all disclaimers apply as usual
author's note: Hey Kat...thanks for the idea...credit to you for the little antic seen in this fic. You know which one! ;)
The sudden brightness in the room quickly set the two night-loving patients on edge. Bakura began bitching, rambling off words and phrases that nobody could understand. Yami's eyes narrowed in obvious anger, but his royal demeanor kept him composed and dignified. While he was mad, he knew nothing would come of it. The less of a fight he'd put up, the faster the lights could go back off and he could return to his slumber. Problem was, that wasn't Bakura's strategy at all.
"Damn you woman, how DARE you interrupt my sleep!" Bakura ranted. The nurse ignored him as she checked his bandages, casts, and tubes.
"If you behave, that tube in your most uncomfortable place could be removed by tomorrow. Your body is healing up faster than expected." the nurse sweetly said.
Yami's eyes flared open briefly. It would be nice to not have tubes in 'certain' places.
"Behave? You come to me telling me to BEHAVE? What manners do you have waking a man's slumber?!"
"Just doing my job."
"Pathetic excuse."
"Now take these." the nurse continued as she handed Bakura some pills.
"Bah! What are these anyway...something to sedate me again?"
"No, that's what this shot is for if you continue as you are." the nurse replied kindly as she held the syringe within his view. On the other side of the room, Yami wished it so.
But Bakura took all the pills in one mouthful and swallowed all with a single gulp of water. "Satisfied."
"Almost." came a reply from behind the nurse. It was a female doctor.
"Just great. I have females all over me and all they're doing is groping my wounds!" Bakura complained as the doctor completed her own inspection of the patient. She jotted a few notes on a clipboard before heading to her next patient.
Yami snickered. He couldn't help himself. Bakura heard him, but would bide his time for the right moment to punish the ancient royal for mocking the king of thieves.
Yami saw the nurse head over to him next. He wasn't pleased at the rude intrusion and interruption of his sleep, but he fought his desire to punish them for their mistake. Afterall, he was now more interested in being pryed free of some of the tubes poking his body. Little did Bakura or the medical employees know that the young king was using his own magical abilities to speed the healing of his body. It was a talent he knew he possessed, but knew not why. And he wished to heal the body that was actually that of his vessel, Yugi. He owed it to him. Unfortunately, it wasn't going fast enough.
The nurse inspected her patient rather quickly. There was just something about the serious eyes that were staring at her. It was like they burned into her soul. She was careful not to cause any pain to her quiet, but threatening patient. Suddenly she noticed a new bruise on the young man.
"Where did you get that bruise on your forehead?" she asked. Yami's eyes immediately rolled over to the still sputtering thief. The nurse then noticed the bedpan on the floor. "Either of you care to explain this?"
"He didn't have one so I offered him mine. Not my fault he can't catch." Bakura responded grumpily.
"If I catch any more antics from either of you, I will be sure to send orderlies in here and they're NOT happy people."
"We're not happy people in here either woman! Can't you see that!" Bakura shot back.
"You need to keep quiet or I WILL sedate you. That's the final warning Mr. Bakura!" the nurse returned with a raised voice.
Bakura remained silent. The last thing he wanted was to be knocked out. Causing misery and mayhem was a necessary evil in his world and if he was asleep, he could do neither.
The nurse continued with the inspection of her other patient. The doctor followed shortly after.
"You're an amazing healer Mr. Motou. The set bone is healing at one of the fastest rates I've ever seen. You may be out of here faster than your friend over there. Tomorrow you will have the tubes removed and might even be able to move about in a wheelchair by tomorrow evening. Now take these." the doctor replied as she gave Yami a few pills. As Yami took his medication, the doctor wrote some notes on the clipboard at his bedrest then both doctor and nurse departed, turning the lights off once again.
Yami smiled sweetly on the outside, but was smirking devillshly on the inside. The thief failed to account for the pharaoh's magical abilities.
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"I really do hate you king." Bakura muttered once he heard the door click shut.
"And that's going to matter how?"
Bakura growled, but the young ruler and stifled the words of the thief.
