Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Crazy for you ❯ To make you feel better ( Chapter 12 )

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< br> Ryou must have just stood there staring for some time when he realized that one of the men was waving his hand in front of his face. He quickly snapped out of it and shook his head.

“Sorry... Of course! What-what is this about?”

“We are still searching for the escaped people and since you were visiting one... Ishtar Mariku, before he ran away, we were wondering if you could help us.”

The other man piped in. “Do you have any information that could help us find him?” He took out a folder and a pen, looking at Ryou expectingly.

“Ah... Well, I don't think-.”

“Can we come in?” Asked a man and stepped in, the other in tow. Ryou didn't have much choice but to let them in. He just hoped that Mariku had enough sense to hide.

“Now about the-.” Started the other man but the rest of the sentence was lost to Ryou. He was violently jerked back by the shoulder and fell painfully on the floor on his backside.

When he reopened his eyes, having closed them in the impact, Mariku had already knocked the other of the men out cold and had stabbed the other between the ribs. He still held the bloody kitchen knife up in the air, with a strange, insane and excited gleam in his eyes. This worked as painful reminder for Ryou of what kind of person he was dealing with here. He looked at Mariku wide eyed as he smirked down on the men and kicked the other for good measure.

“Served you right you bastards!” Claimed Mariku, turning to Ryou who packed off a bit on the floor.

“You alright?” Mariku asked and Ryou just nodded, not yet trusting his voice.

“Good.”

“Ma-Mariku... What did you do?!” Ryou exclaimed, finally standing up. “You-you...”
Mariku cocked his head. “What? They had it coming and besides, rather them than me, right?”

“Bu-but you didn't have to...” Ryuo stammered on.

“They're still alive. What are you freaking out about? Calm down sweets.”

“I can't calm down!” Ryou yelled. “I'm not cold blooded like you!”

Mariku flinched. “Ouch...” He mumbled.

“What are we going to do now? You can't stay here!” Ryou ranted on.

“Well, what do you suggest?” Asked Mariku, crossing his arms.

“You-! You created this mess!” Ryou pointed an accusing finger. “You tell me!”

“If we can't stay here, we'll have to go somewhere else.”

“But where?” Ryou frowned in thought. “Wait... I have an idea but you are not going to like it...” Ryou said slowly and looked carefully at Mariku.

“What?”

“We could go to your sis- I mean Ishtar Ishizu...”

“No way in hell!” Exclaimed Mariku. “What makes you think she would take me in anyway?”

Ryou bit his lip. “Well, like it or not, you're still related... I think she would help you if you just asked...”

“Is there really no other option?”

“I don't think...”

“Fine then! Do you know where she lives?” Mariku was clearly not liking it but not having much options.

“She must be in the phone book, I'll grab a few things and then we'll go.” Ryou ran off, taking a few important things with him before they left. He handed Mariku a black hoodie to hide his hair and face with. It was too big for Ryou bt it fit Mariku.

When they were out of the building, Ryou took out his cell phone and dialed quickly.

“Who are you calling?” Mariku asked.

“To the hospital, I'm calling an ambulance for the guys you took out.”

Mariku 'hmph'ed. Ryou frowned at him and continued to tell the address and other necessary information to the hospital personnel.


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They found the address they had looked up from the phone book. Mariku moved around nervously, Ryou took notice how he looked around and stuffed his restless hands in his pockets.

“It's going to be fine, don't worry.” Ryou said with a reassuring smile and paced his hand on Mariku's arm gently.

Mariku glanced at him and grunted, before turning to stare at the door that read “Ishtar” on it. He reached to knock on the door, his hand stopping for a second before it hit the door, creating a knocking sound. Ryou smiled at Mariku though he couldn't see it and squeezed his arm briefly before letting go.

The door opened slowly and Ishizu peered out, first glancing at Ryou then at Mariku. Her eyes widened and she gasped, covering her mouth with her hands and took a step back.

“Ma-Malik...” She choked out from between her fingers.

“I told you not to call me that!” Mariku spat harshly.

“What-what are you doing here?” She asked, eyes bouncing wildly between the two. Ryou elbowed Mariku who glared at him quickly before turning back to Ishizu.

“We were hoping that you could help us.” He stared. “There was a small incident at Ryou's place and I can't go back there.”

Ishizu didn't say anything, just stared. Ryou elbowed Mariku again and he shifted his weight from one foot to the other.

“Please... sister... Help me this once.” Mariku almost pleaded, glancing his sister quickly before looking away.

