Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Insert Cool Yu-Gi-Oh! Related Title ❯ Chapter Twenty-four: Almost Is Not Fun ( Chapter 24 )

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//Are the yami mentally speaking to their hikari.//
/Are the hikari mentally speaking to their yami./
And Italics are thoughts.

Chapter Twenty-four: Almost Is Not Fun

Ryou pushed Bakura away seemingly out of the blue, except it wasn't out of the blue, because both of them had quite clearly, and distinctively, heard the reverberating words of `I saw Ryou and Bakura having SEX!!!'

Normally, Bakura wouldn't have cared in the least. Actually, he didn't. In fact, he wouldn't have minded at all to screw his precious hikari in front of an entire classroom full of students. And then bragged about it afterwards. Unfortunately, Ryou did mind. And screwing Ryou is somewhat hard to do when he's busy trying to put his pants back on to run to the door and figure out who the heck just shouted out a rather personal detail about himself.

Bakura took the opportune moment to thank the heavens. //Why?! Damned it! WHY?! And I was THIS close!!!// he yelled as he slammed the lab table with his hips and growled. It's safe to assume that a slow a painful death was promised to whomever had been foolish enough to keep him from getting some.

Ryou flung open the door and stopped dead in his tracks. There before him stood Kaiba, Jounouchi, Yugi and Yami. Kaiba stood with his arms crossed, Jounouchi was flat on his ass, while in front of him, the spirit of the pharaoh was hovering over Yugi, who looked about as red as Ryou when he was trying to imitate a beet. And all, regardless though, held the most blatantly surprised looks on their faces that he had ever seen. "Uh…" Ryou swallowed. "Um…"

Oh, my God! What do I say? What can I say!?! `Yes it's all true! Bakura and I are in love!' Should I tell them that? Should I deny everything? Well, it's not like they don't already know- Oh, gods! I'm screwed! What am I going to do?!?!

"Gomen…" Ryou bowed his head at Yugi and apologized. Tears began to form in his eyes. "I… I'm.. I didn't… I don't know what to say." He looked away.

Oh, gods… God. Anyone? Please… Let this turn out alright!

"I didn't want you to find out like this…" the white haired hikari continued. "Gomen-"

//Don't apologize!// Bakura's annoyed deep voice startled both Ryou and Yugi. Yami just tsked in distaste. //What? Are you sorry about us?! Are you ashamed?! Do you think it's so disgusting that you have to apologize to them about it?!// Bakura looked very irked. It was a side effect from still being horny. And still being unfulfilled.

/Ah.. I- No! It's not that!/ Ryou begged. "I just… It`s… I…"

Bakura ignored his struggling hikari, strutting right past him, and stared straight at the pharaoh. //What? Is their a problem, oh mighty one?//

Yami crinkled his nose and crossed his arms. //I hate to think about what you… What you've done!// He shook his head and sneered. //Have you no shame? Corrupting your light?! I knew you were bad news, Bakura, but this!?// He pointed at Ryou. //This is intolerable! Taking advantage of your hikari; throwing him into submission! Forcing yourself on him to satisfy your own lust-?! //

Forcing?! No! No! He never forced me into anything!!

Ryou was about to intervene in Bakura's defense, when said person quickly cut him off. //Shut your Ra forsaken facehole, pharaoh!// the silver haired spirit spat at Yami. //I'll do what I want, how I want, when I want, and who I want! So who the Ra damned hell do you think you are to even conceive of voicing your insignificant opinion, you mascara overdosing fag!//

Yami blinked in actual surprise. He had been expecting a insult driven rebuttal, but even he hadn't expected one so viciously saturated in apparent hatred.

Ryou looked back and forth from spirit to spirit as they exercised their capacity to yell at each other in a colorful array of nasty words.

Oh, no! No! This isn't how I wanted thinks to go! This isn't how I wanted them to find out! This is all wrong! Stop arguing! Stop!

Yugi was busy mimicking Ryou's eye movements.

This… ? This is Ryou's secret..? This is… Why he's happy? This… This is it?! He and his yami are… Just because of that?! It can't be… That can't be it! It can't just be that simple!

Both Kaiba and Jounouchi were busy looking either freaked out, or very disturbed.

"Um…" Jounouchi started, but was very well ignored by everyone.

