Stories

Story 168: Turtles

Date: 8/10/2010

I sat behind the driver's seat of the van. Joey was in the driver's seat. Tristan was sitting in the passenger's seat. Joey was taking us to a Duel Monsters Tournament. There's going to be a lot of powerful duelist there and I must be ready. I noticed from the corner of my eye that Tea had just taken a box out of her backpack. She was sitting behind Tristan's seat. I turned and looked at the box she had set on her lap. She opens the box. Inside the box held chocolate turtle candies. The chocolate turtles were set neatly inside of the box. By the look of them made my stomach rumble. Tea takes one of the turtles in her hand and neatly bit off of the turtle. Some caramel hung from her lower lip as she chewed on her candy softly. I watched her with a bit of drool dripping from the corner of my mouth. I used my sleeve to wipe the drool from his mouth. I was so hungry. I haven't eaten anything since breakfast and my tummy was growling like crazy. I clenched my stomach with my left hand to keep it from growling.

I had thought Tea would have offered me one. There was only one left now. I had the will to just take that last turtle and put it all in my mouth. But I knew that I shouldn't. I was surprised at how much she had eaten. There was like over twenty in there. I guess she was hungry too then. I watched silently as Tea picked up the last one. She took a big bite out of it and smiled to herself. I guess she noticed I was staring at her because she was staring at me.

"Sorry. Did you want one, Yugi?" she asked.

I nodded solemnly. Tea handed me the turtle she had bitten. I took it out of her grasp and put the whole thing in my mouth. Lots of caramel was on my lips as I chewed hungrily. My hand had chocolate on it. I wanted to lick my fingers but I knew that was nasty. So Tea handed me a wet napkin. I took it from her and wiped my hand.

"Sorry…I didn't know you were hungry," Tea apologized sorrowful.

"That's okay. I should've asked," I said, as I started to lick the caramel off of my lips. That half eaten turtle wasn't enough to make me full but it was enough for now until we stop.

Tea smiles brightly before nodding.

THE END