Sorry it took so long for this chapter, but I've been busy and I had no ideas for this. So here it is!
Chapter 2: It's NOT a date!
We're at Yugi's game shop. It's the morning after Rebecca and Tea's return. Yugi's tending the shop this early in the morning. It's about seven o'clock. He couldn't sleep. All he could think about was Rebecca, Rebecca, REBECCA! Why can't he get her out of his head? Why is she tormenting his mind? All I can think about is how much she has changed. How beautiful she is. How wonderful she is! Even when I stop thinking about her she somehow pops back into my head! What's wrong with me? thinks Yugi getting so confused. Little did Yugi know that none other than Seto Kaiba is having a similier problem at that very moment.
Seto's POV
I'm in my home office staring at my laptop thinking that it'll stop me from thinking of a certain blue eyed girl. Why can't I stop thinking about her? Not even work can get my mind off her! This is ridiculous! There is no way those old feelings are returning! (1) But are they? Maybe a walk will get her out of my head. So Seto set out on his walk of Domino City. He wasn't paying much attention to where he's going and walked right into a small shop. When he saw Yugi standing at the counter attempting to pull his spiky, multicolored hair out of his head, Seto finally snapped out of it and registered that he's in Yugi's game shop. The bell above the door rang signaling Yugi that someone just stepped into the very small store. "Do you seriously dislike your hair so much you/re willing to pull it out?" I ask getting his attention.
"No. I'm just frustrated. There's just something that has been bothering me all night and I couldn't sleep. Why are you in here in the first place?" he replied.
"Just clearing my head and absentmindedly walked in. Is that a problem?"
"No. Just asking."
"What has got you frustrated anyway?" I ask for some reason becoming curious as to what Yugi's dilemma is.
"Why do you suddenly care? Either way, there's no way you of all people could help me. You have no experience in this department of life," Yugi replied sourly. For some reason I feel like being nice today.
"You never know I could surprise you," I state walking further into the shop up to the counter I so long ago demanded Yugi's grandfather to give me his Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"If you want to try. I meet this girl the other day that I haven't seen in a while…"
"Rebecca Hawkins."
"Right. And since then I haven't been able… Hey! How do you know I'm talking about Rebecca?" asks Yugi. And now he's starting to blush. Now this is the Yugi I remember.
"Come on, I saw the way you were looking at her at the airport yesterday."
"Yeah? Well, I saw the way you were looking at Tea yesterday." That was the lamest come back I've ever heard! I wasn't looking at her any differently then usual!
"I wasn't looking at her any differently!"
"Yeah you were Kaiba. You were acting like you were looking at a goddess instead of Tea." What's the difference?
"No I wasn't! You were imagining things. Anyway, you should tell Rebecca how you feel."
"But what is that exactly?" asking himself more than me. Like he doesn't know that he's head over heels for Rebecca. Come on! How more obvious can it be?
"Yugi? Are you down there?" asks a high-pitched voice coming from the stairs next to the counter. Within seconds Rebecca comes down the stairs in her pajamas looking very tired.
"I'm right here Rebecca. Go back to bed. We were up late last night," says Yugi looking at Rebecca all the while.
"Okay, Yugi. See you later. Bye Kaiba," she says as she walks up the stairs back to what I assume are their living quarters. I didn't even think she saw me. At this I decide I should head home and at least try to get some work done. Now I know I'm not the only one experiencing these strange feelings. So now I start to head to the door.
"Kaiba, where are you going?" asks Yugi.
"Home. I need to get some work done," I state in a monotone voice.
"Okay." Knowing he won't say anymore, I walk out the door and begin my journey back to the mansion.
Later that same day
Finally I got this done. It's about time too. I haven't been to the park for a while. I think I'll go for another walk. With this thought ended I shut down my laptop and leave the mansion to walk to Domino City Park. When I arrive I see a picture perfect spring day. Wow. There was not a single manly word in that sentence. I stroll though not really taking in what is around until I approach the lake. It's surrounded by cherry blossom trees that are in full bloom and make the lake look magical. Yet again, not a single manly word in that sentence. What's wrong with me today! Suddenly, I see a young woman in a floral sundress sitting at the water's edge reading a book. I immediately recognize her as Tea Gardner. For some reason I feel inclined to sit next to her. She's so engrossed in her book she doesn't even notice me sit down right next to her. "What are you reading, Gardner?" I ask.
