Chapter 7 - What's going on?
Bakura sighed mentally to himself as he walked over to the small sink to wet the small washcloth with cool water.
He returned back to Ryou's bed putting the small wet towel on top of the white haired youth's burning forehead. The tomb-robber sat next to his hikari on the small bed. The youth was sweating and moaning quietly in his sleep, this made Bakura more concerned for the boy.
Ryou's darker half brushed the teenager's bangs aside that were covering his sweaty face.
// Ryou, What's wrong with you . . . // Bakura watched his hikari struggling in his sleep. It looked like Ryou just couldn't quit shifting around so much. Bakura took one of his hikari's hand and began stroking it gently. This made the boy slightly calm down a bit..
//Where's that damn nurse when you need her..// The white haired devil assiduously mumbled something under his breath while he pulled the covers up closer to his hikari. Bakura grabbed the small washcloth nearby and started dabbing it lightly on Ryou's forehead getting rid of the sweats.
"..Don't. Onegai..."
Suddenly, Bakura stopped continuing what he was just doing. He looked down at the smaller boy just giving a weird expression as he continued staring at the boy intently not even knowing about what the younger teenager was talking about in his sleep. Bakura mentally just shrugged it off continuing what he was doing before . . .
"L-Leave me alone..don't..hit me..please...." Ryou studdered while turning his head from side to side resistfully and whimpering soon later turning them into small raged gasps at the end.
//Nani . . .// Bakura thought to himself as he quietly continued listening to his lighter half's frantic pleadings carefully again..
Soon, Bakura could notice a small tear slowly making its way down the boy's pale face leaving a small glinted trail behind on the soft white skin.
"No..no..Don't." The white haired teen repeated again. "Leave me alone..don't touch me..onegai."
More tears began to run down his cheek landing down on the soft blanket beneath his face as they formed small dark wet spots on the light covers.
Bakura hesitantly but slowly reached his hand out towards to touch and caress the other boy's face . . . gently brushing Ryou's cheek over the smooth soft skin with his thumb getting rid of the tears. Bakura managed to keep his composure from the sudden reaction even though he hated admitting to what he was just doing.
Ryou's face now cupped in his darker halfs warm hands..he still continued to whimper in his sleep but he calmed down a bit.
//What is he dreaming about..? Why does he sound so frightened..wait, is..he...dreaming about me..?" the ex tomb-robber's eyes slightly grew wide now recognizing and realizing that Ryou would say something similar to the things he was saying right now whenever he would get hurt by Bakura. His eyes focused back on the sick youth again now revealing them that he wasn't planning on hurting the poor boy..his mouth slight opened from the surprise.
"...I love you yami..please d-don't hurt me..."
Shocked, Bakura stood speechless just looking down at the boy again.
"..Aishiteru..." Ryou's talkings now lowered a few notches turning them into small whispers at the end as he calmed down sleeping peacefully again.
"Hikari..?" The older boy blinked a several times as he waited for a couple of seconds expecting if the boy would say something else again.
Nothing. The boy had drifted off to slumber again. Bakura contently watched as Ryou's chest raised and fell with his rhythmatic breathing.
Relieved that the boy was doing ok again...Bakura sighed a soft and quiet one. He pulled Ryou closer to his own body and cradled him in his wrapped arms around the younger one's shoulders. He brushed a small strand of hair away from the other's face.
