HD:-sigh- this is the chapter that shall seal Malik's fate!

Cole: drama queen.

HD:-pokes out tongue-anyway COH could you say the disclaimer while I'll go mourn over Malik getting married to Pegasus?

COH: er…ok…um…HD doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh so don't sue!

Bea: And if you do sue I'll send you to the shadow realm!

COH: that's…nice…

Chapter 3

Ryou and Yugi sat on Malik's bed while Malik took a shower.

"I can't believe Malik's going through with it even after Mariku came back." Ryou muttered shaking his head sadly.

"Mariku did hurt him." Yugi reminded his snowy haired friend. The door to the bath room opened and Malik stepped out in a fluffy bath robe, his blonde hair was wet and stuck to his forehead.

"Ok guys, what do you think? Should I go with the rose or the tiger lily?" Malik asked, holding up to flowers.

Ryou picked up a perfect violet from Malik's bedside table. "What about this?"

"I don't like violets." Malik lied.

"I thought you loved them?" Ryou asked confused.

"I've changed my mine." Malik snapped. Ryou looked.

"Go with the rose." He muttered. Malik felt a pang of regret for yelling at Ryou. He nodded and placed the tiger lily on the dresser before going back into the bathroom. Ryou looked down at the violet.

"What was that about?" Yugi whispered.

"I-I think Mariku gave Malik the violet, he always knew Malik loved them." Ryou whispered back. Malik's mobile went off.

"COULD YOU GET THAT?" Malik yelled from the bathroom.

"OK!" Ryou opened the phone to find it was a message.

I'm sorry, Mal. Please talk to me!

Yugi read the message over Ryou's shoulder. Ryou found ten other unread massagers from Mariku.

"WHO WAS IT?" Malik asked.

"Uh…it was Jou…he's going to be late."

"Oh ok. How do I look?" Malik steeped out of the bathroom wearing white leather jacket and pants with a white sleeveless top underneath. The rose was tucked into the first button hole in his jacket. He also wore a white gold chocker with an amethyst M hanging from it, white gold earrings and Ryou noted with a small smile, the gold bracelet with a dragon carved into it with amethyst eyes, the bracelet Mariku gave him.

"You look great Mal!" Yugi beamed.

"Thanks Yug." Malik smiled. "Now I just have to do my make-up." He sat down at the mirrored dressing table and added eyeliner and purple eye-shadow. Ryou closed Malik's phone placed it on the bedside table and looked at Malik.

"Are you sure you want to go through with this?" Malik looked up.

"Pegasus has money and protection. I'm sick of going through the whole fall-in-love-and-get-your-heart-broken routine."

"But what about love? You always said love was important!"

"Love screws with you Ryou!" Malik snapped. "At least it screws with me."

"But if you marry Pegasus then your life would be meanings less. Money can only buy you so much." Ryou climbed off the bed and left his room.

"Ryou's right Malik." Yugi muttered before following Ryou. Malik sighed and placed down the eyeliner and looked over at the bedside table. Frowning he walked over and picked it up and read the message. Still frowning he wrote back.

Fine. You have Three minutes. Meet me at the hotel's entrance.

He closed his phone, placed it in his pocket and left the room. As he neared the entrance he saw Marik. He was sitting on the stair railing, wearing the outfit he wore to the party. Malik sighed and walked over. Marik looked up and hoped down from the railing.

"You have three minutes. Start talking." Malik ordered, crossing his arms.

Marik sighed. "The reason I left was so I could think things over," Malik flinched and Marik gently cupped his face, "I thought things over and I really like you Mal, more than I've ever liked anyone, and," he shifted slightly, "I want to spend the rest of my life with you, and only you." Malik's eyes brimmed with tears. "Will you marry me?" Marik asked quietly. Malik frowned and pulled away.

"Marry you? You left me for three weeks thinking you only wanted my body and you suddenly turn up, when I'm engaged, asking if I'd bloody marry you!" Malik turned around, tears now failing freely from his lavender eyes, and took off.

Ryou and Bakura observed the whole seen.

"Poor Marik." Ryou sighed, leaning back in Bakura's hold. Bakura frowned.

