Differences: Chapter twenty-three

Tear's fell down Yami's eyes as he waited to hear of the fate of his lover. It had been two hours since Bakura had been wheeled into the room were the surgery was being performed. Ryou, Yugi and the other's had arrived not long after he had. Closing his eye's Yami titled his head to the ground to think about everything that had happen. 'I can't believe, that all this time my worst enemy was the one who loved me more then anything else. Fate deals out strange cards. I guess, in the back of my mind I always knew that Ryoku was actually Bakura. Who would have thought that a Pharaoh and Tomb robber would have fallen in love with each other?' Sighing Yami re-opened his eyes to glance out the window. 'I feel so bad now; I've been making all these plans to hurt 'Kura.'

"Yami." A soft voice said quietly. Pulling Yami out of his thoughts.

"Yes?" Yami asked, glancing up at Ryou.

"How are you doing?" Ryou asked, as he sat down.

"I'm shocked and a bit scared but besides that I'm fine." Yami answered.

"Yeah, I understand." Ryou said. "You do know that Bakura really does love you and isn't doing this to get your puzzle right?"

"Yes, I know." Yami said, smiling sadly. "He risked his life for all of us. Bakura isn't the same guy anymore."

"No, he isn't." Ryou smiled. "He's a lot happier now. It's nice to see Bakura smile."

"He's so beautiful when he smiles." Yami said, sighing happily. The he glanced at the clock over the door. "I hope he make's it, we maybe immortal but we can be killed."

"This sucks." Ryou frowned. "But, I know Bakura will make it."

"Yeah, he will. He has to. I don't think I could live this life without him." Yami said. "I'm not sure how I lived my first life without him."

"I know what you mean." Ryou said as Yugi walked over to the two. "I don't I could live without Yugi."

Yami smiled as the two Hikari's hugged. "You two hold on to each other, okay."

"Oh, don't worry we will." Yugi grinned, giving Ryou a small kiss.

later

Yami was now pacing the floor of the hospital waiting room. He glanced up the clock every ten seconds. "What is taking so long?" He finally hollered.

"Yami, please sit down." Yugi begged.

"I don't want to sit down I want to see Bakura." Yami pouted.

Just as the words came out of Yami's mouth, the doctor who had been working on Bakura walked up to them. "Are you the one's who were with Ryoku Bakura?" The doctor asked.

"Yes we are." Yami nodded.

"Alright, now he made it through surgery just fine and he should be awake soon." The doctor told them.

"Oh that's great." Ryou said happily.

"Yes, now we were able to get the bullet out just fine, but he should stay at the hospital for a few weeks just so we can keep tabs on him." The doctor said. "You may visit him now, only one at a time thought."

"You go first Yami." Ryou smiled.

"Kay. Thanks Ryou." Yami choked out.

"I'll take you to his room." The doctor said as he headed down the corridor.

"Thank you." Yami answered, as he followed the doctor.

Smiling the doctor led Yami to the room. "Here you are."

Nodding, Yami headed into the room. His eyes slowly got used to the darkness of the room. He then headed to the bedside, reaching it he sat down in the chair by the bed. Reaching over he brushed some of Bakura's hair back. He frowned at how pale his Egyptian lover was. Sighing softly he grabbed hold of Bakura's hand and squeezed it tightly. "Oh Bakura." He mumbled slightly. Yami sat there holding Bakura's hand for what felt like forever. 'In the back of his mind, Bakura's is most likely laughing his ass off over this.' Yami thought to himself. 'Or he's wondering why I acted the way I did when I discovered the truth. Oh who knows?' Yami glanced back down at Bakura and gasped in surprise when he saw a pair of brown eyes starring back at him. "You're awake." Yami said quietly. "I better call the nurse." Yami said as he reached over to push the caller button.

"No wait." Bakura gasped out, placing a hand on Yami's arm to stop him. "Not yet, please."

Sighing, Yami pulled his hand away from the button. "How do you feel?"

"Terrible." Bakura answered, forcing the words to come out.

"Here, try taking a drink of water." Yami said, as he handed the other spirit a plastic cup with water in.

"Thanks." Bakura nodded, before sipping back the water. He sighed softly before he spoke again. "How long have I been out?"

"Well, about seven hours." Yami answered.

"Oh." Bakura said. "So, err I guess I have some explaining to do then."

"Just a little, not too much." Yami said. "I know you came back the same time I did, so you don't have to go far. Just tell me what happened afterwards."

"Well, after getting my own body for after so long. I went and talked to Ryou about." Bakura said. "Then I decided I wanted to learn more about things."

"So, that's when you decided to try school." Yami said.

"Yep, that is about it." Bakura grinned.

"Well, I'm glad you did." Yami smiled as he leaned down and kissed the other on the lips.