Chapter 6

This is talking.

'This is thinking.'

This is a flashback.

This is a text

I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or it's characters. Just this story.

Soon everyone was at Atem's and Yugi's house. They were all in the living room as Yugi and Atem held the crying Ryou close to them.

"So let me get this straight. Anzu and Bakura were on a date?" Jonouchi asks as Ryou nods.

"And he saw you and Zigfried eating." Honda says as Ryou nods.

"And he assumed you and Zigfried were dating?" Ryuji asks.

"Yes. Zigfried was talking to me when Kura came in and started to yell at me." Ryou rubs his wrist which was bruised.

Seto looks at Ryou's wrist before going to him. "Let me get the first aid kit."

Ryou looks up at him before he nods as Seto went to the bathroom.

"Did he hurt you?" Atem asks.

"He grabbed my wrist really hard. It hurt a lot. I asked him to let me go so many times and he didn't listen. Zigfried got him off of me. But...but then Anzu told Bakura to give her a kiss and he did." Ryou looks down and whimpers. "She said he was her's now. She told him I was cheating on him. I wasn't."

"We know you weren't." Yugi rubs his head gently.

"I know but it looked like he believed her. I love him, how could he do this?" Ryou cries.

"Hey this isn't your fault." Seto says as he comes back from the bathroom. He goes to Ryou and kneels in front of him. He takes Ryou's hand and rubs cream around his wrist. "He's an idiot and he's going to pay for hurting you."

"We won't let him get away with this either." Jonouchi says.

"I just don't know what to do." Ryou sighs. "He's still my boyfriend technically."

"No he's your ex-boyfriend now." Atem says rubbing his back.

"But-" Ryou looks at him before he felt a light pull on his wrist. Ryou gasps and whimpers as he looks at Seto. "That hurts."

"Sorry. I need to check if he broke it or not." Seto says gently. "You're going to be sore so don't lift up anything heavy. We'll do that for you okay?" He bandages up Ryou's wrist.

"It looks like the bandages you'd put on me when I used to cut." Ryou says.

"Which you no longer do and won't go back to doing it." Yugi hugs him. "We love you Ry."

"I love you guys too." Ryou sniffles.

"Now how about we get you some creampuffs and ice-cream?" Ryuji asks as Ryou nods cutely. "Come on Honda let's go get it. Seto card." Ryuji says as he and Honda stand up.

"You know people who offer the treats usually buy them." Seto says though he still takes out his credit card and gives it to them.

"Yeah but you have the money." Honda snickers as they go get the ice-cream and creampuffs.

Ryou leans back before he feels his phone vibrate. He takes it out and looks at it before he gulps. Atem notices and takes Ryou's phone and looks.

Ry we have to talk. I can explain everything I promise. Let's meet. -Bakura

"What do I say?" Ryou sniffles.

"Well me, Seto, Jonouchi, Ryuji, and Honda will be meeting up with him." Atem smirks.

"And what will I be doing?" Yugi asks as he crosses his arms. "I want to make him pay too."

"I know Yugi but who is going to keep our cute Ry at home so he won't stop us." Atem smiles.

"Fine but kick him for me. And you owe me something." Yugi says.

"Oh? What is that something?" Atem smirks.

"Don't you two dare do sex talk while I'm in the middle. Either Seto picks me up or you two stop this conversation right now." Ryou crosses his arms.

Atem chuckles and pulls Ryou's close. "Okay sorry."

Yugi giggles and rubs Ryou's uninjured hand.

Ryou snuggles close to Atem.

Atem holds him and smiles. 'Bakura fucked up.' He sends a text to Bakura using Ryou's phone.

Meet me at the park. In one hour. -Ryou

Atem smirks and puts Ryou's phone to the side. "We're gonna meet Bakura in an hour okay."

"What will you do?" Ryou asks.

"We are just going to talk to him about how bad it was of him to hurt you." Atem says.

Ryou looks up at him. "Really? You won't hurt him?"

"Oh we will." Atem rubs his head.

"Don't hurt him." Ryou says.

"Ryou he hurt you. He deserves everything that we are going to do to him." Jonouchi says.

"Jonouchi is right. He deserves this. You don't need to defend him anymore." Seto says as he sits down next to Jonouchi.

