Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

Tea woke up the next morning, she had fallen asleep sitting up. Her neck was sore, from that position. She slowly slid out from underneath Kaiba's grip and gently placed his head back on the bed. He simply grunted and moved, but he wasn't fully awake. She headed over to the bathroom, still massaging her neck. She looked at herself in the mirror as she kept massaging her neck, then she saw it. The hickey that she got a couple of days ago was starting to fade, still pretty noticeable though. It reminded her of that night, which sent a chill down her spine. She quickly washed her face with warm water then headed downstairs. Lucky for her it was 5am, so no one would see that she had slept in Kaiba's room. Even though nothing happen the last thing she wanted was for Mokuba to think something did. As she walked down the stairs that lead to the main entrance, Mokuba was just getting in. When had he left she thought?

"Tea?" Mokuba said nervously. "What are you doing here? I thought you were heading home last night."

"I was… but umm, I hadn't realized how tired I was so I slept in one of the rooms." Not a total lie thought Tea.

"Oh I see. You want me to call Tony for you, so he can give you a ride home?"

"No I'll just walk, besides I need some fresh air." Tea was about to walk out the door when she remembered, "Hey, what are you doing sneaking in here so early?"

"Oh umm, since Seto still doesn't know about me and Anzu, I've sort of been sneaking out to go see her."

"You better tell him soon. If I were Anzu I'd be really hurt you're keeping me a secret from your brother."

Mokuba let out a heavy sigh. "You're right Tea, I'll tell him soon." With that Tea went home to get ready for her day at Kaibacorp.

Mokuba headed upstairs, headed towards Kaiba's room. Tea was right, he thought. It's time Seto knew everything, he'd been lying to him for far too long. He walked into Seto's room, but he was still fast asleep. Mokuba was just about to head to his room when he heard his brother moving around.

"Ahh." Seto moaned, as he slowly sat up on the bed, he was rubbing his head. He had such a piercing headache.

"Hey big bro," Mokuba said.

"Not so loud Mokuba." Kaiba said now massaging his head with both his hands.

"You want me to get you anything?" Mokuba said, this time in a voice slightly above a whisper.

"No, I'm just gonna take a shower and head to the office." Kaiba said as he went to the bathroom and slammed the door behind him.

I guess I'll tell him another time. Mokuba was both relieved and overwhelmed at the thought. He finally managed to get some courage, but Seto's hangover got in the way.

Kaiba forced himself to take an ice cold shower. He'd only been this drunk one other time in his life. He knew his limit, if he hadn't drank that last martini, he wouldn't have been fine. He didn't even remember how he got home last night. He remembered vaguely kissing some random girl, but everything after that was so hazy. He also vividly remembered the scent of gardenia flowers.

Kaiba got changed and headed downstairs. Mokuba was eating cereal and reading the morning paper on his Tablet.

"Hey Mokuba, do we have any more of the pastries Mrs. Lucy sent over?"

"No Seto, remember you ate it all."

"Right." Kaiba said as he only served himself a cup of coffee, how could he forget he ate them all almost in one night. He looked over at Mokuba, who seemed worried.

"What wrong Mokuba?"

"You, Seto." Mokuba said as he pushed the tablet towards him and pinched the bridge of his nose.

Kaiba looked at the headline on the tablet "Billionaire Playboy Loses Control" underneath it was a picture of him throwing up, while the girl in the red dress looked horrified in the background. The night slowly came back to him, he remembered being dragged out of the club, feeling his face on the carpet of his limo, and then he remembered sleeping on someone? Could it have been Tea, the scent he remembered was definitely something he smelled on her before.

"What's gotten into you lately Seto. Not only do they talk about last night, apparently other witnesses say they saw you with some girl a couple of days before buying the morning after pill. If you keep acting like this our stock will fall and so could our company."

Mokuba was right, he was acting reckless. "You're right Mokuba, there's no excuse to continue acting this way. I'll reach out to our PR department to see if they can do some damage control."

"Seto you and I both know that only other time you acted like this was when you and Anzu broke up. Have you seen her? Did something happen between you too?" Mokuba asked. Did Seto already know about him and Anzu?

"No, I haven't seen her since I left. I haven't even called her."

Mokuba was relieved. But what had pushed him over the edge? "Is this about that girl you told me about?"

"No, I just had a bad couple of days, worst part is the Japanese press is everywhere. Don't worry I'll fix this." But it was about a girl, Tea had somehow managed to consume his thoughts in such a short amount of time. When he first arrived, he was terrified that he would look up Anzu and try to work things out with her, but ever since that night with Tea he hadn't even given her much thought. Tea managed to get Anzu out of his head something he had been trying to do for the past five years.

"Let's get to work Mokuba." Kaiba said, finishing up his coffee. They headed into the limo. "Ughh, why is there a weird stain on the limo floor?" Kaiba asked.

"Well when Tea and I were dragging you out of the club, you fell face first into the limo. There must've still been some throw up on you that rubbed off in the limo." Mokuba said holding in a chuckle. Kaiba just glared at him.