Ishizu nodded silently and stepped aside to let them in. They stepped in and looked around. The apartment was bigger than Ryou's and homey looking, near the center of Domino.

“You have a nice place.” Ryou commented, sitting down on the couch as Ishizu had motioned him and Mariku to do.

She herself remained standing, crossing her arms and glancing between the two.

“So...” She began and paused for a bit, frowning. “He's been staying with you then...” Ishizu addressed Ryou.

“Yes...” Ryou admitted. Ishizu nodded and turned to Mariku.

“What do you expect me to do, Mariku?”

“Are you offering to help?”

“Yes...” She said slowly. “You need a place to stay?”

Mariku nodded. “And Ryou may need one too if they turn his place inot some kind of crime scene.”

“I really don't want to trouble you Ms. Ishtar.”

“Shut up Ryou.”

“Ishizu.”

They both said at the same time and glanced at each other.

“You won't be of any trouble, don't worry.” Ishizu assured with a small smile.

“You can't go home if there's cops, they'll turn you into a suspect.” Mariku told and Ryou decided to listen to them.

“Ok but I have to get my things.”

“Sure. I have one spare room, you can share it or one of you can sleep on the couch.” Ishizu told.

“We can share.” Mariku stated.

“Eh? I guess...”

Ishizu raised a brow but refrained from commenting.


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Ishizu drove Ryou to his place where he got some clothes, his school books and his flute before they went back. They were farther away from his school now but Ryou could just take a bus there or order a cab.
Mariku waited them at the apartment. Ishizu offered to make them tea but Mariku declined none too politely. Ryou excepted gratefully.

They sat in the kitchen in awkward silence, sipping their teas.

“So...” Ryou tried to start a conversation. “Ishizu, I don't think I ever caught what you do for a living?” He asked. Ishizu looked relieved that someone finally said something.

“I work for the museum and some times teach history in Domino High.” She told.

“Oh that sounds interesting.” Ryou siad with a polite smile.

Ishizu nodded. “It is. How's school?”

“Good, I was absent for a while because I was sick and all...” He glanced quickly at Mariku. “But now I'm catching up.”

“That's nice.” Ishizu said, then looked down in her cup, not knowing what to say next. Ryou too was silent and they lapsed into silence again.

Ryou was sure that the two siblings had a lot to catch up on, if only they would talk to each other... They were both just too stubborn to offer peace and start a conversation. It wasn't a big surprise after they had been apart for so long though.

“I have to go do some work for tomorrow, you can watch TV or whatever, just keep it down, ok?” Ishizu said, putting
her cup in the sink.

“Sure.” Ryou assured. After Ishizu had disappeared to her room, Ryou turned to Mariku.

“Why don't you talk to her?”

“There's nothing to say, alright?” Mariku said harshly. “If she wants to talk, then she can but I'm not going to speak to her unless it's absolutely necessary.”

Ryou sighed but dropped the subject. He too finished his tea and placed his cup in the sink. Then he left the kitchen.

“Where are you going?” Mariku asked.

“I'm taking my stuff to our room.”
Ryou placed his back on the floor and dug out his psychology book, settling on the bed to read it, leaning against the head board.

Mariku soon joined him, hopping on the bed and lying down, closing his eyes. Ryou glanced at him and went back to his book.

“Why are you so bent on uniting me and... my sister?” Mariku suddenly asked, bringing Ryou out of his studies.

“I think that since you are a family, you should be together.” Ryou just said. His family had always been important to him and he wanted Mariku to have one too, it would eventually make him happy.

“But why?”

“Family is important and should stick together.”

“What about yours? You live alone.” Mariku asked.

Ryou turned away from his book to him. “The graves, the ones I was near to, in the cemetery.”

“Yes? I practically hung to them.”

“Those were the graves of my mother and sister.” Ryou stated and went back to his book. “My father is always away, he works on archeology and travels a lot.”

Neither of them said anything after that. Not for the longest time at least.

Just when Ryou was reaching an interesting part of the chapter he was reading, he felt someone touch his foot. He looked in the direction of his feet and saw Mariku.

“What are you doing?” He asked and tried to pull his feet away from the other but Mariku didn't let him.

“What does it look like? I'm giving you a foot rub.” Informed Mariku to the confused Ryou.

“Why?”

“It'll make you feel better.”

“Why do you want me to feel better?” Ryou asked once again.

“Good god, Ryou! Do you have to know everything?” Mariku snapped. “Just enjoy it and stop asking stupid questions.”

Ryou nodded but still felt quite confused. When Mariku started working on his feet with skilled fingers, he bit his lip and closed his eyes tightly. He heard the other laugh and opened one eye to see Mariku who looked at him, amused.

