HI everyone back for a update heh well from what I was asked Marik will Like Malik not as a brother heh (Green Fairy suggested so ^^) But I am not too sure about the Bakura and Yami one lol Oh well heh we will have to see! You see the first reviewer gets the most input! SO now this story contains traces of soft Yaoi so if you don't like it then please don't read heh; I just hope I wont lose people for doing so…. Oh well… jeeze I seem to be doing more of these kinds of stories lately…... ._. hrmm anyways this chapter is really really long so I hope you like it and it will make up for not updating.
Chapter 2: Enough is enough
The chill of the morning frosted the ground making the fresh grass look like tiny icicles. The leaves no longer looked alive and well. Each were covered in a soft layer of ice encasing it whole. The chilly air picked up the tiny ice leaves waving them through the morning air. The sound of rustling bed sheets could be heard in a quiet room in an apartment. One soft lavender eye opened carefully as the other eye was hidden under blankets. A light yawn was heard under the mound of warm blankets then a sigh. The lavender eye started to close again relaxing when a shrill ring of an alarm clock shakes him awake. Maliks slim arm emerged from under the blankets slapping the snooze button on. Grumbling he slowly got out of bed walking over to his door sticking his head out to listen. After hearing that no one else was awake in the house Malik quietly made his way to the bathroom for the first shower. He liked to beat his yami to the bathroom in the morning since he liked to take so long. Once in the bathroom he stripped down quickly then jumped into the shower then turned on the water. Since he knew he was short on time he got his shower over with quickly jumping out then ran over to where the towels were. Grabbing one quickly wrapping it around his waist he ran out once again hurrying over to his room to get dressed. Pulling new clean clothes from his drawers then started to get dressed for school. Just as he was about to zip up his pants the door to his room flew open.
"HIKARI WAKE UP---- oh your up already…" Marik mumbled the last part sadly. Malik laughed lightly shaking his head as he quickly finished dressing leaving his school coat off for now.
"Yeah I got up early today so I could have the shower and not keep Ryou waiting for once" he mumbled as he looked around for his books. Marik stood in the doorway leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed across his chest watching his Hikari run around. Marik walked into the room then picked up the towel then grabbed Maliks shoulders pulling him down to sit on the bed.
"Yami? What are you….?"Malik questioned but stopped as he felts the towel being run through his hair.
"If you leave this house with wet hair you'll get sick" Marik spoke to him in his ear as he ran the towel in his hikaris hair slowly. Once that was done Marik closed his eyes then was about to say something that seemed important but Malik jumped up then grabbed his hair brush.
"Thanks Yami! See you after school! I think Bakura may come over later to keep you company!" Malik called as he ran from the room to where his shoes where. Marik sighed softly hanging his head slightly putting his head in his hands. Malik ran the hair brush quickly through his hair then slipped on his shoes then ran out the door. (( lol that is what I do exactly in the morning lol)) He quickly made his way to the elevator and pressed L and waited. Leaning his back against the elevator wall holding his books and jacket Malik sighed closing his eyes. The elevator stopped once to let a few other people on then the last stop before the parking lot. Malik would have taken his motorcycle but since he had taught Marik how to ride he left it for him to use just in case. Walking off the elevator with the masses he made his way to the front doors to see if his friend was waiting for him. Sure enough a silver haired boy stood off to the side with s black shoulder bag was watching the people walk by. The boy looked to the side with his dark chocolate brown eyes that seemed to sparkle.
"Malik! Ohayou Gozaimasu!" Ryou smiled softly. Malik couldn't help but smile back at the boy then walked quickly over to stand by him. The slightly shorter boy hugged him quickly which always shocked Malik.
"Ohayou Gozaimasu Ryou" Malik started walking towards school as they walked. Malik could see excitement radiating from Ryou as they walked down the street.
"What got you all excited this morning?" He asked simply. Ryou smiled up at him then looked back ahead of himself.
"Well… I don't know it's just the band is sounding so well" He started off then paused.
"Yes I know…."Malik sighed tiredly putting his hand in pocket then his other gripped onto the book tightly. Ryou looked over at him worry evident in his soft colored eyes as the walked onto the school ground.