"So did Tea, stay the night? I didn't see her this morning."

"Ya, she actually said she was going to go home, but this morning I saw her leaving really early."

So that's why Kaiba remembered smelling Gardenia. Did something happen between them, he couldn't remember. He really needs to get it together.

Kaiba and Mokuba spent the whole car ride answering a bunch of emails. The PR department determined the best course of action was to donate to a big charity, and later tonight announce the release for the new duel disk system. Kaiba planned on announcing the release as soon as he managed to open his company in America, to help promote the new American chapter. At least now that he was announcing it before Mokuba's graduation the transition for him to go full time should be easier. People will be excited for the dawn of a new era for Kaibacorp.

When they arrived at the company Mokuba and Kaiba still had other important things to talk about, including the new marketing project that would have to come with the announcement of the duel disk 2. So they both headed straight to Mokuba's office. Tea was already sitting at her desk when they arrived.

"Morning Tea." Mokuba said.

"Good Morning, Mokuba." Tea said a little frazzled.

"What's wrong Gardner?" Kaiba asked nonchalantly.

"Well, the phones have been ringing non-stop since this mornings paper." Tea said, quickly giving Kaiba a concerned look. "Some of our investors are wanting to pull out, and the press won't stop calling."

Mokuba was about to speak when the phone began ringing again. "Hello Kaibacorp th..." Tea stopped answering because Kaiba had the telephone cable in his hands.

"Kaiba, what are you doing?!" Tea said exasperated.

"You just said that the phones kept ringing for no reason."

"Oh no reason! So I suppose people doubting the oh great and powerful Seto Kaiba is nothing!"

"If it makes you feel any better, I'll still be all great and powerful after this afternoon. That's why I have the best PR and Marketing team. So relax." Kaiba then headed out towards the office floor where a lot of different cubicles from various departments worked. He started projecting onto the office floor "If anybody calls here wanting to pull their stock, or no longer want to be an investor; let them. If the press calls, tell them to be ready by 3 o'clock this afternoon"

People began to murmur, Kaiba and Mokuba began walking into Mokuba's office but Tea called out to them. "You can't be serious, do you know what pulling their investments now would mean for the company."

"Look Gardner, after today's announcement the company's stock will triple in value. If they were so foolish to be scared by a little drunk night, then they don't deserve the stock I grant them to have. Don't worry though, I'll let them return at triple the costs."

With that Kaiba and Mokuba were gone. Tea just looked at him. What possible announcement could he have that would cause such an uproar. As ridiculous as it sounded, she didn't doubt him. There was a fire in his eyes that reinforced the gravitas of his words.

The Kaiba brothers had been sealed away most of the morning. Even though Mokuba hadn't told her, she knew he was not to be disturbed. She had plugged the phone back in, and as much as she didn't want to, she still followed Kaiba's orders and let investors pull out.

It was almost lunch time when Kaiba finally left for his office. Mokuba called Tea in.

There were papers everywhere, and a bunch of empty paper cups, that had once been filled with coffee scattered as well. "Hey Mokuba, everything alright?"

"Yes. Seto and I just had to out iron some details for the announcement of the new Duel Disk, I suggested we push it to tomorrow, but like always he's right, it has to be today. While we are in here we kept receiving emails from people wanting to leave the company. Even some of our CFO's want to leave. Seto is furious, he has accepted all of their resignations."

"What! What are you guys going to do?" Tea was stunned.

"Seto's not wrong at the first sign of trouble and those cowards want to walk away? No, let them leave, after today's announcement they'll be begging to come back."

"Do you guys really think the new duel disk will be that successful?" Tea asked.

"Actually yes, we have created a lot of new features, there are still some bugs in it, they should be fixed by the time it officially launches. Besides right now is only the announcement. We have to work double time so that by tonight there is already a promo video in place. Umm do you happen to have Tristan's resume on file somewhere?"

"Umm no I don't think so, why?"

"Well after our day at the beach and little bit of what we talked about this morning Seto wants to hire Tristan."

"Really? Why?"

"Well I sort of asked for help, and honestly I didn't think Seto would go for it but he actually did. So I decided to test out my luck and I recommended Tristan."

"Why him?"

"Well I know he just graduated and is top of his class, I also see how dedicated he is to making something of himself, I think he has the right energy and motivation to be a big success here."

Wow, Tea thought, she honestly never thought of Tristan as someone who would end up working at Kaibacorp. She definitely didn't see herself working here either, she mostly did it to save some money, and help pay her medical bills. It sort of just now hit her how much growing up they have all done over the years. How had the time passed.

"Ya I'll call Tristan right away and tell him to send over his resume."

"That's great Tea, but what would be even better is if he can come here for an interview today. Ideally by 1 o'clock."

"That's in an hour?!"

"Really? I'm sorry Tea, there's just a lot going on, if he can that'd be great if not it's okay."

"I'll call him right away maybe he can."

"Oh also, as soon as you get his resume give to Seto, he'll be the one interviewing him."