Mimi: (humming the twelve days of Kuribou)

Samia: I would of thought you would be under you bed muttering to the dust bunnies about your lack of reviews by now,

Mimi: yes well I decided to not let the fact that I got 0 reviews get me down…
Samia: (snorts)

Mimi: and besides…
Samia: (raise's eyebrow)
Mimi: I can't fit under my bed

Disclaimer: FAN-Fiction FAN-Fiction…do the maths

Warnings: as you may have gathered by now attempted suicide warnings,

I wish he would just open his eyes, just once so I know he's okay or maybe I wish I could open my eye's and this would go away like a bad dream, I want to know that it was an accident or he wasn't in his right mind anything to tell me he didn't really want to di-

The clacking of the door broke Ryou's morbid thoughts as Isis quietly swished into the room

"How is he?"

Ryou's eyes were still fixed on Marik as he answered Isis

"No change"

Isis's shoulders sagged and she gently placed a hand on Ryou's shoulder

"How are you?"

Confused, worried, angry,

Ryou's eyes swallowed the lump in his throat and brushed his fingers across Marik's cheek

"I'm fine"

The white-haired tenshi rubbed his eyes to try and wake himself up he hadn't got much sleep last night, thoughts of Marik lying in the hospital disturbed him, but his Yami had dragged him home mumbling something about sleep and contrary to popular belief that was one of the most violent moments towards Ryou the Yami had done for quite a while.

So currently Ryou has nearing the school gates fighting the urge to run back to the hospital, 'everyone' (everyone being the doctors nurse's and even Bakura the traitor) had said it would be better for Ryou if he went to school to try and take his mind off things, but see the problem was Ryou didn't WANT to take his mind off 'things'

And plus he didn't want to be in a mile radius of-
"hey Ryou how you doin'?"
or-
"you know you don't look so good"
Ah tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber better know as Jou and Honda but right know he was trying not go "Yami" on them and throw them off the nearest cliff.

"Don't talk to me" He briskly walked past the pair and straight into the school to find Anzu and Yugi

Yugi slowly shut the door of his locker turning to his Darker duplicate who was in spirit form
"I'm worried about Ryou, Yami" he sighed

"As am I Abiou he hasn't been in school for a few days now it isn't like him" Yami answered "neither has Marik" he added to himself as he silently padded besides Yugi though the deserted corridor.

"And when I tried to phone him yesterday it went straight to answer machine I usually always get an answer even if it is Bakura shouting about 'damn ringing contraption'"

Yugi sighed again and turned to his Yami

"You don't suppose anything happened to him do you?" Yugi asked

Yami opened his mouth but then closed it again staring over Yugi's shoulder

"Well he looks tired but none the less okay Abiou" Yami answered. Yugi spun around and noticed a forlorn looking Ryou at his locker, the littlest hikari ran over to his friend and enveloped him in a hug

"Ryou-kun are you okay? I was so worried, I thought something had happened!" Yugi's ramble was cut short as he noticed the look on his friends face
"Ryou-kun what's wrong" Yugi lowered his voice and brushed some hair out of Ryou's face

"I'm here for you, you know," he whispered

This was all Ryou needed as he burst into tears reliving everything that had happened before and after he found Marik

flashback

Ryou slowly padded round the back of the school lost in thought Marik had disappeared around midday this was a usual occurrence but he could of at least had the decency to tell Ryou he was going, since more than lately he would go with Marik, even if it meant his grades were suffering.

Obsessed? Don't be silly

Anyway Ryou had a free period last but had promised Yugi he would wait around for him so currently he was just wandering about trying to kill time-

"You'd think he'd fight back or something he wasn't exactly a runt was he?" a deep voice boomed Ryou recognised it as Yukio, ever since Ushio had "mysteriously" gone off the deep end, Yukio had taken over as the "big bad" he felt sorry for whoever was the latest victim

"He was a right fairy anyway, I mean lavender eyes? And he wore eyeliner" Ryou froze in his tracks there was only two people in the school he knew of that wore eyeliner and Duke didn't have lavender eye's-
"must be a bit off in the head though," Yukio continued "it was like he wanted us to beat him up almost felt sorry for him" Yukio started laughing "almost"

Ryou seethed he had to restrain him self from dashing round the corner and trying to bash there heads open TRY being the operative word as much as it pained him he would never be able to hold his own against Yukio and one of his cronies, so he settled with listening in some more on the conversation.

