A/N: Okay here's chapter seven! Thanks for the reviews (I love getting them!), I'm going to post Joey and Mai's story next its called Tears of the Moon. But I'm not posting it until this one is finished.
Jewels Of LoveJewels Of The Sun
Chapter Seven:
Knowing The Answer…Tea sighed and stared at the giant chunk of clear rock on her dresser. She hadn't told anyone of it yet…not even Tatiana or Yami. She was considering showing it to Yami when she went over there for dinner tomorrow, after the first opening of her first rehearsal.
She remembered her own rehearsals when she was at dance school. She knew all to well how her young students were feeling, as the important day loomed closer. Tea was surprised that she felt worse as a teacher than as she did when she was the dancer even when she had the hardest roles.
She had nearly completed all the costumes. Of course some of the mothers were helping but Tea had designed all of them and made the major roles outfits. She smiled as she turned to look at where the princess's dress was on display on a dummy. The dress was pale pink and purple with fake rosebuds lining the waist and hems. Tea had to admit she'd done a brilliant job with it.
Tatiana watched her sister from the doorway. She couldn't see the large diamond on Tea's dresser, Tatiana only saw her sister admiring the princess's costume for the rehearsal. Tatiana had helped as much as she could but her strengths lay with the music. She had chosen all the songs and background music for the play. It was the best she could do, as she didn't know how to use a sewing machine.
Tatiana sighed and her lips twitched as she saw her sister rise to her feet and do a series of complicated looking steps. Her sister always looked so beautiful when she danced, whether it was modern or ballet. If Tea had gone to New York there was no doubt in Tatiana's mind that Tea would have been a sensation.
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Yami wiped the glass case again and stared at his reflection mirrored there. He had wiped the display case three times now and he kept getting lost in thought. Pegasus kept invading his dreams and his was having trouble sleeping thanks to it.
It wasn't just the fact he was tired but Yugi had noticed it as well now Rebecca, Mokubah and Yugi were all worried about him. And it wasn't as if he could just tell them that a wind-god was talking to him when he was asleep. Nah he'll just come across as if he was completely mental.
Yami shook his head to clear it of thoughts; he put the cleaning cloth deliberately down so he wouldn't start polishing the glass again. He sighed and went to the cashier and started counting the coins there. The game shop was closed for the day and it had been a particularly busy.
Yami was about to head up to the apartment above the store when there was a knock on the glass. Out side was Tatiana, she grinned at Yami as he changed direction to let her in.
"Hey there Yami! I thought I'd drop by and say hello." Tatiana smiled up at him. She'd brought a new perfume two days ago and she wanted to try it out on Yugi's older brother.
Yami nodded dimly, he didn't like the way she was looking at him. Like he was the last ice-pop on a particularly hot day…she was wearing some scent thing females wore. It was nice smelling but he didn't want to think about her like that…. not when he was thinking about kissing her sister.
Yami blushed and angled away from Tatiana. "Umm…I'm looking forward to seeing Tea's show tomorrow. I hope she does well." Yami tried for a brotherly smile and his heart sank when Tatiana gave him a flirty smile back.
"Oh yes, perhaps I'll you there?" Tatiana angled her face up towards Yami's. Inside she was annoyed at Tea. Here she was flirting with Yami and all her older sister was doing was making them get off track with her stupid dance rehearsal.
"Uh…sure. Um...Ana? I need to finish the accounts for the store, so maybe I'll see you tomorrow." Yami said quickly. He really didn't want anyone to know that Tatiana Gardener was flirting with him. He was too old for her!
"Oh okay…I'll you tomorrow." Looking putout Tatiana gave him a sexy smirk and walked out the store swaying her hips lightly. Yami shook his head at her. God what was he going to do!
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Seto Kaiba stared at what use to be his living room. The Queen Anne coffee table was covered with assorted sweets, crisps and sodas, sleeping bags littered the floor and a large blob of what looked like sour cream dip was on his leather sofa.