"Still- wait a minute." Ryou pushes Atem off of him. "I'm mad at all of you too!"

"What did we do?" Yugi looked at him as everyone was confused.

"You guys set me up with Zigfried! You guys knew he liked me. You guys set this all up." Ryou stands.

"We did not." Atem says.

"Then explain why he thought it was a date?" Ryou crosses his arms.

"Maybe he thought it was." Jonouchi says.

"No you guys knew he liked me. You guys knew and you still set me up with him. This is your guys fault." Ryou looks at them as tears fall.

"Ry we would never." Yugi says gently. He gets up slowly and pulls him close. "Hey we would never do this to you. We don't want to see you sad."

"You guys never liked Bakura. You guys set this up." Ryou says as he hugs himself.

"Do you really think we would let Bakura date Anzu?" Seto asks. "Do you think we would hurt you like that?"

"Well no but-" Ryou tries to explain.

"Ry if we didn't want you with Bakura don't you think we would tell you straight up?" Atem asks.

"You would but-" Ryou tries to explain again.

"Why would we try to hurt you like that then?" Jonouchi asks.

"You wouldn't." Ryou looks down.

"You're still in shock. You're trying to make sense of it all." Atem says as Yugi gently sit's Ryou back down on the couch. "And it's okay. You deserve to know what's going on but Ry we would never want to hurt you like that."

"I'm sorry." Ryou whimpers.

"Shh hey it's alright." Atem holds him. "Once Honda and Ryuji come back we'll eat and you and Yugi can watch some cute movies while we take care of everything."

Ryou nods as he looks down, a bit defeated.

"Hey, want new wood for your figurines?" Seto kneels in front of him as he takes his hands gently. Ryou nods cutely as he looks at him. "Then how about a smile huh?" Seto smiles a bit. Ryou watches and smiles back, he knows that Seto only smiles like that with them.

"What are you gonna make with your new wood?" Jonouchi asks as he smiles.

"Um, maybe some new monsters." Ryou starts to talk about different things he was going to do. They all smile as they listen to him until Honda and Ryuji came back.

Malik's home

"You idiot!" Marik yells. He looks at Bakura who had barged in Malik's place as they were watching a movie. Bakura had just came in and told them everything. "Do you realize how fucked up this all is?! Malik yell at him!"

"He's right. Ryou is a good kid." Malik says.

"I know which is why I texted him that I wanted to meet. He told me to meet him in an hour at the park." Bakura growls at them. "Now help me fix this."
"Ryou agreed to meet you? After what you did? I highly doubt it." Marik says as he crosses his arms. "I'll bet you anything that he's at Atem's."

"Marik is right Bakura. If he wanted to talk to you he would have said to go to his place. Think about it, the fact he wants to meet you at a park is because it's not him." Malik says.

"I'm still going. I have to explain it to him." Bakura says as he stands up and looks at them.

"I'm not going unless you're going to tell Ryou the truth if he goes." Marik takes out his phone and texts Ryou.

Ry what happened? -Marik

"Same goes for me." Malik says.

"I will not hurt him more than I already have because of that bitch." Bakura growls at them as he crosses his arms.

"It's the truth or we're not going." Marik stands his ground.

Bakura scoffs before he nods. "Fine. Get ready."

"You better really tell him if he does show." Malik stands and walks past him to get changed.

Marik looks at Bakura, "Honestly Bakura, you're better than this." He walks away to freshen up.

Bakura rolled his eyes as he looks through his phone. He looks at the pictures of Ryou that he had. He sighs and closes his phone. 'I fucked up. I have to make it right to him. I fucking love him for fucks sake.'

The Park

Bakura, Malik, and Marik arrive at the park as they look around.

"I don't see him." Marik says.

"It's Ryou, he walks slow." Bakura says as he looks around. He takes out his phone and calls Ryou's phone. They hear Ryou's ringtone behind some trees. Bakura walks towards it, "Ry?"

Atem smirks as he comes out with Ryou's phone in his hand. "Not exactly."

Bakura glares at him as he backs up, "Where is he?"

"Don't worry about it. You two are done." Atem chuckles.

"No we are not. Now either you get Ryou here or we'll just go over to his place." Bakura growls at him.

"He isn't at his house." Seto comes out and stands next to Atem as Jonouchi, Ryuji, and Honda go behind Malik and Marik.