“You look like you're in great deal of pain or something. Just relax, I know what I'm doing.”

Ryou took a deep breath and let his head fall against the head board of the bed. He felt himself relax a bit under
Mariku's ministrations and closed his eyes calmly this time. It actually felt rather good...

“Mmmh...”

Mariku smirked at him but of course he couldn't see it with his eyes closed.

“That's better...” Mariku purred lowly. “Feels good?”
Did he need to ask? “Mmm... Yes...” There wa something wonderfully intimate about the touch, even though it was just his foot. Then Ryou remembered something his teacher had mentioned in anatomy; there's a spot for every patr of his body on he sole of his foot. So, in a way, Mariku was touching him all over. The thought made Ryou blush and he heard Mariku chuckle.

“What?”

“Noothigghh...” The word came out a bit weirdly, in a mix of talking and moaning. “Just something I remembered from anatomy class.”

“Oh?” Mariku started on his other foot and Ryou's head rolled slightly on a side. This was maybe a bit too nice...

“Mmmh... Marikuh... Stop...” Ryou managed out.

“Why?” He too was enjoying this, seeing Ryou like this and hearing him.

“Just doh it...”

“What if I don't, hm? What are you going to do? Moan at me?”

Ryou chucked his pillow at him. Mariku dodged it but it gave Ryou time to pull his feet to himself. He glared at Mariku who just smirked at him, seeing that his glare wasn't very threatening with his eyes slightly glassed over.

“You liked that, didn't you sweets?” Asked Mariku, flicking his tongue across his lips quickly. “You just got scared because it felt so good.”

“No, I just w-want to go to sleep already...” Ryou lied. Mariku was absolutely right...

Mariku rolled his eyes. “Geesh, Ryou, how am I ever going to get into your pants when you're so uptight?”

“Whaat?” Ryou yelled, sitting straight up, more than slightly shocked.

“I was just kidding, don't worry.” Mariku waved his hand absently. “Go to sleep if you want, I'm going to watch some TV. 'Night.” With that Mariku left Ryou in the room.

“Being a bit confused, it took a while for him to get sleep but eventually it came to him and he could just forget all this, at least till morning.


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It seemed like Ryou couldn't have his break until morning as he woke up when someone moved on the bed next to him. He opened his eyes tiredly and turned slightly to see Mariku who was turning around and mumbling something in his sleep. Ryou couldn't make out what he was saying but he seemed distressed, like he was having a nightmare.

“Mariku?” He tried but got no reaction what-so-ever from the other. Always when Ryou had had a nightmare, his mother would wake him up and calm him down but what to do when the one having the nightmare refused to wake up? Ryou didn't know. He had never been in this kind of situation, living alone he didn't exactly have anyone around who could have nightmares, save for himself. When he had a nightmare, he turned on his night light, dived deeper into the covers and hum to himself until he could sleep again. So, not having any better ideas, he turned on the small lamp that was on the night stand, pulled the covers tighter around Mariku and started to hum a soft tune. It started out as random but became more thought out as he went on, resembling something of his mother's but having parts added up by him.

Mariku was a bit calmer now but still kept on turning his head from side to side and mumbling something or other. Ryou sighed and reached out hesitatingly to touch him. He fiddled with his hair a bit, wondering how it stood up like that. He carefully untangled a few tangles and moved his hand across the other's face gently. Mariku said something that almost sounded like recognizable words to him but he still couldn't understand. Then he remembered that Mariku was originally from Egypt so it made sense for him to have un-Japanese dreams.

Ryou wondered what he was having the nightmare about... He probably had something terrible in his past that he didn't want people to know about, though Ishizu might know. Ryou was curious but didn't want to intrude into someone's personal busyness, if Mariku decided to let him know, then he would, Ryou would wait.

He yawned, being quite tired after having so much things happening during one day. Mariku didn't seem peaceful yet though... A new idea crossed his mind but he was a bit hesitant to put it into action. When ever he was scared, it helped if there was someone to hold him. He placed his hand carefully on Mariku's shoulder, to see if he got disturbed, not everyone liked to be touched though Mariku had always seemed to be a physical person to him. When nothing terrible happened, Ryou laid down slowly, placing his head on Mariku's chest and wrapping his other arm around him. Like by some miracle, the turning ceased before coming to a full stop and Mariku sighed, putting his arms around Ryou's waist and nuzzling in his hair. Ryou tensed a bit at first but then relaxed against the other, feeling himself falling back to sleep. This wasn't so bad...


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