Hello readers, thanks for the awesome reviews from the last chapter. The following readers are:
Tea-The Chosen One
Luckygirl777
dancers of the night
Lady-Wicca666
Takashi Kusinagi
AkioftheAkatsuki
Lady Teela'Na
Summary: He had all of the fame and fortune in the world, but all he wanted was someone that would treat him like he was normal as anyone. He might get his wish when he meets a cafe waitress who is having problems of her own. Will they be able to help each other?
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I just own the story.
Chapter 8
It has been about a two days since Atem and Tea have gone out. During the times that Tea was off from the cafe, Atem would come by her apartment everyday and they would spend the day together. There were also times where they would stay over at his place and just rest comfortably on the sofa while watching movies which is what they were doing right now. It was around ten when Atem brought Tea over to his house. They were both laying on the sofa with Tea laying her head on his chest and Atem's arms wrapped around her along with a blanket covering both of their bodies. Instead of watching the movie, Atem thought he watched Tea who was unaware of his gaze on her. He could see the glow from the TV cascade in her eyes giving them a nice sparkle. He could also smell the fruity mango scented shampoo in her hair and he couldn't help but play with the locks of it. Tea gave out a blissful sigh and closed her eyes as she allowed Atem run his hand through her hair. She lifted her head off his chest and leaned up to kiss him. Atem happily leaned down to meet her halfway and pressed his lips to hers. He licked the bottom of her lip which made Tea gasp in surprise and it gave Atem a chance to enter her mouth and meet her tongue bringing a whole new level of passion. After two minutes of lip-locking, they broke apart from the lack of air and they gazed at each other while breathing heavily.
"Wow, no matter how many times we kiss, it would always seem like the first time to me." Atem said. Tea giggled while laying her head back on his chest, but still keeping her eyes on him.
"I know what you mean, this feeling is incredible." she said. Atem reached down and placed his hand on hers which was on his chest and rubbed it soothingly for a few seconds before he picked it up and intertwined his hand with hers.
"I can't seem to get enough of these soft hands of yours, I love the way they feel." he said rubbing his thumb over her knuckles. Tea smiled at the way he was caressing her hand.
"It's not really a big deal, I just use alot of hand moisturizers." she said sheepishly. Atem chuckled and brought her hand up to plant a kiss on it.
"Well if that's what you do, then I have to make sure to buy you alot so I know that they will always stay this soft." he said winking at her. Tea shook her head still smiling.
"You're a mess." she said and she closed her eyes and sighed blissfully again as she heard Atem's heart beating. They laid in a comfortable silence for a few minutes when Atem broke the silence.
"Hey, you want to do something tomorrow? I was thinking that you and I could go to my private beach house out of town." he said. Tea lifted her head again to look at him.
"You own a beach house?" she asked. Atem smiled and nodded.
"Uh-huh, and I thought that we could spend the week out there together. Just you and me on the beach together, laying out on the sand in the ocean breeze while I massage your shoulders. Oh and that fruit juice that you tasted before, the actual fruit grows on the trees there. You should try them, they're better than any fruit you find in the grocery store. So you want to go?" he asked as he leaned down and kissed her lightly on her lips. Tea sighed happily and Atem moved his lips to kiss her cheek.
"It's tempting, it's very tempting, but I can't." she said. Atem looked down to her in confusion.
"Why not?" he asked. Tea smiled and kissed leaned up to kiss him on his cheek.
"Well, it's not that I don't want to go with you because I do, it's just Mrs. Kat, Cathy and Lisa all came back from their trips yesterday so the cafe is going to be opening back up tomorrow. We have inventory coming in so we have alot of items that need to be put away." she said. Atem tightened his arms around her waist and buried his face in her hair.
"Is there anyway I can get you to play hooky with me?" he asked. Tea giggled and lightly hit his arm.
"You know I can't do that. Besides, you have a company to run, don't you? You wouldn't want someone coming in and taking over, would you?" she asked slyly waiting for him to answer. Atem sighed and smiled down at her.