"Of course you guys would gang up on us." Malik rolls his eyes.

"Five against three, now that's not fair at all. You need two more guys to even try to beat us." Marik smirks a bit.

"We can take you guys just fine." Jonouchi cracks his knuckles.

"Now we won't start a fight. We are here to talk." Atem says. "We warned you Bakura. We gave you one chance. Just one."

"Ryou still loves me." Bakura glares.

"You fucked up." Atem smirks. "And because you fucked up, Ryou came crying to us."

"And since he came crying to us, guess who made him feel better?" Seto asks.

"Clearly if he was better he would be here." Malik mutters.

"You guys just don't want Ryou with Bakura. Look what Bakura did was messed up. Me and Malik agree on that but-"

"Oh and we can't forget about you two. Surely we need to tell Ryou you both knew about this." Jonouchi says, "His new friends betrayed his trust. Such a shame."

"Hold on this isn't fair we-" Marik starts before Honda cuts him off.

"But you knew. And you did nothing to stop it." Honda says.

"None of this matters now. You three will stay away from Ryou and leave him alone. Or else we will beat you all up." Atem says.

"Fuck that. I'm not letting go of Ryou." Bakura glares as he takes out a knife. Malik and Marik do the same as they get into fighting positions.

"Cute." Seto says as he pulls out a gun.

Marik gulps a bit, " Malik Bakura we better go." 'There is no way we can fight against a gun. Especially if they all have one.'

"I'm not leaving without talking to Ryou." Bakura glares at Atem and Seto.

"Come on Bakura, we can't beat a gun." Malik mutters to him.

"If you get hurt here or worse, die, you'll never see Ryou again." Marik mutters to him.

Bakura growls for a bit as they all wait for someone to move. Bakura sighs in defeat as he puts his knife away. "We won't give up. You can't keep Ryou hidden forever."

"We won't be hiding him, but he never wants to see you again. It's just how it is." Atem smirks.

"You won't win. Let's go Malik, Marik." Bakura says as they leave the park.

"What are we going to do?" Marik asks.

"We're going to Atem's. Once they're all asleep we'll break in and talk to Ryou." Bakura explains.

At Atem's and Yugi's place.

Ryou sighs as he leans on Yugi while they watch a disney movie. He keeps looking over at the clock with worry.

"Ryou come on, pay attention." Yugi nudges him.

"Right sorry." Ryou leans on him as Yugi holds him close. "I'm worried. They should be back by now."

"Want me to call them? That way it can ease your mind?" Yugi asks as Ryou nods. Yugi takes out his phone and calls Atem. Soon Atem answers.

"Hey Yugi, did something happen?" Atem asks.

"No just wondering where you guys were." Yugi says.

"We're almost at the house. We'll be there in a bit." Atem says.

"Are you guys hurt?" Yugi asks.

"No we're all fine."

"Alright then, we're waiting for you guys." Yugi says before he hangs up. "They're coming so relax. No one is hurt."

Ryou sighs in relief and smiles. "I'm glad. I don't want anyone hurt."

"Now will you please relax?" Yugi asks.

"Yes." Ryou smiles as they enjoy the movie.

After a bit they came back to the house. They pampered Ryou and made sure he stayed happy until it started to get late.

"Alright let's take out the blankets so we can sleep over." Jonouchi says.

"Are you guys sure? I think it's okay for me to go home." Ryou says.

"No we're going to hang out all week so it's best for us to stay." Seto says.

"What are we going to do?" Ryou asks.

"Amusement park?" Seto asks as he ruffles his hair.

Ryou nods and smiles.

"Alright so let's set up to go to sleep." Atem says as they set up the living room for them all to sleep. After they set up they all soon fell asleep. Well all but Ryou. Ryou tossed and turned around constatly and couldn't sleep.

Ryou sighs and gets up. 'Maybe a glass of milk will help?' Ryou slowly tiptoes into the kitchen and turns on the light. He suddenly feels someone cover his mouth and holds him.

"It's me." Bakura whispers as Ryou muffles a bit. "Promise not to scream?"

Ryou nods as Bakura moves his hand away. "Why are you here Kura?" He whispers.

"I had to come see you. I had to explain." Bakura whispers.

"You kissed Anzu, what is there to explain?" Ryou glares at him.

