Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen Angel ❯ Confrontation ( Chapter 18 )

Disclaimer: I swear that I don't own Yugioh or my inspiration for this chapter, Phil Vasser's "I'll Take That As A Yes." But I love both of them.

Things are getting interesting. But there's atleast five more chapters to go.

~Key~

thoughts

the voices in Seto's head

(comments from the peanut gallery) (fondly known as authors notes)

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Tea was so surprised at Kaiba's actions that morning.(as she's been for the past three months now...) She needed a dress for homecoming, which was tonight. That, however, wasn't the tricky part. Right now, she was holding Seto's platnum credit card in her hand. He had handed it to her, telling her to buy anything she needed. Who was she to argue? Not someone stupid who would. Besides, after everything that had happened the day before, she was still on cloud nine.

Her friend Chloe was with her, buying a dress at the last minute and helping Tea with what she should wear. Chole was easy. All she had to do was walk into a store and she found the perfect dress just thrown at her. Tea shook her head. The media was probably going to spaz when Seto took her to the dance. But at this point, she didn't really care, so long as it was only about the rumor of him having a steady girlfriend.

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Tea quietly slipped into the house, trying not to disturb her date, who was typing away in the study. That boy does too much work, Tea commented to herself, continuing to her bedroom. Then she heard the typing stop. He was probably going to want to see what she bought. So instead, she hid it in her closet.

"What did you buy?" Kaiba asked, still slightly annoyed. This was the norm though for taking care of business.

"Stuff." She said, handing him his credit card. He ripped it out of her hand. "Wow Seto, chill--"

"Just shut up!" He screamed in her face. He scared her. Severely. She had no idea what his problem was. "Listen Tea, I'm--"

Tea had pushed past him, quickly. If he was acting like this, she'd let him cool off. She went downstairs, and slid on her shoes. Kaiba put a hand on her shoulder just as she began to turn the doorknob.

"Wait." He took a deep breath. "Don't leave."

She smiled. He seemed to relax a bit more. "Don't worry, I wasn't going to go to New Jersey or anything."

"Better not." He said, a small amount of laughter noticible in his voice. "Sorry, I was a little pissed. My company consists of assholes."

"The world consists of assholes, and I know the biggest one of all."

"Let me guess....me." Kaiba gave her one of his 'tormenting the geek squad' glares, but he couldn't keep it up on her.

"Right now, yes. You forgot, you can't give me a 'geek look' anymore because of cerain circomstances. Besides, you still owe me for our little wager."

"What? I thought that the whole thing yesterday was good enough."

"I barley said two words, 'Mr. Action Speaks Louder Than Words.'" She gave him another seductive smile, and he began getting frustrated again. There was no way he was getting out of it. And he pretty much knew it. That was all him last night, she barely did a thing. They were reasonably close to each other, so Tea whispered, "I promise it will be fun. Alright?"

"Really?" he didn't sound convinced.

"Really, really." She kicked off her shoes. "You seem stressed still. I can fix that." Tea took him by the hand, leading him outside, in their huge backyard.

"What's so great out here?" Kaiba asked. There was a pool, which Mokuba was swimming in, the huge gardens off in the distance and a basketball court.

"This!" Tea, who still had a hold of his hand flung him over the edge of the pool, which he landed in rather quickly. The water was about 70 degrees, about fifteen degrees colder than the air, which made it seem cold. When Kaiba got out, Tea noticed that he wasn't laughing. He looked rather mad. But, being a stubborn person, she stood her ground.

"Gardner..." It was almost a low rumble at the bottom of his thoat.

"Kaiba..." She was slightly freaked. He looked like he was about to go on a rampage. A deadly one, at that. He picked her up suddenly, and she closed her eyes, waiting for something to happen, like her to land in the pool. When she hit the water though, she realized something.

Kaiba had jumped in too.

"Don't you ever do that again." Tea said. "You scared me half to death."

"You wish. That's my payback for whatever you're going to put me through later."

"Speaking of later," Mokuba piped up, startling the two teens, "isn't there a homecoming dance tonight that you both need to be attending?"

Tea, who was just about to splash the elder Kaiba stopped dead in her tracks. "Shit! I've got to get ready!"

"Watch that dirty mouth of yours, Tea." Both of them got out, still in regular clothes, which were sopping wet, and grabbed a towel. Mokuba laughed at the two of them. He really loved them more than anything. And they were perfect for each other. Sighing, he also got out.

Tea had the towel wrapped firmly around her body. She then passed Kaiba, giving him a small smack, dead on the ass. He jumped slightly. Mokuba, totally oblivious to the situation laughed, noticing his brother's jump in the air.

