Love Me

Warning: as in the last chap I think I just do it, M and Yaoi and naughty words.

STILL! Don’t own Yugioh.

CHAP 4: The Ties Of Love

Ryou sighed as he shoved his books into his locker, mumbling to himself about teachers and their assignments, plays and a platinum blonde that he was trying not to thinking about and wanted to forget, then his mind wandered to his yami and the kiss that he had stolen.

Ryou smiled kinda dazed like, the yami had been showing him a different side of himself that Ryou didn’t know he had. But the look faded as he had been ignoring his Bakura lately ‘I’ll have to make it up to you’ he though. Then an idea popped into his head and the smile was back again.

Ryou jumped as Yugi slumped his back on the lockers next to Ryou’s “Do you believe it,” Yugi growled Ryou blinked at him a few times then looked to the direction where he was sending his death glare to, Anzu was all over Yami as they walked down the hallway.

“Don’t worry Yugi, you’ll find someone” Jou lent on the other side leaning on his elbow.

“Don’t worry, don’t worry! She… she, do you know what she did? I’ll tell you!” Yugi pointed to the said girl, Ryou cringed Yugi was in his fit mode that always seems to come out when she was showing any affection to Yami. “I almost broke my neck this morning. Anzu had her under wear all over my bathroom YES! That’s right MY! Bathroom and some of her clothes as well, like it’s a personal laundry-mat!” He seethed.

“Wow man that’s scary and I though sister’s were bad” Jou laughed. Ryou’s gaze was in the total opposite direction Yugi and Jou noticed and followed his gaze, Malik was walking down the hallway as a few of the girls giggled Malik just smirked and stopped to talk to a few of them, a hand on his right hip and leaning on his left, as his left hand brushed the bangs out of his eyes.

“Don’t tell me you like him?” Jou asked, Ryou snapped his eyes to Jou and he had a look that Ryou couldn’t place, it was between shocked that Ryou even looked Malik’s way and the disgusted look that was there for Ryou even looking at Malik the way he was, as it wasn’t really excepted in society and only the brave could been seen showing any kind of affection to the same sex, he turned back to his locker with a blush.

“We’re friends” Ryou sighed as he pulled out his jacket and bag closing the locker as he lent on it.

“Or was it Bakura, that’s friends with him and forced you to be nice?” Jou growled.

“Malik’s not that bad once you get to know him.” Ryou whispered as the teen seemed to be getting angry, but how could he blame him really, Jou out of all of them hated Malik the most, but it was Marik that sent Jou to the loony house, after battle city something that Marik did had come out slowly and almost destroyed his mind.

“Lets just be grateful that we don’t have to deal with his yami, or yours” Yugi ran a hand through his hair he seemed to have calmed down a lot. Ryou looked away they didn’t know that Bakura had been back right after battle city, it was only Anzu that liked to torment him and to remind him that Bakura was gone, she wasn’t the nicest of people and what Bakura and Ryou did to them, but if they ever found out they both would be dead, but their information on Marik was way out, Ryou knew he was around, whether it was in solid form or sprit he just didn’t know himself, Malik had never really told him or anyone.

“Anyway Yug you should tell Yami how you feel about Anzu.” Jou moved the backpack on his back.

“I can’t he won’t listen to me, he has eyes only for Anzu” Yugi rolled his eyes. “And besides he would laugh at me” Yugi looked longingly at Yami.

“I’m sure he would and find himself a nicer girlfriend.” Jou had missed the real meaning behind Yugi’s words he could be a little dense sometimes. Ryou wasn’t really paying attention as Malik walked by and winked at him, Ryou blushed and watched as he kept going and walking out through the doors. “Hey I’m having a sleep over at my place on the weekend are you guys up for coming” Yugi looked at Ryou along with Jou.

“I can’t, I have that assignment to do and I think my dad might be coming home as well,” Ryou said apologetically as he put his jacket on and besides Bakura wouldn’t let him go anyway.

“But you always turn us down now, say yes now and come, but if he comes home and you know for sure then stay home, but please say you’ll come,” Yugi grabbed onto his hand but everything that had happened at the last one, Ryou shook his head.