Kaiba simply creased his eyebrows. As far as he could tell, both the little midget, and his albino like friend, were crazy. The end.

"Hey..?" Jounouchi continued trying to get his two friends to stop looking so out of it and mentally deranged. "Are you guys-?" He was abruptly disrupted.

"Yamero!!" Ryou suddenly cried out. "Stop it! Just stop it!" he repeated as he covered his ears. "Both of you, be quiet!" He looked up and noticed that the arguing had ceased, but now everyone's eyes lay on himself. His body froze, although his heart had never beat faster, the pounding a deafening boom in his chest, which he distinctly felt tightening, in a constricting vice grip around his lungs. He tried to speak, but words would not form.

"Ryou-?" both Yugi and Jounouchi called out as they ran to the white haired kid's side as he began falling.

//Hikari!?// Bakura shouted and immediately reappeared next to his koi's prone body.

"Oh, man! What happened?!" Jounouchi shouted to Yugi as he held Ryou's passed out self in his arms.

"I- I don't know!" Yugi looked around, his eyes focusing on Yami. "What happened?!" he redirected the question to his yami.

//Damned!// Bakura instead answered. //Damned! Damned! Damned! He passed out! Damned!//

"But why?!" Yugi again asked, no longer aware that he was speaking out loud.

//What do you think?!// Bakura resisted the urge to smack the pharaoh's hikari. //'Cause I was to busy squabbling with your bastard majesty over there! Damned! I should have paid more attention!// He glared at the pharaoh. //Don't think I don't blame you for this too, you disgusting bigot. If you hadn't of started with me-! Damned it! Never mind! This ain't the time or place…// He trailed off as he gently caressed his hikari's cheek, tucking a stray stand of white silken hair behind the boy's ear. //He just got…// The spirit sighed. //I could have handled the situation a bit better, I guess.//

Yami was, to say the least, shocked.

He's… Apologizing?!? Well, that's as close to an apology as he's ever gotten… What the hell.. Is going on..?

"Yugi? Yugi?!"

"Huh?" the tri color haired boy snapped back into the world of the living when he heard Jounouchi's voice.

"I said, 'What happed?'" the blond reiterated. It was evident in his voice that he was worried, both for Yugi's sake as well as for Ryou`s.

"Oh, he… Bakura and Yami. They were arguing, and… I guess, Ryou just fainted… I think he's OK…" the boy became silent abruptly. "It's all my fault."

"What?" Jounouchi exclaimed.

//Aibou! That's not true!// the pharaoh quickly announced.

"It is! It's my fault! If I hadn't of freaked out and screamed-!" Yugi became silent again. "If Ryou hadn't heard me…"

"Stop your whining," Bakura interjected, scaring the living crap out of Jounouchi as he took over Ryou's body and got up, out of the blonde`s arms. "It's no one's fault. Except maybe the pharaoh's." He grinned evilly at Yugi's yami. Then he sighed. "And maybe mine as well, so shut-up, OK. I`m going home."

"Huh? What?" Jounouchi scratched his head as Bakura turned to leave. "But-?"

"I'll go with you!" Yugi called out and ran up to the taller figure.

Bakura looked irked, as usual. "Why?" he narrowed his eyes.

Yugi looked down at the clean school floor tiles. "Well… I want to… Tell Ryou, 'I'm sorry`, when he wakes up."

And find out… More.

"I'll leave a message." Bakura muttered and turned to leave again. Then he stopped. And annoyingly sighed. "Fine. Let's go. Ryou will actually… Probably… Want to talk.. To you. Ugh."

Yugi nodded and they began walking down the school hall.

Jounouchi looked confused. "Um..?" He turned to Kaiba. "What exactly just happened here?"

Kaiba still had his arms crossed. He shrugged. "Don't look at me. They're your friends. And might I add, I believe they are also certifiably unwell."

Jounouchi sweat dropped. "Actually… I kind'a think that too sometimes. Wait-! Wait, wait, wait, wait!!" the blond suddenly looked very mortified. He turned to Kaiba with a look of death on his face. Little gray lines of doom surrounded his aura. "Kaiba! Did- Did Yugi just say that Bakura and Ryou were having SEX?!?!"

This time it was Kaiba's turn to sweat drop. "That just now registered?!" The CEO looked away. "That does it. You are all insane."

