Stories

Story 52: Smoothie

One night, Tea and Yugi were on their first date at a smoothie place. They wouldn't actually call it a date since that made them embarrassed. They would just call it…hanging out as friends. They just had gotten there and were sitting in a booth together. Tea was sitting across from Yugi at the booth. A waitress came to take their order.

"What can I get you two love birds?" the waitress asked.

"Two strawberry smoothies…" Tea replied.

"Don't you two want to share one?" the waitress asked.

Yugi felt his cheeks starting to get hot. He saw that Tea was blushing too.

"Uh…"

"Great!" the waitress quickly leaves.

Yugi watched the waitress leave. Then he looked at Tea. He saw that Tea was staring at him. Then she quickly looked away. Yugi sighs and starts playing with a napkin.

"Yugi, what are you doing?" Tea asked.

Yugi stops playing with the napkin and looks down in embarrassment. He hears Tea laughing. He felt even more embarrassed. This date wasn't going very well. How can he just play with a napkin? That's complete childish. Tea stops laughing.

"Sorry…" she apologized.

The waitress came back with one smoothie and there were two straws in the cup.

"There you two go," the waitress said as she walked away.

Yugi stares at Tea. "Are you sure you want to share?"

"As long as you don't spit in the drink," Tea teased.

Yugi just nodded. He leaned forward and put his mouth on one of the straws. He started drinking the smoothie. Tea watches him and smiles. She leans forward and starts drinking out of the other straw. Yugi blushes at how close their faces were. Then they both stop drinking.

"So…how's Pharaoh?" Tea asked suddenly.

Yugi felt a sharp pain in his heart. He swallowed hard and answered. "He's fine…"

"Good…" Tea whispered.

Yugi found himself falling deep in thought.

"You know I wish I could just see his face again," Tea said.

"Wh-who?" Yugi stammered.

"Pharaoh," Tea answered. "He's so handsome and so totally amazing! I can't stop thinking of him! I think I'm in love with him!"

Yugi felt his heart shatter into a million pieces.

Yugi shook his head out of his thoughts. That's stupid. Tea can't be in love with Pharaoh. Right? Then Yugi started thinking of something else.

"Oh Yugi! I love you!" Tea exclaimed.

"I love you too!" Yugi shouted.

She wraps her arms around him and gives him soft kisses on the lips.

Yugi shook his head furiously. Why am I thinking this? Yugi thought. Tea could never love me. But then again, why are we on this date together? Yugi sighed softly. Oh my sweet, Tea, we will be together some day…

"Oh, Yugi? Come back to earth!" Tea exclaims.

Yugi snaps out of it and blushes in embarrassment. "Oh sorry!"

Tea shrugs. "That's okay. What were you thinking about anyway?"

Yugi blushed even more. "Nothing important!"

They both leaned forward to drink some more of the smoothie. But to Yugi's surprise they both ended up kissing each other. Yugi and Tea's eyes widened in shock and they pulled away from each other. They were both blushing madly.

"I'm sorry!" Yugi exclaimed, immediately.

Stupid, stupid, stupid! Yugi thought.

"You…I mean we…kissed," Tea whispered.

Yugi just nodded, looking down at the table.

"I'm sorry!" Yugi repeated.

"No…that's okay," Tea said. "Do you have feelings for me…?"

Yugi's whole face was red as a tomato. Why'd she have to ask that? He thought.

"Well…uh…" Yugi whispered. "I…do…kind of like you…a lot…"

Tea stared at Yugi, surprised.

"I know you like Pharaoh…so you can never like me the way I like you…" Yugi whispers.

Tea sighs. She gets off her seat and sits next to Yugi. She pulls him into a tight hug. "I like Pharaoh, but I like you a lot more…"

Yugi returns the hug. Phew…

THE END