Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Right Here Waiting ❯ One-Shot

A/N: Based off the song “Right Here Waiting ” by Richard Marx Don't own YuGiOh or the lyrics to the aforementioned song by the aforementioned artist. Warning: Shounen-ai, slight language (yeah, just like one word >.>), and “suggestive/sexual content”. I've had this fic about only one page through (not including the lyrics) sitting in my folder for about a year. Just today I found it and got in the mood and said to myself, “hey, you haven't written a fic in a while, so why not start this one up again?” So I did and now it's a lot more than just a page. I'm so proud of myself. ^^;;;;

 

Right Here Waiting

*Oceans apart day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain

If I see you next to never
How can we say forever

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I took for granted, all the times
That I though would last somehow
I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
But I can't get near you now

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' crazy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I wonder how we can survive
This romance
But in the end if I'm with you
I'll take the chance

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' crazy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you*

 

“Hey, Ryou?” Bakura said while walking into my room.

“Hn?” I replied without looking up from my homework.

“Would you want to go to the movies? I'll sit through that chick-flick you wanted to see.”

I perked my head up at that.

“Really?! You're willing to watch all of that `sappy' stuff, as you'd call it?”

“Sure…” His reply sounded reluctant.

“Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!”

“It's in two hours. I just wanted to let you know,” Bakura's words trailed off as he headed back down the stairs.

“Ok then…” I said quietly aloud to myself.

*~*~*~*~*~*

We quietly found our seats just before the theater became dark. Bakura was almost dozing off throughout the entire beginning and middle of the movie. I had to shake him a few times just to keep him aware of his surroundings. During one of the kissing scenes, I looked at Bakura expectantly, being the hopeless romantic I am. He smiled at me and we made out for what felt like forever.

After the movie was done, we walked home, hand in hand. I was leaning my head on Bakura's shoulder. The cold October wind blew fiercely at us and we cuddled closer and walked faster. Once inside the warm apartment, I sat down on the couch and turned the TV on. Bakura started looking through things in every room, which seemed weird of him to do at first, but I brushed it off after a while.

“What's this, Ryou Bunny?” He asked, showing me an old, dusty shoebox from my room.

I immediately recognized it and grabbed it away, shouting, “Give me that!”

“Why so jumpy? Something you don't want me to see?” he taunted, grabbing the box back and opening it.

“No!” I yelled and dove at him.

Bakura easily sidestepped me and I landed face down on the carpet. He laughed and then continued to look through the box. I pulled on his leg so hard that he fell on his ass. The box dropped but he had already found what I didn't want him to see. A devious smile formed across his features.

“Ryou Bunny, I never knew you were so naughty!” Bakura said.

“'Kura!” I shouted in embarrassment.

“What? Shy that you read gay porno? Come on, I already know you're gay! Otherwise we wouldn't have had so much fun last week,” he said teasingly.

My face was now bright red and I hid my face in my hands.

“Aww, I'm sorry, Ryou Bunny. But your innocence is what drew me to you. I just can't keep away when you act like this. It's just so adorable!” he said, moving over to hug me.

I uncovered my face, looked him in the eyes, and smiled.

“I think I could die from your overwhelming cuteness,” he mused, picking me up bridal style.

“'Kura, what are you doing?” I asked.

“Oh we're just going to have a little fun. Don't worry, I already locked the door,” he answered as he stepped into our room and laid me down on the bed.

*~*~*~*~*~*

The sunlight leaked in through the windows and woke me up. I looked at the clock to see it was already 3:00 in the afternoon. I sat up and started running my fingers through Bakura's long beautiful hair.

“'Kura… It's time to wake up,” I said quietly.

He groaned and mumbled, “But it's not morning yet.”

“It's already past morning,” I said back.

“Fine, since you'd bug me to death anyway,” he said, getting up and stumbling over to the bathroom to wash up. He came back and got dressed then we both headed for the kitchen for “breakfast.” We ate in silence and, after, waited for the other to initiate conversation.

“Ryou Bunny?” Bakura started.

“Yes `Kura?”

