Talk Me Back Into Existence

HikariElfie: Don't ask about the title, I really don't know…

YamiSammii/snorts/ you fool

HikariElfie/pouts/ your so mean

Disclaimer: Do you see Malik walking around without any clothes? Is Mariku regularly molesting him? Then no, I don't own.

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It was one of those days. The sort of day where all you wanted to do was crawl back into your bed and sleep until things were better. Unfortunately, there was no hope of that, as Ryou's bed was locked in his house at least half an hour away from Domino High, his school.

It started with the fact his alarm clock had been thrown out the window the previous morning, and so failed to awaken the sleeping teenager. Then, he had run out of orange juice. Big mistake. Ryou-Orange JuiceGrumpy.

Next, He had run into Mr I'm-Too-Cocky-And-Immature-Although-I-Am-Incredibly-Hot formally known as Bakura Khalid. No, really, he ran into him, throwing his bag across the hallway to hit the lockers with a muffled thump.

Bakura had grunted and pushed his way passed the younger boy. Ryou rolled his eyes, collecting his bag, along with numerous stares as he struggled through the people crowded in the school hallways.

Now, he was slumped over his desk, barely keeping his eyes open as the teacher rambled on.

He jerked himself upward as a wad of paper skidded across his desk and onto the floor. Trying not to make much noise, he straightened the paper in his hands, squinting to read the curly handwriting.

Whats Wrong? You don't look happy, are you okay?Yugi

Ryou turned slightly in his seat, giving Yugi a thumbs up before turning his attention back to the half-hearted note taking he had been writing.

He was rewarded a couple of minutes later by the loud ringing of the bell. The teacher yelled something about homework before opening the classroom doors and allowing the students to pour out.

Ryou quickly caught up with Yugi and Jou, falling into step beside them. Both smiled at him before continuing an argument concerning the issue of the seniors.

"C'mon Yug, take a good look at moneybags over there! They're all horrible man."

"Not all of them, Yami isn't so bad…and besides! We're seniors too!"

Ryou gave a small smile at hearing Yami's name; it was obvious the short teen had the hots for him.

"You're only saying that because of your undying love for Yami."

Yugi blushed and hit Jou lightly on the shoulder, "No! He just helps me in science class and seems pretty nice!"

"Sure Yug, keep telling yourself that"

Ryou dropped his bag on the green lawn and sat with his back leaning on a small tree, watching as the rest of the group began filing out and sitting with him.

"Hey Ryou, How are you?" Anzu sat delicately on the grass, fixing him with a smile.

Ryou smiled and nodded slightly in a happy sort of way.

He watched in contentment as his friends discussed how their first classes had been and what they had planned for the weekend.

The bell rang all to soon and the students slowly filed into the large building, separating from their friends and joining others.

Jou caught up with Ryou quickly, tapping him on the shoulder to make his presence known to the whitenette.

Ryou pushed open the door leading to their classroom. He heard a loud groan behind him and spotted the object of Jou's annoyance, Seto Kaiba, or moneybags as commonly referred to by Jou.

Ryou dropped his bag at the back of the classroom, next to Yugi. Jou sat in front of them and leant back on his chair in a laidback way.

The teacher, Mrs Safiya, started marking the roll as more students filed in.

A loud bang echoed through the partially filled room, "Im here! I'm not late!" was yelled as Malik Ishtar flew through the open door with only thirty seconds to spare.

"Thankyou for that announcement Mr Ishtar, please find your way to a seat…Quietly."

Malik looked relieved and pulled out a seat next to Jou with a victorious smirk. Jou gave him a high five and they both turned their attention to the pissed off looking teacher at the front of the room.

"I have decided to partner you with one of the people you don't usually converse with, to encourage new friendships. The pairings are: Anzu and Tristan, Yugi and Atemu, Katsuya and Se…Kaiba, Malik and Mariku, Ryou and Bakura and Sammii and Elfie.

Everyone moved to his or her partners except Jou and Kaiba, Jou glaring and Kaiba typing.

"Katsuya! I believe I asked you to pair up…NOW!"

Jou pulled his chair over to Kaiba's and continued his angry glaring.

"Thankyou. Now, I have decided to give you a topic at random, you are to write a two-page assignment on it and to present it to the class. Come collect a random topic and I'll write it down. Ryou Bakura!"

Ryou walked up and carefully chose one of the folded pieces of paper from her desk and flashed it too her before moving back to his seat next to Bakura.

"Love"

Bakura raised his eyebrow in amusement at the topic and smirked slightly.

"Mariku Ishtal!"

Mariku walked to the front of the room, picked out a piece of paper and smirked, "Homosexuality."

The teacher scribbled it down on her paper before calling out the next name, "Sammii O'Rourke!"

Sammii strolled up and picked out a piece of paper, "Drugs…fuck yeah!" Before sitting on the ground and pulling out her iPod.

It continued like this, Jou and Kaiba pulling out 'Child Abuse' and Yugi and Yami getting the topic, 'sexual assault.'

"You can begin your topic planning in the ten minutes we have left."

Bakura turned to Ryou, "Do you wanna work at my house after school?"

Ryou thought for a few moments then nodded hesitantly.

"Talkative huh?"

Ryou cringed slightly and shook his head.

"God. Do you even speak?"

Ryou knew he only meant it jokingly, but it still stung slightly. He shook his head slowly and tapped his throat.

"…Huh"

Ryou watched Bakura for a few moments before collecting his bag as the bell rang. It sure was going to be an eventful assignment.

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HikariElfie: Was it okay?

YamiSammii: You fool…

HikariElfie: Anyways, Please review and tell me what you think.

Thanks muchly!