Chapter 3 – Bedtime Tears
Ryuo was awoken by his alarm clock the next morning, signaling it was time to get ready for his daily classes. He slowly climbed out of bed and felt all of the aching pain from last night come rushing back to him. He took a hot shower and slowly dressed himself before gathering his nearly completed homework and headed out the door for school.
Other then the fact Ryuo was starving, he felt more optimistic about the day. Perhaps he would bring home something for Bakura to eat directly after school to get back on his good side for a while. He hoped maybe some of his violence had been taken out of his system for a while.
After school
Ryuo hadn't had a very eventful day. He finished his homework in time for 2nd period trigonometry, eaten lunch with Joey, Tristan, Tea and Yugi, and gotten made fun of a few times by various people for walking a little strangely. Right after school he picked up a large meat lovers pizza and now was nearly home.
When Ryuo finally got inside his apartment, he set his books and the pizza down on the kitchen table and found Bakura asleep on the floor in the living room (television on). He smiled a little to himself, noticing how nice Bakura's features were and how peaceful he was actually sleeping for once. He was well aware of Bakura's nightmares, and although he didn't know what they were about, he often heard him screaming and crying in his sleep at night.
He slowly bent down over Bakura and nudged him ever so slightly.
"Bakura… wake up yami" he whispered near Bakura's face.
Bakura slowly awakened to see his other looking down at him with large sad eyes.
"What?" he asked, not sure of what else to say.
Ryuo looked at him a little nervous and flustered.
"I've gotten something for you on my way home today, for dinner."
Bakura looked a little shocked. He had figured his hikari would act more afraid of him from the night before and that he wouldn't be home this early.
In the kitchen, Bakura ate his pizza a little slower than usual.
"Thank you," he plainly stated.
Ryuo was shocked by this to say the least, never had he heard Bakura thank him, let alone the word "thank" be uttered out of his mouth for any reason.
Bakura continued to calmly eat for a while before…
"Are you going to have some?"
Ryuo blushed madly. Bakura was being so uncharacteristically nice, and even generous. He nodded his head in response and took a small slice for himself.
After both had finished eating Ryuo finally decided to pipe up.
"I don't have anything to do tonight."
"And…?"
"Feel like playing a board game?"
Bakura blinked. Ryuo and Bakura were not always slave and master to one another; in fact they did often do a few subtle things together. This could range anywhere from a simple 'good job' pat on the back to staying up late to watch and critic a movie with one another; and they had played a few board games together from time to time when there was nothing better to do and Bakura didn't "feel" like being aggressive with him. But to actually have Ryuo hint that he would like to spend time doing something with Bakura, especially after last night, was completely out of context.
"Sure."
So for the next hour or so the two played a trivial game on the dinning room table.
"You accede four spaces Bakura. And that puts you in the jail for one turn."
"Then I put down $300 for you to be sent to jail for 4 turns!"
"You can't do that, it's against the rules!" Ryuo laughed.
"I don't care!" Bakura stated; feeling very frustrated with this game.
When he noticed Ryuo laughing however, he couldn't help but smile at him.
'He appears so innocent when he smiles.'
Suddenly Bakura felt a little sick about the night before, he could hear Ryuo crying in his mind; and for once, he was ashamed of his actions. This boy didn't deserve such a thing.
Ryuo noticed Bakura's refreshing smile turn into sadness and wondered what could possibly be the matter all of the sudden? Was it because he was loosing the game? Or maybe something he had done had accidentally made him think about one of his nightmares. Ryuo was upset that he had made Bakura sad.
Bakura noticed Ryuo's look of concern towards him and quickly drew another card. Trying to convince himself he didn't care about the brat, but he couldn't seem to make the image of a helpless Ryuo leave his mind.
Later that night
Ryuo changed Bakuras sweaty sheets for him before preparing himself for his own slumber. Bakura had paid a visit to the bathroom while Ryuo showered and said a few brief words to him about needing more toilet paper. Other then that, the rest of the night had been uneventful and Ryuo was glad for it. He was in deep thought lying in his bed, and was finally starting to drift off when he heard Bakura from his room. He quickly got out of bed thinking Bakura was yelling for Ryuo to do something, but he quickly paused outside Bakura's door when he heard him crying. Not only crying but he was desperately calling for someone to help.
