Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Leave Sanity at the Door ❯ Cheer Me Up ( Chapter 9 )

AN: Wow I really took off in this chapter. Was really inspired by this song off RE2 soundtrack called 'Meet me in Death' though with the music it sounds like a love song 0o Anyway lots of stuff happening here and if you're wondering how Ryou pulls some of it off all will be explained. I have wanted to do this chapter for so long so I made sure to really throw myself into it and I hope you like reading it as much as I loved writing it!

BTW For anyone reading any of my other fics sorry but this seemed to have took most of my inspiration this week after a bunch of….stuff happened so sorry but I shall update next week and I am planning on finishing "who am I" in the next chapter or two. And if you aren't reading my other fics, well you should :P Ok bye bye.

Japanese:

Gomen - Sorry

Nyan - Japanese equivalent of Meow

Disclaimer: I no own Yugioh, though I wish I owned two certain white haired bishies! I'll just have to settle for plushies for now.

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"Leave Sanity At The Door"

Chapter 9: "Cheer Me Up"

It had been almost a week since the 'incident' and Anzu actually seemed to be getting worse. The only time she almost seemed like her old self was when Ryou was around. But even he could tell something was wrong. He tried to cheer her up, get her to talk, or even tried to make her forget but it seemed like nothing was working. He sighed as he lay back in bed wondering what time it was and if it was still night or now morning. Either way he didn't care. There was only one thing he cared about that that moment and he was pretty sure she wasn't sleeping either. 'Anzu what can I do for you? Maybe I could give her a really good birthday gift. But what does she want and what could I even get for her in a place like this?' That's when it hit him like a slap in the face and he sat strait up in bed.

"It's perfect!" 'But I only have a week to put this together; I hope I can do this!' With that he started formulating how to give Anzu the best birthday gift ever.

Anzu sat in bed in the late night/early morning just staring at the ceiling. She wished she was one of the lucky few people who had windows in their room. But very few had them and she was not one of the lucky ones. She tried to keep her mind in check as when she didn't it seemed to wander to things not so pleasant. She shivered and rolled on her side crossing her arms over her chest. What happened last week was a curse and a gift in one. She was another step closer to getting her voice back but she had found more pain then she ever imagined with it. She had had two more sessions with Mai after that, even though the second one was a special session Mai had set up on Saturday to try and help her work through this.

From what Mai understood the reason she only saw everything in bits and pieces was because she still wasn't able to fully accept what had happened yet. She had also said she may not be able to fully accept it ever but she could accept it to the point of understanding what happened and being able to go on anyway. 'But how do you accept that you were violated by someone who you trusted? Who can you trust then?' An image of Ryou flashed through her mind and she fought back the tears. Ever since he had come here he had almost automatically become her life line. It was something she relied on to always be there, which was odd considering after all those months she had never let someone get that close and then a total stranger comes in and she couldn't help but feel that way. But after he hurt himself she felt that trust falter, she frowned.

He was slowly regaining her trust after he had been released form the clinic but then after last week…she didn't know where her trust lay. And after they had shared a kiss…another tear trickled down her face as she fought a sob. She was slowly being ripped in half, her past self that had been hurt by Dartz and never wanted to trust anyone, let alone a man, again! But then there was the new her, the one that forgot everything and went on with life a little quieter, the one who met this boy that seemed to change everything about how she thought. Now as both were fighting for dominance and she didn't know which way she should go.

She wanted to get over it but how do you just let go of the fact someone violated you in the most personal way possible? But what could she do, it was done and over with and she couldn't change the past. As it was all she could do was move on, but she couldn't let go. 'I wish I could just let go and trust everything will be ok.'

'I'll protect you.' The sentence that Ryou had not only told her once, but twice echoed in her head. 'I want to believe that…Ryou.'

Current boy was grinning like an idiot as he was going over the details in his head for the plan he was concocting. He was a man on a mission, even though it meant he wouldn't be able to see Anzu as much as he'd like for the next day or so he knew in the end she'd appreciate it, and hopefully pull her out of her depression. 'She was there for me; it's the least I can do for her.'

