((Ryou's POV))

I could tell by Bakura's face he was shocked to see me. I just had to get out of the hospital. I needed to be with him.

"Why are you here?" He asked me.

"Aren't you going to let me in? It's rude to leave a guest outside when it's raining." I said.

He brought me in and closed the door behind him. I looked at his chest.

"Don't tell me your mutilating yourself again." I said.

He looked at his chest, which was dripping blood on the rug.

"No, that idiot Marik came and almost stabbed me to death if I didn't tell him where you were. He's probably on his way to the hospital. Little retard." He said.

"Why are you here?" He asked me again.

I chuckled.

"I ran away. I ran away from the evil doctors. They kept injecting me and hurting me. If they had to stitch me I didn't think there'd be injecting as well."

He stared at me in shock.

"That girl gave me your message. I didn't listen. You don't understand that I can't be away from you. If I'm away from you I won't feel safe."

"But you're—

"I needed to be with you." I said.

He stayed quiet.

"You feel remorseful right? You almost killed me right here in my own house. You feel the pain of guilt? Yet here I am running to you as always."

"Go back to the hospital." He said to me in a whisper.

"I run miles back home and you want me to go back. If that's how you really feel…I'll go." I said.

I opened the door. He stepped in front of me and shut the door.

"Bakura…"

He dropped to his knees and started crying.

Well, this is a sight to see. Great big Bakura dropping on the floor crying like a little kid.

"Ryou, I'm so sorry. I…I could have killed you. I was not thinking. My mind was blocked. What if I did kill you? What would I have done? It's true Ryou. I do take you for granted. I treat you like a punching bag and like a punching bag I think nothing bad could happen to you until that day where it breaks and I can't use it anymore. I can't take back the sins I've committed, but I need your forgiveness. I will live in my regretful ways forever until I have your forgiveness to what I've done to you."

I stayed quiet for a while. Let's make him suffer with my silence for a while.

He wept harder and grabbed his head.

"I'm…not going to forgive you." I said.

He looked up at me sadly with tears rolling down his face.

"If I say sorry there's no telling what will happen after. You might go off and actually kill me next time. For good."

"No…" He said.

I turned away from him.

"No Ryou I promise. I promise I won't do anything rash anymore. I promise to you. I am true to my promises please." He begged.

Feel the pain of rejection Bakura. This is what I've been feeling forever from you. I may love you, but I can still be cruel. Until you feel the same way for me…you'll keep feeling this reject. Wow, I'm a bitch.

"This is just like before only the shoes on the other foot. You don't see me choking you to death and throwing you downstairs because I want to be alone. When I wanted your forgiveness, where I even said you could kill me so I could gain your trust back and you rejected me. It's the same situation Bakura. Only I have the upper hand and you're the sad little puppy."

"Ryou surely you can't be so cruel to me." He said sniffing.

"Want to make a bet?"

He stayed quiet for a long period of time. I broke the silence.

"Prove to me something that I can feel the need to forgive you, then we'll see." I said walking to my room.

I heard a thud and shut the door to my room. I took off my bloody shirt and looked at all my scars. Again to school looking like I was run over by a car. I sighed.

I washed myself and lay in my comfy warm bed. Nothing like the cold metal doctor bed they had me sleeping in. Bakura knows I love him. If he was smart…he should catch on quickly.

I fell asleep. The next morning I awoke to the smell of food. I dressed in my uniform and went to see what food was being made.

Bakura was sleeping on the floor with his tears now dried on his face and a bag on my counter with a note.

"Dear Ryou,

Hey what's up? Just thought I'd buy you something to chow on since Bakura never feeds or thinks about you. Hope you like hash browns and freshly made cookies.

Love,

Marik.

P.S Ishizu helped me make the cookies. She's the one that loves you not me. Haha. Well, I love you too, but not that way you know what I mean right? Right! Don't freak like last time! I don't love you that way. Or like you. I mean I do like you but—ah whatever.

"What an idiot." I chuckled opening the bag.

