-walks in- Yes, I know it's short. But there's gonna be two chapters left, so no whining. Suck it all up. -glare-
Sorry, I'm just pissed off right now. I shouldn't take it out on yew. -glomps everyone-
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"Mr Bakura."
"?"
"I suppose you are wondering why I requested your presence."
"Yeah…"
"Over the past few months, we have been paying very close attention to your behaviour, and we have been noticing quite a change…"
"Wh-What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that you are under serious consideration to be released from this institution."
"!"
"I-I'm guessing that this was not what you were expecting to hear."
"N-No."
"We think that your mental state is healthy enough for you to be released into society."
"A-Are you serious?"
"Of course, son. We have seen such a remarkable improvement- Indeed; I think you were given a severely incorrect diagnosis."
"O-Oh m-my…"
"Your doctors and nurses are having a meeting regarding this issue next Thursday."
"O-Oh m-my God…"
Dear Amane.
I can't believe it. I really, really can't believe it. They're going to let me out! I can finally get out of this hellhole! No more therapy. No more being herded around like a mindless sheep. No more being told when to eat, when to sleep. I can go back to school. I can wear what I want, and not this stupid uniform. I can't wait. Apparently, there's a hearing in a few days, and if all goes to plan, Dad can come get me out in less than two weeks.
If he wants me out.
I'm so nervous. What if he's still mad at me for what I said? What if he doesn't want to look at me? I'm so sick of these insecurities. When I get 'home', it's all going to start again. They're going to give me the Ring back, and he will be back, and he's going to hurt me, I know it. He's evil. He's cold and evil, and I don't know why I made a deal with him like that. But he's going to bring you back. He swore he was going to bring you and Mum back if I help him. You just can't turn down an offer like that… Can you?
I don't know. It's all so confusing. If he id going to bring you back, then I will honestly do anything that I can. I miss you so much…
I better go. Send my love to Mum.
Ryou.
"Oh my God Ryou I can't believe it!"
"I know!"
"Two weeks!"
"Yep!"
"Oh, you lucky little bastard!"
"Hey…"
"Oh, I'm sorry. It's just… Man! You were only trying to work the guy for a couple of months! Heh. I suppose that idea of Seiko's paid off."
"What? The one where I…"
"Yeah. You still wont tell me what exactly went down…"
"Um, you really don't want to know… It's really really embarrassing…"
"Hahaha… Who would have guessed that Professor Kodaka was gay-"
"Hiroko, no!"
"Sorry. I just think that it's funny."
"W-Well, I don't. You know, it got a little dangerous…"
"Oh! Tell me more!"
"Hiroko!"
"Sorry, sorry… So, who's coming to get ya? Hope it's your Dad, he totally deserves a kick in the balls-"
"No! No, I don't think so. It'll probably be Izumi."
"Ah, the sympathetic stepmother."
"Shut up."
"Hey, who gave you tips on how to seduce your doctor, hm?"
"Don't call it that! That's not how it went at all! We just talked… And…"
"And what?"
"Hey! Nothing like that, okay? Can we just leave it there?"
"Okay… We have celebrating to doanyway! Two frigging weeks!... I'm going to miss you."
"I-I'm going to miss you too."
"You okay honey?"
Ryou shook his head and sniffed, leaning into the black leather of the upholstery. Izumi sighed, taking her eyes off of the road to look at the teen. Ryou let out a long sigh, rubbing at his eyes as he stared at his shoes.
"N-Not really." The whitenette whispered, looking up at the ceiling of the car. "It's still just… Wow." A smile broke across Ryou's face. "I'm going home. It's… just so weird." The woman beside him grinned.
"Yep. Home. I knew it was never a good idea to send you away… But your father was so stubborn." Izumi wrinkled her nose. "It's been six months, Ryou. Six long months without you, and I've done nothing but worry." She rubbed tiredly at her eyes. "It's been so strange around the house without you… Even Kiko's been asking for 'Woo.'" Ryou grinned.
