My Forever

My Forever

Bishojo shadow & hato chiisai

YAOI WARNING

Disclaimer: Neither of us own Yugioh.

Chapter 12


It had been two days since Ryou had been taken to the hospital. Seto had not left Ryou¡¦s side except to use the bathroom and shower, at Mokuba's insistence. They had placed the Ring around Ryou's neck, which strengthened Bakura a bit, but the yami was still very weak, and hung around Ryou's room like a ghost, never saying a word, and rarely doing anything but stare at Ryou. Malik and Marik took turns standing watch in the room, while the others, out of respect for Seto, took careful care of Mokuba. Seto had expressed worry over his brother because of the photos, so Malik and Marik swore that they would keep the younger Kaiba safe. The rest of the gang would come and go, especially Yugi and Yami, but Honda had only come by once, and that visit was brief.

Ryou had remained unconscious, which was probably fortunate. When a nurse had come in for a routine check up, Seto, Malik and Bakura had seen the extent of Ryou's injuries, and they all came out of that experience lusting for blood. There wasn't an inch of the white skin that they were all used to; Ryou was nothing but black, blue, purple, and in some places, a sickly green. Seto had been even more of a wreck after that, and it took forever for Malik to convince him to sleep.

He was woken by Yami Yugi, and just as he was about to spit out an acid comment, Yami pointed to Ryou. Seto looked and saw that his lover's eyes were slowly blinking, trying to focus on something. He was clearly disoriented and was unaware of where he was.

Seto froze for a moment at the sight of Ryou's eyes actually opened, they may have not been focused but at least he wasn't in a coma as others thought and Seto himself feared. He placed his hand on Ryou's, being careful of the IV when he did so, as Ryou's eyes turned to meet his. Nothing else moved for the longest time as they looked at one another neither of them saying anything, Seto wanted to touch and embrace him but there was no way he could without causing Ryou further harm so he settled for looking at him.

"Ryou?" Seto said softly for lack of anything better to say


Ryou blinked slowly, looking at Seto as if he had never seen him before. His eyes slowly moved around the room, looking over Yami, Yugi, Malik, Marik, Mokuba and Bakura. His eyes seemed to linger a bit on Yami, and once he was finished looking everyone over, they returned to Yami. The rest of the group was very surprised, and Seto was irritated and hurt. Yami cleared his throat and slowly took Ryou's hand. Ryou looked down, blinking at his hand in Yami's.

"Ryou? Is something wrong?" He asked, quietly. Ryou blinked again.

"Yes." He said, in a hoarse voice. "I still have to kick your ass." The group stared, amazed, and Yami slowly backed away.

Bakura smiled and walked over to Ryou taking place of Yami's hand, it was the first real sign of life the yami had had in days and everyone was a little relived that he was moving around more...it meant that Ryou was feeling better too. Seto was happy that Ryou's eyes once again rested on his own, but he was still clueless as what to say to Ryou as he rubbed his thumb over his fingers gently. Bakura spoke up since Seto didn't.

"I¡¦m glad you¡¦re awake Hikari, you had us all worried." Bakura said his own voice a bit raspy.

Ryou looked down and shifted slightly, only to let out a little scream. Bakura and Seto both moved closer as Ryou clenched his teeth in pain, tears filling his eyes. The others also moved closer.

"Ryou? You okay?!" Malik gasped. Ryou slowly shook his head, whimpering as even that caused him pain.

"I, I wanna go home..." He wailed. "I WANNA GO HOME!!!" And he held tightly to Seto and Bakura's hands and cried, fogging up the inside of the oxygen mask on his face.
Seto gently wiped away Ryou's tears with a soft Kleenex as he looked to Bakura, he could take Ryou home and hire a private doctor and nurse to take care of him...Ryou didn't like hospitals he never really did, but Seto wasn't sure if moving Ryou at all was a good idea.

Bakura was on the same page as Seto; he didn't want to move Ryou and bring him more harm„m he looked to the others not knowing what to do. He wanted to say Ryou could go home and he wanted to take him home too where he could keep an eye on him, but not only was moving him a bad idea...taking him to Seto's was a bad idea too.

"Seto..." Bakura said softly knowing that Seto probably didn't want to hear what he had to say but it was necessary "I know you only have Ryou's best interest in mind but if we can take him home and do...I think it best that he goes back home with me, Marik, and Malik." Bakura said softly and to his surprise Seto agreed.