He knew he had told Mokubah to invite a couple of friends over but when had a couple turned in to a horde of screaming sugar high teenagers? When had he caved, he couldn't quite remember.
Seto stared at one boy…he thought his name was Damon jumped onto the sofa and started bouncing. The blob of dip was getting spread all over the silk cushions his housekeeper Junko had insisted he put there for decoration. Seto turned and tried to find Mokubah in the small mountain of bodies piled in front of the television.
He said a couple! When he said something he meant it! So why did he have half of Mokubah's year squashed in his living room making the once pristine place a complete shambles? Was the mighty cold Seto Kaiba losing his touch?
It was nearing ten in the evening. Tea's rehearsal was starting and Seto had tickets to go and see it but he was reluctant to leave his home at the mercy of screaming kids. He needed to remind Junko to stock up on aspirin after tonight he wouldn't be surprised if all the housekeeping needed it.
Seto turned and found Junko staring at the living room with the same pure fear that he was sure was plastered on his face a few moments ago. "Junko I'm going out I'm leaving these monsters in your capable hands." And with that the great Seto Kaiba fled.
Mokubah lifted his head up from the middle of the crowd in front of the television in time to see his older brother all but run out of the house. He was squished between Yugi and Rebecca, watching an old horror movie that Seto had approved of. But not to worry he'd snuck Saw III out of Seto's room and as soon as Junko left them to do her own thing the real fun was about to start!
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Yami stood in the wings of the stage; he was clutching a large bouquet of dark red roses at Yugi's instance of that is what you do when you wish the dance teacher good luck. But something in the back of Yami's mind told him you don't normally give them a dozen red roses when the dance teacher was just a good friend.
Tea hurried round the place setting up for the first scene, she smiled at Yami when she saw him and motioned Tatiana to start the music for the first scene before making her way over to him. Yami held out the bouquet and Tea's eye softened. One of her many fantasies of Yami when she was younger was him giving her a bunch of romantic red roses.
" There from Yugi and me. To wish you luck, as it's your first rehearsal." Yami blushed lightly. Tea remembered when she was staring in her first dance; Yugi and Yami had given her some large white daisies. They had also clapped the hardest when they show ended.
"Awww they gorgeous. Thank you Yami." Tea looked around to thank Yugi as well but she couldn't find him. "Where's Yugi?" she asked turning back to Yami who's blush still hadn't receded.
"Um he's round Mokubah's having a sleepover. Rebecca's there as well. I feel sorry for Kaiba." Yami smiled, his eyes glittering mischievously. Tea looked up and stared at him.
"How come?" she asked, Yami didn't make it a habit o feel sorry for his rivals. Not even when he considered some of them friends. Seto Kaiba was a strange mix of both and after several years where they both decided to call whatever was between them a truce they got along better than ever now Kaiba challenged Yami half the time he used to.
"From what Yugi and Rebecca told me Mokubah managed to ask half his year to that sleepover. I can't wait to see Kaiba's face when he sees what state his living room is left in. " Yami said smiling.
Tea's laugh burst out of her; Yami's never heard a sound more beautiful. "You are so mean. Poor Kaiba!" she told him. They'd never spoken about the kiss they shared a couple of weeks ago. Tea and Yami had done their best to act normally around one another and now it was almost like it had never happened. Almost.
Yami grinned and then glanced out of the curtain, it was about to come up and he had to get to his seat. Tea noticed where he was looking and gave him a rueful smile. "I'll see you afterwards okay." Yami promised and gave her a swift kiss on the cheek before he hurried out of the backstage and headed towards his seat in between Joey and Seto.
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The play was a large hit. Teas walked into the middle of the stage with a portable microphone and thanked everyone for coming when the ecstatic audience had finally settled down and were now collecting their belongings and heading to look for their children. She'd kept her eyes on Yami who along with Joey and surprisingly Seto were the last to stop clapping.
