April 20th, 2012: End of school

Ryou breathed a sigh of relief. He felt as though a weight had been lifted from his chest. No note. And no other note came over the next week. Of course, he had been fretting the entire week as well. When was the note going to come? Would it ever come? But now, it was the end of the week, end of the day, and no note! This meant that this had probably all been coincidence! Maybe his secret admirer had given up as well! Then there would be no more trouble. He would be able to tell Honda about the letters and nothing would happen because the letters had stopped coming! Well, theoretically of course.

Ryou had also told Yugi about the note that never came, though Yugi wasn't very happy about it. Yugi threw a sort of temper tantrum and wouldn't talk to Ryou for the rest of the day. The next morning however, Yugi acted as though nothing had happened. Ryou was thankful for that.

Ryou shut his locker. He was as happy as ever. So happy, he decided, right then and there, to go out on a date with Honda! He felt as if he owed it to his poor boyfriend. He hadn't really been there much for him. They didn't spend much time together, didn't talk as much… And it was all because Ryou was too busy fretting about those stupid notes! But now! There were no more notes and Ryou was going to tell Honda all about them while they were on their date tonight! With that in mind, Ryou raced off to find Honda.

~ . ~

Honda threw his bag on the ground next to his locker. What was he going to do about Ryou? He was so nervous all the time, not talking much. It only seemed to get worse! How could he somehow make Ryou talk to him about it? He was his boyfriend after all! He wanted Ryou to feel better! Maybe he should talk to Yugi. He was Ryou's best friend after all. He should know what's going on right? He pulled out his phone.

"Honda!" A familiar voice called to him. Honda turned around, only to be kissed out of the blue. Just a short little peck, but still a kiss.

"Wha…?" His eyes feel upon the face of the boy he had just been thinking about. Only, this face was much happier… Honda threw his arms around his boyfriend in a quick but firm hug. "Ryou! Hey! How was your day?"

"It was alright. But I was wondering if you were free this afternoon."

"Actually, my mom's having me babysit her 'precious little nephew' tonight. Why?" Ryou bit his lip.

"Oh… okay… It's just, I kind of wanted to go on a date with you tonight… If you weren't busy, of course… But I understand that it's such a last minute thing…" Honda had never wished that his aunt would cancel whatever she had going on as hard as he did now. After quite a long time without much happening in the relationship department, what with Ryou being fidgety and distant, his boyfriend was finally starting to show more interest! And a very rapid acceleration of interest at that. I mean, just a couple of hours ago, Ryou was the worst he had been in weeks! Now he was smiling, kissing, and asking to go on dates with him! And he had to be busy that night! All because no one else wanted to deal with that devil-spawn brat!

"Oh, Ry! I'm sorry! I really am! If I had known…" Ryou shook his head.

"It's alright. It was a spur of the moment sort of thing… It was only natural that it wouldn't work out…" Honda's heart nearly broke at the sight of Ryou's downtrodden face. That's when an idea came to mind.

"Hey! How about I take you out tomorrow? I can pick you up bright and early and we can spend the whole day together" Ryou grinned.

"Really? You mean that?"

"Really, really." Ryou squealed with joy, and gave Honda a big hug and kiss.

"Oh, I'm so glad! So what are we going to do? Do you have any ideas?"

"It'll be a surprise! Just be ready at 10 okay?" Ryou grinned again.

"I can't wait." With one more kiss, he ran off to catch the bus. Honda brought a hand to his lips, feeling as light as air. He had a date with Ryou. He had a date with Ryou! Honda glanced at his phone.

That call to Yugi could wait.

~ . ~

"We're going on a date! Like, an actual date! We haven't been on a real date in such a long time! A date!"

Bakura lounged in Ryou's desk chair, playing with a yellow-green pen, as Ryou frantically moved about the room searching for the perfect outfit for his… date with Honda. He was not pleased. He was not pleased at all. There had been two months of near nothing between the two of them! Bakura was certain that they were going to break it off! But no! Ryou mopes around all jittery for some reason for two months, and then all of a sudden, he becomes that happiest thing alive and is going back out on dates with Honda! What happened?

"Oh, he hasn't told me what we're going to do yet. He wants it to be a surprise! All I know, is that he's picking me up at 10!" Ryou squealed yet again and Bakura ventured a glance at Yugi, who happened to be sitting on Ryou's bed.

Yugi was just as upset about this as Bakura. Maybe even more. Only Yugi was not afraid to say he was upset about this. While Bakura played off a cool, aloof sort of air, though his insides were lava like, Yugi had liquid steel practically pushing out of his skin.

Now, usually, Bakura would take any chance he could to pull a couple of jokes or insults out at Yugi's, though mostly Yami's, expense. It usually involved their height, hair, or very obvious leather fetish. But at times like these, where Ryou and Honda was, are, or were going to do something relationship-ey, a sort of truce was called. Seeing as neither of them liked the idea of them being together. Yugi had even made some comments a couple of time about how he would rather Ryou date Bakura. This filled him with a sort of glee. That is, until Yugi would either say 'if you must date someone' or Ryou would say something along the lines of 'Bakura's a friend. Nothing more!' But it was then that what Ryou said had fully processed in his head.

