Scarletta Spider: No own the Yu-Gi-Oh or the song "Crush oh You" By the Jets!
Gandalf: Spaghetti, Spaghetti!
Greebo the Dragon: On with the band!
It was an ordinarily hot day and I was at the lake, as I have been for a few days now.
I'm lying on an intertube, sun tanning, and thinking deeply of Ryou. It's still early yet, barely noon, a good way to start the third of July. Everyone excluding Ryou, Dess, and Mokuba is out swimming too.
Seto brought out his jet ski and they are all taking turns on it. As for Seto though, he's sitting at the edge of the dock on a lounge chair, flipping through a business magazine.
"Hey Bakura, Cinderella's coming!" Duke hollers to me. Whatever the hell that's supposed to mean… oh. I whisk my head around and there's Ryou, standing on the dock, pouting and looking quite angry.
"What's a matter Ryou?" Seto asks, setting down his magazine. Ryou throws off his shoes, sock and sweater to reveal a sheer blue shirt.
"My mom, what else!" He hollers, sitting down and dangling his feet off the dock.
"What'd she do this time?" I ask, paddling my way over to him.
"Once again, she has ruined my life! I have to go to the 'annual family barbeque' tomorrow, even know my dad said I could just stay home this year!" He exclaims.
"That blows! You were supposed to come to the museum tomorrow with Mokuba, Seto, Dess and I!" Nolbz says, disappointed.
"I know… and worst of all my mom is letting Mayberry come." He says, as he takes off his shirt. He jumps in the water, swimming towards me.
"Why don't you just tell Mayberry you don't want her to come?" I question.
"Because Bakura, her mother's probably making her go. My mom won't give up on trying to get us back together. She doesn't understand I don't want Mayberry anymore, especially with how she treated me! She did say I could bring a friend though, and I was wondering if you wanted to go… before you scream out no, let me just say something. I really want you to go, you're the only way I'll survive this, and I don't know if I can face Mayberry alone." He said softly, looking into my eyes.
"Why me?" After all, he's known me what? Two weeks? Why not anybody else?
"It's just ever since you've moved here, I just feel like we're best friends. I've never had best friends anymore. Sure, they are all my good friends, but they all have their best friends, everyone's taken. I know we've only known each other for a short time, but I just feel really close to you… is that weird?" He asks. What have I truly done for him to like me best?
"Ok, I'll go… and it is weird, but I think you're ok too." I say. In all truth he's so much better than just ok, but he doesn't need to know it, or at least not today.
"Thank you loser!" He cries, jumping on me, managing to push me off my intertube and hugging me. I roll my eyes and hug him back. Stupid, cute Ryou.
He then smiles and takes it, paddling away.
"You little shit!" I call, chasing after him. He laughs and paddles away.
Yami and Yugi are lying on a water mattress holding each other close. I push them away and go after Ryou.
I grumble as I shake myself awake mid-morning, still dead tired since Ryou, Yami, Yugi, and I stayed out until 4:00 a.m. I'm supposed to meet Ryou at his house, which means I have oh, about fifteen minutes to get there.
I throw on the same jeans as yesterday, and a black t-shirt. My mother opens the door and walks in.
"You really should fix up your hair." She comments. I roll my eyes.
"I think it looks great." I reply egotistically, stroking it as I stare into the mirror. I wonder how Ryou likes it…
"How does Ryou like it?" She asks. Damn woman, reading my mind! How is it moms always know what you're thinking?
"Get out of my head!" I snap. She laughs.
"You do to like him… if it helps any, I think you guys would be cute together… he's so much sweeter than that… you know, the girl with the blonde hair you dated." She states, wrinkling her nose. Mom never really did like my girlfriends. I sit down on my bed and start putting on my shoes. She smiles at me knowingly.
"What?" I ask. She shrugs and keeps looking at me with glazed eyes.
"Couldja stop?!?"
"Sorry Bakura, it's just you've grown up so much… You're no longer my sweet little white haired boy anymore… but I do know who could be yours…"
"MOM!" She laughs and strolls out of my room. I pout. Moms seriously do know everything.