“I really can’t I don’t see him much and I don’t want to miss him, sorry” Ryou slipped the book bag over his shoulder.

“Fine, but if you change your mind you know were I live,” Yugi sighed as he looked at Jou.

“Ready Yugi?” Yami asked as he walked up to them.

“Hi Yami, Anzu” Ryou greeted happily, Anzu gave him a look and ignored him, Yami just nodded his head, but his gaze lingered on Ryou who shifted uncomfortably Yami always seemed to search him when he looked at him as if Ryou’s eyes would give him what he was after, Bakura.

“How have you been,” Yami asked Ryou.

“Fine… umm I should be going now,” Ryou said and turned and walked away, leaving the others looking at his back. He ducked out the doors and down the path sighing in relief, the last thing he wanted was Bakura getting angry with him for talking to Yami.

Ryou looked up as a crack of thunder and a flash of lighting ripped through the greying sky, great he would be soaking by the time he got home. “Ryou!” he stopped at hearing his name and looked around and soon spotted Malik leaning on his motorbike in the street, ‘was he waiting for me?’

“Come on I’ll give you a lift” Malik threw him a helmet when he was close enough Ryou caught it. “You don’t want to be stuck in this storm do you?” Malik raised his eyebrow.

“I shouldn’t” Ryou’s grip on the helmet tightened, Malik smirked not effected at all as he mounted the bike and kicked it into life.

“I promise to have you home on time,” he revved it, Ryou bit his lip nervously “You’re going to say no to me?” Ryou looked at him wide eyed and couldn’t help being a little angry it was okay of him to say no before at the café, though he had a good reason to say no, but dammit he still felt hurt about the whole ordeal.

“Yes, I am” Ryou shoved the helmet into Malik’s chest and started to walk away. Malik was shocked as he killed the bike and ran after him.

“Ryou, what was that all about? I was just offering you a ride home” Malik motioned to the motorbike after he had caught up him.

“Malik…” Ryou sighed as he bowed his head Malik narrowed his eyes in thought.

“We are still friends right?” Malik tilted his head to the side, Ryou looked up and he raised an eyebrow.

“Of course but…” he was stopped as Malik pulled him towards the bike again.

“Good you had me worried and I thought that I did something wrong” he didn’t look back, Ryou shook his head as he was tugged along. “Here” Malik put the helmet on Ryou’s head and got on, he kicked it into life again grinning at Ryou mischievously and patted the seat behind him. Ryou got on and wrapped his arms around Malik’s waist, “See that wasn’t so hard was it?” Ryou bit his lip. “Hang on!” Malik called over the engine. They soon were speeding down the street, ducking and weaving in and out of traffic. Ryou grinned he loved the motorbike and the freedom that he held to its riders and then the scent of Malik as well always left him with the most fuzziest of feelings afterwards.

It was to soon for Ryou when they pulled up outside his house, he climbed off and handed Malik his helmet, “Thanks” Ryou smiled and went to turn and leave to go inside.

Malik grabbed his arm “The assignments when do you want to work on them? Because I need help with it I would ask Isis but she is out of the country for a few months, so really any time is good for me. If you don’t mind helping me?” Malik grabbed onto his hand and Ryou’s heart was in his throat.

“Well, I want to start it as soon as possible, so how about tomorrow” Ryou suggested, Malik nodded his head.

“We’ll go right to my place after school okay”

“Okay” Ryou turned and walked to the house unlocking the door and walking in. He heard Malik drive away. He looked around the house but it was empty and dark, “Bakura?” Ryou called out as he moved to the stairs

Ryou sighed he wasn’t home and he wasn’t in the ring either, he moved into the kitchen and made himself something to eat, it wasn’t long before the storm hit, rain poured down, as thunder and lightning ripped the sky open. Ryou had fallen asleep on the couch in front of the t.v, he woke and glanced at the clock it was 2:45am he got up and walked up to his room.

Discarding his clothes on the way to the bed and climbed in, he snuggled into the bed ready for sleep, it wasn’t really his bed but the guestroom. Bakura had taken his real room and turned it into a demons nest, when the front door opened and slammed shut, heavy foot steps walked up the stairs and down the hall as the door slammed to Bakura’s room.

