Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ What a Desprite Heart Does ❯ XIII ( Chapter 13 )

Chapter 13

Beholder: omg I'm alive!!! YAY!

Bakura: *grumble* about bloody time..

Yami: *doing jumping jacks* ITS ALIVE ITS ALIVE ITS ALIVE!

Bakura: *anime fall*

Beholder: *gets on hands and knees and beg readers for forgiveness* IM SO SORRY PEOPLE! LIFE HAS TAKEN SO MANY TURNS AND LIFE IS...sniffle...SO HARD!

Bakura: You just figured that out?

Beholder: *raises up in front of Bakura, looming over him with demon eyes* SHUT UP YOU TOMB ROBER!

Bakura: .....eep!

Yami: HAHAH!!!

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Ryou silently entered the house, closing the door behind him softly and slipping off his shoes. Glancing at the clock, he winced at the time, noting that it was well after midnight and his Yami had probably thrown a fit if he awoken to find him missing.

Padding through the hallway, he silently entered the living room and peeked over the couch. Smiling, he suppressed a chuckling at his Yami, who was sprawled on the couch, a long since thawed ice pack over his sore spot from his injury from Yugi. Smirking, he gently lifted the ice pack and covered Bakura with a checkered blanket.

Tossing the ice pack into the fridge in the kitchen, Ryou sighed, and plopped down on a chair, remembering the night. He really hadn't meant to be late, but like they say with dating someone you love, one thing always leads to another. Ryou blushed. He didn't know it was possible people could make out for that long and not die from suffocating each other. Not that he minded it of course, oh, he would have stayed longer if not for the worry for his Yami blowing up the house.

Smiling, he got up and left for his room, hoping that his Yami hadn't noticed he had been gone.

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Yugi yawned in his sleep, blinking open one purple eye to glare at the sun streaming through the window. Why did the sun have to be so damn annoying in the morning and not let you sleep? Why? Yugi threw the thought aside, feeling the warm body behind him stir, and snuggled into the warm embrace of his koi.

Smiling into the hair, Seto kissed Yugi's head and yawned, making Yugi giggle to himself. Cracking open an Eye, Seto gave Yugi a small playful scowl and started kissing down his neck.

"Are you laughing at me Yugi Motou?" Seto purred sleepily, making Yugi break out into more giggles.

Seto grinned evilly to himself, idea having just popped into his sleepy head. Flipping Yugi over so he was straddling him, he stared down at his little koi, evil glint never leaving his eyes, as his hands made they're way across Yugi's stomach.

Yugi broke out into hysterical laughter, trying to beat off the hands assaulting his stomach. Seto grinned and kept tickling his lover until he was gasping for air from laughing so much. Crossing his arms and stared down at Yugi with a smirk. Yugi stared up lazily at Seto, breath slowing down to normal again.

Seto smiled softly, having seen Yugi laughing. It had been so hard on him the first week that Yami left and even now, it still was, but Yugi was slowly starting to adjust, but the thought that Yami would come back any days now never left him mind. It was warming to Seto to see Yugi happy after how miserable he had been. Taking Yugi's hand, her kissed the delicate fingers, never taking his eyes from Yugi's. Yugi watched Seto, his yes drooping at his koi's actions.

"I love you." Yugi said, brushing his fingers over Seto's checks. Seto kissed the fingers touching his face again, then pulled down, kissing tenderly at Yugi's soft lips. Wrapping his arms around Seto's neck, both melted into the kiss, bodies pressing against each other. With a gasp, they both stared in each other's eyes as they broke apart, breathing each other's scents. Seto stared at Yugi, drowning in the purple eyes of his lover.

"I love you too, Yugi."

With that, they both met again for another tender kiss.

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Stepping into the living room, Rea yawned and stretched, glaring at the clock. Night was just not long enough, and that left Rea still tired and cranky in the morning. Letting out another yawn, she turned to go and walk to go to the bathroom when she noticed the sleeping figure on her couch. A soft smile reaching her lips, she walked over and peered down at Yami, watching as he took soft breaths in his sleep, covered in a thick burgundy blanket wearing a dark blue T-shirt that was too baggy for him and served as PJ's. His hair poked all around his head, which was resting on a soft pillow Rea gave him.

