MP: Hey dudes, I think I died for a while.

Cee: Because you are lazy.

MP: Yes, yes I am. But I have not a very long time before school starts again, so I decided to occupy my time with writing.

Cee: For once.

MP: Shut up. Anywho, this chapter is a shortie, but who cares about what you think? There isn't a huge plot to this story, its just supposed to be fun, so keep that in mind. Read on!

The afternoon was bright and sunny as Domino High let out for the weekend.

Among the throng of people exiting the school and walking leisurely across the school yard was Yugi Motou, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Tyler, Tea Gardener, and Ryou Bakura.

"Do you guys wanna head over to the arcade?" Joey was asking. "My treat"

"Yeah, sure dude" Tristan said, slapping Joey on the back.

"Sounds good to me" Tea said, the sunlight glinting off of her large blue eyes.

"I'll go too!" Yugi chirped, smiling.

"Great!" Joey cheered, pumping an overenthusiastic fist into the air.

Yugi laughed as they walked along the sidewalk. He looked to his left at Ryou, who hd fallen behind slightly. His face was down, letting his bangs fall into his face and obscure his large eyes.

"Ryou?" he asked.

Ryous head snapped up, his eyes focused ahead of him in an almost confused stare, before looking at Yugi.

"Yes Yugi?" he asked, his soft voice calm.

"Did you want to come to the arcade with us? Joey's paying" Yugi asked.

Ryous eyes became misty and disconnected for a moment, before he answered. "Sorry guys, I can't"

Tea frowned. "Why not?"

Ryous face was an outward expression of how uncomfortable he was getting. "I'm busy"

"Doing what?" Tristan asked, raising an accusing eyebrow.

"I..." Ryou trailed off.

"Ryou," Yugi started, frowning in concern. "Is Bakura telling you not to go?"

Ryou shook his head. "No, he's not doing anything"

"Are you sure?" Joey asked.

"Yeah, this is the fifth time you've canceled on hanging out with us, and you haven't given us any answers" Tea said suspiciously.

Ryou stopped. "Listen, where I go has nothing to do with Bakura, or with you" he said, his mouth turned downward in annoyance. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to be late"

With that, Ryou walked off in the opposite direction, leaving his friends to watch him go, and wonder just where he was going to.

V ^ V ^ V

"So Ryou, how was your week?" asked Dr. Larking, looking through his round glasses at the pale boy sitting in the arm chair in front of him.

"Pretty stressful" Ryou answered, looking at the doctors khakis and navy sweater.

"And why was it stressful?"

Ryou sighed. "On Monday, first I flunked a chemistry test, then I spent all through lunch trying to persuade Mr. Berg to let me re-take it, so I was hungry. After, I got tripped down the stairs, on the way home I got mugged, and once home, I found Bakura had eaten all the Mac & Cheese.

"On Tuesday I re-took the chemistry test and passed it. But I had forgotten my book for English and had to share with Tea. I got mugged again on the way home again, and Bakura had Marik and Malik over, so I stayed to myself."

"Did you speak to Malik?" Dr. Larkin asked.

"No" Ryou said, looking down at his shoes.

"He's come up in our sessions before. The healthy thing to do is talk to him."

"I will, its just going to take some time" Ryou said, biting his lip.

"I see. Go on with your week"

Ryou took a deep breath. "Wednesday, I slept in and missed my bus, so I had to run all the way to school. At lunch, someone threw a taco and it hit the back of my head, so I smelled like Chipotle for the rest of the day. On the way home I got mugged AGAIN. At home, Bakura was hung over so I just did my homework and went to bed.

"Thursday it rained. And my bus fare had been mugged the night before, so I had to walk in the rain. I fell asleep in study hall and somebody put peanut butter in my hair, so I spent all of the next period washing it out in the bathroom, so I then got a detention for skipping class. On the way home I was splashed by a bus and got soaking wet. At home Bakura had trashed my room looking for the remote, so I stayed up late cleaning.

That brings us to today."

Dr. Larkin frowned. "What happened today?"

"Nothing"

"Nothing?"

"Nothing" Ryou said, shaking his head.

"Hm" Dr. Larkin grunted, looking down at his empty notepad thoughtfully. "Well, can you maybe come in tomorrow?"

Ryou frowned. "Why?"

"I'd like you to bring Bakura in, so I could speak to you both together"

Ryou thought. 'Bakura will never agree. He laughs at me about coming here, imagine the crap he'd give me for asking him to come too.'

"I'm not sure if I can get him to come in" Ryou admitted.

"If you can't, just call me and I'll see you next Friday. Okay?"

Ryou nodded. "Okay"

V ^ V ^ V

On the way home, Ryou got mugged again, but since he didn't have any money his attacker just socked him and left.

Inside his two story pale yellow house, Bakura was sprawled in front of the T.V, watching an old zombie movie and eating out of a bowl of what appeared to be Cheerios covered in Honey and Peanut Butter.

"Hey" he said, not taking his eyes off of the screen, letting the Cheerio concoction 'crunch' in his mouth,

"Hi Bakura" Ryou greeted his Yami.

"How was the shrink?"

Ryou rolled his eyes. "He wants you to come in with me tomorrow"

Bakuras sharp red-brown eyes broke contact with the T.V and connected to Ryou. "What?"

"The shrink wants to talk to us tomorrow afternoon" ryou replied, a slight feeling of nervousness about him.

Bakura seemed to contemplate this before he nonchalantly turned back to his movie. "Fine"

Ryou was startled. "Fine?"

Bakura nodded,leading a spoonful of Cheerios up to his mouth. "Fine"

Ryou frowned. "I thought you would be a bit more resilient to this"

Bakura shook his head. "Nope"

Ryou gaped in disbelief. "Why not?"

"Would you LIKE me to yell, scream, throw glass wear, and give the neighbors something to talk about?"

"No" Ryou said quickly. "But why are you accepting it so easily?"

Bakura swallowed the last bit of Cheerios. "Because whatever this man has to say is NOT going to effect the way I live. And don't start thinking it will" he warned Ryou. "Besides," he said, chuckling. "I want to know what you've been saying about me in your sessions."

I'd appreciate reviews please...

I can't really remember Tristans last name, so I just guessed.

WARNING: Characters will most likely will never be in character.

….Sorry.