I look at the clock once more, roll my eyes and head out of my room, to Ryou's.
"Mom, Bakura's here!" Ryou shouts, as he answers the door.
"Hey Bakura, come in… my mom's almost ready." He says, shutting the door behind me. She strolls out of the kitchen and furrows an eyebrow at me.
"Bakura, I presume." She says in a firm tone.
"Ryou's mother, I presume." I sneer back. Ryou tries to hide his smile with his hands and nudges me. Sorry, I can't help myself from being an ass to people who are attempting to be rude to me.
"Mm, that'll be Ms. Ishiro, thanks." She says, glaring at me. I nod.
"Whatever you want." I reply, giving her an overly cheery smile. She raises an eyebrow once more and walking out the door. Ryou and I follow, him locking the door. She treads to the back of the house, unlocking the maroon car with the press of a button. Ryou and I sit in the back.
"Ryou honey, why don't you sit in front with me?" She asks, peering at him through the rear view mirror.
"I uh… figured Mayberry could sit with you." He replied a bit nervously.
"If you're sure… you know Ryou, if you want you could have Bakura sit up here so you can sit with Mayberry."
"NO! Really mom, I'm fine." He replies. His mom finally retreats, and starts the car.
"So Bakura… What does Seto hum and sing every time he's around you?"
"What Ryou?" I reply, confused. Seto sings?
"I don't know, he always says denial though…" Oh god, that song. I didn't even know he noticed Seto always sang! Someone remind me to punch him next time I see him…
"Oh, I don't know… I was wondering that too." I fib cleverly. No one shall ever know the true lyrics to that song… besides Seto. He wrote um down, he told me. Said if I ever pissed him off, he'd make sure to do an encore, a VERY loud encore so Ryou can hear. I'll just have to make sure to carry duct tape around with me.
"Oh, ok…" He says, staring at me suspiciously. He doesn't believe me, but it beats telling him the truth.
"So Bakura, do you do drugs?" His mother asks out of nowhere. Yes, in fact my best friend's a bong…
"No I don't do drugs; I'm a good kid Ms. Ishiro." I reply, trying to make her not hate me so much.
"Mm. I see." She replies snootily. Ryou gives me an apologetic look. I glance outside to see we are pulling up to a mint green rambler style home; the house of Mayberry, my biggest foe.
Said girl walks out to the car, seeming sad. Hm, maybe she should hit on Ryou again, and make him run to me crying again. Note: the sarcasm. She opens the front door and steps in.
"Hi." She says warmly to the two of us, that distant, frightened look in her eyes. I don't know what it is about her, but she just has this aura around her screaming out 'I don't belong'.
"Morning Mayberry sweetheart! Ryou was telling me how much he wanted you to come!" His mother tells her. Mayberry smiles at her.
I was about to open my mouth to say something to her, but Ryou placed a hand over my mouth.
"Just let her talk." He whispered. I nodded and stared back out the window. How can he take such crap from his own mom?
"Find a good station May, sweetie." Ryou's mom says. She nods and turns on the radio, searching for a station.
You must have heard it
From my best friend
She's always talkin when she should be listenin
Cant keep a secret
To save her life
But still I trusted her with all I felt inside
I never knew, a rumor could spread so fast
(cause now the) Word is out!
All over town
That I'm longing for you
Mayberry sings along quietly and Ryou sighs. Actually the song isn't too bad if you like squeaky female voices, and thankfully, it isn't country!
How did you know If I never told
You found out I've got a crush on you
No more charades,
My hearts been displayed
You found out I've got a crush on you
Ryou peers at me, and I glare back. He smiles and turns his head. As usual, I'm clueless.
The three teens and adult alas came to the place they'd been heading to. A house with a huge yard, farm, and tons of annoying family members just waiting to pinch your cheeks and tell you how 'cute' you where.
When Ryou and Bakura got out of the car, they were immediately swamped by a group of 6-9 year-old kids just waiting to play with Ryou.
"Hi Ryooouuu!"
"RYYYOOOUUU!" They squealed and screeched. Mayberry giggled a little and Bakura snorted.
