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Card-Keeper: Sorry in the big delay for an update, MAJOR computer problems. I can't seem to get online on my computer, so as I write this, I'm at school hoping the teachers won't come by. This sucks that I can't get on fanfiction.net.

Winter Vacation - Chapter 6

A while had passed and Bakura still hadn't found his way back to the hotel. He stopped for a short rest to regain his strength. He sat down on a bench nearby and set Ryou on his lap, head resting on his chest. His breathing had become heavy and in short, forced gasps.

Ryou! Ryou wake up! Please wake up!" Bakura pleaded to his hikari desperately. "Why won't you wake up?" he wonder out loud. He placed his hand against Ryou's cheek but pulled away quickly. "You're so cold!"

Bakura tried wrapping his jacket around Ryou already, but he wouldn't stop shaking so, without thinking, he removed his shirt which was keeping himself shielded from the cold and wrapped it around his aibou. Standing up, he then broke into a run for the nearest building. He didn't care that now it was around midnight and everyone was fast asleep, he just wanted his hikari to be okay. As he neared the door of someone's house, he could only pray someone hear him from outside.

He knocked once, twice, then tried once more, but not a soul answered. Just when he turned around to leave, however, the door creaked open slowly, revealing a surprised old woman.

"May I help you? Oh my what has happened to the poor dear!? Come inside you two."

"Arigato, thank you very much!" said Bakura. He walked inside to find a small, neatly-kept room. The old woman walked up towards him and smiled sweetly before leading him to another room with a small bed in it. He gently set Ryou on it and wrapped the blankets around him.

"I'm sorry, but this is all I can offer to you. I take it I am correct in believing that you will be staying overnight of course."

"Yes, thank you again for taking us in."

"It's no problem at all. Now, enough talk, we need to help your friend here.

"It's no problem at all. Now, enough talk, we need to help your friend here. What happened?"

Bakura really didn't want to explain the entire story to the old woman, plus they were running out of time the longer they talked.

"He stayed outside in the cold too long, I'm not sure what went wrong exactly." Bakura paused for a moment, remembering that Yugi and his Yami were probably very worried. "Errr..may I use your phone? I need to make a call." He looked hopefully at her.

"Why of course you can!" she exclaimed, "The phone is down trhe hall and to the right. I'll keep an eye on Ryou."

"Okay." Bakura said as he walked over to the phone and dialed Yugi's number. (A.N. I know Yugi doesn't have a cell phone but for the sake of the story he does now.)

^^^^^^^Yugi and Yami^^^^^^^^

"Yugi...what's going on? What happened to Ryou?" Yami pondered.

"Don't give me that! Of course you should know why he's upset! He only saw his boyfriend cheating on him with YOU! How could you Yami?" Yugi shouted, tears building in his eyes, threatening to fall any moment now.

"Aibou...you don't understand! It's not what you think!" Yami walked up to his hikari and wrapped his arms around him while rubbing his back, trying to stop his sobs. Yugi buried his face at Yami's neck and broke down in his arms. "Aibou...now listen, I'd hate to give this away, but I'm afraid I don't have much of a choice now do I? Bakura and I wanted to go to the ice arena in secret because we wanted to learn how to skate as a surprise for you two. We wanted you guys to enjoy doing things you wanted to do and we were being in the way."

"G- gomen-nasi Yami. I'm so sorry! I guess I should have asked you what was going on before jumping to conclusions."

"Hey, it's okay aibou. We just better hope that Bakura finds Ryou soon, its getting really cold out, and a storm is supposed to-"

Yami was cut off by the phone ringing.

"You think that's them?" asked Yugi.

"Maybe. Let's hope."

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Card-Keeper: Okay I really wasn't finished with the chapter, but I gotta put something up. Review or not I'll finish the story. Just I gotta do it at school. -_-;;