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Tea headed out the backdoor. She wasn't even mad at Kaiba, she's known him for a long time, in his own way he was just trying to cheer her up. Besides, no one but Serenity knew how important it was to her to win the money. She didn't want to tell Mokuba she needed money, she knew if she did he would give it to her without a second thought. No she wanted to earn her money, earn her way to her dream. That way no one could say she hadn't gotten it because she didn't deserve it.

"Sucks that you lost girly, should've put out when you had the chance."

Tea turned around, it was one guards from the club. Clearly he was referring to a couple of days ago when the owner had implied that if she slept with him, she would win the competition. She didn't give him a definitive no, rather led him on a bit. She hoped that would be enough to at least give her a fair chance to win. Guess it didn't work.

She began walking away from him. "Hey, I'm talking to you."

"Well I'm not talking to you!"

The guard grabbed her from behind and pinned her against the wall. "You see it's that lack of respect that caused you to lose, and why I'm going to teach you a lesson."

Tea usually carried a small knife in her underwear for moments like these, but since these were Serenity's she didn't have it. She tried kneeing him in the groin, but his legs had her legs separated and pressed firmly on the wall. She looked into his eyes and saw the evil growing in them. She was trapped. He began kissing her neck. She couldn't take it anymore, she started screaming.

"GET OFF MEEEEEE!"

He pulled up her top, pushed down her bra and started fumbling with her breasts. As soon as her last syllable was uttered he took the opportunity to shove his tongue down her throat. She tried to fight back, but he held a firm grip on her. She had just about given up, when she felt him let her go.

Tea's eyes quickly looked at the floor and she saw Kaiba punching the guard. His punches were relentless, he kept going until it seemed he was about to black out. Tea got scared and grabbed a hold of one of Kaiba's punching arms.

"KAIBA STOP! YOU'RE GOING TO KILL HIM!"

Kaiba got off the man, he was about to ask Tea if she was alright when he noticed one of her breasts was still exposed. Upon realizing what he was looking at, she quickly spun around to try and fix herself.

"Are you alright?" Kaiba asked, looking over at the guards body. He was still breathing but definitely unconscious.

"I'm fine. Thanks"

"What were you thinking?" Kaiba said frustratedly. "You're not dumb. You know better than to wander off a dark alley alone in the middle of the night. You might as well be asking to be in that situation."

"What do you think this sort of thing happens only in dark alley's?" Tea exclaimed. "Look moneybags, I can tell you from first hand experience it happens in broad daylight, in a school, and by people you know."

Tea looked away, that comment triggered a memory, she had trained herself to block off for many years.

"I'm sorry." Kaiba said, realizing that there was definitely more to Tea's words, that to be honest he didn't want to know. Not because he didn't like thinking such thoughts, he just hated to know somebody who had been through something like that. "I'm an idiot."

Tea knew it wasn't easy for Kaiba to apologize. "It's alright. Thanks again." She began walking down the alley.

"Where do you think you're going, Gardner?" She quickly turned around, half expecting Kaiba to challenge her to a duel. "You could at least let me take you home."

Tea sighed an air of relief. "I'd appreciate that Kaiba"

They were walking to her house, when a taxi happened to drive by. Kaiba made it stop. They got in and Tea gave her address. Tea was looking out the window. Kaiba wanted to find something comforting to say, but nothing would come to mind. He looked at her wanting to see if by looking at her the words would come, instead he found a fresh hickey. All that made him want to do was go back to the Alley and punch that guard some more. That reminded him, he needed Roland to handle that situation, so he quickly texted him the details and told him to take care of it.

They finally arrived at Tea's house. Kaiba paid the taxi extra to wait as he walked her to her apartment, even though she said he didn't have to.

"Thanks Kaiba, you didn't have to." She said drowsily. It had been a long night and all she wanted to do was sleep. They finally reached her front door, when she realized she had left her purse backstage at the club. It had her phone, keys and wallet.

"What's wrong?"

"My purse it's still at the club, it has my keys and wallet."

"Don't worry, you will stay in the mansion for tonight." Kaiba said definitively.

"No, Kaiba, it's alright. I'll just take a taxi to the club and get my purse."

"What makes you think it's still there? Besides, after what you've been through you deserve to be around friends."

"So… we're friends Kaiba?" Tea asked jokingly

"Just move Gardner, I'm tired. It's been a long night." Kaiba said, ignoring her comment.