Ryou gasped as he sat up the rage that came from Bakura had him shaking, had he caused it? He threw the blankets back and tiptoed to his door and opened it, he glanced down the hallway no light but from the small window at the end of the hall that lit his way with the lightning outside the house. Ryou sucked in a breath then made his way to Bakura’s door knowing that the thief wouldn’t be asleep yet he knocked and waited but no answer came, he cautiously opened the door and stepped in.

The room was darker than the rest of the house/...What do you want?.../ Came Bakura’s voice in Ryou’s head and made him jump hitting his back on the door making it close.

“I-I just…” Ryou sighed but it couldn’t be heard over the rain/…I’m sorry for how I have been acting lately…/ a snort from Bakura was heard somewhere in the room. /…I know that I should have listened to you… If I did anything that made you angry like this then I’m sorry…/ Ryou said tearfully.

“You haven’t done anything, I was hoping that you wouldn’t have to find out for yourself, how much of a bastard the Ishtar’s can be, or have you forgotten battle city?” Bakura’s voice seemed to be everywhere around him, Ryou knew that Bakura used shadow magic in the room to keep it like this.

“I remember,” Ryou moved his hand over the scare on his left upper arm. “But that’s not what I’m here for,” Ryou shifted nervously biting his lip, Bakura narrowed his eyes in the darkness.

/…Then what do you want?…/ Bakura snapped again, Ryou took a step forward towards the bed. Bakura snorted and knew what he wanted. /…Come on you sissy…/ he pulled back the blanket for his hikari, Ryou smiled softly as he climbed in and moved closer to Bakura, he pulled back the blankets over them. He had missed the closeness to his dark half and snuggled up to him more as the feeling of being complete again filled him, he stopped and blinked a few times.

Bakura smirked though it wasn’t seen/…a-are y-you?…/ Ryou looked up to the other with what was shock and surprise as he felt the smoothness of the others naked skin.

/…Yes…/ was the only reply that he got /… if you have a problem with it you can go back to your own bed…/ he hissed, Ryou swallowed the lump in his throat as he shook his head no. Ryou rolled over with his back turned on Bakura he closed his eyes but they soon opened as he felt fingers on his right shoulder blade.

Ryou stared ahead of himself, “does it still hurt?” Bakura asked as he massaged the muscles of his shoulder blade.

“Not anymore,” Ryou closed his eyes again enjoying the touch, Bakura’s fingers ran over the words ‘property of thief king’ carved into the flesh. “I forgave you for that anyway, it was my fault,” Ryou said sadly. “I disobeyed you in that duel, you would have won if it wasn’t for me.”

“Yes true but you were just protecting your friends from me.” Bakura said then he licked over the scare on the others back Ryou gasped. “You were a bad yadonushi,” he smirked as he rolled Ryou onto his back and straddled his hips. Ryou narrowed his eyes at him. Bakura lent down close so their noses were touching looking into light brown eyes. “I never meant to hurt you that bad and everything that I did was for you so that you could live a normal life without a sadistic sprit inside you.” He ran his forefinger over Ryou’s cheek and along his jaw line.

“B-But I never wanted you to leave me,” Ryou blurted out a hit of panic in his voice, Bakura stopped his hand as his gaze became more intense.

“I thought that was what you always wanted was for me to leave you alone, even now you’re still scared of me.” Bakura raised an eyebrow.

“I don’t want you to leave me I’m not that scared of you but I never wanted you to leave me, you were there when my mother died and my sister, you were there when father left me you were the only person that cared, well, in your own kind of way but I couldn’t be without you. You understand me better than anyone” Ryou had entwined his fingers with Bakura’s giving them a light squeeze.

“But you?” Bakura for once was lost for words as Ryou lent up and kissed him on the lips.

“I need you more than anyone in this world, others come and go but I know that you’ll stay with me right?”

“I’ll never leave you” Bakura kissed Ryou again more forcefully pressing him back into the mattress and there bodies against each other.

TBC

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