Chapter 5

Kit's POV

"Would someone like to fill me in on what just happened?" I asked being very confused. "Ryou doesn't normally just storm up the stairs, does he?"

"I, uh, wouldn't know." Joey replied.

They were hiding something from me and I know it. "I think I'll just check and make sure he's ok." I saw Joey and Tristan give each other concerned looks when I headed for the stairs. I'm not as stupid as people think. I got to the second story of the house, the part I haven't been to before, and I looked around. I figured Ryou was in the only room with the door closed so I approached it and knocked. "Ryou? Are you in there?"

"Yeah. Go away." he said with his voice muffled.

I took a chance and opened the door. "Ryou, what's wrong?" I saw him sitting at the edge of his bed, staring out the window. The room had a weird feeling to it. It felt different. "This is your room?"

"Was…" Ryou replied in an angry tone of voice.

"Oh, it's Bakura's now?"

"Yeah, but I usually stay here during the day. He gets it at night."

"Oh that sucks." I replied. "I wouldn't be able to live if I had to share my room." I walked towards Ryou.

Ryou's POV

I just wanted her to go away. I didn't want her to see me like this. Earlier, I had the thought that just ruined me; what if Kit liked Bakura back? Maybe they were flirting---or maybe one was flirting and the other wasn't---ow. My head hurts. This is too confusing.

"Ryou, what's wrong?" she asked.

"I--I--" I stuttered.

"I know there's something going on, Joey and Tristan kept giving each other weird glances and I don't know what it's about. I figured that you would know."

::sigh:: "Well, I always watch 'Sugar Hi' and--and you're my favorite character----"

Kit's POV

Not this 'Sugar Hi' crap again. "Ryou, I have no knowledge of being on a show called 'Sugar Hi'. I'm sorry."

"Huh?" Ryou tilted his head to the side.

Dammit. He's too cute. "I don't know about the show 'Sugar Hi'." I said.

"That's really confusing."

"You're telling me! But, there's something else----" I had to tell him. He needed to know.

"Is it confusing?"

"Yeah---uh---well, in my world, there's a show called 'Yu-Gi-Oh' and you're all starring in it."

"Really? This is too confusing. So let me see if I can get this straight, I see a show with you in it and you don't know about it. And you see a show with me in it and I don't know about it?" Ryou said trying to figure this out.

"Yeah, that's pretty much it." I hoped he wouldn't ask who my favorite character is. I don't have the heart to tell him it's Joey, because I'm his favorite character. It's not like I don't like Ryou, it's just it was my dream to meet Joey. I love everything about Joey, and it's very possible that Ryou feels the same way about me.

"So you know everyone else here?" He asked me.

"Yeah, I know you, Yami Bakura, Joey, Tristaan, Té a, Yugi, Yami Yugi ----" I went on listing all of the characters.

"Wow." Ryou just sat on his bed with a dazed look on his face.

"It was kind of my dream to come to Yu-Gi-Oh world. I didn't actually think there really was such a thing, I just hated my boring life so much and I loved the show 'Yu-Gi-Oh'. So I let my imagination run wild and look where it brought me!"

"So you're probably wondering why you were brought here." Ryou said.

"Yeah. I was kind of wondering that. But I figured 'I'm in Yu-Gi-Oh world, I'm not going to question it.'. I feel so much happier here."

"Well, that's good. Anyway, my yami and me got in a fight about if you were 'real' or not. So my yami wanted to prove that you were real. Sorry if he scared you." Ryou informed me.

"I'm ok as long as I'm in this world. I feel like I belong here. Back in my own world, I was considered a nothing. I had my small group of friends, and that was it."

"So that's why you were always so depressed on the show?"

"I guess. I mean, I don't know what they showed you on 'Sugar Hi'." The thought of someone other than my friends and family knowing my personal life creeped me out.

"This is almost cool if you think about it. We both know a lot about each other----"

I fell to the ground and had a dazed look on my face. I sat up.

"Uh, Kit? Are you ok?" Ryou asked, concerned.

"Yeah, I'm just trying to sort my thoughts. I'm still trying to get over the fact that I'm really here in Yu-Gi-Oh world." There was a moment of silence while we both thought our own thoughts.

"Uh, Kit? Do you like my yami?" Ryou asked nervously.

"You mean crush?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, I know what this is about. So you got mad because you thought me and Yami Bakura were flirting?"

"Yeah, I guess so." Ryou said, blushing slightly.

"Well, you don't have to worry. I was just having some fun. I know it may seem odd, but I always wanted to punch the crap out of him." I said, jokingly.

Ryou laughed, relieved that I didn't like his yami. I leaned over and softly kissed Ryou on the lips. "Come on, let's go downstairs. And for the record, let's just stay friends until the time is right, ok?"

"How did you ---" Ryou asked.

"I just did." I said as we came down the stairs back into the living room. Now I'm going to feel bad knowing I like Joey, when Ryou is crushing on me. Great, a conflict.

"Hey, look who's back!" Joey exclaimed, getting up from the couch.

"You guys want to go to Yugi's place?" Tristan asked. "Me and Joey were going to go there anyway today."

"YES!" Kyah ran out of the kitchen.

Ryou shot me a questioning look. I whispered to him, "She knows about Yami Yugi."

"Ok, in a while, we'll eat lunch then leave, ok?" I said.

"I have no problem with that!" Joey said following his comment with one of his silly laughs. All I could do is smile, thanking god that I'm where I belong.