* * * * * * * * * *

Bakura and Yugi walked through the streets of Domino in silence. They rode the bus in the same manner. And they stepped up to the welcome mat at the entrance of Ryou's apartment in very much the same fashion. Yami, Bakura had noticed, had made himself scarce and did not bother showing up again until Bakura had turned the key to open the front door to let them all in.

The apartment, as always, was veiled in shadows. None of the lights were on, and Bakura didn't bother turning any of them on as he entered. Yugi cautiously stepped in through the door and took his time removing his shoes and carefully placed them next to the soft slippers near the entrance. Bakura didn't bother with trivial details as he simply stepped out of the shoes and continued on his way into the apartment. Yugi followed, with his yami ever present by his side.

"You thirsty?" Bakura broke the silence.

Yugi shook his head and politely refused. "No, thank you." Bakura made him feel a bit apprehensive. The way he spoke, and carried himself. Even the way he looked. It all unnerved the small tri color haired boy.

Bakura shrugged. "Don't thank me. Ryou's the one that wanted me to ask you."

"Ryou?!" Yugi perked up. "He's OK?"

"Yeah, fine."

"Um… Can I..? Can I talk to him?" Yugi stuttered.

Bakura shrugged again. //You wanna talk to the shrimp, koi?//

Ryou materialized next to his physical yami. /You shouldn't call him that Bakura,/ Ryou smiled lightly. /Hi, Yugi./

Yugi also smiled, although slight sadness showed through. /Hi./

An awkward silence followed.

Bakura finally broke it. //So?// he spoke, oddly enough, in Yami's direction. //Have you two gotten together yet?//

Yami blinked in disbelief at the question. //Nanio?!//

* * * * * * * * * *

Kaiba had ordered for his limo to arrive a few minutes before what he had anticipated would be the time when he and Jounouchi would finish their community service, and be released into freedom. Of course, fate seemed to rain on their parade in the form of fortune as they were dismissed early from their tasks that day. So with plenty of time to still kill, Jounouchi suggested they simply walk towards Kaiba's mansion. Kaiba, who was in the mood for a good, long walk, agreed, and thus the two boys found themselves in their current situation, and on route towards Domino Park.

"It just occurred to me," Kaiba spoke. "If you are going to spend the night over at my place, shouldn't we stop at your house so you can get a change of clothing?"

Jounouchi didn't know whether to be more surprised at the fact that Kaiba had basically cemented the idea about him staying the night, or to be horrified at the thought of Kaiba seeing where he lived.

After all, it's no doubt craptacularly crappy compared to what he's used to.

"Nah, don't worry about it. I'll just wear this again tomorrow and go home later to change. I'm good," Jounouchi waived it off.

Kaiba nodded. "I'll lend you something to sleep in then."

For some reason, that very thought made Jounouchi's heart race. Little did he know, Kaiba's wasn't too far behind.

"So…" Jounouchi looked up at the afternoon sun and sighed. "Guess we'll start working on the project tonight, huh?"

"I suppose."

"Yeah. Guess we should. I mean…" the blond suddenly grew a bit depressed at his next thought. "What else would we do."

It's not like we actually have anything in common. I mean… We could… You know- Agh! What am I thinking! What am I doing! Yo, Jou! Have you stopped to think about this yet!! You going over to damn Kaiba's house! To spend the night! Are you right in the head!? This is Kaiba!! Not even a week ago, this bastard was ready to kill you! To freakin' kill you! For real! And now he's your best friend all of a sudden?! Wait, scratch that. You're damn LOVE interest! Oh, god! This is too much! What if it's trick!? What if he's planning on killing you!? Hm?! Ever think about tha-!? Hey! Are you even listening to me?!

Jounouchi turned slightly to look at the cold CEO. He seemed distant and unmovable. And deliciously beautiful. Jounouchi gulped.

He can kill me any day…

Kaiba was busy trying to figure out, despite his best attempt at proving a logical explanation, a reason why he was doing what he was doing.

I mean, why the hell did I invite him over in the first place? And now, suddenly, I'm telling him to stay the night?! What am I thinking?! What is wrong with me..? I could easily just have the project done by tomorrow's end. Easily. And without his help. But… I want him over. I… Like his company. I think I enjoy it actually. This is… Weird. I'm positive that a week ago, if I were but to have been given a chance, I would have killed him. But look at me now. I'm going to lend him my clothes even. `What the hell?', is all I have to say to that. `What he hell?'