Bakura glazed down at the boy's pale face; he just carefully studied his hikari's angelic face as if the boy's amusing expression was seemingly drawing the other's attention. The teen's still face revealingly expressed softness and pure innocence which even surprisingly made the other to just continue to intently stare down at him, now realizing that the younger one's lips were slightly revealingly opened. Bakura actually felt sorry for him for once; he didn't really enjoy seeing Ryou like this. Not even noticing the sudden urge desire of his own body wanting to suddenly move closer to his other half Bakura closed his eyes while he slowly lowered his head to the other's to plant a small gentle kiss on them; he lightly brushed his own soft lips against the youth's for a couple of times and allowed one of his hands to slowly explore the boy's face by caressing the smooth soft skin. He finally broke the kiss as he pulled away, his eyes soon went wide by the new feeling that he had never experienced before in his life except from his own evil self; he noticed that the new weird emotion was an anomoly from all the other ones of himself. Suddenly surprised by his own actions, Bakura quietly gasped, quickly pulling his face away from Ryou's now just realizing what he was doing for the teen. What was this new feeling? Why did it felt really strange and why did it easily shock him so much? It didn't really make any sense to him and he couldn't understand any of its whole purpose. Could this really be the 'love' that his hikari was trying to tell him him about for all these months. . .and these other pathetic humans that adored so much? It all came back to him as he just remembered the same related scene when he had stayed with the boy on that one night .. he remembered all the comforting touches and strokes that he had given to Ryou, even also all before that. Aiding his injured wounds whenever he got attacked by those bullies, feeding him when he couldn't do it for himelf, and now this. It was all the same exact feeling that had been haunting him for the past couple of days. . .
Bakura's rapid breaths grew more heavier and sweats trailed down his delicate features. The thoughts repeatedly wandered through his own confusing and blank mind. He desperately struggled to get rid of it while he quickly held onto his own head in both of his uncontrollable hands, his body slightly shaking as he felt his own head pounding violently; it only made him more dizzy. .
He shakily stepped back a few steps from the bed, slightly shaking his head in an attempt to clear his own thoughts.
// Hikari..I-I can't do this... // his cold and calm voice was back again in presence.
He closed his narrowed eyes while looking away from the boy with his fisted hands shaking slightly. // I-I just can't . . . // his voice was just above a whisper as he was about to lose his own control. .
Just then Yugi and Yami entered the room.
Bakura glared back at the person who just disturbed, but his eyes softened more after realizing that it was only the pharaoh with his little hikari by his side. Yugi just stared at the scene that was right infront of him speechless.
"What are YOU doing here pharaoh . . ?" the fiend hissed at the taller boy.
"We came here to see Ryou, is he sick??" Yami narrowed his eyebrows.
"None of your business.." Bakura scoffed back coldly.
"Ryou! What happened?!" the tri-colored hair teenager exclaimed while running over to his school friend desperately. "I didn't see Ryou at school today and I also tried calling his house but he wasn't home either, so we thought maybe he might be sick at the hospital instead.." Yugi told the tomb-robber feeling sorry for his friend.
". . But why are you here Bakura?" the taller Yugi interrupted his hikari.
" . . Ryou wanted me to stay with him for awhile because he didn't want to be alone by himself . . so I decided to stay for alittle bit." the white-haired devil told the pharaoh while looking down at his lighter half.
"You what . . ?" Yugi's eyes widened while his law literally dropped glancing back at the ex tomb-robber.
"Didn't you hear what I said baka??" Bakura glared at both of them getting annoyed by all these questions that were being asked.
"G-Gomen.." Yugi muttered apologizing. Bakura only crossed his arms over his chest.
"Bakura, why are you acting different all of a sudden towards Ryou?" the pharaoh's voice was low and dangerous thinking what the tomb-robber was probably up to...
"..Nani? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! URESEI!!" the furious Bakura shouted making the little Yugi jump slightly.
"Is the 'evil' spirit of the ring finally starting to show his soft side towards his hikari at last . . . ? Or is he up to something . . .?" Yami taunted the ex tomb-robber while smirking confidently crossing his arms.
A muscle in Bakura's neck twitched as he angrily gritted his teeth together. "You better watch your tongue around me pharaoh..if you wish to live to still see your precious hikari." Bakura gave the pharaoh the death glare.
"It wouldn't be so easy to kill me.." Yami informed.
"Oh..is that so? Then how 'bout another duel to the death?" the spirit smirked at the pharaoh while sneering.
"Another me, please stop this. This isn't really helping anything.." Yugi sighed at his yami. "Sorry aibou.." his darker half apologized keeping his head down staring at the floor.
Bakura suddenly stood up from the bed that he was sitting on.