"Mayberry, Ryou, I want you to come with me for a second; alone." Ms. Ishiro hissed, motioning for the two to follow. Bakura glared at her as the two followed. Ryou mouthed a 'be right back'.
"Hey you look like Ryyyooouuu!" A kid chirped.
"So you do have eyes." Bakura chortled. The kid stared at him blankly, obviously not comprehending.
"Yes, I have two!" The blonde haired boy said, poking them.
"Play with me Mr. Ryou twin guy!" A small girl cried, launching herself onto his arm.
"Erm, names Bakura, and no." He retorted, shaking her off. She cried and ran to her mom.
"Would you all go away?" He hollered, showing off his fangs. Most kids where scared and ran, but three or four stayed behind.
"Oh! You have fangs, so you must be a vampire!" A brunette youth mused.
"Yes, and I'll eat you all if you don't go away!" He countered. The last girl stared at him in horror before dashing off. He snorted and rolled his earthen eyes. 'Stupid kids…' He thought.
"Are you and Ryou married?" One boy asked out of nowhere.
"No, why would you think that?" Bakura snapped. The kid shrugged.
"Mr. Bakura-man, will you teach us how to play poker?" A cute, fair-haired boy pleaded, starring up at him with gigantic emerald eyes. The boy's eyes reminded him so much of Ryou's own; he couldn't say no.
"Fine, who are you three anyways?" He said, leading the three over to a near-by tree.
The boy with the emerald eyes smiled. "I'm Shadow, and the twins are Autumn and Summer." He said happily, pointing to the two twin brunette eight-year-old next to him. He smiled.
"Kind of girly names…" Bakura mumbled. One twin handed him a deck of cards and dumped out the pack full of poker chips he'd been carrying.
"Why do you guys have poker stuff if you don't know how to play poker?" Bakura asked, shuffling the deck.
"Because my mom gave them to me! We tried to ask cousin Nova if she'd teach us to play, but all she did was steal our cookies and laugh." Shadow admitted.
"Ok well first…"
Ryou was extremely worried about Bakura because yes, his mother had dragged him to say hello to about every family member, and had of course offered for him to take pictures with Mayberry, having them all say what a cute couple the two were, which he didn't understand because he wasn't dating her and never would again.
He'd been gone over an hour, leaving poor Bakura at the hands of about fifteen little children that only Ryou could ever handle alone. 'Poor Bakura, he must hate me for leaving him alone, hopefully he understands when I tell him what happened.' The teen thought, giving a prosthetic smile to yet another family member. He decided now would be the best time to sneak away, since Mayberry was busy gushing over something meaningless like clothes with his girl cousins, and his mom was busy having a brag fest with her sister.
He ran off, deserting the house. 'Where would he go? Maybe I should search by the kids… even he couldn't chase them all away.' He mused. He observed some of the children, but all they were doing was making mud castles.
After fifteen minutes of unsuccessful searching and more torment from his overly large family, he decided to go search by the car… maybe for some reason he'd be over there.
As he came into view of the three or four apple trees planted in the wholesome, well-kept grass, he spied three or four kids under the shade of one of said trees. One had unmistakably white hair, and he only knew two people at this reunion with white hair besides himself, but was pretty sure it wasn't his creepy Uncle Pegasus, since the latter was by the refreshments, drinking strawberry whine coolers and hitting on his nieces.
Ryou smiled to himself and shook his head. He knew the teen by the tree had to be Bakura. As he neared, he noticed Bakura was playing some card game with the kids, and laughing. He couldn't help but think Bakura looked cute having so much fun with the kids who were at least half his age. The kids were all having a blast too, laughing hysterically along. It got Ryou to thinking how Bakura might be if they ever had adopted children together. He got the same glassy look in his eyes, and hazy smile he always did when he thought about himself and Bakura, together as a couple.
"Hey Ryou, want to play poker with Kura man?" Shadow asked, grinning. Ryou blinked and shook his head, blushing slightly.
"Oh sure! Sorry I was gone for so long, my mother refused to let me come back." He apologized.
