Hellloooooooo!!! I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry I haven't updated in what??? A hundred years?????
Okay, sorry, now I was overreacting. But I'm still sorry. That's why, before surgery, I wanted to post up this chapter. It's the part before Yami goes completly crazy and it's the first part of two. I didn't want it to be that long again, but I do have the next chapter almost ready, so I hope to update soon.. That's when I can move my fingers again!
I hope you all enjoy this chapter and can't wait for the next!!
(I wasn't sure if somebody had seen that I had posted this chapter up, so that's why I post it up once more. Sorry for the troublesome)
Chapter 8
My Friend
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The thunder rumbled in the nightsky and once again, like with every storm, Ryou sat on his bed. He was wide awake and shivering as he heard the loud noises from outside. He had never liked storms before and as he sat there now, he shielded his eyes for a thunderjolt's light, which entered his room. The rain spattered against his window and the nightsky outside was darker than Ryou liked.
"Bakura", Ryou whined in his mind and he nearly jumped out of his skin when his phone suddenly rang. Thightly secured within his blanket, which was wrapped around him like a cocoon, Ryou answered the ringing phone.
"Ryou Bakura", he whispered softly. For just a second, Ryou heard a whimper when outside the thunder flashed again. Rumbles followed quickly.
"Hi. It's me, Yugi", Yugi's voice said, shakingly as well. "I'm really scared and sooooo sorry to wake you up, but I was scared and I don't know what to do!!! I can't remember where Yami lives either!!", Yugi said to Ryou. Ryou only sighed. He was happy to find out he wasn't the only one who was scared anymore.
"Why don't you call him?? Or are you just like me? Scared for waking him up??", Ryou asked. He had pulled the phone with him under his blankets. Ryou knew it was stupid, but he really, really had no likings for a cranky boyfriend in the morning.
"Erm... You're right. I'm soo stupid!!", Yugi scolded at himself and softly Ryou giggled.
"Yami lives two blocks away from you, at number seven. I don't think he will mind you coming to him", Ryou said softly. He heard Yugi do something and then suddenly walk down the staircase at Ailhak's home.
"Thank you so much, Ryou!! I'll just write a note for Ailhak, she's gone now... That's also why I called. I was really, really scared", Yugi said.
"Just be careful", Ryou said. They said each other goodnight, before ending the conversation completly. Ryou sighed, he was glad he could help a friend and now he was sure that he had forgotten something to ask from Yugi. Oh, right... To call him if he was with Yami. Ryou sighed, he knew calling wouldn't help so he rose up from his bed, still cloaked by his blankets, and he walked over to the kitchen. Figuring that if sleeping wouldn't work, he needed some hot chocolate with whipped cream.
Banging onto his door made sure he dropped his cup. It shattered against the wooden floor and Ryou took a deep breath. His heart beated in his throat and he felt himself shaking once again. He looked at his clock, reading the time. Eleven o'clock. Ryou frowned, but then smiled a little bit. Maybe it was Bakura! Ryou walked over to his door, unlocked it and opened up.
"Hello Ryou", a soft murmur said. The door was thrown open and Ryou gasped for air. He stumbled backwards and his back hit the sofa, which stood behind him.
"Coco", he murmured as he looked up at the girl who was taller than him. It wasn't easy to beat him, but she did her best to try. Her heels were high and she showed off more of her legs than Ryou had. Her red hair fell down and Ryou could see it was dry. Behind her stood a fairly Shrek-like Human being. Green eyes pierced into his and Coco grabbed the front of his pyjama-shirt.
"What d-do you want?", Ryou asked. He felt stupid for stuttering, but he couldn't help it. Her red eyes looked into his and a smirk, an evil one, lay on her lips. With four, red-painted nails she scratched his cheek harshly, making a little bit of blood seep from them.
"Revenge is what we want, Little Ryou. Yashimori, my boyfriend, doesn't like it what Yami did to him. And neither do we", Coco said. Ryou frowned, but when Coco had thrown him away carelessly to her side he gasped as his shoulder and back made contact with the harsh floor. Coco laughed.
"Little weakling", the fat teenager said. He 'walked' over to Ryou, who rolled away from the huge hands. Coco frowned.
"Do your work!", she called out, as she checked up her fingernails. She wanted to know if the boy's skin hadn't harmed them. Her helper made another dive for Ryou who had rosen up from the floor and jumped away from the one he knew as Dean. Dean grumbled low in his throat and Coco rolled her eyes as she walked over to the fat teenager. Ryou took a deep intake of air and ran passed by Coco. She tried to grab his arm, but she made large scratches on Ryou's pale arm, before the albino grabbed his keys from the small stand and ran through the door, locking it behind himself.
He heard Coco scream and curse at the closed door and Ryou let go of the breath he was holding. He gasped in fear when someone, clearly Dean, was trying to break the door out of it's post. Ryou held the keys fearfully in his hand as he dashed over to his staircase and ran down. The phone he had pocketed after Yugi's call hit his upperleg and afraid that it would fall out of his pyjamapocket, he grabbed it and held it in his hand.
