April Fools Falling
Neh, poor Ryou-chan... Do you people like harsh confrontations? Yes? No? Either way... **sigh** Why do I always pick on him? Make him dress like a girl in one fic, kill him off in the first chapter in another, how many other tortures have I put him though?
Um, there'll be some section of song inserts, from sections of 'Hold Me' by Savage Garden, k? Ok, maybe you could consider this chapter 'songfic'.
Chapter 3-
Breaking Points
"Enemies at war we build defenses and secret hiding places"
-Savage Garden
BANG!
Eyes turned to the scattered books and papers, but none offered help to the boy who quickly dove to pick them up.
Yuugi bent down and started gathering the papers with his friend.
"I'm sorry Bakura."
Ryou felt the warm tears fall, no longer holding them back. "No, no Yuugi. It's my fault, for believing it could be true."
Aibou?
Yes Yami?
I'll hurt him if you want me to.
No Yami, please don't.
But he hurt you so badly, broke your heart.
Thanks for caring, but I can handle this on my own.
Ok then. Just don't do anything stupid, like attempt to kill yourself.
Fine, I won't then. And he thought this in a perfectly serious tone.
Hey
If we can't find a way out of these problems
Then maybe we don't need this
Standing face to face
Enemies at war we build defenses
And secret hiding places
Ryou shut his locker quietly, took his books from Yuugi, and walked off, dismissing himself with a quick bow.
He made his way to class quickly, muttering a quiet 'sorry' to people as he passed them. Seto-sama, why? Why...?
I knew it was too good to be true. Some part of my brain, the tiny section that wasn't love-struck, knew it was fake. Why don't I listen to common sense? He'd never love me. Never.
I might need you to hold me tonight
I might need you to say it's all right
I might need you to make the first stand
Cause tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man
But did he really have to plan out this hoax? Did he have to go through all this just to poke fun at me? Well, thanks for your attention, Seto Kaiba. That's all I need, more people pulling my leg, hurting me. All this, the ultimate prank against me. I'm glad Yuugi and them found out, got that, Kaiba?
"Ryou!" A voice called to him. The voice that only a few minutes ago he'd have begged to even say his name at a normal tone, yearned to hear said to him lustily, lovingly. The voice belonging to the man whom he thought he loved.
"Go away Kaiba." Ryou whispered, passing him straight up.
Hey
More than angry words I hate this silence
It's getting to loud
Well I want to scream
But bitterness has silenced these emotions
It's getting hard to breathe
Ryou stayed around Yuugi-tachi during homeroom. He knew Seto wouldn't approach him when they were around, and being around them was what he intended on doing.
He would not let his gaze wander to the former object of his affection. Too much pain was welled there. And seeing his confident smirk wouldn't help either.
Jounouchi noticed the look on Seto's face during homeroom. It wasn't a smirk, but instead a look of disappointment. That's right Kaiba, we tipped Ryou off first, before you could pull it. That'll teach you.
Yuugi was kind of worried. He knew Ryou would be sad, heart-broken. But a different emotion also seethed through the boy's eyes. Anger. Yuugi has never seen him truly angry, but this... this was different. This hit him straight through the heart, overflowed his breaking point. Yes, even Ryou Bakura had a breaking point.
So tell me isn't happiness
Worth more than a golden diamond ring
I'm willing to do anything
To calm the storm in my heart
I've never been the praying kind,
But lately I've been down upon my knees
Not looking for a miracle,
Just a reason to believe
Seto wasn't in Ryou's first class. A matter of hours ago, he'd have wished Seto was around him 24-7. But now, he never wanted to see him again. Cold bronze eyes scanned the books, trying to concentrate on work instead of pain.
But pain still seeps through.
Science was studying geology and different gems. Sapphires included.
Cold, beautiful sapphire eyes danced through his head, intangible.
"Go away..." he whispered, angst still flooding his soul and hurting him, stabbing and tearing at his very heart and soul.
I might need you to hold me tonight
I might need you to say it's all right
I might need you to make the first stand
Cause tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man
Seto was in the next class, Yuugi-tachi was not.
When Ryou saw him approaching the classroom, he freaked.
Let me take over.
Ok, but don't hurt him, ok?
You're too soft, even to those who hurt you.
