Flames of my Eyes: Chapter 9

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Ryou walked into the bedroom, his entire body limp with tiredness. He staggered and fell onto the bed, his ears ever alert for the sound of his loving, but sometimes scary, koi. He sighed as he pulled himself all the way onto the bed. Curling up in a ball, as he tried to keep himself awake for the arrival of Bakura.

He didn't hear the soft padding of footsteps on the floor, and his muscles were too weary to feel the slight pressure on the bed as Bakura gently pressed his weight against the bed. What he did feel was the tender nip at the soft flesh of his ear.

Groaning, he swatted at the offensive face. This only resulted in what was gentle pressure becoming a harsh bite.

"Fine, fine, I'm up." He said, the teeth pulling away from his ear as he sat up to face his lover. Bakura sat there innocently, his deep red eyes flashing in the pale light from the candles. Ryou shook his head dismissively at the virtuous posture of Bakura.

"Bakura, I'm tired." He whined, slightly angry with Bakura for waking him up from what had been a very comfortable position.

"Too bad." Bakura said, ever the uncaring one. "I got something for you." He said, grinning to show that he was proud of himself.

Ryou had learned to be cautious. Last time Bakura had gotten him 'something', it had been a snake skin, half-rotten. But he was about to learn there were far worse things than snakeskins.

"What is it?" He asked tiredly. Bakura pouted for a second before dropping his present on the bed. Ryou just caught a glimpse of a scurrying mouse before it hid itself in his robe. Calmly extracting the frightened rodent from his clothes, he began to address Bakura.

"Bakura, you scared him." He accused, half worried about the mouse, half glad that Bakura had not decided that the mouse would make a better present dead.

"I thought you would like him as a pet." Bakura said, smirking.

"Thank you, but I really don't have time to care for him." Ryou said, cuddling with the now calm mouse.

Bakura pouted. "But."

"No buts Bakura. I'm just to busy to care for him. I'm going to go take him outside." Ryou stood up and began to walk out the door.

"Fine." Bakura responded, sulking.

Ryou returned and once again curled himself up on the bed next to Bakura.

"Wait, Ryou. I forgot your other present." Ryou sighed, sitting up. Bakura drew a tiny object out of his robe, and placed it in Ryou's hand. Ryou examined the object.

"Bakura, it's beautiful." In his hand was a tiny gold earring that had a miniscule diamond in the center.

"You're welcome." He replied, a self-satisfied smirk forming on his lips.

"But Bakura," Ryou began, "I don't have my ear pierced." He very soon learned the mistake of those words, as soon as the smirk grew into a full- fledged grin.

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The next morning, Ryou walked into the main hall, tired but pleasantly content. As he waved hello to Yuugi, he vaguely noticed the raised eyebrow at the sight of his earring.

Later on that day, Ryou was passing by a seemingly empty corridor when he heard the sound of Yuugi and Bakura's voices.

"See, told you he would like the earring better than the mouse." Yuugi was saying.

"But, Yuu-" Bakura began. Yuugi chuckled.

"No but's Bakura. You know the terms of our bet. If he liked the earring better than the mouse, you had to return all the loot from your little 'raid' last week."

Bakura sighed. Ryou walked away, silently giggling.

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There you go, your Ryou/Bakura chappie. Happy? Tell me in a review.