Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah. I don't own Yugioh. No one reads disclaimers, so why bother? I could say, 'I own Yugioh and everyone in it' and no one will care.
Author's notes: *sighs and pulls out a large empty piece of paper, and writes simply, "THE FARTHEST I AM GOING WITH THIS FIC IS SHOUNEN-AI. I WILL NOT DO SEX, RAPE, OR YAOI. HATE ME ALL YOU WANT, I DON'T CARE" If you do complain, then god be with you as I make Bakura absolutly hate Ryou and kill him at the end. Thank you. Also, I realized this: In my first chapter, it said that that it was friday, though the next day Ryou went to school...my fault, I'm sorry. Let's just say it's monday today, or whatever..you get what I'm saying, okay? thanks.
In response to your reviews...
Reana1: ^^' I'm nicer to Ryou..is that a compliment?
Poo: read above...
SorceressMana: *sniff* GOD BLESS YOU!! ^^ Thank you so much for your reviews!
Shadow Ishtar: Heh, havn't read Cut yet, but I've heard about it. I'm going to read it one of these days...
Senshichan14: Er...please don't hurt my beloved Bishounen, Bakura, the one who I base my life upon and love and adore every day. I need him for the fic...afterwards, feel free to bash him all you want!
Dark Magician Girl/Hikaru: Thanks for your review, I try to update asap!
LazyLiza: Why, of COURSE yours is my favorite rp! And, In all s-ai Ryou abuse fics, doesn't Bakura ALWAYS go from evil to fluff? oO
Katia-chan: Yes, I'm afraid I ended it there. Get used to that, I always end my chappies in cliffhangers, so nyah.
On with the story...
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"Y-Yuugi...what are you doing here...?" Ryou studdered, |ooking fearfully down at his friend, pulling a bit, trying to get away, but Yuugi had a pretty strong grip for someone so small.
"I knew something was up, so I followed you...now tell me, where did you get these scars??" Yuugi said, his face full of concern as he frowned up at his friend.
Ryou shook his head, "N-no, Yuugi!" He said, breaking free and taking a few steps back, "Leave me be!"
Just then, the bell rung. Ryou blinked in surprise. He didn't realize it was so close to the end of school, but he took his opportunity to run back, to get home. So he did. He turned around, and ran down the hall and around the corner, away from Yuugi, who was still standing there, a stunned look on his face.
Halfway to his locker, Ryou then stopped and looked behind him, just to make sure Yuugi or anyone was following him. The hallways were now packed with students at their lockers, eager to get home. Ryou made his way to his own locker, stuffed the things he needed in his backpack, and quickly left the school.
Ryou walked quickly, his head down the whole time. He realized that he wanted to get home fast-so he could miss Yuugi, but yet, he had never wanted to do that before, since his yami was waiting there, and Ryou wasn't really looking forward to that.
~Maybe...if I'm early...he won't beat me up..." Ryou thought to himself, and his spirits rose momentarily, but then shrunk, ~Oh, who am I kidding. I could come home an hour before school ended and Bakura woukld still cause me pain...~
"Ryou!" A voice broke him out of his thoughts. Without turning around, Ryou immidietly recognized it as Honda's voice, "hey, wait up!" Honda said.
But Ryou didn't want to wait. He was afraid Yuugi had perhaps told Jonouchi, Honda, and Anzu about Ryou's scars, and the pale boy couldn't risk that.
Breaking out into a run, Ryou closed his eyes tightly, his head pointed down. By now, Ryou had memorized the way home to the point where he didn't need to see where he was going to tell where he was, which was an advantage to him in a way..except of course, he hadn't memorized how many lamppoles were in his way, and he soon found out there were at least five or so.
15 minutes later, Ryou arrived home and stood outside the door for about thirty seconds, one hand on his knee, the other on the doorknob, catching his breath, for he had run the whole way.
Opening the door, Ryou poked his head inside and gazed around, his eyes slightly narrowed. He saw no one, though, like the other day, Ryou knew that Bakura was just hiding somewhere, waiting to come out and just pounce on him.