Well Kaiba, you said to watch my mouth....my mind and hands are a different story.

Jesus Christ, that girl is really starting to bug me. That's because she wants you. If she wants me so bad, why doesn't she-- wait a Goddamn minute. WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE? Because you apparently need me. She's playing hard to get, but you can tell that she cares about you. Maybe she won't say anything, maybe you have to..... didn't you think of that? First of all, I don't need you. Second of all, since you won't leave me the frig alone, what do you propose I do? The obvious thing, duh. And what prey tell is that?

Tell her you love her.

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Mokuba was sitting on his brother's king size bed, watching the older brother put on a black tux. He was wearing that all so suave aftershave and that super-sexy cologne that the girls went for.

"Seto, are you going to tell her?" Mokuba asked.

"Tell her what?" After that conversation with the voice in his head that just wouldn't die, he had a decent idea of what the boy was talking about.

"Don't play dumb, big brother, I know that you know what I'm talking about."

"I don't know," he finally answered, after a few moments."Should I?"

Mokuba beamed with pride at that question. This was the first time in his twelve years of life that Seto had auctally come to him for advice. The boy simply loved it. "Yes."

"Kid, it's not that simple. I can't just go out and say it."

"But she loves you." Seto turned around and looked the boy straight in the eye, his wide and indredulous. Mokuba saw this as his oppertunity to continue. "She's said it herself. She told me the night of the Anniversary Party."

"What?" He couldn't believe what he was hearing. For the first time in his life, something that he really wanted, no, desperatly needed, might auctually be in his reach....

"I'm not saying that you have to do it tonight or anything, but I think that it would be wise to do in the near future."

"Mokuba, are you dead serious?"

"Look into her eyes, as mushy as it may sound, and I think you'll be able to tell." Mokuba got up. "I'm going to check up on Tea now." He began to leave the room, as his brother pulled him back.

"Don't breathe a word about this conversation to anyone."

"I promise." He started out again.

"Hey, Mokie, by the way,"

"What?"

"Where did you learn about giving love advice?"

"A true master can never reveal his secrets."

"I'll be watching you." Mokuba scooted out of the room. God I wish that I knew if he was joking or not. Shrugging to himself, the boy knocked on Tea's door.

"Who is it?"

"Mokuba."

"Ok, come in." Tea was standing inbetween her room and her bathroom. She had her hair done and her dress on. At that moment, she was doing her makeup.

"Holy...." Mokuba was almost at a loss for words. The girl wore a dark, deep purple dress, strapless. The back was laced up revealing a large amount of skin on her back. The bottom fell down to the top of her matching sandals, hugging her curves, but still giving her the ability to move around. The top of the dress cut straight across from where it ended on her back. A gold chain was strung around her neck, matching the ring Seto gave her that she never took off. Her hair was in straightened, ending just below the shoulders. Her hair had really begun to grow more and more. Her bangs though, were still in place. "Seto's going to go crazy when he sees you."

"I hope so. Wouldn't want to disappoint him." She had just applied mascara, the only makeup other than lipgloss that she was going to wear tonight. She went and sat next to the boy, who was now on her bed.

"I'm glad you're living with us." the boy said, out of the blue. "You did good for all of us."

"You're the one who brought me here, and convinced your brother to let me stay. I think that you are the one responsible for all of this, not me."

"Still, if it hadn't been for you, Seto wouldn't have opened up. I see how he looks at you, and he really smiles. Not some fake plastered smile, or a phsycotic smile, even if those are one of his specialties," Both laughed at that, "But a real smile. Something genuine." Tea smiled.

"You know what Mokuba, I'm glad too. There's so much about you and your brother that I had no idea about. And," She said, leaning down to whisper in his ear, "six months ago, I never though about your brother as more than a jerk. Now, well you know..."

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It was almost dejavu, Seto standing at the bottom of the marble stairs, waiting for the girl to come down. He had made sure that Rowland was the one who drove them. Nothing was going to screw this up. Not the media, no one. She had been waiting for months for this to happen. Ever since that one night, he knew he had to make things right. And he had to find out what exactally was going on between them and their little wager.

She came down the steps, elegant as always. He had to fight the urge to rush up there and kiss her, seeing as his kid brother was in the room. Instead he took her hand, and kissed it gently.

"Wow, that was very smooth," Mokuba commented, very softly to himself. The two of them were now at the door, as Mokuba waved at them, holding a hankercheif. "They look so beautiful," he said, wiping away the fake tears he'd willed himself to cry. The couple rolled their eyes. He was quite the commedian.