"I guess you're right, but I still want to take you soon, okay?" he said.
"Yeah, I would really like that, I can just imagine how it looks." she said as she closed her eyes again as she drifted off to sleep. Atem looked down to see her resting peacefully on his chest. He smiled knowing that he was able to bring such comfort to her and knowing that she was willing to be with him like this. He pulled her more closer to him and planted one more kiss on her head and turned off the TV before he drifted off to sleep along with her.
The next morning had brought Tea to be the first to awake and turned to the clock on the table to see it was six in the morning. She had looked up to Atem to see he was still asleep and smiled as she leaned up to place a light kiss on his lips. She moved off of him to try and get up, but was stopped by two strong arms pulling her back down and buried his face in her neck breathing in her scent.
"Five more minutes." he mumbled and went on his way back to sleep. Tea giggled and struggled to get out of his iron grip, but no matter how much she tried, she wasn't able to break free from him.
"Atem c'mon, I have to be at work in an hour so it would really make me happy if you let me get going." she said as she looked at his sleeping face. Atem sighed and opened his eyes.
"Well I had to see if I could change your mind." he said and they both sat up on the sofa. Tea placed her hands on his shoulders and Atem looked over to her to smile at her and kiss her fully on the lips. They broke apart when they were running out of air.
"As much as I want to stay here with you all day, I really should be getting to work now." she said as she stood up from the sofa and Atem stood up with her.
"I'll drive you to your house so you can get ready and then we can head on down to the cafe." he said.
"Okay, thanks." They left out the house and drove down to Tea's apartment. She quickly showered and changed and they drove down to the cafe which was already open. Before Tea stepped out the car, Atem gently grabbed her hand and she turned back to him giving a playful smirk at her. He pulled her over to him and placed a hand on her face.
"You wouldn't think about leaving me without giving me a proper good-bye now, would you?" he asked playfully. Tea gave a smirk of her own as she leaned over to him.
"I would never do that." she said. Then she placed her hand on his face and pulled him to her lips to kiss her and Atem happily kissed her back with so much passion. They broke apart before it got too heated.
"I'll be back later to pick you up and we can have dinner at my place." Atem said. Tea nodded.
"I can't wait, I'll see you later."she said. Tea was just about to open the car door, but was stopped again by Atem's hand on her wrist. She turned back to see him looking at her with such intensity and she waited for him to speak wondering what he was going to say next.
"I love you." he whispered. Tea's eyes widened and she could almost feel her eyes tearing up when she heard those words leave Atem's mouth. It was alot different than how Renku said them to her. When she heard him say it, the words held no meaning and he said them so coldly to her. Hearing them from Atem, you could tell that he actually meant them.
"Really? You do?" she whispered hoarsly. Atem smiled and leaned over in his seat to wipe her tears away with his thumb.
"Yes, you mean so much to me I can't help but love you. I told you one day you would hear those words from someone who cares for you" he said. Tea had more tears running down her face and gave out a light sob.
"You were right and I love you too, so much." she said and gave him one more kiss. They broke away after a minute of kissing and Atem wiped the remaining tears from her eyes.
"You should get going you don't want to be late." he said. Tea nodded.
"I'll see you later." she said and gave him a kiss on the cheek before she opened the door and stepped out the car. When she opened the cafe door, she turned around to wave at him and he waved back as he drove away. Tea went inside the cafe trying to wipe away her remaining tears. She saw Mrs. Kat come out of the back with a checklist in her hands and Cathy and Lisa standing behind the counter and walked over to help them with the supplies.
"Good morning Tea. Oh, dear are you alright?" Mrs. Kat asked as she saw Tea's puffy red eyes. Cathy and Lisa looked up and walked over to her in worry of their friend. Tea sniffled and gave out a watery laugh while the others looked at her in confusion.
"I'm fine, really. It's just something amazing happened just now before I came inside." she said. Cathy and Lisa gave her sly looks.