"Why would Malik do that?"

"He's hurt." Ryou mumbled.

"I'm going to talk to him." Bakura let go of Ryou and went after Malik. He found the young Egyptian in an empty hallway. Malik's head was bowed and Bakura could hear his muffled sobs. As Bakura approached Malik looked up, his eyes were puffy and red, eyeliner ran down his face and he'd smudged his eye shadow. Bakura raised an eyebrow at Malik's shabbiness.

"B-Bakura, do you need something?" Bakura steeped forwards.

"Why? Mariku loves you and you blew him off!"

"LOVES ME!" Malik glared at Bakura. "My whole life I've been loved. Mariku is no better! All anyone sees is my body, they don't love me." Tears flowed down Malik's face again, making the already smudged eyeliner run more.

"He loves you. He wouldn't go through all this if he didn't."

"It doesn't matter anyway I'm getting married."

"I can't believe you." Bakura turned and walked away. Malik looked at his hands were his amethyst engagement ring sat on his wedding finger.

"You better not do anything Mariku." Malik muttered, before heading towards Pegasus' rooms. As he neared Pegasus' rooms he took a steady breath before knocking on his door.

"Come in." Malik opened the doors and steeped in. Pegasus looked up from were he was reading a comic. "Malik, what are you doing here?" he sat down his comic and stood up. Malik looked down at his feet.

"I-I'm having s-second thoughts on the w-whole m-marriage thing." Malik closed his eyes and waited for the yelling but instead he heard footsteps.

"Malik, Malik." A hand gripped his wrist. Malik called out in pain. "In three hours we will be married and you can forget everything." He forced Malik onto his knees and threw him on the ground. Malik clenched his teeth in pain. "So go back to your room, clean up go down to the garden and we'll get married." Malik climbed numbly to his feet and made his way back to his room, stumbling and leaning on the walls while sobbing silently.

The guest had started to arrive. Ryou wriggled his hands nervously. Music started playing and Malik finally turned up. Ryou noticed the puffy eyes but didn't say anything. "Ready?" Ryou nodded. He walked down the red carpeted isle followed by Malik.

Malik looked over his shoulder and saw Mariku sitting on the stair railings watching him. Malik looked away. He reached the alter were Pegasus and the prist stood. Pegasus took Malik's hands as the Prist started the mass.

"We're gathered here today to join Maxwell Pegasus and Malik Ishtar in marriage, if anyone here present knows of any reason why these two people shall not be joined speak now or hold your peace."

"I object!" Everyone looked over at Ryou, who blushed slightly. "You don't love him Malik, this is your life, and you don't have to marry him." Malik frowned slightly in thought. Ryou was right, he had a choice. He took his hands from Pegasus and turned around and ran back down the isle towards where Marik was. Malik stopped, he wasn't there. He looked around and saw a small stair way down to the car park. Malik ran down the stairs were he saw Mariku who was pulling on a bike helmet standing next to his motorbike.

"MARIKU!" Mariku looked up and saw Malik running over to him.

"Malik?" Malik reached him.

"I-do." He panted.

"What?"

"I do, I want to marry you! I love you." Mariku grinned broadly and leant down, capturing Malik's lip in a passionate kiss. Malik leant forwards into the embrace. When they finally broke apart Mariku looked down at Malik's wrist with the dragon bracelet.

"You kept it?"

"You gave it to me." Mariku grinned and kissed Malik's forehead before handing him a bike helmet. "Just you and me."

"Just you and me." Malik agreed pulling the helmet on.

And the rest they say is history!

HD: YAY! I finished! AND MALIK GOT BACK WITH MARIKU!

COH: yay! –HD and COH do wired dance.-

Bea: freaks.

Cole: immature children.

HD: thanks to:

PrepMassacre: Hope you like my ending! See Malik did go back to Marik. But Pegasus was an asshole! Glade you like the plushie! You can have a Mariku one too!

LonelyTombRobber: I would love to do a story with you! And I'm sure COH wouldn't mind being in it with VV -COH blushes- send me an email, unless you don't have my address… have a Mariku plushie!

HD: thanks, review and Ja ne!

COH: ja ne

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