Hey, here's chapter 4, enjoy! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* .Ryou got up and went to the bathroom to try and cover up his wounds a little bit, and see how many bruises he got. After he cleaned himself up he headed back downstairs and started to clean up.

~At the bar~

Bakura met his best friend at the bar. His name was Marik. Marik had fallen in love with Bakura a while ago; all he wanted to do was make sure his 'secret' love is totally happy since he knows that Bakura loves Ryou. But today when he saw Bakura walk into the bar he seemed mad and confused. 'I wonder why he looks mad and confused?'

During the ride home the radio was on, and it said that there was an escaped prisoner from the local Domino prison. "Be sure to lock your doors, and windows, even if you do that, still be careful. This man was charged with physical abuse and rape. He has been in jail for 9 years and is probably looking for a person to rape or abuse. I would advise everyone to try and stay inside, as long as you can." The news lady said. But Bakura and Marik didn't think anything of it because they knew they could fight off the man if he came anywhere near them.

Then Marik drove Bakura to his house and set up the guestroom. Then out of nowhere, Bakura got the sudden urge to call Ryou, and see how he was doing and tell him that he's going to stay at Marik's house. 'Maybe I should skip asking him how's he's doing and just tell him that I'm staying over.' Bakura thought as he dialed the house number waiting anxiously for Ryou to pick up.

~At the House with Ryou~

Ryou got the all of the downstairs done and all he had to do was clean upstairs which only took about half an hour. So he headed up the stairs to start cleaning. The first thing that Ryou had started to do was vacuum all of the places that he could, like the hallway, stairs, and the rooms. Then he went to all the bathrooms and cleaned them. After Ryou finished cleaning the bathrooms, he went to every room, and dusted every nook and cranny that could possibly have dust on it. During the whole time that Ryou was cleaning he was thinking about a very important subject. 'I wonder fi should tell Bakura and everyone else that I have cancer. Maybe I should go to the appointments like Angela told me to. If I do tell people, I wonder how they would react. I don't think I can leave this world. I'm way too young and I want to live my life and not cut it short.' Finally Ryou made up his mind. 'One of these days I'm going to invite everyone over and somehow convince Bakura to attend, and then I'll tell them that I have cancer.' He thought as the phone rang.

"Ryou? I'm going to stay.at Marik's place. Don't make a mess, and I want.the house to be clean when I.get back." Bakura said a little drunk and ending the whole telephone conversation.

Ryou sighed with relief, with Bakura gone it meant that he didn't have to worry about cleaning the house because it was already clean, therefore he would have more time to heal and rest.

It was already 12:20 and Ryou had started to get tired a long time ago. So he headed to the restroom upstairs and got ready for bed. After washing up, Ryou quickly went downstairs to make sure that the door was locked and all the electricity was turned off. Then Ryou started to make his way upstairs, when he suddenly stopped thinking that he saw a shadow in the corner of his eye. 'Huh? I think I'm seeing things, maybe if I go upstairs and get some rest I'll be able to make some sense.' When Ryou entered his room, someone tackled him from behind and gagged him. Ryou immediately started to scream but the gag was reducing the sound greatly. The man that had grabbed Ryou started to beat him up, but much worse. 'At least I'm getting hurt in my room, and when Bakura gets home he won't see a big mess.' Ryou thought a little thankfully.

The man beat Ryou until he was coughing up blood, and was surrounded in his own pool of blood. 'I hope Bakura doesn't see me like this, he would think I'm a disgrace.' With that last thought, Ryou fell into unconsciousness.

~In the Morning~

Marik dropped Bakura off at his front yard and watched to make sure that Bakura would get in safely. Bakura got the key out of under the mat, opened the door then placed the key under the mat again. Then Bakura asked Marik if he wanted to come in, and of course Marik, with the big crush, happily embraced the invitation. As Bakura stepped in the house Bakura thought, 'Wow, I think Ryou overdid it, the house is spotless.' Bakura looked around in awe. Then he headed up the stairs, then announced to Ryou that he was home. Thinking Ryou would be up because he's normally up before 8:00 and it was 12:00 noon. "Ryou, I'm home, you did a very good job cleaning up the house, I'm impressed." Bakura said as he walked towards Ryou's room.

Bakura knocked before he entered, and was stunned at the sight before him. Ryou was on the floor soaked in blood, and the blood on the floor was starting to dry up. And it smelled like sweat, and, well.blood. 'Shit!' Bakura thought not knowing what to do. "Marik! Call the ambulance!!" Bakura shouted, being the first thing that popped up into his head. Marik ran up the stairs in confusion, and at the sight of Ryou he immediately took his cell phone out and dialed 911, then went downstairs to talk to the man.

Bakura bent down next to Ryou, and placed his middle and forefinger on Ryou's throat to check his pulse. 'Good he's still alive, he's breathing but its faint, and so is his pulse. Oh, please hang on Ryou, I need you to live.' Bakura thought, hoping Ryou would make it through all right.

Marik ran up the stairs and said that the ambulance was here. The medics took Ryou and strapped him on the bed thing. (I know what its called, I just forgot, now back to the story) Immediately they ran outside into the vehicle and through all of these different machines on him, while saying medical vocabulary that Bakura and Marik didn't quite understand.

Not wanting to leave Marik alone, Bakura asked Marik if he could get a ride to the hospital instead of riding in the ambulance with Ryou. "Marik, do you think you can give me a ride to the hospital?" Bakura asked, really hoping that Marik would say yes. "Sure." Marik said, only happily that he could help his 'secret' love out, when he really needed it.

The ride to the hospital was in total silence and shock. Bakura was thankful that Marik didn't try and make conversation with him because he was just too shocked to say anything. 'Why didn't Ryou call Marik's house and tell me that he was hurt?' Bakura thought, trying to blame the reason why Ryou was going to the hospital on something else, but knew it was his fault, he shouldn't have gotten drunk and have to stay over at Marik's house. 'I shouldn't have gotten drunk, I shouldn't have left the house in the first place, I shouldn't have stayed at Marik's house, I should have just went home.' Bakura thought with the expression of guilt shown on his face.

"It's not your fault Bakura, no body knew that this was going to happen, it just happened." Marik said, trying to convince himself as well. Bakura gave Marik a weak smile, which also meant that he was listening but not so sure that he was right. Marik just sighed, and continued to drive. And before they knew it they were at the hospital. Marik parked the car and they walked into the hospital waiting room.

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