"Does this have anything to do with a certain C.E.O. at a certain company?" asked Cathy with a knowing look while Lisa covered her mouth to hold in her giggles. Mrs. Kat didn't know what was going on, but she was starting to curious.
"Uh, you can say that." Tea said with a blush. The girls squealed and each of them took a hold of Tea's arm and led her to one of the tables to sit down and Mrs. Kat followed.
"Tea, you promised to tell us what happened with you and Atem on your date when we came back from our trip." said Lisa. Mrs. Kat eyes widened and smiled at Tea.
"A date you say?" she asked.
"Yeah, now start at the beginning and don't leave a single detail out." said Cathy. Tea took a deep breath before she told them all about her date with Atem. She also told them the little run in she had with Renku and there were three pairs of glares showing on their faces, but quickly turned to smiles when Tea told them that Atem took her ice-skating and gave her a little lesson which turned into dancing on the ice in each others' arms. Cathy and Lisa both had dreamy eyes once Tea was finished telling them about her date.
"So what happened next?" asked Lisa. Tea looked down on the table with a smile as she played with one of the salt shakers.
"Well, he walked me to the door and I told him that I was having the same feelings that he was having for me and we kissed." she said as she reminisced the night. Lisa and Cathy squealed so loud that Mrs. Kat was afraid the windows were going to break.
"Alright ladies, that's enough, but Tea that still doesn't explain why you were crying." she said. Tea turned her head to look out the window still having the same smile. Mrs. Kat could tell from her years of wisdom that Tea had the look saying that she was in love.
"This morning when Atem dropped me off here, he told me something that just made my heart burst with so much happiness." she said as she placed her hand in her chest.
"And what was that dear?" she asked even though she knew what he said. Tea closed her eyes still remembering his precious words.
"He told me that he loved me. Once he said that to me, I couldn't help but cry because he said it with so much warmth and I knew he meant it." she said.
"Oh Tea, we're so happy for you." said Lisa. Cathy nodded her head in agreement.
"Yeah, you can just tell that this is true love here." she said. Tea shook her head at her friends and looked out the window smiling. Mrs. Kat laughed.
"Okay girls, we have to get ready to open soon and we have alot of work to do. So let's get started unpacking these boxes now." she said as she escorted Cathy and Lisa who were now groaning to start putting the rest of the supplies away. Tea sat at the table for a few more minutes before standing up and helping her friends.
Atem sat on his office chair facing the the morning view with a dreamy look in his face. He sighed happily just thinking about Tea and was so joyful knowing that she loved him just as much as he loved her. He felt like yelling out to the whole world that he was in love with such a wonderful woman, but he just settled himself by spinning his chair around a couple of times and turned his gaze back to the view. He failed to hear Katie coming into his office carrying a couple of forms for Atem to sign.
"Hey boss, there are some forms here that I need you to look over when you get the chance. I'll leave them here in the bin for you." she said as she placed the papers in the workbin. She turned to Atem waiting for him to answer her.
"Mm." he said. Katie blinked in confusion at Atem's lack of response so she tried again by telling him something else.
"Uh, you have a meeting that you need to attend to later today." she said.
"Mm." he said again.
"I have Alicia and her little friends coming in to play in your office today."
"Mm."
"Someone is threatening to take over your company." she said.
"Mm." he said again. Katie was now getting frustrated when she had an idea on to get him to respond.
"Hey boss, Tea's here." she said.
"W-what where?" he said as he spun his chair around, but he spun it around so fast that the chair fell over bringing him down with it. Katie stood with a proud look as she waited for her boss to get up off the floor. Atem got up and picked up his chair, but not without casting a glare at his secretary who was fazed by it.
"Well, it seems that I finally got your attention and all I had to do was mention Tea's name. So I'm assuming that something good must have happened between you two." she said. Atem sat back down in his chair and turned it to face Katie.