"I know...it would be safer for him to be there...than with me." Seto said softly and stood up "I¡¦ll talk to the doctor, if we can move him without causing any more harm we should, he doesn't like hospitals it won't help his recovery to stay here longer than he has to." Seto said leaving the others and Ryou for just a moment to talk to the doctor. Bakura was a little worried how calmly he acted about it...but he also figured Seto had already thought of it.

Ryou slowly looked up at Bakura. "Bakura? What's going on?"

"We'll see, Ryou." He said, petting Ryou's hair, minding the bandage. Ryou blinked and nodded, then looked around again.

"What.... what happened? How.... bad am I?" He asked softly, and Malik sighed and took the hand that Seto had left empty.

"You were beaten, Ryou. Long story short, you had to have emergency surgery. They removed your appendix and had to repair some damage to your spleen, liver and one of your lungs. You have a lot of broken ribs and a head injury and a dislocated shoulder. And the worst bruising anyone has ever seen. You've been unconscious for two days." Malik listed off, and Ryou slowly closed his eyes.

"Why?" He whispered, though in the small room, everyone could hear it easily. Seto walked back in. "What have I done to deserve this?"

Seto walked in hearing Ryou's question as he walked to him standing behind Bakura

"You didn't do anything love, nothing you could ever do was deserving of this and I don't want you to think that something was." Seto said firmly, and Bakura nodded.

"If it's any consolation the ones who did this are in jail, they are going to pay for what they did to you." Bakura said.

"The doctor said it's okay to take you home, most of what's happened just needs time to heal now." Seto said stroking Ryou's hair gently. "He wants to check you out one last time before he discharges you though, is that all right?" He asked wanting to make sure Ryou wouldn't flip like he had done earlier with the doctors.

Ryou's eyes widened. "And then... we can go home?" He looked hopeful. "I wanna go home. I don¡¦t care if it hurts getting there, I just wanna go home!!!" Seto and Bakura glanced up at each other.

"Hikari... Seto and I think it best if.... if you came home with me and Malik and Marik." Bakura said, softly, and Ryou looked at Bakura, a look of horror in his eyes.

"What?!" Ryou gasped, and pulled his hands from Malik and Bakura's. He reached up and clawed the oxygen mask off of his face. "What?! No. NO!!" He turned wild eyes on Seto. "Seto, I want to go home with you! Please!!" Malik reached out, trying to calm Ryou. "NO!!! Don¡¦t touch me!! Seto!! Why?!"


Seto looked to Marik who shooed anyone else beside the four of them out of the room as he turned back to Ryou. "I know Ryou..." Seto said gently laying Ryou back down although he struggled a bit. "We think it's for the best you, with all the things that have happened it might be good that you don't stay with me at the mansion..." Seto sighed this was harder than he thought it would be. "Be sure that I love you Ryou with all my being, but things are not getting better for us, they are only getting worse. What happened to you should never happen to anyone and I¡¦m tired of you always being the one to suffer the repercussions of our relationship. You are safer with them than you are with me." Seto said sadly

Ryou shook his head frantically, tears flooding his eyes. "I don¡¦t care! Please, I don¡¦t care if I get hurt! I just want to be with you! Seto, don¡¦t make me, go, Bakura, don't take me away! Please!!!" And he began to thrash, alarming the four young men in the room. The IV was ripped from his arm and the four jumped up, pinning Ryou down before his could hurt himself. Ryou didn't calm down, though, until he gave a pained cry and froze, shuddering.

"Ow..... ow... ow... ow....." He whimpered, over and over again, and after a moment a red stain began to blossom on the white sheet over his stomach. Cursing, Bakura pulled down the sheet to find that Ryou had torn around the stitches on his stomach from where his surgery had been performed. Malik went to get the doctor.

"I care Ryou...that¡¦s why I¡¦m doing this, I¡¦ll still be with you, I¡¦ll see you as often as I can as well...but I¡¦m not going to let you get hurt like this again." Seto kissed him on his lips gently but still full of passion as their lips meet softly. "I love you and I don't want you hurt anymore, and I¡¦m going to see to it personally that this doesn't happen again." Seto said surprised that Ryou calmed slightly at his words as the doctor came in and checked Ryou out.

The doctor had to re-stitch Ryou up but he didn't hurt himself too badly and afterward the doctor had sighed the release papers and the four took Ryou back to Ryou's house and they settled him in his bed. Seto made sure Ryou was settled before he called his personal doctor to watch over Ryou since he was still in a frail state...in body and mind.

