Sorry, my uploads have been slow, I have been studying for finals.
Marik: aka watching Netflix
Author: No! I am studying hard, thank you very much!
Bakura: well the sooner the better, I want to get paid and then take Rebecca to Disney.
Rebecca: YAAAAYY!
Well enjoy this next chapter, and don't worry there will be more to come! Oh, and thank you for the wonderful and kind comments!
It was 5 am, Marik usually woke up around now to begin applying his makeup and to make breakfast. It was a nice routine he had going, but he was too tired from chasing Rebecca last night he thought it is best to just rest a little more. Snuggling next to the white haired albino, Marik started to drift, not before noticing Bakura shift slightly to put his arm around Marik's waist. I could get used to this, perhaps staying in bed a little longer is not such a bad idea.
Just then the most horrible screeching filled the house, startling the newly wed couple. "What now?!" exclaimed Bakura. Right with you, handsome… Groaning, Marik gets out of the bed in only his boxers and makes his way down the stairs. The ear-splitting screeches only getting louder, causing his ears to buzz. Reaching the bottom of the stairs, Marik realizes that the screeching was not screeching. Rather it was singing, "AND IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYYIIIIIIIIII WILL AAAALLWAAAAYYYSS LOOOOOOOOOVVEEE YOOOOOOUUUUU!" Sang Rebecca. Ugh, not that blasted song! Marik, yelling so he could be heard over the singing says "Rebecca! Stop singing Whitney Houston!" Finally, the painful screeches stop and were replaced by the gentle smile of the young child, "why not mommy? Don't you think it's a good song?" Closing his eyes and massaging his temples, Marik replies "I used to think it was a good song, but then the radio overplayed it….. Did you just call me 'mommy'?!"
"yea!" Rebecca replied with enthusiasm. "grandpa told me when he got back from the doctor, that a nice man with spiky red, black and blond hair and a guy with regular blonde hair guy with a funny accent would take me to my mommy and daddy!" Rebecca basically screamed. 'A man with spiky red hair and a blond hair guy with a funny accent' no doubt that's Yugi and Joey. Marik was suddenly torn from his thoughts when he felt something touch his back. Feeling the cold sensation of dread traveling through his body, he twists around and realizes that it was only Rebecca, hugging him. She looked at Marik with curiosity, then walked over to look at his back. Putting her hands on his back, she gently rubs the scars that were burned into his skin when Marik was about her age. "oh no, mommy has a boo-boo" she said. Marik was frozen in terror, he doesn't like anyone touching his back, the memories were too painful. He could almost see the hot blade about to touch his skin.
A small and gentle noise in the background protruded his thoughts and drove the bad memory away. Marik looked back and saw Rebecca kissing his scars, gently rubbing them all while humming the healing incantation from the Disney movie Tangled. Marik watched Rebecca as she left to retrieve some hello kitty band-aids and begin to place them on his back. Satisfied, Rebecca steps back to admire her work, then walks over to the dining table and makes some cereal for breakfast. That was…. Nice. I feel really calm and relaxed, but why?! There is much more to this child than it seems. Hearing the familiar footsteps of Bakura coming down the stairs, Marik called out "Hello Kitty!" then laughed at the unintentional pun. Scowling Bakura mumbled, "I'm not a kitty…" Then turning his attention to Rebecca, he asks "child why have you woken us up this bl— darn early." Seeing Marik's stern look, caused him to hold back the swear. Rebecca merely smiled, "it's time to go to school!"
With wide eyes, Bakura sprints back up the stairs calling out "nope! I am not, will not drive to any public place. I wish to sleep thank you very much!" I guess I'll have to take her to school then… "Rebecca, let me go change and then I'll drive you to school. In the meantime finish your frosted flakes." Answered with a nod, Marik returns to his room to change. Seeing that Bakura was asleep, he decided to change In their room, rather than in the bathroom. That was very strange. Only Bakura could touch my back without me getting flashbacks and it wasn't until our engagement that he did that. So why did nothing happen when Rebecca touched me, yea I had a flashback but… It disappeared. "Damn your body is bloody perfect." Said Bakura, startling Marik back into reality. "Bakura! I thought you were asleep!" exclaims Marik. "I was, but then I heard you shuffling around and had to get a peek." Said the thief smirking. That little snoop! Rolling his eyes and kissing Bakura quickly on the lips, Marik tells him that he must go and drop Rebecca off at school. Marik grins when he hears Bakura groan as he leaves the room. Soon Kura, I'll be back in your arms soon.
After a few stressful minutes of trying to get Rebecca to put her shoes on, Marik successfully gets her in the car. Deciding to start a small conversation, Marik asks "are you excited to see your friends at school?" Upon hearing no response, Marik looks back and sees her idly listening to an audiobook. Smiling, Marik drives in silence towards the school. Finally, peace and friggin quiet. Once they arrive and Rebecca is getting ready to leave the car, she turns to Marik, "mommy, will my boobs be as small as yours when I grow up?" Then she leaves giggling to herself, leaving Marik stuttering in astonishment at the random question.
At work Marik stands behind the mike, he is a voice actor. He has always wanted this job, it was a hobby that he had aside from mind control and when he stopped his life of crime it was all he had. He was very good at it, the very best at it in fact. He has scripted entire movies with only his voice. I always had a knack for manipulation, whether vocal or just mind control.
During lunch, Marik is at his desk going over another script for a movie coming up. Another worker comes in with some balloons, "Congratulations!" says the worker. "huh? Steve, what's all this?" Asks Marik, just then he looks at all of the balloons and realizes that they are all pink with baby bottles on them with the words "it's a girl" spread across the top. Blushing, Marik stutters something incoherent about Rebecca not being his real child, but Steve just laughs. How did Steve find out?! Joey and Yugi better not be telling the entire city! Sighing, Marik ignores Steve and begins to memorize his lines.
While Marik was driving Rebecca home that afternoon, he asked her how her day went. She went off babbling about some friends she reunited with, some boy she had a crush on, some teacher who was rude, and all other boring stories. I wonder how many pointless things happen at a school, to make a child talk about such trivial matters? Are they not teaching her anything? Marik was suddenly torn from his thoughts, when Rebecca poked him on the shoulder. "Did you hear what I said mom?" Not realizing how long he had spaced out, Marik carefully asks "no, sorry dear what was that?" not wanting to make her upset. Rebecca however didn't seem to mind, she just smiled and said "when I grow up I want to be a nurse! Grandpa always told me that I have to be an architect like he was, but that's BORING! I wanna be a nurse, so I can help people!" Rememerbing the cute little routine Rebecca took to care for Marik's back, brought a smile to Marik's face. "Sure Rebecca, you can be a nurse! You can be whatever you want! Nobody can force you to be an architect or anything else for that matter, you decide your own path. And I know that you will make a great nurse." Heh, screw Arthur Hawkings trying to force this cutie to do what he wants. She is my kid now, and I say she can do whatever she wants.