I don't own shit out of this, just the story and the AU. Enjoy!
Week 1, Monday, Morning
It was Monday morning already. All weekend Bakura had been devouring information and scheming. It was safe to say that now his mind worked like a well experienced criminal's. Sorta. He also asked Daku-kun about all the services he gave, just to be safe.
Bakura looked at the alarm and quickly realised how late he was. He was supposed to be waiting for Ryou behind the corner already! He grabbed his bag and dashed for the door.
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After safely 'escorting' Ryou to school the first thing he saw his frail target do was walking behind a bush where another person was already waiting.
"Ugh! You can be such a pain, Ryou!"The annoying voice scratched, with both hands on hips.
"I'm sorry... If it bothers you so much, maybe we should stop walking to school together."Ryou whispered back in a light tone, looking at his legs. To this Malik looked visibly stunned and scared even.
"...n... no... that... that's not what I... Just forget it okay?!"The blond huffed and crossed his arms in front of his chest, closing his eyes shut.
"ANYway. I want you to meet me at the school rooftop in lunchtime. Got it?"Malik said cracking an eye open at Ryou.
"Huh? Why?"Ryou asked tilting his head in a cat-like manner. Was there any time during the day this beautiful creature was not being adorable?
"Stop being so difficult!"Malik shotes snapping at him yet again."Just be there, alright? And don't keep me waiting!"He finished his rant with a stern look on his face.
"Okay, okay. I'll be there."Ryou finally said, smiling in defeat.
That son of a- There was just no way for Bakura to express how much hate he felt inside when he saw the idiotic face of Ishtar... He was so gonna get rid of him this week... He was going to tear that small d-
"Bakura! Earth to Bakura!"A white hand disturbed his sight and forced Bakura's attention on the new voice. And surprise, surprise it was the younger Dhahabi twin.
"What?"The whitette asked clearly annoyed.
"You were just staring off into space for a while now. I was just wondering if that's normal, or should I call the nurse and all..."
"I'm fine."He answered his new companion heading towards the school. Yami followed him.
"If you say so."The tri hair coloured teen answered shrugging.
"You're brother. I don't see him."Bakura blurted out trying to ease the awkwardness.
"Oh if he would be here, then he would do more than anything for everyone to see him."Yami said rolling his eyes."He's currently on 'advanced studies' so he won't be here for a few weeks. Lucky me... The only problem is that Sahir-san is the Vice President..."
"I see. I wouldn't trade places with you."Bakura spoke as he approached his desk.
"Well, I know for a fact that lots of other people would, for a fact. But I can hardly imagine why."The shorter male complained as he sat down infront of Bakura backwards on his chair."Wow, classes are pretty empty in the mornings..."
"Yes. Club meetings usually happen around now, I think."He said as he proceeded to take out a book from his bag.
"Yeah... Mornings must suck for club members..."At this Bakura just stared at him, giving the 'are you an idiot?' look.
"You know... YOU are a club member too..."
"Yeah, I know."Yami yawned dozing off for a brief moment, before shooting up from his chair."Oh, Ra! I AM a club member! Sahir will kill me! See you later, Bakura!"He heard Yami shout before he speeded out of the room.
Perfect... Bakura thought. The book he was holding was stoolen freshly, while he walked next to Malik for a moment. This was the perfect chance to get close to him and find out what he wanted from his Ryou. He left his bag there and walked out of the class, searching for Class 2-1. It didn't take that long, since he just had to go one floor down and walk past Ryou's class.
Inside the room, there was conveniently only Malik present. Infront of him, he had two bentos, which already gave away his idea to Bakura.
"Oi!"He shouted at him, making Malik drop that disgusting dreamy look on his face and turn his head towards Bakura."You Ishtar Malik?"
"Umm... Yes? Is there anything I can help you with...?"The tan teen asked raising an eyebrow.
"Quite the opposite actually."He said pushing the door fully open, walking up to his desk."You dropped this."And with that Bakura let the booklet fall on Malik's desk from his hands.