"Get back here!!!", Coco called out through the hallway. Ryou stopped to look up at above him and saw Coco screaming at him. Ryou didn't thought it over for another second as he ran further down the staircase. He heard another pair of feet thundering down the staircase, but he was already down and he dashed outside in the rain on his bare feet.
As soon as he made a few steps outside, Ryou was soaked until the bone. The rain fell down harsly and the nightsky still rumbled deafingly. Ryou couldn't breath properly, neither could he see. Ryou looked at his phone and stopped running for a small second. He looked around and recognized the neighboorhoud he was in. Thunder flashed and Ryou knew his phone was wet, but he had to make just one phonecall. Just one! He searched through his phonebook and dialed the number he needed. Screams behind him made sure he started to run again, rounding a corner. Growling was heard on the other line
"Yami? I'm coming to your home! I need your help!!", Ryou's voice called through the phone. Ryou didn't hear anything, but the thunder once again. He yelped, but not for the thunder and then he heard Yami call his name.
"What's going on?", Yami said, and at that moment Ryou reached his door and banged on it, as loudly as he could. He gasped for air as he heard screams coming closer and closer. He heard nothing and then the lock of the door he stood in front of. Yami stared at him, the albino was soaking wet, calling him and fearing something as Yami could read the fear in those chocolate brown eyes.
"Yami", Ryou murmured as the smaller teen dropped his phone and hugged Yami in fear, trying to hide and be safe.
"It's okay. Hush, Ryou, it's okay", Yami whispered as he laid his phone away, closed the door and hugged Ryou back. He lay his own head onto that of Ryou, trying to comfort him, as Ryou cried out his fears.
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Somebody else came down the staircase as well and Yami looked at his Father. Akunamkanon was as confused as he was, but with all his might, Yami tried to calm Ryou down. He gently rubbed Ryou's back, but the albino whimpered of pain and fear too.
"Ryou? What are you doing here? What is wrong?", Akunamkanon asked very calmly. Ryou looked at the elder, tears still shining in his eyes, but a lot calmer now.
"It were Coco and Dean. They came to my house... my house...", Ryou said and Akunamkanon knew enough. He silenced Ryou and softly touched the albino's cheek.
"Maybe it's better if you dress up into something better, ne?", Akunamkanon asked gently and Yami smiled. His Pa always knew what to do.
"Don't worry, we'll get you to Bakura. He can comfort you better than I can. But first we'll help you, come on", Yami said and he helped Ryou towards the bathroom up the stairs. He grabbed a first aid kit out of the cabinet and Akunamkanon washed Ryou's wounds.
"Is Yugi here yet?", Ryou asked softly. Yami looked at him as he placed a small bandage over Ryou's cheek. He then shook his head.
"No, why?", Yami asked as he made sure the bandage was on the right spot and wouldn't fall off. Maybe he had used a little bit too much, but enough to hide blood... Yami shook his head to clear his thoughts, but not one of them saw. Ryou's eyes were shielded by the towel as Akunamkanon was drying the white, fluffy hair. Still, Ryou answered.
"Yugi was scared of the thunder too, just like me", Ryou said. He felt how Akunamkanon inspected the bruise and softly whimpered when he pressed onto the black-forming bruise. And the sorest part of Ryou's body.
"Oh, I see. Well... Even though I would like to wait for him, I have to take you to Bakura. He would be glad to know you're okay", Yami said.
"But... It's raining outside", Ryou said. Yami looked at him
"I'll take my car. You know I have my license. I will take you to Bakura", Yami said and then rose up to walk into his room. Ryou looked at Akunamkanon, but the elder softly sighed.
"I know", Ryou whispered. He knew indeed. It had been going on for a little while now. Before Yugi came, but it was like... without Yugi... Yami didn't change. Ryou then smiled a little bit, washing his tears away. Yami came back and gave his friend some nightblue pyjama's.
"I know they will be too big, but I don't have anything else that's this size", Yami said. Ryou giggled softly. Akunamkanon and Yami left the room to give Ryou some privacy. Ryou even found some boxers of Yami and blushed when he saw the pyramids on the black underwear. Still blushing he changed the clothes and once coming out he saw that Yami was ready to go.
"I'll come home, don't worry", Yami said and waved to his Pa before taking Ryou downstairs and to his car. When he opened the door Yami looked however not at the rain, but in Coco's face. She was smirking.
"So the little bitch went to Atemu-kun. We'll take him out here", Dean said, but Coco stuck out her hand at him.
"Get out of our way", Yami growled. His voice had lowered into a dangerous whisper. He pushed Ryou outside and made sure his friend was save while they walked passed by Coco and Dean. Yami had pulled the door closed, as not to worry his Father.
"Go to the car", he said and Yami himself walked to the door of the driver's seat. Coco grabbed Ryou's arm.
"Not so fast", she said, but her wrist was taken in Yami's hand and he pinched. She winced and slowly let go off Ryou when Yami put more pressure on her bone. Ryou got a hold off Yami's pyjama shirt.
"Don't you dare to touch him again", Yami snarled and he let go of the girl. He opened the car's doors and he pushed Ryou to the other side of the car to get in.
