April Fools Falling
Let's see how I wrap it up, eh? **sighs** I'm typing this late at night and I'm tired... **starts to nod off**
Quatre: Um, Wildwolf-chan...? **pokes her lightly**
Ryou: **coughs** No Seto.
Seto: **snaps finger and lowers his hand from the slapping position**
Whitewolf: Hah! **slaps her**
Icewolf: **flinches at the sound of the blow** That's like something Yami would do to the panda that was trying to steal Cacti...
All: **sweat drop**
Icewolf: I'll shut up.
Wildwolf: Itai! Shiro-chan, why? Itai...
Whitewolf: Get to writing your fic, idiot, or it's going to be all author notes and us standing here like idiots!
Wildwolf: You mean you're not already?
Whitewolf: Gr! **raises fist and bears claws**
Wildwolf: Ipe! **starts typing**
I would like to thank all of my readers!
Silver Goddess- Konnichiwa! Onegai do the sequel to 'Pure Love'!
Yugilover13- Hm, who's your 1st favorite? **slaps herself for being an idiot** Yes, poor Ryou...
Yami no Hikari- YOU BETTER UPDATE! **sits like a good girl and pats herself on the head** Ignore me.
Mr. Beagles- Hey, this is the 4th chappie, ain't it?
Bakura's Girl: Sama? Wow... I feel important! -^_^-
Indigo Tantarian- **flinches** I updated! I updated!
Kaiba-lover: Update Unexpected. I looked and there are 5 reviews. Yep, the note thing hurt... and it hurt to write.
Ashley: Again, yes, poor Ryou-chan, but all gets better! Or does it...? I've been wanting to dive away from my norm...
Ginny- IS it a joke? I COULDA meant lil one-way-ish stuff! No, wait, I already had him read the note... -_-
Ruri-chan- I write well? Wow... New concept that everyone tells me but I don't believe. I dun have AOL, but I have MSN under Wildwolf, no dah. And Seto/Ryou's a really cute coupling, and their personalities fit in my eyes.
Angelbird1224- Yeppers, I've updated one everyday, and here's the last chappie!
Angel- I bashed myself for this... verbally too.
Lily22- Wow, I'm being screamed at to review... cool!
Sarina Fannel- Well, I guess that's why no one ever does piss Ryou off, he looks as if he could get mad... it's always the pacifists with the psycho Yamis...
Queen of Games- Hai, poor them... **laughs nervously** As I said, I bashed myself for hurting Ryou-chan so much...
Baki-chan- Hai, that's over, the strike. And no, no Honda-liking-Ryou. Did I really make it sound like that? Wow... And he didn't get a bigger part cause I can't write him very well... **nervous laugh**
Achika-chan- I hope this chappie is good, I hope the chappie is good, I hope, I hope, I hope...!
Reviewer- Angsty and cute... that's possible? Wait, yeah it is... heh. I'm brain-dead.
Chapter 4-
Midnight Professions
It was late at night. Ryou knocked on the door of the large household. He wouldn't have come this late, but this was important enough to do now- given they were still awake. He knocked twice before it was answered.
Mokuba opened the door. "Yes? Oh, hi. Um, Seto isn't in a good mood right now; he's upset over something that happened at school today. Guess someone pranked him."
Ryou sighed grimly. "I'm afraid that I am the cause of his ill-being..."
It was evident that Mokuba was resisting the urge to slam the door in his face and walk away.
"... and I came to apologize for it. But if I can't at this moment, I understand. It's late-"
Mokuba raised his hand to stop him. "No, no. That's ok. If it would make Seto feel better... you see, whenever he gets depressed, it affects me too, given that we're all each other has. And whatever happened between you two, it must have been bad... he hasn't cried like this since our real Dad died."
"Gomen nasai..." Ryou felt guilt more than twinge at him.
"It's ok... oh! Come inside! Um, he's in his room. Up the first flight of stairs, right hallway, second door on the left- just after the bathroom." He pointed in various directions, indicating where to go.
"Arigato."
Ryou trekked up the stairs, feet hardly making a noise as he stepped lightly along. The hallway at the top was dimly lit, giving off an air of sadness and misery. Misery that Ryou was afraid he himself had caused due to the misunderstanding.