Though Ryou hadn¡¦t protested since his outburst in the hospital, it was painfully obvious that he was still very upset with Seto's decision and was possibly even taking it personally. As soon as Seto left the room to call his personal doctor, Ryou curled up on his side, whimpering in pain at every move, and began to sob into his pillow. Bakura was taking this very hard as Ryou refused to even acknowledge his yami's presence, despite the Tomb Robber's gentle attempts to comfort Ryou.

Malik and Marik were also shunned, as was Mokuba when he tried to talk to Ryou. Yami even tried to get Ryou to react, even if it might result in him getting smacked for asking Malik if he could have a copy of the tape, but to Yami's disappointment, Ryou didn't even seem to hear it. Yami looked at Bakura and shrugged, depressed at his failure. Yugi tried to get a response from Ryou next, but still, there was nothing.

Bakura came downstairs to tell Seto the news just as Seto hung up with his doctor and a nurse aid for Ryou. Seto sighed hearing that Ryou wouldn't respond. "Maybe leaving him alone for moment might help..." Seto said softly

Yami and Yugi stayed for a while longer, Yugi making something for them all to eat since Ryou wasn¡¦t able to do so before he and Yami left. Joey, Honda, and Mikado, Ahmose and Otogi called when they realized Ryou wasn't in the hospital and they sent their regards to Ryou hoping the youth would be better soon, as did everyone else. Seto sat on the couch waiting patiently for the doctor to arrive which would be later that night, he wanted to make sure that when he showed he understood Ryou¡¦s delicate condition from what happened to him earlier and now...also his resistance toward doctors and nurses.

The group of five sat around the living room in silence, Bakura in the arm chair, and Marik and Malik on the loveseat with Mokuba between them, taking comfort from the tan arm around him; Marik had his arm around Mokuba, letting the boy rest his head on his shoulder, and Malik was gently coming his fingers through the boy's hair.

"Seto?" Mokuba said, after a bit. Seto slowly looked up. "Is Ryou really gonna be okay? Are you sure he'll be safer here? I mean, yeah, he's been hurt, but he's never been at our house when it happened. And we have security and stuff.... Are you sure he's safer here?" Seto sighed heavily, and Malik smiled.

"Mokuba.... there is no safer place for a hikari, than near his yami." The Egyptian light said, and Marik and Bakura both smiled lightly.

"Really?" Mokuba asked, looking between Malik and Marik, Bakura, and finally to Seto.

"They are right Mokuba." Seto said as he suddenly remembered he still had the ring (as he had removed it when the doctor re-stitched Ryou). He pulled it out from underneath his shirt and slipped it off his neck. "I¡¦ll be back. I¡¦m going to return this." He said "If the doctor shows up please tell him all he needs to know." Seto said heading upstairs. He walked inside where Ryou was quietly sniffling on his side.

"Ryou?" Seto said sitting on the edge of the bed "You should have this back love." He said softly hoping Ryou would acknowledge him this time.

But Ryou made no move, nor gave any sign that he knew Seto was there.... unless you counted curling up into a tighter ball. Seto placed a gentle hand on Ryou's shoulder, but Ryou tensed, before pulling away from Seto's touch and tucking his head so that Seto's couldn't place the Ring about Ryou's neck.

Downstairs, he heard the front door open and soft voices, and then there was a quiet knock on the door. Mokuba poked his head in.


"Seto, it's the doctor. He wants to talk to you. I think Marik and Malik scared him, I don¡¦t know what to tell him and Bakura is in the bathroom."

Seto sighed nodding his head. He placed the ring on the end table near Ryou in case he wanted to wear it and went downstairs asking Mokuba to stay with Ryou until he came back up from speaking with the doctor. When he reached the bottom the doctor had a confused almost frightened look on his face probably from whatever Malik and Marik did, Seto wasn't sure if he wanted to know.

"Sorry for not being here, and thank you for coming." Seto said walking up to him.

The doctor nodded, and winced at a crash and a giggle from the other room. "PRIVATE SETTING!!! NOW!!!" Bakura roared, before coming to meet the doctor who nervously shook Bakura's hand, as the yami apologized for Marik and Malik's actions.

"Well, Seto...." The doctor said after all greetings were exchanged. "What's going on? You said I would be seeing your boyfriend?"