Mmmm. Cookies. I poured myself a glass of milk and started eating. Bakura still hadn't awoken. I swallowed my cookie and walked up to Bakura.

I bent down and shook him a little. He blinked and yawned loudly.

"What happened? Where am I?" He asked sitting up and rubbing his eyes.

"Get ready for school." I said walking back to my cookies and hash browns.

"Wow Ryou you…you look really good today. Have you lost weight?" Bakura asked me.

"Bakura, I want you to prove your forgiveness not kiss my ass." I said.

He sighed sadly and went upstairs to change.

He came back down as quickly as he went up to change. He had my books and his in his arms.

He stared at me. I was on my last cookie. He continued staring hungrily.

"You…want it?" I asked.

"Do you want it?" He asked me.

"Yes." I replied.

"Then you have it." He said.

That's so nice of him.

I took a bite of the cookie and glanced at him. This isn't right. I split the cookie in half and showed it to him.

He tried to grab it and not let the books come tumbling down from his grasp.

I opened his mouth and put it in for him.

"Let's go to school." I said grabbing my books from his hand.

We walked to school in silence. I would constantly take quick looks at him to see if he was doing anything, but he was just standing there with a depressed look on his face I couldn't help chuckle to. I know that's mean, but I can't help it.

I was going to speak to him when I felt this slap to my ass leaving me speechless. Bakura looked at me and he was blushing. I could tell he was about to say something, but I slapped his face.

"You hit me!" I screamed at him.

"Hit you! I didn't hit you!" He said rubbing his face.

"You invaded my ass privacy!" I screamed at him slapping him again.

"No I didn't." He said rubbing his other cheek.

"Then why were you blushing?" I asked him.

"That girl over there was looking at me funny." He said.

"Then—

I saw a guy leaning against the wall with a skateboard in his arms laughing.

"I like your girlfriend." He told Bakura.

My jaw dropped and I flushed furiously.

"I don't have a girlfriend." Bakura said.

The guy looked at me.

"You mean she's free?" He asked Bakura.

Bakura cocked an eyebrow.

"This girl do you know her?" The guy asked.

"What girl?" Bakura asked.

"Dude are you blind? This one." He said putting me in front of Bakura.

Go Bakura. Go ahead and laugh at me. I'm already embarrassed as it is.

Bakura stared at me and then glared at the guy.

"This is a guy you fag! We look exactly alike. Do you think I look like a girl because I can quickly change your mind about that!" He said angrily grabbing the guy's shirt.

"You're a guy. You're a guy and he's a guy. I'm…I'm sorry." The guy said quickly.

"Don't say sorry to me! Say sorry to him! You embarrassed him you fruit!" Bakura screamed at him.

"Yo…hey man I'm sorry. You looked like a girl from be—

Bakura punched him.

"You're only making him feel worse you bitch! Get out of my face before I rip it off!" Bakura screamed.

The guy rode off on his skateboard trembling in nervousness.

I put my head down and sighed sadly.

"Its ok Ryou. That guy was a jerk." Bakura said patting my head.

"It's not the first time that's happened." I mumbled.

"Well, they're all jerks then. Just forget about it. If it happens again then I'll kill them all for you."

I smiled slightly. He sure knows how to make someone feel better.

He opened the door for me and we went into homeroom.

"Hey Ryou. Long time no see ever since that vacation." Yugi said greeting me.

Damn how I wish it would be forever that I didn't have to see you.

"Yea I guess so." I said.

"Hey Ryou I need to ask you something." Yugi said.

He's probably going to ask me something queer like "truth or dare" or "What's your favorite fruit? Is it me?"

"Truth or dare." Yugi said.

My god I'm a psychic either that or he's damn well predictable.

"I'm not answering that. I need to go…to the bathroom." I said.

"You said dare!" Yugi screamed.

"No I didn't." I said.

"Yes! Because the D in need, the A in answering or in bathroom, the R in bathroom or answering, and the E in need or answering. So ha!"

I slapped my forehead.

"Yugi leave me alone. I don't feel well." I lied.

