Sweet Blindness
Chapter 4:
Bakura chased Ryou up the stair to the 2nd floor only to get the bathroom door slammed in his face. Bakura knocked forcefully on the door, "Ryou, I'm so sorry!"
"Go away..."
"Ryou please, open the door." Bakura was in tears now. "Please!"
"GO AWAY!"
"Ryou! Please, I'm so sorry!" Bakura put his back on the to the door and slid down, "I'm sorry..."
"..." Ryou filled the big tub with water.
Bakura ran his fingers down the door, "Angel."
"Don't call me that!"
"Ryou, I didn't mean for it to go so far."
He got into the tub clothes and all, "What did you mean?" He whispered it so that Bakura couldn't hear.
"Ryou?"
"..."
"Ryou, I'm sorry that it happened! I'm so sorry."
"I'm sorry that it happened too."
Bakura tried to open the door again, still locked. "Open the door so we can talk face to face."
Still no answer. Then the door slowly opened to Bakura. He walked inside and starred at the angel he let down.
"Ryou. My angel, I..."
"I'm not yours. I'm not anyone's anymore."
Bakura grabbed Ryou's shoulders and hugged him tightly. "No, Ryou! You are mine, YOU ARE!"
"I'm not."
"Ryou listen to me, I am so sorry. I am. I shouldn't have done that, and I hate myself for it. Please Ryou..."
"I can't forgive you. I've done that already and you betrayed me. I can understand you dumping me and going with Kaiba..."
"No, Ryou."
"But you tried to go behind my back... and you..."
"No! Ryou!" Bakura let him lose from his grip slowly. "We can start over...please give me another chance!"
"Start over? Do you remember when we first started? You beating me...over and over and..."
Tears were streaming down Bakura's cheek, "..."
"Right now, I'd rather have you beat me dead then know what I do now." Ryou walked past his yami into the hallway, "Good-bye...koi."
Bakura sat on the floor crying quietly; eventually he fell asleep while the overflowing water from the tub washed over him.
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Joey was in the kitchen sitting on the counter. He wasn't crying just sitting there no thinking about anything.
"Joey? Joey, are you okay?" Yugi walked up to the counter.
"Yeah Yug. I'm fine. How's Ryou?"
"Uh... I don't know. Bakura went off after him. Are you sure you're okay?"
Joey jumped off of the counter top and stretched his arms, "Yeah, I'm okay! Never better!"
"But Joey, I don't think you..."
"I'm fine, uh... what is Kaiba doing?"
Yugi straightened, "Uh, he's down the hall still back at the closet. And everyone else is in the main room. There all worried about you and Ryou, please come with us and we can talk this out."
"Nah, Yug." Joey turned around and smiled, "No amount of talkin' with you guys is gonna help."
"..."
"I gotta do this myself." Joey left the kitchen and sprinted down the hall. He was running so fast he didn't know that Kaiba had almost past him.
They stopped a couple of feet away from each other; neither knew how to say what needed to be said.
"Joey..." Kaiba turned around.
"That's okay Kaiba. We both knew it wouldn't last forever."
"I don't want to brake up with you Joey. I'm sorry..."
"No apology necessary." Joey turned around to face him. He was smiling but crying all at the same time.
"Joey, I..."
"I think, it would be better if we were just friends."
"..."
"Friends with benefits."
Seto nodded, "No attachments."
Joey walked over to the teary-eyed CEO and hugged him. "I gotta go check on Ryou. He's not as forgiving as me, and he's fragile so... later."
Joey went up to the second floor and called for Ryou. "Ryou! Hey, Ryou buddy where are ya!"
He went into the bathroom and slipped on a puddle of water; the bathtub was still running. "Whoa!"
"Ouch...Huh? Bakura?"
Bakura was sleeping in the water but you could barely see his face. "..." he moved a little looked up at Joey.
"Hey, Bakura. Where's Ryou?"
"He's upset with me."
"Duh! I know that!"
"I'm so sorry... I don't know where he went."
"It's okay man. We all make mistakes, this was yours. Ryou will forgive you, just give him time."
"But you didn't see how hurt he was."
"..."
"He'll never look at me again."
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Marik and Malik were wandering around the mansion looking for something to do, since that incedent with Kaiba and Bakura they all kind of split up.
"I knew I should have put my foot down and stopped them when I had the chance." Malik thought out loud.
"Wait a minute. You mean you knew what was going on, and you didn't even tell me?!"
"They told me to keep it a secret."
"Malik, one night you caught me sneaking out of the kitchen naked with an Oreo in my mouth. We have no secrets from each other."
"... Yeah, I guess I should have told you."
"Oh well, you know what we gotta do know don't ya?"
"No, what?"
"We gotta help Bakura get Ryou to forgive him for making out with Joey's boyfriend."
"When you say it like that, it sounds kinda hard..."
"All we gotta do is find some kinda old link between them, and make Ryou believe it'll never happen again."
"That sounds sort of time consuming..."
"So what! You don't have anything important to do!"
Malik pouted for a minute, "Well, what about that cake in the kitchen!"
"Hmm. Fine, we'll have cake. THEN, we'll save Ryou and Bakura's relationship."