They both got back in the taxi. Kaiba texted one of his men to go to the club and find a purse, and bring it to him first thing in the morning. Once they arrived at the mansion, Kaiba and Tea headed straight for the kitchen. Kaiba wanted chocolate, and Tea wanted some water.

"You can stay in one of the guest rooms, there should be some extra pajamas in there, feel free to use them."

"Oh I know. When you left, Mokuba would let us sleep over all the time."

"Whose us?"

"Oh you know Tristan, Joey, Yugi, Mai, Duke, and Serenity."

"The mutt was in my house." growled Kaiba.

Tea rolled her eyes. "Thank you for letting me stay." Tea said as she got up from the stool she was sitting at, to stand on her tiptoes, and kiss Kaiba on the cheek.

Kaiba looked a little dumbstruck. It surprised him to think of any of Yugi's friends as sweet. At least a sweet he could tolerate.

Kaiba finished his last piece of chocolate and headed upstairs. When he reached his old room, he saw Mokuba was fast asleep in it. He supposed while he was gone Mokuba had decided to take the Master Bedroom. Kaiba moved across the hall into Mokuba's old room. At this point he was beyond tired, he kicked off his shoe, stripped down to his boxers and threw himself on the bed. He hadn't noticed that the shower was running.

Tea had gotten out of the shower, and slipped right into bed. She really liked sleeping naked in the beds of this house. The sheets felt like butter on her skin. She crawled into the bed without turning on any lights, so she hadn't noticed another body lying in it. She slid under the covers, and fell fast asleep.

Seto woke up after only a couple of hours, he was prone to insomnia. He was about to get up when he heard snoring, he turned to his right to see it was Tea. His eyes got bigger, why was she in his bed? The covers had slid off of her shoulders and were barely covering her nipples at this point. Was she naked under there?

Kaiba lifted up the sheet and with the help of the moonlight saw Tea's voluptuous body, slowly rise and fall with each of her breaths. He couldn't stop staring, she looked so peaceful. Almost instinctively, he put one arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him. He pressed her bare chest up to his. His heart beat started increasing.

Tea began to stir and slowly nuzzled her way closer to Kaiba, she was still asleep. Kaiba was scared to even move. He didn't want to wake her, he just wanted to hold her. Almost as if she could read his mind, Tea opened her eyes. She looked into his eyes, and in her dream state, kissed him. What was she doing to him and why? he thought. Kaiba kissed her back. Even though she was awake, she still wasn't fully grasping the reality that was happening. Her mind was finally registered that she was kissing Kaiba. Tea was surprised that instead of pushing him away she kissed him more fiercely. Her arms then began rubbing Kaiba's back and pulling him closer towards her. At this moment Kaiba realized that she was fully awake now. Since she didn't immediately push him off her, he took it as permission to continue full speed ahead. He began exploring her body, he began at the small of her back, worked his way up to her hair, then he worked his way back down to her ass. He gave it a gentle but firm squeeze. As he did this she clawed his back with her nails and let out a moan. She then began tugging on his boxers and pulled them down to his knees. Kaiba took the hint and quickly kicked them off. He was ready to feel her insides, but he also wanted to show her that not all men were bad, that her body deserved to be worshipped. He began to kiss her shoulder, worked his way down to her nipples, and sucked on them ever so gently. Tea, just played with his hair to show her approval. He made his way down to her stomach, he would've gone further, but she closed her legs. No one had ever kissed her down there before, and no way was he going to be the first, especially since she couldn't even remember when was the last time she shaved. He worked his way back up to her nipples, this time giving them a small bite, causing her to let out a gasp. Then he saw it, the hickey that guard gave her. He couldn't let that mark stay as it was; he wouldn't. He started kissing her neck and forcing the mark to change its shape. Tea knew what he was doing, and it overwhelmed her. She never knew he could be so caring, a tear slid down her cheek. Kaiba sensed Tea trembling, which caused him to stop kissing her neck and looked into her eyes. They were watery, did he make her cry? Once again almost reading his mind, she pulled him into a passionate kiss, and then whispered in his ear, 'don't stop.' With that, Kaiba kissed her one more time before he dove into her. This time she let out a throaty gasp. She wanted him to be in her forever, she wanted this to last forever. Finally they both reached the point of no return.

Both of them, now exhausted, embraced each other, and slept like that for the rest of the night.