"He was attacked at his school about three days ago and he's never been one for hospitals and being there would not help his recovery much so I brought him back here, I want you to keep an eye on him until you feel he's able to take care of himself, are you familiar with what happened about a week ago?" Seto asked

The doctor blinked. "You mean bringing your relationship out into the open?" He asked, and Bakura gave him a look, not directed at the doctor, but more of a signal to tell him that there was more to the story. "You... you mean that this... beating isn't the first thing that has happened to him?" The doctor asked, following Seto up the stairs. "Seto, what has this boy been through?!"

"Bringing our relationship into public was probably not our best decision, we didn't want to hide it but we both never thought that some would take such extremes against us." Seto sighed leaning against the wall; he knew he could talk to his doctor. This man knew every thing about him and cared for Ryou on occasion as well. "He was also raped not too long ago, the hospital took care of it and all his blood tests came back negative so he's okay in the health sense but then this happened." Seto said

The doctor nodded. As he was about to ask a question, Mokuba appeared at the top of the stairs. He smiled and cheerfully greeted the doctor, who grinned and ruffled his hair.

"I can't get Ryou to stop crying, Seto." He said, looking at his brother. "I tried everything!! I tried the usual small talk, made jokes about your cooking, and even reminded him of Bakura and Marik and the bee last time he didn't want to talk, and still got nothing!!!" Bakura snickered about Seto's cooking and gave Mokuba a look as he brought up that dreaded bee. Seto opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off from a sudden yelp and crash.


He ran to Ryou's room, followed by the doctor, Mokuba and Bakura. Ryou wasn't in bed, but the harsh sobs drew them to the bathroom. There, they found Ryou on the floor. But what drew Seto's attention was the razor beside his hand.

Seto went to kneel beside Ryou and take him into his arms but Ryou slapped away the hand that offered to help him up. Seto backed away slightly from him trying not to think that Ryou tried to commit suicide although it looked that way. He kneeled down again but further away this time as Ryou held himself on the bathroom floor as his body shuddered slightly form his cries.

"Please Ryou...talk to me." He said softly no wanting to jump to conclusions in case he was wrong, he didn't want to upset Ryou further than he already was.

Ryou simply began to slowly get up.

"Ryou.... what was that razor for?" The doctor asked slowly. Ryou blinked and looked up sharply at the unexpected voice. He blinked for a moment, then looked down at the razor. He blinked for a moment, and then, to everyone's shock, burst into hysterical laughter, that was half sobs. Bakura was giving Ryou a look like he had lost his marbles and Mokuba was looking a bit scared of Ryou at the moment.

"You.... you thought... hee... >snort< no....... heheh.... I wouldn't.... I, I fell...." And he managed to roll over, revealing the tooth brush and tooth paste that he had been lying on. His laughter died down and he was simply leaning against the wall, sniffling.

"Umm... are you okay?" Mokuba asked.

"I... I can't get up...." Ryou whimpered, struggling to do so.

Seto moved closer to him "You shouldn't be moving around." Seto said softly happy to see that Ryou at least wasn't slapping him away. "You said if I took you home you'd rest, we could have easily gotten that for you Ryou." Seto said helping Ryou to his feet although he was still shaky on them. Bakura walked up to him picking him up and taking him back to the bedroom and handed Ryou the Ring.

Ryou looked at the Ring, but only held it in his lap. After a moment, Ryou looked up at Seto.

"This wasn't the home I was talking about." He spat, and turned away. Seto felt like Ryou had just jabbed him in the heart. After a moment, Ryou looked up. "And... I got up for a reason... I have to go to the bathroom...." And he squirmed slightly. Mokuba snickered.

Seto shook his head at Ryou the least he could was try to understand, both the doctor and Bakura decided to leave Ryou and Seto alone for a moment and Bakura took Mokuba with him since the boy didn't seem to catch the hint.

"Ryou I¡¦m not doing this to hurt you at all." He said helping Ryou up again but backing off with the glare Ryou gave him "I care about you and staying here is safer than at the mansion, the pictures we received plainly showed that, not to mention what keeps happening to you..." Seto said softly as Ryou went into the bathroom.

"Oh, and I¡¦m safer here?" Ryou called from the bathroom. "There's no security at all! If someone wanted to hurt me, all they have to do is crawl in a window where as at your house they have to dodge security cameras, guards, attack dogs and who knows what else!!!" The toilet flushed and Ryou appeared in the doorway, leaning on it for support.
"Yeah, Seto. I¡¦m alot safer here." And he ignored Seto's hand, offering to help him, and limped back to his bed on his own, climbing in and hiding under the covers. "Sorry I've caused you much trouble......." And this acid comment was followed by a low mumble, which Seto was not meant to hear, but he did anyway. "They were right....."

