Memo: Hehhhh, sorry I haven't updated in what, forever? My aunts PC keeps crashing on me and sometimes won't even let me past thestart up screen when I first turn it on. (Other times, it won't let me into my personal files! It tells me "access denied".) I really need my own, but don't have any funds currently. Grr! I hate being broke! Anyway, the next chapter will be added soon. I mean it! Look for it to be up by Monday. Responses to Reviewers are a thet end of the chapter.

Disclaimer: K.T. '96'. See? That's not me! Although I do own some cards… (Big smile!)

Ryou awoke the next morning feeling slightly ashamed of himself. He and Joey had only been apart for a week, and already he was in bed with someone whom had just met.

'Perhaps I should've waited.' Ryou thought, looking down at his blankets sadly. 'I don't think I was really ready for this, but,' he glanced over to his right where the tanned skin Egyptian was still snoozing with drool dripping out of his mouth, 'I can't take it back now. We've already… Maybe I'd better just go get breakfast started. Yes, that's what I'll do. And after breakfast, I'll explain everything to this stranger and ask him to leave.'

Ryou pushed back the covers, slipped his fuzzy blue slippers onto his feet, and went downstairs to the kitchen to make breakfast.

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A few hours later… "But why? Why did I do wrong? I thought you enjoyed being with me last night." Said the sandy blond Egyptian, feeling slightly confused. "I did," said Ryou, looking down at his feet, "but I think we went too fast. After all, my boyfriend and I have only been broken up for a week and I…"

"…Still have feelings for him?" Marik finished. Ryou nodded. "But why?" Marik pouted, sticking out his lower lip. "I thought you just said you caught him cheating on you with a girl name Brittany." "I did," Ryou admitted, "but I-" "What if he cheated on you with others," Marik asked, hands on his hips, "and he does it again after you two get back together? Then what would you do Ryou? Would you still want him, still love him?"

A flood of mixed emotions flowed through Ryou's mind all at once and he started crying. "I-I don't know," he confessed, tears streaming down his soft pale cheeks, "maybe."

"Maybe!" Marik exclaimed, a little sharper than what he had intended on. "What do you mean MAYBE? You don't want that cheating loser back! He's hurt you once, he'll do it again." "I-I guess you're right," said Ryou, steadying himself with a chair, "but Marik, it hurts so much…" "I know," said Marik, walking over to him and wrapping one arm around his waist and the other around Ryous shoulders, "but it'll be okay, Ryou. You have me."

Ryou wiped away a tear and looked up at him with sad brown eyes. "I guess." He said, trying to manage a smile. "But, no offense, you aren't the same as Joey." "Of course not!" exclaimed Marik, patting Ryou on the shoulder. "I'm better! And I'll prove it if you go back upstairs."

Ryou removed Mariks arms from his body and walked over to the door. "No Marik. I don't want to, not right now. Please leave, I want to be alone for awhile. I need to think about things." "Well, fine. If that's how you want to be," said Marik, walking towards the door, "I'll just leave. It was nice screwing you."

"I'm sorry, Marik," said Ryou apologetically, "please don't be angry with me. It's just that I need some time… to think about things. I hope you understand."

"Oh, I understand," said Marik angrily, pausing in the doorway, "I give you a night of pleasure and you turn around and kick me out! You bastard!" he yelled, slapping Ryou hard across the face. "Marik!" Ryou gasped in surprise, grabbing his face where Marik had just slapped him.

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself," Marik continued, "behaving in such a way! Shame on you! Good bye!" And with that, Marik took off out of the house and down the street. Ryou closed the door and sat down at the kitchen table, still rubbing his face.

"Marik's right," Ryou thought sadly, "I should be ashamed of myself. All I ever do is screw up. I ruined Bakura's chances of getting the Millennium Puzzle at Duelist Kingdom, for which he'll never forgive me, I painted the scenery orange instead of green for the school play a few months ago, I done something wrong that made Joey want to cheat on me, I invite a stranger into my home and 'do' him and I've only known him for a day… Marik's right, and Bakura's right… I'm nothing but a screw up. Why'd I think I could be anything more than that? Why?"

Ryou lowered his head down into the table and sobbed. "Why, if I'm so worthless, was I even born? Why didn't my mother just have me aborted while she had the chance? Why didn't she give me up for adoption? Maybe she should've given me and Amane both up for adoption… maybe then, my sister would still be alive… and I'd have something to live for…'

As Ryou sat there at the kitchen table, crying his eyes out, he let his mind wandered to all those years ago when he and his sister would spend all day playing tag and just be… happy.

Marik Ishtar smiled to him-self as he exited Ryou's house. 'That gullible little fool,' he smirked to himself, tossing a penny into the air and catching it, 'he's so easy to manipulate. I bet he's boo-hoo'ing his sweet little green eyes out right now out of shame and guilt… which works perfectly into my plan. If all goes well, he'll feel so guilty about having hurt my feelings by kicking me out, that he'll want to be with me again to make up for it. I'll be back in his pants in no time, and have Joey Wheeler waiting for me on the side. Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh! I can have them both!'
So, who do you think is being the bigger jerk here, Joey or Marik? Neither of them seem to be being very nice to poor little Ryou. (I gave him a hug. He's better now. :-) Okay, now I respond to my reviewers and hope you come back again.
Yours1515: Weren't you "Your Dream Come True"? -Shrug- Glad you like the story so far and hope you keep reviewing! Thanks!

BakuraxRyou: Here's the update you (and others) have been waiting for. Hope it pleases you! Keep reviewing! Thanks!

Millennium Girl: A new reviewer? Yay! Yes, Joey is being a bad boy! But then again, so is Marik! Tee-hee! Thanks for the review! Please come back again! No I don't work in a store! I work nowhere, that's why I'm always broke!

Upcoming: Joey does something destructive and Ryou's feelings get hurt even more...