Tea's POV
"What are you reading, Gardner?" someone asks. I turn to my left and there sitting next to me and looking at me is none other than Seto Kaiba. Okay. Kaiba is being nice. Am I dreaming or is the world ending?
"Why do you care?" I ask. Nice one Tea. Now he'll be all mean like usual….Wait. Why do I care if he's nice or not? Maybe because he's a lot hotter when he's being nice. What! Did I just think Kaiba is hot? No, it's the heat. It's starting to get to me.
"I don't. I'm just curious."
"Well if you must know. It's It Begins in San Francisco by Audrey Hamilton." (A/N: Not a real book or author. If there is and I somehow don't know about it, it's not the book and/or author I'm talking about.) I don't know why I'm talking to him. He's such a jerk. But, maybe he has changed over the years. Yeah right. That'll be the day!
"Interesting."
"Why are you talking to me, Kaiba?"
"I don't know I just feel like it."
"Okay." This is getting really weird. Next thing I know he'll be asking me out on a date. Like that'll ever happen.
"Can you… meet me here tonight… around six?" he suddenly asks. He sounds as if he's nervous.
"What?"
"Can you meet me here tonight around six? Are you having hearing problems today?" Well, at least he's acting normal again.
"I'm not having hearing problems!"
"Whatever. So will you show or not?" Show? Show what? Oh, he means come back later.
"Sure. But why do you what to meet me?"
"There's something I want to show you," he states simply. I wonder what he wants to show me.
Over with Yugi and Rebecca (Third Person)
"Yugi, is there something wrong? You haven't said much all day," says Rebecca worried that something is wrong. They're sitting in the living room above the game shop. Yugi is usually quite, but never so quite that he barely talks.
"I'm fine, Rebecca. I've just been thinking a lot today. You want to do something tonight?"
"Sure. What do you have in mind?" asks Rebecca excitedly.
"How about we go to a club? I haven't been to one in a long time."
"How long?" asks Rebecca getting up to sit on the couch next to Yugi.
"I don't know. A couple years," says Yugi calmly, not noticing Rebecca is right next to him.
"A COUPLE YEARS!" screams Rebecca causing poor Yugi to get the scare of his life. Of course this includes jumping slightly and letting out a small scream.
"Rebecca! Don't scare me like that."
"I'm sorry Yugi," she says putting an upset face on, "But I was so surprised. You poor deprived man. How have you lived these past years?" She is now almost on Yugi's lap while stroking his face.
"Rebecca, it's not that big a deal," he says as he becomes more and more comfortable with their current position.
Kaiba Mansion (Mokuba's POV)
Seto got back from walking around the city not to long ago in a really happy mood. Which is weird because… well… he's Seto and he hasn't been in this good a mood since before Tea left for the states eight years ago. Maybe his "none existing" feelings for her have returned now that she has. I can only hope and try to pry it out of Seto. And that's what I'm going to do. In a couple minutes I arrive in front of his home office door. I knock. A "Come in" sound from the other side of the door. I open it to see my big, workaholic brother NOT work on the computer in front of him.
"Who are you and what have you done to Seto?" I ask really afraid that this isn't Seto.
"Don't worry kid, it's me. I'm fine," says Seto turning around in his chair to look at me. He has a smile on his face! A real smile!
"Seto, why are you so happy? You haven't really smiled since Tea left."
"What, I can't be happy to hear my brother is concerned about my safety?"
"Don't change the subject! You've been talking to Tea haven't you?"
"What gives you that idea?"
"I'm your brother Seto. You can't hide anything from me. You asked her out on a date didn't you?"
"No. That's ridiculous. I asked her to meet me at the park."
"Like a walk in the park isn't a date."
"It's not a date."
"Yes it is."
"No it's not."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"YES."
"For the last time Mokuba, It's NOT a date!"