Ryuo would usually ignore Bakura's cries during the night in fear he would be angry with him for knowing about his secret; but this time he couldn't bring himself to not try and help his yami. After all, despite Bakura's violence towards him, they were still connected with a mutual bond, light and its darkness. He opened Bakura's door to see him moving in his sleep as though he was being hurt. Ryuo rushed over to the bed and put one hand on Bakuras chest to try and calm his movements and his other hand on his face and stroked it comfortingly.
"Bakura… Bakura wake up, it's only a dream, wake up."
Bakura slowed his movement and opened his eyes a few moments later to see Ryuo above him for the second time this day. Being extremely embarrassed and agitated about the situation he couldn't decide if he was going to hit Ryuo in the face or throw him into the wall. He tried to slow his breathing before he acted upon one until…
"Are you alright, I'm sorry for coming in hear uninvited but I heard you from all the way in my room and I was worried something was hurting you."
Bakura could not believe what had just come out of Ryuo's mouth. He was concerned? After all the horrible things Bakura had and would still do to him and Ryuo still wanted him to be safe?
"I'm fine" was once again, all he could think to reply.
"Would you like me to get you anything?"
"No."
"Well let me know if you do."
And with that, Ryuo left Bakura's room and headed back to his before Bakura would have time to regain his anger.
Hours past and Bakura still could not fall back asleep. He didn't want to have anymore dreams again for a while, and he was utterly confused about Ryuo.
'What was he thinking coming in here and acting so… nice?'
Bakura had never felt more alone and miserable about his actions in his entire life until now. So for reasons unknown to even Bakura, he got out of bed and found himself heading towards Ryuo's bedroom. He slowly opened the door and peered around the room. His hikari was sleeping peacefully in his bed, with a look of angelic bliss on his face. Bakura had never realized just how beautiful Ryuo was, especially when he wasn't crying and screaming. He walked over to Ryuo, sat on the side of his bed and watched him a while longer before nudging him on the shoulder to wake up.
Ryuo came too slowly and saw Bakura sitting on his bed. Half confused and half fearing for his life he sat up quickly.
"You need something Kura?"
"Don't shorten my name!"
"Sorry"
Bakura flushed a very discrete shade of red before asking…
"I can't sleep; can I stay in here with you tonight?"
Ryuo could not believe what he was hearing. He was afraid to have Bakura stay in here with him because, chances were, he would decide to get violent with him some time in the night; and because Bakura never came in his room at night unless he wanted to force something sexual.
"Sure," was all Ryuo could say. After all, refusing Bakura would probably really make him angry and he did ask nicely for once in his life.
With that, to Ryuo's surprise, Bakura actually got into the bed with him. Ryuo's heart pounded nervously in his chest and he turned to face away from Bakura who was close enough that Ryuo could feel his hot breathe on the back of his neck. All the memories of Bakura's intrusions came flooding back into his mind. He tried to remain calm but then Bakura did something completely against his nature. He crawled up as close as possible behind Ryuo until both there bodies where completely pushed against the other. Then Bakura carefully put his arms around Ryuo's slim waist and pulled him even closer to him and lay his head partially on Ryuos'; breathing into his ear.
Bakura felt Ryuo stiffen.
"I didn't come in here for the reasons you're thinking. I promise I'm not going to hurt you."
Ryuo gulped and loosened some in Bakura's hold. Bakura smiled and almost instantly fell into a deep and peaceful slumber. Ryuo, soon after, joined him.
I had this dream, everything was so terribly dry; even people's hearts.
In a world like that, I kept wondering to myself, why people kept on living?
But now… now I'm finally awake; and I can see why.
I enjoyed writing this chapter the best thus far. Long enough for everyone I'm hoping. And just so we are clear, I figured that Duel Monsters would be a more appropriate game for the two to play just to remind everyone that yes, this is still YuGiOh, but I decided that Bakura would never just play duel monsters for "fun". Leave your comments please. There may be another yaoi in the up coming chapter. I hope you are all enjoying this story and are curious to see what happens when they awake in the morning.
