Tea is my maid?

Dwain's research came to an abrupt end upon hearing his doorbell ring. He pocketed his phone and quickly got to his feet to answer the door. However, it took him a while to get there - not helped by his leisurely pace - and whoever it was seemed to grow increasingly impatient by how frequently they kept pressing the button. It did not get too bad, but it did start to annoy him.

"Can't they see this is a huge house? Give me a damn minute."

Once Dwain reached the door, he yanked it open to see a girl who stopped in mid-motion about to press the doorbell again. She seemed annoyed but quickly cooled her features.

"Hello," she said questioningly. "Are you Dwain Snyder? You hired a maid?"

Dwain stared dumbly at the girl who tried to hide her growing nervousness at his silence. Shaking his head to brush off his thoughts, he played along, "Right, right, of course, sorry. I wasn't expecting a pretty young girl like you to show up." He slightly cringed as his brain supplied everything wrong with his statement.

However, the girl did not seem to notice. She just strode in with a faint blush on her cheeks. She was partly flattered by his calling her 'pretty' but nervous at his calling her 'young'. She quickly said, "You sure live in a big house, are you sure you don't mind me working a few hours a week?"

Not noticing her reaction, Dwain nodded flatly - having given up on having any idea what was happening and just playing along. "Yep. Why don't you take a look around and familiarize yourself with the place?"

"Sure." The girl quickly walked away.

Dwain did not care if he was misunderstood as he intently watched her walk away and ascend the staircase. Once she was out of sight and presumably out of earshot, he covered his mouth to muffle himself and let out a suffering groan.

Moving opposite to the dining room, Dwain entered a spacious but relatively bare living room with a large couch, a coffee table, and a recliner chair. When he found the room earlier, he idly noted his television from his world was set up with his various game consoles sitting to one side.

Plopping himself down onto the couch, he stared blankly at the ceiling. The reason he was so out of sorts by the situation was not only because he had no idea what was happening, but also because he recognized the girl currently searching his house. It was none other than Tea Gardner - the main heroine of the original anime. Her presence - combined with seeing an anime character come to life - left him very off balance.

Once he had calmed down, Dwain pulled his phone out of his pocket. He opened it but stared at the screen doing nothing. What exactly was he supposed to search in this situation? Noticing the red notification bubble by the Mail app he absentmindedly fell back on his normal habits and went to check and clear them out. Letting them load, he still marveled at having access to all this. However, once his email updated, he noticed one with a curious tag line of "Fuck you".

Though annoyed, Dwain suspected this was from his kidnapper - or bizarrely random spam - and hoped it would provide some information on the situation.

SUBJECT: Fuck you

FROM: fuckyouintheass@youwhineylittlebitch.mail.org

TO: *****@gmail.com

Okay, I probably should have mentioned this before. I forgot. But instead of saying that, let9s say this was a test to see if you had more than two brain cells to figure out I left you a working phone. Only three or four tops, but still good job. And before you start getting butt-hurt over me being an ass, look someone in the eye and tell me you wouldn't do the same if the other person couldn't do a thing about it. How do you think internet trolls becMe a thing.

Anyway, item number one. Yes, I brought over most of your worldly possessions. Can't just strand you in another world with nothing to do. I also made sure you'd have access to all your online stuff like Microsoft Word, etc. While I was at it, I figured I'd go ahead and make some mods to your phone. Yes, it has infinite battery. Yes, it has signal and will work anywhere. Have fun.

Item mumber two. I took the liberty of adjusting some things for your convenience and set Tea Gardner up as your maid. Cold this be the start of an NTR romance where you steal the main character's girl? Who cares. Not my problem. This is to give you an in with the main cast and overall plot. The situation is this, you put an ad in the paper, she answered it, you hired her, this is her first day. She works a few hours after school Tuesday through Thursday. Don't worry about paying her, that - and your house for that matter - are taken care of.

However, you still need money. I set up an account of sorts in your Wallet app. I know you never use it, but figure it out. The food I've stocked you with won't last forever. So, either get a job - which I would remind you you have no proper form of identification - or you can play in DuelMonster Tournaments for cash prizes. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't notice, but there's a cook book for dummies sitting on the kitchen countr. USE IT. I don't care if you don't want to take the time to cook, you are not eating cereal and Taco Bell every day.