"My biology book! Thank you! I was gonna be screwed if I didn't have this on the first lesson..."
"Your welcome."Bakura mumbled back.
"Is there any way I could thank you?"Malik asked after putting it away.
"Nah, don't sweat it. Kohais should be able to depend on their senpais."
"You're a senpai? Sorry, I didn't realise...?"
"Rabushikku Bakura. Class 3-2."Bakura answered offering a handshake.
"I'm... Well, I guess you already know who I am."The other said laughing awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck. Now for the main reason, Bakura was here...
"What's with the two bentos?"The older questioned letting his eyes wander to said objects.
"O-Oh! That!"Malik visibly blushed."It's for a friend of mine..."At this Bakura smirked.
"Friend my ass! Look at you blushing!"He chuckled.
"Well... Um... Let's just say that I really like him..."
"So you got a crush, eh?"Bakura let out another cackle as the boy infront of him blushed a few shades."Well, be sure to ask for help from me, if you need. Later then."He turned and left the class.
Now to foil Ishtar's plans...
Bakura slowly walked down another case of stairs. And turning on his left he found himself outside of the nurse's office. Peeking inside the room a few white beds and counters were visible and the nurse's desk. A red-haired woman was walking around the office checking the equipment and such. With a quick idea, Bakura walked in and called for the nurse.
"Sensei. A boy on the rooftop is not feeling too well."He started."He refuses to get any help, but I'm sure he needs some."The nurse nodded and thanked Bakura walking out of the office leaving her stuff behind. Smirking, Bakura sniffed around the room looking for what he needed. After a short search, he found a closet with strong medicine inside it. But it was locked. The teen groaned in frustration, digging in the closets. Luckily under a few documents, he was able to find a key chain with keys hanging from it. Picking it up he tried a few unlocking the closet with the third key. Browsing for a few moments he found a capsule labelled 'Emetic Poison'. Bakura locked the closet and hid the keys where he found them and exited the office. He went back to Class 2-1 thinking about a great distraction. Arriving at the floor he noticed a vending machine close to Ishtar's classroom. He quickly ran next to it, making sure that no one was around. He threw in a few hundred yen, and pressed the same button over again a few times, finishing his deed with a well-measured kick. As suspected the machine instantly went berserk spitting out a good amount of fizzy drink cans, causing an unbearable noise. He ran past Ishtar's classroom so he won't be noticed, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
It didn't take a long time for the tan boy to poke his head out of the room. The unsuspecting fool went to the direction of the noise, just as Bakura wanted. The white-headed teen ran in the class, opening the bentos giving both an overdose of the medicine in his pocket. He knew that this would hurt his angel, but this was absolutely necessary. You can'T make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Bakura needed Ryou to hate Malik, so the frail boy won't feel too much pain when he'll be gone. Closing the bentos, he hurried out of the classroom into his own, waiting for the first period to start.
Week 1, Monday, Lunchtime
Bakura was already excited about the inconvenience he caused for Ishtar, so after turning down Yami's idea of lunch together (he didn't want to practice in the Drama Club again), he went straight to the rooftop waiting behind the corner where he saw Ishtar heading. After a little while Ryou showed up next to him and the following scene played out:
"Okay... I'm here just like you asked."Ryou started.
"H...Here!"Malik said showing one of the bentos in the other's face.
"What's this?"The light boy asked observing the bento.
"It's a bento stupid!"Malik snapped pushing the box in his face again.
"You made me lunch?"
"D... Don't get the wrong idea! I didn't make it for YOU! I just... Made too much food this morning. So, you can have the extras!"The taller one yelled his answer in a very fast speed.
"Oh... Nice! Thanks a lot!"The angel beamed which made Bakura feel even more hate towards Malik that Ryou directed that smile at him and not Bakura.
