Ryou was now officially as tipsy as could be. He wasn't drunk...but he
could tell he needed to stop the drinking for a bit. He wasn't a heavy-
weight. Quite the contrary, he was the light-weight of the year. Yugi and
Yami had sobered up at this point. "I drank more than you..." Yugi said
grinning cheesily. Yami shook his head. "Not a chance, I drank more than
YOU." Ryou giggled and shook his head a bit. Yami was even competitive
when it came to how much he could drink.
Bakura grumbled. It was cold. Perhaps he should have told his hikari why he didn't want him to go...he probably hated him now. He sighed as he wandered slowly to the party. "I'm sorry..." he said to the snow as it fell. He knew he had trouble expressing himself in a less angry way. Well...to Ryou. He wanted more than anything to protect him from the dangers of the world...but he couldn't be his mother. He was a brute to him for a reason. To toughen the gentle hikari up enough to fend for himself.
"I should be more reasonable." he mumbled as he reached the corner. In fact, he had indeed had good reason to want Ryou to stay home. Seto. He knew Seto would be at that party, and he had more than a hunch he would use Ryou. "I've been so stupid! I should have realized he'd fall for it..." He muttered kicking a light post as he walked past, but suddenly regretting it as cold air rushed past and it seemed to increase the pain in his foot. He almost had Seto's whole plan mapped out.
Bakura had always been there for his hikari, in secret. He always followed him. Even if he sometimes felt that Ryou was a hopeless romantisizer of human emotion and dreams. Prehaps it was because Ryou had grown up with a more caring family than the ancient tomb robber had. It was true, that Bakura was jealous of the friendships Ryou had, sometimes.
He'd always been alone. In his life, no one was trusted...and when his soul had been ripped from his being...and trapped in the millenium ring. It had left him bitter and angry with the world for over a thousand years. He supposed that since Ryou was friends with the pharaoh's hikari...that maybe THAT is what triggered his anger to force itself out on Ryou. Bakura growled. "I dont have time to psycho-analyse myself...I have to get to that party!" he said speeding up his walk.
Ryou grinned and popped a glitter bomb over Yami's head. "Ahh! Ryou!" the pharaoh yelped and feverishly began dusting himself off. "NO!!!" Yugi burst into such a powerful fit of giggles he fell backwards, from the chair he had been perched on, to the floor. Ryou laughed. "You ok Yugi?" He said helping his friend up tipsily. "heh heh heh..Yami is so preeeeeetty.." Yugi said in a teasing voice. Yami's ears practically smoked. "I am NOT pretty!" Yugi grinned. "oh-my-god, that glitter is -like- SOOOO cool." The amused hikari said, in the most prep-ish impression he could muster. Yami was steaming. "Yugi!" he said in a warning tone. Yugi smirked, giving his yami a harmless look. "Yes Yami?" Yami sighed. "Nevermind..." he said giving up on getting the glitter off...it was a lost cause.
Ryou wandered away from his friends and sighed. He sometimes longed for the acceptance Yugi's yami gave to him, from his own yami. They WERE two sides of the same coin weren't they?
Seto smirked. Ryou had indeed come to the party, now was his chance. If he played his cards right, he could steal the heart of the white haired teen, and seal away the source of his troubles...the millenium ring. If he played his cards right, Seto was almost positive that Ryou would hand over the ring without so much as a question. "After all, his 'yami MUST hate him...' right?" Seto said smirking.
It was simply perfect timing. Bakura had managed to get into the party. He stared dumbly at the massive amount of teens. "Ra...theres so many...how will I ever find Ryou?!" he said as he began wandering through the crowd. Unfortunatly, at that same moment, Seto made his appearance to Ryou.
"Hello Ryou." He said smiling. Ryou blinked and looked over his shoulder. "Oh! Hi Seto!" Ryou said turning to face him. "There's so many people here...I was begining to think I'd never get to talk to you." the change of heart added. Seto chuckled a little. "Oceans couldn't keep me from you Ryou." Ryou blinked and blushed lightly. "The mood's nice enough...care to dance?" Seto said offering his hand to Ryou. "Oh...I couldn't...I have two left feet really.." Ryou said blushing. Seto smiled. "Then I'll teach you."