Even as he wanted to finish up the last few details he stopped when he saw Mai coming his way, and that she was coming from the girls' dorms. 'What's up with her, why was she in the girls' dorms?'

She was about to walk right passed him, as deep in thought as she was, when he called out to her and caught her attention.

"Huh? Oh Ryou, how are you today?" He was concerned as she still seemed to be distracted and didn't seem her overly happy self.

"I'm fine. What's going on, why were you in the girls' dorms?"

"Well I really can't say," she said and noticed Ryou's frown. "But I can say a certain female patient didn't come to a session and didn't have a reason not to so I made a visit to her." Ryou knew she wouldn't have told him anything if it was 'just a female patient.'

"Anzu? It was Anzu wasn't it," he said in a heartbroken voice. He knew that she was more cheerful around him then when alone, he had heard it from other doctors and aids, but he never thought it was this bad.

"She needs something good in her life, something to help her move on," she said ignoring his last question but at the same time answering it. He looked down as Mai turned and left going back towards her office. Ryou was allowed to visit her as he was the only person she ever really ok'ed as a visitor. He made his way to her room slowly afraid of what he might see. 'She didn't even go to her session. Is it really that bad?' He peeked into her room and saw her on her side facing away from the wall her arms still crossed over her chest.

"Anzu," he called out getting her attention. She immediately sat up wiping at her face. 'Was she crying?' She quickly smiled and waved slightly at him in greeting as he waved back and made his way into her room. He noticed her rumpled clothing, 'I wonder if she's even been out of her room in the last day or two?' He had been visiting her in her room since the week before and he hadn't seen her outside her room so it was a possibility.

"How are you? Doing any better?" She dug around in the covers of her bed for a few minutes before pulling out the familiar blue marker. 'Fine.'

"Are you sure? You don't look so good." She nodded trying to get across to him she was as fine as could be. "Hmmm…maybe you're just excited about your birthday?" At this her eyes saddened. This would be the first and only birthday she hadn't celebrated with at least her family. "Uh-ah G-gomen I didn't mean to upset you or anything. Just teasing ya know?" He forced a smile trying to lighten the mood a bit. She frowned but it was more of an annoyed frown then a sad one and stuck out her tongue. "Ok ok bad joke. Anyway your birthday is this Saturday right?" She nodded her head but wondered how he had known her birthday at all. "Turning 17 should be fun; you're going to be older then me for a whole month. My brother would be jealous of me being with an older woman." Anzu couldn't help the slight grin that spread across her face and the tinge of pink that came with it. "Anyway, I have a surprise for you, a really great gift!" Her face clearly showed surprise and saved her the trouble of writing a question. "I'll give it to you but only on one condition." Her eyes grew and took on a gleam of excitement. "That one condition is no matter what you have to trust me."

For some reason Anzu's heart fell into her stomach as she heard the last part of his sentence. He saw the excitement quickly fizzle and die as he said that. "Well I mean I know you've been hurt before." He saw the flat expression she had turn into a saddened state. 'Shit I'm making this worse!' "B-but I mean I know I hurt you before when I cut myself and all but you were willing to give me a second chance. Have I changed at all since you decided that?" She thought for a moment and looked like she was ready to protest as she pulled out the marker. "I know things have changed but have I changed?" She seemed to be deliberating before she finally shook her head no. He slowly reached out and took her hand in his own making sure to keep a loose grip in case she wanted to pull back. "If I haven't change then you're still giving me a second chance right?" She once again looked like she was having an internal conflict before finally nodding her head. "Then please, if you're giving me a chance…trust me."

Her expression was still grim but she nodded her head slowly. "Anzu," he said he name softly in that one tone of voice that seemed to make her heart skip a beat with each syllable. She quickly looked up and noticed how close he was to her but even as her bran was screaming for her to make him back off, her heart wanted nothing more then to be closer. As it was her brain wasn't all that important at the second as his hand came up t cup her cheek and she felt the warmth spread across the bridge of her nose as she felt herself blushing again. She felt a small smile tug at her lips though as she saw a similar hue spread across his own face before his face slowly came closer to hers and she let her eyes drift closed just before she felt his lips on her own.

