A/N: Only two days after my last chapter, and I'm updating again! Summer boredom must be setting in. But there's no way I want to go back to school yet!

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After school, Bakura was in the weight room with Kaiba and the others. Everyone was celebrating their little "victory". Except for Bakura.

"We did it!" Leiko cried, hugging Duke, who was too busy high-fiving Weevil to bother pushing her away.

"Almost," Kaiba corrected. "He's been suspended, but that probably won't last for more than a few weeks. No worries, though. Because I have a plan that is sure to get Marik expelled."

Kaiba unzipped his backpack and pulled out a bottle of vodka.

"Sweet! Part time!" Amaya cried, making everyone (excluding Bakura) laugh. Even Kaiba chuckled.

"Not today, Amaya. But fear not, there's plenty more where this came from. Once this is found in Marik's locker, he'll be kicked out of school before he can blink." He walked over to the white-haired teen, who had been watching the whole exchange in silence. "Bakura, I've decided to give you the honor of putting this in Marik's locker. Congratulations," he said with an unfriendly smile. "You are now the best friend of Seto Kaiba."

"Oooh," the other kids said, impressed, for this was something all of them had been trying to achieve for months, and now this new boy, who had barely been here for two months, was lucky enough to obtain this honor.

Bakura gave the bottle in his hand a long look, then stared Kaiba right in the eyes.

"No." This was followed by a stunned silence. Then Kaiba broke it.

"What?" he growled.

"No," Bakura repeated, shoving the alcoholic drink back at Kaiba. "Look, it's been fun - well, not really 'fun', I guess - but I'm finished with you guys. It's a bit dull hanging with a guy who thinks he can do whatever he wants to just because he's a rich, spoiled brat who thinks he's better than everyone else." Kaiba glowered; no one had ever spoken like this to his face before.

"Just what are you saying, Touzoku?"

Bakura gave a small, nonchalant sigh. "Guess it's time to let the cat out of the bag. Or rather, the closet. I'm not like you, Kaiba, in more ways than one. I'm not rich. My family can barely make ends meet. I don't enjoyruining people's lives, because my life is a pretty big wreck as well. And, most importantly, I'm not straight as an arrow. I swing both ways." He looked at the small group of teens, who were watching with open mouths. "That's right - I'm bisexual, and I don't mind admitting it." He turned back to Kaiba, smirking in self-satisfaction. "How about that, Kaiba? A part-time fag, hanging with you this whole time, and you didn't even know it."

For a moment, Kaiba just stood there, supposedly in shock. Then, eyes narrowing, he balled his hand into a fist and socked Bakura, right in the jaw. Bakura took the hit easily, still smirking.

"You'll have to do better than that, I'm afraid. I used to get worse from my father."

Furious, Kaiba raised the vodka bottle and brought it down towards Bakura's head. Luckily, Bakura dodged just in time, so the bottle went crashing to the floor instead. Bakura winced slightly as a few glass shards embedded themselves in his ankle. Breathing hard, Kaiba pointed to the door.

"Get. The hell. Out."

"With pleasure." Head held high, Bakura picked up his backpack, saluted Kaiba mockingly and strode out of the weight room

"I just hope that wasn't one more big mistake I've made..." he thought.

"Suspended?" Marik cringed when he heard Odion say that word. "Dang, Marik, what did you do?"

"I didn't do anything! A bunch of other kids at school who hate me did a bunch of crap that I got blamed for!" Marik protested.

"Well, why didn't you tell the principal that they did the stuff that happened?" Marik shook his head hopelessly.

"What was there that I could have said? All the evidence there was pointed at me! I was screwed the minute I stepped into the Principal's office!" Marik sat down on the couch and buried his face in his hands. Odion patted his shoulder in what was supposed to be a comforting way.

"Well, maybe Mom and Dad can - "

"Mom and Dad!" Marik bolted up. "What am I supposed to tell them? 'Oh, yeah, I can't go to school for a couple of weeks because I got blamed for stuff other kids did and now I'm suspended'?" The tone of Marik's voice was getting closer and closer to hysteria.

"Marik!" Odion grabbed his younger brother's shoulders and shook him once. "Calm down!" Marik wrenched free of Odion's grip.

"Why do I have to be the only one on this family with problems?" He ran upstairs, only to return a few moments later. "I need some air," he muttered, walking out the door.

"Marik!" Odion tried to call him back, but Marik ignored him. His mind was in too much of a fog to even think clearly. All Marik knew was that his life sucked and he wanted nothing more than to get rid of the pain.

Forever.

I'm pretty sure that this is one of the shortest chapters in this story, but personally, I think it's the most dramatic. I don't know if anyone agrees with me on the "dramatic" part, but I'm sure everyone agrees on the "short" part.

R&R, please!