"Oh it was more than good, it was fantastic. Ever since Tea and I went out, our relationship has been getting stronger by the day and to top it all off, I just had the most incredible morning." he said as he leaned back in his chair and sighed happily. Katie's eyebrows rose in curiosity and a smile spread across her face as she watched Atem.
"Wow boss, I've never seen you so happy before, so you mind telling me about your incredible morning?" she asked. Atem chuckled.
"Well, to make the long story short, I woke up, drove Tea to work and then told her I love her." he said. Katie gasped happily and covered her mouth to keep from squealing.
"Oh my gosh, you did? So what did she say when you told her?" she asked.
"She started crying at first and I thought I said something wrong, but when she smiled at me, she said that she loved me back." he said. Katie was now jumping with joy and she couldn't hold back her squeal anymore.
"Oh I'm so happy for you. You two make such a cute couple." she said.
"Thanks, it's the first time I've ever felt like this. I feel like I want to announce to the whole world that I'm in love with her, kinda weird, huh?" he said with a light blush. Katie giggled.
"Of course not, it was the same way when I met Koji. I know exactly how that feels. I'm really glad that you finally found someone to love boss, see if you haven't taken my advice that night, who knows you might still be dealing with that dodo-head Rachel."
"Please don't mention that woman's name to me, just hearing it makes me sick." he said. Katie laughed and picked up the folder that was in the 'out' work bin that was on Atem desk.
"Well, we better get back to work even though I know you'll be doing more daydreaming than working." she said and then laughed at Atem blushing face as she walked out of his office. Atem sighed and spun his chair around to face his window again as he thought about his brown haired blue eyed beauty.
Tea was now finishing placing new packets of coffee mixers in the cappuccino machine and stepped out behind the counter to see her friends bringing out orders to the customers. The cafe wasn't as busy as before, but it still had a decent amount of customers coming in and they were able to handle all of the orders without any problems. Just as Tea was about to open up the last box of items, she heard the bell ringing on the door indicating that another customer was coming inside. Cathy and Lisa were both still busy with their customers so she grabbed her notepad and walked over to the table, but she nearly dropped her it on the floor when she realized who it was.
"Well, I had to see if it was true, you really are the pathetic waitress that works here." Sitting at the table was none other than Rachel. Tea inwardly groaned at her presence wondering what she wanted and why she of all people was here at a place like this.
"What are you doing here?" asked Tea.
"I just wanted to see how popular this place is since it brings in alot of people, especially people like Atem. So far I don't see anything special about it." Rachel said. Tea was clenching her notepad in anger, but she kept her cool telling herself that she was suppose to be considerate to her customers, no matter how much she hates them.
"Oh well, since I don't have anything better to do, I decided to have my first and last meal here. Who knows, there might be some exploding events that will make me remember this place." she said sinisterly. Tea was confused as to what she said.
'Is she trying to psyche me out? What exactly did she mean by 'exploding events'? she thought. She sighed as she pulled out her pen and waited for Rachel to tell her what she wanted.
"What would you like to order?" she asked. Rachel picked up the menu and she put on a disgusted expression as she read through the list of choices.
"Ew, isn't there anything on here that's not fattening? I'm trying to keep my girlish figure, but I can't do that if I eat something of this menu." she said. Tea was struggling so hard as to not try and hurt this girl.
"No one complains about the food being fattening." Tea said. Rachel scoffed.
"I can see why." she said as she pointed over to a overweight guy sitting in his seat eating his meal. Apparently he heard what Rachel said and he got up to place the money on his table and leave the cafe feeling bad about himself. Few of the customers that were sitting near Rachel's table heard what she said too and they were all disgusted from her behavior. Tea watched him as he left and she felt sorry for him knowing that he was a regular customer that came in everyday and knowing what he was going through. She turned back to Rachel with a vicious glare and brought her fist down on the table hard which made everyone turn around in their seats to stare at Tea.