Bakura stayed seated as Seto noticed whom he thought was Ryou.
"Ryou, um, can I talk to you?"
Bakura turned to face him. "No, Seto Kaiba. Now go away before I take it to my duty to hurt you for hurting my Light."
"But-"
Bakura's hand lashed out and hit Seto upside the face on the cheek.
Seto groaned, holding the said cheek. He would have retaliated, started fighting the Yami, but the class started filling in. No one would ask about the starting-to-swell cheek, given no one cared about him, so no problems would arise.
Do you remember not long ago
When we used to live for the nighttime
Cherish each moment
Now we don't live we exist
We just run through our lives
So alone
That's why you've gotta hold me
Ryou took back over and Seto noticed the changes. He would have gotten up and said something, seeing his opportunity, but the teacher came in.
So instead, about halfway through the class, he scribbled something on a note and passed it over. No one tried to look at it, given most students were droned out.
Ryou received the letter. Seto watched as he glanced at his own name. Ryou made a split-second eye contact before doing what he had to.
He held up his hand, crumpled the note up, in plain sight, and threw it in his pocket.
Hey
If we can't find a way out of these problems
Then maybe we don't need this
Standing face to face
Enemies at war we build defenses
And secret hiding places
A longer gaze connected the two. One's eyes full of surprise and the other on the verge of tears of anger.
Seto shook his head in disbelief. Yes, this was the real Ryou glaring at him with hatred bleeding. If not true hatred, then cut very short.
By the last period of the day, Ryou was irritated. When the bell rang, he ran to his locker and shoved everything in, even ignoring Yuugi-tachi. He had sat separately at lunch and ignored everyone's pleas to calm down a little. There was no reason for him to calm down.
About three-quarters of the way home, the all-too-hurting voice came.
"Ryou, matte, please."
Ryou stopped and turned on his heels to face his pursuer. Seto Kaiba slowed to a stop and panted slightly, indicating that he had been running.
"What do you want?" Ryou spat.
I might need you to hold me tonight
I might need you to say it's all right
I might need you to make the first stand
Because tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man
"I wanted to talk with you."
"About what?" Ryou's mouth hung open in an angry sneer- as much of one as he could manage. After all, he was facing the one who had made the last hours of his life a section of hell.
"I-I..." It was unnerving, the position he was in. Feeling like he had nothing else to lose, he grabbed Ryou and forced his tongue into his mouth in the form of a sealing kiss.
Ryou squirmed against his grip and eventually pushed himself away. Red graced his face as his eyes widened for a few seconds in hope, before returning to his angered state.
"You... so, this was just an excuse to both hurt me and get your tongue down my throat. You are a low son of a bitch. I thought I loved you."
"Ryou-!"
"No, we have nothing else to discuss. Good bye Kaiba."
He turned and started running. His backpack clapped against his back. He prayed that he was not being pursued.
He quickly ran up to his room and threw his pack down, leaping upon his bed in a fury of tears. "Why?! I loved him and all he wanted was to hurt me and get his tongue in me. That's all." And there he lay for hours, ignoring that he was hungry and needed food, ignoring that his throat was parched from yelling, ignoring that he had to be a mess from all his antics.
He felt like wasting away and dying like that. He wouldn't go back on the promise he made with his yami, but he'd die anyway.
A piece of paper jabbed at him from within his pants pockets.
Remembering the note, he pulled it out slowly. He considered just throwing it away, but then decided that he couldn't hurt much worse, so why not?
The note was scrawled quickly, but lengthy for the allotted time. Two pieces of paper clung together.
Ryou, I am sorry if I have hurt you with my words. I did not mean for you to find that letter so soon.
Ryou read on, tears re-flooding his eyes, but on a different note.
"If feelings not the same... sorry it hurts you... forgive me... but... I really... do... love you... Sincerely, Seto Kaiba." Tears fell to his lips in small trickles. He turned to the second page, which had only two words written down.
"I'm sorry."
Neh, I made Ryou-chan so mean! And yet, all shall be redeemed. Next chappie is last! See how it all ends now, now that Ryou learns Seto's true intentions and Seto now thinks Ryou hates him. As earlier said, is all fair?
And what about Yuugi-tachi?