"Fine. Be that way. You know what now I'm stalking you." He said.

All hell breaks loose today.

I sighed and told him not to follow me before I left.

What did Yugi want? My god he's so annoying. I never asked him to be my friend and if he asked me I would have never accepted.

I was half done unzipping my pants when I felt someone embrace me. I jumped and felt very cold.

"Yugi!" I screamed angrily.

"I told you I was stalking you." He said.

"Go away!" I screamed.

He let me go and started crying.

I felt like killing myself right about now.

"Yugi…I'm sorry for screaming at you." I apologized.

He stopped crying abruptly and smiled. That's some scary shit.

"Yugi I don't want you to follow me. Please. I don't like answering questions like those ok? Please understand it's not that I have anything against you or anything." I lied.

I laughed in the inside. I really do hate this kid.

"Fine." Yugi said walking away.

He opened the door and screamed loudly. His scream was followed by a "Get out of the way!" and a punch.

Bakura.

I was right.

"Hey Ryou."

I gave him a wave.

"What's up?" He asked me.

"Nothing. Trying to piss, but Yugi scared it out of me." I said.

He chuckled.

"What are you doing here? You have class now." I asked.

"I had to get out of there. Marik was getting really annoying singing."

I could just imagine. We were quiet for a little while.

"Ryou…I'm…sorry." Bakura said sadly.

Should I forgive him? I don't like seeing him sad like this, but if I do allow his forgiveness…what are my chances he'll be cruel to me again?

"Bakura, I would love to forgive you, but I'm still deciding. I don't want to feel like I've been feeling anymore." I said.

This is going to kill him in the inside.

"How have you been feeling? Ryou, I don't know anything about you. You're the hardest person to figure out." He said.

"Not really." I said taking a seat.

"Ryou how well can you figure me out? I know I'm not difficult because I can never contain myself. You on the other hand like to feel your own burden in where no one could help you because you don't speak up. Ryou I would honestly help you out all the time. If I didn't love you I wouldn't help you."

"What?" I said.

He blushed furiously and ran out quickly.

"What?"

I don't know if I heard wrong, but did I hear "Love you" in that sentence?

I got up and went to class.

I had gotten through the first half of my day, but by lunchtime I was so tired. Sleepless nights all the time. Always thinking. Who would have known it would be this hard?

I put my head on the lunch table and closed my eyes.

"Hey Ryou." Marik said.

I lifted my head and saw him sitting right in front of me.

I mumbled a hello and put my head down again.

"What's up? Did you like my cookies and hash browns? Did Bakura steal them! If he did I'll hit him for you and make him barf up my cookies!"

"No Marik. They were delicious. Thank you for that." I said sleepily.

"You look sleepy."

No shit Sherlock did you figure that out on your own?

"I am sleepy." I said.

"Did Bakura not let you sleep wait till I get him! Just you wait! God if he didn't love you so much I'd kill him for you." Marik said.

I lifted my head.

"Loved me so much?" I asked.

"Oh yea. He told me not to tell, but I hate him so I didn't keep my promise. I told everyone already. Everyone already knows."

"So…Bakura loves me?" I asked.

"Loves you? Ha! Obsession much." He said.

Wow. Bakura loves me.

I smiled.

"But wait, how do I know you're not lying?" I asked.

"I'll ask him where is he?" Marik asked.

"Getting his lunch." I looked over at him fighting with the lunch lady.

I got up and walked over to him.

"This…this is not food! This is slob! We are not pigs! I want decent food! I want a steak right here with some salad and maybe so French fries!" Bakura screamed at the lady.

I put my hand on his shoulder and took him away from the lunch lady.

"Ah! Hey! There's a hair in my food! You didn't spit in this did you! Dumb bitch!" Bakura screamed.

He sat down next to me and spun his food around with his spoon grumbling stubbornly.

I kicked Marik and pointed at Bakura.

"Ow Ryou! Why'd you kick me so hard?" Marik asked rubbing his leg.

"Good job Ryou." Bakura said.