"What's wrong?" Ryou asked softly. Malik sighed shaking his head then forced a smile towards the other hikari.
"Nothing… don't worry… we better hurry up though so we can get to our lockers" He smiled as he grabbed Ryous wrist pulling him into a run into the school. Once inside the school Malik stopped at his locker to try and open it as his friend walked a few lockers down to open his own. Smiling to himself Malik turned his attention towards his lockers fumbling around through all the junk in his locker. Just as he was in mid reach of his textbook he heard a loud nervous meep off to the side of him. Malik quickly looked towards the noise he saw Ryou with his back to his locker holding his books against his chest looking up at a certain CEO. Smiling to himself Malik watched his friends face turn from its normal pale to a few shades of deep red. Straining his ears so he could hear Malik paused and watched how his shy little friend interacted with the CEO.
"K-Kaiba… nice to see you" Ryou stuttered nervously in a soft tone. Seto Kaiba smirked at the little white haired boy who was several inches shorter then himself.
"Hello Ryou… I just came over to…to ask you about that History project that's being assigned today…" Kaiba put his hands in his pockets casually. Malik was shocked to see that the usually very arrogant CEO was actually looking slightly nervous about something. You could barely see it but Seto Kaiba had a nervous look in his eye which he was trying to hide.
"Oh… I didn't know there was a project coming up… how do you know about it?" Ryou asked simply, his nervous look gone along with his blushing. Malik had to smirk at this as he watched his friend talk with Kaiba obviously unaware of the nervousness coming from the CEO.
"I am told before hand about the projects so I can prepare …" Kaiba replied smoothly seemingly building himself up for something. Malik watched his friend blink his huge chocolate brown eyes that seemed to melt Kaiba into a puddle of uncertainty.
"Oh…. I see…."Ryou spoke softly as he started to put his books in his bag. In doing this being his usual clumsy self he dropped one of his books. Kaiba quickly dived down to retrieve the fallen book. He handed it back to Ryou who smiled warmly back at him then thanked him putting it in his bag. Kaiba seemed to beam from the thank you that he had received but masked it with a short your welcome.
"Well I came over here to ask you if you would like to be my partner for the project" Kaiba put his hands back in his pockets. Ryous blush came back right across his face making Kaiba smile softly. Smile? Did he just see that right? Seto Kaiba just smiled OPENLY at one of his best friends? Just as Malik was about to grab his book not looking where his hand was going and he missed it causing it to fall off the shelf onto his head.
"KUSO!" Malik screeched letting the book fall to the ground as he loudly fell against the lockers making them bang sharply. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Ryou look over at him with concern then hurry over to him leaving the pissed off looking CEO in the dust.
"Oh my Malik are you ok? That sounded like it hurt" Ryou stood beside him looking at him with concern.
"I'm fine…" He mumbled rubbing the sore spot on his head tenderly. Malik watched Kaiba walk up behind Ryou looking at him severely annoyed. He didn't blame him for being annoyed anyone would had been annoyed if someone had interrupted something important. It wasn't like Ryou to ignore one of his friends that had just gotten hurt no matter how minor it was. For Kaibas best interest Malik had to fix this quickly.
"Malik are you sure? Maybe I should take you to the nurse to get it checked out" Ryou suggested quickly still not seeing the annoyed look on Kaibas face. Malik rolled his eyes at his friend shaking his head no which only caused his head to hurt more.
"No I am fine Ryou really I just need to take some aspirin you keep on with your conversation with Kaiba…."Malik muttered then pushed himself away from the locker which caused more books to fall from the locker knocking him over the head.
"It's just one of those days…."Malik groaned holding his head with both hands. Then the bell for their first class blared causing Ryou and himself to jump.
"Oh no class is about to start!" Ryou cried looking down the hall towards his Biology class. Then Kaiba said something that shocked everyone probably even himself.
"Ryou I will take your friend to the Nurses office so you won't get into trouble for being late… I know that teacher doesn't take any excuses for being late" Kaiba walked over to Malik quickly. Ryou looked at Kaiba in shock as did Malik as he clutched his sore head.