"W-Where are you going Bakura?" Yugi asked Ryou's darker half while looking up at him with those big violet orbs.
"I'm going now .. tell Ryou that I went home already when he wakes up later from his sleep." Bakura muttered quietly at the short duelist.
"O-Ok." Yugi nodded his head up and down. With that Bakura left walking pass yami purposely bumbing his shoulder with the pharaoh's on his way out the door while his long white spikey bangs covered his dark face. Yami only watched Bakura walking away giving him a small glare back in return.
Yami then walked over to Ryou's sleeping body standing right next to his hikari.
"He's gone isn't he Yami?" Yugi asked softly not even bothering to take his eyes off of his sick friend.
"I believe so aibou.." Yami replied back.
Yugi began to gently stroke Ryou's hand softly. "Yami?"
"Hai?"
"..Do you know why Ryou's other dark side decided to actually stay with Ryou? I thought he didn't care about Ryou.." Yugi asked while looking at his darker half with curiosity.
"I-I don't really know aibou...but what's really bothering me is that why he even said ok in the first place when Ryou asked him to.." the pharaoh sighed shaking his head slightly.
"We even saw Bakura sitting down beside Ryou while he was sleeping when we first walked in this room.." Yugi added. The smaller boy took Ryou's other hand stroking it again. "Why is Ryou sick? . . . I wonder what happened to him, whatever it is I hope he feels better soon. . ." tears began to well up from the boy's violet eyes.
Yami watched his light doing this and he squatted down next to the boy placing a comfortable hand on the smaller boy's shoulder. "It's going to be alright aibou..." Yami soothed out softly to his hikari.
Yugi then started bawling in the pharaoh's chest.
Yami gently rubbed the boy's back comforting his other half pulling him closer into his embrace. Yami's eyebrows then suddenly narrowed as his mind went back on Bakura again. //Bakura...//
Yami then got up walking over to the window that was inside the small room looking outside crossing his arms over his chest.
//Bakura...what's going on? Why is Ryou like this...?// . . . . .
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Bakura sighed mentally to himself as he walked over to the small sink to wet the small washcloth with cool water.
He returned back to Ryou's bed putting the small wet towel on top of the white haired youth's burning forehead. The tomb-robber sat next to his hikari on the small bed. The youth was sweating and moaning quietly in his sleep, this made Bakura more concerned for the boy.
Ryou's darker half brushed the teenager's bangs aside that were covering his sweaty face.
// Ryou, What's wrong with you . . . // Bakura watched his hikari struggling in his sleep. It looked like Ryou just couldn't quit shifting around so much. Bakura took one of his hikari's hand and began stroking it gently. This made the boy slightly calm down a bit..
//Where's that damn nurse when you need her..// The white haired devil assiduously mumbled something under his breath while he pulled the covers up closer to his hikari. Bakura grabbed the small washcloth nearby and started dabbing it lightly on Ryou's forehead getting rid of the sweats.
"..Don't. Onegai..."
Suddenly, Bakura stopped continuing what he was just doing. He looked down at the smaller boy just giving a weird expression as he continued staring at the boy intently not even knowing about what the younger teenager was talking about in his sleep. Bakura mentally just shrugged it off continuing what he was doing before . . .
"L-Leave me alone..don't..hit me..please...." Ryou studdered while turning his head from side to side resistfully and whimpering soon later turning them into small raged gasps at the end.
//Nani . . .// Bakura thought to himself as he quietly continued listening to his lighter half's frantic pleadings carefully again..
Soon, Bakura could notice a small tear slowly making its way down the boy's pale face leaving a small glinted trail behind on the soft white skin.
"No..no..Don't." The white haired teen repeated again. "Leave me alone..don't touch me..onegai."
More tears began to run down his cheek landing down on the soft blanket beneath his face as they formed small dark wet spots on the light covers.
Bakura hesitantly but slowly reached his hand out towards to touch and caress the other boy's face . . . gently brushing Ryou's cheek over the smooth soft skin with his thumb getting rid of the tears. Bakura managed to keep his composure from the sudden reaction even though he hated admitting to what he was just doing.
