Porcelain

Porcelain

Lady Nefertiti.

Chapter 8: I've got ways to make you talk…part 1

He was not happy. Here he was about to go see Tea if she wanted a ride to school and out she fly's out of her front door asking for someone to kill her. Let her go? Was she joking? Her signs of distress weren't making things better for him and rather caused a feeling of unsettlement in him. 'Gardner.'

"Kai-Uhm- bah?" she began looking up at him. He raised his eyebrows at her poor acting skills. Sheer emptiness showed in her eyes. "I….ha-ha… was on my way to school and here you come and almost knock me down…ah….Wait…what are you doing here again anyway?" Kaiba ignored her and then his blue eyes grew grave.

"If you were on your way to school Tea…then why are you running in the opposite direction? I feel as though there is something you are not telling this Seto." He said. She frowned at him, huffed, crossed her arms and then looked the other way. Why should she tell himof all people what was up in her life? She should tell her friends!

'You should tell your lover what's up in your life Tea.' Her conscious began smoothly.

'I don't…he's not...wait who made you my boss!' she yelled at her conscious.

"If you're not going to talk then I have ways to make you.." Kaiba began smoothly in his 'I am the king of the world' speech. Tea just gave him a dumbfounded look as if she hadn't heard him. He sighed and then threw her over his shoulder and made his way over to his Limo. Why did he care what happened to Gardner anyway? She was Yugi's bloody cheerleader for god's sake and pain in his butt.

'So then drop her on the ground and go to school.' His conscious said. Seto sighed knowing he couldn't do that.

"Kaiba! What are you? Are you delusional Baka? You overgrown ogre! Put me DOWN!" Tea screeched fearing that he was going to drop her. He sighed inwardly.

"Silence onna." He said shoving her into his car. Tea gaped at him in confusion. Where were they going? Kaiba's abrupt mood-swings were beyond her. "Akira. Home." He said to the driver. She turned and shot him a murderous look. "Kaiba…." She threatened.

"Would you rather I take you to the police station Tea?" he asked her smoothly. By her distraught and shocked look he knew he'd won.

"Yes Mr. Kaiba. Is your girlfriend alright?" Akira asked Kaiba hesitantly. He didn't want to lose his job for being nosy. Tea turned red and looked the other way. Damn it all to hell! Of course that was what people would think! Kaiba smirked at Tea who was turning as red as a tomato and then shrugged at Akira. Kaiba pressed a button and then the partition between the front and back closed.

"Now are you going to tell me who did what to you?" he asked her.

"No...and wait-a-sec! How come we're not on our way to school?" she asked him.

"So you can be absent once in a while right?" he said to her. "So what if you break your perfect attendance record?"

"Nothing's wrong! So lets go to school!" Tea said to him angrily.

"Then why are you so passionate about it?" he asked her. "Why do you defend it so much?"

'….'

He smirked. He thought so. Tea…an enigma.

-Before the start of school- (with Tristin, Joey, Yugi, Yami and Serenity.)

Tea was never absent. She even came to school when she had a cold! "I'm tellin' ya guyz that someone's takin' tea hostage! And doin' dirty things to her!" Joey exclaimed. Everyone looked at him as if he were completely insane.

"So Tea can be sick once in a while right?" Yugi said. Joey frowned at his friend. Why was he always so 'everything will be fine?' Serenity frowned. It was always her! It was always about Her! TEA! A permanent thorn at her side. 'Why doesn't anyone ever worry or think about me?' But how to get the guys minds off of Tea?

"Did you guys notice that Kaiba is missing today as well?" Tristin said vaguely out of the blue. Everyone stared at him….he was right.

"Are you tryin' to suggest somthin' about our Tea?" Joey exclaimed angrily. No answer from Tristin. "That she made off with him? That she eloped with him? That she…." But Joey was cut off by a loud sigh from Serenity.

"I think that everyone needs to calm down, you especially brother. Tea is a big girl and can take care of herself. She doesn't need you all to baby her all the time. So she's sick today…big deal. Now that the bell has rung, we'd better go." Serenity said and Joey just nodded.

-Tea and Kaiba-

Why was he helping her? Should she ask him? Why were they going to his home?

'Because you couldn't possibly hang out at yours… remember Eric who tried to bloody rape you?' her conscious said. Oh yeah….him.

Kaiba didn't say a single word on the way… back to his home. She'd be safe there but what was this feeling? Why should he feel as if he had to protect her? Was she in danger? Ha he was willing to bet that the annoying 'Yugi-group' would all be worried sick over her by now and the fact that he was missing as well. 'Probably thinking that I made off with 'their Tea.' It was a hilarious thought but as he turned to look at Tea he wondered whether he was indeed making off with her….They both got out of the Limo…well actually Kaiba had to pull Tea out who refused to budge from her spot and walked towards the front door. Kaiba took Tea by the wrist and pulled her into his home and shut the door behind him. "Alright Gardner I'm going to school cause it'll look suspicious if both of go missing on the same day." He said. She just nodded and then sat on the sofa.

"Don't go anywhere." He said and then he did something unexpected. He got on his knees, sat right in front of her and looked into her eyes. "I don't want anything to happen to you Tea and you'll be safe here…from everyone." He sighed, got back up and then proceeded towards the door.

He walked into school, late…which was odd for him. All eyes were on him as he walked into first period English class with the 'geek squad.'

'Minus Tea!' his conscious hissed at him. Yes…minus her. He ignored all the sighs from his fan-girls and glares from their boyfriends. He was going to make Tea talk…no matter what.

-Joey's P.O.V-

Okay so moneybags was here which meant that Tea hadn't eloped with him….

-Tristin's P.O.V-

When was lunchtime again?

-Serenity's P.O.V-

She knew….it would be today. She was going to destroy Tea once and for all…

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