Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Light Swallow Me Whole ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3

 

I didn't understand it at first. It was just kind of like we clicked in the strangest way. After our drunken night and our awkward confrontation with Ryou, we started to hang out more regularly. Just doing stuff together, as friends.

 

It was a struggle at first as the pharaoh started to notice and began sticking his nose in our business. Just before he headed off on another one of his tours he tried to forbid you from hanging out with me, and to make it worse he got his little group of followers to watch you.

 

It was kind of scary (and we're talking about the great tomb robber here), when one time the puppy dog tried to stop you from going out and you just snapped. You were yelling and swearing non stop for about half an hour at the small group, that when you eventually calmed, you broke down.

 

I remember having to drag you out of there before you did something drastic. I took you to the other side of town and sat you down beside the lake, letting you cry yourself dry. When you were finished and standing on the edge of the lake you turned and smiled at me.

 

That's what light was. It was being able to shine even through the darkness no matter how suffocated it felt.

 

Though I couldn't understand that your light could keep burning when it had been strangled. After all you had been put through how could you keep smiling?

 

1

 

I woke up to find you staring at the ceiling as though looking for something, like the roof held all the answers to everything.

 

"Morning." I grunted and rolled out of bed with a thud. Man why is my head killing me? What did we do last night?

 

"Yami gets home today." Huh? What the hell are you on about? Oh yea right.

 

"And?" You just turned to look at me like I had two heads.

 

"How do you think he will react, when he left he forbade me from even seeing you and now he's going to come back to find out that I'm sleeping with you. How are you going to get out of this one." Uh I'm sorry I don't think I quite got that.

 

"Won't he plow his way through you first?" I groped around the floor looking for my boxers, not finding any I just stood up and headed for my adjoined bathroom.

 

"I-I don't plan on being home when he gets back." Um explain please.

 

"What do you mean you 'don't plan on being home'? Its not like he's going to do anything to you, you're his Hikari for Ra's sake!?" I yelled out from the bathroom. What are you afraid of?

 

"Your right. I-I'll just go home." Is there something I'm missing here?

 

I walked out of the bathroom to find you curled up on the end of the bed with your knees drawn up to your chest, and arms curled tightly around them.

 

Its all a façade isn't it. Why do you try so hard to be something that your not?

 

Walking over to the end of the bed where you sit I kneel down in front of you, pushing your legs down so I can see your face. It was stained with tears.

 

"Hey? Yugi look at me." Dear Ra pharaoh what have you done?

 

"You don't need to change for those who aren't willing to look or listen, if they can't understand you for who you are on the inside then they don't deserve to understand you at all. The people who know and care for you don't care about this," I gave a soft tug on one of the studs in your ear and then ran a finger over the python wrapped around your leg.

 

"They care about what's in here." I reached up and placed my hand over your heart.

 

"If Yami doesn't like that you're with me then to hell with him. He's ignored you for too long for his input in your life to matter. Stop acting, stop trying to prove a point, and stop trying to live up to his expectations, because in the end he doesn't count." I gave you one of my best smiles and pulled a very stunned looking you into a tight hug.

 

"Cheer up. If Yami doesn't like the arrangement tell him to fuck off." You gave me a short laugh for that. Thank Ra I'm getting somewhere.

 

You pulled out of my grasp and started getting dressed while I headed back to the bathroom to have a shower.

 

When I returned, nice, clean, and fully dressed, I got quite a shock. You were siting in my desk chair dressed very smartly but still casual, you wore no make up and not a stud or gothic accessory was in sight. Was what I said really that insightful?

 

"Uh-"

 

"I'm going to go into town, if that's ok with you. I have some shopping to do." I just nodded dumbly.

 

"Yea, um sure. I've got to help Ryou out with some stuff anyway and then I've got work. So we could meet up after?"

 

"Ok." This has got to be the strangest morning I have ever woken up to.

 

2

 

"Ryou?"

 

"Hai Bakura?" Kaiba was sitting at the kitchen table sipping his coffee and reading the newspaper while I was standing at the sink helping Ryou do the dishes. I really don't understand how one man can drink so much coffee.

 

"I was wondering if Yugi could move in with us?"

 

CRASH. Oops.

 

"I-ah why?" He was on the floor clumsily trying to pick up the peace's of the plate he just dropped, and Kaiba was looking at me shocked.

 

"I just think it would be good for him to get away from Yami and his little friendship followers for awhile."

 

"You really shouldn't be sticking your nose in other peoples business Bakura, but sure if you really want him to." Picking up the remainders of the plate he stood up and turned to me.

 

"Your changing Bakura and it seems for the better."

 

I'm changing? For the better? But I just spent at least twenty minuets in lecturing to Yugi that change was bad.

 

Argh! This is just not my day!

 

R&R

 

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