Ryou's face now cupped in his darker halfs warm hands..he still continued to whimper in his sleep but he calmed down a bit.
//What is he dreaming about..? Why does he sound so frightened..wait, is..he...dreaming about me..?" the ex tomb-robber's eyes slightly grew wide now recognizing and realizing that Ryou would say something similar to the things he was saying right now whenever he would get hurt by Bakura. His eyes focused back on the sick youth again now revealing them that he wasn't planning on hurting the poor boy..his mouth slight opened from the surprise.
"...I love you yami..please d-don't hurt me..."
Shocked, Bakura stood speechless just looking down at the boy again.
"..Aishiteru..." Ryou's talkings now lowered a few notches turning them into small whispers at the end as he calmed down sleeping peacefully again.
"Hikari..?" The older boy blinked a several times as he waited for a couple of seconds expecting if the boy would say something else again.
Nothing. The boy had drifted off to slumber again. Bakura contently watched as Ryou's chest raised and fell with his rhythmatic breathing.
Relieved that the boy was doing ok again...Bakura sighed a soft and quiet one. He pulled Ryou closer to his own body and cradled him in his wrapped arms around the younger one's shoulders. He brushed a small strand of hair away from the other's face.
Bakura glazed down at the boy's pale face; he just carefully studied his hikari's angelic face as if the boy's amusing expression was seemingly drawing the other's attention. The teen's still face revealingly expressed softness and pure innocence which even surprisingly made the other to just continue to intently stare down at him, now realizing that the younger one's lips were slightly revealingly opened. Bakura actually felt sorry for him for once; he didn't really enjoy seeing Ryou like this. Not even noticing the sudden urge desire of his own body wanting to suddenly move closer to his other half Bakura closed his eyes while he slowly lowered his head to the other's to plant a small gentle kiss on them; he lightly brushed his own soft lips against the youth's for a couple of times and allowed one of his hands to slowly explore the boy's face by caressing the smooth soft skin. He finally broke the kiss as he pulled away, his eyes soon went wide by the new feeling that he had never experienced before in his life except from his own evil self; he noticed that the new weird emotion was an anomoly from all the other ones of himself. Suddenly surprised by his own actions, Bakura quietly gasped, quickly pulling his face away from Ryou's now just realizing what he was doing for the teen. What was this new feeling? Why did it felt really strange and why did it easily shock him so much? It didn't really make any sense to him and he couldn't understand any of its whole purpose. Could this really be the 'love' that his hikari was trying to tell him him about for all these months. . .and these other pathetic humans that adored so much? It all came back to him as he just remembered the same related scene when he had stayed with the boy on that one night .. he remembered all the comforting touches and strokes that he had given to Ryou, even also all before that. Aiding his injured wounds whenever he got attacked by those bullies, feeding him when he couldn't do it for himelf, and now this. It was all the same exact feeling that had been haunting him for the past couple of days. . .
Bakura's rapid breaths grew more heavier and sweats trailed down his delicate features. The thoughts repeatedly wandered through his own confusing and blank mind. He desperately struggled to get rid of it while he quickly held onto his own head in both of his uncontrollable hands, his body slightly shaking as he felt his own head pounding violently; it only made him more dizzy. .
He shakily stepped back a few steps from the bed, slightly shaking his head in an attempt to clear his own thoughts.
// Hikari..I-I can't do this... // his cold and calm voice was back again in presence.
He closed his narrowed eyes while looking away from the boy with his fisted hands shaking slightly. // I-I just can't . . . // his voice was just above a whisper as he was about to lose his own control. .
Just then Yugi and Yami entered the room.
Bakura glared back at the person who just disturbed, but his eyes softened more after realizing that it was only the pharaoh with his little hikari by his side. Yugi just stared at the scene that was right infront of him speechless.
"What are YOU doing here pharaoh . . ?" the fiend hissed at the taller boy.
"We came here to see Ryou, is he sick??" Yami narrowed his eyebrows.
