"Made To Order"

By Petit Angel Girl

Anime: YuGiOh!/Yuugiou Duel Monsters

Pairing: Yami x Tea/Anzu

Rated G

It's a chilly winter day in Domino City and former pharaoh and fellow King of Games Yami Mutou enters the nearest restaurant "Burger World" in hopes to warm up and maybe have a hot meal. Little did he realize he'd warm up much sooner.

"Welcome to Burger World." says a girl's voice. Yami looks up and gives a soft gasp. The girl had soft, auburn hair, creamy smooth olive skin and bright, cerulean blue eyes. "How may I be of service to you today?" she continues, giving a cute smile.

Yami feels a blush rise over his cheeks and nose.Stuttering over a suddenly clumsy tongue, he managed to force out that he was fine, yes he was alone and a few mumbled sounds he couldn't really understand.

"Here's a table! Your meal will be here in a ... moment..." she had turned to look at him, eyes suddenly widening, and an airbrushing of pink sparking across her cheeks.

Silence fell in their tiny square of area.

"I-Um-I-I'll get your food." She scooted off as Yami sat in a daze. His head was blank and fuzzy, the world oddly cut off, and he was very desperately wishing the girl would come back to he could read her nametag. But she had disappeared into the kitchen. Through the doors, he caught a glimpse of her, then someone else, then her again, and then no one. Several minutes later, she emerged, set down his food carefully, and stood there, head down, effectively hiding her face.

Now his tongue decided to loosen, and he could see the nametag. "Are you ok, miss...Téa?" He looked to her for confirmation. Accent marks threw him off.

She nodded.

"You can sit if you want."

Someone poked their head out of the kitchen. "Break time, Gardner." The woman smiled.

At this, she took the seat across from him. Silence fell again, this awkward, nerve-wracking silence. Clearing his throat, Yami's the first to try and break it.

"Chilly day..."

"Uh-huh...So...is this your first time here?"

Yami gives a light chuckle. "I've been here a few times. But Yugi's more of a regular. Joey, too."

"Oh, I know them! And they do love their hamburgers. Who can blame them when ours are the best in town. I'm sure you'll fall in love with them, too, once you try them." she tells him, smiling. "I'm Tèa Gardner, by the way. Tèa Marie Gardner."

He nodded. "Yami Mutou. So..." he stared at the lights. "You...Uh... So..." his train of thought went south over a cliff. She was smiling at him again.

"So what?" she asked, smile lessening. "You okay?"

"I'm fine!" he began eating, trying to recover the wreck in his mind.

"Aren't you Yami, the King of Games?"

He nodded, swallowing. "Yeah. Why?" Bragging seemed pointless. It was just a title. Besides, in movies that was only done by the person who WASN'T [Insert name/title/whatever].

She stared at the table. "I don't really play duel monsters. I can, but not very well. Joey and Yugi promised to help me sometime..." she added with a slight glare.

"Haven't, huh? Tip: Do not make them promise in the presence of food. It's gone with the meal, usually."

She sighed slightly. "I realized that already."

Téa sounded just so disappointed, it was heart-breaking. Heck, the guy from the table over was glancing-heeyyyy. Who did he think he was staring at?

"I could help you." The words came straight from somewhere NOT his brain.

"Really?"

"Yeah. Did you bring your cards?"

She shot off into the kitchen and was back (walking) a few minutes later. Yami was shuffling his own deck.

"Right then. Let's start. And I am NOT going easy on you." He added.

"Good."

Authoress' Note: Chapter 1 done J Should I continue this story?