Silence claimed the room once again as the two opted to return to their slumber. It was short lived however as the smell of food permeated through the halls and into their room. Both awoke, sniffing the aroma.
"Food!" Bakura simply stated as he licked his lips in anticipation.
"Brilliant observation thief. Didn't know you had enough intelligence to figure THAT one out."
Bakura flung the stethescope he'd stolen the day before. It whacked Yami in the face and rested upon his chest.
"OW! Dammit thief, I'm really growing tired of your infantile antics!"
"Hurt didn't it?" Bakura muttered then shut up as their door opened and trays could be seen.
Both had already placed their rolling dinner tables by their bedsides eager for a meal.
"Due to the ordeal you two put up last night, we allowed you two to sleep through breakfast. It is now 11am and lunch is being served. You also have visitors, but they have been told to wait until after you finish your lunches."
"All the better. If you had served me Wheaties one more time, I would have sent you to a place where you'd never see light again."
The nurse's aide looked at the white haired young man with a 'I don't understand' look and simply placed a food tray onto his table. As she did so, the nurse entered as well. Bakura's loud voice told her to observe the two young man so that her assistant would not be harmed or badgered by the two grumps.
As the nurse's aide served Yami, she noticed the stethescope upon Yami's chest. Yami had forgot about that when he was distracted by the food smell and Bakura's needless conversation.
"And what have we here? Where did you get this?" the nurse's aide asked. The nurse was immediately by her side.
"I, uh, well, it was..." Yami stammered. He knew she wouldn't believe the truth and being a tattle-tale was beneath the young ruler. So, he ceased trying to explain and simply took the punishment.
The nurse grabbed the stethescope and gave Yami a scowling look. "And I thought you were a well behaved young man." she said as she and the aide departed, leaving the two to their meals.
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When the door shut, Yami glared daggers at the thief. "I will not allow that to go unpunished."
Bakura laughed while stuffing his mouth. He was actually enjoying the meal of turkey, gravy , stuffing, and peas eventhough he was having trouble eating once again...especially the peas which refused to remain upon his spoon. So, he used his fork and stabbed some of them with the eagerness of a murderer.
Yami shrugged. The thief honestly needed to be in a different ward of the hospital, but nobody would believe him, so it wasn't worth the effort. Turning to his own meal, his stomach growled in anticipation of a decent meal. As he ate, a pea smacked him on the side of the cheek.
"Excuse you." Yami replied after slurping a slippery gravy-laden piece of turkey that he couldn't seem to cut.
Bakura snickered and flicked another pea at the pharaoh. "Can't eat 'em anyway so may as well make another use of them."
Yami ignored him for a moment and wondered why the thief would cease to clear his plate. He stabbed a few peas himself and found that he could not keep them on the fork. They were still hard. Still, he was not about to stoop to such a low level as pea flicking. But, the tomb robber continued his relentless barrage of flicking peas at the ancient king.
"Will you please stop. You are only proving my case of you being infantile."
"It's annoying you isn't it? Then I'm succeeding." Bakura taunted as he flicked another pea. This one landed on Yami's turkey. Annoyed, Yami flicked it away...in the direction of the thief.
"You couldn't resist either eh king? I'm wearing on you. Guess you're as infantile as me."
"I merely flung it away from my meal."
"And a normal, well-mannered king would have simply picked it up and placed neatly upon his napkin." Bakura stated with a hint of faked high class air to his voice in emphasis of his mockery.
The thief was right though. Yami had willingly stooped to a lower level than he should've. "You're a plague thief. You infect people with your rudeness and lack of manners."
"I'm getting under your skin aren't I? Heheh, I like that. Torment, torture, and anger. You're not so different from me king."
Yami decided that the safest course of action for himself was to simply ignore the thief now. He returned to his meal and tried to ignore the peas landing on and around him. He had to flick one that landed within his spikey hair and another that landed in his meal, but otherwise, he simply allowed the thief his little game of pea flicking. Fully annoyed, Yami flicked one that landed in his gravy. It rested neatly and solidly on the clean white wall across from their beds.