Jounouchi cleared his throat.

Maybe it's not to good an idea for me to stay the night…

"You can stay in the guest room next to mine."

Jounouchi tasted blood from biting down too hard on his lip. "OK."

* * * * * * * * * *

Bakura shrugged. //Meh. It's only a matter of time till you two get together anyways. So, never mind.//

The ancient spirit of the pharaoh didn't take the accusation all too lightly. //What?! How dare you! I would never take advantage of my charge like that, you disgusting pedophile!//

Bakura gritted his teeth. Ryou had pleaded with him to behave himself on their way over to the apartment, but this just demanded that he kick the other spirit's ass. It demanded it. Then he noticed something rather peculiar. Yugi looked like he was about to shatter. He actually looked like a small gust of wind could easily tear him apart, limb from limb, at any given moment.

Whoa…How can the pharaoh not even notice that?! He looks just like Ryou did when… Oh Ra! The boy's going through the same thing Ryou went through! And the baka Pharaoh's too busy being a damned over protective, pompous idiot, to blinded by his own damned inflated ego, to even notice!

"By Ra, you stupid, stupid fool! Open your overblown eyes and take an actual look around you! Can't you see what`s so obvious?!" he yelled. //Ryou, you-//

/I see,/ the white haired hikari confirmed with his yami. /I see it./

//What?! What the hell are you talking about?!// the pharaoh, still clueless, asked, growing very aggravated at the other's behavior.

/Yami, listen. Please. You too Yugi,/ the little angel spoke clearly and loudly having lost all doubt and uncertainty. /I'm in love with Bakura./ He spoke with resolve and command. /I'm the one that first asked Bakura if he would kiss me./ He turned piercing eyes towards Yami. /I'm the one that took advantage of him./ He then turned those same defiant chocolate orbs in Yugi's direction, making sure they came in complete contact with the quivering boy`s own glossy eyes. /I'm the one that initiated the relationship, because I was five seconds away from withering into nothing, and I know that now. If had just kept on going, hiding my feelings, acting like everything was perfectly fine… Lying to myself…And to the one I love… I know… I know that I would have died… I…/ Ryou stated softly, choking on his own words as a few tears wound their way down his smooth, soft, white cheeks.

Bakura appeared behind his koi and gently encircled his arms around him, cooing into his ear, soothing his other's passive, sobbing hiccups. "Shhhh… It's OK, Ryou. It's OK."

Ryou smiled and closed his eyes, indulging in the absolute comfort of being pressed into his yami's body. His resolve return though, when he thought of Yugi, and of the boy never knowing the perfect happiness of his heart's love. /For heaven sakes, Yami,/ Ryou implored. /Look at Yugi!/

Yami blinked, to astonished by what he had just seen and heard and what was now being asked of him to do. He felt his heart beat harshly in his chest. A gripping fear took hold of him. A fear unlike any he had ever felt. His chest felt the same jagged beat again. It hurt.

Just like that other time…

He cringed. The pain was increasing. He had never felt so desperate! It was like the time when Rafael had stolen Yugi's soul and…

Like that other time… When I was with Yugi and I asked him if his heart hurt and… Yugi!!

A maddening influx of pain surfaced, as the spirit dashed his eyes in Yugi's direction. The boy sat still, prone, and unmoving. A little bird, lost in the great expanse of the large, fluffy couch. He held his eyes closed, but he was visibly shivering, and his right hand firmly gripped the cloth of his school's uniform right over his heart.

Oh… Gods… Yugi!

The small, tri color haired boy slowly lifted his head, revealing from the obscuring shadows the vision of his face, pained and wet from shed and unshed tears long overdue. Amplifying the sordid terror that crept through Yami's veins, like sharks to their prey, the pain flowed into the spirit's body, and spread like a terrible plague, until it reached his heart. And broke it.

//Yugi!//

* * * * * * * * * *

"Sooooo…. Where is everyone?" Anzu asked as she walked down a long and desolate, empty school corridor.

Honda shrugged. "I don't know, but is it just me, or do you get the feeling like someone out there really hates us? Like someone watching us… I don't know, it's a weird feeling, but it's like, there's something really important going on right now, and we just interrupted it. Like an infomercial, or a special weather report. And like, a bazillion people want us dead, for no real reason at all? Or is that just me?"