"None of your business.." Bakura scoffed back coldly.
"Ryou! What happened?!" the tri-colored hair teenager exclaimed while running over to his school friend desperately. "I didn't see Ryou at school today and I also tried calling his house but he wasn't home either, so we thought maybe he might be sick at the hospital instead.." Yugi told the tomb-robber feeling sorry for his friend.
". . But why are you here Bakura?" the taller Yugi interrupted his hikari.
" . . Ryou wanted me to stay with him for awhile because he didn't want to be alone by himself . . so I decided to stay for alittle bit." the white-haired devil told the pharaoh while looking down at his lighter half.
"You what . . ?" Yugi's eyes widened while his law literally dropped glancing back at the ex tomb-robber.
"Didn't you hear what I said baka??" Bakura glared at both of them getting annoyed by all these questions that were being asked.
"G-Gomen.." Yugi muttered apologizing. Bakura only crossed his arms over his chest.
"Bakura, why are you acting different all of a sudden towards Ryou?" the pharaoh's voice was low and dangerous thinking what the tomb-robber was probably up to...
"..Nani? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! URESEI!!" the furious Bakura shouted making the little Yugi jump slightly.
"Is the 'evil' spirit of the ring finally starting to show his soft side towards his hikari at last . . . ? Or is he up to something . . .?" Yami taunted the ex tomb-robber while smirking confidently crossing his arms.
A muscle in Bakura's neck twitched as he angrily gritted his teeth together. "You better watch your tongue around me pharaoh..if you wish to live to still see your precious hikari." Bakura gave the pharaoh the death glare.
"It wouldn't be so easy to kill me.." Yami informed.
"Oh..is that so? Then how 'bout another duel to the death?" the spirit smirked at the pharaoh while sneering.
"Another me, please stop this. This isn't really helping anything.." Yugi sighed at his yami. "Sorry aibou.." his darker half apologized keeping his head down staring at the floor.
Bakura suddenly stood up from the bed that he was sitting on.
"W-Where are you going Bakura?" Yugi asked Ryou's darker half while looking up at him with those big violet orbs.
"I'm going now .. tell Ryou that I went home already when he wakes up later from his sleep." Bakura muttered quietly at the short duelist.
"O-Ok." Yugi nodded his head up and down. With that Bakura left walking pass yami purposely bumbing his shoulder with the pharaoh's on his way out the door while his long white spikey bangs covered his dark face. Yami only watched Bakura walking away giving him a small glare back in return.
Yami then walked over to Ryou's sleeping body standing right next to his hikari.
"He's gone isn't he Yami?" Yugi asked softly not even bothering to take his eyes off of his sick friend.
"I believe so aibou.." Yami replied back.
Yugi began to gently stroke Ryou's hand softly. "Yami?"
"Hai?"
"..Do you know why Ryou's other dark side decided to actually stay with Ryou? I thought he didn't care about Ryou.." Yugi asked while looking at his darker half with curiosity.
"I-I don't really know aibou...but what's really bothering me is that why he even said ok in the first place when Ryou asked him to.." the pharaoh sighed shaking his head slightly.
"We even saw Bakura sitting down beside Ryou while he was sleeping when we first walked in this room.." Yugi added. The smaller boy took Ryou's other hand stroking it again. "Why is Ryou sick? . . . I wonder what happened to him, whatever it is I hope he feels better soon. . ." tears began to well up from the boy's violet eyes.
Yami watched his light doing this and he squatted down next to the boy placing a comfortable hand on the smaller boy's shoulder. "It's going to be alright aibou..." Yami soothed out softly to his hikari.
Yugi then started bawling in the pharaoh's chest.
Yami gently rubbed the boy's back comforting his other half pulling him closer into his embrace. Yami's eyebrows then suddenly narrowed as his mind went back on Bakura again. //Bakura...//
Yami then got up walking over to the window that was inside the small room looking outside crossing his arms over his chest.
//Bakura...what's going on? Why is Ryou like this...?// . . . . .
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