"It's ok, I barely noticed you were gone, these three rascals kept me company." Bakura said happily, ruffling one of the twin's locks. Though he'd been playing with the two for over an hour, he still truly didn't know which one was which… Sadly, neither did Ryou.
"Come sit by Bakura!" Summer called, patting the spot next to Bakura on the right. Ryou smiled and plopped himself down. Bakura handed him a set of seven cards, brushing hands with Ryou as he did so.
"Thanks." Ryou said softly hiding yet again, a blush. Bakura patted Ryou on the head for no real reason.
"Bakura, why are you petting me?" Ryou asked. Bakura shrugged. Autumn widened his eyes and motioned for Ryou to get closer. When Ryou was with in earshot, Autumn started whispering into his ear.
"Shadow and I think Bakura has a crush on you!" He hissed. Ryou stared at him in deep confusion.
"What makes you think that?"
"Cause he gets this strange look in his eyes whenever we talked about you and he demanded to know all we knew about you! And, he touched you!" Ryou giggled a little at his eight-year-old cousin's claim. Ryou glanced over to Bakura who was talking to Shadow about something. Bakura looked at him and gave him a half smile as the two remained talking. Ryou gazed away and smiled to himself. Maybe Autumn knew more than Ryou thought, maybe Bakura did like him. He really hoped so, because he longed to be closer to his new best friend, and feel those strong arms around his waist.
"So Ryou, are you gonna trade-in?"
"Huh?"
"Ryou… it's how you play poker… are you going to trade in?" Bakura asked again, staring at him peculiarly again.
"Oh, uh no, everything's great…" Ryou trailed off dazedly. Bakura shifted his eyes a bit.
"Ok, whatever you say weirdo." Needless to say, Ryou lost that round.
It was early evening now, the sun setting behind the huge countryside home. Since Bakura always played poker with a little spice added in it, whoever lost the 'ultimate poker match' the four started, got thrown into the lake. Sadly, Ryou lost and was heaved off the dock, but managed to drag Bakura in with him. All five boys had laughed in return, none harder than Ryou of course.
Bakura was sitting under the shade of the apple tree alone, as Ryou was inside drying off, and the kids had all gone to eat.
"Hi Bakura." A feminine voice lulled. Bakura looked up to find Mayberry standing by him.
"Yes?" He snapped, glaring at her.
"You don't like me much, do you?" She asked, taking a seat next to him.
"Gee, you're a genius." He retorted. She smiled to herself.
"No, but if I was I would've never left Ryou." She said quietly.
"And you're telling me this because…" Bakura trailed off.
"Because he likes you, and you like him too. I just watched you guys on and off, having the time of your lives with three kids, playing poker."
"Damn, spy much?"
"I know I don't deserve your kindness, because, look what I've done… I also know Ryou probably hates me. I just want to say, when you do ask him out, and when you two are a couple, be careful with him and don't ever let him go… or you'll end up regretting it." She said, tearing up again and running off. Bakura blinked. 'What the fuck just happened?' He pondered to himself.
Ryou came back shortly.
"Why'd Mayberry run off?" He asked, confused.
"I don't know Ryou…" Bakura trailed off, shifting a bit.
"Well, anyways, want to come with me to get something to eat?" Bakura nodded and followed the other teen into the house. As hard as he tried he couldn't get some of Mayberry's last words out of his head…
Don't ever let him go.............
Ishiro- Her name is this because… having Bakura have the same name, as Ryou's last is a bit strange, ne?
God: Yehaw, yippy skippy! I finished and it only took… a few hours! -picks nails- Oy… still clay in them from Art.. Arg, stupid sculpting…
Gandalf: Whatever you say dearestestest!
Sauruman: Damn it woman, where's my suppa!
God: ………..
Sauruman: -blinks- -nervous cough- Anyways, yeah, peace…
Greebo the dragon: Now onto the bunnies! Bunny, December Jewel!
God: Hiya! Oy, me is scared of roller coasters too, bleh, the nauseating feeling… I screamed sooo hard when I was on one he last time when I was like nine? Either way, roller coaster= bad!
Gandalf: -nod, nod- Make up your mind, snow-shadow-wolf!
