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\Yami to Yugi\

/Yugi to Yami/

Chapter 21
Bakura sat under the tree at school as he watched Yami, Yugi, Malik and Marik run over to him. He had been sitting there since he left the hospital that morning. Hadn't moved an inch. He didn't even here them speaking to him until.

WHACK!

Bakura felt a fist connect with his face, which indeed woke him up from his thoughts.

"Yami that wasn't nice." Yugi yelled at Yami.

"Yeah well if he didn't ignore us then it wouldn't have happened." Yami said remaining calm.

"Bakura are you alright?" Yugi asked kneeling in front of him.

"I'm fine." Not caring Yami hit him.

"How's Ryou?" Malik asked

"He's…awake."

"And?" They all asked.

"You know how he told you guys he was evicted and he had a place he was staying at?"

"Yeah." Yugi and Malik replied.

"He doesn't have a place to stay, I think he's been staying in the park."

"That's not all of it, is it Bakura?" Yami said.

"No. He…doesn't want to see me anymore." Tears fell down his face.

"Oh Bakura." Marik and Yami sat down on either side of their friend and comforted him.

Yugi sat down with Malik and they just did their best to comfort their friend. Just as the first bell went they got up and Yugi spotted an albino boy Bakura had been crying over, entering the school grounds. Yugi didn't say anything he just blocked Ryou from Bakura's view and they went inside.

Sitting down in homeroom Bakura sat up the back and Yami, Marik, Malik and Yugi joined him. Bakura just stared at the front of the classroom. Just then Ryou walked through into the room and sat down in the opposite them at the front of the class. Bakura took one look at him and then averted his gaze to the front of the class. Bakura's eyes held sorrow and pain.

\Yugi go talk to Ryou. Tell him what Bakura did to save him. Tell him why he did it. Tell him what has happened to Bakura when Ryou told him to 'leave him alone'.\

/Are you sure?/

\Yes, take him out of the class.\

/Ok, good thing the teacher isn't in yet./

Yugi got up and walked through the rows of desks over to Ryou. He told him to stand up and come out of the classroom for a minute. Ryou declined politely. Yugi didn't take his decline lightly.

"Ryou, stand up now and come outside. I need to talk to you."

Yugi was serious and everyone in the room knew it. If there was one thing you didn't do, that was decline Yugi when he was serious. Ryou obediently, but reluctantly stood up and followed Yugi out of the classroom. Yugi closing the door behind them. There were only a couple of students left in the hall now.

"Ryou do you know why I need to talk to you?"

"Yeah, about what happened last night. I'm guessing Bakura told you."

"Yes and we were there."

"Listen Yugi I don't want to hear it or know about it." He went to walk back inside.

"Ryou!" Ryou stopped in his tracks as Yugi continued talking, "We know how upset you were when Bakura disappeared and you thought he was dead. Do you know what Bakura did last night when he found you?"

"…" Ryou was silent and Yugi dragged him away from the door and pushed him to a wall.

"Ryou he thought you would die. He gave his blood to save you. There was none at the hospital and he volunteered. He gave his blood for you." Ryou stood frozen before tears hit his eyes.

Bakura saved him when they weren't even talking to each other, when Ryou screamed at him in class and the library. Bakura did all that to save him and he just told him when he woke that he didn't want to see him.

Ryou's legs gave way and he slide down the wall to the floor. Tears fell freely down his face. He didn't even notice the teacher standing at the door asking Yugi what was going on. Once he explained that Ryou was upset about something that happened she allowed for them to stay outside the classroom till he calmed down then to come back in, then she went inside herself.

Yugi kneeled in front of Ryou. "You may feel bad Ryou, but Bakura... His heart broke. He was sitting under the tree since he left the hospital this morning. He didn't even notice us arrive and try to talk to him this morning till Yami punched him in the face."

"Yami hit him. God that's a bad thing to do."

"Bakura did nothing Ryou. Normally they would bicker or fight but he just sat there. He's depressed. Worse than you were when he disappeared. You want to know how bad?" Ryou nodded. "When we arrived at the hospital, he was sitting with his head in his hands crying. When he told us what you tried to do last night, he broke down in tears. He was even leaning on Yami's shoulder crying. He was crying for 10mins on Yami's shoulder. Then more when we were finally allowed to see you after you were given blood. Then again at school when you told him to leave you alone.

"Don't you see Ryou, he is breaking up without you. He is what he is and has lost so many people that he has tried to love, Ryou. You are most likely the first to not run scared of him at first sight. He has grown to love you and now you threw it away. I know you still love him or you wouldn't have endless tears running down you face."