"Look, I tried to be nice and considerate to you because it's my job, but it's really hard to do with that attitude of yours. You are not going to come in here and insult these customers or this cafe just because you're worried about gaining a few pounds. Now the food on this menu is baked freshly from scratch and we make sure that it's one hundred percent healthy for everyone to enjoy. Not that it's any of your business, but that guy that just left here was one of our regular customers and just by coming here everyday, he has lost a total of twenty pounds. This is a friendly cafe for people to come and sit peacefully so you either order something off this menu right now or you can just take your negative attitude someplace else." she hissed to Rachel. As soon as Tea was finished, she was applauded by everyone who was listening to what she said. Rachel glared back at her and looked through her menu again to see what she would order.
"Fine, I'll have a blueberry muffin and a coffee with cream and sugar to go." she said. Tea jotted it down in her notepad and placed in her packet.
"I will have it out in about five minutes." Once Tea left the table, she walked over to the kitchen and pulled a fresh batch of muffins out the oven. She brought them out to place them on the tray and took one off while covering the rest with a clear lid. Then she went to get a paper bag along with some napkins and placed them with the muffin inside of the bag. Tea walked over to the cappuccino machine and pressed the button for the coffee to fill up the cup and added the cream and sugar in it. Once all of that was finished, she brought everything back out to Rachel who was standing up in her seat ready to leave and handed her the bag.
"That'll be 2.50 please." she said. Rachel reached into her purse and pulled out the money and handed it to Tea. She turned around to leave, but not without turning back to Tea.
"I'll see you around, oh wait, no I won't." she said and she pushed open the door and left. Tea stood there with another confused expression when she tried to figure out what Rachel meant. She felt someone touch her shoulder and turned to Cathy and Lisa.
"Hey are you okay Tea?" asked Lisa. Tea nodded.
"Yeah, I guess." she said. Cathy placed her hands on her hips as she glared at the door that Rachel left out of.
"Humph, who does that woman think she is? Coming in here like she's some kind of princess and think that she can just say anything she wants. Ugh, she was lucky I wasn't taking her order because I would have done something more brutal than give her a speech." she said as she rolled up her sleeve and clenched her fist. Tea and Lisa both sweat-dropped at Cathy's anger.
"Tea, do you know that her? It seems like she doesn't like you all that much." asked Lisa. Tea sighed and went behind the counter to put the money in the register with Cathy and Lisa right behind her.
"Yeah, I meat her a couple of weeks ago. She has this crazy idea that she's Atem's fiancee and she's mad at me because she thinks I stole him away from her." she said.
"Whoa, talk about being obsessive." said Cathy.
"Yeah, hopefully I never have to see her again. It's like everytime she shows up it's a sign of trouble." Tea said as all three of them went back to work.
Rachel was stomping madly to her limo after she came out of the cafe still seething at what happened there with Tea and was ready to bring as much pain to her as possible. When she got to the parking lot she opened the car door and got inside to see Renku watching the built-in TV. He looked up just in time to see her throw a bag at him which he caught.
"Now what's wrong? You always seem to have a mean look on your face. You might not know this, but you can get wrinkles that way." he said as he opened the bag that was thrown at him and pulled out the muffin to eat it. Rachel turned to him not letting up her scowling face.
"Shut the hell up before I dump this hot coffee all over you. I have had enough of that wench embarrassing me, well no more." she said.
"So what are you going to do?" he asked.
"Duh, what do you think? We are going to commence with the plan tonight. I can't wait until she's out of the way permanently." she said as they both sat inside the limo waiting for the right time to put their plan into action.
Atem placed all of his papers that he needed to take home inside his briefcase. All of the employers were now gone and he was about to leave to pick up Tea. After he got his jacket and picked up his briefcase, he walked out of his office into the hallway to see Katie getting ready to go too. She looked up when she saw him walking over to her.
"Hey Katie, you leaving?" he asked.
"Yup, sure am, I am ready to go home and relax. Koji's suppose to be cooking tonight to give me a break so all have to do is a little grocery shopping to pick up a few items and then I'm on my way home. What about you?" she said.
"Well, I'm going to pick up Tea from the cafe and we're going to have a little dinner ourselves." he said.
