Bitter Sweet
Emirii: YAY! THIRD CHAPTER!
Yami Emirii: WOOOHOO! Finally!!
Emirii: X3 alrighty so this chapter is 'bout RYOU AND BAKURA! I dedicate this chapter to casaragi because she really wants a Bakura and Ryou chapter so here it is!
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Chapter 3: Art Class
Ryou sat down in his seat right when the bell rang; the art teacher, Mr. Cline, started calling out the attendance and the whole room went dead silent. Right when he was about to say Ryou's name a white blur ran in and sat in the back seat; no one saw this except one… or two. "I see you're late again Bakura?" Mr. Cline said with out even looking up from his computer; he just had this 6th sense that told him when someone was late or when something went wrong with out even witnessing it. Bakura put his feet up on the desk and leaned back on his chair. He let out a sigh and nodded. Ryou turned and got a glimpse of Bakura before Mr. Cline called Ryou's name again. "H-here" He looked back at his desk. There lied a few sheets of paper with a few unfinished lyrics and drawings of fairies.
Mr. Cline finished the roll call and the walked in front of his class. He started writing on the white board with a blue marker but hardly anyone was paying any attention to it until he announced that there's an art project starting today and that you will be working with a partner. Also partners will be chosen at random. Ryou looked up from his lyric writing as soon as he mentioned "working with a partner". The class groaned and Mr. Cline chuckled, "Alright, alright class. First I would like you to choose a name in the hat. Then you will be given a scene to work on and all students must participate. NO ONE will be doing this project by them selves got it?" he looked directly at Bakura when he said this and he pulled out a black hat full of names. The class nodded and a few frowned hating the idea of "working together". "Alright Hanna (1) you're up." A blond haired girl with slightly tanned skin and deep blue eyes walked over to the hat and chose her partner, then sat back down with a cool expression on her face that showed she didn't care who she got. "Alright Ryou you're next" Ryou stood up and walked to Mr. Cline unsteadily. He was very nervous when he had to do these kinds of projects. Ryou put his hand in the hat and reached all the way at the bottom of the hat. When he pulled out the name he gasped and looked from the paper to…Bakura?! (A/N: OMG! What a shocking and unexpected turn of events! XD) 'WHAT?! WHY HIM!?! OF ALL PEOPLE! Damn it…he might kill me OO HOLLY RA! He's going to kill me isn't he?! GAH! He's looking at me!' Ryou thought to himself and he felt a light blush creep on his face. Ryou lowered his head and walked back to his seat.
Bakura looked at Ryou and saw him blush. 'What the hell is he looking at me for? And why in the name of Ra is he blushing?! …He looks kinda cute…WHAT!? I DON'T THINK ANYTHING LOOKS CUTE! … Sure you keep telling yourself that…Shut up! Damn I've really gotta stop talking to myself' Bakura smirked and watched the younger white haired teen write something down on a sheet of paper. Once Mr. Cline had finished with all the names he smiled at the whole class that made everyone suspicious and because Bakura didn't go up there, someone must have picked him. "Alright class, now I'd like you to move to your partner and when you're done I will assign your group a scene" Mr. Cline said and then sat in his chair, watching the students move. Bakura sat there waiting to see who he got to torment for this project.
