Stupid in Love
Chapter 5
Téa
Bakura lagged behind his hikari. The threat of Shadi had been subdued for at least a few hours, since he was fighting for his life and Bakura and Ryou were headed toward Domino Pharmacy. He thought of what he had said to Shadi. Did he really like Ryou as much as he said he did? Why couldn't he even bear for Shadi to look at him? Ryou was supposed to be his property, not his crush!
Ryou walked a few paces ahead of his darker side, humming a tune that Bakura didn't recognize; "Tylenol Island". The lack of communication between the two was increasingly awkward… at least it was for Bakura, who was quite flustered by the events of the day. Little did he know… the worst was yet to come.
/Ryou…/ Bakura mumbled telepathically, unsure of what he wanted to say.
/Yes yami?/ Ryou didn't even turn around to see what he had to say, and Bakura's shoulders sagged from the lack of special attention.
/Uhm… when you called me a fag, did you realize that I--/
"Oh look, we're here!" Ryou grabbed Bakura's wrist and pulled the grave robber into the drug store. "Ok, I'll go and get some Tylenol, you just stay here," Ryou advised.
Bakura nodded. "Ryou—"
"Ryou!" Bakura growled as his hikari was glomped by the black monster of death.
"Why hello Téa!" Ryou responded with a smile, although he all but shoved her away. "What's up?"
Téa eschewed Ryou's gaze and looked at the floor diffidently, but there was a sly bug asparkle in her eye. "Well, I'm having trouble finding the tampon section…" she confessed.
Bakura's eyes widened. /What the hell!? You don't just tell people that!! Creepy woman…/
"…" Ryou thought, and then smiled cruelly. "You know, Téa, Bakura was a tomb robber… I'll bet he could find them for you…"
/WHAT!?/
Ryou ran off. /Sorry Kura-chan… Ma ha ha ha ha!/
/Yeah right. I'll just bet you're sorry,/ Bakura responded bitterly. He wanted to smack himself. He disdained the one called Téa. Why was Ryou doing this to him? He pouted. /Not fair…/
/Life's not fair,/ Ryou answered gleefully.
Téa looked at Bakura expectantly. He stared at her. "…Hi," he said.
"Kya!" Téa glomped him. It looked quite wrong.
"Aww, young love!" some old couple said. Bakura sent them to the Shadow Realm. And now, for Téa.
"Get off of me or you shall perish," Bakura warned her seriously. To his surprise, she did let go of him, although she still held his hand in hers. That was better than being hugged, he supposed…
"So." Bakura looked around. "Uhm… the tampons are over there," he said, pointing to a bigass sign four feet away from them that said "TOILETRIES".
"…" Téa tugged on his sleeve. "Come with me."
"Nani wo itte ka?" Bakura jabbered. "Let me go! Let me…"
"Come with me!" Téa insisted. She tugged on his sleeve so hard that he was afraid it might rip. "Come on." She started to drag him down the aisle of girly items.
"Nooooooooooooooo!" Bakura cried, and he tried frantically to grab anything he could get a hold of. This was really bad, because he almost grabbed a box of tampons.
"…Poor 'Kura-chan," Ryou said, frowning. "Ah well…" He handed the cashier three bottles of Tylenol and some gauze bandages. "I'd like to buy these, please."
"Ok," answered a deep, easily recognizable voice. Ryou's eyes widened.
"Yami??" Ryou was incredulous. "Why are you working here?"
"…Community service," came the reply. "Loooooooong story. Ask Yugi. He's hiding from Téa in the corner." The former Pharaoh handed Ryou his receipt, looking at him with sincerely grateful crimson orbs. "And thanks for shopping here."