Palace Rebel!
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Chapter Twenty-Five
They're Fish Ryou
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Mariku chuckled slightly taking the pale teen around the streets, purposely avoiding the library…every bloody time they entered the stupid librarian girl would flirt on his Ryou and until Ryou would admit to his feelings completely it was still a fifty fifty chance he might actually fall for this girl…Though he had said he was gay, but he could still tell his fathers teaching had him mentally torn about the idea…
"Hello!" a girl accidentally bumped into Ryou, "I'm so sorry sir…"
"It's ok," Ryou smiled rubbing his head as he looked at the girl
"Prince Ryou?" she blinked at the pale teen who looked so much like the prince she had lined up days to marry only to be turned down
"No," Mariku growled picking Ryou off the ground, "you selfish bitch…can't you see this is my lovely boyfriend? not some random prince you girls have an obsession with marrying? this is obviously not him…this boy is much cuter~"
Ryou blushed deeply as Mariku picked him off the ground, "Mariku! language! I'm sorry Miss!"
"Awe~" Mariku smirked, "but you didn't deny being my boyfriend~" Mariku chuckled
Ryou froze…shit…he stared wide eyed at his friend, "well…I meant to! Ok?" he pouted childishly
"Awe honey~don't be like that," Mariku chuckled, "would you complain if I said you your a friend?"
"No…"
"Well then you have nothing to complain about," Mariku smirked, "because if I'm not mistaken and correct me if I'm wrong…but I am a boy and I am a friend? isn't that right Miss?"
She nodded slowly raising to her feet, Ryou pouted at the girl as she quickly left the awkward scene.
"You know what!" Mariku chuckled as he turned suddenly, "I know just where to go!"
"Mariku!" Ryou pouted, "don't change the subject!"
"Come on~" Mariku smirked
"Fine, but don't think this makes up for it!" Ryou pouted but followed the other teen, "where are we going?" Ryou glanced around noticing the odd surroundings, it seemed to be getting bushier…
"Somewhere…" Mariku smirked
"Mariku?" Ryou giggled
"Yes my little prince?" Mariku chuckled
"Where are we going my little rebel?"
"How about you just look around?" Mariku chuckled as Ryou looked around in awe, Mariku chuckled slightly…he wasn't sure how he could of missed the way Ryou looked around in such awe and wonder
Ryou smiled happily running over to the shallow stream and staring at the clear water… "wow!" Ryou slowly lowered to the ground wiggling his pale finger in the cool water as the little fish dispersed frantically…he giggled slightly
Ryou stared at fish in a lake, fascinated…he had never been aloud this close to water or its underwater life since the death of his mother and sister…except on the bridge…once a year, heavily guarded
It was fantastic to dip his fingers in, even if he could see the bottom of the little stream, "do you like it?" Mariku chuckled as the white haired teen stared into the water like he had never seen fish before
"They're amazing!" Ryou said excitedly, "how do they breath?"
"They're fish Ryou," Mariku sat down next to the pale teen lying on his stomach, "they breath water through there gills or something…I didn't really go to school you know?"
"Me neither…father tried teaching me what he wanted me to know and that was it…" Ryou sighed, "and shut up! I've never seen a fish before!"
"Pfft!" Mariku fell over laughing, "you-you've never seen fish!" Mariku chuckled slightly as Ryou shoved him
"Shut up!" Ryou pouted
"But if you've never seen fish…that must mean you haven't seen the towns Aquarium?" Mariku calmed down a bit, "we should go sometime…but then again, that might now be such a great idea, now would it?" Mariku chuckled
"Why is that!" Ryou pouted
"You might have a heart attack from all the fish," Mariku chuckled even harder as Ryou shoved him into the shallow water making the little fish scatter even further, "hey! I'm all wet now!"
"So," Ryou pouted
"So…" Mariku smirked sitting up slightly, "so are you~" Mariku smirked wrapping his arm around the pale teens waist and dragging him into the water as well making sure not to wet the boy's white patch on his cheek…it would be able to come off soon
"Mariku!" Ryou growled but couldn't help giggling as he too was pulled into the cold water, "I'm wet now!"
"So," Mariku smirked, "hey can I ask something?"
