Chapter 8
All right, I'm trying not to start my chapters with this: ^_______^. Which, if you noticed, I do every time. -__- Once again, thanks to all reviewers!! XD Actually, I wanted to wait until Sunday to update… ^^ But then… as I was reading other fanfics, I was inspired to update earlier! ^_______^ Anyways…
Bakura: *is walking by*
Ryou: *is reading a book in rocking chair*
*grins mischievously* XD *trips Kura*
Bakura: O_o *falls on Ryou's lap*
Ryou: *gasp* *puts book down* Ya… yami?? Are you alright?
Bakura: *quickly stands up* errr, yeah, I guess. *glares at Celes*
Heh, Ryou, he FELL for you! Get it? He's falling for you! XD
Ryou: *blushes deeply*
Bakura: *continues to glare at celes*
^^ May I present chapter 8!
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Bakura stopped in his tracks when slim and soft arms were wrapped tightly around his waist from behind. "Yami…" the soft voice of Ryou's lingered in his ears. Bakura felt himself melt even in the harsh atmosphere, though he would not let himself fall in this trap of sweetness again.
He slowly tried to break free of the arms, shifting himself slightly. Bakura could have pushed Ryou away forcefully with one arm, but the last time he wanted to do was to hurt him. But Ryou would not let go. His arms wrapped more tightly around the yami as he leaned into the softness of Bakura's silver hair.
"Ryou… please…" Bakura whispered. He didn't want to both to keep his coldness anymore, his hikari, Ryou, has came into the rain to look for him! Maybe it was out of pity, though…
"No, I wont let you go!" The honey voice whispered back, as he closed his eyes and relaxed himself onto Bakura's back.
"Ryou… you don't understand…" Bakura said softly.
"I understand perfectly," Came the reply. "You should know that… I …"
Bakura waited patiently for Ryou to finish his sentence. Was Ryou going to say what he thought he would say…?
"I…" Ryou shook his head slightly. He couldn't stop now. Be brave, Ryou! Say it! "I love you…" He finished softly. Bakura's eyes widened. Is it true that his hikari loves him? Bakura felt a sudden pool of hatred rising in him. He was so foolish; he had hurt his innocent hikari just for a little pride of being 'tough and cold hearted'. Why couldn't he have just been a bit nicer and sweeter to Ryou? Bakura, you baka.
Bakura opened his mouth, deciding on what to say. No, he didn't deserve Ryou. He truly didn't. Ryou was too good for him, too sweet for him… And he was a total pain, he didn't value his treasures… and his treasure was Ryou. Did he value Ryou? No. He had treated him like something he could order on, like a toy that he could play with then throw away when he's bored with it. He doesn't deserve Ryou. No, he doesn't.
"Ryou… listen to me. Why do you love me? I've hurt you, beat you, toyed you… I give you no reason to love me." Bakura said, trying to convince Ryou that he was no good. And he wasn't doing such a good job at it.
Ryou just shook his head. "Yami… don't find an excuse to make me dislike you… I know you don't like me the same way that I do…" Ryou whispered sadly, shaking his tears away. "But it's okay! I'm fine with that! I really am!"
Bakura turned around and faced his hikari. Ryou's eyes were wistfully filled with desire and sadness. With the angelic face before him, Bakura could no longer lie. He could no longer be his old 'tough and cold hearted Yami Bakura'. Shaking his head slightly, he wrapped his arms around the astonished boy. "I do love you, Ryou…"
Ryou looked up and blinked. How could Yami Bakura, the well-known cold and heartless yami, love anyone? Even more surprising, him?? Was he only playing around? Last time his yami has been sweet and nice… then he would laugh so suddenly, saying how foolish he could be; believing all the words he said.
"Ryou…" Bakura said, reading his thoughts. "Trust me. I do love you."
Ryou stared at his yami, his face glowing with pure happiness. He threw his arms around his yami's neck and buried his face into his chest. Bakura smiled and pressed Ryou even close to him. Ryou was surprised at how just a chaste hug could feel. It felt like he was in heaven, that he was finally at home; at where he truly belonged. Even in the rain and the freezing weather, he felt himself at ease in his yami's arms. It was how he wanted to feel for a long time, where he wanted to be for a long time…
All of a sudden Bakura pulled away and took a step back from Ryou.
"Yami…?" Ryou whimpered at the sudden loss of the wonderful feelings.
"Ryou… we can't…"
"Why not…?"
