Rowan: Been about a month since I updated, so I didn't do too bad. Anyway, let's get started!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters nor do I own Celine Dion's "I Drove All Night", featured in this chapter. (I hope I got all the lyrics right!)
Thanks to Misura and Kenny3 for reviewing!
Song lyrics in italics
Written January 24, 2004 by Rowan
Communication
I Drove All Night
I had to escape, the city was sticky and cruel
Ryou's POV: I hopped on the bus the moment I found you. I didn't know you went back there. Not until Yugi told me. He told me where to find you. He told me that you missed me, loved me still. I didn't know. And maybe I'm foolish for not ever knowing. Maybe I'm foolish for not fighting for you. I'm doing something long overdue. I'm coming to get you and make you mine again.
Maybe I should have called you first but I was dying to get to you
I know I should have given you fair warning, but I was afraid you'd push me away, tell me not to go to you. Besides, I don't think I could've waited that long.
I was dreaming while I drove
The long straight road ahead
To face your sweet kisses, your arms open wide
This fever for you was just burning me up inside
I was an anxious wreck on the bus as it as. The bus was going way too slow for my tastes. I think the bus driver had it in for me, and I'll believe that until the day I die. Eighty miles an hour isn't all that fast, put she just wouldn't see reason. The only thought that kept me together was you. I envisioned your reaction a hundred different ways, some of which I prayed to the heavens and the stars above would not come true. I imagined your shock at finding me on your doorstep, then wrapping me into your warm embrace. I could almost feel your strong arms around me, something I haven't felt in a long time.
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep to make love to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night
The lights of the mini metropolis came into view in front of my very eyes. The KaibaCorp skyscraper reached towards the sky, bringing back fond memories of times when we were younger, and less wise. You immediately come to my mind as I watch my old home become closer and closer. You are always on the threshold of my thoughts. I become jittery as I realize, I'm almost there! I'm almost in your arms again! There's no turning back now.
What's in this world keeps us from falling apart?
No matter where I go I hear the beating of our one heart
Bakura's POV: How many months has it been? Five? Six? More? And I've still not gotten over you! You stay with me every waking moment, a silent, comforting presence. My thoughts are filled with you; your touch, your smell, your kiss, your gentle laughter, your warm smile. You won't leave me alone! Why? Why, even though we are so far apart, you are the only one I think of?
I think about you when the night is cold and dark
No one can move me the way that you do
Nothing erases this feeling between me and you
Everywhere I go, you're on my mind. At work, at home, in the park, in the car. Night and day you haunt me. Even in bed. Especially in bed. Even when I'm not alone, whomever is laying beside me is but a mere shadow of what you were. What you are. And when I'm alone and can't go to sleep, I imagine your warm, soft body beside my own, keeping me company through the long hours of the darkness. But then, I remember that you are miles away, so I comfort myself with the fantasy that I…
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep to make love to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night.
And I did, didn't I? I drove you away from me, then I drove away from you.
Ryou's POV: I walk up to your house. It's very familiar, it looks like our old house, when you and I used to live in Domino. The cut grass, the pruned hedges and shrubs that border around it; just the home I could imagine us living in together and growing old together in. The porch is neat and tidy, the columns a bright and cheerful white. I peer inside the house and fear that you're not home, for there are no lights on inside. But then I see a car parked in the driveway and assume you are asleep. If you are, forgive me, for I must see you now. I cannot wait a second longer.
I extend my finger towards the doorbell. I hesitate before ringing, however. I'm doubting my coming at all. What will I say when I see you? What if you turn me away? What if this is the wrong house?
To reassure myself that this is the right thing, I glance once more at the address Yugi gave me, and remember the promise I made to him. The house is the correct one, and I would never break a promise. I push the bell and wait.
I faced your sweet kisses, your arms open wide
This fever for you is just burning me up inside
Bakura's POV: Who the hell? Why's there someone on my doorstep at two o' clock in the morning? I had been in the middle of a wonderful dream, in which you and I were still together and still in love. I irritably get out of bed and approach the front door, grunting as I pull the heavy oak door open, just to see you!
I drove all night to get to you
Ryou's POV: I stared at your familiar face, and could help but want to ravish it with kisses. Luckily, I retained my self-control and settled for taking one of your hands in mine. I smiled at you hesitantly, for you did nothing but stare at me. You looked as if you were seeing a ghost. Of all the reactions I had imagined you to display, this non-responsive one was not among them. "Bakura?" I whispered uncertainly. You seemed to register me speaking your name, for you looked me directly in the eyes. "I'm back. I've come for you. I love you Bakura," I whispered, hoping to hear you return my words and engulf me in your love once more. But you simply stood and stared, speaking not a word.
I drove all night
Bakura's POV: I couldn't believe my eyes. There you were before my very eyes, the answer to my prayers. You took my hand and spoke my name softly, your voice caressing it and making it sound like the most important word in the world. You always made the simplest words into the most important. You continue to whisper. Did I hear correctly? Did you just say that you love me? But…but how can this be? If you did indeed love me, then why were you acting like you were planning on leaving me months ago?
You stare into my eyes, your own gentle, brown ones that I had once found myself drowning in glistening with unshed tears. My breath catches at the dramatic beauty of your delicate face. I find I cannot speak, though I have so much I wish to say to you. To ask you why you acted as you did in the past. To tell you that I still love you as well.
I attempt to speak as I feel your hand slip away from its light hold on mine. You walk slowly away, back down the walk. Away from me. I cannot be letting this happen! I cannot let you leave my life, now that I have seen you again I realize that. "Ryou?" I ask quietly. I'm afraid that you do not hear me. But then you turn and look back at me with sad eyes. I reach out my hand towards you, unsure.
Ryou's POV: You extend your hand, inviting me to take it. I am unsure of what you are planning, but deep in my heart I know to trust you. I walk back to you and gradually slip my hand into yours. Your hand grips mine and you pull me towards your body. I obediently follow your lead, until I am standing at the threshold of the door. You gaze down upon my face, confused, hurt, and beautiful. You then pull me inside and close the door behind me. You turn and start walking, still holding my hand. I trail behind you and you bring into the bedroom. I'm curious to know what you are planning in that conniving mind of yours. You push me against the door and finally release my hand, taking my chin in a cupped palm and raising it until our eyes meet again. Agonizingly slow, you lean down and capture my lips in a soft kiss.
Your lips are cool and refreshing on mine and my head is spinning. From drowsiness and the need to kiss you forcefully and passionately. But before I put my plan into action, you end the kiss, pulling your head back and smiling softly down on me. "I love you too Ryou."
I blink in surprise, though I should have guessed it when he kissed me. But I needed to hear the words from his own mouth. Actions speak louder than words, but words reassure much more than actions do. The tiniest whisper sometimes can be far more important that a gigantic shout off a cliffside.
"I'm glad," I whisper back. You smile, and pull me toward the bed. You lay down and beckon for me to lay beside you. Side by side at last, you wrap your arms around me. I lay my head on your chest and drift off to sleep, dozing quietly in my lover's arms. Safe at last.
Crept in your room
Is that all right?
I drove all night
~~~Owari~~~
Rowan: I think that's a perfect place to end, don't you? Well, it's been nice while it lasted, and I have to say, this chapter ended up quite nicely. I hope you all think so too. So, please review and tell me whether I should do the same thing I did with the previous song chapters, or if I should leave as is. All reviews are welcome!
Arigatou gozaimasu!