"Sure?" Ryou giggled slightly looking at the other teen
"When we first met…was that the first time you drunk alcohol?" Mariku smirked looking at the pale teen curiously
"Yes…" Ryou bit his lip…was that bad? He wasn't even old enough anyway…
"Oh my god!" Mariku chuckled as he realised what that must of meant and just what Ryou did to keep his identity
"What?" Ryou didn't see what was so funny
"Do—do you know how many rule things I broke!" Mariku couldn't stop him self chuckling, "I got you drunk, I drugged you, I kidnapped you, broke you out of the palace, kissed you and turned you into a thief! Do you know how much shit I could get in!"
"Oh!" Ryou finally caught on, "yeah…you kind of did do all that stuff…hope your proud…" he stared blankly at the other teen…what a great influence
"Wait…" Mariku smirked cheekily, Ryou stared at him curiously…where was he going? "Was that your first kiss~"
"My first what!" Ryou flushed deeply
"I mean it's ok if that's true~" Mariku chuckled, "you kiss well for a beginner~But if you want to improve you need more practice~"
"Shut up!" Ryou flushed even deeper
"Awe it's ok Ryou~" Mariku chuckled splashing back into the water, "I can help you practice~"
"S-shut—shut up!" Ryou stuttered
"Awe little bunny~" Mariku chuckled sitting up and spinning over so he had Ryou pinned under him, lying in the shallow stream
"M-Mariku!" Ryou stuttered as the other teen powered over him and left him lying helplessly in the stream with the other teen towered over him, his hair was spread out through the water as Mariku's was drooping slightly from being wet as well, he wanted to clutch his necklace like a nervous habit…but he was kind of frozen under Mariku's deep lilac gaze
"What little bunny~" Mariku chuckled as he heard the uncertainty in his friends voice, "your scared?~ Aren't you little bunny?~" he chuckled darkly
"N-no!" Ryou stuttered again, "I'm not—not b-bloody s-scared!"
Mariku chuckled darkly as his friend couldn't stop stuttering, "I wouldn't hurt my little bunny~" Mariku chuckled staring at Ryou's wide worried brown eyes, they didn't have red in them today…it was an on and off thing, he would have to watch out for it…
"I know-I know t-that!" Ryou stared up at the other teen chuckling down at him, he could kill himself for the stuttering, he just couldn't help it…he knew his friend was just kidding around, but still
"Brother?" Marik stared at the odd scene in front of him, "what the fuck are you doing!" Marik flushed almost as red as Ryou's normally pale face was flushed
Mariku froze suddenly as he realised his brothers presence, Mariku quickly jumped up… "Marik!" Mariku turned to his brother and flushed slightly red…he never wanted his brother to see him mucking around with Ryou, "it's not what it looks like!" he knew it sounded stupid, but it was all he could think of, "actually that depends on what you think it looks like…" he added thoughtfully
"It fucking looks like your raping Kura in a lake!" Marik covered his face to hide the weird scene
"Well then," Mariku smirked, "it's not what it looks like…good, I had it correct!" he chuckled, "isn't that good Kura?" he chuckled childishly
"Mariku!" Ryou sat up, "your messing with his head! Marik, your brother was just messing around…I promise!"
"Yeah! Messing around with my Kura!" Marik spluttered
Ryou rolled his eyes as he stood up slowly and walked over to Marik who had begun shaking at the scene, "Marik-san," Ryou looked at the tanned teen with his puppy dog eyes, he worked better since his hair was soaked down as well, "you know we were joking around right~as you said I'm your Kura~"
"Bakura?" Marik jumped slightly as the white haired teen stood mere moments in front of him creating a little puddle of water, "I trust you Kura!" Marik hugged the other teen tightly, "you are my Kura!"
Mariku growled slightly as Ryou tried convincing his brother to drop it by pretending to flirt with him instead, "but remember Marik~I can play with your brother too ok? So don't freak out next time~" Ryou patted the back of the other teens head who was snuggling into him, "I wouldn't let Mariku rape me if the world depended on it~"
Marik nodded softly, "do you want to go? Mariku can come…" Marik pouted slightly staring at his brother, "but we can go have fun Kura! My Kura!" he tried to make sure the last part was very much heard by his brother
"Ok," Ryou smiled pushing out of the hug, "we can all go, come on Mariku…"
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