"Aw, how sweet, well you don't want to keep her waiting so get on out of here." she said pushing him gently towards the elevator. Atem laughed at her antics.
"Okay, okay. Just got to wait for you and I'll be ready to go." he said. He waited while she got her things and they both went inside the elevator to ride it down to the first floor. They walked out once they reached the entrance of the building and walked out to the parking lot. All of a sudden Atem stopped when he felt his hand start to shake and he accidentally dropped his briefcase. Katie stopped and looked behind her when she heard it drop. Not only that, she can also see something wrong with Atem.
"Boss?" she said. Atem looked at his hands to see them shaking uncontrollably. No matter how much he tried, he couldn't get them to stop and to top it off, he felt a sharp jolt in his heart and he clutched his chest with his hand.
"Boss, you okay?" Katie asked worried. Atem was breathing heavily when the pain disappeared.
"Katie, something is wrong. I don't know why, but I feel like something terrible is going to happen. I need to get down to the cafe right away." he said.
"Okay, I really hope you're wrong, but if something happens, then call me at home." she said. Atem nodded as he picked up his briefcase and ran to his car. He opened the door, started it up and drove as fast as he could down to the cafe.
'Please, please let me be wrong, but I can't seem to shake off this feeling. Tea, I really hope you're safe.' he thought.
The last customer was just leaving out and it was now time to close up. Tea was busy putting the away all of the items and cleaning the tables while Cathy swept the floors and Lisa cleaned the counter near the register. After all of that was finished, Cathy and Lisa went in the back to grab their coats to get ready to leave. Mrs. Kat came out of her office preparing to leave as well, but Tea was still cleaning the tables.
"Tea, c'mon we're ready to go."said Cathy.
"Yes dear that's enough, you've worked hard today as it is." said Mrs. Kat. Tea shook her head and smiled.
"No it's okay, I just have a few tables to clean and I'll be ready to go. Why don't you guys just wait outside for me and I'll be out in a few minutes." she said. They all looked at each other before answering.
"Alright dear, we'll be waiting." Mrs. Kat said as they all went outside. Tea turned back to the tables and cleaned the rest of them.
Outside in the shadowed parking lot, two figures stepped out of the limo and snuck around to get a better view of the cafe.
"Why couldn't we just wait in the limo?" asked Renku lazily. Rachel growled and punched his arm.
"I want to make sure that this bomb will explode right. Besides, you don't really expect me to miss the fireworks, do you?" she said. Renku sighed.
"Whatever." he said. They walked more closer and saw Cathy, Lisa and Mrs. Kat coming outside. Rachel had an evil smirk planted on her face.
"She must still be inside. This is the perfect time to activate it." she said and they snuck around to the side unnoticed and peeked inside.
Atem was still driving down to get Tea still having that same feeling. It was like the closer he got to the cafe, the more stronger it became and for the first time in his life, he was afraid. Afraid that something wrong was really going to happen.
'I'm coming Tea, please just be alright when I get there.'
Tea came out of the back with her carrying her coat and bag as she got ready to leave. She placed her bag on the table and checked to see if everything was inside making sure she didn't forget anything.
"Press the button." said Renku. Rachel smirked at her cousin.
"Whatever you say cous." she said as she slowly lifted her finger on the detonator and pressed the button to activate the bomb.
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Tea closed her bag once she was sure everything she needed was inside.
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She walked over to the wall to turn off the lights.
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Back at the table again, she put on her coat and her bag, but she looked up for a second when she saw something outside.
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When she got a good look, she could see two shadowed figures standing outside facing the cafe as if they were spying and when she looked closer, she noticed that they were familiar to her. Then she realized exactly who they were.
'What?'
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"I wonder what's keeping Tea. I'm sure she's done by now." said Cathy.
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Flames was now bursting out through the windows of the cafe and everything exploded. The impact of the explosion sent Cathy, Lisa and Mrs. Kat falling to the ground. Just then, Atem came driving in front of the cafe and he jumped out of the car.