"No…" Bakura turned to look at his hikari. "Listen, Ryou. You are the light, and I am the dark. We are complete opposites. We cannot be together. We are not made to be together." Ryou gaped at the words.
"Everything that you are, is everything that I am not. All your angelic qualities… I'm don't want to spoil them…" Bakura watched as Ryou's tears spilled out of his eyes. "I don't deserve you. I really don't."
Ryou glared at Bakura, his temper rising. "Then why did you pretend not to love me in the first place?"
"Because… it was my own pride that has failed me at first… but … I know that I don't deserve to have you… And you don't deserve to have a monster such as me as a yami… he really deserve more than this…" Bakura said, putting on a depressed smile.
Ryou shook his head fiercely. "No! I just want to be with you! I don't care about light and dark or whatever! I just want to love and be loved…"
"Then I ain't the one for you." Bakura lied. He so wanted to love Ryou and have Ryou love him back as well, but he knew all he would do to Ryou is hurt him and cause him pain… it was his life to never love. He didn't deserve to have such angel that cares for him… it was for Ryou's own good, Ryou is better off without him. "I am not the type to love anyone or anything."
Ryou stared at his koi in disbelief, speechless.
"Let's just pretend nothing happened tonight. You don't love me, and I don't love you." Bakura said coldly with a smirk. Altough his expression seemed like he didn't care, deep inside he felt guilt pooling in his heart.
Ryou bit his lip. One moment he had found where his heart belongs… then all of a sudden he felt as if he had lost everything, everything… How could he forget tonight? How? It was so real… it was… reality. How could be forget it? Tears continued to pour. "No… I can't… I just… can't…"
Bakura smiled softly, slowly kissing Ryou's tears, his soft skin trembled on his lips. "I'll be gone for a while, hikari… I'll come back when I feel that we're ready to face each other again…" Bakura walked past Ryou, their shoulders brushed. Bakura felt like crying, he did not, at all, want to leave Ryou. But he wanted to go somewhere to think. Think about his relationship with Ryou. Were they just yamis and hikaris? Or more?
Ryou's teeth dove even deeper down his pink lips. A swift of anger and frustration rose into his head. Without thinking, he yelled at Bakura. "I hate you, yami!"
Bakura stopped in his tracks almost instantly. "What?" He hissed coldly, wheeling around.
"I said… I said I hate you!" Ryou screamed out the last three words. What was he doing? He didn't hate his yami… and he doubt he ever could. But he felt as though he wanted to strike his yami across the face… but he was still an 'innocent' hikari.
Bakura blinked. "Do you know what you're saying, Ryou?" Bakura's voice was firm and steady, but his heart felt like it was torn into pieces.
"Of course I do! I hate you, I hate everything about you!" Ryou said, unable to control himself. Was he going too far? No, of course not; the voice in his head said; Bakura deserved this.
Bakura forced his tears back. What is he crying for? He should be happy about this. Didn't long ago he want Ryou to hate him? Didn't he wish for Ryou to be afraid of him and loathe him? But now that he does, Bakura felt like he didn't want him to after all.
"Fine," Bakura said simply, coming to a final decision; his eyes shining with fury. "You hate me, right?"
Ryou slowly nodded, thinking his yami would strike him across the face. Bakura smirked, although Ryou could swear it was fake.
Ryou gasped as he felt a great tug from the back of his neck. The next image he saw was his yami standing in front of him, the sennen ring in his hand. Ryou's eyes widened, he felt a part of him, some part of him, disappear. Ryou understood; it was the the part of Bakura's soul that disappeared. The soul, the spirit, the connection, the bond of Bakura… it was gone, gone, gone. Ryou was no longer a hikari. He is just… himself. He no longer has a yami.
Ryou looked up at his yami, with the ring in his hands, as he forgot about being angry. Bakura had ripped his ring off.
Bakura threw the ring to the ground. "From now on, we aren't connected or bonded in any way. I suppose this is what you wanted…"
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*sniff sniff* NOOOOOOO! ___ What have I done to them!? And for readers who want to lecture about why Bakura could still exist after the ring was ripped, well… Bakura is now himself, still a spirit, but he has no connection with Ryou; meaning that they cannot read each other's thoughts, cannot take over each other's body, and cannot sense each other's presence. *blows nose loudly* Aw, how sad!!
Next Chapter: Ryou does something with the ring! (Oo) And finally, Malik and Marik humour… (-__-) And Bakura in leather; (^^) thanks to Marik and Malik's work of magic.
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