Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Stay Alive ❯ a beautiful lie ( Chapter 3 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Chapter 3: A Beautiful Lie
Warnings: mental illness (bipolar with psychotic features) Self-harm, and attempted Suicide, Drug use and Spousal Abuse. One sided Yugi/Yami, Joey/Seto, Ryou/Bakura
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. If I owned the show it would be a lot more twisted, I don't own the song “A Beautiful Lie” that is owned by 30 Seconds to Mars
Lying in bed that night Yugi wondered where he failed. He had planned on never looking at the four walls of his bedroom again. Now not only did he have to listen to Yami's snores, but to deal with life. He didn't want to feel like this any more, but there was only one way that he knew how to fix it… and he had failed. His arm not only itched but it felt like there was liquid fire in his veins. Looking over at the clock he sighed, wondering if anyone was awake at 3:45 in the morning. He got out of bed and walked downstairs to where the computer was. He turned it on and opened up his facebook. He noticed that only one person was on and that was Ryou.
Yugi Moto: What are you doing up so late?
Ryou Bakura: Nothing much Yugi, just dealing with the same shit different day.
Yugi Moto: What's wrong Ry?
Ryou Bakura: Something bad has happened Yugi, I don't know how long I'm going to be able to talk. Kura might wake up soon.
Yugi Moto: What happened Ry? Is everything all right?
Ryou Bakura: No Yugi… If I can get away tomorrow I will tell you. I'll have to call you, Bakura is waking up… I have to go.
With that Ryou signed off. Yugi disappointed that no one else was on, shut off the computer. He walked back up stairs and as he passed Grandpa's room all he could hear was the old man snoring. He felt a pain in his gut when he listened to the old man. He knew out of the entire world that he loved Yugi, even if no one else did. Yugi thought about what he had almost done in the park and felt even worse. How could he do that to his Grandpa? That man raised him, and made sure that Yugi never went without anything, and Yugi was going to kill himself over a boy and a voice that told him to do it. Yugi made a plan to ignore the voice and return to the happy Yugi that everyone knew and loved.
Walking up back up to his room the voice decided that it was going to show its ugly head again.
“Do you honestly think that you can get rid of me? Really??? You make me laugh. You make this promise to yourself tonight. But trust me.. you'll be like this again soon.”
Yugi shook the voice off and walked passed Yami and climbed into bed. “No. I won't let you get the best of me.”
The next morning seemed to come too soon. Yugi just wanted to lay there and never move again. He hated life and everyone in it. Just as he began to verbalize how much, his phone rang and he was reminded of the night before.
“Hello Yugi, it's the only chance I have to get away. Kura is off with one of his friends. Can you meet me out by the park?” came the British sounding Ryou on the other side of the phone.
Yugi turned to look at the other bed, and noticed that Yami was gone. He got up and quickly got dressed and sprinted downstairs. He found a piece of paper and wrote down where he was going, that he was meeting Ryou there and that it sounded urgent. Walking to the park, Yugi felt the itch that was building behind the bandage that surrounded his pale flesh.
Ryou was sitting on a bench seat with a hood up when Yugi walked up to him. Yugi had to lean down to make sure that it truly was his small British friend.
“Its me Yugi” Ryou said looking away.
“Ryou? What's wrong? Why is your hood up in the middle of summer?” Yugi said pushing Ryou's hood back.
What Yugi saw on his small pasty friend was quite frightful. Ryou's left eye was purple and swollen shut. His other eye was bloodshot and puffy. Yugi assumed that it was from tears. Yugi pulled up Ryou's sleeves and saw claw marks up Ryou's arm. It looked like he had been in a one sided fight.
“Ryou? What happened? Who did this to you?” Yugi asked tears in her eyes.
“Kura and I were fighting last night over bills and things just got out of hand.” Ryou said looking down.
“A little out of hand? Ryou have you looked at yourself?” Yugi said kneeling down in front of Ryou
“Yeah, I know that it looks bad, But Kura realized what he did and cleaned me up and promised that he would never to it again.” Ryou said looking out the eye that wasn't swollen shut. Yugi took pity on his friend, but was very worried about him.
“And you believe him?” Yugi asked.
Ryou was about to answer, but his phone started to ring.
“Its Bakura.. He doesn't know I left the house or that I'm talking to you. I have to go.”
“Stay at my house.. Please?” Yugi pleaded
Ryou answered the phone, while listing to Bakura's shouting he mouthed, “I can't”. He got up and hugged his friend and began to walk towards his car, all Yugi could hear was “I'm sorry baby. I was in the bathroom and I left my phone in the living room.”