"Ooooh, that's a good one. You'll get in trouble for that one for sure king." Bakura cackled.
Yami growled deeply, but did not react to the thief's taunts. Once his meal was done, he pushed his table away from his bed and clicked the television on with the remote he'd found near his bedside earlier. What he didn't know was that Tea had given him the remote when she had visited his bedside the night before.
"Hey! How'd you get the remote?" Bakura asked as he suddenly realized the pharaoh had control of something he didn't.
Yami smirked and began flipping through the channels.
"Don't you dare put something boring or stupid on king. We both have to watch it."
Yami found a children's show with cute little colored martian-like characters. He remained on it to see what the thief's reaction would be.
"I WILL NOT WATCH TELETUBBIES! SWITCH IT NOW YOU PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A KING!" Bakura ranted.
"Ah, you know this one eh thief?" Yami smirked even more. He set the remote down and tolerated the giddy little show. If it pissed off the thief, then Yami was succeeding in giving the thief punishment for the stethescope incident from before.
"I HATE YOU KING." Bakura growled as he made strange faces at the screen, mocking the teletubbies. It was an amusing sight for the ancient ruler. He wasn't watching the show at all, but rather his roommate who obviously wasn't a happy thief.
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Moments later, the nurse's aide returned to gather the trays. She nearly slipped on a bunch of peas that were resting quietly on the floor.
"What the--why are there peas on the floor hmm?" she asked, glaring at both of the young men. Bakura pointed to a pea on the wall near Yami's side. Most of the peas on the floor were near Yami as well.
"If you don't like peas, simply leave them on your plate. You don't have to fling them on the floors and walls." she scolded. It was directed at Yami.
"Ma'am, I didn't--"
"I don't want to hear it. I'm rather surprised at you. And here we were talking about what a fine young man you were." she replied as she finished picking up all the peas on the floor, the one on the wall, and those all over Yami's bed. She then noticed the remote. "As punishment for your lack of manners and reward for this one's surprising show of them, I will give the remote to him." the nurse's aide replied as she gave an eager Bakura the all important tv remote.
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The nurse's aide then gathered the trays and exited the room.
"You son of a bitch." Yami growled.
Bakura smirked evilly while flirting his eyes in mock innocence. He then proceeded to find a channel more suitable to himself...or annoying to the king. But, lunchtime programming was limited. There was no scantily clad female shows, no aggressive sporting events, nothing to appeal to the thief. Still, he was not about to relinquish his control of the tv. He stopped a moment on a soap opera as a steamy bed scene was developing. It wasn't Bakura's usual, but it was still a sexually related scene.
Yami rolled his eyes. "Oh please."
"What, not interested in a soap opera? You king, who could romance when he wished would surely enjoy the modern concept of such."
"Utterly fake. Not real. Never happens like that."
"Deceit, manipulation, adultery, plots of murder and mayhem...heheh, I guess I should like these shows."
"You would thief."
Bakura remained on the channel as he cheered on the villians and hissed at the goody-goods.
Luckily for Yami, their visitors were allowed to enter within minutes.
"So how are you two feeling today?" Yugi's grandfather asked sweetly with a cheery smile.
Both patients found the over cheerful old man a tad annoying at the moment.
"Fine." Yami replied dryly.
Joey and Tristan noticed a pea that was missed on the floor and snickered. "Heheh, pea flicking. That's the best! So who won?" Joey asked.
He was met with daggers from the eyes of the once ruler. "Oooohh...guess that was a sour subject. I'll uh, well, hey, I brought your duel deck and a bag of Yugi's extra cards. Maybe you'd enjoy tweaking your deck or maybe building a new one just for fun." Joey said as he quickly changed the subject.
Tea noticed the tv on. "You two are watching a soap opera!?" she asked in amazement.
"He's watching the soap opera. I'm trying to ignore the fact." Yami corrected.
"I thought I gave you the remote Yami?"
"You did. Heheheheh, he got in trouble this morning and the nurse tooketh away!" Bakura interrupted proudly.
