Finding Angels
Author's Notes1: Sorry for the late update! I actually forgot about this story until a few weeks ago. So this chapter was a little rushed. Also, the sections are not in chronological order so you may get confused, but just keep that in mind and you're not gonna get lost :D
Author Notes2: God bless the victims at Virginia Tech :(
Chpt 3: We're not gettin' anywhere
It's been three weeks and Bakura still has no idea which three out of five thousand students are angels. "Bakura, do you fucking homework." Yami slapped the albino's head thus waking him from his sleeping slumber. "You haven't been doing your homework for three weeks and we've only been here for three!"
"To hell with homework…" the demon turned his head and continued to sleep. "I aced the last test anyway." This caused the other demon to pause. Of course, he suddenly remembered that Bakura got a higher score than he did. "Homework does count some part of your grade!"
"Get the fuck out of my room."
Over the past three weeks, Yami and Yuugi got quite acquainted with one another. "Bad morning?" Yuugi asked as his friend walked in the classroom with a darkened face. For some reason as soon as he asked that question, Yami's face began to light up.
"Just a little," Yami lightly replied and shifted his gaze to the overcast outside the window. "My brother wouldn't get up." Although it was clearly Bakura, Yami grumbled in his head and glared at Bakura's empty desk.
"You have a brother?" Yuugi widened his eyes. His friend didn't seem like the type to have a brother. "Younger or older?"
"He's older by a year." Yami smiled at Yuugi's cute delight at finding new information about him although the whole thing was clearly bullshit. He sighed. "He's in class 10D. I could show him to you during lunch if you'd like."
For some reason, Yami was unable to find Mariku during lunchtime. So Yuugi decided to invite Yami and his brother to his sleepover birthday party. "Umm…it's not for certain that my brother will come, but uhhh…thanks for inviting me," Yami scratched the back of his head in an abashed manner while holding the birthday invitation card with his other hand.
Yuugi was really happy that he invited his new friend for his birthday party. For some odd reason, seeing his friend nervously glancing at his invitation made his face blush as well. "So you think you're gonna be there?"
"Oh…" Yami looked up. "Yea, sure I'll be there."
"Cool."
"Where were you during lunch?" Yami threw the birthday invitation in front of Mariku's open calculus textbook.
The demon quickly brushed the envelope away and continued doing his homework. "Teaching some kid, calculus."
"Oh hell, am I the only qualified demon here?" Bakura, who overheard their brief conversation, spat as he entered the kitchen. "Oh goodness, you're doing homework now."
It's moments like these that made Yami wondered how he was able to live three weeks under the same roof as Bakura. "We're supposed to do our homework if we want to blend in along with the other students in this school." True, homework does not count a huge percentage of your overall grade—it's only a mere seven percent. Tests and quizzes count ninety-percent and class participation is a freebie three percent. Even if Bakura were to get a zero on his homework, he would still be in the nineties. It is obvious that Bakura already knew this. "Students here fight for their grades and your laid-back personality may draw too much attention."
Bakura just raised an eyebrow and shrugged.
Draw attention? What was he thinking? Bakura never drew too much attention; he didn't even know who Bakura was although he was always below him on the score charts in school back at Hell. The start to this mission was when he first met Bakura, although he does vaguely remember seeing him there to there around their school campus.
"I don't know. He was pretty." Mariku suddenly answered to a nonexistant question.
"Who're you talking to?" Bakura's vein twitched.
"We didn't ask you anything, Mariku." Despite his reputation in Hell, Mariku hasn't displayed any insane outbreaks for the month that they've been together. Yami was hoping that it would continue. He didn't want to accept the fact that he's living under the same roof with two psychopaths.
"I don't know. He was just so pretty so I skipped lunch to help him in calculus. It's so pity he already has a boyfriend."
Bakura and Yami were left speechless for a few minutes afterwards.
Ryou and Malik left two hours early to their 'date' in the library. They already finished decorating when they left, which meant that Yuugi had nothing to do for two hours.
Yuugi sighed. So, what now?