“There's something I've wanted to tell you…”

I was frightened. He never talks to me like this. His voice never this sad… I don't want this to be like the typical “There's something we need to talk about” conversations that couples have. I just couldn't stand it if Bakura broke up with me! What could be wrong?

“Ryou…”

“What is it? Bakura, you know you can tell me anything. I'll always be yours, no matter what you say.”

“No. You see? That's my point… I couldn't live with myself if I broke your heart, but I couldn't either if I kept this inside and just continued lying to you.”

“Bakura…”

“Don't speak, ok? It's just going to make me even angrier with myself. You see, I should have done this months ago, but I was too stubborn, too selfish.”

He was now pacing the small room, refraining from looking at me. He suddenly stopped and looked me in the eye.

“I don't love you anymore Ryo. I'm sorry to be so frank with you, but I love someone else now; I have for the past few months.”

“Why…?”

“I said don't talk… Anyway, I've been going out with…”

He began to laugh quietly to himself. I wondered how he could at such a morbid moment. He was confessing cheating on me and he's laughing?!

“Sorry, but you're never going to believe this.”

“I'm already in disbelief,” I said harshly.

He winced at the iciness of my once innocent voice. I could tell he was blaming himself for my sudden change of attitude for the worse. Good, now maybe he can reconsider leaving me…

“It's the Pharaoh. …I told you it'd be shocking.”

Bakura was right. How in the world could those two even tolerate each other?! They fight at any opportunity and are constantly at each other's throats! This… this is a joke; I know it. He's going to turn around and say “I got you!” Any minute now…

“Please understand, Ryou. We both fought with each other because we didn't want the other to suspect the feelings we both felt. Both our prides wouldn't let us. But finally, Atemu came clean and we've been so happy together.”

“What about us? Aren't you happy with me? Did last night mean anything to you at all? Bakura, why are you doing this to me?”

“It's not my fault. Love is a game of twists and we've both just been thrown our firsts.”

“I've just been thrown my first, you got yours a long time ago.”

I crossed my arms and turned my back to him. I sniffed to hold back my tears because he had always said to me that to cry is to show weakness. I will not show my weakness to him. Not now when it could mean having him rethink… Bakura walked over to me and wrapped his arms around me.

“Please don't make this harder than it is,” he whispered, nuzzling his head in my hair.

I pushed him off me and turned to look him right in the eyes. He shouldn't be doing things like that if he's going to be leaving me. He shouldn't be making it harder for me.

“'Kura… I just want you to know that even though your heart no longer belongs to me… even though it'll kill me to watch you leave… whenever you need me, I'll be right here. I'll be waiting for you. If you and Atemu have a fight, you can stay here the night. My door will always be open for you. I won't be taking back the key to my apartment so that way you can just come in any time. Even if you don't love me anymore, I still love you and I'd still do anything to make you happy.”

Unable to hold myself back anymore, I began to cry uncontrollably and hugged him. He hugged me as well and tried to calm me by rubbing my back soothingly. I couldn't hear much through my sobs, but I could make out some things like “we'll see each other again” and “thank you.”

After I regained control of myself, Bakura went into our room to pack his things. As soon as he came back, I pushed into his hand the necklace he had given me for our first Christmas. He looked at it hard and long before looking at me with tear filled eyes.

“Ryou, Bunny, you don't have to give me this. I bought this for you; you should keep it,” Bakura said, holding it out to me.

“No, I want you to have it. That way you'll always remember that this apartment is still yours too,” I said as I gave him probably the last genuine smile he'll ever see from me.

“How could I ever forget you? I promise that this won't be the last time we stand here together in this room,” he said and gave me a kiss on the forehead before walking out the door into the late October afternoon, luggage in hand and me in his heart.

~END~

Wasn't that such a corny last line? *sigh* I didn't meant to have it that way, but it just came out as I typed. ^^;;; It was very short, yes, I know, but I couldn't think of anything else to put in and I was just so anxious to put it up tonight… If you liked it, if you hated it, if you had no opinion in the slightest, please review to rekindle the dying flame in this pathetic author's soul.