Anzu looked at Honda like he was crazy. "It's just you," she answered.. Stupidly.

* * * * * * * * * *

"Well, here we are," Jounouchi nervously grinned as he stepped out of the long white limo.

Kaiba got out from the other side as the chafer opened his door. "This way, mutt." The CEO motioned for Jounouchi to follow him.

"Oh, OK!" the blond nearly giggled. He had already grown fond of his endearing pet name. At least he liked to think of it as his pet name. An endearing one at that. He followed Kaiba up a short flight of stairs that led to the massive, crystal encrusted front doors. He turned around and surveyed the land. Directly in front of the doors, a beautiful fountain with three Blue Eyes perched at top the Kaiba Corp.'s logo sat, spewing out a vicious stream of blue liquid, like a colored waterfall. Around the fountain, a large circular stone walk way stretched forth in every direction, like a far reaching star. Bordering the path, grew rich and exotic flowers of every fashionable taste and color. Red and green leaves swayed in the winds attached to the lovely trees situated along the paths. Bird houses and smaller fountains with other duel monsters dotted the lawn, but they all looked wonderful and not at all cluttered. Then again, they had several hundred meters of land directly in front of the mansion and all around it on which to spread themselves out. Jounouchi couldn't help but breath in the sweet smell of the freshly cut grass, and the beautiful flowers. Birds of all colors bathed in the mini-fountains and sang songs of luxury as they basked in the setting sun's warm rays, as the ball of fire in the sky cast it`s last few hours of light, tinting everything a magical glow of red and orange. "Wow, Kaiba. This place is beautiful…"

Kaiba smiled. He was about to open the door when it opened for him and a bright and familiar voice rang out. "Nii-sama!" Mokuba jumped out and for all practical purposes, tackled Kaiba. "You're home early!" the black haired kid resounded.

Jounouchi had to stifle a laugh. It was cute seeing Mokuba being so affectionate with his big brother. It reminded the blond just how close the two were. He had almost forgotten all about Mokuba. "Hey," Jounouchi waived.

"Oh, hey, Jounouchi!" the boy waived back. Then stopped and looked very confused. "Wait, why are you here?" He turned quickly to face Kaiba. "Oh my God! You didn't kidnap him did you!?!"

The blond busted out laughing as Kaiba deadpanned. "No," he answered, practically rolling his eyes. "I invited him over."

Mokuba looked skeptical. "Why?" he asked dragging out the tone as if he still didn't believe his brother.

"We have a school project we need to do."

Mokuba eyed his taller brother. "Right…" he answered, obviously not believing a word Kaiba had just said. "A project..?"

"Yes," Kaiba affirmed.

Damn! That boy can see right through me!

Mokuba shot a glace in Jounouchi's direction, then looked back at Kaiba.

I can see right through him. He knows that. Wonder what he's really up..? Hmm?

"I thought you hated Jounouchi. I mean, just yesterday you wouldn't shut up about how much you hated him. And I quote, 'God, I hate him! With a fiery passion that burns from the inner depths of my very soul!!" Mokuba mimicked Kaiba, making his voice as deep as he could, waiving his arms around and standing on the tips of his toes.

Kaiba shrugged. "I changed my mind."

Jounouchi sweat dropped.

"Oh! OK!" Mokuba grinned and ran over to the blond. "Welcome then! It's great to know that Nii-sama won't waste anymore time plotting your untimely demise!"

Jounouchi nervously laughed. "Yeah… That is good to know." He sweat dropped again.

Kaiba just crossed his arms and walked into the building. Jounouchi followed Mokuba in and gasped as he saw the supreme grandeur of the Kaiba residence. "Suuugoi!" he breathed out. Two semi-spiraling staircases split and lead the way up to the second floor. Everything was lined in a soft shade of blue, silver and gold. Marble floors expanded into room after room of open air halls, littered in elegant furniture in an odd but beautiful mix of modern fashion coupled with regal Victorian styled furnishings. Majestic chandeliers hung from the ceilings in every room, with a behemoth structure of glittering crystals located right in the entrance. Cut stained glass of shimmering structures dotted the windows, as wire leaves and vines encircled them with twirling spirals and impossible accurateness as though it were real plants that had been dipped in shinning silver. Velvet curtains framed the walls, as did stunning tapestries of extreme beauty, while flowing see through clouds of silk and satin billowed in the soft breeze at open windows and parlors. A grand piano sat in the open space of a room to the left, while a big screen the size of the wall, rested in the room to the right, with leather couches so spacious and cool feeling that Jounouchi was sure if he sat in them, he`d sink forever gone, lulled into their delicious folds. And through out all the decorations of old and present and, most certainly, distant future, the motif of duel monsters presided as an untouched splendid dream. A Blue Eyes Ultimate White Dragon sat poised, perched atop the grandest chandelier, glaring down, like a god, upon all those that dared enter.