"You Yami? In trouble? That doesn't seem right. It was the thief's setup wasn't it?" Tea asked the king softly.
Yami replied with a slight nod. "Thank you for the remote. It did allow a little payback for an...incident that occurred earlier. The thief really does dislike Teletubbies."
Tea giggled. She now had a idea how the young king may have gotten into trouble.
Professor Hopkins and Rebecca were looking over the doctor's charts that were in view at the ends of the beds.
"The way it looks, Yami might be released before Bakura." Rebecca stated.
"Really?" Grandpa Motou asked as he joined the two Hopkins at looking at the charts.
"What's on those things anyway?" Bakura asked. If there was a way he could get released the same time or before the king, he'd find it.
"Vitals, injury report, notes on behavior, and other things." Rebecca answered vaguely.
"Notes on behavior?" Yami repeated. That might not bode well for him now. He was embarrassed enough for some of his behavior. He didn't want it in writing for all to see.
"Don't worry, nothing bad here for you. Should there be?" Rebecca teased. While she did have an interest in Yugi, she had little interest in the pharaoh himself. If there was a way to make Yugi shine better than the ancient king, Rebecca would make it so.
Tea glared at her. She had a feeling Rebecca might be scheming and Tea would not allow Yami's reputation to be tarnished. She liked Yugi and Yami, and would allow no blemish to affect either. "If there's anything bad, it is probably due to the antics of Bakura. Yami is likely defending himself from such."
"Bakura, it is noted here that you are a possible bipolar case."
"I KNEW he was meant for a different ward in this hospital!" Yami blurted triumphantly.
"You two really aren't getting along are you?" Professor Hopkins inquired.
"A pharaoh and a thief who robs from dead pharaohs. Why would they get along grandfather?" Rebecca replied.
"It's an amusing study to say the least." Professor Hopkins stated with curiousity.
"Oh swell, now we're study subjects. Well, the king over there is a study subject...he's a rat in royal disguise. Rats are meant to be study subjects. Why not dissect him and show everyone the rat he really is?" Bakura teased.
"Speak for yourself dog." Yami shot back.
For some reason though, when Yami said 'dog', Tristan and Tea looked at Joey.
"HEY! Get over it you two. Especially you monkeyboy." Joey replied in defense of himself.
"You KNOW that's a sour point in my life. That was low even for you Joey."
"Sorry, but now we're even."
Grandpa Motou shushed the two friends and turned back to the two ancient Egyptians. "Well, we'll leave you two to get reacquainted. Obviously you two have some issues to work through." Grandpa Motou replied as he urged the others out. "We'll return to visit after dinner. The Ishtars will also be joining us to see you at that time."
"Don't let him get to you Yami." Tea replied softly as she once again, slid the remote under one of Yami's blankets. Rebecca had stealthily snagged it from the resting spot on Bakura's bed while the thief was distracted with the medical reports. She liked neither ancient, but the king was also her beloved Yugi, so she'd support the once ruler before the thief.
Yami winked and thanked her. She too, then left with the rest.
After, an hour passed with little activity from either patient. Then, the doctor and nurse entered. They turned off the tv as they prepared to deal with their patients.
"Okay, we're going to remove the catheters from both of you now. Then you'll both be able to use the bathroom on your own. But, both of you are still committed to this room until further notice. That means no exiting this room. Understand?"
Both nodded. To be able to relieve themselves with dignity was top priority at the time.
"For a day or so after we remove this, you both will be sore in that area. And Mr. Motou, since you're already bruised and sore there, it might be longer for you."
Bakura snickered. More pain for the king was a good thing for the thief.
"You Mr. Bakura need to behave. He's your friend. You're not going to be in any less pain. We will be reducing the potency of your pain killers. You will begin to feel the pain in that broken arm of yours." the nurse retaliated.
"Now, this is going to hurt as we do this." the nurse said said matter-of-factly.
The two cringed as they thought about the process. Both were drugged and semi-conscious when it had been placed. But both were fully awake and not nearly as drugged now.
to be continued...