"Bakura...?" Ryou called, moving slowly through the house. ~Why am I calling him..? Do I WANT him to know I'm home? Hell, he probobaly already does know...~ Ryou thought, shaking his head and sighing as he moved into the hallway, sensing Bakura waiting in Ryou's room, he stepped inside, closing the door behind him, and waited for Bakura to give his hikari his daily 'lesson'...
The next day at school, Ryou was almost afraid to show up, but he knew it was either that or face Bakura. Getting up early, changing and getting ready for school, and making a quick cut on his forearm, Ryou made his way out the door, wondering what to say to Yuugi when he asked about the scars on his friends arm.
The truth? No, then Yuugi would make Ryou stop. Say that Bakura did it? No, that would just make Bakura mad. Accidents? Yuugi wouldn't buy it, Ryou knew...not even he was that clumsy.
The hikari was so caught up with his thinking, he didn't even run into any poles this time, and arrived at school quicker then he thought. Hesitating for a moment before climbing up the steps, Ryou gulped and stepped inside, went to his locker, put his stuff away, and stepped into his first period class with, much to the pale boy's dismay, about fifteen minutes until school started. He knew that would be more then enough time for Yuugi and everyone else to find out the truth to Ryou's scars (and the bruises Bakura also left on his arm yesterday as well).
Sure enough, the minute Ryou sat down in his seat, Yuugi, Jonouchi, Honda, and Anzu each came up, surrounding him and his desk. Ryou gave a nervous smile to them and nodded to each of his friends, hiding his arms under his desk.
"H-hello, Jonouchi, Anzu, Honda...Yuugi...." He said nervously, looking down.
Jonouchi then grabbed one of Ryou's arms and pulled the sleeve back, a slight frown on his face. Obviously, Yuugi had told the other three what he had seen on Ryou before he walked in.
Ryou didn't bother to pull his arm back or try to get away, he knew his secret was out, his secret life of cutting himself to help him through the day was now over.
"...Ryou, where did you get these scars..?" Anzu asked slowly, eyeing them carefully, though Jonouchi still held on to his wrist.
The pale hikari didn't answer at first. He was chosing whether or not to lie, but Ryou was naturally terrible liar, so he decited on the truth, "I-I did those..." he muttered softly.
Anzu's brow raised, but she didn't look too surprised. She had been expecting this, though was hoping it wasn't true. She sighed and sat down infront of the seat infront of Ryou, sitting in the chair backwards to face him, "Ryou...why are you doing this to yourself..?" She said quietly, looking deep into his eyes.
Ryou just kept looking to the ground, and avoided her unnerving gaze, "Because I like it, and neither of you are going to stop me!" Ryou said, the last part of his sentence his voice getting louder and bolder.
The four glanced at eachother uncertainly, and nodded simultaniously, silently agreeing on something, "Okay then, Ryou...we won't stop you, but you have to promise us you'll stop yourself, okay??" Honda said, lowering himself to be on Ryou's level.
But Ryou shook his head. He didn't want to stop, and nothing anyone said was going to make him feel diffrently, "No. I'm going to keep doing it" Ryou said with a frown, now looking at all of them.
They blinked in surprise. Usually, they knew Ryou as quiet and reserved, most considered him a pushover, and he was very accepting, never questioning how things were, or complaining.
Rarely did Ryou talk back, especially to his friends. Only when he really needed to get his point clear-and in this case, he did, "Listen to me, guys. I understand your concern, I really do! But I need to do this, okay? I've never felt so great in my life. I won't kill myself, I promise. Besides, they heal, right? After a while, it'll be like nothing happend, right? I love this, everyone. It's great. Maybe not to you, but to me. Like Anzu, when you get nervous, or tensed, and need to calm down, you sing, or act, right? It helps you cool down. Well, cutting helps me. it's just like that. It's nothing out of the ordinary, everyone gets cut, right? Well, I like it. So, I'm not going to stop, okay? I won't stop, no matter what you guys say..."
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From the Authoress: Yay. Another chappie up, I'm sorry that took so long. My phsyciatrist is really begining to tick me off, so I go and sulk in my room a few hours. Oh yeah...happy Hannukah/Merry Christmas, all. I'll try to get the next one up and going sooner. Thanks for reading, R&R.