"I…I do love him Yugi. I didn't realise I hurt him that much. I'm sorry about lying that I had a place to stay. You have one room that you're sharing in Yami's apartment and Malik's all the way on the other side of town. I didn't want to intrude."

"Ryou you would have never intruded on us. Plus Malik was evicted, he hadn't been paying rent so he's at Marik's now. Come on lets go back to class. I want you to talk with Bakura today, not in class, in private. Ok?"

"I will. Do you have a piece of paper and a pen on you here?"

"No, why?"

"I want to write down something and you give it to Bakura. Come in and I will write it down and you give it to him."

"No, how about you write it down and give it to him. Just walk up put it on his desk and sit down again."

"A-Alright."

Yugi and Ryou stood up and walked inside. The teacher said nothing. The two sat down in their respected seats and Ryou scribbled down something on a piece of paper and folded it. The teacher finished with the notices and they were free to talk. Ryou stood up taking a deep breathe and walked over to where Bakura sat with the others. Yugi and Yami smiling at him. Obviously Yugi told Yami what had happened outside and was glad Ryou was going to talk with him.

Ryou stopped in front of Bakura's desk. Bakura made no acknowledgement that he was there. Ryou just placed the paper down in front of his hands and went to walk away. But suddenly as he turned a hand grabbed his left wrist, frightening and hurting him. He turned to see who was holding him, to find it was Bakura. He wasn't looking at him or the paper just straight ahead. Not that Ryou could see his face. His hair was hiding his face from view.

"What's this?" Indicating that he had seen the paper that had been put on his desk.

"Read and find out. Now please let go. You're hurting the cut on my arm."

He saw Bakura flinch and head bowed down as he let go. Ryou had a stab of guilt hit his heart when he saw Bakura's actions. He turned and ran back to his desk.

Bakura looked at the paper, crystalline tears running down his face at the knowledge he hurt Ryou. Picking up the paper he opened it and read.

Bakura,

I don't know whether you will respond to this but here it goes.

I would like to talk to you today, face-to-face, alone at the back of the school next to the forest. I want to see if I can set things right with you.

I will understand if you don't want to, so I leave for you to decided.

I will be waiting at 10:40 there.

Ryou.

Bakura folded the piece of paper and held it tightly in his hand. Not letting it go. Wiping his tears away, he didn't see the smirks of Yami and Marik and smiles from Yugi and Malik.

Looking around the room when Ryou sat back at his seat to make sure no one was looking at him he rolled up his sleeve. There was a white bandage on his arm where the cuts on his left wrist were. He carefully pulled it back to see that a stitch had ripped from when Bakura had grabbed him. There was a drop or two of blood so Ryou ignored it. He put the bandage back down firmly on his arm and rolled the sleeve back down, before heading off to his two classes before meeting with Bakura.

The next to classes went extremely slow for both albino's. Ryou continuously checked his wrist to make sure no more stitches ripped. It was painful when they did. The bell for the second class to end went and Ryou quickly picked up his stuff and raced to his locker. Dumping them in the locker and accidentally caught his bandage and a few stiches on the door as he closed it. Holding his arm tightly he ran down the stairs of the school and to the forest where he was to meet Bakura.

He sat down at a tree that was the first line of trees of the forest and checked over his arm. He had pulled another 5 from his wrist and it was now bleeding, slowly though. Which was good in a way. At least it wouldn't cause him to faint while he spoke with Bakura. And hopefully Bakura wouldn't pick up on the scent. He put his bandage back over his arm and rolled his sleeve back down.

He looked towards the school to see Bakura walking towards him, across the very small oval. Bakura's head was down, looking at his feet as he walked across.

Ryou stood up when he was close and noticed the piece of paper in his hand. It was the piece of paper he had given him that morning telling him to meet him here.

Bakura walked past and into the forest. Stopping when he was out of sight from the school. It was rather dark at the depth he had walked in. Ryou was following behind him. Careful of where he walked. He didn't like the forest. The only reason he chose here was so that no one could sneak up and listen to what they were talking about. He stopped 4meters behind Bakura.

There was very little light coming through the canopy of the forest, causing it to be far more colder than outside the forest. Ryou hugged his arms around himself to keep himself warm. He wasn't exactly dressed for cold. The coat he was wearing the previous night had disappeared, so the only warmth he had was his school clothes.

They stood silent for a minute, before Bakura spoke.

"You wanted to talk, so talk. Don't just stand there."

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