Rea reached down and gently brushed some of the bangs back from his eyes, marveling at the softness of the spiky hair. Stepping back, she turned and headed for the washroom, grabbing a towel before closing the door behind her. Setting the towel on the sink counter, she reached into her shower and turns on the water, pushing it all the way to hot so that it would warm up. Stripping down, she turned the knobs till the water was the right temperature and stepped into the jet of rushing water, letting it wash over her.

Grabbing the soap, she cleaned herself, letting the bubbles and suds wash away down the drain and wetting her hair. As she lathered in shampoo into her long black her, thoughts of the stranger on her couch floated through her mind. He had been so sick for the first few days he had been at her apartment, and she came close to taking him to the hospital. By the fourth day, he had actually managed to stay awake long enough to eat some food, which gave her great relief. By the sixth day, Yami had awoken early, his fever gone. She was amazed how much he ate that day, considering he ate next to nothing the days before that. By the second week things had been better for her visitor and he was actually up and about, getting used to his new surroundings.

She had taken the liberty of teaching Yami how to do some simple house tasks as he insisted that he do something helpful in thanks for letting him stay. Dusting had gone over fairly well with Yami, him being someone who liked things clean, same with washing dishes and the kitchen. Vacuuming on the other hand, had been an experience she didn't think she'd ever want to forget. She didn't think it possible for a grown man in this day and age to have never used one, but Yami was that exception and had had the funniest expression of fear when he had seen the sucking machine. The result after turning it on, was something that made her laugh too hard to breath.

Rinsing the foamy lather from her hair, she took a palm-full of conditioner and lathered that into her hair, rinsing and just standing with her face being blasted by the water. Yes, things had been interesting, Yami was an interesting person, having told her about his life with his brother Yugi and his friends. He wouldn't tell her what had made him leave, but she knew that he would once he was ready. He had become like a best friend, and she had no problem telling him about her life and how her family had lived in Egypt. She also had explained that her parents had died a long time ago, which was why she had moved to Domino nearly 3 years ago after living in Egypt for many years.

Shutting off the water, Rea stepped out onto the cool bathroom floor and grabbed the towel, drying herself off, drying her hair with the towel, she wrapped it around herself and stepped out and walked straight for her room. Pulling out her clothing from the closet, she dressed in a navy blue skirt with ripple designs on it and a cream coloured blouse. Brushing her damp hair out, she smiled at her reflection. Today, she was taking Yami out and she wanted it to be nice. He hadn't left the apartment since that one rainy morning she found him, and they had grown pretty close over the last three weeks. She almost dared to call it a date, though she had been on a date with him before, which had had him end up in the hospital before. Letting out a chuckle, she hoped today would be a little nicer to Yami. He seemed to attract trouble like a magnet.

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Gawking at all the people, Yami stared at the busy Market Street. Rea had insisted he come with her to pick up some food and he had agreed, not that he had ever gone before and he wondered if it was different from Egypt. Looking at giant crowd of swarming people, the thought that there were ALOT more people was the most obvious difference he noticed. Oh Ra, how did they manage not to trip over each other?

Rea grinned and grabbed Yami's arm, pulling him and her into the crowd of Saturday shoppers. She loved the market, the people were so nice and the food was fresh and natural. Walking up to a Tomato stand, she grabbed a few plastic bags and handed one to Yami. Yami blinked at her, then looked at the large pile of Tomatoes that a large mob of woman were picking from. Looking back at Rea, he regretted to find her checking out the cucumbers, which left him to pick the tomatoes. Staring at all the red fruits, he scratched his head. How did you pick? They all looked alike! A woman beside him was examining a tomato and was popping them into a clear bag in her other hand when she found one she deemed good. Yami tapped her on the shoulder, getting her attention.

"Excuse me, but could you tell me which Tomatoes are good to pick?"

The woman blinked back at him, and he briefly wondered if she understood what he meant. Rea called his name and he looked over his shoulder at her.

"Yami, you got the tomatoes?"

Yami panicked, fumbling with his words.

"uh uh, still picking!"

Rea laughed and smiled at him, yelling over the loud crowd.

"Don't take too long picking or they will be all picked out by the time you pick one!" With that she turned and headed towards the orange stand.

Turning back to the tomato stand, he saw the woman he had tapped grinning at him as if now understanding, which looked kinda creepy since this woman must have been at least sixty.

"Oh I see. This your first time coming to the market with your wife?"

Yami nearly choked, but stifled it.

"Uh , she's…just a friend…uh but yes this is..my first time and I don't know how I'm supposed to..." He glanced at the tomatoes, then back and the laughing old woman.