Author's notes: *sighs and pulls out a large empty piece of paper, and writes simply, "THE FARTHEST I AM GOING WITH THIS FIC IS SHOUNEN-AI. I WILL NOT DO SEX, RAPE, OR YAOI. HATE ME ALL YOU WANT, I DON'T CARE" If you do complain, then god be with you as I make Bakura absolutly hate Ryou and kill him at the end. Thank you. Also, I realized this: In my first chapter, it said that that it was friday, though the next day Ryou went to school...my fault, I'm sorry. Let's just say it's monday today, or whatever..you get what I'm saying, okay? thanks.
In response to your reviews...
Reana1: ^^' I'm nicer to Ryou..is that a compliment?
Poo: read above...
SorceressMana: *sniff* GOD BLESS YOU!! ^^ Thank you so much for your reviews!
Shadow Ishtar: Heh, havn't read Cut yet, but I've heard about it. I'm going to read it one of these days...
Senshichan14: Er...please don't hurt my beloved Bishounen, Bakura, the one who I base my life upon and love and adore every day. I need him for the fic...afterwards, feel free to bash him all you want!
Dark Magician Girl/Hikaru: Thanks for your review, I try to update asap!
LazyLiza: Why, of COURSE yours is my favorite rp! And, In all s-ai Ryou abuse fics, doesn't Bakura ALWAYS go from evil to fluff? oO
Katia-chan: Yes, I'm afraid I ended it there. Get used to that, I always end my chappies in cliffhangers, so nyah.
On with the story...
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"Y-Yuugi...what are you doing here...?" Ryou studdered, |ooking fearfully down at his friend, pulling a bit, trying to get away, but Yuugi had a pretty strong grip for someone so small.
"I knew something was up, so I followed you...now tell me, where did you get these scars??" Yuugi said, his face full of concern as he frowned up at his friend.
Ryou shook his head, "N-no, Yuugi!" He said, breaking free and taking a few steps back, "Leave me be!"
Just then, the bell rung. Ryou blinked in surprise. He didn't realize it was so close to the end of school, but he took his opportunity to run back, to get home. So he did. He turned around, and ran down the hall and around the corner, away from Yuugi, who was still standing there, a stunned look on his face.
Halfway to his locker, Ryou then stopped and looked behind him, just to make sure Yuugi or anyone was following him. The hallways were now packed with students at their lockers, eager to get home. Ryou made his way to his own locker, stuffed the things he needed in his backpack, and quickly left the school.
Ryou walked quickly, his head down the whole time. He realized that he wanted to get home fast-so he could miss Yuugi, but yet, he had never wanted to do that before, since his yami was waiting there, and Ryou wasn't really looking forward to that.
~Maybe...if I'm early...he won't beat me up..." Ryou thought to himself, and his spirits rose momentarily, but then shrunk, ~Oh, who am I kidding. I could come home an hour before school ended and Bakura woukld still cause me pain...~
"Ryou!" A voice broke him out of his thoughts. Without turning around, Ryou immidietly recognized it as Honda's voice, "hey, wait up!" Honda said.
But Ryou didn't want to wait. He was afraid Yuugi had perhaps told Jonouchi, Honda, and Anzu about Ryou's scars, and the pale boy couldn't risk that.
Breaking out into a run, Ryou closed his eyes tightly, his head pointed down. By now, Ryou had memorized the way home to the point where he didn't need to see where he was going to tell where he was, which was an advantage to him in a way..except of course, he hadn't memorized how many lamppoles were in his way, and he soon found out there were at least five or so.
15 minutes later, Ryou arrived home and stood outside the door for about thirty seconds, one hand on his knee, the other on the doorknob, catching his breath, for he had run the whole way.
Opening the door, Ryou poked his head inside and gazed around, his eyes slightly narrowed. He saw no one, though, like the other day, Ryou knew that Bakura was just hiding somewhere, waiting to come out and just pounce on him.
