Disclaimer: Not much of a disclaimer this time

Disclaimer: Not much of a disclaimer this time

Disclaimer: Not much of a disclaimer this time. I'm writing by request from a friend. She likes the two guys that will be most involved in the main story, so I'm writing for her. Gee, isn't that nice?

I'm also now doing stories by request for others. Send me a message of who and what you want, and I'll do my best. Here goes! Oh, and I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, which I know you know.

The transitions into Ryou's mind/dreams and scenes will be marked with: --

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Ryou scratched at his forehead, the slight stabbing sensation letting him know he was getting a headache. His friends Yugi and the others had invited him over for a sleepover, and had then gotten him to play Duel Monsters with them in some miniature grand tournament. It was past 4am, and he wasn't playing at the top of his game.

"C'mon Bakura!" Joey said loudly. The blond was getting impatient with Bakura, who was taking his time trying to think through exhaustion. "Just play a card already!"

"Stop heckling him Joey," Tristan defended, making Joey angrier then before.

"No, it's alright, I'll make my move," Ryou honestly hated when his friends stood up for him, so he stuck Man-Eater Bug face down on the field. Joey would undoubtedly trigger the flip-effect, so he knew he just needed to wait.

"Victory is mine!" Joey shouted as he drew another card. "Alright, time to win this! Armored Lizard, attack!" Ryou smiled as Joey did the obvious. Silently he flipped over the card, and Joey's face fell in dismay as his creature was annihilated by the flip-effect. "Aww, c'mon!"

"Sorry, Joey, but it looks like I win this one." Ryou drew his card, just to be sure. They had weakened each other enough that one attack would do it. He played one of his many dark monsters and attacked, taking out the last of Joey's life points.

"Alright!" Yugi said, "Now we get to duel, right Bakura?"

Ryou smiled, "I'm sorry, but I'm just too tired to think straight. Do you think we could pick this back up in the morning?"

"Aww, well, okay then," Yugi said, pouting, then cheered up a little with a slight blush, "it is getting pretty late. And Joey…" Yugi stopped short upon seeing that his friend had already fallen asleep. Yugi shrugged and went to his room.

"I guess we're sleeping down here then," Tristan said, and Ryou nodded, finally unpacking his bed things. Bakura slipped into his sleeping bag and blushed as Tristan changed into his pajamas in front of him, getting completely nude for a good minute before putting on nothing more then boxers.

Ryou hid his face in his sleeping bag, his blush spreading out to his ears. There was no way the others could know he was gay, but it didn't make staying the night any easier for him. He felt it was better to just not let anyone know, keeping everything secret to himself.

With a yawn, he closed his eyes, trying hard to sleep while a nearly naked Tristan snore next to him. A soft breeze flew through the room and ruffled his hair, unnoticed as sleep took him. The shadows grew slightly as a darker presence entered the room, and Ryou's sleep.

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Darkness suddenly exploded in Ryou's dreams, wiping out the pleasant dreams about his friends he had been having. He was suddenly cold as well, naked and feeling vulnerable in this world of darkness. He looked around, hoping that this wasn't turning into some twisted nightmare like the ones he'd had when he had first discovered his sexual orientation. As something exited the darkness, he realized this would be a whole new kind of nightmare.

Yami Bakura was back. The wicked version of himself looked down at the naked and shivering Ryou with a smirk on his face. His was wearing a weird sort of black clothing that seemed to move around him rather then with him.

"Don't tell me you forgot me already, Bakura," Bakura smirked at Ryou before grabbing the trembling young man by his throat and lifting him up.

"And here I thought I'd have to make all of my fun, when all this time I could just get satisfaction from you, and you'd be more then willing. How foolish I was." His cold voice and the threat in his words made Ryou start fighting to wake up. He didn't know what the evil spirit had meant, but he was smart enough not to wait around and find out.

Suddenly the dark world that Bakura had Ryou trapped in began to shake. Twisting and warping, light began piercing through weakly. "Fuck!" Bakura muttered, before dropping the terrified Ryou and escaping into the fading darkness.

"I'm not done with you yet bitch!" He called just before his image faded.

"Bakura! Bakura! Wake up, what's going on buddy?" Tristan shook his friend some more. When Yami Bakura had entered his dreams, the sleeping Ryou had started to scream in his sleep. Joey was too deep in sleep to wake up, and Yugi couldn't hear from his room. This left Tristan to wake his friend from whatever was making him scream.

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Ryou woke from his horrific nightmare with Tristan's face basked in light only inches away from his own. He cried out in desperation then gripped Tristan hard, sobbing into his friend's bare chest. They never knew how much the evil spirit terrified Ryou, and the things that he had done to his mind while he was in control of his body. The brunette was unsure of what to do for his friend, but held him anyway, doing his best in the awkward situation.

Tristan's arms wrapping around him broke Ryou from his panicked state into a different one. The close embrace with his friend was about to become increasingly uncomfortable for both of them soon. Tristan was warm and comforting in a way that would surely expose Ryou, and so with just enough force he pushed his friend away, wiping his tears.

"Will you be okay?" Tristan asked, concerned.

Ryou nodded, "I'll be fine, really…"

"What now? The others aren't up yet, and we need some sleep. You wanna… I don't know, share a sleeping bag or something?"

"WHAT?!" Ryou's heart jumped then fell at the prospect. He had a huge crush on Tristan, so while sleeping with him would be comforting, it would also expose him as being gay.

"Hey man, it was just a suggestion. It's what my mom did whenever I had a bad dream, so I thought I might ask, you know…" Tristan blushed softly, laughing, "I guess it was a silly idea anyway."

Ryou smiled. "I appreciate the thought, but I don't know if I'll be sleeping much tonight after…" His eyes became haunted as he relived the dream in his mind. Tristan closed his eyes, knowing he was powerless to stop a dream.

"C'mon, we need some sleep." He smiled at Ryou, trying to cheer him up. He took a good look at his friend, then he noticed something unusual.

"Hey, Bakura… are you… hard?"

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