"Just shut up and eat it!"He continued his speech with a loud yell and he pushed Ryou down his butt on the nearest bench. Ryou opened the box taking the chopsticks in his hand. He took a few bites out of the rice, face slowly forming into a grimace.
"Ugh... What did you put in this?!"He asked holding onto his stomach, as it could run away at any moment.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"My stomach... Really hurts all of a sudden!"Ryou moaned standing up slowly from the bench, leaving the bento at its place.
"Hey! You shouldn't insult one's cooking you baka!"And of course, Malik instantly answered with offence.
"I'm sorry... I can't finish it! I have to go!"The whitette groaned running away to the closest restroom.
"Huh?! Ryou, wait!"He screamed after his cooking's victim."...Oh, no... What did I do wrong...?..."Malik asked spoking to the air letting himself to fall on the bench.
Satisfied, Bakura left the sulking idiot to himself and he decided to put the poison back at its place.
Week 1, Monday, Afternoon
After cleaning time which Bakura spent together with Yami (and Ryou at the nurse's office), Bakura followed Ryou home for the first time making sure that nothing happened to him. This time he went alone without Ishtar, which made the lovesick teen very happy. Just a little more and then the 'Get-Ishtar-Out-Of-The-Picture' plan would-WILL be a success.
Week 1, Tuesday, Morning
The next morning, unfortunately, Ryou and Ishtar already made up... Oh, joy... Bakura forgot to count his angel's kindness and forgiving nature in the plan. However, the air was still a little tense around them, which was good. He walked behind the bush again ears dropping on the two boys' conversation.
"Did you forget to eat breakfast again? Ugh! You're such a nuisance! You're lucky that I have some extra in my bento…"
"Umm... Sorry Malik-kun, but I think I'll skip..."Ryou mumbled.
"O-oh... Umm... What's that you're holding?"He blurted out trying to save the conversation.
"Oh, this? It's a very special book... My sister gave it to me."Ryou said showing the red covered book to Malik.
"What's it called? What's it about?"Questioned the other Malik, while looking at the book.
"It's called the Portrait of Markov. It's about this girl who... You know what? If you're really interested, I'd be willing to let you borrow it... But you have to promise to take good care of it."The offer was unwilling but according to Malik's reaction, he was clearly oblivious to that.
"...R-really...? You... You'd let me..."Yep... Totally blind."I-I mean, of course, I'd take good care of it! That's obvious!"
"All right then... I'll let you borrow it for just one day. Return it to me when school is over, okay?"Ryou stated, offering the book for Malik to take.
"Yeah, I will!"He said smiling and went to school with Ryou, to the school plaza's fountain.
That fucking bastard... Can't he take the fucking hint that Ryou didn't want to give away the book even for a day? Bakura's mind just raced through the possible ways to sabotage Ishtar and make Ryou hate him. After some while, the perfect idea came into his mind. It would make Ryou upset too... But that didn't matter. Once Bakura had his light angel all to himself, he would get him all the books he ever wanted.
"BAKURA!"A loud voice dragged him out forcefully out of his fantasies again. Annoyed, he looked up and surprisingly Yami stood infront of him again.
"What?!"He yelled back at him.
"Class now! Otherwise, we'll be late!"Bakura looked at the large clock on the school's front. 8:10 AM.
"So you intentionally came at the last moment because I assume, you wanted to miss the Drama Club?"
"Geez, two days and you already know me so well, Bakura!"He said laughing out loud."Come on, let's get to class."
Week 1, Tuesday, Lunchtime
At lunchtime, Bakura skipped Yami's offer again and made his way towards class 2-1. Since he was fast enough, he got there while Ishtar was still packing his books away. Except for one. The blond grabbed the crimson book and left the classroom, Bakura following from a safe distance. Once Ishtar reached the school plaza he sat down on the fountain and started to read.
"Okay, let's see what's so special about this book..."He murmured as he began to read. The target kept reading the book for about three minutes until he stopped.
