Chapter 19

You Again?

Keket hung off of Marik's bed upside-down.She woke up to the chirpy ringtone of her cell phone.

"I'm coming.I'm coming." She groaned rolling off the bed in a lazy fashion.She picked up the tiny silver phone and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Keket?It's Tea.Where the hell are you!" She sounded angry.

"I was sleeping until you woke me up."

"Do you know what time it is?"

Keket lowly looked over to the digital clock she knocked off Marik's dresser.It blinked 12:00.

" 12 o'clock?"

"It's 11:38! Didn't you remember what we had planned today?"

"What?" The thought snapped back into her head. She slapped her forehead. "Oh crap!I'm so sorry Tea.It must of slipped my mind.Where are you?"

"Outside."

"What are you doing out there?"

"Waiting for you to get you lazy ass out of the house!"

"Why didn't you just ring the doorbell?"

"I did.22 times.Now hurry up!I'm parked outside."

"Okay,okay.I'll be there in a second."

It had completely slipped her mind.Today she was going on a girl's day out with Tea.Amazingly, somehow Tea had found out about the breakup and decided to make her feel better.

First stop,the mall.Tea's pick.As usual the place was packed.Tea,with her enormous amount of cold hard cash, repeatedly encourage Keket to forget Marik by buying everything she thought might look good on her.That didn't work.

The two sat down on a bench and watched couples with and without children walk by.Did everyone have a partner but her?Oh wait,Tea's single too.Figures.

"Do you see anyone you like?"

"What?I thought we came here to erase my mind of Marik?"

"Well yeah.Or we could replace him with an even better guy."

"Oookay." Keket watched a pair of blonde-hair,green-eyed twin guys pass by.They winked atthe girlsandKeket rolled her eyes.

"This is silly. I want to go home."She stood up and started walking.

"Huh?Wait you can't leave!You can't just give up on love."

"I gave up on love a long time ago,Tea.And stop talking like that,it sounds corny."

Keket and Tea exited the mall and ordered an ice cream cone from a vender close by.They leaned against the wall of an Italian restaurant.

"I hate this." Keket sighed.

"Hate what?" Tea lifted her head from her strawberry ice cream. "I thought I told you that Marik isn't a part of you anymore."

"And he isn't but-"

"But nothing!Marik doesn't exist anymore!Not in your heart,not in your soul,not even in your vocabulary!"

"Alright I understand.But I can't help but feel a little strange about all this."

"How?...See I knew it! You do need a new boyfriend!"

"Wha?" Keket stumbled back.

Tea's happy expression turned into a hard at work thinker. She started to walk at a brisk pace down the sidewalk.Keket followed speechless.

"Now let's see.Who is available?...Hm.Aha!"

Keket sighed heavily. "Tea, I don't need a new boyfriend."

"Yes you do!"

"Oh really and why is that?"

"You're lonely."

"What!"

"Just face it, you can't handle being alone."

Tea was right.Keket won't last for more than a week. "Who are you thinking about?"

"Yugi."

"Yugi?"

"Yep!He's really sweet."

Keket laughed sarcastically. "And really short."

"Well you have a point there.How about…Joey?"

"Joey?The blonde guy?"

"Yeah."

"I'm not that lonely."

"Okay.There's Tristan."

"Ew."

"Duke."

"Cute but far too into himself."

"True…..Hey!How about Bakura?"

The girls ran across the street to the parking lot.

"Bakura!"

"Yeah.He's perfect for you."

"I can't date him."

"Why not?"

"Because he's my friend. And in case you haven't heard, friends don't date friends! Plus, he's friends with Marik.What if the bastard found out about us?He would kill me."

"And why should you care? Marik doesn't control you Keket.You do. All the decisions you make are up to you. Don't lean on that jerk for help. All he deserves is a good swift kick in the butt."

Keket smiled at Tea's words. She was annoying at times but Keket had to admit. Tea could be quite the "cheerer upper" when she wanted to be.

The two got in Tea's red sports car and spend off down the road.

"So you think you two would make the picture perfect couple?"

"No. I still believe we should remain friends. I don't think it would be fair to-" She looked at Tea. "I just wouldn't like it."

"Right."

"Soooo, where are we going?"

"To Bakura's house."

"Were you even listening to me!"

"If he can't be with you no one can! Keket, do you know how many people thought you guys were going out? More than you can count on your fingers and toes. I'm telling you, you guys need to date."

"But I don't need to date him."

"You're lying. I've seen the way you look at him."

"That's because I'm always talking to him. Let me out! I'm not going with you!" Tea pressed a button to lock Keket's door.

"You're going and you're gonna like it!"

Marik laid on the couch flipping through the channels on the TV aimlessly. His apartment hinted the smell of a burnt breakfast.He was normally a wonderful cook but something just kept nagging at his brain.Keket.

Haven't seeing her in so long erased the feeling he once had for her.He liked staying away.She just caused to many problems for him.

"What the hell is this!" shouted a voice in the kitchen.

"It's called breakfast."

"Well I'm not eating it." The sound of a trash can lid closing caused Marik to smirk a little.

A tall slender white-haired boy , shirtless like Marik,walked around the couch and sat next to him.

"You're not still depressed are you?"

"Whoever said I was depressed?"

"Matt told me what you called Keket at the café yesterday,Marik."

"And your point is?"

"Geez what's the matter with you!Why do you have to have that kind of attitude?"

"I don't have an attitude."

Bakura looked at the floor grimly. "You didn't deserve her."

"You're right.I deserved someone better.Someone who wasn't shy and babish."

"How can you be so negative?What the hell has she done to you to make you so angry?"

"She's a bitch."

Bakura threw down a pillow and stood up pointing."You forced her to have sex with you."

"It was her own damn fault!She could said no."

"And from what I heard she did say no."

Now Marik was standing."Do you think that matters to me?Keket overpowered me!She made me this way!"

"That's a downright lie!Keket can't make you do anything!Besides she-"

The doorbell interrupted their feud.

"We can finish this later." Bakura walked to the door.He turned around and looked at Marik."You better put a shirt on."

"Why? If there's a girl out there? I'm single and I have nothing to loss."

Bakura rolled his eyes and opened the door.

"There are two girls here."

"The more the merrier." Marik took a sip of his coffee.

"It's Tea…..and Keket."

Marik slipped hot coffee all over himself.

"WHAT!"

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"Now Keket all you have to do issmile and flip your hair a bit. I know you can do it." Tea rolled her eyes seeing that Keket wasn't listening to her.

She caught sight of what looked like a fallen angel who was shirtless and tripped.

"Oh my god."

"Tea, are you okay?"

"I've died and gone to heaven." She pointed at Bakura who was leaning against the door post with only a pair of dark blue boxers on.

Keket raised an eyebrow. "Wow.I guess that answers the question of boxers and briefs.Hi Bakura!"

Bakura was about to answer when he was pushed out of the way by Marik who appeared from behind.

"Keket!What the hell are you doing here!"

"Marik!You told me you lived alone!You lied to me!"

"And I bet it won't be the last." Bakura mumbled as he walked up to the two girls. "What are you two doing here?"

"Simple!We came here to see if you would like to go out with Keket." Tea smiled.

Bakura's soft face turned a light crimson and he looked at the tanned girl mouth slightly ajar.

Marik heard the question and gripped the door post.

"OH HELL NO!"