"I knew you were thick skulled, but you've truly reached a new low Pharaoh," the thief huffed over the phone.

"I don't know what to do! Or even where to LOOK for him!"

"Well how you plan to pull yourself out of this mess, I don't really care; your stupidity never ceases to amaze me."

"I didn't call to get yelled at by you too!"

"Then why DID you call?"

"I want to know what to do!"

"And it's because I'm always right about this sort of thing, correct?"

Yami mumbled.

"I thought so… because its thanks to me that you even got him in the first place!" he smirked, swelling with pride, "well, what did you do to get yourself in this mess? Certainly you didn't wrongfully accuse him of something, like you did me."

The sound of Ryou's face coming in contact with his palm was loud enough to be heard by both persons, "Now you've got to have pissed him off."

"…maybe I did," Yami's voice cracked.

"hah! There's no way he'll come back now! Not unless you think that he'll forgive you for being such a stubborn jackass."

"I know this Bakura, but I don't know what to do to get him back!"

"You can't. It's up to him now; you have no say in it anymore, and if you think you do, then you're even more stupid than I thought," the thief hung up, the cold dial tone ringing in Yami's ears.

"Well this is just great! Now, not only can I not say anything to get him back, I can't even make a gesture that I want him back or I'll be trying to sway his opinion. No wonder I didn't bother with relationships the first few thousand years of my life! They're so much work!" Yami kept himself occupied by continuing his rant and pacing around the shop until the doorbell rang. "Who is it?"

The small figure of a familiar boy greeted him; and however much he may have wanted to wrap him in his arms, he knew he wouldn't be able to, he wouldn't let himself. "Aibou."

The boy said nothing, instead he slipped silently past, up to his room where he closed and locked the door.

Yami had messed up; and he knew it.
5th Chap today! WHOOO! what better way to come back from hiatus than with a block? I think i'll take a lil break now tho, so i won't exhaust all my muse.

hope you enjoyed: please review!!!