"But Kaiba you'll be late for class! He's my friend I should take care of him!" Ryou exclaimed. Kaiba seemed to wave off then turned Ryou around and lightly pushed him towards his class.
"Don't worry about me you get going…. Just warn the teacher I will be late" Kaiba said suddenly then led Malik towards the nurse's office. Ryou nodded then looked at Malik once more in concern then ran to class. Malik groaned softly but looked up at Kaiba letting a smirk was over his features.
"I know what you're doing Kaiba…" Malik smirked smartly as he walked. Kaiba looked down at Malik glaring slightly then looked back ahead of himself.
"I don't know what you're talking about" He growled darkly keeping his hands in his pocket.
"You're only doing this to get into Ryous good books… and just for you to know this will get you into his good books but you have to get through his Yami" Malik smirked again. Being Ryous best friend he knew how everything worked.
"What do you mean?" Kaiba asked trying not to sound to interested. Malik laughed shaking his head then regretting it after as it panged with pain.
"Never mind you don't seem interested anyways "He shrugged as he walked up to the nurse's office. Kaiba glared darkly at him as he opened the door to the office walking in. Malik knew damn well that Kaiba wanted to know but it would have made things to easy for him. He sat back as he watched Kaiba explain what had happened and got a note so he wouldn't get in trouble for being late for class. Malik watched him leave then sighed softly waiting for the nurse to give him something for his head.
The school bell rang marking the end of the school day for everyone. Every student ran to their lockers so they could go home for the long weekend. With it being a long weekend everyone would be going to the new club that had just opened. The club was the very same that Malik and his friends where playing at in a few days. Malik couldn't help but smile at the thought of Ryou trying to explain to Bakura about him and Kaiba doing this project together. This meant that Ryou would be spending a few hours each day at least at Kaibas house.
"Malik! There you are" Ryou called from down the hallway. He had his bag on his shoulder with tons of books jammed in it. Malik could only guess that he was going over to Kaibas house to work for a while.
"Hey Ryou…You going over to Kaibas?" He asked even though he knew the answer already. Ryou nodded then fixed the strap of his bag on his shoulder shifting its weight carefully.
"Yes I am …Are you going to be ok getting home?" Ryou asked frowning in worry. Malik rolled his eyes shaking his head at the other hikari who seemed always to worry.
" I am fine Ryou you worry way to much …. Now you better get going or Kaiba will get mad if you leave him waiting for to long" Malik hinted as he turned to go outside.
"Oh no I never thought of that! Oh I hope he isn't mad!" Ryou exclaimed as he walked outside with Malik to where he guessed was where Kaiba was waiting for him. Malik smiled seeing Ryou hurry over to the black limo where Kaiba stood leaning against the car waiting. He watched the two of them exchange a few words then Kaiba opened the door for Ryou letting him climb into the car. The CEO got into the car after him then shut the door loudly then they car took off. Smiling softly to himself Malik started to walk home in silence. Once getting home he locked the door behind him softly setting his bag by the door. Walking further into his home he could hear someone playing the guitar softly. Heading towards the sound Malik poked his head into Mariks room seeing his yami sitting on the edge of his bed playing it.
"I'm home" He called as he entered the room slowly. Marik stopped playing then looked up smiling at his hikari. Putting the guitar away quickly Marik motioned for him to sit down. Malik did just that then flopped down across the bed tiredly on his back.
"How was school?" Marik asked softly lying down on his side beside Malik. Sighing softly Malik rubbed the top of his head then smiled softly,
"It was fine… had a bunch of books fall onto my head but besides that good" He laughed softly then looked over at his yami. A look of concern washed over Mariks face as he sat up quickly. Laughing softly Malik sat up also shaking his head at the yami.
"I am fine no need to worry I just made a fool of myself which isn't to hard these days" he stood up looking towards the door.