"What happened?! Is everyone alright?!" he yelled. Lisa looked up with tears in her eyes.
"We're fine, but Tea's still inside! We were standing out her waiting for her to come outside when the cafe just all of a sudden exploded!" she screamed. Atem's eyes widened.
"What?! I have to go in there!" he said and he jumped up to run in when he was stopped by Mrs. Kat. She was groaning in pain from the fall.
"No, you can't go inside, it's too dangerous." Atem clenched his fists tightly.
"It'll be even more dangerous if I don't get her out of there. I have to make sure she's safe, take my cell and call 9-1-1!" he said as he reached inside his pocket for his phone and threw it at Cathy. He then ran inside the flaming building and covered his mouth with his jacket to keep from breathing in smoke. He looked around desperately trying to find her. The whole place was a disaster. There were broken tables, broken chairs, parts of the counter exploded, and debris from the ceilings were all over the floor.
"Tea?! Tea?! (cough,cough) where are you?!" he yelled. He searched all over trying to find her. As he rapidly ran around the cafe, he spotted her hand near a pile of rubble and ran over to get her out. Once he removed it all, he saw that she was unconscious and tried to get her to open her eyes.
"Tea?! C'mon wake up we have to get out of here!" he said. She wasn't responding to any of his calls and the fire was getting worse, so he picked her up bridal style and carried her outside. Once he was out, there was a fire truck, an ambulance and police cruisers outside. He walked over to the paramedics and they put Tea on a stretcher.
"Let's give this woman some oxygen! Sir, just how long was she inside?" one of the paramedics asked.
"Not long, I had just came when the place exploded. Please tell me if she's going to be alright." Atem said.
"Do you know her?" he asked. Atem nodded.
"Yes, I'm her boyfriend."
"Well it looks serious, but we won't know until we get her to the hospital." he said as they prepared to transport Tea to the hospital. Atem looked over to see if Cathy, Lisa and Mrs. Kat were alright when he saw the girls being treated of their minor injuries and Mrs. Kat being taken to the hospital. He stepped closer to Tea and planted a kiss on her forehead. He pulled back and look at her longingly as a light tear escaped from his eye.
"You're going to be okay, I'll be right here with you." he said. He was able to ride inside the ambulance and he kept a close watch on Tea as they were keeping her stable. Finally after a long fifteen minute ride which seemed like an eternity for Atem, they arrived at the hospital. The paramedics brought Tea to the emergency room and Atem had to wait until he heard some news on her. Since he couldn't use his phone inside, he asked the receptionist to use the phone on the desk which she automatically agreed. After he dialed the number, he waited for someone to pick up.
"Hewwo?"
"Hi Alicia, it's Uncle Atem. Could you put your mommy on the phone?" he asked hiding the sadness in his voice.
"Okay,"she said. Atem waited for a few seconds and heard Katie come on the phone.
"Hey boss, what's up?" she asked.
"Katie, remember when I kept getting the feeling that something was wrong? Well, I was right because something terrible just happened." he said.
"Oh no, what happened?"
"The cafe that Tea works, it just exploded tonight with Tea inside." He heard Katie gasp and he could tell she was about to cry.
"Oh my gosh, is she okay? Do you know anything?" she asked desperately.
"No not yet. I'm at the hospital now waiting to see how she is. I just wanted to let you know what's going on."
"I'm glad you did. Please call Koji and I as soon as you hear something. Are you going to be okay Atem?"
"I'll be fine once I know that she's okay."
"And she will be, all you have to do is have faith and stay with her. She needs you more than anything. You hang in there, kay?"
"Alright, I'll call you back as soon as I get an update."
"Okay boss, talk to you later." He hung up the phone when they said their goodbyes and he walked back over to his seat to wait on Tea's doctor. After about a half hour later, he was about to get up out his seat and try to find out what was taking them so long, when he saw a doctor walking towards him. He stood and waited to see what he had to say.
"Are you Atem Mutou?" he asked.
