We chat the rest of the way to the brightly lit school gym; though there is an obviously awkward tension between Yami and I. We pull up to the gaudy gym and I exhale loudly.
"Wow. They have managed to make this shit hole look like a club in Vegas. And not a good club at that." Seto complains.
"It could be worse. They could have gone with the twilight theme" Yami replies.
"Oh good god! I really would have had to kill myself!"Bakura laughs, waiting for Tea to explode.
"Bakura! Build a bridge and do the world a favour by jumping off it! Twilight is awesome!" she fumes and storms inside with a bewildered Yugi trailing behind her.
"What was that about?"I curiously ask Seto, cocking my head to one side in confusion.
"Basically, Bakura hates twilight and Tea loves it with a passion. Enough said." Seto informs me.
"She is just stupid and can't see sense." Bakura argues.
"Sure, sure. Shall we go in or just stand out here talking?" I ask boredly, attempting to warm my frozen hands.
"I prefer the latter option but I suppose you two actually wanna go in." Bakura complains. I laugh and grab his arm, dragging him towards the dimly lit gym hall.
The inside of the gym is dark but with horrible, tacky, coloured Christmas lights strung up around the edges. The coloured disco ball made a brave attempt to light up the basketball lined dance floor. Duke Devlin was the 'mixologist' at the neon lined bar over at the far end of the gym. Bakura immediately heads over towards him. Great. I had just been ditched for spiked punch.
"Hey…" Mai Valentine starts talking to me. I stifle the urge to groan. Why does this chick insist on stalking me?
"Uh… hi?" I say quietly.
"Are you here with someone?" I briefly glance over at Bakura, who is laughing with Duke. "And I don't mean friends."
"No?" I reply. What the bloody hell does she want? She moves closer to me, her lips at my ear.
"Wanna dance with me?" her breath tickling my ear. I shove her away.
"How about 'a-hell, no!'" I hurry over to Bakura, unable to keep myself from chuckling at her shocked expression. She seemed to think that because she was... 'well endowed' that guys should be tripping over themselves to go out with her despite the fact she had the personality of a slug. And a boring slug at that.
"You're in a good mood. Did you punch Tea in the face?" he asks with a rather hopeful tone in his voice
"No but I did just rejected Mai valentine in one of the rudest ways ever. And it was awesome!"I gush out.
"Damn! Asking for you to punch Tea was too much I guess! But I suppose that counts, that Mai is such a slut."
"Hey, Ryou!" Duke calls from behind a punch bowl.
"Hi Duke. Long time no see. Where have you been for the past month or so?"
"Around. Can I get you a drink? Coke maybe?"
"No thank you, I am fine." I say nervously
"Smart move. Duke's drinks are usually nine parts bourbon and one parts anything else." Bakura laughs as Duke hits him in the gut.
"Hey! Its more like eight point five parts!" he protests.
"Ryou? Imagine finding you here." A familiar sing-song voice sends a shiver down my spine. I stiffen and turn.
"Who is this?" Bakura asks, folding his arms across his chest, frowning.
"Bakura this is Kat. A… friend from London."I murmur. Kat chuckles ominously. Oh no. I steal myself for the worst
"Bakura? Is this your new boyfriend? Or haven't you seen fit to tell them yet?"I tense and Bakura looks confused.
"Kat, where's Kaitlin? Don't you guys share a brain or something?" Kat face softens slightly then instantly hardens again.
"That's none of your concern." she hissed
"Whoa, hold up. What's going on here? What do you mean boyfriend? And who's Kaitlin?"Bakura asks, obviously confused.
"Is she hot?"Duke pipes up. Kat practically growls at him and I sigh resignedly. I guess there's no avoiding it now.
"Kaitlin is Kats twin," I turn to Kat, "what happened between us was nothing, it's all in the past now- can't you leave it there?" I ask as calmly as possible, trying not to let my fear show.
"NOTHING?!" she screams and everyone stops and stares at the dark haired midget in the black dress. Out of nowhere a girl, who looks exactly like the angry gremlin but with lighter hair and in a white outfit, hurries over and hugs Kats arm.
"Calm down, kitty. It's ok." She murmurs soothingly.
"Hello Kaitlin." I say awkwardly. I am met with another glare from Kat.
"Oh, hey Ryou," She replies brightly, as if we were still friends,
"sorry about Kat. She is a bit, you know…" Kaitlin shrugs in a 'you know how she is and I'm sorry you had to witness it' kind of way.
"Don't be sorry, she's the crazy one!" Bakura pipes up. Kaitlin jumps and looks alarmed as if just noticing him.
"Hi, I'm Bakura and you are Kaitlin I take it?" Bakura says frowning at her as if trying to suss her out
"Uh… Yeah. Ryou and I were friends in London." She answers quietly, glancing over at me. I avoided her gaze, trying to keep up my calm facade.
"Huh. He has never mentioned you. Or Kat for that matter." Oh dear. Bad move. Anger flickers in her eyes.
"Doesn't surprise me! We weren't important. We were just his only friends. Our house was just his only refuge when his dad got too drunk to look after him. We were only the people that took the time to try and understood him!" Kaitlin screeched, trembling with anger. Kat puts her arm around her shoulders to still her.
"I-I-I'm sorry. I-I just wanted to start again." I stammer.
"What? In your new gay life?" Kat laughs harshly. "Wait. You haven't told them yet have you? You haven't told them that you broke my sister's heart because you were more into sucking cock! Come on Kaitlin; let's give this fag and his boyfriends some privacy." She storms off with Kaitlin in tow.
"Well that was odd." Duke comments after a while of stunned silence.
"No shit." Bakura says, still dumfounded.
"At least I was right. She was hot AND British. Even better." I hit Duke in the gut. "What?! What did I do?!"
"She's my ex, you douche!" I snap at him.
"Really?! You have an ex?! Whoa you had me fooled!" I glare at him furiously, trying hard to keep the tears back, feeling the tell-tale stinging in the corner of my eyes.
"Is what she said true?" Bakura asks quietly. I instantly feel sick. Suddenly the gym is too loud, too hot and too cramped. I had to get out.
"I-I have to go!" I gasp and run out of the huge double doors despite the protests of teachers and the calls of Bakura and Duke. In my mind I could hear Kats harsh laughter and see Kaitlin crying all over again. I run, blinded by tears, for what seemed like forever. When I stop I am in a clearing.
"I take that as a yes then?" I jump as Bakura steps out from behind a tree, panting heavily. "God your fast when you're upset. Why aren't you like that in PE class?" I fall to my knees as sobs wrack through my body. His warm arms envelope me until I stop crying.
"It's ok. I knew you were gay all along. I'm fine with it" He whispers softly in my ear.
"How could you know? I never told anyone but Kaitlin and Kat."
"Because I'm gay." he shrugged nonchalantly "I have my own built in freaking gaydar!"
"Wait, what? You're gay?" I gasp
"Duh," Bakura laughs, "wasn't it obvious?"
"Not to me it wasn't! Wait- if you knew I was gay then why did you ask if it was true?"
"I had to be sure." He pulls me to my feet and looks down at me. As I look into his chocolate brown eyes I whisper.
"Are you going to kiss me now?"
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