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Chapter four:

"What are you doing here?"

Tea had to hold on to the door to keep from keeling over. Yami looked just as good as she remembered him.

He waited for her to let him in. Tea had to pull herself out of the trance she had just slipped into in order to respond without making a fool of herself.

"What are you doing here?"

"Aren't you going to invite me inside first?"

"Actually no I want to know what you want Yami."

"Look, Tea I just need to talk to you okay."

Despite what he had done to her before, part of her heart still wanted him; and seeing him standing outside her door only made it harder to push her feelings away.

She hesitated for a moment but eventually gave in. As he stepped into the doorway he kept his eyes locked onto hers. Tea felt the familiar butterflies return to her stomach as she dragged her eyes away, too afraid to let her true feelings show.

He walked further into the apartment and straight into the living room only to be faced with the last person in the world he was expecting to be sitting on Tea's couch. Kaiba on the other hand wasn't in the least bit surprised to see Yami.

Yami stared at Kaiba as if he was a piece of furniture that was horribly mismatched.

"Kaiba?"

"Well if it isn't the king of games himself."

Tea suddenly appeared at Yami's side. Kaiba couldn't help feeling a little bit angry at the sight of the two of them standing next to each other.

Yami looked down at Tea who was looking a bit nervous.

"What the hell is he doing here?"

Kaiba was confused by his reaction. Didn't Tea tell him about the Job at his company? He was her boyfriend after all. Wasn't he?

He'd have thought that Yami would be the first one to hear about her new job at Kaiba Corp.

He was definitely missing something. He looked at Tea. Why was she looking so worried?

"Well actually it has to do with a job opening at Kaiba Corp. …and…"

"Did I hear you right? Did you say a job? At his company?

"Look can you just go wait in the kitchen for me? I'll explain everything in a minute."

Yami stared at Kaiba with a hate filled expression and Kaiba wasn't exactly trying to hide his look of disdain either. You'd swear the two of them were fighting over her. After some hesitation Yami finally gave in and headed to the kitchen leaving Tea alone with Kaiba.

Kaiba leaned back against the couch making himself more comfortable as he stared up at Tea.

"Am I missing something here Gardner? Why didn't you tell him about the spot I'm giving you at Kaiba Corp? Now you got him thinking that I'm sleeping with you or something." Although for some reason Kaiba didn't mind Yami getting that impression.

"What the hell are you talking about? Yami and I broke up about six months ago. He just showed up at my door just now."

"You can't be serious."

"I am."

"Well now I know for sure he thinks I'm sleeping with you."

"Would you stop saying that"

Kaiba watched her as she took up the last sheet of paper that she hadn't read yet and sat down again to skim through the contents. Her only goal at the moment was to get Kaiba out of her apartment before he caused any more trouble with Yami. Kaiba knew something was wrong as he looked at her. She was trying to get rid of him as soon as possible but for some reason he didn't want to leave her alone with Yami.

He wanted to ask her what happened between them but decided that it was better not to. He didn't want to upset her any more than she obviously was. Why he was being so nice was beyond him. She seemed to be having an effect on him and not a favorable one at that, at least not for him.

He decided that the best thing to do was to leave, despite how he felt about Yami. He concluded that he was just being paranoid about the whole situation.

When Tea was finished signing all of the documents she handed them back to Kaiba, who was already on his feet.

He put them back into his briefcase.

"Okay Gardner remember, Work starts at 8:00am sharp. You should know I run a pretty tight shift so be prepared to work your ass off. You'll be working directly under me so if you run into any problems come to me and no one else got it?"

Tea nodded, feeling a bit intimidated by Kaiba's business side.

She walked with him to the door. As he reached out in the hall way he turned to face her again.

"Do you want me to organize a limo to pick you up tomorrow morning?"

"A limo? No, that's okay. I'll take the bus."

"Gardner it's just a ride would you relax."

"Okay fine."

"Good, that way you won't be late."