Oh, and while you can get new cards if you want, I've arranged something special if you manage to get through Duelist Kingsom - final four at least.

Shit, there are typos. Fuckit. If you can't read, that's your problem.

After reading all that, Dwain relaxed considerably. He thought about what he knew of the plot and Tea's story. She is an aspiring dancer and widely regarded in the fandom as a useless character kept around as a cheerleader constantly worrying about Yugi to the point that 'Oh Yugi' is considered her catchphrase or as a damsel-in-distress.

"Her most significant moments in the anime otherwise is when she Dueled Mai and pervy penguin guy. One was filler and the other was to get Yugi the Star Chips he needed after losing to Kaiba. There was also a flashback where Yugi and Joey caught her working at some fast-food place or restaurant where she was too young to work."

"Manga probably had a different story. The anime cut out a lot of details. I know there was a 'season 0' that wasn't dubbed. Wait, if the story hasn't started yet, does that mean this is before the anime or before Yugi solves the Millennium Puzzle?"

Turning back to his phone, Dwain decided to check Tea's wiki page to freshen his memory.

"Excuse me?"

Tea's voice broke Dwain from his thoughts. He turned to see her standing by the entrance. Now that he knew what was going on and could think more clearly, he took in her appearance. She had brown hair that reached her chin and bright blue eyes. She also had incredibly long legs and a much more developed figure than a sixteen-year-old girl should. Her figure was also highlighted by the maid's outfit she was wearing. Resembling a French maid's outfit, it hugged her chest, had puffy shoulders, and a skirt just long enough to not be seen as indecent but still short enough to show an ample amount of her smooth, creamy thighs between it and her white stockings.

Uncomfortable under his gaze, Tea said, "I finished looking around? I know I already asked this, but are you sure you're okay with me working so few hours. I don't think it's possible to clean this whole house in that time."

Taking his eyes off her body, Dwain said, "Yeah, I live alone and am a generally neat person. Your job will basically be keeping dust from collecting. Maybe some vacuuming, doing some dishes, you know. Just do what you can in the time you're here. Besides, I just moved in and probably need to stock up on some things."

Scratching her cheek awkwardly, Tea inquired, "So, is there anything you need me to do?"

"Sure," Dwain shrugged. He then got up and made his way toward the dining room. "I got a package a while ago and made a bit of a mess with opening it. You can clean that up if you want." Reaching the room, he showed her the scattered mess of packing peanuts - feeling somewhat embarrassed.

"O-Okay," Tea said sounding unsure of what she expected.

"Why don't you start picking things up, I'll get you a trash bag or something," Dwain said before moving toward the kitchen. Grabbing his empty cereal bowl on the way, he dumped it into the sink before grabbing the trashcan and bringing it back into the dining room. Once he was back, he noticed Tea looking at the cards he had left on the table.

Sweating at what he would do if they were not facedown and having to explain why he had boxes with pictures of people she knew on them, Dwain quickly got her attention while trying to sound casual. "Something caught your eye?"

Slightly surprised, Tea turned to him. "Oh, no, I just noticed these cards sitting here. These are Duel Monster cards, right?"

Putting the trashcan down beside her, Dwain quickly put the cards back into the metallic box while being careful not to let Tea see see the fronts of the Deck Boxes. "That's right. Why? Do you play?"

"No, but there's this kid at my school, his grandfather runs a game shop." Tea then went about throwing the packing peanuts into the trash.

Deciding he could use this to learn more about the current plot, Dwain asked, "Sounds like someone I might wanna meet. Can you tell me anything about them?" However, seeing Tea grow uncomfortable at his questioning, he quickly backpedaled, "Sorry if I'm being nosey. I'm new around here and was curious if there was anywhere to play."

Tea relaxed. "It's not that big a shop, but I think I heard something about a tournament soon?"

Clapping his hands together, Dwain cheerfully said, "That's great, do you think you could help me out with that?"

Internally, Dwain cringed at how utterly fake he sounded. However, Tea did not seem to notice and agreed.

"You know, if this were a fanfic, shouldn't there have been a Duel by now?"