Jou was the first to come. "This is for you, birthday boy." He nearly knocked over Yuugi with his poorly wrapped gigantic box called a present. "Man all that walking made me hungry, what do you got to eat?"
Shizuka, for some odd reason, came a little later. Anzu, Honda, and Otogi came together. Yami and his brother were the last ones to come. "Yuugi, this is my brother, Mariku." Yuugi sweatdropped as he saw his friend's brother. They didn't look anything alike except for their red eyes and light coloured hair. Maybe they were albino?
"Mariku, why did you bringing flashcards?"
"I'm memorizing formulas."
"Mariku, why are you memorizing formulas at a birthday party?"
"Hey Yami," Yuugi butted into the small quarrel. "Didn't you say that your brother's in 10D?"
"…yea…?"
"Wow, he works hard for someone in 10D." Anzu shouted from the back of the room.
Yuugi nodded. "Yeah, that's odd. It must've been a misplacement."
Mariku and Yami both looked at Yuugi at the same time. "What do you mean?"
"Normally the 10D class is for those with bad grades, horrible attitudes, gang records, and all in all miscreants." Yuugi concluded his description with a nod.
Yami banged his head at the doorway in frustration. For some odd reason, he had a feeling that they were going to lose.
Bakura and Mariku should've switched classes.
"Oh Yami are you still in my ass about my lack of motivation to do homework?" Bakura twirled his pencil with his fingers. Yami came into his room after the party complaining how they need to think of another strategy if they were to win in the game.
"You're in a class with people that work their asses off for the number one spot and Mariku's in a class that doesn't give a shit about their grades. Don't you think you two should've switched?!" Yami groaned and threw Bakura's pillow out the window.
"…Yami you're giving me yours for tonight."
"We're drawing too much attention onto ourselves and not to mention them! I wonder if they know already…" Yami buried himself in Bakura's sheets.
"Okay Yami…first…they won't know until a month later. Second, I don't see how this is such a big deal. You're just being prissy because I don't work hard in class when I don't need to. Third, you need to calm down."
All of the sudden, Yami realized something. His eyes snapped open and he sat up. Bakura was sitting at his desk—a sight that Yami didn't normally see. "Bakura…what are you doing?"
Bakura tapped a few keys and scribbled something with a pencil before giving an answer. "Homework."
Yami handed the birthday boy a wrapped box of Godiva chocolates. Yuugi shook the box a few times when he got it and was about to thank his friend but was taken aback by surprise. "Hello Yuugi. I decided to stop by to wish you a happy birthday." Ryou dropped a small bag of cookies onto Yami's present.
Yami, suddenly realized another person's presence, jumped back. Ryou chuckled and turned to the alarmed boy. "I'm sorry did I startle you?"
"Ryou! Are you done yet?" Mariku's head suddenly snapped up. "Just give him those damn cookies and let's go!"
"Malik, I'm coming!" Ryou called out to his boyfriend, who was prissingly waiting at the sidewalk. "Oh and Yami...good...I heard that you were invited to Yuugi's party." He handed some papers to the undercover demon. "I accidentally missed your homework when I was handing them out today. I found them again on the teacher's desk afterschool, but by that time you already left so here—"
"Ryou!!"
"I'm coming!!" Tired of his boyfriend's impatience, Ryou quickly forced the papers onto Yami's hands and stormed off. "Jesus, Malik! I already told you that I'll bake you another batch tonight. There's no need for you to—Malik!"
Yuugi & co. sweatdropped as Malik dragged Ryou down the end of the street. "Sometimes I wonder…" Yuugi sighed. He walked in and set his presents on the table. "Hey I'll share some of Ryou's cookies with you guys later especially you Yami. These cookies are the best."
"Heh heh, you read my mind." Jou sniggered as he put his arm around Yuugi. "Since we're on the topic of Ryou, why'd he give you a present?"
"He gives me one every year, Jou."
"Eh?? Why?"
"What do you mean why?" Yuugi blinked. "Oh…you know he hasn't changed much. He's still the same Ryou."