Tea flashed a small smile at him, making his heart skip a beat. What the crap was going on with him? He definitely needed to get out of there.

Before he left he caught a glimpse of Yami standing in the living room. His arms were folded and he was staring at Kaiba looking more than a little annoyed. Reluctantly Kaiba left, feeling just as annoyed as Yami looked. Tea closed the door after making sure he was gone. She wasn't too keen on talking to Yami now. In her current state of mind she was vulnerable to him.

"Tea is something going on between you and Kaiba?"

She walked over to him but made sure to keep a safe distance. If he were to touch her he would have too much power over her judgment.

"No, of coarse not, I told you it has to do with his company, that's the reason he was here. I needed a job and he had an opening so he offered it to me."

"He offered you a spot in his company? Since when was he so fond of you?"

"He's not fond of me; he's just doing me a favor."

"A favor huh, did you ever stop to think about why. He obviously wants something from you in return and I have a good idea what."

Tea couldn't believe what she was hearing. Kaiba was a lot of things but sleazy wasn't one of them.

"You can't be suggesting that he wants to get me in bed?"

"Why not, I wouldn't put anything past that conceited asshole."

Tea realized that they were getting off the main subject which was why he was actually standing in her apartment as if they were still an item.

"Yami, why are you even here."

With those words Yami's expression changed instantly.

"Tea you never gave me a chance to apologize for what happened."

"Yami I don't want an apology, you knew exactly what you were doing. If you really cared about my feelings you wouldn't have done it in the first place."

He saw the pain in her eyes as she said it. He came over to her and reached for her face but she jerked away from his hand.

When she spoke her voice was barely over a whisper.

"Don't…please."

Tea looked like she was on the verge of tears. Yami knew he had hurt her before but he had no idea that even after all this time she was still hurting, still obviously in pain by what he had done.

"Tea please don't be like this" He was too fast for her this time. He grabbed her upper arms and gently pulled her toward him. He stroked the side of her face with one of his hands still holding her with the other. She tried to look away but his eyes were like magnets, drawing her to him. How could he have so much power over her, how could he make her want him so badly-even after he broke her heart. Why was she so hopelessly weak?

"Tea accept my apology; don't shut me out of your life forever."

"Why are you doing this to me? I… I loved you once and you betrayed that Yami. I can't just accept you back into my life. Please understand."

"I know you loved me once and I know you still do."

"Yami it's over between us and I don't understand why after all this time you just decide to waltz your way back into my life-It doesn't make any sense."

"Tea after you left for the city I was devastated. I knew I had let you slip from my fingers. I wanted you back in my life but I knew you wouldn't forgive me. I thought that if I gave you some space and some time to calm down you'd be willing to forgive me and…"

"And what? Take you back? It doesn't work that way Yami. You said you'd never hurt me….but you did. How do you expect me to trust you again?"

By now the tears were flowing. Yami felt like dirt under a shoe and maybe he deserved to feel that way, after all the pain he had put her through but he still felt like he also deserved another chance.

"You can trust me again Tea, I made a terrible mistake before, and it won't happen again, I promise you that."

"You promised me then too…"

Yami put his hand to her lips to stop her from speaking. He deliberately gazed into her eyes as he spoke.

"You're upset Tea, I'll give you some more time to think about it. But I want you to understand something. My feelings for you never changed and I want you back in my life; just think about it okay that's all I'm asking."

With that he lifted her chin and lightly brushed his lips over hers. Tea felt her heart break all over again. He slowly let go of herand backed away. By the time he had left Tea felt as if a new wieght had been added to her shoulders. It was so strange- all the times that she wished he would come back to her she was referring to the old Yami and not the one that was just in her apartment. Why was this happening to her? Why did her life have to be so messed up? She looked at the clock. It was only 10:30. She decided to spend the rest of the day clearing her thoughts. She didn't feel like being alone but what other choice did she have. Her life, as far as she knew, was still pretty much a mess of confusion..