Chapter 2 - Ryou's Pain
**Ryou's POV**
I didn't know how long I was out for, but I welcomed that fact that I was. To me it seemed like only a few minutes, but in reality it was 5 hours. I was harshly brought back into the world by a splash of cold water that my Yami used to wake me up. I screamed what a wonderful way to greet the day I thought as I huddled my drenched broken self. My body was numb with that rude realization of how much pain I was in and that cold water didn't help one bit, not that it was meant to. I tried to open my eyes only to shut them immediately afterwards, not only did it sting badly but everything was sensitive even the dimmest of lights, I managed after a minute or two to squint whimpering a bit as I did so.
The harsh words of my Yami over my head and in my mind, reminded me that I had to go to school, cursing at the fact that if I didn't my friends would come and disturb him, and he didn't want to do anything to drastic that would give him the trouble of digging four graves in the backyard, though I knew it was a lie. He would welcome the opportunity but he had his own personal reasons for not doing so. The last thing I heard him say before he left me was something about him wanting his breakfast before 6:15 which was only about five minutes away and cleaning up this water mess before I left.
Fifteen minutes later I managed to make Yami breakfast while I had nothing but a tall glass of fruit juice, I couldn't eat presently though I felt quite hungry and now I was stripping off my damp clothes as carefully as I could manage, trying to ease up on the cuts and bruises that my Yami generously bestowed upon me, my pale body littered in blacks, reds, yellows and even blues I observed as I glanced in the bathroom mirrors before me.. Even my eyes were coloured...I sighed softly as I entered the showers easing the temperature to a nice lukewarm, the water sprinkled unto my marks old and new, causing me to hiss in pain until my small body became accustomed, the worse part came when I had to use the soap, that took a few good minutes by itself.
Eventually I came out, and my whole body was red, I swore even my hair had changed to a light pink. I dried my skin squeezed out my hair in the sink and opened the drawer beneath it pulling out a makeup set. As I began to apply the light brown powder to my face, in an attempt to hide those hideous dealings I realized how good a makeup artist I've become. I laughed humourlessly to myself as I added more to the areas around my eyes hiding as much of the black as possible, trying not to make it too thick as and hereby noticeable, my Yami never made this task easy for me. In the end I looked like somebody who didn't get enough sleep, and as for the scratch mark on my face well, I could easily make up some excuse that some crazy cat had scratched me. As I was putting away my set I found my whole body felt hot, yes I knew I just came out of a relatively warm bath but..."heh I worry too much" I told myself, shaking my head as I wrapped the towel around me and went and changed in my room. I was out soon enough in my usual school uniform heading down the stairs towards the door to leave when I something grab my hair and I screamed as I was pulled down those flights of stairs to the corner I woke up from, and then was brutally dropped on the floor.
"Dammit Ryou I told you to clean up YOUR mess" Bakura snarled at me as he shoved my face into the water, like a master to his dog, my work coming off my face. "I..I.I'm sorry Ya..am..mmi.I.." I stammered only to receive a harsh blow across my face "What do you believe that I'm one of those idiotic friends of yours?..Where the hell is your respect boy..or did you forget that to?" He yelled angrily at me as he pushed my whole body into the water "Ma..aster I'm sorry sir, I'll clean up my mess..plesase.." I managed to cry out as before he kicked me in the ribs, leaving me, cursing me in his native tongue as he left the room. I laid there crying in the water holding myself, and after a minute or so I heard him bark "Stop your damn snivelling mortal and get that mess cleaned."
**Ryou's POV**
I didn't know how long I was out for, but I welcomed that fact that I was. To me it seemed like only a few minutes, but in reality it was 5 hours. I was harshly brought back into the world by a splash of cold water that my Yami used to wake me up. I screamed what a wonderful way to greet the day I thought as I huddled my drenched broken self. My body was numb with that rude realization of how much pain I was in and that cold water didn't help one bit, not that it was meant to. I tried to open my eyes only to shut them immediately afterwards, not only did it sting badly but everything was sensitive even the dimmest of lights, I managed after a minute or two to squint whimpering a bit as I did so.
The harsh words of my Yami over my head and in my mind, reminded me that I had to go to school, cursing at the fact that if I didn't my friends would come and disturb him, and he didn't want to do anything to drastic that would give him the trouble of digging four graves in the backyard, though I knew it was a lie. He would welcome the opportunity but he had his own personal reasons for not doing so. The last thing I heard him say before he left me was something about him wanting his breakfast before 6:15 which was only about five minutes away and cleaning up this water mess before I left.
Fifteen minutes later I managed to make Yami breakfast while I had nothing but a tall glass of fruit juice, I couldn't eat presently though I felt quite hungry and now I was stripping off my damp clothes as carefully as I could manage, trying to ease up on the cuts and bruises that my Yami generously bestowed upon me, my pale body littered in blacks, reds, yellows and even blues I observed as I glanced in the bathroom mirrors before me.. Even my eyes were coloured...I sighed softly as I entered the showers easing the temperature to a nice lukewarm, the water sprinkled unto my marks old and new, causing me to hiss in pain until my small body became accustomed, the worse part came when I had to use the soap, that took a few good minutes by itself.
Eventually I came out, and my whole body was red, I swore even my hair had changed to a light pink. I dried my skin squeezed out my hair in the sink and opened the drawer beneath it pulling out a makeup set. As I began to apply the light brown powder to my face, in an attempt to hide those hideous dealings I realized how good a makeup artist I've become. I laughed humourlessly to myself as I added more to the areas around my eyes hiding as much of the black as possible, trying not to make it too thick as and hereby noticeable, my Yami never made this task easy for me. In the end I looked like somebody who didn't get enough sleep, and as for the scratch mark on my face well, I could easily make up some excuse that some crazy cat had scratched me. As I was putting away my set I found my whole body felt hot, yes I knew I just came out of a relatively warm bath but..."heh I worry too much" I told myself, shaking my head as I wrapped the towel around me and went and changed in my room. I was out soon enough in my usual school uniform heading down the stairs towards the door to leave when I something grab my hair and I screamed as I was pulled down those flights of stairs to the corner I woke up from, and then was brutally dropped on the floor.
"Dammit Ryou I told you to clean up YOUR mess" Bakura snarled at me as he shoved my face into the water, like a master to his dog, my work coming off my face. "I..I.I'm sorry Ya..am..mmi.I.." I stammered only to receive a harsh blow across my face "What do you believe that I'm one of those idiotic friends of yours?..Where the hell is your respect boy..or did you forget that to?" He yelled angrily at me as he pushed my whole body into the water "Ma..aster I'm sorry sir, I'll clean up my mess..plesase.." I managed to cry out as before he kicked me in the ribs, leaving me, cursing me in his native tongue as he left the room. I laid there crying in the water holding myself, and after a minute or so I heard him bark "Stop your damn snivelling mortal and get that mess cleaned."
