Amber- AHhhh! I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SORRY that it took me so long to get the next chapter out, I really really am!
Danny- Don't give excuses because you're lazy.
Amber- That's not it! I promise! It's because I'm at a friend's right now and that means I get distracted and have been working on other things! D: Don't hate me!
BunBun- Too late for that...
Amber- SHUT UP! /Hides in corner/ Just give the warnings and disclaimer already, got it?
Danny- Amber does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Be thankful for it.
BunBun- And this story has yaoi in it.
-Chapter 4-
"Ah, Malik-san, looks like there's an empty seat beside Ryou," the teacher nodded to it and some of the students groaned, seeing as it was by the window and the only person who got to sit next to the movie star was Ryou,
"Teach!" A boy raised his hand. "Shouldn't he sit next to someone else? After all, it can't be good for a famous person to sit next to someone like a Ryou!"
The teacher placed her hands on her hips, narrowing her eyes at the boy. "And what, exactly, is wrong with Ryou?" She raised an eyebrow and the boy gained a sheepish look on his face. She sighed, "If you're going to be like that, I suppose I can have Malik-san choose his seat," she looked at him. "Well?"
Malik shrugged. "By him is fine with me," he smiled brightly and looked over at Ryou, who stiffened up and frowned. "Actually, he looks kind of familiar!"
Ryou, trying to steady his beating heart, took a deep breath and put a shaky smile. "I- I g-guess I have one of those faces," he mumbled quietly, being grateful for acting, or else he would probably be sweating bullets.
Malik shot the boy a smile and walked over to him. He took his seat and turned, sticking his hand out toward the boy, "Malik Ishtar."
A pale took the tan one in his own. Ryou shot a soft smile back, not noticing the way Malik paused and stared at the pale hand, his lilac colored eyes wide in shock.
"Ryou Bakura," Ryou introduced himself and class was started.
Oooo
"Ryou," Yugi ran over to the boy as soon as lunch started it and stared at him with wide eyes. "This is bad," he whispered urgently.
Ryou nodded in agreement, "I know, but we shouldn't worry too much since he's going to be busy dealing with fans," Ryou whispered, discreetly gesturing his head toward the direction of the Egyptian boy.
"I suppose," Yugi mumbled, twisting his hands together nervously.
"Ah, Malik-kun!" a girl piped up. "You should have chose to come and sit next to me! I would be much better company then Ryou-san," she said cheerfully, as though she hadn't just insulted the white haired boy.
"Why do you say that?" Malik tilted his head to the side slightly. "I don't see anything wrong with him," he hummed and a small smirk curled on his face.
"But he's boring! And not fit to speak to a famous person! Just look at him!"
Malik abruptly stood up, marching over to Ryou. He grabbed his chin and forced him to look him in the eyes. He got closer so their faces were an inch apart and grinned. He pulled back and placed his hands on his hips, loudly announcing, "I think Ryou has the face of a movie star!" he said cheerfully.
Ryou, after taking a moment to process this, nearly screeched and his head hit the desk with a loud thump. "Ow..." he mumbled, and looked back up with a frown. "That's nice of you to say," he spoke, eyes trained on the desk, "but it's not necessary for you to lie," he rubbed his forehead.
Malik tched and turned to Yugi, studying his face closely also, he took the boy's face in his tan hands and brought it closer, causing the boy to squeak and blush red. "You also have the face of one!"
Yugi shook his head quickly, stuttering out the denial. "I'm not!"
Malik stared at the two boys before hitting his fist in the palm of his hand and grinning. "That's it!" he said determinedly and pulled Ryou up so he was beside Malik and Malik was in the middle of him and Yugi. "I'm taking you two under my wing!"
Ryou and Yugi shot each other a scared look, this was the opposite of they wanted to happen. They didn't want their reps to change simply because they had a friend that was famous. For Ryou, it might not make too much of a difference, the way Bakura had been acting, but...
Before he knew what was happening, Ryou was being pushed into Yugi and a flash was going off in front of their faces.
"D-Di you take a picture?" Ryou stuttered out, eyes wide. He rarely had his picture taken anymore. Unless it was for school or promo pictures, he tried to avoid photos all together. He and Yugi didn't want anyone to see a picture of both them and their alter ego side by side and see all the similarities.
"So," Malik took Ryou's seat. "What do you do for fun around here?" he grinned.
Ryou and Yugi glanced at each other before taking seats and chatting with Malik. It was awkward, but they could make through it. They weren't actors for nothing right?
Oooo
Ryou jumped as the door to his locker was slammed shut and he whirled around fearfully, coming face to face with Bakura. He gripped his book closer to his chest and looked down, hair covering his eyes. He was already late for class, he didn't want to be more late, so he tried to walk away, but an arm blocked his path.
"Yes?" he mumbled, still not looking at the older boy.
For a moment the boy didn't say anything, the sound of the bell echoed through the hallway. He was so late, he was itching to just push Bakura away and run to class. He couldn't afford to get behind, but that was a bad a idea. A very bad idea. A terrible idea.
It would just get Bakura mad.
"I want payment," the white haired boy finally said.
Ryou finally looked up, frowning heavily. "Payment?" his voice wavered slightly.
"For keeping your secret," he kept it curt and to the point.
