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A/N: I've got pretty short chapters, right? Well, I'll have to see if I can work on that. No promises though… But I'll try. Still don't really know were this story is going, but… Well… It'll show!

Chapter Three

An hour or three later Malik gets up from his spot on the floor, changing and getting ready for bed. He takes the photograph of him and Jonouchi together, from the desk and lie down on the bed. Clutching the picture 'I fucking love you, so you better come back to me' he drift of to sleep. "I love… you…"

Standing before you, watching that goofy smile of yours. Reaching up to kiss those beautiful lips. You respond immediately, placing your hands on my hips, drawing me closer. You take charge of the kiss, almost begging to be let in. Open my mouth enough; you slip your tongue in, deepening the kiss. Change of scenery: Standing alone in the desert, looking for you. You stand far away, not out of sight, but almost, with you back turn my way. Trying to call for you, but no sound is heard. You're beginning to walk away. Trying to follow you, can't move… Can just stand there, only see you walk further and further away… Without even a glance back. Trying to scream for you not to leave me, not again! Feeling tears streaming down my cheeks, seeing you walk away… Change of scenery: Watching you from afar. Watching you laugh and talk to some boy. Older or younger than you, don't know, don't care. You kiss him… A fleeting kiss, then a longer more passionate one. Once again, the tears start to fall. You look at me, but not as you used to… Turning back to the boy, you kiss again, not stopping this time.

Malik wakes up with a jerk, sweating and breathing heavy. The dream still in his head, he gets up and walks to the shower. Turning on the shower and stepping in, Malik tries to get the images of Jonouchi kissing someone else out of his head. 'You wouldn't cheat on me, would you? You're too good for something like that. Right?' Sigh

"I'm acting like he can hear me…" Getting out of the shower, Malik goes back into his room and get dressed. When he pass Marik's room, on the way down, he pounds on the door and yells: "Get up, lazy ass!"

"Go fuck yourself! And let me sleep!"

Going into the kitchen, Malik looks at the time.

"Waah! It's only five!? School doesn't start for hours!" Pouting, and deciding it's no use going back to bed, he starts preparing breakfast. Some sandwiches and juice… Taking in it to the living room, he turns on the TV, trying to find something worth watching.

After a while (after Malik has finished his breakfast) Isis comes into the living room.

"You're up already? Have you eaten breakfast?"

"Yeah… Just done… Why are you up?"

"I'm going to work early today. Where were yesterday, by the way?"

"The park." With that Malik stands up and goes to the front door, putting on his shoes. "I'm going out." He says and steps outside, closing the door behind him.

'Okay, great move, Malik. Where the hell am I supposed to go now?' Malik thinks, and starts walking. After he has walked for a while he stops. 'How did I end up here?' Looking upwards a bit, he's looking right at Jonouchi's old bedroom window. Sighing and turning around, he starts to make his way to school.

Later (at school)

"Why do I have to go to school?" Malik mumbles to himself, sitting on the schoolyard eating lunch. "Marik doesn't have to go! And neither Bakura, for that matter."

"Hi, Malik."

Malik, jumping high, turn around to see a smiling Ryou. "Don't do that!"

"Oh, sorry" Ryou says, smile fading. "I didn't mean to scare you."

"You didn't! You just… surprised me. Yeah, that's it. You surprised me." Malik proclaims nodding, and trying to calm his beating heart.

Giggling Ryou takes a seat besides Malik on the grass. "Sure. Do you mind if I join you here?"

"Not at all. Just don't try to cheer me up, or anything." Malik says, looking down.

"You know… You should go out more. Like before…" Ryou stops when he sees Malik's glare. "And don't mean to forget, or anything." He quickly adds. "Just to have some fun. Why don't you tag along with Bakura and Marik some time?"

"I can't have fun. Not without him… It's just not the same thing."

"Can't you give it a try? I can come too if you want."

"I miss him like hell…"

"Have you had any contact with him at all since he moved?"

"No." Malik answers and shakes his head. "I suck at writing letters, he doesn't have an email that I know of, and I'm too much of a coward to call."

"No wonder you miss him then, if you haven't even talk to him in all this time."

"It's not like he has tried to contact me either."

"Well… I bet there's a good reason. Or maybe you've just been out when he has called?"

Malik shrugs. "Or he's as worried as you are, because he hasn't heard from you either."

At this Malik looks up, straight in Ryou's eyes. "You… think?"

"He wouldn't leave you, Malik. And definitely not without a good explanation! You should call him. I know you want to."

"Yeah!" Malik smiles. "I do. So I'm going to call him first thing when I get home."

"Good!" Ryou smiles back. "I still think you have to get out a little again, though."

Malik shrugs. "Not gonna happen. Not until he gets back!"

"Stubborn…"

End of the school day

Malik walks out of the school building, waving at Ryou and the others before heading home. For the first time in a long time feeling… happy? Excited? Maybe a little of both. 'Time to convince my Katsuya to come back!'

As soon as Malik come inside the house, he throws the bag and, soon after, the shoes on the floor, not caring were they end up. Then he almost rushes into the living room. 'Marik's not here? Strange… Wait, no… He's probably out and destroying something with Bakura. And that's definitely not strange. Now where's that stupid phone?'

Looking around, he spots the phone on the couch, almost hidden under a pillow. He takes the phone and proceeds up to his room. Closing the bedroom door, Malik lays the phone on the bed and starts looking for a paper on the desk. 'Where the hell is it? Ah, there!' Finding the paper, he takes it with him to the bed and sits down. Dialling the number on the paper, the number Jonouchi gave him (and all the others of his friends), he waits while the phone rings.

After about three-four rings someone picks up the phone in the other end.

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A/N: And there's where I'm stopping. For this time…

This chapter didn't get that much longer, if any, but I didn't feel like making it longer. I've got some plans for the following chapter/chapters, and therefore this is a good place to stop.

Hope you liked it! And, please, review…