AN: Inspired by 'St Jude' by Florence + the Machine. Again I don't own anything.

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It's strange how loss reveals love as if the fact it's gone means you need it oh so much more.

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I watch from my soul room as my landlord trembles in fear his private storm surrounding him. What happens next would kill him but he stands in defiance of it, ignoring the pain throughout his body and urging his friends to keep going.

I watch and remember everything.

The way he forgave me no matter how bad the crime in his opinion. How he bore any pain others put on him without complaint. When he patiently taught me about this new time. How even now he's warning me to save myself. He's too selfless.

He tells me to go back again, to take refuge in my soul room. Gradually I fight my way through the storm feeling all the fear fly around me. In the middle it is calm. Gently I turn him around. I can't help but sigh as I take his hands and ask him to meet my eyes. Resting ours forehead together I close my eyes to match his.

"Go back yadonushi." He shivers and tries to argue through the tears,

"Please go back Ryou." He goes still, head shifting under mine.

"I'm sorry for saying you were a lost cause. I'm sorry for anything I've called you," Quietly I wrap my arms around his small body,

"You have never been a lost cause Ryou. You aren't a lost cause at all. You have coped with so much more than the majority of children your age," I chuckle dryly as the maelstrom scatters us with fear still. Licking my lips I continue, "And me on top of that," Holding him close I open my eyes again.

"Ryou, I want you to live. Everyone wants you to live. So please, let me handle this." He shakes his head

"Bakura… You can't!" Choking down the ice in my throat I admit to him what he had taught me,

"I was wrong Ryou. I can't defeat the Pharaoh. I never could and I can't now and I was foolish to think it. My cause was lost before I started." His hands tremble as they grab my face in desperation,

"No! Bakura- I!" He slams his lips against mine before pulling away tears streaming down his face. Gently I brush a thumb over his cheek, smearing his tears across the skin.

"I know." I whisper back as I assert my control over our body, "I love you too, my hikari." His storm crashes against my control but I won't cede to it.

"Bakura! Please! I love you."

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It's bright.

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So I'm thinking of making this a two-shot, if anyone's interested either review or PM me