She felt a tingling sensation clouding her mind before going to the tips of her fingers and toes as her face grew warmer. His hand was still holding her cheek and she couldn't help but notice how soft his touch was, or how he softly caressed her cheek along her jawbone to her neck. His lips were so soft and the kiss was rough not like she expected but not to her disliking. 'How can he make me feel so different when he's around?' She felt a coldness on her lips as he slowly pulled away, her lips still tingling with the sensations wishing for more but slowly opened her soft blue eyes to meet his warm brown ones that made her want to melt.

"Are you sure you want to trust me? I don't want you to think I did that just to make you trust me." She didn't hesitate at all as she nodded her head and smiled at him in that soft smile of hers. "Ok then, I might be a bit busy in the next day or two." She frowned figuring he was saying this meaning she may not get to see him because of it. "But it's because of your present and I think you're really going to like it, so don't pout," he said smirking as she was already pouting. She didn't even notice she was until he pointed it out and tried to stop but gave in and just pouted even more. "It doesn't matter to me; you're even cutter when you pout." She blushed and lost the frown on her face almost immediately. "I promise you, you're going to like this gift."

As the week continued, much like he said, the next day or so she didn't seem him at all. But before he had started 'preparing' for her birthday he made her promise to go to her sessions because it would be no good if she had punishment or was confined to her room on her birthday. It came down to Friday when he met up with her once telling her only to wait for him after 9 on Saturday night and no matter what, to follow his lead and do what he said. It sounded suspicious to her and her brain was once again giving her warning signs but she paid no mind to these as she looked at his smile and convinced herself he wouldn't purposely hurt her, and it was supposed to be a present for her after all the hard work he'd put into it. So here she was sitting on her bed about 9:30 wondering where the hell he was. 'I wonder what this is all about? Why wait until night to give me a present?' She sighed but almost jumped out of her skin as she looked up and he was right in front of her. As it was she just jumped a foot in the air and squeaked softly.

"Shh," he said or tried to as he was chuckling. "Ready to go?" She nodded and stood as he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the door. He looked out before pulling her into the hallway and to the end of the hall. He looked around the corner again and then quietly made his way down the hall still holding his hand. He looked around the corner and just like before she thought he was going to go around the corner leading her along so she went to walk around the corner but was quickly pulled back, right into his arms.

She felt her face heat up as she was now in his embrace. 'He's holding me!' Even as she felt the same nervous itch she felt before when he tried to put his arm around her she pushed it aside for the euphoric feeling she was having right then. But she was snapped from her reverie by his voice.

"Sorry about that," he whispered. "But we can't go yet, the woman watching the desk is still there, but she should be gone soon." 'How does he know that? And where are we going anyway?' But as it was she had no time to ask as he pulled her around the corner and saw the woman's figure walk down the hallway to peak around the corner at the boys dorms. Ryou somehow quietly and quickly dragged her passed the desk and down the hallway just as the woman was turning back to walk to her desk. Even as the woman turned around and thought she saw a flash of white she put it off to working to late in a bleach-white hospital. Ryou quickly pulled her along to the next hallway once again peaking around before pulling her towards the door leading to the yard. They stopped in front of the door as he fished around in his pocket for a minute and finally pulled out a paperclip. 'What the hell?'

He stuck it in the lock and moved it around a bit trying to peak in the hole even though it was pitch dark and he probably couldn't see well enough anyway. She was just about to suggest going back when she heard a slight clip and he looked up grinning at her. He mentally thanked his brother for being the thief he was and passing it along to his brother. "Almost there," was all he said as he slipped quietly out the door leading her by the hand and sneaking into the bushes. He put a finger to his lips and pointed at the camera that went left to right, pausing for a few seconds as it went from one to another. "Listen when that thing comes are way and stops I'm going to count to five and then run to the right corner over there between those bushes where the gate is loose, you should be able to squeeze through ok? But we can only go one at a time. So just do the same as me and don't look back." She quickly pulled out her blue marker.