God: Yay! Good, cause I would've sent Grim after ya if you would've stopped 'A Mirror's Wish'! I can't wait for the next chapter! You're really gonna use my ideas? Yay! I always wanted to make something where Ryou and Kura go stargazing but I could never think of anything! Yesh, a lot of people liked Seto's purtty song! D-E-N-I-A-L! Yay! Glad you think I'm awesome, and right back atcha, your one cool cat too!
Gandalf: That cute little bear, Pyro-Panda!
God: Really, this is the only B x R story on your favs? Coolie! WEE! Glad you like it that much! Review 69? Oy, someone's gotta dirty mind… Either way, glad you like as always!
Gandalf: Confess already, DreamingChild!
God: Oy, agreeable! If I ever got asked to go on another roller coaster, I would scream 'no'… eek, I hate that gross feeling you get; the free-fallness! Yes, Bakura probably would kill Seto to death in RL, but whether or not that would be before Seto's glare-of-death, who knows?
Gandalf: Mhm! Bite back, koumori wolf!
God: Glad you like deary! It has you hooked, like a captain! Anyways, yes, Bakura's in denial, heh, note the song…
Gandalf: -nods- Eek, slave4kai!
God: Yes, they are cuuutttee, unbelievably so! Glad you like the chapter, and hope you like this one too!
Gandalf: I don't wish I had a llama, I'm glad, cause I have Voice-Sama!
God: -points- Once again, it rhymes! You have writer's block?!? NOO! -tugs on shirt- tthhhiinnnkkk Voiccceeeyy, thhhiiiinnnkkk! Anyways, glad you like the chapter, and really hope the writer's block flies away and soon!
Gandalf: to Chibi Nazumi!
God: A new favorite chapter? Yay! You like the 'denial' song then, ne? Yesh! -claps- Anyways, hope you keep reading!
Gandalf: Speak, Amy Hirosaki
God: Maybe it was in hiding? Yay, I getta be on your favorites? SCORE! -does Australian victory dance- Anyways, here's (or was) your update!
Gandalf: -dun, dun, dun- Evil Chibi Marik, please rise in the stands…
God: WAH! Haha, I gotta see Kharue in a purrty pink apron! Which he looked gorgeous in! Oy, and yay, you like the song too! DENIAL, denial, -hums- Heh, I think Kharue needs the tissue more than Bakura! Giant Tomato? WHERE!?! -looks around room suspiciously- Nope, just the same old smelly Beethoven pup, and a mini-dragon; all is normal!
Gandalf: Mhm! Thanks again for the pocky and Seto Plushie!
God: No kidding!
Greebo the Dragon: Off to dance with Wizzu!
God: Red strawberries are… unless they're rotten, then they're brownish, which still comes from red somehow. Yay for the fluff! Glad you liked last chapter, and hopefully this one too!
Gandalf: Blinded by the fluffy, or, Uory's Lover!
God: Bwaha! I feel sorry for the poor social worker, he's gonna eat a Pork Steak pie XD! Though, I must say, I am quite relived the apple juice will stay in the fridge where it belongs, and won't be on me! Though I will be put in a blender, so I guess it wouldn't matter! Well, hope your day was special!
Gandalf: Blah, Blah, LittleDarkOne!
God: Update I have! Glad you liked the last chapter… don't forget to dance! Oh, yes and the ants go marching one by one, HURRAH!
Gandalf: The new quote of the week! Fly like a Fowlet!
God: Wowie! Another song liker-person type thing! Yay! Blahaha! I got my braces off in November! Oy, getting your braces tightened sucks though! Well then, Happy Birthday on the tenth! I hope you get a bag of potatoes, it's what I ask for every year… yet no one gets me it! Arbitrary, eh? One word, scandalous! Have a special day oh, yes, and glad you liked the chapter!
Gandalf: Yes, yes, yes! Thank you everyone for the fabulous reviews!
Greebo: Yes, yes! We hope you find it in your pretty blue hearts to do it again!
God: Mhm! Off for now!
Gandalf: Here today, gone tomorrow!
Greebo: Later days!