a/n bold italic and underlined means seto & ryou are thinking the same thing.

Seto pulled out the slim black phone from earlier and punched in a number.

"Send two cars." Kaiba began. Bakura stared on as the conversation continued and ended,and as Seto ended the call and put the phone inside his trenchcoat. Morons. can't even unfold a map without fighting.

Whatt seemed like only moments later, two black cars sped up and stopped at the curb. Seto, Mokuba, tristan and joey piled into the first car, while Yugi, Tea, and Ryou climbed into the second. Ryou whines slightly to himself. I wish i were with Seto.

In the cars, it was completely silent, except for the rapping of rain on the roof & windows.

the drivers wore all black, with black sunglasses and black ties. Bakura was almost intimidated just sitting next to the guy. I wonder what Seto's thinking about right now...I wonder if he's thinking about me... ...I wonder if he's thinking about me...

These roads roads seem to twist and turn at any possible time yet, this driver seems to know exactly where they were going, and how to get there. Of course, there was never any uncertainty with Seto Kaiba. Except that little look in his eye... The car took a sharp turn and the driver hit the gas. I think I'm beginnning to feel that sea urchin again...errrlack...

The car pulled up to a building and stopped abruptly.As everyone piled out of the cars and grabbed their belongings from the trunks of the cars, Bakura was just stepping out of the passenger side of the second car.

"Mr. Bakura, " a deep voice beside him said. "Mr. Kaiba says er... requested that you should meet him in his room when the others have gone to bed."

"Huh?"

"Mr. Kaiba wants to to join him in his room when the others have gone to bed. I will contact you later with his room number."

"Oh! I mean... er... Thank you" Why on earth does Kaiba want me in his room? AND... after everyone else has gone to bed?

His shoulders shook with the cold and he walked towards the hotel. When did he tell the driver that? ...maybe it was when i was zoned out against the wall...

He shook his head and walked in through the giant glass doors and followed the others. He wasn't paying any attention to where he was going, he just followed the general outline of Yugi's hair.

Seto watched as he walked away. tonight, dear ryou, tonight.

As everyone was settled down, Joey, Tristan & Yugi all had beds to themselves, and Tea had her own room right next door. Ryou had volunteered to sleep on the couch in the guys' room and was sitting in a chair close to the couch quietly as Tristan & Joey argued over the remote.

Yugi was unpacking then declared he was going to take a shower. Tea knocked on the door, and Tristan gave up on Joey and handed him the remote. He opened the door, "Hey Tea, how's your room look?"

"Oh it's nice! How's yours? WOW! It's so big!" Tristan gave her a tour as Joey flipped through channels on the television.

Seto, up on the 17th floor stepped out onto his balcony and stared out to the city lights.

Ryou stood up and walked over to the sliding doors and looked out over the city. It's strange how something so chaotic seems so peaceful from so high up. Rain was still falling as he stepped out onto the tiny balcony ans let the rain over take him.

Seto leaned his back up against the guard rail, outstretched his arms and took a deep breath. After a few minutes, he pulled himself up and shook out his hair. It began to rain harder, and he cupped his hands to catch the huge crystalline drops of water. Once his hands were full, he took a small sip, and slowly let the rest go. It went down in one continuous stream and seemed to disapear.

Ryou laughed to himself, leaned over the balcony, & tried to catch the rain on his tongue. He laughed& sighed contentedly as he looked up into the rainy sky.

He cupped his palms and streched them out into the darkness. Almost instantly, they filled up...it had looked like a tiny stream of rain had fallen from somwhere above him. He looked up, shrugged, and took a gentle sip from the clear pool he now held. i wish seto could see this...he gasped... "SETO!" He shook out his hair and tried to brush some of the water off of his face. He stepped back into the light of the room, but no one was in there. He heard the shower running and figured Yugi had finally gotten around to that shower he was talking about earlier. Ryou peered into their room and saw Joey rifling through his backpack and muttering while Tristan was on the bed reading somesort of magazine or something.

He smiled Poor little silly people... they have no clue what's going on... Tristan looked up with a confused look on his face. Ryou jumped and pressed himself up against the wall. Tristan seemed satisfyed and went back to reading.

"Whew. THAT would've been awkward. God, I can see it now,"I'm talking to myself again... " 'Err...Hi Bakura...' 'uh, hi tristan...' Ha ha ha... that would definetly be awkward." While he was talking to himself, he didn't hear Tristan get off his bed and walk to the door.

"Err...Hi Bakura..."

"UH...Hi...Tristan..." awkward. "I was just seeing if you guys were still up."

"Yup, but I think we're gonna head off to bed."

"Okay, I'll keep it down."

"Kay."

"G'night."

"You too." And he left. Bakura bit his tongue to keep from laughing.

He sighed and went back onto the balcony. The rain had slowed but still had a nice, steady pace. He became lost in the melody, his heart seemed to match the silent rhythm. He was so happy, and yet though rain was usually so gloomy, it fit so perfectly. He began to drift to sleep when he thought of Seto & himself, standing in the rain, side by side.

"I guess I should be inside, in-case that driver tries to get that information to me..." And yet again, I'm talking to myself... "ah well..." he sighed.." today was probably just a daydream... one amazing (and slightly disgusting, thanks to sea creatures...) day." He hung his head and walked back inside. Without bothering to change his clothes, he plopped down on the couch and began to cry silently into his palms.

Maybe this is all a dream and I;m just crazy ... Seto paced in his room. What if i just imagined that Ryo- Err... Bakura.. was looking at me... he held his head in his hands and fell hard to the floor. He shook the excess rainwater out of his hair and stood back up.

"Shall I go fetch him, sir?" a shadow peered in through Seto's door.

"Yeah, sure, what the hell. Tell him to come up exactly 45 minutes from now."

"Mr. Kaiba?" is this moron actually questioning me?

"Just do as I say, damnit. Why did I hire you anyways? Incompetent fool." He had practically spat out the words, them sounding more feirce than he had meant for them to.

The door shut and Seto mumbled as he heard the messenger stagger away confusedly. "It's my time to think this over, you moron, "he said, half talking to himself. "Damn headaches." He walked over to the sink and downed two tylenol before heading back out to the balcony.

He lay down under the sky, letting the rain take him over. It soaked every part of him as he began to cry. Why does everything have to be so damned complicated? He rolled over onto his side and curled into a tight ball. Why can't I just have one thing to make me happy! Maybe I should just die tonight, in the rain, alone. It would be a fitting death i suppose, for me. He sat& quivered in his little ball for what felt like hours.

15 minutes after this happened, there was a knock at the boy's room. I'm dreamingThere it was again. Ryou hit himself on the head. i'm dreaming i'm dreaming i'm dreaming. should it be taking this long? maybe he's decided not to come...wouldn't be a surprize to be alone again. sigh

Bakura jumped up and ran to the door, opened it and found the driver from earlier standing in the hall. He was holding a long, thin envelope, which, after no introduction, he handed to Ryou.

"Mr. Kaiba's instructions were to tell you to come up exactly at 12:45."

"Oh, okay..." Ryou said in reply, somewhat confused. "Thanks."

The man gave sort of a grunt, nodded his head and left.

"I wonder what's in the envelope?" Bakura spoke to himself and looked over at the clock. 12:17am... "Maybe I should look a little better? ...no... I want Seto to see me for me."

And with that, he walked back out to the balcony, letting the rain fall on his face and lips, kisses from the rain he thought, the most wonderful kind of kiss.

yay! long chapter! to make up for chap. 5... Enjoy!