'ARE YOU NUTS!? WE'RE ESCPAING?!'

"No," he whispered looking at her shock face and couldn't help but grin. "I just want to give you your birthday present. Please Anzu, you've followed me this far, and we're so close," he pleaded giving her the puppy eyes. As it was only her friend Shizuka gave her those kinds of eyes and they were very effective. And so she sighed and nodded. "Ok watch where I go under the fence closely ok?" She nodded and they both watched as the camera came there way and stopped. Ryou slowly began counting out loud and as soon as he said five he took off in a sprint for the fence just as the camera turned away. Anzu didn't think she's ever seen anyone run that fast before…ever. He made it to the corner and slowed down his actions deliberately so Anzu could see where the fence was loose and she could pry it away enough to slip through. She saw him quickly duck behind the bushes on the other side of the fence just as the camera turned back to her. As it was too late for this time she tried to psych herself up for her 'big run.'

'Come on Anzu you can do this. If not for yourself, then for Ryou!' She sucked in a deep breath and watched as the camera once again came her way. She slowly counted to five much like Ryou did and once she got to five her feet were already working as she made her way across the dewy yard. The seconds felt like hours as she made her mad dash for the fence. She was almost there, the fence was maybe a yard away, when her foot gave out on the grass and she started falling face first towards the ground. 'Come on, for Ryou!' She quickly stuck her hands out in front of her gripping the wet grass between her fingers as they hit the ground and pulling giving herself the leverage she needed to continue running towards the fence. She ran right into the metal barrier hearing its metallic echo sound that rippled down a ways before dieing out. She quickly reached out grabbing where Ryou had grabbed and found the loose metal rings in no time prying the fence away from the post and squeezing through. She heard a rip and looked down to see a swatch of the bottom of her shirt gone but quickly dove in the bushes where she saw Ryou's form.

She sat down beside him breathing heavily as he pulled a bag from the bushes. It looked like a laundry bag they used in the hospital and was about to ask when he made a shushing motion with his finger to his lips and peeked over the bush watching until the camera had turned away before grabbing her hand and pulling her to her feet. He ran straight across the long lawn before stopping by the brick wall that stood as another barrier between them and the outside world, although this was much easier to climb. He dug in the bag and pulled out a pair of jeans and a black shirt tossing them to the side before handing her the rest of the bag.

"I'm going to change over there ok? Try and hurry," he said although she didn't understand what he meant as he ran over to a group of nearby bushes. That is until she looked in the bag and saw a pair of brown cargo pants and a small white t-shirt with blue angel wings on the back for the design. She realized he wanted her to change too and quickly did so hoping he wouldn't catch her with her pants down…literally. She was happy to see everything fit, though the pants were a little loose, and waited for him. Though he looked less happy about that as he was out of breath and she had to wonder if he was trying to catch her in the middle of changing. She didn't have much time for thought though as he pulled on a pair of shoes and she turned the bag upside down and sure enough a pair of sandals fell out for her. He gathered their hospital cloths and tossed them in the bag before tossing them over the gate. "You ready to celebrate being 17?" She nodded smiling, the excitement from before coming back again. "Well here we go."

Anzu looked around at all the things she had missed while in the hospital. The lights, the stores, the music…They were now on a bus heading for Domino, the town both of them surprisingly lived in yet they never met each other. Though it was a large town, not like Tokyo, but not like some backwater town either. She squealed grabbing Ryou's hand and pointing to a dance dance machine which two teens were playing. After they had changed Anzu found out Ryou had been collecting change this last week to get enough for a bus fare to Domino and back. And though it was a 45 minute walk to the bust stop the ride to domino was only a half hour and they would be arriving soon. Where Anzu didn't know, but all of her fears and doubts were gone as she took in everything she had been missing for so long.

