It was nearly 4:30 a.m when Bakura was almost to Ryou's house. He didn't realize how cold it had gotten at night and walking didn't make it much easier since he had to stop every 15-30 minutes to warm up. On the other hand, he did enjoy the cold air which made him feel more alert at night since there was hardly anyone on the sidewalk or roads this late; only few cars here and there.
Bakura passed by the restaurant and wondered why it seemed familiar to him but got out of his trance once a gust of wind came into his face causing it to go numb for few minutes. He continued to walk when he had finally reached Ryou's home. He didn't know what to expect or even if Ryou wanted to see him but he wanted answers as to why Ryou had been acting different towards him the last few days.
He walked up to Ryou's door and knocked on it. When he heard no signs of Ryou coming down stairs he knocked a little louder as well as rang the door bell so that Ryou could hear it over the wind. After standing for 10 minutes waiting, Bakura finally cursed in his mind as he pushed the door open; not caring if anyone saw him do it or if Ryou got scared. He got tired of waiting so he invited himself in.
He took off his trench coat and headed up stairs to where he knew Ryou would be sleeping and turned on his light as he opened Ryou's door. When he did, he saw Ryou flutter his eyes at the sudden intrusion of his bedroom light being turned on. When he adjusted his eyes he saw Bakura standing only few feet away from him with a pissed off but gentle look to his face. Ryou didn't know what to even say to Bakura since he'd never expected him to come over, especially not at nearly 5:30 a.m. he also wasn't sure what to do.
"Bakura what are you doing here?!" Ryou asked him shocked and nervous at the same time.
"I'm surprised you even acknowledged me since you completely ignored me like I was a impudent nobody." Bakura replied in a somewhat amused tone.
"What do you want?" Ryou asked him as his eyes were now adjusted to the light as he stared at Bakura.
"I want some answers and I want them now." Bakura told Ryou in a deathly whisper.
"Answers about what?" Ryou asked him, nervous again.
"Don't play stupid Ryou, you know what I'm talking about!" Bakura replied in the same deathly whisper.
"I don't know what you mean." Ryou told Bakura.
Ryou slowly moved back on his bed to get up to tell Bakura to leave when he was suddenly was grabbed by his arm and fell back onto his bed; landing on his pillows. When he looked up to see, he saw Bakura who was now on top of him on his bed looking straight at him, this time with no emotion to show or give him any kind of clue as to what he was feeling but Ryou knew Bakura was pissed and was about to explode on Ryou if he didn't quit stalling like a child in trouble with his parents.
"Either tell me why the fuck you were ignoring me the last few days or I'll hurt you, your choice, pick." Bakura warned him in a hushed tone.
Ryou laid there in fear still looking at Bakura who was waiting for an answer. Now Ryou knew that Bakura would keep his promise but would never expect Bakura to say that he'd hurt him especially in a hushed tone that made Ryou have goosebumps on his body when he heard Bakura say that to him. Ryou could tell Bakura wasn't leaving and he knew Bakura was stronger than him anyways so he had no choice but to tell him.
"You missed our fucking date, I waited for over an hour and when I left I saw you with Marik in the damn cafe laughing and talking. You stood me up to meet Marik!" Ryou screamed at him. It was one of the few times Ryou had ever screamed at Bakura and now he wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do.
"What the fuck are you talking about? I would never stand you up if we had a date. Don't be an idiot Ryou." Bakura replied to him.
"No don't you be an idiot! You were supposed to meet me at the restaurant at 6:30 p.m. on the night of our date only to find out you were with Marik! Go back to him if you love him so much!" Ryou screamed at Bakura.
Without seeing it, Bakura slapped Ryou across his face. His face motionless in the process. He looked down at Ryou who was holding his left cheek; still feeling the sting of the slap that had happened just seconds ago.
"Are you done screaming?" Bakura asked Ryou in a cold tone. Ryou nodded as tears came rolling down his face looking up at Bakura who showed little remorse of what he just did. Bakura went and grabbed Ryou's phone and turned it on, when he did he went to his and Ryou's messages to where it was the last message that Bakura had sent to Ryou just 10 minutes before their date. He tossed it into Ryou's lap who look at his it confused.
"Read it, now. Bakura said to him. Ryou nodded and looked at the text message as he read the last text message that was sent to him from Bakura.
Bakura: Can't make it at 6:30, I have do something that will make me late. I'll pick you up and I'll take you to another restaurant to make it up to you. I'll pick you up at 8:30, be ready.
When Ryou was finished he felt a little more embarrassed but felt even more embarrassed when he realized that his phone was in 'silent mode'. He looked down hoping that Bakura wouldn't see his embarrassment but knew he could. Ryou was still confused as to why Bakura was with Marik but wasn't sure if it was his place to even ask Bakura.
As if Bakura read his mind, he answered the question that Ryou had been wanting an answer to that had been in his mind for the last few days since not talking to Bakura about what had happened.
"I was with Marik because I needed his opinion on something and then we started to talk about different things. He's with Malik and loves him as much as I love you. I needed to ask him if I should have given you this on our date." Bakura said to him. He reached down into his pocket and pulled out a little velvet box. When Ryou opened it he saw a silver ring. He couldn't believe that Bakura would by something for him and saw a little engraving that said, I will always love and be with you, you're my everything, Love Bakura
When Ryou stared at the engraving he smiled and looked up to see that Bakura had left. Ryou went to his window to see that Bakura was half way out of his front yard. He quickly put on his shoes and ran down stairs to chase after Bakura who was just few feet away from his house walking back to his. Ryou called out for him but Bakura still kept walking away.
Ryou ran after him in hopes he could catch up to Bakura. When he finally did he turned Bakura around and gave him a kiss on Bakura's lips that was only deepened by Bakura further. They broke the kiss in a need to catch their breath as Ryou looked down.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you." Ryou told him; ashamed of how he'd been acting.
Bakura raised Ryou's head up by his chin and kissed him again, this time wrapping his arm around Ryou's small waist as Bakura pulled him closer. After the kiss, Bakura looked at Ryou who knew that he was forgiven.
It was at least 5:30 a.m. when the sun was finally beginning to show up. Both Ryou and Bakura were tired and head back to Ryou's house to sleep. When they got to his house, they headed up stairs to sleep as they kissed each other before finally going to sleep into each other's arms.
Ryou finally knew that Bakura's love for him was real as much as his love for Bakura was real. He even started to appreciate Ryou more every day after that which made them both happy. He even kept his promise and took Ryou to a restaurant which Ryou was happy but not as happy to be with Bakura.
