Solomon Moto smiled, "It's good to see that you're feeling much better, Téa."

Téa smiled back, "Me, too."

"Hey, guys!" After everyone turned around, Yugi continued, "You can start without me. I forgot something upstairs." Joey, Tristian, Bakura, Miho, and Téa sat down at a table, in the Kamé Game Store. Everyone at the table, except Miho, started to shuffle their decks.

"So? What should we do until he gets back," Bakura asked.

"Let's duel one another, every man for himself," Tristan replied.

"Nah. It shouldn't take him long to get back."

"Well? What do you suggest we do," Joey asked.

"How about: Truth or Dare," Miho asked.

"Who goes first?"

"I do," Téa said in a strong tone of voice. Everyone was shocked.

Joey looked concerned, "Are you sure you want to play?"
"You bet. Truth or Dare?"

"Truth."

Téa smirked, "So, what was Mai doing at our school yesterday?"

Joey sighed, "I don't get it. I give her our phone numbers, but she never gives us hers. When she wants to say 'hello', she just drops by. She's been wondering about the plans for Serenity's surgery." Everyone smiled. They knew that Joey had a thing for Mai. They hoped that Mai had a thing for him, too. "Miho, Truth or Dare?"

Miho smiled, "Truth."

Joey looks at Tristan, then back at Miho, "Are you seeing anybody right now?"

"No," Miho seemed puzzled by the look the two teens were giving her. "Truth or Dare, Tristan?"

Tristan started to drool, "Dare."

"Excuse me," Téa said as she got up from the table and started jogging over to Yugi's grandfather, "Hey. Is there a place that I can take a call in private?" Solomon nodded. Téa took out her cellphone and pressed a button to answer the call, "One minute."

"Here," Solomon opened the door into the storage room. Téa was glad to get out of the room before anyone asked her the big question. The funeral was so beautiful, everyone wondered how her family could have afforded it. To make a long story short, Téa unfortunately spent all the money that Seto had given her. ALL of it, except $400. She would never be able to hold onto it for college, but was working for Seto worth it?

"Téa, are you there?"

"Yeah. Are you back, yet, Seto?" There was silence. "Seto?"

"Kaiba, I like you!"

Seto looked shocked. He leaned over and said into Téa's ear, "I want you to call me: Seto."

Her eyes went wide. Next, she looked him in the eyes, "Seto, I like you!" As the helicopter started to land, he grabbed her face and started to kiss her. He was not going to stop, even though it was hard for him to catch his breath.

"Sorry." He paused, "I'm still away. How are you feeling?"

"A bit better. I can't believe I miss hanging out with Mokuba so much, ...no offense. How is he?"

"He's being good...for now."

"That's good. Seto? Do you know when you'll come back?"

"No. I don't know when I'll be back. But, you'll be one of the first people to know."

Téa was confused, "I will?"

"Why wouldn't I, Téa? I didn't tell you this before, but Mokuba's the only other person who has this number." Téa remembered the businees card he gave her, after the helicopter landed. She took it out of her pocket and flipped it over. The number on the back matched the number he was calling her from. "Let's make this clear. Just because I gave you this number doesn't mean that we're seeing each other. And, it doesn't mean that I'm your boyfriend. Téa, ...I like you... Just now's not the time. Wait until I come back, then we'll see. How about we just get to know one another better, for now?"

Téa was beaming, "I'd like that." She could feel him smile from his side of the phone. Then, she heard yelling in the other room. As she peeked outside, she could see Solomon fighting Tristian for Miho's cellphone. I guess prank calls cross the line in his presence.

Yugi ran down the stairs, "Hey, guys! My parents gave me some photos from their vacation. Wanna see?" Joey, Tristan, Miho, and Bakura gathered around Yugi, while he held up a picture, in his hands, to his friends.

Miho nodded, "Ohhhhh. So, you look more like your-."

THE END

Author Notes:

Chapter 31, as you see it, never existed; it just formed.

1) The original Chapter 31 was going to be short. Another conversation between Seto and Mokuba. The original Chap 31 was a "decision" chapter and chap 32 was an "action based on decision" chapter.

2) Tea's thoughts and feelings about Seto was originally supposed to appear in Chapter 33 as information needed to understand the rest of the chapter.

3) I really wanted Seto to say a particular line, introvertedly. THEN, I actually considered that there are probably some readers out there that may not know anyone like Seto or of his motivations. This birthed an introverted dialogue which would have made the original idea for Chapter 31 awkward.

4) In the end, I decided that having TWO chapters of inner dialogue (split apart by an "action based on decision" chapter [32]) would be confusing, awkward, and mess with the flow. (It would slow down the story's ending too much.) This caused me to put both within the same chapter [31].

Chapter 33's title came from lyrics within a Maroon 5 song: "Won't Go Home Without You". Song did not inspire the chapter itself.

Alternate [joke] title: "Suddenly I see"(?) by KT Kunstall. The year that song came out, if this song was playing on a TV show, than the woman could complete the impossible. Part of the joke was that it took me a while to write it in a way where Tea didn't have ESP.

I'm glad for the epilogue because it kept them realistic. Originally what I wrote for Seto's conversation with Tea, seemed "mean".

And, thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed this.