Arachnid

 Chapter 23

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Ryou brought the fork down so that it just narrowly missed Bakura’s foot that was poking at his food. Bakura jumped and then glared at Ryou who just smiled at him.

“You’re right I wouldn’t.”

Bakura just moved away from the food and sat on the edge of the tray. Ryou sighed softly shaking his head and started eating, his face screwing up at the awful taste. Ryou quickly shoved the food down his throat before taking the sealed orange juice and gratefully took a few gulps before laying back and slowly drinking. He noticed Bakura watching him and grabbed the lid of the container and carefully filled it with some of the juice and placed it on the tray next to Bakura. Bakura looked at it before drinking it and to Ryou’s surprise finished it all.

Ryou smiled before placing everything on the table beside him and laid down pulling the sheet up and curling up. Bakura looked at him before crawling over and sitting on the edge of the bed near the part of the sheet.

“You ok?”

“Yeah I’m fine.”

Bakura moved up onto the pillow and crawled over and into Ryou’s hair. Ryou smiled slightly, he had to remember that Bakura wasn’t going to hurt him and that they couldn’t kill them. Ryou yawned softly and blushed as 4 snickers were directed at him.

There was a knock at the door and Yami and Marik quickly slipped under the covers on Malik’s before moving under the bed. Bakura hid in Ryou’s hair watching. The door opened and the two nurses came in with the doctor. Ryou slowly sat up wincing as he hit his bruise.

“Now I understand you have had a very traumatic experience but I would like to tell you a few things before letting you get some rest. Now Mr Motou is on his way here to see you and his grandson. Unfortunately no one can see Yugi Motou at the moment. He is in a critical state at the moment and can’t have anyone with him. I will get you as soon as he can have visitors.”

Ryou and Malik looked at each other very worried. Both turned back to the doctor and watched him pull out some x-rays.

“Now these are your x-rays. Mr Ishtar you’re ok, just apart from the cuts. Though Mr Bakura’s injuries are worse. You have micro-fractures on your three bottom ribs. If they get knocked around a bit they could break and then we have a problem. So you are going to have to take it easy. No heavy lifting of any kind.”

“Ok.”

“Now Mr Motou’s injuries show no broken wrist but just heavy bruising which is very strange because his bones would have had to of cracked at the amount of bruising he has. We have wrapped his wrist up just in case.

“Now there is also the thing of the bite. He was bitten by a spider...” Ryou shivered. “I’m guessing by your reaction you have a phobia of them.” Ryou nodded. “We’ll we’ve determined it’s a different strand of the Black Widow Spider. It’s stronger but it takes a very long time for it to kill its prey. He got here just in time and is recovering well. You have nothing to worry about.” Ryou and Malik sighed in relief. “Now I will leave you two to get some rest and when Mr Motou comes I’ll send him in.”

Ryou and Malik thanked the doctor as he left and they were left alone. Ryou and Malik looked at each other.

“Gramp’s coming.” Ryou whispered.

“Yeah but imagine how much he’ll want to see Yugi. We can’t even go and see him yet. Gramps would want to see him.”

“I know. Should we tell him about what happened on the island that we weren’t the only ones brought back?”

“Don’t you even think about it.” Bakura said when he crawled out from his hair and was sitting right on his forehead looking directly in the eyes.

“Why? Give me one good reason too.”

“You do and I will bite you.”

“You aren’t dangerous remember.”

“True but I can still make a human sick.”

Ryou shook slightly and Bakura crawled off him and onto the pillow. As soon as he had Ryou shot up. Marik and Yami had crawled out from under the bed and saw and heard what was happening. Both sat on Malik’s sheet covered legs.

“Ryou...” Ryou looked over at Yami who had called to him. “Don’t worry about Bakura. He wouldn’t hurt you anyway. You being with him made him go soft. Though these two aren’t dangerous to humans. I unfortunately am.” Yami sighed. “I can kill someone if given enough venom. You should know I would never do that to you, Malik and Yugi.”

“Yeah defiantly not Yugi.” Marik said and rolled his eyes.

Yami growled and pounced on him as Marik started to fight back. Ryou and Malik looked a little concerned.

“Ryou toss me over. Please, please, please.” Ryou looked at him confused. “It’s fun, besides we would never hurt each other.”

“Ahhh Marik stop!” Yami shouted in pain.

Ryou and Malik looked at Yami and saw a light speckle of something on the sheets and Malik held his hand out to Yami who climbed on. Malik felt something wet on his hand and saw small amount of blood on his hand.

“Yami you ok?”

“Yeah. Is there somewhere I can hide that doesn’t require me to hold on to anything?”

“Wait here I’ll make a web.” Marik crawled under the bed.

Bakura climbed across the wall and onto the bed and up to Yami who was sitting on Malik’s hand before both started talking. To Ryou and Malik it was only a soft chattering sound. Malik looked at the bed sheets and knew he had to turn them over so the doctors didn’t notice.

“Yami come on.”

Yami moved off Malik’s hand and climbed down with Bakura next to him before both disappeared under the bed. Malik climbed off carefully and turned his covers over before sitting back down again and pulling them over himself.

“Now what?”

“I don’t know. I guess just lay here resting till we fall asleep.”

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End of Chapter 23