Title: The Lighter
Author: Viridian Magpie
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugi-Oh
Rating: K
Summary: Ryou and his dark spirit finally agree on something. Sort of, anyway.
Ryou does not smoke. He does not have a pack of cigarettes with him all the time. He has no need for them. Still he carries a lighter, always and everywhere, and he needs it.
His life is darkness, be it the darkness of his soul room, into which Bakura confines him regularly, or the shadows creeping up behind him in the night. Yet, that tiny flame, so small and fleeting, comforts him and eases his fears for a while.
Ryou carries a lighter, always and everywhere, and the spirit lets him. He does not take it away. He does not laugh at the boy even though Ryou's behaviour is ridiculous for he cannot fight the darkness.
In fact, Yami no Bakura thinks that the lighter is quite a practical thing, really. Very practical, he muses as he caresses it absently and watches the school building burn.
AN: Didn't we all dream of that at one point or another? ... Anyway, thanks to everyone who has and will review.