Ryou stood up and collected his books and paper. Ryou was unsure if he should walk over to Bakura, but if he didn't he would fail and that's the last thing he'd want to do. So Ryou gathered all the courage he had and made his way over to Bakura. 'I'm sure all those rumors about him are just rumors…I mean who in the right mind would kill people for fun? Crap but what if I get him mad and he decides that he can't stand the look of me anymore?! He could really kill me! GAH! This is not good!' '"Hey, you're Banku (2) aren't you?" Bakura asked. Ryou gasped slightly, he didn't know he was already at Bakura's desk. Ryou nodded slowly and tried not to make eye contact. Bakura looked directly at Ryou, "Are you going to sit or not?" Ryou jumped slightly and sat in front of Bakura. (A/N: the desks are facing each other)
Bakura looked at the teen before him, 'What's he so nervous about? I didn't even do anything…yet…' Bakura smirked to himself and noticed Ryou shift in his chair uncomfortably. Bakura tried to look in Ryou's chocolate brown eyes so he could try and let Ryou feel as comfortable as possible but Ryou had his head down in thought. Bakura hated trying to do these kinds of things but for some reason he just wanted to let the younger teen feel safe. Moments later, Ryou looked up at Bakura and forced a smile, 'I've at least got to start a conversation or something! I hate awkward silences…' Bakura put his right elbow on the desk and held the side of his face. He let out a frustrating sigh, 'Damn it…Maybe I should start a conversation or something…'"So what can you draw?" They both asked in unison. They blinked with confused looks on their faces. Bakura chuckled, "Alright you answer first" "Hey, that's not fair! Why don't you answer first?" Ryou asked pouting, he hated being first. Bakura held up one finger and got a chance to look at Ryou directly in his eyes, "If you don't answer my question… I'm going to have to take drastic measures… you don't want that now do you?" Ryou shook his head and sighed, "Well I draw mainly fantasy characters like dragons, fairies, angels, and all that good stuff, but I can draw anything. I just prefer fantasy. How about you?"
Bakura looked at Ryou with amazement, "Really? I draw some pretty good fantasy myself." Ryou couldn't believe his ears; he thought that Bakura just took this class because it was "easy" and he thought that the "almighty" Bakura had no art talent what so ever. … Ha…almighty… that's a funny word when you put it together with Bakura. Ryou felt a little more comfortable around Bakura now that they at least had SOMETHING in common, but he still didn't trust him fully. Last time he trusted someone he barely knew he ended up being kidnapped and almost killed, but luckily Malik and Joey came to his aide. Mr. Cline snapped Ryou out of his thoughts when he arrived at their desks, "Alright, the project for you two is to…each draw a fanaticized world and it's creatures…you think you can handle it…Bakura?" Bakura growled and tried to control his temper. Ryou giggled and nodded, "Don't worry Mr. Cline I think Bakura will do fine." Mr. Cline and Bakura looked at Ryou a bit surprised that he giggled…and at THE "almighty" Bakura. Bakura would normally punch the living day lights out of anyone for 'giggling' at him, but for some reason he just calmed down and nodded slowly.
'Opps, I think I might have done something wrong…but Bakura doesn't seem to mind…oh well. Hehehehehehe' Ryou thought to himself and smiled. 'WTF!? Why am I so soft on this kid?! He should be taught a lesson! …But you don't want to because that would involve hurting him…What? Isn't that what I WANT to do? … Noooo, you want to hug him and love him and make sweet love to him… WHAT!?! Who said I wanted to do that?! …um me! Duh! I'm your inner thought! I'm here to help you realize the things you're to stupid to figure out! ... I'M NOT STUPID! YOU'RE THE STUPID ONE! I HATE LOVE! BLAH! … Fine whatever, but when you start imagining this poor innocent angel naked I'd be laughing and telling you how right I was …SH-SHUT UP! -' "Bakura? Your face is all red…do you have a fever?" Ryou leaned forward and put his hand on Bakura's forehead. Bakura shook his head and removed Ryou's hand, "It's nothing. I'm fine." Bakura turned his head away from Ryou so he couldn't see him get even redder (A/N: If possible) Ryou tilted his head to the side and pulled his hand back.
