Chapter Three

***Note: In the name of this chapter, 'Yuumei' roughly means 'Dark and Light' in English.

  O_O;; OMG! SO MANY REVIEWS!! I'm so flattered.! And Empress Faria-chan added me to her favourites list! ='D *glomps* I replied everyone's reviews..! Thanks to everyone who cared… *glomp glomp glomp*

Bakura: *sigh*

  And yes! BAKU-CHAN! *glomp* If it wasn't for you and Ryou, I wouldn't have had all these reviews in the first place!! I luv you two!!

Bakura+Ryou: …

 Oh yes… the disclaimer. *grins widely*

Ryou: *is holding a piece of paper* …

Go on, read it.

Ryou: Celestial does not own Yu-gi-oh! nor any of the characters, especially Yami Bakura, who is cool, scary, vicious, mysterious, hot and se—

Keep Going…

Ryou: … *blush*

Bakura: … who wrote this?

*smiles* Ryou and I did.

Bakura: Aibou… *glares*

What? Don't you think its true? Cool, scary, vicious, mysterious, hot…

Ryou: *nodds shyly*

Bakura: … How am I scary and vicious?

… You _are_ scary.

Bakura: … what about vicious?

Ryou: … We mean that you are wicked and evil.

Bakura: Is that a good thing?

*Looks at Ryou*

Ryou: *looks at Celestial*

*nodds sheepishly* um… ya…

Bakura: *smirks* I knew I rock.

Ryou+Celestial: … right. ¬.¬

Bakura: Shut up. You're just jealous.

O_o;; … I'll be remembering that in the following chapters…

Bakura: *gulp*

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  Ryou caught a cold after the intense rain yesterday, getting soaked from head to toe.

  But Ryou was happy to be sick. Bakura had taken care of him all morning. He wasn't extremely caring to Ryou, but at least from time to time he pops out of the ring and asks Ryou if he needed anything.

  Just then, Bakura appeared in the room.

  "Yami?" Ryou asked.

  "What?" Bakura's cold tone was still present, but something in his eyes told Ryou that his yami was very fond of him after the fight yesterday.

  "I… just wanted to thank you," Ryou felt colour rushing to his face. "For taking care of me."

  Bakura smiled slightly.

  "And I'm sorry about yesterday."

  Ryou stared at his yami. Bakura never apologized.

  "It wasn't your fault, I shouted at you too," Ryou said, a bit flustered.

  "No, Ryou. I flipped the couches over _first_," Bakura said, looking away. "And _I_ was the once to shout at you _first_."

  "…" Ryou was speechless. Although his yami's voice was still cold and wintry, they seemed like honey to Ryou.

  "Go sleep, Ryou. You don't want to get any more ill." Bakura said, sitting on the Ryou's bed.

  Ryou nodded and closed his eyes.

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  Bakura looked at the boy in bed, sleeping soundlessly and peacefully. With the pale skin and white hair, Ryou looked like an angel. Pure and innocent. Smiling slightly, Bakura slowly pulled the covers up to cover Ryou.

  Standing up, Bakura hated himself for fighting with Ryou. He hated everything he did to Ryou. He hated himself for beating him in the first place, hated himself for making Ryou cry, and most of all, hated himself for letting Ryou run out into the rain.

  Bakura swore to himself, never to let anything like that to happen again.

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  The next day Ryou was still not feeling well, but he insisted to go to school anyway.

  "No, Ryou. No school," Bakura simply said.

  "Please, yami? I… really… want to—"

  "I said no."

  "But, I feel perfectly fine!"

  "Shut up! I said no!"

  Ryou whimpered at the sudden yell from his yami. He knew Bakura was just worried about him, but he really was okay. A bit of temperature won't stop him.

  Bakura felt guilty for shouting at Ryou again, but Ryou should understand it was only for his own good.

  "I just… I just…" Ryou began.

  Seeing the pleading eyes, Bakura sighed. "Fine. But I will come with you."

  "… Why?" Ryou stared at his yami, confused.

  "'Cause I don't want you to be alone while you're sick, damnit!"

  Ryou's heart lightened at the words.

  "But… It would be strange if the teacher sees two Ryous…"

  "God, Ryou! I'll go in the ring then!"

  Ryou's smile widened as they set off to school.

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  History was first, which everyone dozed off. Then came Mathematics, the algebra which Ryou hated. Then there was science, studying biology… Ryou felt as though the world around him was swirling.

  No! He would not faint. He told Bakura he was fine. And he was. He couldn't let Bakura know that he was still ill and should've stayed in bed.

  Ryou slowly made his way down the starcase, both hands gripping the rail for support. No! Don't close your eyes! Ryou forced his eyes to open. He saw… colours, swirling in front of him. Ryou focused at them, magenta, black, blond… Magenta, black, blond…

  And he fainted.

  But he fainted on someone.

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  Yami Yuugi jumped when a sudden weight fell on him.

  "Uh, aibou, some help here…" Yami said.

  Yuugi looked over his yami's shoulder. "Oh! That's Ryou Bakura!"

  Yami jumped once again at the mention of the name. Yet Ryou slipped and fell to the ground with a thud when his weight-supporter had moved.

  "You mean, Bakura, the thief who stole all my gold and jewels??" Yami said, not noticing the silver-haired boy on the ground.

  "Yami! You dropped him!" Yuugi cried, rushing over to Ryou.

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  Bakura, in the ring, was suddenly being squashed like a sandwich by the floor and Ryou's chest.

"Aw, that weakling fell down again!" And without thinking, Bakura materialized beside Ryou; and met a pair of crimson eyes.

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"You!" Bakura and Yami both yelled at the same time.

  "What are _you_ doing here, PHAROAH?" Bakura snapped, unblinking at the deep scarlet orbs.

  "What are _you_ doing here, TOMB ROBBER?" Yami snapped, unblinking at the deep almond orbs.

  "Um…" Yuugi began, a bit uncertain what to say.

  Bakura snapped his eyes to Yuugi, who was kneeling on the ground beside his hikari. Bakura's eyes widened.

  "Ryou!" Bakura, too, kneeled down and lifted his hikari's shoulders up and started shaking him. "Wake up, Damnit!"

  Yuugi slowly reached out and put his hand on Ryou's forehead. He gasped.

  "He has a fever!" Yuugi exclaimed.

  "I know," Bakura said simply.

  "Then you shouldn't have let him go to school, you idiot!" Yami said rather loudly.

  Bakura glared at Yami, eyes shining with angriness.

  Yami glared at Bakura, eyes shining with slyness.

  "Um…" Yugi began, a bit uncertain what to say.

  Bakura snapped his eyes to the pharaoh's hikari, and suddenly remembered he, himself, has a hikari as well.

  "Get him to the nurse quickly!" Yuugi told him.

  "I'll deal with you later, PHAROAH," Bakura hissed with a smirk and started dragging Ryou to the opposite way to the nurse's office.

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  Huza! Another chappie. Please R/R!! =)

Next chapter: _More_ fluff, Yuugi lies, Bakura gets thrown in the face by a basketball, Ryou hugs Bakura. ^^;; Expect it by sometime next week! =D

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