Love Hurts

By Jet Set Yoyo

Disclaimer: I do NOT own yu-gi-oh If I did I wouldn't be writing fics on the internet.

("Talking", Thinking, 'flashbacks', 'Mind link's')

Alright guys! Diary of A Rudie is finished finally and as promised I'll be finishing this one up. Hope you'll all enjoy. Thanks for the support so far.

Ryou awoke the next morning to banging coming from the kitchen and he was immediately alert. Glancing at his clock, it was no later than eight in the morning. What can Bakura possibly be doing this time in the morning? Oh no! Is he trying to cook again!? Alarmed Ryou scrambled out of bed and slipped on some clean clothes to wear before opening his bedroom door quietly and making his way to the bottom of the stairs where he could see into the kitchen fairly well.

There Bakura stood having a fight with the pile of pots and pans that sat in the sink. Ryou hadn't done them the night before; he'd forgotten all about them. There on the kitchen table was various breakfast foods still hot it seemed. Raising an eyebrow Ryou wondered if he should go back upstairs and pretend he saw nothing or attempt to enter the kitchen and help Bakura with the dishes. He might get mad… but if I don't do something he's going to send all of our pots to the shadow realm if this keeps up. He stood watching Bakura with a look of amusement plain on his face. How hard is it to wash dishes?

"Bakura…? Can I help?" he spoke up finally in a timid voice. Stepping into the kitchen he tried his best to look like he had no idea what was going on. Bakura turned his head quickly and had to hide his surprise.

"Do the dishes." He commanded, shifting his expression to one of boredom and indifference as he sat at the table and started to munch on a piece of bacon. Ryou did as he was told, taking an apron from the hook near the refrigerator and tying it loosely around him so his clothing wouldn't get wet. In a matter of minutes the dishes were sparkling clean and all set in the drainer to air dry.

"Anything else?" asked Ryou turning around. Bakura glared and shook his head, not actually willing to say anything to the younger boy. He pointed to the food on the table before continuing to munch on bacon. "Oh. Ok."

The food on the table smelled delicious, Ryou admitted to himself as he grabbed a plate and placed bacon, two pancakes, and some hash browns onto it. It didn't take him much time to devour the entire thing; he was starving since he barely had any food the day before. Bakura studied him closely narrowing his eyes at the carefree boy. When will he learn? He thought. Ryou wasted no time in cleaning up the empty plate.

"Are you done with this? I'll put it in the fridge for later."

"Mm."

Ryou was confused; where was his Yami's spark today? Normally he was snappy and rude but today there was nothing. I suppose that's better than him getting angry…but now I don't know what he's thinking. The leftover food was placed in a Tupperware and then into the fridge. He never liked to waste anything, especially food because money was tight. When he finished he retreated to his room, scampering up the stairs without another glance towards his Yami.

Bakura growled in irritation, he was bored and a little pissed that Ryou didn't even bother to thank him for the food. I can't blame him… he winced at the little voices' truthfulness, he hadn't been all that kind to the brat so what made him think Ryou would thank him for anything. He should be thanking me for even letting him live. He growled back. Who the hell am I kidding, I wouldn't kill him. Then I wouldn't exist; he's the only one who can unleash my spirit from that blasted ring. If anyone had been there watching they'd have been extremely disturbed that Bakura was making such weird expressions for no reason.

Snapping out of it he looked about the room, decided there was nothing for him to do downstairs and proceeded to climb the stairs to Ryou's room. He creaked the door open and noticed the boy at his desk scribbling down words. Wonder what he's up to. He was about to walk in the room but decided that he'd only make his Hikari tense and watching him then would be futile. Sighing quietly he closed the door and retreated to his own room, little did he know that Ryou had noticed him spying on him this time.

Bakura kicked the side of his bed, angry that no matter what he did he couldn't help being mean and abusive towards the younger boy. He gritted his teeth and sat down on his bed resting his face in his palms. What the hell… I keep fucking up. Noticing his clothes were those that he was wearing yesterday he got up and rummaged through his drawers for something clean. As he changed the door opened and Ryou came in stopping abruptly when he noticed Bakura was in nothing but socks and boxers. A light blush stained his face and he looked away flustered.

"I-I'm sorry. I should've knocked." Ryou stammered, his words getting quieter as the sentence wore on. When no answer came he looked up to find Bakura in front of him, still half-naked. What confused the boy so much was that there was no hint of anger on his Yami's face rather something he couldn't describe and a light blush as well.

Bakura opened his mouth to tell Ryou it was alright but no words came out. For the first time ever he found himself speechless. He approached the younger boy and without knowing why he lifted his calloused hand and placed it on Ryou's cheek. Ryou's eyes widened and he flinched at the touch, backed up and ran out of the room.

"Fuck…" Bakura growled, throwing on his shirt and slamming the door loudly locking it before he returned to dressing. "I'm so fucking stupid."

Ryou had run back into his own room, closed and locked the door, leaning against it and sliding to the floor. What just happened? He wondered, shocked, afraid and confused all at the same time. His heart was beating a mile a minute and he didn't know why.

A little short, I know. I'm trying to get back into the groove with this one and figure out where I want it to go. I'm still open for suggestions and I'm probably going to make this a fluffy Shonen-Ai kind of fic because BakuraxRyou is just adorable. Reviews are nice, thanks again everyone.