-1Ok I think we all know by now that I don't own yugioh so why are we even
still reading this part? Well all that this means is that no lawyers can sue
me so ha!
Pairing: Bakura/Ryou/Malik/Marik
Rating: MA
Summary: Ryou feels unappreciated. Malik wants to travel around the world
until he can't stand it anymore. So when these two leave the relationship to
do what they want to, what will Bakura and Marik do to get them back? And
why is Marik being so possessive anyway? Will this foursome ever be together
again?

Thankful

Chapter 4: Ryou's pov
It's been a week since I walked out on them. I don't really know what to do.
I don't know how to live my life without them. I love them so much! I just
don't understand what I did to make them turn away. I would gladly fix it if
I knew what it was. I don't think they even care that I'm gone. I came back
to check up and see how they were doing when I noticed that Marik and Bakura
got into a taxi with some old ladies. They have yet to get back from
wherever they went. Maybe they were just waiting for me to leave so they
could finally be alone together.

I walk past the house to see if they got back yet. Well ok I hid behind a
tree and was spying through the big window. I don't want them to see me.
Well at least I don't think I do. I don't know what I want anymore. I love
them so damn much and it hurts to be away from them for so long. I don't
know what to do. I don't want to go back only to be forgotten again. I slide
down on my knees and sit behind the tree with tears pouring down my face. I
love them and they don't even notice that I left.

I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I hear is a car pulling up
in their drive way. I look up in the sky and see the sun starting to set.
The wind has also picked up so there was a bit of a chill in the air. I
stand up as a door closes, and look over to the house. They're home! I
walked over to the door and was about to open the door all the way up when I
remembered that I didn't live here anymore. I turned and was about to leave
when the door pulled open and I heard my name whispered.

Marik's pov:
We just got home and I was starving! I was so glad that we had Malik back.
Well really we didn't have him back. He said we could try to work things
out, but he said that he could make no promises. I was just glad that he's
back and giving us another chance. I don't know what to do about Ryou
though. I love him and want him back but I don't even know where he is at
the moment. I know this is killing Bakura and Malik as well. We've never
been apart from Ryou for this long!

I ask Malik to grab me a drink from the kitchen. Bakura wraps his arms
around him and then follows him into the kitchen. I sigh and sit down on the
couch. That's when I heard the door handle move as if to let someone in but
then it stopped turning. I walked over and opened the door to see the person
I was thinking about. I call out his name softly, almost as if I speak too
loudly he'll vanish again. He freezes then slowly turns around to look at
me.

"Where have you been?" I asked him in as I opened the door further so that
he could walk in, and be out of the cold. He hesitates a moment before he
comes in and sits on a chair.
"Well I'm renting a room at a hotel. I'm looking for a apartment for rent to
live in so I should be out of there hopefully in a month or so." He says
quietly. I look down at the ground.
"You know you have a home right here." I said, but he just shook his head.
"I told you I cant be a part of an relationship when I don't feel loved." He
said then looked away.

"We love you and always have. Yet your right, lately we might have been
taking you for granted, but I assure you that has long passed." Bakura said
as he leaned against the doorway to the living room. A small smile crept up
on Ryou's face when he sees Malik sitting at Bakura's feet trying hard not
to fall asleep. He looked back up at us and smiled as he started to get up
again.
"I really should be going and besides I think Malik needs some rest. Also I
have work in the morning so I need my rest also." He said and started to the
door.
"I'm not tired!" Malik said then he yawned. Ryou giggled a little.
"Ryou it's late and cold and you don't have a jacket on, so why don't you
just stay the night here? I promise we'll take you to your job in the
morning. Though you know we'd pay your rent and so on if you let us. There's
no reason that you should work." Marik said and Bakura nodded his agreement.

Ryou's pov
I don't really want to but it is late and I'd hate to run into the wrong
crowd. I sigh and sit back down. "Fine I'll stay but only for tonight! I
know you'd pay but seeing as how we're broken up and all, I don't think that
you should be paying my bills." I said all in one breath. Marik shook his
head. "No you just left us, we never agreed to being broken up." Malik said.
"So therefore we are still together and I will never leave again and I hope
you never leave again because we really do love you."
"We have always loved you and I know that lately we haven't showed that to
you and I'm so sorry for that but I do love you." Bakura said.
"So what do you say, give us another chance?" Marik asked with a pouty look
on his face.

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