CHAPTER 1: Afraid
Rays of light occasionally broke through his shield of thick, lilac-white hair, piercing his bloodshot eyes. They were like something out of science fiction, that's how bright they were. But, that might have just been his hangover getting its share of punches in, so Bakura decided to not bitch about it.
Four seats away from absolutely everyone, even from Ryou, who was getting all the details from Jounouchi. Just sitting there. He was sure absolutely no one even remembered he came, let alone where watching him. But he couldn't help but wonder how out of character he seemed.
Sitting in an uncomfortable hospital chair, waiting so very anxiously to see if his arch rival was even alive.
And after all, he WAS Bakura, the King of Thieves. And Atemu, he was the mighty pharaoh; they were of 2 different worlds. Meant to fight, Meant to hate. But, you see, what society (And sometimes even common sense,) said never mattered, because he never even listened anyway.
Don't get me wrong, Bakura loved his Hikari, Ryou. On ways and levels he didn't know of before. And he regrets every way he used him when he was so foolishly going after the Millennium Artifacts. But Ryou forgave him, and they had started over, surprisingly enough becoming lovers!
And after using him over and over, even after he threw him away, Ryou found love to give up to him. It was purely amazing, and Bakura had never dreamed of ever taking him for granted, hurting him, not ever again.
But something about the pharaoh just kept him thinking more, wanting more, doing more. He never knew just what he was going to do, what exactly was going to happen next.
So is THAT what made him do this? Betray Ryou yet AGAIN, Betray Yami? The fucking element of surprise? Like the whole fucking immortal spirit from ancient Egypt thing wasn't fucking exiting enough? Bakura could be a slime ball at times, and downright selfish. He knew that, but this? After all that's happened...?
But then again, did he betray Yami, or was it the other way around? I mean really, who used who?
"This can't be real..." whispering so tiredly, so distantly that he didn't even sound like himself anymore. And he should be thanking Rah that no one heard.
Bakura wasn't paying attention when the doctor began to speak. But, that didn't really matter. If he knew anything, it's that Atemu never loses so if this time the battle is to die...
Hope. It's all Yugi had to cling too, all he felt he had left. Hoping for a miracle. Hoping Yami did this because of some sort of freaky mind control. Did this because of anything, anything but him. Yugi hopes that one day things will be ok again. Yugi hopes he can save his darkness from himself. It poured out of his big, amethyst eyes. Yugi just-
He hoped he'd see Yami smile, hear his laughter, just be himself again. Be alive...
Aiya used the back of her hand to wipe the ghost of a tear off her little brother's cheek, wondering if he even noticed he was crying.
Sighing, she looked out the window, it was raining, pouring was more like it.
'Typical...Cliché even.' She thought, yawning and stretching her arms much like the way a student does to keep his/her self from falling asleep in class. She must have looked bored, she felt bored.
Ok, maybe she wasn't bored. But she definitely didn't feel very worried, and even slightly out of place in this hospital. She didn't really talk to Yami, even IF they lived together, and that he's looking to get into her little brothers pants. She wasn't a loved one, so what is she even doing here?
She felt Yugi's small form moving, and she looked down at a sleeping angel face. Closed eyes damp with tears. She smiled and wiped his tears away again.
That's right, this is for Yugi.
Her little brother was suffering, and a lot. And she had no idea what to do to help but just stand by him to catch him when he falls.
Because Atemu is choosing to give up, and become blind to what that does to all he leaves behind. He's deciding that Yugi isn't that important. And that, to Aiya, was going to be really hard to pretend to forgive. Even harder to avenge.
A doctor had come into her view, and she gently sat her brother up right, feeling a little uncomfortable waking him up when he needed to escape reality like crazy.
To Aiya, the man seemed a bit too young for the job he had. He shuffled awkwardly into the waiting room. He had an intimidating, but not surreal, form. Wore red horn rimmed glasses and to the untrained eye, he looked emotionally constipated. But Aiya was smart enough to see it was just a poker face, and that this man was worried out of his shit-lets.
"Uh, yes, the Motou household?" He asked, all of them, which was nearly half the waiting room (Aiya, Yugi, Ryou, Kaiba (No one's aloud to call him Seto!), Mokuba, Jou, Tristan, Malik and Mai) stood up very dramatically, and all at once. Bakura standing up...eventually, this of course ruins the random effect.
The shocked look on the Doctors face made Aiya smirk inwardly.
"Umm...yes, may I speak too t-the head of the household?" Aiya wondered if it was the case or the unexpected turn up that caused him to stutter before saying,
"Oh, please stop being so formal, it's not my style." unintenally arrogant.
