I awoke to a room that was not my own. At first I was confused as to why I wasn't at home, but I quickly remembered my current situation. Still, the room wasn't the one I was supposed to be staying in. There was a window, unlike where I had awakened that morning. As I regained some of my senses, I tried to sit up and get a better look around. But before I could get very far, a familiar voice told me, "They'll get mad if you try and do anything besides rest. Not that I care, but I don't want to listen to them, either."

Reluctantly, I lay back down. My hand moved to my throat, and I noticed that there were some bandages wrapped around it. My memory of what had happened was still a bit fuzzy, but bits and pieces were coming back to me.

Malik had been there. Or rather, someone who looked like Malik. He had tried to strangle me, for some reason, and I must have passed out after that. The only question that remained was…

"Why are you here, Bakura?" My voice hurt a bit, but I still needed to get those words out. He smirked.

"I only came because I had nothing better to do. Besides, nothing really happens here on normal days, so when it does, I like to find out about it. So, what did you do to set him off? It's been a while since he's let Mariku out."

"I…" I swallowed, brushing my hand against my bandages again. I noticed that my wrist had also been wrapped up where I had scratched it. I wasn't sure how I should feel that I had been discovered, but I had bigger issues to deal with at that moment, anyways. "We just had a fight after you left the cafeteria, is all. It wasn't a big deal, but when I went back to our room, he was…" my voice trailed off, sure that Bakura could pick up on the rest. He nodded.

"Figures." He moved slightly from his spot at the other end of the room, so that he was sitting on the ledge of the window. "You know, Malik likes to pretend that he's strong, but he's actually really weak. You have to be careful around him, because you never know when his other personality will decide to make an appearance."

My mouth felt dry. "Other… Personality…"

"Yeah." Bakura shrugged. "You're lucky that you found out so soon, in a way. Now there's nothing to hide. But that's right- there's more than one Malik." He laughed, upon seeing my shocked expression. "You have Malik, the one you met this morning. I guess you could say he's the main personality. But then sometimes, you get the other personality of his. We call him Mariku, and whenever he comes out, something bad will happen. Believe it or not, this has happened before."

"…Where is he?" My head was spinning with all this new information, but I still had room for more questions. Again, Bakura shrugged in response.

"I don't know what they do with him when this happens, but usually something like this will get you sent into a different room, where you have to stay until you prove again that you're a good person. Or something. At least, that's what they've done to me in the past."

I wanted to question Bakura some more- especially on his last statement- but I assumed it would be better to leave some things for if we got to know each other better. But still, there was one other thing nagging at the back of my mind. After a few moments of silence, as Bakura started to say something about how he needed to get back to his floor, I forced myself to ask it.

"I'll get to see him again, right?" Bakura turned to look at me.

"You want to see him again? After what happened?" My face flushed.

"…I said some cruel things to him, and I want to apologize," I finally said, after a moment. Bakura looked confused, but only said one other thing before he left the room.

"You're pretty strange, you know. But I guess you're tougher than I thought." And with that questionable comment left hanging in the air, he disappeared, leaving me alone to process what exactly had just happened. It wasn't for another few minutes that I realized he had never answered my question.

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Alright, I realize that this was a short chapter. But I needed a filler chapter, so please bear with me- I'll get this story back on track soon, hopefully by the next chapter.

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