Life for rent

Chapter 4 endeavor

Maru: hey everyone! Sorry for the long wait for the next chapter, had to write the next three up and testing was going on at school and they were reeeally important. (sweat drop)

Starless- 007: thank you very much for the review, hehe, I really wanted to make a story with Marik drunk XD um... I don't remember having Marik kiss Bakura in the chapter, you must mean in the first chapter. No Bakura and Marik and Malik are just friends. Just Ryou and Bakura, and maybe Tozuku are together, and MalikXMarik.

Chrisoriented: thank you, I'm glad you like the story so far, so for the long wait!

Kura12: thank you for reading; I hope you enjoy the rest!

Here's the fic chappy

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Marik's P.o.V

Bakura kicked me out of the apartment had things to do, but knowing him, he just wanted to be alone.

When I opened the door to my house, the TV was blaring and no one was in site. Ishizu, I knew, was at work at the museum.

My yami on the other hand was probably in our room. Moping.

Malik was lying on the bed. I walked over to him. He glanced up at me and then looked back at the pillow.

"pushed the wrong button again?" I asked.

He just nodded…which annoyed me. So I pounced on top of him. I nibbled on his earlobe gently, hoping he would play along, but he just gave a small moan.

"he's still mad at me, isn't he?" he asked.

I let go of his ear and looked at his face. He seemed a bit depressed. I got up and sat at the edge of the bed.

"I can't say he's over it, he's just worried about Ryou, though he doesn't want to show it."

Malik sat up and laughed a little.

"he's just like a solid rock, can never see through him until he crumbles."

"true."

"did he find Ryou?"

"Yeah, but he won't tell where, just that he's with some guy."

"ah."

Bakura's P.o.V

A little while after Marik left, I went out. I thought about a lot about it a lot. I'm going to bring Ryou back, whether he liked it or not. It drove me crazy not having him around for more than a day. Whenever he slept over at yugi's place, I'd wake up early and bring him home, even though he'd get mad about it.

It was evening when I left the apartment. The lights were out and the door was locked.

Figures…

But it wasn't a problem for me. I pulled the ring from beneath my shirt. It glowed and I walked through the door.

When I got inside I found my past self sleeping on the couch. He had a blanket on him up to his nose. I walked past him and head up stairs.

Ryou was in Tozuku's room. I crept in and silently closed the door. He was sleeping soundly. I kneeled down by his head and stroked his cheek.

His eyed slowly opened and sat up.

Once he recognized me, his eyes widened and he backed up against the wall.

"B-Bakura!"

I jumped on the bed and rammed my hand over his mouth. My eyes shot for the door. I waited for any signs of Tozuku coming up the stairs. After a few minutes of listening I released my hand from his mouth.

I turned back to Ryou. His eyes stared to tear up. I sighed and hung my head.

"Ryou, let me expl-"

His arms…he arms had cuts lining across his pale skin. I looked back up at Ryou. He flinched. I put a hand on his cheek, but he turned away.

"no…please leave."

I brought his chin up and pressed my lips against his. Ryou struggled to get away, but I put my hand behind his head to keep him from moving.

Then somehow he got his foot on my chest and pushed me off the bed. I glared at Ryou, but dropped it when I saw he had his face buried against his knees, sobbing.

I didn't mean to make him cry, I just wanted to explain the other night.

"Ryou?" I called to him.

I got up and put a hand on his shoulder.

"what are you doing here?"

I looked over at the door. Tozuku had his hand on the door knob with his eyes on me. I let got of Ryou and backed away.

I looked down at the floor and clenched my fists.

"Ryou…" I whispered facing my aibou. (spl)

Ryou looked up at me.

"…come home…come home, COME HOME!"

I ran out of the room and out of the apartment, ran until I reached the fronts steps of the apartment, our apartment.

"Bakura?"

To be continued…

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Maru: sorry, tis a short chapter (sweat drop) hope you enjoyed this, R&R please :)