"Here's a good stopping point... Woo, time for a break! Just a quick stretch..."With that said, Ishtar stood up from his previous sitting place and stretched his arms out. After that, he began to walk around the plaza, being strangely active. As he did so, Bakura saw the perfect opening and walked towards the fountain. As he reached the book he swiftly knocked it into the water using the loud chatter to his advantage so that no one would hear it. Especially Ishtar. Once he completed the task he walked behind the tree where he had the perfect view of Malik. Once the tan boy walked back to the book, he panicked once he wasn't able to find it. After he looked around the floor, only then he noticed the scarlet book in the pond.
"Oh, no! The book!"He cried fishing the book out."Ryou is going to be SO mad..."He disappointedly put the book away and walked back to his classroom with a guilty look on his face.
And as Bakura watched he felt so, so proud of himself. He was indeed the cause of the book being damaged, but his little angel didn't have to know about this now, did he?
Week 1, Tuesday, Afternoon
After school have ended Bakura instantly ran out of the school, waiting for Ishtar to screw up again. Ryou was patiently waiting outside too, so for the time being Bakura decided to skip time taking in his beautiful lights profile. So sweet... Adorable and... Just perfect... He would have continued his fantasy if the idiotic Ishtar wouldn't have ruined the picture. Whatever... This should be interesting...
"Hello, Malik-kun! So, what did you think of the book?"The angel asked with a stunning smile.
"... R-Ryou... I'm so sorry... The book... I..."He stuttered.
"Malik-kun...!"Ryou silent yelled as he took back the still wet book from his 'friend'. Just the sound of this word made Bakura feel disgusted..."How... How did this happen...?!"The look Ryou gave Malik was so heartbreaking that even those who didn't do anything bad would have felt guilty from it... Even Bakura...
"Kohai..."He whispered to himself, as he clutched the cloth above his heart.
"...I-I don't know... I'm sorry..."The blond answered with an apologetic look on his face.
"...I'll see you tomorrow Malik-kun. Goodbye."The angel said with a stern look on his face, turning on his heel and leaving alone.
Bakura was almost drunken on victory once the conversation was finished. If only the little guilt wouldn't be there... He let out a sigh and made his way to the main road. But again... He miscalculated... He forgot that Malik was still there... And of course, he had to recognise him...
"Rabushikku-senpai, wait!"Said teen let out a low growl and turned around.
"Yeah?"He asked without the sign of any emotion in his voice.
"Do you have time to talk...? I could really use someone to hear me out right now..."Curses! He wanted to escort Ryou today (from a large distance) today! But if he let something important slip what he was going to do tomorrow, then this would be a perfect chance!
"Sure. I'm all ears Malik-kun."Just saying his last name was disgusting enough for Bakura to do.
"What would you do if you kinda messed up all chances with a crush?"
"It depends on how you messed it up."He said as he started to walk again, Malik following close behind.
"Let's say that on the first day, you give them food poisoning and they have to spend the whole day at the nurse's place! Then not long after, you ruin their favourite book!"The younger one ranted.
"Oh, my! How truly unfortunate! But I think you're fine, as long as you don't kill them..."Bakura laughed.
"So what do you think I should do then?"Malik chimed in.
"I would suggest giving your crush some time. As in don't bother them for a while."
"So I shouldn't call him then yet..."Deduced Ishtar."Thanks for the advise Senpai! You're the best!"The boy said grinning changing directions to his own house. As long as he didn't do anything with Ryou while he wasn't around, everything would be fine. They'll probably make up before school then. Everything was going according to plan... Soon Ryou would be HIS. His own little light... No one will ever be allowed to claim Ryou besides him...
First of all, I must say that I have no grudges against Malik, it's just necessary for the story. I love most of the Yu-Gi-Oh! characters, but a few of them will have to die so... Yeah...
Stay tuned for the next chapter!
Next on Bakura Simulator...
"You tried to take Kohai away from me. And that is unacceptable."
"No... Please no... NOOOOOOOOOO-!"