Sweetest of all

Chapter 4:

Bakura hugged him tightly, "Ra, I was afraid you'd say no..."

"How could I say no? Koibito, I love you."

He smiled, "I love you too. I've been thinking about marrying you for a long time now..."

Ryou leaned into him and sighed in his ear, "Bakura?"

"Yes?"

"How do you think my mother will react to this?"

"I don't even want to think about it. She'll kill me..."

"No she won't. I promise, it won't be as bad as you think..."

In the morning Bakura was the first one to get up. He slipped out of bed, careful not to wake up Ryou, and trudged into their bathroom. He took a shower and brushed his teeth. Then he walked into the living room down stairs. Ryou's mom was down stairs sitting on the couch knitting a sweater. "Oh, hello."

"Hi..." Bakura felt uncomfortable.

"Ryou's father told me you wanted to propose to him. Did you?"

He blushed, "Yes."

"What did he say?"

"He said yes..."

Her eyes popped open and she stopped knitting, "So, you're going to get married to my son..."

"..." Bakura heard something from behind him and he turned around, it was Ryou's dad.

"Hey there Bakura."

"Hello."

Ryou's mom crossed her legs, "Dear, did you know that Ryou accepted Bakura's proposal?"

"Really?" He patted Bakura on the back. "Congrats!"

Ryou's mom looked like a dear caught in headlights, "Excuse me? You're happy about this?"

"Sure."

Bakura snuck around the corner into the kitchen just in the nick of time, he heard the yelling all to clearly.

He picked up the phone and dialed Marik and Malik's house number. Ring, Ring, Ring!

"Hello?" This time it was Malik.

"Hey Malik. It's me."

"Bakura! Alright, did Ryou say yes?"

"Yup." Bakura smiled.

"Ha! I knew he would." He held the phone away, "Marik! Pick up the other phone! Ryou said yes to Bakura!"

Bakura heard the receiver pick up then Marik's voice, "Hey, he said yes? Cool. So when do you want to have the wedding?"

"Uh, I don't know. When do you think?"

Malik sighed, "I guess we'll have to take a little trip to the church or whatever to plan it. Is Ryou gonna come?"

"I don't think so. He has to visit his granny again and he'll probably be gone the whole day. He never let's me come... he says his granny is old fashioned and he has to break the news to her gently."

"What news?" Marik asked.

"That he's homosexual."

"No way, you mean she doesn't know?"

"Nope..."

"How can you hide a thing like that?"

"How should I know? Anyway be over here in about 15 minutes so we can get this show on the road. Bye." Then Bakura hung up the phone.

He walked into the living room again watching Ryou and his mom having an argument and his dad was trying to help Ryou. Everyone stopped when they saw Bakura standing in the doorway. "Uh... maybe I should go."

Ryou's mom nodded, "Maybe you should."

Bakura was about to say something rude but Ryou's dad spoke for him, "Marianne, why do you have to be that way?!"

"Do you know what is about to happen?! We are about to gain a son-in- law and we don't have a daughter!"

"You're overreacting..."

"Am I?"

"Yes you are mother!" Ryou stood in front of her, "I can't believe you're insensitive about this!"

"..." She walked out the door and sat in the car. His father followed, "Come out when you're ready to go Ryou."

"Okay..." Ryou sighed, "Sorry you had to see that."

"It's okay. I'll be out with Marik and Malik. Were going to take care of all the wedding stuff."

Ryou kissed him, "Bye Bakura." Then walked out the door.