"Please, let's go upstairs. I promise everything will be explained." Bakura whispers.

Ryou sighs but nods as they quietly head upstairs to Yugi's room which was empty. There was Marik and Malik sitting on Yugi's bed.

"Marik? Malik? What are you guys doing here?" Ryou asks as Bakura closes the door.

"We came to make sure Bakura tells you the truth." Marik says.

"I don't understand. How did you guys get in here?" Ryou asks.

"We broke in." Malik explains, "We put everything back in working condition, don't worry."

"I see." Ryou says as he sits on the chair in Yugi's room.

"Well go on Bakura." Marik looks at him.

Bakura glares slightly at him before sighing, "Look I handled tonight wrong. There's so much to explain."

"Get to the point." Marik snaps.

Bakura sighs and goes to Ryou and holds his hands gently. "Remember that week you told me about? The one when your mother passed away." Ryou nods. "I...I was the one who was hurting you." Bakura looks down, "Anzu asked me for the favor. I didn't know who you were, I just knew you were Atem's friend and I didn't care about him. So I did it. I regret it so much. Once I found out what happened I felt horrible. I regret doing all that to you."

"It was you?" Ryou felt tears fall, "You hurt me for so long."

"I know. I'll do anything to make up for it." Bakura says. "I was with Anzu earlier because she said she would tell you. I didn't want you to know. So I was doing as she said."

"You could have told me." Ryou sniffles, "I may have been made and needed time but you could have told me."

"Ry I know. I should have. I regret not telling you. If I could change time I would. I would have never done anything to you." Bakura holds him close. "I will do anything you want. I'll make it up to you I swear."

"You kissed her. In front of me." Ryou whimpers.

"I know. I wish I didn't. I was scared she would tell you right there." Bakura says.

"I don't know what to think." Ryou says.

"I ask for forgiveness. I don't want to lose you." Bakura cups his face.

Ryou looks at him. "I don't know if I can."

"You can. I promise to do everything for you. I will get along with your friends, I won't fight them, and I'll behave. I promise."

"I don't know." Ryou cries softly. "I don't know. I don't know."

"Ry do you love Kura?" Marik asks.

"I do." Ryou sniffles.

"Do you think you can forgive him one day?" Malik asks.

"Maybe." Ryou looks at Bakura who was wiping Ryou's tears.

"Can he make it up to you?" Marik asks.

"Yes." Ryou nods slowly.

"I will. I'll make it up to you bunny." Bakura kisses his nose.
"I love you." Ryou and Bakura say at the same time.

Bakura smiles and hugs him tightly, "Ry I swear to you I'll make it up to you."

"I believe you Kura." Ryou smiles a bit as he snuggles close to him.

"Well I don't." Atem says as he opens the door with Seto behind him.

"Ah fuck." Malik says as he and Marik get off of Yugi's bed.

"Tem." Ryou gulps.

"You three are breaking and entering. Get out before I call the cops." Atem glares.

"Ryou come here." Seto says.

"I think we better take Ryou home." Bakura glares as he holds Ryou close.

"You are not taking him anywhere." Atem snaps at him, "All you ever do is hurt people Bakura. You hurt Ryou twice already. We told you, you fucked up."

"It should be Ryou's decision not yours." Bakura argues.

"Clearly he doesn't see what a bad person you are. He sees good in everyone sadly." Seto says. "Ryou remember that week? Remember how much pain you were in?"

Ryou looks down and nods.

"We promised that we would always protect you. Do you think we want you with someone who just hurts you?" Seto asks.

"You don't." Ryou says.

"I know it's going to hurt for a while but I promise you once you meet the right person you'll feel better." Atem says gently, "Come on Ry."

"Can I please think about this? It's a lot. I need time." Ryou looks down.

"Ry baby I promise please just give me a chance." Bakura pleads with him.

"Please Kura, I need time." Ryou says.

Bakura sighs and nods as Ryou kisses his cheek before going to Atem and Seto.

Atem pulls him close and rubs his head, "Come on let's go get you some milk and then sleep okay?"

"Okay Atem." Ryou says as Atem takes him back down stairs.

"Now that they're gone." Seto pulls out his gun, "Out."

"Okay we're leaving." Marik says quickly, "Mal Kura come on." Marik said as they left out the window.