Tatiana played a few tunes on the piano while the relatives and the rest of the spectators filed out of the hall. Seto had left quickly with a few words of praise and the credible excuse that he wanted to save his living room. Yami and Joey had waited behind until everyone left before giving their own praise.
"That was brilliant Tea!" Joey cried, his face was flushed with excitement and he gave her a large brotherly hug. He hugged Tatiana as well and congratulated her for her beautiful piano skills. Tatiana blushed but looked at Yami the whole time. Yami gave her his own commendation but didn't hug her. He didn't want to encourage her schoolgirl crush on him.
"Ana, I'm going to be around Yami's tonight…I'll probably be home late." Tea told her younger sister absently. She didn't notice Tatiana's eyes go sharp when she said she was going to be around Yami's and she didn't notice when they went softer when she said she'll be home tonight.
Yami noticed and gave her brotherly smile. "Don't worry Ana. Tea'll be just fine." Tatiana nodded stiffly and walked out of the hall without looking at any of them. Joey and Tea didn't notice as they were starting to take the decorations down. Yami stared after the younger Gardener before turning and helping his friends.
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Yami had dropped Joey and Tatiana at their respectable homes before driving to the Kame Game shop and parking behind it. Yami opened the door for Tea. "Yugi and Rebecca are at Mokubah's sleepover so it'll be fairly quiet dinner. I hope you don't mind." Yami gave her an apologizing smile.
"No this is fine." Tea whispered. Oh God! I'm going to be alone with Yami! I've gone crazy. She forced her legs to walk the short length from the car to the door leading to the Mouto's apartment above the store. Yami followed her silently, he slipped in front of her and opened the door without a word and Tea forced herself to walk up the narrow staircase. It was so quiet he might as well have been leading her off to go and kill her.
Stop being stupid! Tea silently abolished herself. He's not going to kill you your going to have dinner with the man. Nothing else. When they got to the front door of the apartment Yami unlocked the door and pushed it open. It creaked in an almost sinister fashion and Tea felt her muscles bunch together.
"I was thinking maybe we could order out for pizza." Yami murmured. He didn't know why he was whispering but he did know that pizza was the best choice. They were two unattached young adults who were going to enjoy a friendly non-romantic meal.
Tea nodded her consent and smiled when Yami, who was now on the phone talking to the local delivery boy, that he wanted two pepperoni pizzas. Since they were little both Tea and Yami had had the same taste as each other.
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Later with two empty cardboard boxes between them Yami and Tea enjoyed a few beers each and had been remising about when they were little. They were both slightly drunk and Yami had phone Tatiana to tell her that he was too drunk to drive Tea home and Tea was too drunk to walk in a straight line.
"…And then you kissed me. Thought my head was gonna pop straight off!" Tea giggled helplessly as she made to stand up and promptly fell backwards on her butt. Yami roared with laughter as she just sat there giggling. "Made me wonder how you learnna kissh like tha'. You've never hadda girlfriend."
" Nope never wanted one. Forget my kisshing shills how abou' yoursh?" Yami said as he leant his head against the couch to try and stop the room spinning. Tea tried to get up again but this time fell on to the couch and on to Yami.
The stayed like that just staring at each other before Yami slowly pressed his lips to hers. The simple meeting of lips seemed to set of a chain reaction. Tea nipped at Yami's bottom lip to open his mouth and slipped her tongue in.
Yami tried to get and keep kissing Tea but just ended up in just rolling them off the couch and onto the floor. Tea wrapped her arms around Yami's neck to keep their lips together. "Mmm…Yami wheresh the bedroom?" Tea asked between their lips.
"Uh…that way." Yami managed to get them both to their feet and started towards his and Yugi's room. He tripped, however over an empty beer bottle, on the way and he and Tea ended back on the floor. "Oh screw it." Yami muttered and settled for the living room carpet.
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A/N: as this is only a T that's where it ends and I'm sorry it's such a short chapter. Hmmm I'm not sure if I like how this chapter turned out but tell me what you think.