Title: Of Pain and Tears
Rating:T
Genre: Angst/Drama
Summary: When Ryou runs into a mysterious girl, is she all she seems to be or is there more than meets the eye?
Me: First of all, I want to thank Eyes-of-Crimson for giving my story a good review. It made me so happy! And by the way you didn't spoil anything, I've already seen the battle city episodes. But I keep missing the one where Ryou hurts his arm. TT Seether-Z, you hated it and flamed me, so no thanks. XP If you don't like it, DON'T READ IT! Or at least don't flame me pretty please. Thank you!
Me: Ryou, would you please do the disclaimer for me?
Ryou: Sure. Black.Thorns.and.White.Tears does not own any of the characters in Yu-Gi-Oh, including me.
Bakura: Thank Ra!
Me:Growls at Bakura:
Ryou:looks at the two nervously: On to the fic!
Italics-Thoughts
/…text…/-ryou to bakura
/…text…/-bakura to ryou
Chapter 2: Introductions
"So you never got a chance to tell me your name," he said while carefully bandaging her arm. "Oh, I'm sorry, my name is Kina." "Nice to meet you, Kina. My name is Ryou. How old are you? You look about my age." "I'm 14, almost 14 ½. You?" "Same, but I just turned 14 not two weeks ago." he said with a smile.
"If you are 14 you must be in ninth grade, right?" "I guess I'd be in ninth grade…" she trailed off. "But, don't you go to school?" he asked as the last of her bandages were finished. "No, I've never gone to a school. Unless you count kindergarten…" "Your parents don't make you go?" he asked, confused. "I haven't seen my parents in years. I don't know where they are." she replied, eyes focused on the floor. "Oh, I'm sorry………If you don't live with your parents, who do you live with?" he asked, probing for more information. He was very curious about this girl. "I kind of go wherever the wind takes me. Mostly just stick around here though." "So, you don't have a home?" he asked , shocked.
Wow, and I thought my life was bad…she doesn't even have a home. "No, no really. Not a permanent one anyway." If she doesn't have a home, I wonder how she gets food. She's still probably too young to get a job anywhere. He looked at her in the light, and for the first time he noticed how thin she was. You could almost see every bone in her body. It shocked and scared Ryou to think of what she must have been through. She must not eat a lot to be that thin. I mean, you can almost see right through her.
"I'm sorry if this offends you, but what exactly do you eat?" Ryou said. "Well, for starters, I don't eat a lot. Not a much as a person probably would, but I do eat. I get money for my job. She has a job? I wonder what she does?… "What exactly do you do at your job?" he asked, almost afraid of the answer. "Oh, that." she began. She reached a hand into her pocket and pulled out a beautiful green purple art glass bracelet accented with silver spacers and a clasp.
"Wow. That's beautiful. Where did you get it.?" he questioned, very curious as to what the answer might be. Maybe she works at a jewelry store… "I made this myself. This is my job. I make jewelry and sell it for money." she replied. "You made that? That's amazing!" he exclaimed causing her to blush a little bit, but not enough for him to notice. He eyes were fixated on the bracelet that she hadjust handed him to look at.
"Yeah, I make lots of things like that. I take the money I earn and split in half. Half for food, half to buy new supplies. It works pretty well." Kina stated. "Even though you eat you still look too thin. Would you like something to eat?" Ryou offered. "No thank you, I'm fine. Besides, I don't think you would have anything for me to eat. I'm a vegan." she replied.
"Really? I'm a vegetarian. I tried to be a vegan, it was too hard for me. I ended up eating nothing but salad." (A/N: For this fic Ryou is going to be a veggie. I know that he really isn't but just work with me here people.) "Wow, I've never met another vegetarian." she replied with a yawn. "You must be tired from all that running. Why don't you stay here tonight?" Ryou asked casually. "Oh no! I wouldn't want to impose on you. I've already stayed here too long." she exclaimed as she stood up.
She quickly thanked him and headed towards the door, but he got there first. "I don't want you to go back out there. It's almost too dark to see and what will happen if you run into that gang again?" "That is very nice of you, but I really have to go." Kina said. She was trying to find a way past him, but it was proving difficult. "I don't think you understand. I'm not letting you leave.
She stared at him, shocked and took a few steps back. What if doesn't let me go? This could be bad! "W-why not?" she asked. "I don't want you to get hurt." he replied, concern showing in his voice. It seemed to calm her down a bit. He walked towards her and looked her in the eye. "Don't you trust me?" Ryou asked. "Well, we just met…but I guess I could trust you…" Kina replied.
"Then please stay just one night. I promise you can leave in the morning if you want. Although, you can stay as long as you wish. I don't mind." "Ok, I guess I will stay." she replied. "Good, you can stay in my bed or the couch if you like." He turned to go get everything ready for her. "The floor will be fine for me, thank you." "Well, ok I guess. As long as you're ok. How could she want to sleep on the floor if she could sleep in a bed or on the couch?
I'll get some blankets and pillows and…" he turned back around to find her curled up in a ball on the floor, already fast asleep. Guess there's no arguing with her now. He went and got a blanket from the hall closet and laid it on top or her, careful not to wake her. As he got closer, he noticed she seemed to be purring like a kitten. How cute.
Ryou walked down the hall to his room to get ready for bed. He picked out a T-shirt and some pajama bottoms and got changed. She's going to need a permanent housing arrangement eventually. Especially if she goes to school, which I am going to fix tomorrow. Ryou climbed into bed and turned off the light. Goodnight Kina, he thought before drifting off to sleep.
TBC
Yay! My second chapter is done! I know I didn't put Bakura in yet, but he will come in later. This is sort-of mary-sueish, but it will get better. I promise! Don't kill me! Please R+R! Thank you!
Bakura:Yeah, why didn't you put me in yet?
Me: Kina and Ryou need to get to know each other a little bit BEFORE you come in and scare her off.
Bakura: I would NOT scare her off. :plays darts with daggers:
Me: suuurrreee you wouldn't….
Bakura: Review please, but no flames. They will again be used to cook tofu. Yuck…