"My, you're a bit young too be in charge of a bunch of teens." He said, blushing slightly. 'Oh boy,' she thought, 'A shy one, that's kind of cute...In its own right.'
She giggled that dark laugh of hers and replied, "And you're a bit too young to be the doctor who saved dear Yami's life." The doctor silently fumbled, planting an amused smirk on Aiya's face,
"Only Yugi, Yami and our grandfather live in the same household. But Solomon is away on business far away, and I am taking care of the boys until he returns. Now Doc, are you going to just stand there like some kind of idiot, or tell us how you oh so dramatically and amazingly saved the little Pharaoh's life?"
That one got her a hard punch from Yugi, and it made her jump because she forgot he was there.
"Don't you be a jerk to the doctor!" he whispered, hissing the last word. But she pretended as if she didn't hear him.
The man nervously shifted his weight, a little intimidated by Aiya. Even though she was shorter than him, and a female. In fact, the man was a Sasquatch, maybe even taller than Kaiba.
"Well...Yes, your brother, Yami was it? He is an extremely lucky young man. He has gone into Hemorrhagic Shock, and-"
"And what the heck is that?" Jounouchi interrupted.
"That's how your body reacts' when there's not enough blood in the tissue." Mai said, with that know-it-all tone Aiya suspects she uses a lot.
"What? I know things!" She persisted, glaring at everyone's blank ass stares.
"Well...Anyway," tried to continue, "He went into Hemorrhagic shock, and because of all the blood loss, we almost lost him. The nurses are transfusing the blood now, and, if all checks out, he can leave her by...hmm maybe next Wednesday?"
"Wow wait what do you mean "If all checks out?" Yugi demanded defensively. Demanded, by the way, not ask or say please and thank you. Aiya was going to have to punch him for being a hypocrite later on, "H-He's going to be ok, r-right?"
"Yugi, he's an Overly-Competitive Royal Moron with suicidal tendencies...he'll be just fine!" She was probably pissing EVERYONE off, but she didn't care, she really didn't. That's just how she was, and if they were going to bitch about it now, than fuck them. And besides, she knows Yugi, that comment wasn't going to affect him, not even in these times.
"Well, Yugi was it? Your brother-"
"We're not brothers."
"-My bad, your lover-"
"He's not my lover either"
"...Your LOVED ONE has lost a lot of blood. It should have killed him. But it didn't, and we need to keep him here and monitor his system's to make sure there's no VOPF." he finally got it all out, patting Yugi on his little shoulder, which was awkward because he was soooooo tall and Yugi was...vertically challenged.
"VO-" Mai interrupted Yugi before he could finish,
"It stands for Vital-Organ-Perfusion-Failure and it is very very serious business." And deja vu, we were all looking at the gorgeous blonde again like "What the hell?"
"What kind of sexy nurse life where you were living before you dropped out to play children cards games?" Jou asked, which would of made everyone laugh if the circumstances where right. Which they never seem to be lately.
"Correct. And, this seems to be a suicide attempt, " The Doctor man hurried on, using 'seems' in a desperate attempt to lighten the mood, "Which means when he does get back-"
"We know doctor..." Yugi interrupted him.
"Correct. And, this seems to be a suicide attempt, " The Doctor man hurried on, using 'seems' in a desperate attempt to lighten the mood, "Which means when he does get back-"
"We know doctor..." Yugi interupted him, the seriousness and calmness he had been wearing this entire conversation begging to fail him. He sighed heavily, "Can-"
"Yugi, you and Aiya need to do the paperwork!" Bakura interupted. And even to Aiya, it was pretty rude. But the thickness and weakness in his voice obliterated her offense. She couldn't see Bakura's eyes, they where covered by his hair. What was she thinking?
She looked over at Ryou, to see that he was half running to Bakura's side.
"What's wrong, love?" Ryou whispered, loosley gripping Bakura's dead weight hand. It sent Bakura on another acid trip of emotions. Love, he didn't deserve to be called that. Not right now. He looked over at Ryou, his wide, beautiful eyes even wider with worry. This was driving him mad.
"I'm ok Ryou, just a bit sick."
"Your lying." What was more shocking, the fact he lied to him without even thinking, or the fact he got caught?
Ryou stood on his tippie-toes and brushed the hair out of bakura's eyes, then sucked in a gasp. Bakura had been crying, and didn't realize it! But the look on Ryou's face said it all, and he quickly wiped it all away, then opened his mouth to give some half-cocked answer when ryou kissed him.
He tasted so sweet, so loving. And Bakura had half the mind to just forget it all and melt into the kiss. Because Ryou was the one that mattered. But he couldn't. He just couldn't. Not when its his fualt they where even here...