"Honda and Jou were right though weren't they" Yukio stared again
Jou? Honda? What did they have to do with it?

The crony spoke this time

"Wonder why they wanted him beat up so badly anyway? Thought they were his friends?" Yukio snorted

" You gotta learn that you've got "friends" and then you got friends- what was that?"

"What was what?" the crony asked

"Eh thought I saw something," Yukio replied turning away from the flick of white hair he'd seen"

By now Ryou and sat down with Yugi still placing a attentive hand on his shoulder

"And that's when you came up to us?" Yugi inquired

Ryou nodded trying to build up courage to re-live the next bit.

" Ryou-kun please don't tell me this is going were I think it's going"

Ryou turned clouded eyes to Yugi and sighed

"I wish it didn't"

Ryou gently pushed open the door of the bathroom with a shaky hand,
" Marik?" the white-haired boy tried not to retch as the door fully opened, the metallically smell of blood assaulted his sense's as he lunged forward

" Marik don't be dead please don't be dead" Ryou desperately grabbed towels rapping them around each of the Egyptian's wrists while trying to lift him out the blood tainted bath

"Please wake up, or move or anything Marik PLEASE!" frantically trying not to become hysterical Ryou shook Marik slightly, tears pouring on to his chest

Suddenly Ryou felt a hand brush his cheek wiping away tears but leaving a smear of blood in its place.

" Don't cry over me Otouto (1), I'm not worth it" lavender eyes gently opened staring into pools of chocolate. Ryou clutched Marik still crying into his chest

Ryou went on to explain that while he had ran down to phone 999 Marik had blacked out again and not woken up since.
"Marik always told me not to let jerks like those three get to me, I just don't understand" Ryou sobbed clinging onto the strong arms that held him up, wait-

"YamiYugi?" Crimson eyes stared down at Ryou with caring

"Yugi went to find Jou and Honda a while ago," Yami explained "and maybe you should go too little one, it doesn't seem your fit for school just yet," he continued

The white haired tenshi pulled himself together and sat up slightly, though Yami still had an arm around his shoulder.

"I'll managed, and besides visiting hours don't start until 3 I'd just be at home worrying" he explained, Yami nodded and leaned back slightly before starting to speak again

"Ryou, if you don't mind me asking you said that Marik called you Otouto?" a small smile spread across Ryou's face and he turned to look at his companion

"Once, Marik said I was like the little brother he never had, that when he looked at me he just wanted to protect me, and make sure I was never hurt again…it was ironic because Bakura had said something like that once though minus the little brother bit. Ever since then myself and Marik had taken to calling each other big brother and little brother…" Ryou finished tilting his head up staring at nothing at particular

"You care for him a lot" Yami mused, the white-haired teen looked down at that comment

"There are not many people who do" Ryou replied, for a while silence reined the corridor until Yami replied in an uncharacteristically quiet voice

"I do,"

(1) Otouto means Little brother, though I should think you got that by now.

Aurora: And here ends Chapter 2!

Samia: do you realise you started this chapter about FOUR MOUTHS AGO?
Aurora: If I say yes will you throw me down that randomly placed cliff?
Samia: Most likely
Aurora: Reviewer responses!

Samia: (snorts)

Well, it was quite odd really, there I am happily reading "Newsflash" and I see I have an e-mail, I check it and its from Sour Schuyler! Which is ironic…but anyway. I chose to have Katsuya as the main part of the problem for once because personally I like him and all, but I don't see him forgiving Marik as quickly as we'd like to believe.

But thank you's for reviewing its what made me decide to continue with the chapter.