed. "Good night, Seto-kun." she whispered, eyes still shut. He brought out his hand and stroked her soft russet hair once.
"Sweet dreams Téa." He got up, took the ice cream and placed it back in the bag, he dragged on his trench and took the bag again and went to the door, switching off the light and moon light bathed her still figure under heavy white covers, she would come home... to him. She knew how he felt and she felt the same for him or perhaps a little different, more or less. He walked out of the room, shutting the door quietly behind him.