STARVING
By: RYOU MOON
Beta: Avalon Hunter
Summary: Why is Ryou starving himself? Does anyone know why? Can Bakura and the others save him in time; or will Ryou die without knowing the truth?
Warning: this is a yaoi there will be some OCC in this story to. I decided to reread this and there were some things in this story that I wonted to change.
AGE:
Ryou: 13
Malik: 16
Bakura: 18
Marik: 19
Yugi: 15
Yami: 18
Joey: 16
Seto: 18
Mokuba: 13
PAIRINGS START OUT AS:
Marik/Bakura/Malik
Yami/Seto
Yugi/Joey
Ryou and Mokuba are friends.
LATER PAIRINGS:
Marik/Bakura/Malik/Ryou
Ryou:
I should probably introduce myself. I'm Ryou Bakura, everyone just calls me Ryou. My yami's name is Bakura, just like my last name. I'm going to be 13 in
2 weeks. Right now I'm in the bathroom, looking at my reflection. I suppose it would be correct to say that my features are...different. You see, I'm an albino, so I have silver/white hair, snow white skin, and brown eyes. My eyes are proof enough that I'm an albino because albinos have red or brown looking eyes. Technically, I have no eye color. It's simply the blood behind my eyes showing through.
Knowing this always makes me feel different, but that's because I am.
And I know it.
I hate looking in the mirror. I hate seeing how very thin I am. But that was my choice. It's sad that the people who call themselves my friends
haven't noticed anything wrong with me. Not even my own yami has noticed my slow path to the grave.
I know that if Bakura ever found out that I purposefully starve myself, he would blame himself. I don't want that. I love him far too much to ever do that to him.
If I can't get away with not eating anything then I make myself throw it back up once I'm alone in my private bathroom. My friends think I am too innocent and a bit naive when it comes to things like dating, kissing, sex and love, but that's only because I've never
had any experience with any of it. My friends are always careful of talking about that kind of stuff around me, because I'm the youngest in the group. Even Seto's younger brother is older than me.
I'm also the only one that's never hade a relationship. Even Mokuba has a girlfriend and he's just 5 months older than me. Is seems all of my friends are in a relationship except me it make's me feel left out.
Bakura just got home so, tearing myself away from my bathroom mirror, I walk downstairs and into the living room. Bakura and Marik are lounging on the
couch and Malik just walked out of the kitchen with some sodas and sat in Bakura's lap.
I felt sick. It wasn't that I was jealous that they were going out; it was just that I wanted
them to love me too. I guess you could say that was the reason I starve myself. I wanted them to love me too, and not as a friend or a little brother; as a
lover. Even though I don't quite know what a lover is, I still want to be theirs. It hurts to see them together and me all alone.
I went into the kitchen and made dinner we ate in the living room and watched the new Peter Pan movie, even though I knew that the others didn't like
it that much. After I was done eating I politely excused myself and went upstairs to my private bathroom. I bent over the toilet and got rid of my dinner. Man did it hurt, but the emptiness in my tummy was nothing compared to the emptiness in my
heart. I brushed my teeth and went downstairs to finish the movie.
I'm back in my room now. No one noticed my little secret, but I wish someone would. When I go near my friends I make sure that I wear baggy clothes
so they can't see the skeleton that I've become.
Looking into the mirror that I hate so much, I scan my reflection. I'm scared by what I see. I can see my lungs are being constricted, no wonder it is
getting harder to breathe lately. I seem to always be
tired now-a-days, so I am going to bed now. Tomorrow is the first day of summer vacation.
The Next Day
Bakura:
I'm very worried about Ryou. He has changed allot in the past year. I had thought that he was just going through puberty, but I don't think that's it anymore.
He had become so non-social and distant, even to me and I'm his other half. I notice that every time he leaves or excuses himself he shuts off our mind-link
and now it's a common thing for me to wake up to a brick wall instead of the warm aura that I used to feel. It worries me.
He never used to do that until about a year ago when I started to go out with Malik and Marik, but I know from what is left of our link that he likes us
together. He's very close to Malik and Marik, but not me anymore.
That's the reason I talked to them about the changes in Ryou and they agreed with me. They said they would help me find out what is going on with
Ryou. I can't believe that Ryou is going to be 13 in 2 weeks; Malike, Marik, and I are throwing him a surprise party. Everyone is coming.
I love Ryou the same way I love my lovers, and they feel the same. We agreed that even though he is
going to be 13 he is still too young for something like that. I mean, he doesn't even know what a hard-on is; he's never masturbated before either. I doubt he's even started puberty yet. I thought he had, but I guess I was wrong. He's still very innocent like that.
I was thrown out of my thoughts when the doorbell started ringing, and I think I know who it is.
(Can you please get that?) Yami Ryou whispered through a slip in our mind-link. He sounded very tired.
/Yeah, sure thing Ry/
So I get up to get the door and there's my lover Malik standing with take out. He's such a life save 'cause who would want to cook on the first day of summer
brake? Not that I can really cook, because I can't, and Marik's standing there with a big grin on his beautifully tanned face.
I went to check on Ryou to see if he was hungry but he was fast asleep. It is summer so I let him sleep.
We just watched a movie and wound up falling asleep to.
A while later we were awoken by a cry of what sounded pretty painful, coming from upstairs. Then it hit me, Ryou was the only one up there. We got to his room and saw him on the floor crying. I ran to him and asked what was wrong. He told me his stomach and chest hurt. I went to pick him up and put him in bed,
but he gently pushed me away and said he could do it
one his own.
So I let him. I told him he should eat something but he just shook his head. I asked him if he wanted some ginger-ale and crackers and once again he just
shook his head and slowly started to fall asleep. I walked to the door and beckoned my lovers to follow. They both had worry etched across their faces. We
went back downstairs to talk about his birthday party.
I'm worried about you Ryou. I wish you would tell me what is wrong so I can help.
TO BE CONTINUED
AND A VARY SPECIAL THANKS TO AVALON HUNTER