"Yes, I am." he said.
"My name is Dr. Hyoga and I am Ms. Tea Gardner's doctor."
"How is she? Is she going to be alright?" he asked.
"Well she is stable at the moment which is good news. She has a few minor injuries like cuts and bruises that we treated easily and she also has a broken arm. We ran a cat-scan on her so we won't know until the results come back to know if she has a concussion." he said. Atem nodded.
"Is it alright if I see her?" Dr. Hyoga smiled and nodded.
"Of course, follow me and I'll take you to her room." he said. Atem followed the doctor inside the elevator to go up to Tea's room on the third floor. They arrived at her door and the doctor opened it to let Atem inside and he had to leave to take care of another patient. Atem looked to see Tea laying on her bed hearing the beeping of the heart monitor and saw her face covered in bandages on her cheek and on across the top of her head. Her left arm was in a cast resting on her stomach. Atem brought a chair over to her and sat down next to her bed. He lifted up her good hand and caressed it lightly.
"You know, I wanted to spend the evening with you, but I never thought it would be in a hospital. You might think this is crazy, but I was able to sense that something was wrong and I knew it had something to do with you. I guess that means we're connected now. You remember you told me your favorite color is blue, well I think it's starting to be my favorite color too. So you have to open your eyes so I can see those beautiful blue eyes again, you have to come back to me." he whispered. He lifted up her hand to his lips and he placed a kiss on it. Atem placed his head down next to her hand closing his eyes and praying that Tea will make a full recovery. Just then, he felt a light twitch under his hand and he lifted his head to see Tea's hand beginning to move. He turned to look at her face and saw her eyes fluttering open. She blinked a few times to clear her vision and turned her head to the right and saw Atem sitting next to her.
"Atem?" she whispered hoarsly. Atem let out a breath of relief when she opened her eyes.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" he said as he ran his hand through her hair.
"I feel really sore, but I think I'm okay. What happened?" she asked. Atem blinked in confusion.
"You don't remember?" Tea shook her head weakly from side to side.
"The last thing I remember is shadowed figures and bright flashes before everything went dark." she said. Atem sighed and lowered his head thinking about how to explain everything to Tea.
"Tea, there was an accident and it caused you to be here. The cafe exploded tonight." he said. Tea's eyes widened and she was starting to remember now.
"That's right, it did. W-wait, what about Cathy, Lisa and Mrs. Kat? Are they okay?" she said as she tried to sit up, but stopped when a wave of pain hit her causing her to groan. Atem eased her back down on the bed carefully.
"Calm down Tea, there just fine. They all were hurt, but not as bad as you. I'm just so glad that you're alright." he said.
"Me too, the last thing I had on my mind was whether or not I was going to see you again." she said. Atem smiled and rubbed her hand again.
"I promise you, there is nothing that could ever tear us apart. We have a strong connection where now I can actually feel if you're in trouble." he said. Tea looked up at Atem in disbelief.
"Y-you felt me? You felt that something was wrong?" Atem nodded.
"Yeah, I just wish I was there to get to you sooner." he said.
"I hope you're not thinking that all of this is your fault." she said. Atem shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, not exactly, but if I-" Tea cut him off by placing a her finger to his lips.
"Shhh, don't talk anymore. Let's just live for right now, okay?"she said. Atem smiled and leaned over to kiss her gently on her lips.
"You're right, we should live for right now and right now, I just want to take care of you. Why don't you get some sleep, you need to get your strength back up." he said. Tea smiled and nodded.
"That's sounds like a good idea. Will you be here when I wake up?" she asked.
"Of course, I'm not going anywhere." he said. She then closed her eyes to drift off to sleep with Atem watching her. He couldn't stop thinking about what Tea told him about the shadowed figures and it made him want to know who they were.
'I have to find out who is responsible for this. When I do, I'm going to make them pay for what they did to Tea.'he thought. Atem placed one more kiss in Tea's lips before he laid his head down on the bed and went to sleep.
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