The bus started slowing down and Ryou got to his feet holding Anzu's hand still. "Come on this is our stop." She quickly got up clutching his arm as they got off on a crowded street full of all kinds of life and people and things, the kind of things she took for granted before but was enjoying now. Ryou slowly led her down the street letting her stop and look at things and poke at things on a street vendors table, or just to look at things in windows. Even though he was never a very social person he had missed this and he had only been gone about a little over a month, so he figured she probably missed it a lot more then him. But the stores began to thin out as they reached their destination.

Anzu's eyes lit up like stars as she looked at the sign flashing 'Nyan' in hot pink above the club with music going so loud you could hear it outside. She looked at him questioningly and he nodded making her heart speed up as she stared in wonder. It was rare before she was sent away she ever went to a club but when she did she loved it and now…she felt she could burst, she hadn't been this happy in so long. But instead of going around front he led her in the back.

"Ok go along with whatever I say ok? No matter what." She nodded as he went up and knocked on the backdoor quickly putting on a frown and looking pissed. Anzu wondered what was up when the door suddenly swung open banging against the brick wall.

"Who the hell are you?" Ryou looked up with a dangerous look in his eyes.

"Who the fuck do you think it is your mom?" The guy looked him over and had a questioning look on his face.

"Bakura? Bakura is that you? What the fuck happened man? I heard about your brother and no ones seen ya in weeks. I thought you swore off the parties until your brother was back?" Ryou nearly let his surprise slip through his façade but got it under control before continuing.

"It's not for me," with that he grabbed Anzu around the waist and she blushed as he pulled her close. "She turned 17, I decided to show her a good time," he said grinning. The other guy couldn't help but also smirk as he eyes her up and down. Ryou really wanted to beat the crap out of him for that but kept his temper in check as he knew he was puling it off.

"Well I guess I could if it's someone's birthday." Ryou was about to step in when the guys hand stopped him. "But what do I get?" Ryou got a really confused look on his face and looked at Anzu as she looked somewhere between stunned and horrified. Ryou was at a loss and knew they were probably about to be busted when…Anzu slammed the guy against the wall?! She pushed him against the wall coming close to him eyeing him up and down and sniffed in the air before grabbing Ryou's hand and pulling him into the club.

"Damn Bakura always got the violent ones," the guy said but left it at that as he closed the door behind him. As soon as they were away from the guy Ryou let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"God I think my heart just about stopped. That was awesome, I can't believe you pulled that off," he said praising her. She giggled and looked all around, feeling the place nearly throbbing with life. "Well," he said grabbing her hand. "Shall we dance?"

Anzu giggled even though she probably couldn't be heard over the music as Ryou was once again pulled onto the dance floor by her. 'He doesn't know he's created a monster.' It had been about an hour and half since they arrived and Anzu would not let Ryou rest for more then a song before pulling him out on the floor again. She was enjoying herself more then…well ever as she could remember. 'This feels so right, just like a normal couple hanging out on the weekend going out at night.' She smirked as an evil though crossed her mind as a new song started up. Anzu got closer to Ryou and as the song quickly sped up, so did her body. Ryou's heart nearly stopped and his face had to be redder then that time he fell asleep in the sun for four hours as Anzu was now grinding against him.

He was standing almost completely still and didn't seem to know what to do in such a situation. Anzu couldn't help herself, the fear and anguish she'd been holding left over an hour ago and it was as if she were back to where she was months ago and nothing had ever happened. When she noticed he stopped moving she got a very evil grin on her face as she leaned closer and grabbed his hands pulling him out of shock but he still wasn't dancing. She grabbed onto his hips to which she got one of his most comical faces she had ever seen from him, something between a blanch and pure shock, as she tugged at his hips trying to get him to grind back.