I signaled Marik to ask Bakura if he loved me like he said he did.

"Oh I love you too Ryou." Marik said.

I banged my head on the desk at how stupid Marik was.

"Oh! Oh! Oh! I get it." Marik said.

"Hey Yami Marik Ryou wants to know if you love him." Marik said turning around and asking his Yami.

Yami Marik looked at me and I smiled blushing furiously.

"No comment." Yami Marik said turning around.

I grabbed a pen and grabbed Marik's hand to write the question.

Marik squinted at his hand.

"Ooooh! I get it. Bakura Ryou wanted me to ask you if you—

I threw myself on Marik.

"Marik are you some sort of idiot!" I hissed.

"I lost half of my brain at birth." Marik said.

"It's true." Yami Marik said getting up to throw his tray out.

"I don't care! Never mind Marik." I said getting off him.

Bakura flicked food at Marik's head and launched potatoes at his face.

Marik wiped his face and threw food at Bakura.

"You want to start something!" Bakura asked angrily.

Marik gulped and shook his head quickly.

"Good." Bakura said throwing more food at Marik.

Bakura's in a really pissy mood.

"Bakura, what is wrong?" I asked him.

"I'm in love with you Ryou and I'm a bitch and I can't stand myself. I would love to kill myself, but I'm too much of a retard to hold my knife right." Marik imitated Bakura.

"Shut up! I'm not in love with Ryou! I'm not a retard that's you! Ok! You half brain dead idiot! I can hold my knife right and when I have the chance I will kill you!" Bakura screamed at Marik and getting up to throw his food away.

"I'm so afraid." Marik said sarcastically.

"You…you said he did love me." I said sadly.

"Obviously Ryou he's not going to say it out loud like that." Marik said.

"Please ask him." I begged.

Marik got up.

I watched and saw Bakura punch Marik in the face and throw him in the trash.

"I won't ever tell you! You snitch! You'd probably go off and tell him!" I heard Bakura yell.

Looks like I'll have to ask him myself.

Bakura sat back down next to me and rested his head on the table.

I hate when he's all depressed like makes me feel bad because it's my fault he's like that.

I patted his head making him turn my way.

"Oh! I…I forgot to thank you for…sticking up for me back there…with the guy. Thank you. I'd thought you'd laugh at me." I said.

"I wouldn't laugh at that. I know how sensitive you are about that. I'm mean, but I do care if you get your feelings hurt." He said.

He does care about me.

"I…I really appreciate you sticking up for me like that. Thank you…a lot."

"It's nothing really. Just forget it. Anyone would have done it." He said.

"No they wouldn't have. Everyone hates me here." I sighed.

"Marik doesn't hate you. Yami Marik doesn't hate you."

…So? Those aren't the people I care about. They could hate me for all I care.

"I don't hate you." He said.

I smiled.

"Bakura I have to ask you a question." I said.

"Sure. Shoot." He said.

"Do…do you…um…

I couldn't seem to get the question out of me. I don't want to seem like a fool just being so forward and asking such a question.

"Do I?" He urged on.

"Do you like spaghetti because I love spaghetti?" I asked him.

I blushed.

"I've never tried spaghetti." He said cocking an eyebrow.

I'm such an idiot.

"Is there something else you want to ask me?" He asked.

Yes, but I'm just too afraid to ask you.

"He wants to know if you love him." Marik said coming and sitting down with us again.

"Ew you reek Marik." I said covering my nose.

"Marik…leave us." Bakura said still looking at me.

"I'll…go with you Marik." I said getting up quickly.

He grabbed my shirt and sat me back down.

"Oooh so demanding. How sexy." Marik laughed.

Bakura launched a fork at his head.

"What else did you need to ask me?" He asked again.

This is it I guess. I guess it's time for me to ask. It's time for him to confess. Let's see if he has the guts to tell me the truth.

And we are finally reaching the finale to this story. I hope you guys have liked it so far. Hopefully more of my stories will be as successful as this and if you would like to give me ideas on what I could do…feel free to ask away. )