"You're kidding, right?" Izumi shook her head.
"She's your sister just as much as Ken, and even though she was less than a year old when you left, she still remembers and loves you. Your name was her second word." Ryou looked down. "Ryou… Is there something you want to tell me?" The teen swallowed.
"It's about… It's about a week before I left, and I-I h-had a t-talk to him about someone I had a crush on."
"Oh?"
"I-I-It's this guy…"
"Oh." Ryou sniffed.
"You probably think I'm a freak too." The whitenette said softly, staring at his hands.
"No… Ryou no, I would never think of you like that." Izumi said softly. "Oh, no." She took one hand off of the steering wheel to soothingly rub Ryou's arm. "I would never think that of you. You're so kind and compassionate and intelligent and I love you so much." Ryou sniffed. "You have to remember that. You're not alone Ryou. As long as I'm here for you, you never will be."
/Heh. You'll never be alone anymore anyway./
O-Oh no…
"Hello Ryou." The demon said huskily, crouching beside Ryou. The whitenette closed his eyes, his breath quickening. "It's been quite a long time, I suppose, hasn't it?" Ryou whimpered. "Hasn't it?"
Y-Yes...
"Yes." The yami purred, sprawling out amongst the floor. "Six months. Nothing to me, but you've been in that hospital thing." Ryou drew his knees up to his chest. "My, you have grown." The whitenette shivered. "You're really growing up to me a man, Ryou."
Thankyou?
"Yes." The spirit idly brushed cold fongers through Ryou's white fluffy hair. "You're growing up so much… How old are you now?"
F-Fourteen in seven months…
"Hmm…" Ryou quivered.
Wh-What are you plotting?
"Never you mind, Ryou." The spirit muttered, staring down at Ryou with dark eyes tinted with blood.
Wh-What are you going to do?
"U-Um, h-hey Dad?" Ryou stammered, scratching the back of his head. The teen had been helping Izumi make dinner when his father had arrived home from the museum he was temporarily working at. He had stopped dead in his tracks when he saw his son, how tall Ryou had grown, how sickeningly thin he was. Ryou set the knife down on the kitchen counter beside the cutting board, a flush forming over his pale face. "I-I'm um, h-happy t-to see you." Ryou's father stared down his son, eyeing him from his messy, long white hair to his shoes, a size to small for him and falling apart at the seams.
"You need to cut your hair." The man remarked, green eyes lingering at Ryou's long white locks that cascaded down his back. The teen opened his mouth to respond, but Mr. Bakura turned on his heel and left the kitchen.
"I-Is that all you have to say?" Ryou called out, and before he knew what he was doing, he started jogging towards his father, his heart pounding and tears welling in dark mocha eyes. "I've been away for six months and that's all you can freaking say?" Ryou was following his father now, who paused, turning to look at the teen, his shoulders shaking with sobs. Ryou looked up defiantly at his father, however, and refused to let the tears fall.
"What do you want me to say?" Mr. Bakura stared his son right in the eye, Ryou's chin quivering. The teen was amazed at how much older his father was. He had… aged. "That I'm happy you came back? That I missed you? That I'm proud of you?"
"Oh, no Dad." Ryou retorted, his voice hurt and sarcastic. "Of course not. How could you be proud of you gay schizophrenic son? Never mind the fact that I'm scared, Dad! Never mind that fact that I'm hurting inside, and I'm afraid of what's going to happen! Never mind that I actually need you right now!" Ryou was yelling the last sentence, angry tears in his eyes growing. "But no! You don't care about me! I don't know if you're scared, or embarrassed or what Dad! All I bloody know is that the one bit of family I have left doesn't even care about me anymore!"
"Ryou…"
"Just… Just leave me alone. I don't want to talk to you, I don't even want to look at you right now."
/Oh, this is good, host. Feel that rage, that pain that the man has caused. I can show you how to turn it into power. How to destroy him, mind body and soul./
I don't want to destroy him, I just want him to understand.
Why won't he understand?
Two more chapters, people. Two more. XD