Seto frowned "Who was right?" Seto asked although he had a pretty good guess "The men who raped you?" Seto said seeing Ryou wince at the blunt words. "Tell me, what were they right about?" Seto asked

"NO! NOT THEM!!!" Ryou screamed, turning and glaring at Seto. But Seto gave Ryou an icy glare that made Ryou freeze. Ryou gulped, and slowly looked down at the bed sheets. "The... the charity event. That woman and her three daughters...." He said, softly.

Seto sighed "Fine, then what did they say?" His tone changing emotionless. "You make it sound as if I don't care about you, do you want me to act that way too?" Seto said "I might as well considering your attitude won't change toward me in the least." He said, he hated fighting with Ryou but he tried to be nice and all he got was a slap in the face for it.

Ryou closed his eyes and swallowed, before looking at Seto. "They said that as soon as I started becoming a problem, you'd drop me." Ryou looked down and sniffled. "And.... I know that you're trying to protect me, Seto...." And he reached out and took Seto's hand. "But I feel like you have...."

Seto sighed and sat on the bed gently stroking Ryou's hand with his thumb as he kissed his palm softly. "Ryou, I¡¦m not leaving you...I would never even dream of leaving you, I love you more than anything." Seto said hugging him gently "But for once I want you to trust me that this may be safer than the mansion, it's not as if I won't visit you I¡¦ll be here as often as you like...but in no way am I dropping you, I won't leave you." Seto said

"Then why do I feel like I¡¦m being thrown out? Seto... I don't agree with you on this. I don't think that I¡¦m safer here. I know I won¡¦t be happy here. But... alright. I¡¦ll trust you. Just promise me... promise me that I can come home soon?" And he fixed pleading eyes on Seto.... the great, big, watering sad-puppy-in-the-rain look that was his (and Mokuba's) best weapon against Seto.


Seto nodded "Once you are in better health, and no matter what security I have at the mansion Marik and Bakura I¡¦m sure could match it, they broken through my gates and security before if you don't remember." Seto said nuzzling Ryou gently.

Ryou giggled and curled his arms around Seto's neck, but Seto caught the wince as pain engulfed Ryou's shoulder. Ryou looked up at Seto and smiled, despite the obvious pain he was in.

"This is true, but nothing could keep Marik and Bakura out of a place that they want to get into. Not even the Pentagon is safe from them." Seto smiled lightly. "But I won't feel safe until I¡¦m back home with you. Yes, home. My home is your house. This house... this house is Bakura, Malik and Marik's home. My place is with you and Mokuba. And... if you really want me to, I¡¦ll see the doctor now." And Ryou made a face, but quickly plastered his little smile back on, but Seto caught Ryou's obvious distaste over seeing another doctor.

"At least you know this doctor, he's the one that came and saw you when you caught the flu a little bit after Christmas." Seto said with a smile as he left the room for a moment to get the doctor, while downstairs he noticed Mokuba, Malik, and Marik playing smash brothers...and Mokuba was winning by a landslide. He smiled, happy the three were occupied as he got the doctor and told Bakura that Ryou was doing better.

The doctor followed Seto back up the stairs, and Bakura followed the doctor. Ryou looked up from a book he had pulled from his bedside table drawer, and smiled, returning the doctor's greetings.

"Alright Ryou, let's look you over. Those are some nasty bruises..." He said, gently taking Ryou's chin in his fingers and turning his head this way and that, looking over the bruising on his face. Ryou winced. "That hurt? Okay, let me see." He lifted Ryou's hair and checked his neck. "Hmmm... looks like it's just a bruising... okay.... off with the shirt." And he helped Ryou out of his shirt. Bakura pulled out the chair from Ryou's desk and offered it to Seto before hopping up on top of Ryou's desk. They watched as Dr. Kinomori unwound the bandages, and they were finally able to see Ryou's torso... and it wasn't a pretty sight. Ryou's entire torso was blue and black, and a vivid purple around the broken ribs. The doctor checked the stitches on Ryou.

"Does he know about Ryou's.... other stitches?" Bakura muttered to Seto.