Kaiba couldn't help but smirk at the mutts gaping mouth. He actually had to resist the urge to keep from walking up the blond, all smug like, and snapping his mouth shut for him. Instead he walked towards the intricately carved stairs. "I'm going to change. Mokuba show him around if you want."

Jounouchi scarcely heard of course. He was still too busy keeping his head from falling off as his eyes shot from place to place.

Mokuba, on the other hand, simply stood looking at the blond.

OK. I know for a fact that Nii-sama can't stand Jounouchi… So… Why's he here? That's the question. Hmm..? Better start with a bit of covert digging.

"So? Jounouchi?" Mokuba called out, gaining the blonde's attention with some difficulty. "Why are you here?"

Jounouchi grinned. "For the school projec-"

"No, I mean, why are you really here?" Mokuba emphasized the `really' part.

The blond grinned again, but just slightly a bit more nervously.

That's right. This is Kaiba's kid brother. I gotta remember that. Despite his looks and age, he's probably just as keen as Kaiba himself. I have to be careful around him.

"Really. It's for a project we have to do," the blond insisted.

At least that's why Kaiba invited me over. Why I actually came, you ask? Well, that's none of your damned business, little boy, 'cause, you see, there this `stuff' I wanna do to your brother that boys your age should even know about… Agk! I shouldn't know about it either! Dirty thoughts! Dirty thoughts! Go away! Go away! Ahh!!!

Mokuba crossed his arms. "Hmph. I don't think so. Nii-sama could easily have done any school project on his own, regardless of having been assigned a partner or not. No, if he brought you here… It's not to do some dinky school project. No, there's an ulterior motive… I just don`t know what it is. Yet." Mokuba tapped his chin and seemed to loose himself in deep though.

An… Ulterior motive..? It… It can't be. No. That's just… Wishful thinking. He'd… Never… Ever….

"Jounouchi, don't take this the wrong way, but, watch your back," the black haired kid interjected. "I love my brother and all, but he can be rather… Evil. Sometimes. So," Mokuba laughed. "So, just watch it, OK? I like you and I wouldn't want you to suddenly find yourself in, say, Domino hospital, because you so stupidly walked into the lion's den."

Huh? Did.. Did Mokuba just insult me?

"Did you just insult me?" Jounouchi blinked baffled.

"Yes. You hungry? I made some sandwiches earlier today. You can eat Kaiba's while I make him another one. Come on. The kitchen's this way." Mokuba all but literally beamed in the direction of the kitchen.

Jounouchi couldn't help it. He had to laugh.

They're so alike, it's actually kind of creepy, but they're so different too! It's… I wonder if Kaiba was like this when he was a kid? Oh! How kawaii!

"Hey, Mokuba!" Jounouchi called after the other boy. "Hey! Hold on!"

Little did Jounouchi know, that from the top of the stairs, just behind one of the Roman style marble columns, stood Kaiba, looking down at him.

Jounouchi, I shouldn't have brought you here. I shouldn't have… Mokuba is right. This IS the Lion's den… And I just led you into it.

* * * * * * * * * *

"No, I'm serious, Anzu!" Honda insisted as he spoke to the girl over the phone. "I can't get rid of that funky feeling! It's like, what if we're all characters in some crazy ass drama, written by this bored author who has nothing better to do than ignore English essays?! What if-"

"Hey! Hey!" Anzu shouted over the phone. Honda had to hold it away from his ear. "That's what you called me for?! I was taking a shower! I'm dripping all over the floor! But I got out anyway, because you said it was important! And this is what you wanted to tell me!?!"

"…Yes."

Click. Beep Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Honda placed the phone back on the receiver, then looked about nervously. He gulped. "…Hello?" he called into his empty room.

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