"Oh come dear, I understand. Its not really that hard, let me show you how to pick out the good ones."

With that she started picking through tomatoes and telling Yami how to tell which ones were too ripe, which ones were still not ripe enough, and which ones were bad. About ten minutes later, Yami had a full bag of perfect tomatoes.

"Thank you. I did not know that was how you pick them."

The old woman waved it off with a smile.

"No worries dear, better find that `friend' of yours before you lose her!"

Yami's blushed, making a slight bow and taking off to find Rea, He found her at the end of the stands, having about seven bags full of different fruits and vegetables and a loaf of fresh bread in a basket, all bagged. Smiling as he came up, she eyed the nearly bursting bag tomatoes.

"Wow, those look perfect! We can make spaghetti this week with all those." She smiled and let him out the tomatoes in the basket. They both went off to pay for the goods, then walked looked around at some of the smaller shops for nearly an hour before heading back to the apartment.

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Rea unlocked the door and smiled to herself as she watched Yami carry all the bags in. Oh what a gentleman. Grinning, she closed the door and started going through the bags and sorting them to be put away, while Yami started placing things in the fridge.

They silently put away everything, save for a few tomatoes which stayed on the fruit rack over the counter. Both looked at each other, smiled shyly and went to their next task, Yami retreating to the bathroom and Rea to her bedroom.

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Bakura groaned, and turned over from his place on the couch, which produced a loud thump and a string of cursing as the Yami fell right off the cushions.

Ryou sighed from his place in the kitchen at hearing that Bakura had fallen off the couch yet again in his sleep. Drying his hands in the sink, we walked over to the living room, to find Bakura cursing a storm in what he could have sworn was several ancient languages. Helping his Yami up on the couch, Ryou tried not to grin. Bakura simply sneered at the floor and let out a final curse before sitting back.

It was just starting get dark out, the sun making its descent earlier now because of the upcoming fall. Ryou glanced at the clock on over the TV set and nearly yelped, bolting off the couch, nearly sending Bakura back to the floor.

"I'm late!"

Bakura blinked then glared dryly to his hikari and he skipped up the stairs two at a time. Mumbling, Bakura stretched his back, making it pop painfully.

"Nice to know I'm loved...."

The sounds of fast footsteps could be heard from upstairs. Glaring at the ceiling, Bakura briefly wondered what his hikari had been rushing of too all these nights, not coming back for hours, sometimes even the next morning. That set off a domino effect of thoughts in Bakura's mind. If he found out Ryou was hanging out at some bar getting drunk and high, or in a gang all these nights, there was going to be some serious answering to do. But then again, Ryou never came home looking drunk or bruised like that in a gang or bar. More just he looked a little ruffled up unusually happy to the extents it scared Bakura and made him wonder about his hikari's sanity.

Bolting down the stairs, Ryou nearly skid into the wall wearing some form fitting black pants and dark blue shirt, which the millenium ring jingled over top of. Bakura raised his brow in question as Ryou grabbed his keys for the car he had recently bought and his wallet, grabbing a black jacket from the closet.

"SorryBkaura,forgotaboutmydateseeyoulater!" And with that, out the door he was, leaving Bakura staring at the space he was just in with a blink look. Bakura stared for a few minutes, slowly trying to make sure he had heard that right. Did he say 'date'?

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Yami looked at his reflection in the mirror and let out a sigh, running his fingers through his hair. First night out with Rea since...the first time they had gone out. He could only hope that all muggers had the day off today because he really didn't feel like getting bashed in the head again. Letting out a weak smile, he also thought about the beach bar Rea and him had been to. She was something of an enigma to him, drawing him to her in an unexplainable way. He also noticed how she would look at him while she thought he wasn't looking sometimes. Well, maybe tonight they could talk about that little part of their `relationship'.

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Rea glanced at the mirror in her room, checking the light makeup she had put on and smiling. Brushing out her hair, she thought about her and Yami's first date, and how much it drawn her to him. She hoped that tonight they could sit down and talk about how they were. She couldn't help but feel like they were caught in a loop together that was steadily drawing them closer. Not that she minded, after all he was one hell of a man to look at, knowing from experience when she had walked in on him in the bathroom. Oh, if he had bad relationships in the past, it definitely wasn't that body, oh no sir.