"You're not a fool Malik….." Marik spoke softly his dark lavender eyes looking into the lighter shade of lavender eyes belonging to his other half. Maliks cheeks faintly tinted to a soft pink then he rubbed the back of his neck. Quickly exiting Mariks room Malik headed towards the kitchen trying to sort out his thoughts. 'What was with the look yami gave me….' He thought as he opened the fridge. He couldn't help think of the feelings that had passed though their link. The feelings inside him were muddled and he couldn't quite sort them out. He knew he cared a lot for his yami and vise versa but was there something more maybe? Shrugging it off Malik turned his attention back to what he was doing. After rummaging around Malik finally decided what he was going to cook for supper then got started. With the only thing he could make well was soup so he started to chop up fresh vegetables. As he thought over all the steps he didn't notice someone come up behind him.
"What are you making Malik?" Marik whispered in his ear resting his chin on his hikaris shoulder. Startled slightly Malik fumbled with the knife then cursed sharply. Clutching his finger Malik pulled away from his yami.
"What happed?" Marik asked his voice full of concern. Just as he was about to reply Marik took Maliks hand putting his finger to where he could see. Malik winced slightly as his finger lightly throbbed from the cut. Marik inspected the finger trying to see how deep it was.
"Marik its fi—" Malik squeaked as Marik had put Maliks finger in his mouth. A dark blush flushed across Maliks face as he watched his yami. Marik never took his eyes from Maliks as he pulled Maliks finger from his mouth then grabbed a cloth wrapping it around the finger.
"There… the bleeding should stop" Marik whispered still looking at Malik. Nodding Malik blinked a few times his face still bright red.
//Malik I….I…// Marik seemed as if he couldn't think of what to say. Feeling waves of nervousness through their link Malik couldn't help but wonder what his yami was trying to tell him. Marik put his hand on the side of Maliks face then slowly brought his face towards his hikaris.
"Malik are you home?" Isis voice rang through the house. Malik pulled away from his yami quickly backing against the counter his eyes wide. Marik sighed softly then disappeared into thin air back to his millennium item. Face still flushed Malik gripped the side of the counter as he tired to calm himself down just as his sister walked into the room.
"Ah there you are…. Are you feeling alright your face is flushed?" She walked up to him putting the back of her hand on his forehead.
"I am fine… a bit tired but fine…"Malik mumbled softly then turned back to the food. Looking at his cut finger he paused to stare at it thinking back to what had happened before his sister had come in. What was his Yami trying to say to him which had made him so nervous?
"I will finish making dinner … you go rest till I call you alright?" Isis smiled scooting him towards his room. Walking into his room Malik shut the door behind him then leaned his back against it. Closing his eyes he sighed softly but then opened them when he felt the presence of his other half. Marik sat on the edge of his bed looking towards the window. Walking over to his yami, Malik sat down beside him looking out the window with him.
"Marik … I … I was wondering…"Malik started then paused when his Yami looked at him smiling softly. Marik stared at his lighter half in the eyes then turned away quickly looking towards the wall.
"Do you want to practice a bit? Well before we head over to the thief's hikaris house? I will play the guitar and you sing…. You know I need the practice" Marik changed the subject quickly then looked at Malik. Nodding Malik rose to his feet then walked over to his guitar handing it to his yami. As he rummaged through his papers gathered in the corner of his room his yami tuned the guitar. His yami may not know very much about modern times but he could play a guitar pretty well.
"What song are you going to sing" Marik spoke up suddenly then letting his finger lightly trail across the strings. Malik smiled softly then turned towards his yami then handed him a piece of paper.
"You think you could remember this?" he asked then he coughed softly to clear his throat. He hadn't sung this song before so he was a little nervous on what his yami would think. His yami nodded then started to play the notes softly on the guitar. Taking in a deep breath Malik thought of the words then he started to sing his song.
"Your words to me just a whisper…. Your faces so unclear….. I try to pay attention…your words just disappear…. Cause it always raining in my head… Forget all the things I should have said……." Malik paused taking in a deep breath. He stole a glance towards his Yami who was looking at him intently.
"So I speak to you in riddles…cause my words get in my way. I smoke the whole thing to my head and feel it wash away … cause I can't take anymore of this, I want to come apart… or dig myself a little hole inside you precious heart…… Cause it always raining in my head… forget all the things I should have said." Taking his second pause in his song he took in deep breaths watching his yami who looked at him slightly concerned. Malik couldn't help but frown softly then resumed his song that he had started.
