It was like in one of those movies. No sound could be heard at all but the wind and that of Yuugi's heartbeat. Very rapid and very LOUD heart beat.
Everyone was staring at Bakura, it seemed. Anzu's eyes were wide and worried, Honda's holding a mix of realization and disbelief. Jounouchi kept looking back and forth between Honda and Bakura and Yuugi could tell from his expression that he was piecing it all together.
All while Bakura stood still, blinking at Honda and Jounouchi in mild confusion. A mask or a real reaction, Yuugi couldn't tell. Bakura was hard to read when Yuugi was fully attentive, figuring out if he was pretending or if he truly had not heard was too hard of a task when your brain was repeating colourful expletives over and over.
Finally, he broke the silence with a forced sounding laugh. "Don't-- Don't be so insulting, Jounouchi-kun," he smiled. "Bakura-kun isn't that much like a girl!"
Jounouchi and Honda both looked at him in unison with almost the same look.
"I think... Jounouchi's right..." Honda said slowly.
"Eh?" Bakura asked, blinking again. "You think I look like a girl, Honda-kun?" he smiled, tone good natured.
Again that awkward silence. The fact that Jounouchi wasn't piping up with a well intended joke made Yuugi's worry deepen.
Finally, Honda spoke again. "Ne, Bakura... Hold your hair back a moment?"
The boy nodded, gathering up the pale tresses into a surprisingly organized pile. He gave Honda another smile. "Do I look more like a girl with my hair up?" he asked softly, eyes warm.
"Bakura-kun..." Anzu said softly.
"Shit," Honda cursed quietly.
Jounouchi looked back and forth a few more times. "I don't get it. What?"
Honda didn't seem to hear him. "So... that was you...?" he asked, voice a little uneasy.
Bakura nodded, giving a small laugh as his hair floated back down around his shoulders. "Wasn't expecting anyone to see," he said, rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment.
"But you-- you had..."
Bakura nodded again. "It's a long story," he said with a slightly tired smile. "Long and confusing."
"What is?" Jounouchi pipped in, voice a bit agitated. "Don't just ignore me, tell me what's going on here!"
Bakura turned to look at him with a smile. "Ne, Jounouchi-kun, do you remember what my first name is?" he asked softly.
The blond blinked a few times. "Not really. Something with an R, right?"
Bakura nodded. "It's Ryou," he smiled.
Another silence. "Wait-- wait, wait, wait, wait," Jounouchi said, holding a finger up. "That's a girl's name. More specifically, the name of that damned chick Honda's hasn't shut up about all week."
Bakura nodded once more.
More silence. Honda seemed lost in his own head while Anzu seemed to be readying to protect Bakura if something unpleasant happened.
Yuugi really was hoping it wouldn't. Really hoping...
"So wait, you're trying to tell me that that chick was you in drag?" Jounouchi finally said, voice disbelieving. "Honda got all worked up over fake knockers?"
This time it was Bakura's turn to fidget. "Not-- not exactly..."
"... So what, you have a twin sister that we've never seen before now? That's bullshit and you know it." Jounouchi scowled, getting aggravated. "Just tell me what in hell's going on already! No more riddles here!"
Bakura put a hand to his chest as if gathering courage. Finally he smiled. "I wasn't in drag then, Jounouchi-kun," he said, voice soft. "And those weren't fakes."
Jounouchi stared at him blankly.
"... not fakes?" Honda repeated, seeming somehow a relieved.
Bakura nodded. "This-- this really isn't the place to talk about it," he said, fidgeting a little as he looked back at the door leading back into school. "Maybe after school we could--"
"No, we're not waiting to after school," Jounouchi cut in, voice tense. "I'll skip out of school if I have to but I'm gonna hear this now. You have your doctors note, use it."
Bakura gave a deep sigh, nodding. "All right... But-- I want you all to come," he said softly, looking at each of his friends. "And meet me as Ryou-chan..."