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The waves rolled into the beach, making the sand shift and glitter in the star light. The sky was freckled with glowing white stars on an endless dark sky, with the moon shining in crescent, wisps of cloud framing it. Two figures walked along the white sand beach, just beyond the reach of the watery waves. Their shoes in hand, bare feet shifting around the sand as they walked in it. Long black and multicolour spiked up hair swayed gently in the wind as they made their way across the sands, stopping at a bench where they both sat down side by side.

"Its beautiful tonight."

"Hmm, yes it is."

Rea closed her eyes, letting the soft breeze and scent of the ocean wash over her. Yami watched her, eyes focused on those closed eyes and soft lips. Rea let out a content sigh, opening her eyes and looking out to the waters that reflected the sky like rippling crystal. It was calm, and the calm washed over both of them. Rea looked back at Yami to meet his dark crimson ((if I've said that his eyes are violet before, I'm sorry, but they will forever be crimson from now on)) eyes with her own. They swam in each other's gazes, until Rea looked down and took his hand gently. Yami also looked down at their hands. It was late, they had spent hours at the seaside bar, losing track of time as they simply sat and talked for the first few hours, then starred at each other in the eyes for even more. Eventually they walked down the beach shore together, silently enjoying each other's presence. Now, they sat together, hands intertwined.

Yami stared their hands, feeling the warmth of Rea's hand in his own. Swallowing the lump in his throat, he spoke softly, almost afraid that he might break the calmness they were in.

"...I never got to thank you for everything…You've been so caring and kind to me… and we've really, well, at I think we've grown rather close together. I'm guess that I'm intrigued by you, and that I might have some feelings for you, but…I know that we've only known each other for such a short time…and I understand if you…?"

Rea looked up to Yami's eyes, which were locked on their intertwined hands. So many emotions were swimming through the violet orbs, like waters never ending currents on the ocean.

Looking up at Rea, her face silhouetted by the moon's light, he reached hand up to her face and stroked her cheek with his thumb, running it over the soft skin. Closing her eyes, Rea leaned into the touch, opening her eyes to see Yami's face bealy inches from her own, his warm breath mingling with her own.

"…Rea..." Yami whispered, leaning forward just before her face. Eyes on each others, never leaving for an instant, breath mixing in the cool ocean breeze, and lips meeting tenderly as their eyes slipped closed, Rea's hand resting gently on the back of Yami's neck, other entwined in Yami's hand. Slowly, kindly, yet with so much love, they kissed, slowly breaking apart to stare into each other's eyes, breaths coming out in small puffs.

"Yami...." Pulling him forward and wrapping her arms around his neck she embraced him in another more passionate kiss, Yami wrapping his arms around her and letting himself fall back onto the bench with her over him.

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The moon shone over the driveway at the Bakura household. All the lights long since turned off and the street a silent calm in the night. A dark figure stood in front of the window overlooking the street, staring out from the dark window into the night sky. Raising his head so his long white hair spread about his shoulders, Bakura let out a soft sigh and closed his eyes to the moonlight shining through the glass.

Lights turned the corner at the end of the street and a car slowly drove up and parked in the drive way at an angle, making Bakura open his eyes. Waiting for the door of the car to open Bakura watched as Ryou stumbled out of the car, closing the car door and leaning against it sluggishly, shoulders shaking. Bakura frowned, walking around the short way to the front door and opening it just as Ryou stumbled his way up the steps, and tripping over his own feet on the last step, only to be caught in a set of strong arms.

Bakura frowned down at the shaking mass in his arms, the muffled sounds making it hard to tell if Ryou was crying or laughing. Helping him stand, Ryou giggled as Bakura stood him up, blinking woozly at Bakura.

Bakura stared at his hikari, watching him giggle to himself, while tears made their way down his cheeks over old ones, staining his flushed cheeks. Making a blank face at the smell of alcohol, he held Ryou by his shoulders to keep him standing, Bakura swallowed before opening his mouth to speak.

"Ryou? What's wrong? Were you drinking? What happened? Ryou?" Bakura only got giggles in reply and an arm thrown drunkenly over his shoulder.

"Aro Bahera! Gaud Afbernoun!"

Shaking his head at Ryou in wonder, Bakura slowly lead Ryou in the door and through the hall into the kitchen, setting him down in a chair giggling.

Rushing to the sink and grabbing a glass, he filled it with some water and came back over to Ryou, setting it on the table and sitting in front of the drunken hikari before him in a chair.

"Ryou, tell me what happened."

Twirling his finger, Ryou laughed at it, then looked at Bakura and let out an excited gasp.