"You look great." Seto said, once they'd gotten in the limo.

"You look very handsome as well." She allowed herself to lean against him. He looked upon her with such tenderness that it could melt Antarctica. (The reader may also like to notice that hell froze over. But I still don't own yugioh...)

"I'm glad we're doing this." He said, draping his arm around her. "You are the only girl that I'd want with me tonight." Tea looked up at him, eyes dancing with the same feelings as his.

"That was the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me. And I mean it." They shortly arrived at the hotel where the dance was to be held. A doorman opened the limo's door, and Kaiba got out, causing fan girls to shriek. Then they saw him extend his hand to the other person in the limo. All the fan girls started to scowl and the press began snapping photos of the couple. The girls of the dance team all looked on in shock. It seemed that Tea Gardner had tamed Seto Kaiba. Either that or they were so good at acting. What really surprised them all is that it wasn't the whole elbows linked thing that was happening. They were holding hands, which gave the press and some people ideas that they were severely in love.

They had no idea.

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So far, things were going smoothly. Kaiba was acting semi human, and was discussing duel monsters with a few of the people at their table. Tea was talking to her friends, who couldn't believe that Kaiba had asked her, instead of it being the other way around. It was about ten thirty. The dance ended at midnight.

"Do you think we'll make it to nationals, Tea?" Lizzy was asking.

"Of course. We've got our next tournament in three weeks. We're totally ready right now, so I think we could win."

"Awesome." Layna said. "So what song do you think will be best for the nationals then?"

"I think that we should do a country song. Something different, seeing as we're doing "One, Two, Step" for the next tournament." Chloe piped up.

"Hey ladies." Came a very smooth voice from behind. All the girls smiled widely. This was totally amazing. Seto Kaiba did have the ability to be very charming. "Mind if I steal Tea for awhile?" Meanwhile, somewhere in the corner, some girls were swooning at the smile he graced Tea with. "A girl who looks this good should be danced with."

Tea gave her friends a smile and allowed the CEO to escort her to the dance floor. "You are being a gentlemen tonight. I'm very surprised."

"You're contagious."

"So are you." They were playing a medley of slow songs. He put his hands on her hips. She wrapped his arms around her neck. "You're better than I thought."

"In what sense is that?" She let him pull him closer. At the moment, they were in their own world. Some people were watching them with interest. She rested her head on his shoulder, close enough to smell that cologne. God, she was so addicting. And he didn't care anymore. He wasn't going to go through with some mushy routine tonight. It was too soon, and not private enough. So he'd just have to settle for this and for kissing her.

"You're everything I wanted and more." Her voice was soft, like silk, but smooth and even. She lifted her head to meet his gaze. Their faces were so close that he moved just the fraction of an inch, and she entangled her hands in his chestnut locks. Everyone stared at the couple. Since when did Seto Kaiba freely make out with girls in public? Especially ones he used to hate? The girls on the dance team stared as well. They all were waiting for it to happen. The press was loving it. This would surely give them a raise.

When they finally broke apart a moment later, they both sat down. Things were getting rather crowded. Tea had leaned over after a moment. "I'm guessing that tomarrow morning we'll be on the front page of every newspaper in town?"

"Would you expect anything different?"

"Not from you." She let him hold her hand in his. "You still owe me. I have something in mind."

"What?"

"Hmmm....do you have a--"

"I have everything in the world. What could you possibly want?"

"The warmest, most relaxing thing in the world. A hot tub."

"That I can do. We can either go upstairs or back to the mansion. You choose." His words were soft and sweet on her neck. She shivered slightly, the result of having her crush acting rather intimate.

"Which would you prefer?"

"Mokuba's already in bed for the night, so if you want privacy, we'll go home." He planted a kiss on her neck, which he followed up with three more, increasingly lower.

"God, you really like to torment me, don't you?"

"It's a rather addicting pastime."

"So are you." She said it rather breathlessly, a red tint noticible on her cheeks. He backed off for a moment, looking her in the eye.

"While we're all in caught up in the moment, I might as well get this off my chest....but first we dance."

Tea allowed him an encore dance. She spiral out for a moment, then came back in quickly. For that brief moment, Seto Kaiba had the courage to say what he wanted to say when.....

"YUGI MOTOU? What the fucking hell? What is going on?" Tea let the boy draw her into him, as her heart pumped faster and faster. Kaiba knew that she was fearing for her life.

"Tea, I--"

"Stay away from her." Kaiba's voice was definetly threatening. "You've done enough."

"I know that you think I hurt you, but I didn't. It wasn't me."

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