"Wait," he started, "You mean to tell me, you asked him on a date," 'Like you've told us so many times before…' "But you don't know where you're going?" Ryou smiled sheepishly.

"Well, it was a sort of… spur of the moment thing! Besides, it doesn't matter where we go! I'll still love him just as much as I do now! In fact…"

Yugi cast a this-is-all-your-fault-now-he-won't-shut-up-about-how-much-he-loves-his-stupid-boyfriend glare at Bakura. Bakura shot back with a like-you-don't-do-the-same-thing-when-it-comes-to-Yami glare. Yugi huffed and crossed his arms, an I-barely-do-that-any-more expression across his face. Bakura sighed. This is what the conversation had been for the past half hour: Ryou going on and on about Honda and his date while Bakura and Yugi had silent facial conversations when Ryou wasn't looking. Not that Ryou would notice anyway.

"And now that those letters aren't showing up anymore, it can finally just be me and Honda!" Yugi slumped even further. After a couple moments he shot Bakura a very confused look. Bakura knitted his eyebrows together, wondering why Yugi was throwing him those looks, before they skyrocketed.

"Letters? What letters?" Ryou waved it off, not even looking up.

"It's nothing. I'll tell you about it another time, okay?" But that was not the point. Yugi was still not so convinced about Bakura's delayed reaction to a topic that he would have normally found very interesting. Bakura stared intently at his pen, as if creating a story for it to write. All the while, avoiding annoying glances from Yugi.

~ . ~

April 21st, 2012: Lunch

Ryou moaned in relief as he sat down, finally giving his poor aching feet a rest. Honda laughed as Ryou massaged his feet. They had been to the art museum and Ryou had insisted they see everything inside… and out. Now they were at a popular café for lunch.

"Just remember, you were the one who wanted to see everything!" Ryou groaned merrily.

"Yes, yes, I know! You won't let me forget!" He gave his feet another rub. "And neither will my feet!"

The waitress brought out a couple of menus and took their drink order. When she left, Honda leaned forward.

"So, what was it you wanted to talk to me about? You said something about needing to tell me something earlier." Ryou shuffled his feet. He had told Honda that…

"Now, when I tell you this, I don't want you to interrupt me until I'm done. Okay?"

"How will I know when you're done?"

"I'll tell you." Ryou sucked in a breath. It was now, or never.

"On Valentine's Day, I received a letter. I don't know who sent it, but it was a poem with a heart at the top. I wanted to tell you but the more I procrastinated, the harder it became… And then, just a couple weeks later, I got another one! Different colored heart, different poem, but definitely by the same person. And then it got even harder to tell you! I started panicking because I didn't want you to find out and then think I was cheating on you or something when I wasn't." Ryou started tearing up, fearful Honda would not believe him. "I was so scared… I told Yugi and he said to wait and see if a third letter showed up. But it's been weeks and still no letter. I believe the sender gave up… And I don't even know who it could possibly be! So it's really not that big of a deal… right?"

Ryou could see Honda thinking about this. He had been studying his expressions looking for some window into Honda's thoughts. Finally, after what seemed like forever, Honda became annoyed.

"Why? Why would anyone try to send you a love letter? Two! I mean, you're taken! What's the point!" Honda made a fist. "When I find them…" Ryou had feared this would happen…

"But they've given up! So clearly it isn't a real problem!"

"They tried to take you from me!" Ryou had to change the topic. He could tell the more he said on the topic, the angrier Honda would get.

"I don't even know them! Besides, today isn't about some random person, probably a freshmen who is idiotic or desperate!" Ryou held fast to Honda's hand, squeezing it gently and smiling. "Today is about us. And I want to spend every last moment of today with you!"

That did it.

Honda smiled shyly, blushing a bit. "Okay. Now are you ready to order? Looks like the waitress is coming back."

~ . ~

The rest of the month after that had only gotten better for Ryou. He went on more dates, spent more time with Honda, and only spared one or two thoughts to the love letters sitting in his desk. He hadn't felt like throwing them away. He really did like the poems after all. However, as Ryou went on more dates, Bakura's mood seemed to turn sour. Ryou tried talking to him multiple times but it seemed that Bakura only had enough time these last couple weeks since Ryou's date to say 'hi' and 'bye.'

Ryou sighed, turning the lock on his locker. Why wouldn't Bakura talk to him? Sure, Bakura would, in the past, barely say anything to Ryou, but those time spans were usually short. It was only when something really bad happened that Bakura would shut him out for this long.

He yanked his locker open with more force than he had originally intended, causing a single note card to float from his locker. Ryou froze as he caught a glimpse.

There was a heart on it.

His own beat loudly and painfully in his chest. His eyes wide and fearful, he couldn't quite bring himself to look down.

How could this have happened? After such a wonderful month with Honda? It was all about to come crashing down on Ryou…

The slam of another locker broke Ryou from his trance. Ryou slowly bent down, making sure to take his time picking up the card.

It was a yellow-green heart this time.

I am sick.

Sick with pangs

Pangs of Jealousy.

Jealousy is a parasite

Latching onto me

Stealing my body from me

Every time I see you

With him.

~ . ~

So… tired… can't… tal- -zzzzzzzzzz-

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