Bakura was begining to get frustrated. "For Isis' sake! where in bloody hell is he?!" A girl in green and her dance partner bumped him, knocking him over. He growled. "Oh, like sorry dude!" they said paying him no real mind. "This is ridiculous!" He fumed getting up, swearing to get them back, as he stalked on. "This is like swiming against the currents of the Nile!" The statement wasn't far off...it truly was an ocean of half drunken teens.
Yugi giggled. "Yami...look Ryou's dancing with Seto!" he said jabbing his yami in the side. Yami only smiled. "Well...maybe he's the one Ryou needs. After all...Bakura is so unkind to him, he needs love in his life." Yami said noticing a familiar love-sick look in Ryou's eyes. Yugi giggled. "It reminds me of us..." Yami playfully batted Yugi in the back of the head. "Maybe, back when you weren't such a brat!" Yugi gave his yami a pouty angry face. "Brat?! I'll have you know you're a much bigger brat than mister pharaoh." Yami huffed. "Never in any millenia will I be a brat." Yugi rolled his eyes and playfully shoved his yami. "Whatever you say Yami."
Honda snickered. "Looks like Ryou's havin a great time, it only took him a FEW hours..." He said enthusiastically. Jono smirked. "You betcha! The point of a party is to PAR-TAY!" He said putting another knock on his drinking belt. "I just dont know if he should hang with Seto..." Honda said thoughtfully. "Aww dont go pokin' yer nose where it ain't needed Honda, sheesh!"
The song switched to a faster beat. Ryou blinked. "Already?" Seto laughed. "How late are you going to stay Ryou?" Ryou frowned. "Until my yami cools his heels a bit..." Seto shook his head. "So...you dont have plans of going home? Its nearly three in the morning." Ryou shook his head in supprise. "Three?! Its that late?!" Seto patted Ryou on the back. "I take it you've been having fun."
The music blaired in Bakura's ears. "I'm...going...to go deaf!" He shouted as loud as he could...noticing he barely heard himself. He sighed. "I cant even hear myself speak..." He said really not hearing his mumbles. Still no Ryou...what was this place?! A place where people maliciously LOSE other people on purpose?
Ryou grinned and took another drink of his Bahama Breeze. "I dont know what I'm going to do when I get home..." Seto frowned and took a drink of his Citron lemonade. "How about you stay at my place? You said you'd come over anyway. I have a few guest rooms. You can take your pick. I'll even get you some new clothes for you to wear tomorrow." Ryou gawked at him. "I...I simply couldn't! Thats imposing of the worst sort!" Seto frowned. "Its not imposing if you're invited, and I invited you." Ryou frowned. "Are you sure I wont be any trouble?" Seto laughed. "I'm sure." He was only a few steps from prying that ring from Ryou. All he needed to do, was get Ryou on his turf and ask him...
Bakura grumbled and stumbled past the dancing teens, he was being ping- ponged from left to right and he was begining to get seasick. 'I'm starting to wonder if this was such a good idea...' he thought as he caught sight of Yugi. He smiled, Yugi could NEVER tell if he was Ryou or not. "Perfect!" He said running over to him. "Yugi!" Yugi blinked. "I thought you were having a few drinks with Seto." He said fanning himself lightly. "Wow sure is a great party isn't it?"
Obviously Yugi had been dancing for some time now. "Well yes I was, I just came over to sober a little...thats all." Bakura said in mock Ryou accent. Yugi shrugged. "You seem sober enough, you haven't drank that much.." He said grinning. "Oh!" He said catching sight of Yami waving him over. "I have to go, Yami wants to see me. Sorry to leave ya hangin!" He said running over to his yami. Bakura looked over to the bar.
It seemed like a VAST ocean between him and Ryou. For the first time that evening he had ACTUALLY caught sight of his Hikari. Bakura frowned. "Seto..." He said glaring. Seto had already gotten to Ryou!
"So..you wanna go to my house now? I can tell you're getting tired." Seto said as Ryou yawned slightly. "Well...alright...perhaps it would be a good idea..." He said finishing his Bahama Breeze and stumbling over to get another. Seto laughed. Ryou grinned sheepishly. "I rather like this stuff...." he said drinking his third or fourth in less than two hours. He was less able to walk than he had been when he got there. Seto helped him to the door. Sure enough. there was a limo waiting almost like it was timed.