"But...", Ryou whispered. One look in Yami's eyes made him run to the other side and he wanted to get in, if Dean didn't stop him.
"I want to taste you, if I need to here and now", he said and licked his lips.
"What are you doing to Ryou", asked an innocent voice and Dean turned around with Ryou's arm still in his big hand. Yami snarled in the back of his throat when he saw Dean looking at Yugi, who was having a slight coughing fit from running and he needed two steps, a push with his hands of the hood of the car so he could push himself up in the air and come back down to kick Dean's loose hand away from Ryou. They all heard the bone snap. Dean grabbed his wrist and snarled.
"Get in the car", Yami snapped at the other two in front of him and gladly Ryou took this offer. Yugi followed him inside and Ryou saw he was shaking. Yugi took the hood of his head and looked at Ryou with wide eyes. He had never heard Yami snap at someone, even though he had seen it in his dreams. It was strange, but it felt all right though... Because it was to protect Ryou and him.
"Don't worry, he won't harm us", Ryou said and he slammed the door shut. Yugi nodded. He knew that, but he was still scared. One, the storm still raged. Two, he had never seen these two bullies, but he hoped to never see them again. Dean and Coco ran off from the property and Yami got in the car, fuming. He slammed the key in the slot and started the engine.
"How dare they. Next time I'll see them I'll hunt them down and kill them!", Yami called out to the wheel in front of him. Yugi touched his shoulder and Yami's crimson eyes looked at the smaller Angel through the rear-view mirror. Yami sighed softly and hit the wheel. The honk went off loudly.
"I'm sorry to scare you and to snap at the two off you", Yami whispered. He looked outside in the rain.
"How can I tease myself like this. I'm a fool, both of them are scared of me. Ryou only came to me because I'm close by. Yugi wouldn't come here because he's scared. They hate me, everyone hates me. I'm evil"., Yami silently thought. Then he turned to Ryou, his crimson eyes meeting chocolate coloured ones in the rear-view mirror.
"You got Bakura's keys? Or else it will end up me breaking his door", Yami said softly, trying to make up for his snapping. Ryou nodded. He had replaced his keys, together with Bakura's keys, and phone from one pocket to the other in Yami's pyjama's.
"Thanks for the clothes. And thanks for saving me", Ryou said. He blushed lightly again, thinking about the boxers.
"What would Bakura say"?, he thought and the blush reddened. Yugi spotted the blush and giggled softly, feeling save near Yami. Yami parked near a building. They walked into the apartment and got to a room.
"This is it. Number 227", Ryou said and he slid the key in the lock. He pulled up the pyjama pants before opening the door. Yugi giggled, but the three of them walked into the apartment.
"'Kura!", Ryou called out. On the couch, in front of the tv, sat the other albino. Bakura turned around when he heard the door open and his nickname. He raised up and was immediatly hugged by his small love. Again Ryou started crying. Yugi smiled, while he and Yami made a puddle on the floor.
"What are you guys doing here? Ryou! What happened??", Bakura asked shocked and scared to Hell when he saw the bandage on Ryou's cheek. He at least thought that his boyfriend had survived a war he didn't knew of. Which was partly true, which he didn't knew yet...
"I'll get towels", Yami whispered to Yugi while Ryou explained everything that happened. He explained how Coco and Dean had attacked him, he explained how they had followed him to Yami's house. How they had attacked him there. And how Yami had saved him. It was an understatement that Bakura was really pissed off, when Yami came back a minute later.
"They did do what?? Are they insane?? I'm gonna hunt them down!!", Bakura yelled and already went for the door. Yami took his arm and pulled him towards him, before whispering in Bakura's ear.
"They already took off. You can better stay here for Ryou", Yami said, snapping Bakura out of his rage. Bakura looked at Ryou again and he hugged his lover. Yugi smiled and accepted the towels Yami gave him. The puddle beneath his feet was bigger and Yugi was wondering if he was melting. He dried his face and took of his shoes and coat. Then Yami noticed he wore a backpack on his back. He looked at Yugi and Yugi giggled.
"Dry pants", Yugi murmered and he asked Bakura for the bathroom. Yami smiled after his love had dissapeared. Bakura motioned for him to follow him and he did.
"You need dry clothes too. By the way, isn't that your pyjama?", Bakura asked. Yami couldn't help but blush and chuckle softly. Bakura looked at Ryou.
"Yes they are", Yami said.
"Good, they fit him. And don't worry about it, it's all right", Bakura said, flashing him a quick smile as he gave Yami a pair of bloodred pyjama's. But as Bakura walked back to Ryou, he didn't see Yami lower his gaze and biting his lip. Yami closed the door behind him and dressed up in the pyjama's Bakura had given him.
"It's not okay. They're my pyjama's... Bakura is angered, because they're mine. Because I'm here... Because I snapped at both Yugi and Ryou... Because I'm here", Yami thought. He sat down on Bakura's bed and wrapped the blankets around him. He bit his lip so hard that blood dribbled down his chin slowly. Mixing with salty tears.
So.... That was part one. I hope you will review!! And do not read the other story, that's dangerous!!!! REALLY!! It is!!!