She wished she had her voice back so she could whisper to him and ask why he wasn't dancing and her smile faltered a second but she wasn't going to ruin Ryou's present now. So instead she smiled and leaned up to kiss him, cupping his face softly. He immediately responded slowly wrapping his arms around her waist to which she didn't seem to mind. For some reason Anzu seemed a lot bolder this night, maybe because it was her birthday, as her tongue slowly darted out to lick along his lips not sure but at the same time extremely sure what she was doing. She could feel his body stiffen as she did this but she didn't stop as her tongue continued to lick along his lips and her own arms wound their way under his arms to hug him to her. She was surprised though as he opened his mouth allowing her tongue to venture farther until she felt his own tongue intertwine with hers. Her head was foggy with bliss at this time that she barely noticed, he was finally grinding with her, and though when she did notice it just seemed to add to this euphoria she had numbing her sensible thoughts to mush.

But as much as she was enjoying this she needed to pull back for a breath of air and looked at him with half-lidded eyes panting and noticed he was almost mirroring her actions. She felt something stir in her lower abdomen as she stared into his half-lidded warm brown eyes and saw the passion in them. A bit of fear pulled at her heart but excitement quickly pushed it out of the way. But even as the two stood there embracing each other on the floor in such an intimate moment they weren't the only ones to notice.

"Come on how long does it take to pee," Malik grumbled as he leaned against the wall over the overly crowded extremely noisy club. Malik was not a fan of clubs but at the same time there was always something that drew him to them, and it wasn't just his boyfriend Marik. He sighed looking around the club, in times like these his friend Bakura would usually cheer him up by picking on some poor passerby and trying to selling him off to Malik as a sex slave thoroughly scaring the shit out of him (the passerby not Malik). He chuckled at the memory but his smile slowly faded away and sighed. He missed his friend, hell they all did. Bakura wouldn't say much at first, all anyone knew was Ryou had to leave but Marik wouldn't leave it at that. Sometimes his boyfriend could be so pig-headed. So eventually it got to the point where Marik was openly taunting Bakura about being ashamed of his brother and it was then Bakura exploded and told everyone exactly what happened. To say they were shocked would be an understatement and his boyfriend actually looked like he was sorry for what he did, a rarity indeed.

It was then they found out why Bakura wasn't going out and partying with them or hanging out as much anymore. He'd sworn off any kind of partying until his brother was home, Malik frowned. Out of all of Bakura's friends Ryou hung out with he'd at least hoped Ryou considered him a friend. Out of all of the people that hung out with Bakura they seemed to get along and had a bit more in common then the others, at least that's what he thought. They were always the two odd guys out as they weren't as hard core as everyone else in the group who constantly stole, and snuck into places, and sometimes bullied people. He was saddened when he realized they weren't as close as he hoped and how he'd actually tried to…He shook his head trying to clear his thoughts when he saw something that made his mind go completely blank as he stared at a familiar head of white hair; before he was pulled into a tight brace from behind and shivered as his boyfriends lips found his neck. But he quickly wrestled out of his grip and turned to face him.

"Marik I need your phone now," he all but yelled as he looked over at the same young man as before who was shockingly grinding against a girl.

"What do I get in return," he asked seductively and even though Malik loved when he did that there were way bigger things going on right now.

"I'll be your sex slave the rest of your life, for all of eternity, blah blah blah," he said quickly grabbing for his boyfriends phone.

"What the hell is your problem tonight," he asked getting annoyed with his boyfriend's attitude.

"I'll show you I swear just give me your damn phone," he said getting thoroughly pissed. What if he lost sight of him before he could get the phone?! Marik handed Malik the phone and the teen quickly turned searching the crowd until he found the familiar teen with a girl and snapped a couple pictures. Including one of them lip locked on the dance floor. Marik looked over Malik's shoulder to see what he was getting pictures of.

"What the hell? Is that Bakura?"

"No," Malik said matter-of-factly staring at the boy in the picture. "It's Ryou."

AN: Yes I made Malik and Marik boyfriends. I could have made them brothers but I was feely risky and have never really tried a guy/guy couple so I hope it's not that bad or that you are completely turned off by it. If I have any kind of interactions like that anywhere else in the story it'll be strictly side and it definitely wont go as far as Anzu/Ryou. Anyway Ryou's been caught by his brother's friends, what shall happen now? Only I know mwhahaha! Hope you enjoyed reading!