Bakura yelled in frustration. "Where are they now?!" He said looking around the bar. He had seen them stand up...but as he had drawn nearer to the bar, luck would have it that he was knocked over for possibly the 40th time that night.
AN: WOOOOO druuuunk....still know where you live? ok...I'll dance with you. 1....2....3....uhhhh...^_^
Bakura grumbled. It was cold. Perhaps he should have told his hikari why he didn't want him to go...he probably hated him now. He sighed as he wandered slowly to the party. "I'm sorry..." he said to the snow as it fell. He knew he had trouble expressing himself in a less angry way. Well...to Ryou. He wanted more than anything to protect him from the dangers of the world...but he couldn't be his mother. He was a brute to him for a reason. To toughen the gentle hikari up enough to fend for himself.
"I should be more reasonable." he mumbled as he reached the corner. In fact, he had indeed had good reason to want Ryou to stay home. Seto. He knew Seto would be at that party, and he had more than a hunch he would use Ryou. "I've been so stupid! I should have realized he'd fall for it..." He muttered kicking a light post as he walked past, but suddenly regretting it as cold air rushed past and it seemed to increase the pain in his foot. He almost had Seto's whole plan mapped out.
Bakura had always been there for his hikari, in secret. He always followed him. Even if he sometimes felt that Ryou was a hopeless romantisizer of human emotion and dreams. Prehaps it was because Ryou had grown up with a more caring family than the ancient tomb robber had. It was true, that Bakura was jealous of the friendships Ryou had, sometimes.
He'd always been alone. In his life, no one was trusted...and when his soul had been ripped from his being...and trapped in the millenium ring. It had left him bitter and angry with the world for over a thousand years. He supposed that since Ryou was friends with the pharaoh's hikari...that maybe THAT is what triggered his anger to force itself out on Ryou. Bakura growled. "I dont have time to psycho-analyse myself...I have to get to that party!" he said speeding up his walk.
Ryou grinned and popped a glitter bomb over Yami's head. "Ahh! Ryou!" the pharaoh yelped and feverishly began dusting himself off. "NO!!!" Yugi burst into such a powerful fit of giggles he fell backwards, from the chair he had been perched on, to the floor. Ryou laughed. "You ok Yugi?" He said helping his friend up tipsily. "heh heh heh..Yami is so preeeeeetty.." Yugi said in a teasing voice. Yami's ears practically smoked. "I am NOT pretty!" Yugi grinned. "oh-my-god, that glitter is -like- SOOOO cool." The amused hikari said, in the most prep-ish impression he could muster. Yami was steaming. "Yugi!" he said in a warning tone. Yugi smirked, giving his yami a harmless look. "Yes Yami?" Yami sighed. "Nevermind..." he said giving up on getting the glitter off...it was a lost cause.
Ryou wandered away from his friends and sighed. He sometimes longed for the acceptance Yugi's yami gave to him, from his own yami. They WERE two sides of the same coin weren't they?
Seto smirked. Ryou had indeed come to the party, now was his chance. If he played his cards right, he could steal the heart of the white haired teen, and seal away the source of his troubles...the millenium ring. If he played his cards right, Seto was almost positive that Ryou would hand over the ring without so much as a question. "After all, his 'yami MUST hate him...' right?" Seto said smirking.
It was simply perfect timing. Bakura had managed to get into the party. He stared dumbly at the massive amount of teens. "Ra...theres so many...how will I ever find Ryou?!" he said as he began wandering through the crowd. Unfortunatly, at that same moment, Seto made his appearance to Ryou.
"Hello Ryou." He said smiling. Ryou blinked and looked over his shoulder. "Oh! Hi Seto!" Ryou said turning to face him. "There's so many people here...I was begining to think I'd never get to talk to you." the change of heart added. Seto chuckled a little. "Oceans couldn't keep me from you Ryou." Ryou blinked and blushed lightly. "The mood's nice enough...care to dance?" Seto said offering his hand to Ryou. "Oh...I couldn't...I have two left feet really.." Ryou said blushing. Seto smiled. "Then I'll teach you."
Bakura was begining to get frustrated. "For Isis' sake! where in bloody hell is he?!" A girl in green and her dance partner bumped him, knocking him over. He growled. "Oh, like sorry dude!" they said paying him no real mind. "This is ridiculous!" He fumed getting up, swearing to get them back, as he stalked on. "This is like swiming against the currents of the Nile!" The statement wasn't far off...it truly was an ocean of half drunken teens.