"Meh," the blonde turned away. "He's just acting in front of ya."
Yami blinked. Mariku sat dejectedly in front of the door while rambling to himself.
He was always the one getting mail and Yami was sick of it. However he already gave up telling Mariku or Bakura to get the mail because they never did it. Most of time the mail consisted of junk anyway.
This time, a familiar envelope caught his eye and he saw that it was addressed to Bakura's parents. It was from the school.
He'd seen it before many times and that envelope meant only one thing.
"Bakura, start doing your homework!"
Yami was now considering at the fact that maybe Bakura was losing his mind. Sometimes, he would do homework, but that would only be for a day and then he would stop. Yami thinks that the homework inspiration fairy finally caught onto Bakura and he's praying to the demon lord that Bakura should have his own.
Afterall, the homework inspiration fairy has many other visits. She can't keep her eyes on Bakura all the time.
It was either that or Bakura got too bored and decided to do homework.
Yami had been spying on his housemate. For the previous month, he only started doing homework for the whole fourth week. Then for this month, it was the second week and now they're on the third.
It didn't make any sense.
Yami peeked into Bakura's bedroom again and saw that the Chemistry textbook was opened. Yes, Yami recorded down on his Bakura's out-of-the-blue spasms to do homework log and confirmed that he will be doing homework for the third week of the second month.
Yuugi secretly told Yami about Jou and Ryou's conflict. Ryou used to occasionally hang out with them. However he was constantly picked on and the gang leaders would always damage his cello as he carried his instrument on his back to school every morning. It got so bad that Ryou had to buy two and keep one at home and one at school.
He was the secret admiration among guys too. Jou was one of them.
Everything changed when Malik entered the picture. One day, Ryou was going to get raped by some bully from school until Malik saved him. Malik thought that Ryou was pretty and asked him out at the spot. Ryou, for some odd reason, said yes. There were witnesses to confirm that the story was true.
Rumours say that it was for protection since Malik was the leader of a nefarious school gang.
"Wait, so the rapist was going to rape him in public?"
"Well it wasn't rape, but it seemed like rape. He bully beat him up and kissed him, so uh we just kind of assumed that it was rape."
"...Oh...I see. Were you there?"
"No, but a group of girls passed and told on the teacher. The school newspaper said that they got there just when Malik asked Ryou out. It may be a rumour, but they're going out now. Also every since then, Ryou's been kind of cold towards us. That's why Jou gets really upset whenever we bring up the subject of Ryou."
Yami nodded. It's strange, but that eliminates one.
Today, Yami noted that Bakura just turned in his English homework. It's the fourth day of the second week of another month.
Ryou put the stack on Yami's desk and smiled. "I didn't forget it this time."
Yami politely smiled back. He suddenly thought about the story that Yuugi told him. It was hard to believe that such a mild-mannered boy would date a gang member. It was like an angel and a demon. The two don't match.
Yami paused. He wondered why he had paused. Of course the two don't match. Then he saw Ryou's arm stretch to put something on Bakura's desk. Yami opened his planner and it noted that his rebellious housemate turned in History yesterday.
Then it hit him. His planner said that Bakura did homework last week. Ryou was on duty last week as well as this week.
He saw Bakura smirk at Ryou as the patrol student walked passed.
Then he looked at Yuugi, who was reading comments on his paper. Yami decided that he will rethink about the angel and demon theory.
"Mariku, why are you always doing calculus?" Yami leaned into the doorway of the insane demon's room.
"And you're not doing homework either, you're studying." Bakura walked in and leaned on the other side. Yami stared at the albino.
"What?"
"Nothing." Yami shook his head and both turned their attention to Mariku.
"I don't care even if he has a boyfriend."
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End of Chapter 3
Author's Note 3: Wow, I just noticed that this story is progressing REALLY slow. Next chapter is going to be more action on what went on during Yuugi's birthday so the story will progress FASTER. My stories so far are mainly composed of thought. That's probably the reason why the story's so slow. (Author nods)