Seto didn't tell him so he spoke up "Ryou was given stitches near and upon his rectum... I believe they have dissolved by now though, the doctor from the hospital didn't say anything about them tearing open, or anything wrong with that area." The doctor looked at him a moment and smiled at Ryou.

"If you don't mind I'd like to examine that area, just to make sure." He said to Ryou, seeing the slightly horrified look in his eyes.


"WHAT?!" Ryou yelped. "SETOOOOO!!!" He whined. "I¡¦m fine! Really!!!"

"Do you have any pain in that area?" The doctor asked, and Ryou shut up and looked down, then mumbled something. "Then I want to check it out." The doctor said in response to whatever Ryou had said. "I won¡¦t hurt you, Ryou, you know that. Now, I need you to lie back." Ryou gave Seto a look before doing so. The doctor draped a sheet over Ryou for decency¡¦s sake, before reaching under and wrestling his boxers off.

"Lemme guess...." Ryou grumbled. "Bend your knees and spread your legs."

"Yes, that's about right." The doctor said, shooting Seto an amused glance. Ryou snorted and did so. "Thank you, Ryou. I¡¦m glad you trust me this much, I know that you would normally only do this for Seto." Ryou's head snapped up and he stared at the doctor with a mortified look, and Bakura cracked up, pointing a finger at Seto. Seto batted at it, irritably, but was slightly amused at the doctor's little joke. Ryou grumbled and lay back again as the doctor readjusted the sheet on Ryou and checked him.

"Hmmm.... yeah, looks like it split a bit... probably your fall in the bathroom. But other than that, it looks good. I'd give it another week before you, ehm...... do certain things.... just to make sure.¡¨ Ryou lifted his head and quirked an eyebrow at the doctor, who flipped the sheet to cover Ryou again before moving it up and around his hips to that he could examine the bruising on Ryou's legs.

Seto smiled at Ryou softly "See? Not so bad is it?" Seto said, although Ryou looked at him irritated but he did seem a lot more comfortable around this man than any other doctor Ryou had ever had an encounter with. "How long do you think he should stay in bed? I know he should stay to still but I also don't want him to get a blood clot or something from staying still to long." Seto asked as the doctor brought the sheet up to Ryou's chest as he had him sit up to look at his back which was also marred with bruises.

"Hmmm...." Dr. Kinomori sighed, as he helped Ryou roll over so he could look at his bruise-mottled back. "Well... he'll need to move to go to the bathroom and to bathe... but I would say get him out of bed and walking every two hours or so. Not far, his legs won't be able to handle much. Maybe just down the hall and back."

"Great... and later I can take a walker for a spin around the block." Ryou grumbled, and Bakura snickered, as did the doctor.

The doctor nodded taking a few notes and began to re-bandage Ryou's wounds and giving him some pain medication. "Don't give him that medication if he's about to eat or do some walking, it'll probably put him to sleep but it'll help the pain, give it to him when the pain is becoming a little too much; other than that regular aspirin should do fine...the bruises and ribs should heal in a few weeks. I have some ointment at the clinic that will speed up the process some, I¡¦ll send my nurse over here to give it to you and I¡¦ll be back in the morning to check back with you if that¡¦s all right." He said finishing up Ryou's bandages.

Seto nodded at him "Thank you doctor, I really appreciate this."

"You were a better patient this time Ryou, I¡¦m grateful." The doctor said petting Ryou's head softly.

"This time? What do you mean, this time?" Ryou asked, and mumbled something about being a brat followed a little "Yay! Vicadin!!!" As he looked at the bottle of pain medication. Bakura covered his mouth with his hand as he cracked up again.

Seto laughed too. "You threw a fit when you had the flu unless you forgot." Seto said snatching the pills and looking over them. "Only when you need them and Bakura please keep these out of Malik and Marik's reach, who knows what will happen." He said trying to imagine what the two would act like on vicadin.

Bakura nodded and pocketed the bottle, while Ryou looked confused.

"Yes, Seto, I have forgotten." Ryou said. "I can't remember that week at all. Aside from throwing up in your lap." And he made a face while Bakura, yet again, cracked up.

"You puked on Seto's crotch?!" He asked, and Ryou turned red and nodded.

"I didn't mean to!!" He whined, and Bakura ruffled his hair and went to see the doctor out and check on Malik and Marik. Ryou slowly looked up at Seto, a guilty look on his face.

"Ummmm... I don¡¦t think I ever apologized for that, so... sorry...." He offered meekly.