Disclaimer: (Opens her arms wide and goes flying backwards, clutching HUGE Kaiba and Téa plushies! Squeals as she goes flying backwards.) Hooray! Giant Kaiba and Téa and they're all mine! (Slams into the wall) Ohh… ow… so fun. (Huggles her big plushies) Thank you, Mog! Here is chapter 28… I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Blah… blah… blah.

Zahra followed Yami to the bench and they sat down, the others were walking around and they had slipped away only moments ago. She held the doll in her hands and looked up at him as he leaned back and closed his eyes. She set the doll down and drew her legs up onto the bench, tucked behind herZahra grabbed hold of his hand and his eyes opened and he looked over at her. "You've been quiet." She said softly. He didn't respond, his fingers closed around her hand and he gave her small hand alittle squeeze, closing his eyes again. "You're thinking about her—aren't you?" his eyes flew open, the brilliant of the violet contorting with the gold of the sunlight. He looked at her and she looked sad. He slipped his hand from hers and shoved it into his pockets. "It's okay, Yami."

"No, it isn't Zahra. I shouldn't do it; she made it clear enough that she didn't want to be with me. I sort of feel like it was a waste to come back here. We should have stayed in Egypt."

"I won't accept that you've given up! You are not a quitter… things got in the way, her child and everything. You need to pick yourself up out of the dirt and dust yourself off and get back in there until she understands that you're real about the feelings you have."

"Zahra…" his gaze went skyward and he shook his head before looking back at her soft dark face. "What about you?"

"I get it, Yami, I'm not the one you want, but… we're still friends."

"Never question that. You were there for me when I was lost in Egypt, without you and Doctor Z, I'd probably still be wondering out there." She smiled at him and leaned forward, her hands ever so gently cupping his face. She quickly pressed her lips to his, held it for a second then pulled away, smiling shyly at him.

"Go be happy." He nodded and got up and traced his finger under her jaw before running off. She pressed her hands against her face and took a breath. Did she have to be so selfless when it came to him?

Yami pushed through a crowd and skidded to a halt. Why was he abandoning everyone when he wasn't even sure where Téa was? He buried his hand into his pocket and yanked the cell phone out and dialed her number. He wondered if it was still the same number, he waited while it rang...

Téa's pinky finger hooked around Seto's and he cast a glance at her and she smiled. "I'm ready to go home." Mokuba suddenly announced, dropping onto a bench and pulling his sneaker off. His brother frowned, as if he really did anything but and looked at Téa.

"Yeah, me too." She said raising both her arms above her head, stretching. She let out a yelp as he wrapped both his arms around her stomach and pulled her to him; he was about to kiss her when her cell phone went off. Mokuba let out a sigh of relief.

"Both of you are trying to blind me or make me sick, I swear." He put his sneaker back on and announced he was going to run to the bathroom. Seto took a seat on the bench as Téa gave him a look. He shrugged and leaned back.

"Hello?" her eyes widen when she recognized the voice on the other side. Her lips formed the first part of his name, but no sound came out. The other side was a little staticy, perhaps from all the people who were passing her with their own cell phones out. Her grip tightened slightly on the pink plastic.

"Where are you?" she could hear him ask over the line. Her whole body was shaking, the sound of his voice, the flood of old feelings, like an old scar opening and blood pouring over the skin.

"Here." She could hear herself say. She just wanted to hang up, push him out of her memory. She hadn't seen him since before the family gathering.

"Where's here?"

"The Hina Matsuri."

"Me too, with Yugi and everyone…" Yugi and everyone…? Joey must have brought them along while he treated Serenity. She took a deep breath concentrating, she had to be strong, but that was hard to do when Yami made her feel so weak.

"Don't find me." She hung up quickly and looked at her boyfriend who was throwing her a concern look. She pocketed the cell phone again and she walked over to him, her hands slipping into his. He closed his fingers around hers, his thumb pressing against her index finger's knuckle.

"Are you all right, who was on the phone?"

"No one, wrong number." His eyebrows knitted together. "I'm okay, really it wasn't anyone." She bent down and locked her lips with his. He released her hands and brought them up to her back, running them up the arch of her back as she bent over him, her own hands slipped up his shoulders and he suddenly pulled her to him, deepening the kiss, absorbing her body heat. He had developed a liking for kissing; it was his favorite thing to do with her. Her hands traced up the back of his neck and her fingers tangled in his soft russet hair.

Yami came running up and through the parting of the crowd and much to his surprise he could see her, the woman he loved and hands wrapped around her back, pressing against her shoulder blades. He could actually feel his heart sinking from where it sat and as it fell he could also feel his chest tighten so that his heart wouldn't be able turn back. He shut his eyes tightly and it had to be the worst pain he had ever felt, there was no comparison to what he was feeling at this moment, his eyes opened, glazed over with tears, but through blind eyes he could see her pull away and straddle his lap, the crowd swallowed them whole but after a moment the crowd scattered again. The man was Seto Kaiba, his face pressing against Téa's, this strange look on his face, strange only because it was never really shown, anyone could imagine a smile but to witness it, on Seto Kaiba, none the less, it was shocking, he looked content to be holding the girl of his foe. She moved off his lap when Mokuba came running towards them. She grabbed his hands and they walked over to meet Mokuba halfway. Yami turned on his heel and decided to go back to the apartment. He didn't want to be here anymore. He simply couldn't understand why she was with his and Yugi's rival? How did this happen? He had to find out. That was all to it.

I know it's short… but I've kind of ran out ideas… I wanted to make it longer and I tried and failed. I'm upset with myself too don't worry. Oh… I think I'm going to start needing more space between writing so I can have more ideas, don't worry, I still know which direction the story is going.