Yugi giggled. "Yami...look Ryou's dancing with Seto!" he said jabbing his yami in the side. Yami only smiled. "Well...maybe he's the one Ryou needs. After all...Bakura is so unkind to him, he needs love in his life." Yami said noticing a familiar love-sick look in Ryou's eyes. Yugi giggled. "It reminds me of us..." Yami playfully batted Yugi in the back of the head. "Maybe, back when you weren't such a brat!" Yugi gave his yami a pouty angry face. "Brat?! I'll have you know you're a much bigger brat than mister pharaoh." Yami huffed. "Never in any millenia will I be a brat." Yugi rolled his eyes and playfully shoved his yami. "Whatever you say Yami."
Honda snickered. "Looks like Ryou's havin a great time, it only took him a FEW hours..." He said enthusiastically. Jono smirked. "You betcha! The point of a party is to PAR-TAY!" He said putting another knock on his drinking belt. "I just dont know if he should hang with Seto..." Honda said thoughtfully. "Aww dont go pokin' yer nose where it ain't needed Honda, sheesh!"
The song switched to a faster beat. Ryou blinked. "Already?" Seto laughed. "How late are you going to stay Ryou?" Ryou frowned. "Until my yami cools his heels a bit..." Seto shook his head. "So...you dont have plans of going home? Its nearly three in the morning." Ryou shook his head in supprise. "Three?! Its that late?!" Seto patted Ryou on the back. "I take it you've been having fun."
The music blaired in Bakura's ears. "I'm...going...to go deaf!" He shouted as loud as he could...noticing he barely heard himself. He sighed. "I cant even hear myself speak..." He said really not hearing his mumbles. Still no Ryou...what was this place?! A place where people maliciously LOSE other people on purpose?
Ryou grinned and took another drink of his Bahama Breeze. "I dont know what I'm going to do when I get home..." Seto frowned and took a drink of his Citron lemonade. "How about you stay at my place? You said you'd come over anyway. I have a few guest rooms. You can take your pick. I'll even get you some new clothes for you to wear tomorrow." Ryou gawked at him. "I...I simply couldn't! Thats imposing of the worst sort!" Seto frowned. "Its not imposing if you're invited, and I invited you." Ryou frowned. "Are you sure I wont be any trouble?" Seto laughed. "I'm sure." He was only a few steps from prying that ring from Ryou. All he needed to do, was get Ryou on his turf and ask him...
Bakura grumbled and stumbled past the dancing teens, he was being ping- ponged from left to right and he was begining to get seasick. 'I'm starting to wonder if this was such a good idea...' he thought as he caught sight of Yugi. He smiled, Yugi could NEVER tell if he was Ryou or not. "Perfect!" He said running over to him. "Yugi!" Yugi blinked. "I thought you were having a few drinks with Seto." He said fanning himself lightly. "Wow sure is a great party isn't it?"
Obviously Yugi had been dancing for some time now. "Well yes I was, I just came over to sober a little...thats all." Bakura said in mock Ryou accent. Yugi shrugged. "You seem sober enough, you haven't drank that much.." He said grinning. "Oh!" He said catching sight of Yami waving him over. "I have to go, Yami wants to see me. Sorry to leave ya hangin!" He said running over to his yami. Bakura looked over to the bar.
It seemed like a VAST ocean between him and Ryou. For the first time that evening he had ACTUALLY caught sight of his Hikari. Bakura frowned. "Seto..." He said glaring. Seto had already gotten to Ryou!
"So..you wanna go to my house now? I can tell you're getting tired." Seto said as Ryou yawned slightly. "Well...alright...perhaps it would be a good idea..." He said finishing his Bahama Breeze and stumbling over to get another. Seto laughed. Ryou grinned sheepishly. "I rather like this stuff...." he said drinking his third or fourth in less than two hours. He was less able to walk than he had been when he got there. Seto helped him to the door. Sure enough. there was a limo waiting almost like it was timed.
Bakura yelled in frustration. "Where are they now?!" He said looking around the bar. He had seen them stand up...but as he had drawn nearer to the bar, luck would have it that he was knocked over for possibly the 40th time that night.
AN: WOOOOO druuuunk....still know where you live? ok...I'll dance with you. 1....2....3....uhhhh...^_^