"ohhhhhh lookie! It Bakhera!" Ryou broke down into a fit of giggles at the end of that sentence.

Bakura growled, grabbed Ryou by the shoulder roughly and shook him.

"Come on you little idiot! Talk to me! Snap out of it!!" Slowly dropping his arms from Ryou, he waited, now that Ryou was silent and no longer giggling but looking forward blankly and drunkenly. Eyes closing for a brief moment, they reopened and slowly moved to Bakura, tears suddenly streaming down his cheeks again. A soft sob broke free from his throat and Bakura laid a hand on his shoulder, giving him a gentle-questioning look.

"Ryou..?"

Ryou then broke down in sobs, letting them rip through him and his shoulders shake with each one. Bakura's frown turned into worry and he slowly lent forward and hugged Ryou, letting the smaller cry into his shoulder helplessly. Muffled by the sobs, Ryou spoke.

" Bakura... she....*sob* ...she...left...me Bakura…*sob*….She...left… I….d-don't understand…*sob. Hiccup*…I loved her…I loved her..."

Bakura rubbed his hikari's back, trying to calm the upset man in his arms. Minutes passed and Ryou's sobs slowly died down, his breath slowing to even breaths as he drifted off in Bakura's arms as Bakura slowly rocked them back and forth like father would to his son. Placing a hand on the top of Ryou's hair, Bakura let out a tired sigh and glanced at the clock, then looking down at the sleeping mass in his arms. Smiling faintly, he carefully lifted the young man in his arms and walked slowly out, and up the stairs into Ryou's dark bedroom, laying him down and taking his shoes off, then covering him with the covers.

He softly walked out and glanced at Ryou before closing the door, then leaning against the wall and running his hands over his face. Staring up through the window in the hall, he could see the moon, its glowing light seeping through the window onto the floor. Going down the stairs, he sat on the couch, laying back and taking a few moments to calm his mind. Staring up at the dark ceiling, he slowly let his brain clear, all the chaos of Ryou coming home the way he did and everything else that had been building in his mind vanish, leaving nothing but an empty silence in his mind. Only the thought of one person stayed in his mind, the person that could calm him and let him talk. He needed that person, and he would need to see that person soon if he wanted to clear his mind at all after tonight. It was long after due to pay his dear friend a visit.

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Yugi let out a soft groan as the phone rang on his lover's night stand. Who in gods name would be calling now? It was only…wow, ok, it was 11:30 already in the morning, but that was beside the point. Feeling Seto stir beside him he reached over and grabbed the phone, relishing the silence before bringing it to his ear and answering groggily.

" Hello?"

"Dear Ra Yugi, don't tell me you were still asleep?" Yugi grinned to himself at the deep raspy voice over the phone while Seto sat up and stretched in the bed. "Hi Bakura"

"Baka shrimp. I was wondering if you and dragon boy to come over for a while."

Yugi sat up, frowning into the phone. Seto stood off the bed and padded over to the bathroom, swinging the door shut softly.

"Bakura, either I'm still asleep or you just invited me and Seto over." A chuckle was heard over the line, and Yugi was deeply wondering if he really was asleep or if Bakura was drunk.

"Yugi…If you must know the truth, and yes this may be the only time I ever tell the truth, frankly I'm too tired to care right now. But first, did you know anything about Ryou being in a relationship?"

Yugi blinked a few times, registering Bakura's words before he scrunched up his face in confusion. Ryou had been in a relationship? Since when, and with who?

" …wha? Ryou…was in a relationship? ..who?"

Bakura sighed over the line, making him sound tired and worn out, something Yugi had never heard before from the tomb robber. Yugi glanced at Seto as he walked out of the bathroom, making Seto blink and mouth `What's wrong?'.

"I see….I guess Ryou had kept this a secret from you too then Yugi. I can also guess that if you had no idea then dragon boy and the rest of your group wouldn't have known. Damn it…"

Yugi's frown deepened at Bakura's tone as Seto sat next to him with a worried frown of his own. Yugi bit his lip, not entirely sure how to comment when he didn't even really know what was happening to make Bakura seem so stressed. He knew something had to be wrong, but as to why Bakura had called him about it puzzled him. Normally Bakura would fix things himself and refuse to tell anyone what was wrong to begin with. But if this did involve Ryou, then maybe Bakura didn't think he could do it alone, and Yugi knew that admitting to not being able to do something himself would have been a big blow to his ego. But what could be so bad to make Bakura think that he couldn't handle it alone?