The atmosphere gave way to the sound of muffled sobbing; a sound Ryou never thought he'd here in the presence of Seto Kaiba. The sound someone made when they were too strong to cry, but just couldn't hold back the tears.
And to think, he caused this.
Ryou got the urge to back out suddenly. Yes, he wanted to comfort Seto, but was afraid of what may happen if he was angry and wouldn't forgive him.
He pushed the slightly-open door open slowly, revealing a room only lit by a lamp that sat by a computer on a desk directly across the room.
Seto himself was lying on his back on the bed with a pillow thrown over his face, as if attempting to suffocate himself- he may have been. It would have looked almost comical, had the situation not been what it was.
Ryou's heart raced. "S-Seto-sama...?" He halfway choked.
Seto sat up suddenly, pillow falling, bouncing off his leg, and hitting the floor. "Ryou? W-what are you doing here so late?"
"I-I wanted to say that- to say that... I'm sorry." Before he could be interrupted, he started speaking his heart. "You see, Honda had overheard you in the bathroom, sounding like you were going to pull a prank on me by telling me that you loved me. And I happened to find that letter, which made them more suspicious, and they finally got it to me that it wasn't real and I just overreacted and-and-and... I'm sorry." He stopped his run-on sentences.
"What?" Yuugi asked, sleepiness disappearing.
"Yeah, I went through Seto's stuff and found this mass of notes and stuff, all addressed to Ryou. It surprised me at first, but not as much as it would seem." Mokuba shifted the phone to his other hand. "Seto really does love Ryou, no matter what anyone says."
"So, we made this horrible mistake."
Mokuba didn't comment.
"Ack, I need to call Bakura, but it's too late! Ok, I'll get him in the morning. Night Mokuba."
Mokuba was about to answer that Ryou was already there when Yuugi hung up. "Oh well, their surprise."
"But..." Ryou's eyes watered slightly. "I-I still love you."
All this time Seto had been slowly stepping closer, too dazed and hurt to believe, yet too hopeful to not.
"Do you still love me as well?"
He stopped and slowly put his arms around the smaller boy. "Yes, yes I do." A thought clicked in his head. Pulling back slowly, he asked a question. "How do I know this isn't some April Fools joke to hurt me even more?"
Ryou smiled. "Look at the clock; it's past midnight, April 2nd. I truly, truly love... you."
An embrace took place as each took in the smell of one another, the feel of each other's bodies.
"Ryou-chan..." Seto brought his lips across his beloved's cheek, touching it lightly against the other's, not choosing to deepen it unless Ryou wanted otherwise.
Ryou himself enjoyed the tingly feeling of the lips so close to his own, intangible, yet right there.
The Dragon and Angel brought themselves a little bit closer.
Ryou walked into school the next day and went straight to study hall, not seeing Yuugi-tachi. We was extremely happy- why is just the reader's choice.
"Bakura!" The said group ran up to him.
"Hey everyone." He walked to his desk, but didn't sit.
"Um, where's Kaiba? We have to tell both you and him something."
"Oh, my Yami beat him up for me. He's probably at the hospital now." He shrugged indifferently.
"What?! Bakura!"
"Hey, he broke my heart, why not?" Again, Ryou shrugged.
"B-but!"
"We had something to tell you about that!"
"What now?" Ryou cocked his eyebrow.
"We made a mistake!"
"That letter was for real!"
"He really does care for you."
Yet another shrug. "Well, that's ironic. But what's done is done."
Maybe I can be an actor!
No, you shrug too much. His Yami returned.
Ryou smirked in a very non-Ryou-like evil way.
Suddenly, his face brightened and he seemed to leap over to the doorway. "Seto-sama!" He grabbed his love's arm in what the onlookers could have sworn to be a fangirl glomp and smiled happily.
Yuugi-tachi stared. "W-what?"
"But you said-!"
"Ryou-chan, what have you been saying?" Seto shook his head, smirking.
"Nothing Seto-sama, nothing at all. Neh, minna, late April Fools!"
"Bakura, we are so going to get you for this!"
Ryou hid himself behind Seto as Jounouchi and Honda- and yes, even Yuugi- ran at him.
"Whoa! Why am I caught in the middle of this?!"
And this is the action of April Fools Falling- falling in love, that is!
Ok! I was in the mood for something happyful, given my state previously. Well, now I can go to bed and lie there for two hours and try to sleep.
**slaps herself for the cheesy ending**