Chapter 4:
Bakura chased Ryou up the stair to the 2nd floor only to get the bathroom door slammed in his face. Bakura knocked forcefully on the door, "Ryou, I'm so sorry!"
"Go away..."
"Ryou please, open the door." Bakura was in tears now. "Please!"
"GO AWAY!"
"Ryou! Please, I'm so sorry!" Bakura put his back on the to the door and slid down, "I'm sorry..."
"..." Ryou filled the big tub with water.
Bakura ran his fingers down the door, "Angel."
"Don't call me that!"
"Ryou, I didn't mean for it to go so far."
He got into the tub clothes and all, "What did you mean?" He whispered it so that Bakura couldn't hear.
"Ryou?"
"..."
"Ryou, I'm sorry that it happened! I'm so sorry."
"I'm sorry that it happened too."
Bakura tried to open the door again, still locked. "Open the door so we can talk face to face."
Still no answer. Then the door slowly opened to Bakura. He walked inside and starred at the angel he let down.
"Ryou. My angel, I..."
"I'm not yours. I'm not anyone's anymore."
Bakura grabbed Ryou's shoulders and hugged him tightly. "No, Ryou! You are mine, YOU ARE!"
"I'm not."
"Ryou listen to me, I am so sorry. I am. I shouldn't have done that, and I hate myself for it. Please Ryou..."
"I can't forgive you. I've done that already and you betrayed me. I can understand you dumping me and going with Kaiba..."
"No, Ryou."
"But you tried to go behind my back... and you..."
"No! Ryou!" Bakura let him lose from his grip slowly. "We can start over...please give me another chance!"
"Start over? Do you remember when we first started? You beating me...over and over and..."
Tears were streaming down Bakura's cheek, "..."
"Right now, I'd rather have you beat me dead then know what I do now." Ryou walked past his yami into the hallway, "Good-bye...koi."
Bakura sat on the floor crying quietly; eventually he fell asleep while the overflowing water from the tub washed over him.
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Joey was in the kitchen sitting on the counter. He wasn't crying just sitting there no thinking about anything.
"Joey? Joey, are you okay?" Yugi walked up to the counter.
"Yeah Yug. I'm fine. How's Ryou?"
"Uh... I don't know. Bakura went off after him. Are you sure you're okay?"
Joey jumped off of the counter top and stretched his arms, "Yeah, I'm okay! Never better!"
"But Joey, I don't think you..."
"I'm fine, uh... what is Kaiba doing?"
Yugi straightened, "Uh, he's down the hall still back at the closet. And everyone else is in the main room. There all worried about you and Ryou, please come with us and we can talk this out."
"Nah, Yug." Joey turned around and smiled, "No amount of talkin' with you guys is gonna help."
"..."
"I gotta do this myself." Joey left the kitchen and sprinted down the hall. He was running so fast he didn't know that Kaiba had almost past him.
They stopped a couple of feet away from each other; neither knew how to say what needed to be said.
"Joey..." Kaiba turned around.
"That's okay Kaiba. We both knew it wouldn't last forever."
"I don't want to brake up with you Joey. I'm sorry..."
"No apology necessary." Joey turned around to face him. He was smiling but crying all at the same time.
"Joey, I..."
"I think, it would be better if we were just friends."
"..."
"Friends with benefits."
Seto nodded, "No attachments."
Joey walked over to the teary-eyed CEO and hugged him. "I gotta go check on Ryou. He's not as forgiving as me, and he's fragile so... later."
Joey went up to the second floor and called for Ryou. "Ryou! Hey, Ryou buddy where are ya!"
He went into the bathroom and slipped on a puddle of water; the bathtub was still running. "Whoa!"
"Ouch...Huh? Bakura?"
Bakura was sleeping in the water but you could barely see his face. "..." he moved a little looked up at Joey.
"Hey, Bakura. Where's Ryou?"
"He's upset with me."
"Duh! I know that!"
"I'm so sorry... I don't know where he went."
"It's okay man. We all make mistakes, this was yours. Ryou will forgive you, just give him time."
"But you didn't see how hurt he was."
"..."
"He'll never look at me again."
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Marik and Malik were wandering around the mansion looking for something to do, since that incedent with Kaiba and Bakura they all kind of split up.
"I knew I should have put my foot down and stopped them when I had the chance." Malik thought out loud.
"Wait a minute. You mean you knew what was going on, and you didn't even tell me?!"
"They told me to keep it a secret."
"Malik, one night you caught me sneaking out of the kitchen naked with an Oreo in my mouth. We have no secrets from each other."
"... Yeah, I guess I should have told you."
"Oh well, you know what we gotta do know don't ya?"
"No, what?"
"We gotta help Bakura get Ryou to forgive him for making out with Joey's boyfriend."
"When you say it like that, it sounds kinda hard..."
"All we gotta do is find some kinda old link between them, and make Ryou believe it'll never happen again."
"That sounds sort of time consuming..."
"So what! You don't have anything important to do!"
Malik pouted for a minute, "Well, what about that cake in the kitchen!"
"Hmm. Fine, we'll have cake. THEN, we'll save Ryou and Bakura's relationship."