A:N HELLO KIDS! Lol. I updated! Seto now, Yay!

Disclaimr: I DONT OWN IT!

What is he doing here?

I'm walking through the park on my way to meet Mokuba when I find him. He's just…. Standing vacantly by the pond.

Is that really Bakura? I haven't seen him for five months after school broke up for summer, and then I hardly ever went to school anyways. I mean, sure, its illegal, but I own half of the legal system in Japan anyways…

God, what happened to him? The bright, cheery boy I used to know is gone, those warm chocolate eyes and small smile were gone. Instead, he looks like a vacant empty shell.

I clear my throat behind him, the boy spinning around. My eyes lingered on the golden ring around his chest –his pain, his life- for a few seconds before I met his gaze.

My chest constricted when I saw him. His eyes were so… so blank and emotionless, it was almost inhuman. His thin form was trembling with pent-up sobs, and mixed fear. Almost repulsed, I took a few steps towards him until we were a foot apart.

He collapsed in my arms, trembling and sobbing. I held him close to me, feeling his body shake with sobs. Bakura… What had they done to you? Those so-called friends of his, for all their friendship speeches and stupid hand markers and heart of the cards… What hypocrites, to ignore Bakura like this, let him go to be so fragile. I can't believe they would do this. If I had known about this, I would have done something sooner… I don't know why, I guess a part of me really cares for him. After all, we are both so alike.

We both have a shell, an outside that everyone sees, and an inside that remains a secret. Bakura's still crying, clinging hopelessly to me, staining my shirt with tears. But that okay. I've cried a lot –in private- over these past few months. My whole life is so confusing. Everyone except Mokuba hates me, and I'm not surprised. I'm a jerk.

I look down at the shaking boy, who lifts his head to gaze at me, a small smile on his delicate face streaked with tears.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's more than just Mokuba who doesn't hate me.

Because I know that I really care about two people now…