I am nothing more than… a little boy inside… that cries out for attention… yet I always try to hide… cause I talk to you like children… thought I don't know how I feel… but I know I'll do the right thing if the right thing is revealed… cause its always raining in my head… forget all the things I should have said…" Malik let his words carry then he stopped singing altogether. Marik stopped playing the guitar as he stared at his hikari looking a bit shocked.
"That song….when did you write it?" Marik whispered softly as if he had just found his voice. Malik rubbed the side of his arm nervously then looked over at the pile of other songs no one had ever seen then back at his yami.
"A while ago… you're the first person who has ever heard any of them…" Malik smiled softly then sat down beside Marik then laid down on his bed looking up at the ceiling. He felt his yami do the same thing like he always did when they did this. This time however his yami sat up looking down at him with the same look in his eyes as he had earlier. Malik slowly sat up to fully meet his yamis gaze but leaned back on his arms slightly. Marik brought his face towards his hikaris then put his hands on either side of his face then kissed him softly. An overwhelming feeling over took him causing Malik to momentarily freeze. He couldn't believe that this was happening to him, it wasn't that he didn't care for his yami it was just he never expected that his yami would like him in any other way beside hikari and yami. Coming back down to earth Malik sat up then wrapped his arms around his yamis neck pulling him closer. This was something he needed. Something they both needed. Malik could feel Marik pull him down roughly crushing him against the bed never daring to break the kiss. He could feel all of his troubles wash away from him until he heard his door open again.
"Malik its time for..... What the hell..." Iris's voice rang through the room. The two pulled away from each other and Marik pulled his hikari behind him.
"What do you want women "His yami demanded sharply. Malik pulled away from his yami and stood up to look at his sister.
"Now Malik don't get me wrong I don't mind if you're gay but... with HIM is a whole different story! He ruined our family!" Isis glared down at him slightly. Malik glared up at his sister growing tired of all these fights they have been having.
"I. Don't. Care! I love him for who he is! He has changed so much since then why can't you just accept him! Everything I do is always wrong to you! When can something I do be right!" Malik shook keeping his cool for now. He couldn't stand this anymore why couldn't she accept anything he did? Why was everything going wrong in his life? Just when everything seemed perfect it just came crumbling back down on him.
"Well you never do anything right so I can never give you that credit! You always seem to make the wrong decisions and this is the biggest on since the whole band thing! Also when you allowed Marik into our house even after everything he has done. Its unforgivable what he did!" Isis exclaimed sharply. This time Marik stood up with clenched fists pulling Malik out of the way.
"Why dose it seem that you dislike your brother?" Marik questioned shortly.
"I love my brother and I only want him to be happy!" Isis answered glaring at the spirit. Marik snorted then rolled his eyes at the girl then gave her a look that could scare anyone who dared to challenge him.
"If that's true then why don't you let him do what makes him happy! You're just a hypocrite! "Marik yelled. Malik just sat back watching the two of them argue not really listening to what they were saying.
"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!" Malik screamed suddenly causing both of them to stop and look at him.
"I CAN'T TAKE THE FIGHTING ANYMORE!" Malik cried out trying to hold back his tears of frustration.
"Hikari it's –"Marik looked at his hikari softly then sighed as he slowly went to hug him for comfort.
"NO!" Malik violently pushed Marik away getting a good distance away from him and his sister.
"I'VE HAD IT, I'M LEAVING! I CAN'T STAND YOU TWO ANYMORE!" He pushed past them then ran out the front door. Marik watched his other half leave not knowing where he was going since their link had been cut off. He turned towards Isis glaring at her sharply knowing damn well whose fault it was.
"Well I hope you're happy.... He's gone" Marik whispered softly to her. Isis looked at Marik her eyes wide as he walked out of the room.
"Isn't this what you truly wanted? Well you've got what you wished for all these years" Marik said over his shoulder as he disappeared into his millennium item which Malik had left behind.
"What have I done...."
YAY ok that's the end of this chapter. Wow that was long I hope you guys didn't mind reading something that long. But if want my chapters to always be that long tell me and I will try to ^^ well please review!
So I hope everyone liked that last chapter