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Bakura was pacing the floor of the living room. He was extremely worried about Ryou. First, that feeling of agony had swept through their link that made Bakura know that something was hurting his hikari. Badly. Then, suddenly, there was a weakened sort of anger. One that Bakura recognized as Ryou telling himself how pathetic he was. But then there was something... Weird. It was as if Ryou had blocked Bakura completely. He felt nothing. No happiness, no sadness, no nothing.

Awe, screw this... he thought. He ran out the door in search of his hikari.



Ryou went through the back door of their house, hearing the front door slam. Bakura must have gone out. Oh well...

At least I don't have to face my hardest task... yet...

He slowly walked to his room and sat on his bed. He had blocked out all of his thoughts about what had just happened to him up until that moment. Tears came spilling forth from those dark chocolate eyes. However, as soon as they appeared they were wiped away.

Good thing I got that out of my system. There goes the last emotion I will ever show...

Picking up the book he was reading earlier, he began reading again. About two hours later, he heard the door slam once more, signaling the arrival of Bakura. Too bad. He was hoping he'd never have to face him.



Bakura was in a panic. He had searched all over Domino City and still hadn't found his hikari. He had even risked checking through the window of the game shop!!!! Thank RA Yami hadn't spotted him.

He trudged slowly toward his room, right across from Ryou's. But before he shut the door, he noticed something. The door to Ryou's room was open. It wasn't before. Curiously, he stepped through the door, and wanted to scream with fury at the sight before him.

There was Ryou. Alive and well. Sitting on his bed and reading as if he hadn't just gone missing for two and a half hours. Bakura went white with rage.

"RYOU WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU!!!YOU GO MISSING FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS AND I FIND YOU JUST SITTING THERE IN YOUR ROOM?????? WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU?????" He shrieked.

Ryou lazily looked up from his book. An action that made Bakura rage.

"Oh, hello Bakura. I'm sorry I was late. I..."



Ryou couldn't tell him he couldn't tell anyone what had happened to him. He knew exactly what they would say. Exactly what they would do. They would sit there and feel sorry for him, which would only make him feel worse. Especially coming from Bakura.

But, wasn't Bakura always the one who called him pathetic? Always the one to degrade him? Call him stupid and naive? Yes, he was. He might even get a kick out of the news.

And he loved the way Bakura laughed.


I might as well just get it out in the open. He'll just read my mind if I don't. Well, here it goes...

"I was walking home and some strange man stopped me, raped me, and left me in the alleyway." He said calmly.


Bakura's mouth opened slightly. He HAD to be joking. No WAY was that the truth. If it was, then wouldn't the innocent little Ryou he knew be sobbing right then?

"No Ryou. Seriously. Where were you?" Bakura stated flatly.

"Seriously. I've got blood stains and bruises to prove it. You can even check if you want." Ryou stated in a monotone voice.

Bakura gulped. What was Ryou playing at? Well, whatever it was, he wasn't going to be the one to back down.

"Fine." Bakura said indignantly. "Prove it."

Slowly, Ryou got off the bed. It still pained him just to move. He held back his blush as he took off his shirt, revealing a well toned chest, covered with scrapes and bruises.

Bakura gasped, not only at the sight of his hikari's wounds, but at the well defined chest they marred. He had never realized his light was so... well built. He looked like a god. A god of light in all his crowning glory. Oh how he wished to worship this god. Worship that beautiful body with his hands.

Wait a minute, did he just think that???



Ryou kept his face emotionless, but in reality, he felt like grinning. Was the infamous tomb-robber Bakura STARING??? At HIM???? The thought was ridiculous, but he was content to dream.

His emotionless mask still on, Ryou slipped out of his baggy pants to reveal a pair of heavily blood-stained boxers. Bakura's eyes bulged in horror.



What the FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bakura's mind screamed. The boxers were soaked with blood and Ryou was looking as if he could care less. What in the name of Ra was wrong with him?????? Wait! It's a joke!!! A practical joke!!!!! The red was probably ketchup or something!!!!!!

"HAHAHA!!!! Nice one brat! But I can see the difference between ketchup and blood." Bakura said triumphantly.

"Taste it, then, if you're so sure it's ketchup." Said Ryou calmly.

Bakura gulped. He walked toward his hikari. He touched the fabric of the boy's boxers and found the fluid was warm. He withdrew his finger to find it covered in the red substance. It was, in his most expert opinion, blood. He looked into Ryou's eyes, shock and horror flooding his own. Ryou's eyes remained emotionless.

"Ryou... What the fuck happened...." Bakura murmured almost inaudibly.

"I already told you, Bakura. I was raped." Ryou said, as if he was devoid of emotion.

Bakura backed away, horror at not only what Ryou was saying, but the way he was saying it.


This can't be happening!!!! What in Ra's name is wrong with my Hikari??????

"Ryou, why didn't you call for me??" Bakura asked indignantly.

"Well, would you have come?" Ryou asked simply.

"Yes!!! Of course I would have come!!!" Bakura exclaimed.

"Really? After all the times you called me a pathetic, sniveling, son of a bitch you'd still save me? Wow Bakura. I must have really misinterpreted you." Ryou said, still devoid of emotion.

Bakura stared, dumbstruck.

"Ryou, what... what's wrong with you??" Bakura asked, shocked by Ryou's words.

"Well, let's just say that I learned a valuable lesson from what happened today. It isn't your body that makes you weak. It's your emotions. And if you wanna make it in life, you can't show ANYONE your weaknesses. Good Night Bakura." Ryou stated, getting up and slamming the door in Bakura's face.

Bakura stared at the mahogany door long after it was closed.

My Ra. What has happened to him????

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