Disclaimer: The characters and world this fic is based off of are owned by Kazuki Takahashi, not me. The lyrics I use at the end are modified from Misery Business by Paramore, and are also not owned by me. That said, please enjoy my fic. (More a drabble, really...)

Second chances never matter

Sometimes Yami asks me why I'm so kind to the other Bakura.

Sometimes I wonder the same thing myself. I keep giving him so many chances to change, so much grace, and he stabs me in the back every time. But I just shake it off, and approach him with the same kindness and faux naivete. I know he's just going to betray me again. He knows I know he's just going to betray me again. But we keep going through the same cycle, because I need this masquerade… and I think he does too.

So, why do I keep attempting to befriend him, "my" sworn enemy? It's because… well, it's something of atonement, I suppose. I know Yami must have done something horrible to him in the past. I don't think mou hitori no boku even realizes it, and I know he cannot remember what happened, but I can tell, by the way the other Bakura looks at him. I'm sure whatever-it-was was an accident, as I can't imagine mou hitori no boku hurting anyone maliciously (or without just cause, in any case), but it still happened. And, as I am him… I feel like I have to make it up to the other Bakura somehow. "I" did something unforgivable in the other Bakura's eyes, but I have to do something.

So every time he messes up, I'm there for him. Yami keeps telling me not to, but he doesn't keep me from him. Maybe he feels guilty too.

Maybe he's not as dense as I thought he was.

I just hope… one day the other Bakura will forgive mou hitori no boku… forgive me. That one day he won't be pretending any more. That he'll truthfully be my friend.

I think… on that day, my heart will truthfully be complete.

Second chances never matter…

People never change…

Author's notes: Well, that was short, but I liked it. I really like… well, any interaction between Yuugi and Yami Bakura. They have one of the most… no; I think the most interesting relationship in all of Yu-Gi-Oh!. (Which, of course, they totally mangled in the anime, both Japanese and English.) So, I hope you enjoyed it as well~