'Did I do something wrong? Did I make him mad at me? Nnn what did I do?!' Ryou thought as he began to fiddle with his pencil. As soon as Bakura was sure his face wasn't red anymore he looked back at Ryou, 'Aw Fuck I screwed up again?! Damn it all!... You're just and idiot, you know he's fragile and can break down easily!... Fuck I didn't know that! … You truly are and idiot …SHUT UP! You're not very helpful! … I'm not supposed to be helpful; I'm just here to point out the Ra damn obvious! ' Bakura sighed, nothing would prepare ANYONE for what he was about to say. He mumbled something under his breath but thanks to Ryou's good hearing, he lifted his head, "What was that Bakura?" Bakura looked at Ryou; he noticed Ryou's eyes were full of sadness but there was a tint of hope there as well. Bakura took a deep breath, "I said… I said I'm…Well I'm S-sor-sorry" The whole class looked at Bakura strangely (A/N: How they heard, I don't know ) Bakura glared at everyone and they immediately went back to their work. He looked back at a stunned and slightly red Ryou. Ryou sat there not understanding why such a tough guy like Bakura would say the most horrid word in his vocabulary! "Well?" Bakura glared slightly at Ryou for not saying anything. 'I'm so lucky Marik isn't here or he'd be laughing his ass off and he wouldn't let me forget this.' Ryou smiled at Bakura, "I don't see why you're apologizing but it makes me feel happy…thank you" Bakura could feel his face heat up, 'Good job! You made him happy! … What's so good about that?... You really are stupid; didn't you feel relieved when you saw him smile?... umm did I? …Oh that's right Bakura doesn't HAVE feelings! That's why you beat the crap out of people because you-have-no-feelings-what-so-ever! … Hey that's not completely true …Oh really?! So you just think it's funny?! …well yeah it is kinda funny …You are a sick twisted person you know that? … I know that! Wait that was an insult! …Wow, never mind that now you need to win over Ryou's FULL trust ok? … Why? …-- just listen to me!! Start off with asking about himself, but you should ask him after school so the other students won't be involved in the conversation …Fine…'
Ryou was looking at Bakura awkwardly because he didn't respond or say anything for the past 10 minutes. Bakura was going to try his hardest to smile but that would be a little OVER the edge so instead he just gave him a blank look, "Um… this is a take home project right?" Ryou nodded his head, "You can come over today and then tomorrow we can work at your house" Bakura twitched, he basically "lived" at Masami's house because of his abusive and drunk step-father. Bakura would stay at Marik's but his house was just full of yelling between Marik's sister and Marik, so he just decided that Masami was the only other option. Masami actually understands Bakura and she's just like a sister to him. "Um I'd rather not go to my house." Bakura said while clenching his fist under the desk. "Why not?" Ryou asked tilting his head curious. Bakura lowered his head; there was no way he'd tell this kid about his WHOLE life when they just started to noticed each other and even if they did go to his house he wouldn't want his step-father to hurt Ryou or himself. Sure Bakura's tough but when it comes to his step-father it's a whole new story. "Well my house isn't the place you'd want to be" Bakura said begging to the gods that this plan would work.
Ryou still had his head tilted, "Not the place I want to be? Well why not?" The younger teen was getting on Bakura's nerves; he wanted to keep Ryou away from knowing for as long as he could, so he shouted the first thing that came to his mind, "IT'S COVERED WITH RATS!" Bakura had stood up and shut his eyes, hands firmly on his desk. The whole class turned their heads to look at Bakura and a very stunned Ryou. His hair flew back from Bakura's outburst. Mr. Cline was shocked but stood in his place. Ryou blinked, "R-rats?" Bakura breathed out heavily and glared at the class again. The class went back to work, not wanting to be on his bad side. "Y-yes rats… I don't th-think you would want to visit a house with rats." Bakura said sitting down back in his seat. Ryou lowered his head, "Bakura…if you don't want to tell me the truth then that's ok. We can just do the project at my house ok?" How'd he know Bakura was lying?! Bakura looked at Ryou, "What are you talking about? I just thought you would like to work with rats running around the place." Ryou looked at Bakura in the eyes, "Bakura…I know you're lying, I can see it." Bakura has always gotten away with lying to people, but some how this kid…Ryou…could tell that he lied. Bakura sighed but before he could say anything the bell rang and Ryou was out of the class room faster than anyone else. Bakura hit his head on the desk a few times and when he looked up he saw a piece of paper. He picked it up and noticed it belonged to Ryou. It was lyrics, unfinished but they were pretty good. Bakura held onto the paper and told himself that he'd follow Ryou home and give him back his paper. (A/N: why he doesn't give it to him after school I don't know; but Bakura is now Ryou's stalker!! XD) Bakura stood up and walked out of the classroom making sure that he didn't lose Ryou's lyrics.
Emirri: YAY! DONE! sighs well that took a while ;;;
Yami Emirri: Well at least you got it done!
Emirri: True, true! (1): Random girl I made up XP/ (2): That's Ryou's last name so yay!
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