"Bakura...?" Ryou called, moving slowly through the house. ~Why am I calling him..? Do I WANT him to know I'm home? Hell, he probobaly already does know...~ Ryou thought, shaking his head and sighing as he moved into the hallway, sensing Bakura waiting in Ryou's room, he stepped inside, closing the door behind him, and waited for Bakura to give his hikari his daily 'lesson'...
The next day at school, Ryou was almost afraid to show up, but he knew it was either that or face Bakura. Getting up early, changing and getting ready for school, and making a quick cut on his forearm, Ryou made his way out the door, wondering what to say to Yuugi when he asked about the scars on his friends arm.
The truth? No, then Yuugi would make Ryou stop. Say that Bakura did it? No, that would just make Bakura mad. Accidents? Yuugi wouldn't buy it, Ryou knew...not even he was that clumsy.
The hikari was so caught up with his thinking, he didn't even run into any poles this time, and arrived at school quicker then he thought. Hesitating for a moment before climbing up the steps, Ryou gulped and stepped inside, went to his locker, put his stuff away, and stepped into his first period class with, much to the pale boy's dismay, about fifteen minutes until school started. He knew that would be more then enough time for Yuugi and everyone else to find out the truth to Ryou's scars (and the bruises Bakura also left on his arm yesterday as well).
Sure enough, the minute Ryou sat down in his seat, Yuugi, Jonouchi, Honda, and Anzu each came up, surrounding him and his desk. Ryou gave a nervous smile to them and nodded to each of his friends, hiding his arms under his desk.
"H-hello, Jonouchi, Anzu, Honda...Yuugi...." He said nervously, looking down.
Jonouchi then grabbed one of Ryou's arms and pulled the sleeve back, a slight frown on his face. Obviously, Yuugi had told the other three what he had seen on Ryou before he walked in.
Ryou didn't bother to pull his arm back or try to get away, he knew his secret was out, his secret life of cutting himself to help him through the day was now over.
"...Ryou, where did you get these scars..?" Anzu asked slowly, eyeing them carefully, though Jonouchi still held on to his wrist.
The pale hikari didn't answer at first. He was chosing whether or not to lie, but Ryou was naturally terrible liar, so he decited on the truth, "I-I did those..." he muttered softly.
Anzu's brow raised, but she didn't look too surprised. She had been expecting this, though was hoping it wasn't true. She sighed and sat down infront of the seat infront of Ryou, sitting in the chair backwards to face him, "Ryou...why are you doing this to yourself..?" She said quietly, looking deep into his eyes.
Ryou just kept looking to the ground, and avoided her unnerving gaze, "Because I like it, and neither of you are going to stop me!" Ryou said, the last part of his sentence his voice getting louder and bolder.
The four glanced at eachother uncertainly, and nodded simultaniously, silently agreeing on something, "Okay then, Ryou...we won't stop you, but you have to promise us you'll stop yourself, okay??" Honda said, lowering himself to be on Ryou's level.
But Ryou shook his head. He didn't want to stop, and nothing anyone said was going to make him feel diffrently, "No. I'm going to keep doing it" Ryou said with a frown, now looking at all of them.
They blinked in surprise. Usually, they knew Ryou as quiet and reserved, most considered him a pushover, and he was very accepting, never questioning how things were, or complaining.
Rarely did Ryou talk back, especially to his friends. Only when he really needed to get his point clear-and in this case, he did, "Listen to me, guys. I understand your concern, I really do! But I need to do this, okay? I've never felt so great in my life. I won't kill myself, I promise. Besides, they heal, right? After a while, it'll be like nothing happend, right? I love this, everyone. It's great. Maybe not to you, but to me. Like Anzu, when you get nervous, or tensed, and need to calm down, you sing, or act, right? It helps you cool down. Well, cutting helps me. it's just like that. It's nothing out of the ordinary, everyone gets cut, right? Well, I like it. So, I'm not going to stop, okay? I won't stop, no matter what you guys say..."
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From the Authoress: Yay. Another chappie up, I'm sorry that took so long. My phsyciatrist is really begining to tick me off, so I go and sulk in my room a few hours. Oh yeah...happy Hannukah/Merry Christmas, all. I'll try to get the next one up and going sooner. Thanks for reading, R&R.