A/n: Here's Chapter 5, revised! Yay-ness. These revisions make the story actually tolerable, I think. But it still sucks. -_-

Oh, a warning to all of you. This chapter and the next two or something are leaning a bit on the Jou/Mai side. But it's only to add plot. For those of you that don't know, I absolutely despise het so there is no way that I would write a Jou/Mai.

Pairings: Yaoi. Yuri. Bakura + Yami, Seto/Jou, Malik/Ryou, Mai + Anzu, implied Yami/Yuugi

Disclaimer: I think it's a good thing that I don't own anything. I mean, imagine the world if I did. O_O

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The doorbell rang. All three of the lights rushed to the door, grinning. Well actually, only Yuugi and Ryou were grinning. Malik…doesn't…really…grin. Yuugi flung the door open and hugged the person who stood there. Unfortunately, the person just happened to be…

Kaiba Seto.

Seto cleared his throat uncomfortably and Yuugi looked up. He let go quickly and flushed noticeably. He ran quickly into the kitchen. Jou, who had just arrived behind Seto, stepped coolly up to his boyfriend. He grabbed the collar of the other's jacket, which was kind of difficult, considering that Seto is…very tall. Jounouchi lost his usual friendly expression and his eyes grew dark as he glared up.

"Did I just see what I thought I saw?" he asked coldly. For once, Seto couldn't say a word. "You were hugging Yuugi, weren't you?" Seto opened his mouth to protest, but the blonde just shoved him away.

Jounouchi stomped inside, cursing angrily underneath his breath. The CEO followed him in, glaring daggers at Ryou and Malik as if this were their fault. Ryou moved closer to Malik nervously.

Meanwhile, Yami stood at the top of the stairwell, watching everything and everyone. His crimson eyes were burning with jealous fury. Yuugi had embraced Kaiba. His sworn enemy! But then he remembered that Yuugi was no longer his and he had no power to stop him from hugging who he wanted to. But did it have to be KAIBA?

He wiped his eyes, as he had felt the water building up again, and walked back to his room, slamming the door as hard as he could, like an angsty teenager.

Downstairs (where everyone had gathered except for Bakura, Shaadi, and the pizza man, they all jumped at the sudden noise as the house shook. Then they all shrugged at each other and went back to what they were doing.

Mai waltzed over to the three hikaris. "Nice party you've got going here, Ryou." She winked at him in a seductive manner. Or at least it would've been seductive if Ryou hadn't been gay. Malik growled and shielded his boyfriend protectively.

"Are you hitting on my Ryou?" he demanded. Ryou blushed and touched Malik's arm reassuringly.

"I don't—" he started. Mai blinked at the Egyptian glaring at her. This time, Jou came to her rescue. Again.

"Not unless Mai hits on everyone, Malik. She winks at all of us." He said casually, gulping down an entire cup of soda afterwards. Mai slung an arm around Jou's shoulder and they walked to the refreshments table. Together. Malik shot the pair a dirty look before turning back to look at Ryou. He wasn't there.

The Gravekeeper shrugged. Oh well. I better go and check if Yami and Oneesan bought the cake. He thought.

Seto watched everyone from his spot on the couch. He sipped his cup of water slowly and spit it back into the cup when he saw Jou pass by. Mai had her arm around his shoulder and his – what was he now? Ex-boyfriend? – was laughing at something she had said.

Jou looked at Seto and smirked. He wrapped his arm around Mai's waist and they walked away from his view. Seto balled his hands into fists. Nobody touched anything that was his except for him. Nobody.

That slut is going to pay.

The doorbell rang for the seventh (more or less) time. "I'll get it!" Malik shouted. Yuugi nodded, still red from the 'incident'. Malik opened the door. Bakura stood there on the doorstep, looking exhausted. Malik blinked. "Whoa. You okay?"

Bakura shook his head tiredly and stayed silent. Malik let him in and closed the door behind them, sending his friend a questioning glance. He realized that the thief wasn't going to say a thing and said, "The Pharaoh's upstairs, if you want to go find him." before he left to find Ryou.

Bakura stood there, mildly surprised. Why did it seem like everyone knew about Yami…and him? He walked upstairs to Yami's room, since he had nothing better to do. It wasn't as if he had even wanted to come to this gathering, anywho.

He thought of knocking but didn't really care at the moment (or ever), so he just walked in.

Yami was sitting on the floor near one of the walls, facing it. With Yuugi's old markers in his hand, he was writing the words "I hate Kaiba" over and over again in Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Bakura stifled a snicker and said something instead. "I didn't know you hated Kaiba so much."

Yami spun around at hearing the familiar voice. Bakura was surprised, no, shocked, to see the pharaoh's eyes streaming with fresh tears. He opened his mouth twice to make a witty comment, but found that he could. He couldn't make fun of his past lover…

Not now. Not when he was in need of…of comfort.

So he did something completely unexpected by both of them. He lifted the former ruler up into his arms and set him gently down on the bed. Yami stared at him in horror.

Is this Bakura?!??! was his first thought. Bakura wiped the crystalline tears from Yami's eyes. "Now tell me what's wrong." He said in a soothing voice. Okay, this definitely isn't Bakura. But, I'll tell him anyway. I need to get this off my chest…

"I-I…Yuugi broke up with me."

"Are you still not over that yet? I thought that it was actually something serious—" He stopped at the look that Yami was giving him. "There's more, isn't there?" Yami nodded sullenly. He started to describe everything that had happened The Night. Bakura stayed quiet and listened attentively.

After he finished, Yami broke into loose sobs. Bakura scooted over until he was right next to him. He started to rub his back soothingly, not really noticing that he was doing so.

Yami sighed contentedly, resting in the tomb robber's arms. His sobs quieted to just sniffles. It actually felt…nice…to be in the tomb robber's arms. Bakura was just as comfortable. Demo [But] wait…something Yami said…

"He (Yuugi) said that I loved somebody else. He said that he could see it in my eyes."

No…Could…could it be? Was Yami in love with somebody else? I've failed again…just when I thought I could get him…NO WAIT! Damn it! I made a freaking promise. I'm NOT going to fall for him again! And even though I am a yami and (was) a thief…I don't break promises.

"Pharaoh? Who do you love?" he asked softly, not to startle Yami. Crimson eyes met dark chocolate. Pharaoh's and tomb robber's.

"I…I don't know. I…I just don't know...now." Yami said finally. Bakura nodded, not feeling too well in the pit of his stomach. He stood up and walked out of the room. On the way though, he dropped something on the ground before he closed the door and walked back downstairs.

Yami went to pick it up. It was a photo of him and Bakura. It had been taken in Disneyland Sea with the other members of Yuugi-tachi. But a computer had edited them out, so it was only them two. It was obvious that the tomb robber had worked hard on making it.

He smiled slightly and put it on his desk, next to the photo of him and Yuugi. Then he flumped back onto his bed and tried to go to sleep.

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A/n: That was so short! Why are they all so short? [anime vein pop] And I don't know what to add, I can't change the plot or add too many details…_x

Review, onegai.