"Since you answered my question Yugi, I'll tell you, that I need you to come see Ryou, and maybe watch him for a while. I'm going to be going somewhere… and I don't want to leave Ryou alone after what happened last night."

Yugi's eyebrows shot into his hairline. Bakura was worried about Ryou's safety? And he wanted them to watch Ryou while he was gone for Ra knows what reason? Yugi swallowed a few times, giving Seto an utterly clueless look.

"Um…alright. We'll try and come over around one or something…" Glancing at Seto and casting a pleading look, he got a worried look and nod as his response. "Yeah around one, is that alright?"

"Yes Yugi that's fine… Thank you. I'll wait till you arrive" and With that Yugi heard the phone click and the tone, and sighed, placing the phone back on it cradle. Turning to Seto, he sighed and ran and hand through his hair, trying to find some way to explain to Seto what he knew and what he could guess was going on.

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Bakura hang up the phone and leaned against the wall, closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose tiredly. He pulled his hand away when he heard rapid footsteps above him and what sounded like a door being thrown open. Frowning, he raced up the stairs and glanced down the hall to find the bathroom door open, Ryou hunched over the toilet retching.
Running over and kneeling beside his hikari, he held his lights hair back and rubbed his back gently while Ryou continued to empty his stomach into the toilet.

After his heaves calmed down and Bakura was sure that Ryou wasn't going to throw up again, he wrapped an arm around his hikari and helped him stand up, leading him back to his room and gently sat him on the bed. Walking over to the linen closet, he grabbed a fresh face cloth and wet it under the bathroom sink, flushing the toilet on his way out and walking back into Ryou's room. Ryou sat on the bed stiffly, staring at the floor blankly, not really seeing anything, even as Bakura knelt in front of him and waved his hand on front of his face.

Letting out a sigh, Bakura folded the damp cloth in his hands and gently wiped Ryou's face from his mess earlier, and resting his hand on Ryou's forehead, letting out a small wince.

"Baka… your getting a fever…" finished cleaning his hikari's face he tossed the cloth in the laundry bin and walked back out into the hall, coming back a minute later with some fresh dampened cloths in his hands. Setting them on the nightstand, he sat down beside Ryou and grabbed a hair elastic Ryou kept on the nightstand and gently tied Ryou's hair into a loose ponytail. Gently guiding Ryou, he pushed Ryou into the bed so his head was rested on the pillow and he pulled his feet up on the bed while Bakura got off and covered him with and cover. Grabbing one of the cool damp cloths, he folded it so it was a long strip and gently rested the cloth on Ryou's burning forehead, brushing way the white bangs. Ryou's eyes drifted shut and a soft sigh escaped his mouth, his breathing slowly becoming regular telling Bakura he was asleep.

Bakura stared at Ryou, worry dancing through his eyes that he never let anyone see, nor would he let himself feel until just recently. `Damn you pharaoh… Since you left, everything has damn well fallen apart…damn you…' He sighed and leaned against the side of the bed, staring between his legs at the floor of Ryou's room.

It was almost true, that since Yami had left, everyone was going through a rough time. Yugi was the first to feel his darker one's departure, and soon after it was starting to affect everyone else. Tea had stopped giving out her little friendship speeches (thank good Ra), Joey had seemed more silent (though not that much), Tristin was seen less outside of school (as informed by Ryou) and Yugi was clinging to Kaiba for emotional support and Kaiba was giving it. If that wasn't the world falling apart Bakura wasn't sure what else was. Ryou had seemed the only one to be doing well after Yami had left, but now Bakura was sure he was going to be the one needing all the support from his friends. And Bakura himself? Things had just been shity for him since the baka pharaoh had left. Not that he should have cared or would have admitted to care but it was kind of nice to have someone to constantly bicker with and someone to be the bad guy in his eyes. Not many people noticed that they always had someone that would always be their opposite, their rival. People didn't realize that they needed that person just as much as any friend, and without them, you simply couldn't flow with the rest of world.

As they say, you keep your friends close, but you keep your enemies' closer.

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Beholder: Yes, awful place to stop, I know…

Bakura and Yami: DUH!

Beholder: *glares* riiiight… well, let me know what you think, I think I overdid Bakura bit but keep in mind that this takes place quite a few years later than the Anime, excluding the Pharaohs Memory chapters (ignore that lil bit lol)

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