"Oh," Ryou sighed, he should have known something like this would happen. He must have just taken a little while to figure out what he wants and now that he did he confronted him. "W-what is it you want?" he looked away.
Another pause.
"I need to speak with Ruki Nakamura," as soon as the words escaped, Ryou's head shot up and he stared at Bakura with wide eyes.
"What?" he choked out and when Bakura gained an annoyed look, he quickly added, "What makes you think I can get to him?" Okay, so he could get to him, obviously, but Bakura didn't need to know that.
"You're still friends with Mai and she's best friends with Ruki, so you can ask her and," Ryou blinked in surprise as the boy started rambling and he couldn't help the small smile that made it's way to face.
Bakura, noticing this, quickly cut himself off and turned his head, but Ryou could still see the barely there blush across his cheeks. "Look, I just need to see Ruki, okay? It's important!"
Ryou stared at Bakura, a twisting feeling appeared in his stomach and he nodded slowly. "Yea... okay, I'll see what I can do. You know the cafe you saw me and Mai at?" he didn't wait for a response. "Meet there tomorrow after school, if I'm not able to convince him to come, I'll show up myself to tell you," he said cofidently.
Bakura eyed him before scoffing and pushing himself off the lockers, making Ryou jump and nodded at the smaller boy. "Fine," he mumbled and with that he walked off.
Oooo
Yugi had opened the door when he heard a knock and he couldn't help but stare at the two people in front of him. He was expecting one of them, but the other...
"Sorry Yugi," Yami rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Anzu insisted on coming," he explained as Yugi held the door open wider for them both.
"You didn't come to the lock in," Anzu placed her hands on her hips and her eyes narrowed. She leaned down so that she was eye level with Yugi, making the boy back away slightly, "so..." she smiled at him. "I brought over Magic Me to watch! You two have been working non-stop on your project, you need a day off!"
Yugi blinked in surprise. That wasn't expected. Before he could react he was being pulled further into the house and into the living room. Anzu dropped his wrist and reached into the bag she was carrying and pulled out a DVD case with a wink. "Gotta watch it."
Yugi sighed lightly, there was no way he was getting out of it, was there? So he put the first disk and too a seat next to Yami, who was in the middle of him and Anzu.
"My favorite character is definitely Kaiden," she placed her hands on her chest and pretended to swoon. "He's a real knight, well, prince in shining armor!" she looked to the side at Yami. "What about you? Whose your favorite character?" she questioned.
Yami shrugged and nodded his head at the screen. It was the first scene with Daisuke in it. He was running away from the bodies he had found of magic users. Tears were streaming down his pale cheeks on the screen as he stumbled.
Yugi flushed slightly, it was always odd watching himself on screen. He remembered this scene quite well. The tears he was shedding were real. Some of the other actors were so good they had made him cry. It was one of the things that inspired him to try and do his best for the show and it certainly had paid off.
Anzu let out a little laugh. "Daisuke?" she grinned. "Did you hear about Yuki being gay? He and Ruki came out on live TV during a talk-show or something, I had wanted to watch it, but I had dance practice," she pouted.
Yugi let a small smile tug at the corners of his lips. Anzu seemed to have a good reaction to them, well, Ruki and Yuki being gay. She was basically one of the leaders of the school and if she had a good reaction, would others too? What would happen if he and Ryou came out as Ruki and Yuki. Would the reactions turn negative?
"So how do you like it so far?" Anzu asked and Yugi returned his attention back to the TV. Chikao and Shiro were meeting once again.
Yugi smiled brightly at her. "It's great."
Oooo
Ryou turned back to the entrance of the cafe for what seemed like the tenth time. He was nervous, super nervous. He was also surprised that nobody had noticed him yet. He figured he would have been seen by someone now who recognized him.
Ryou took a deep breath and pushed the doors open, not too many people were there. It wasn't surprising and it was a good thing. He had been out in public dressed as Ruki before, it was dangerous.
He looked around until he spotted the head of wild white hair and slowly and on shaky legs walked over to them. He pulled the chair out and sat down, placing his hands in front of him, waiting for Bakura to pick his head up and notice him.
The boy across from him let out a scoff. "So you weren't able to get," he picked his head up, sneering, and then cut himself off. "Oh," he said sheepishly.
Ryou gave him a bright smile, getting into the character of Ruki. He reached a hand over to the boy. "Hi, I'm Ruki Nakamura, pleased to meet you."
Bakura narrowed his eyes and took his hand. "Right. Touzoku," he greeted and looked away. "I don't have time for chit-chat so I'm going to get right to the point. My younger sister is a big fan of you," he said bluntly. "And her birthday is coming up and she wants to meet you."
Ryou looked at him in surprise, he certainly wasn't expecting that. Ryou nodded in answer. "Well, I would love to meet your little sister!" he chirped pleasantly.
Bakura frowned. "There's something else... She's," he let out a small growl. "I hate admitting this, it makes people pity me," he sneered. "But she's in the hospital and doesn't have much time. You're her idol."
Ryou clenched his hand on his lap, eyes wide. A warm feeling surged through him. He never knew Bakura had a younger sister, or that he could care about a person.
He supposed that thought was a little silly though, since, after all, he was a human being.
Ryou leaned forward slightly and in a spur of the moment, took Bakura's hand in his own. "I'm flattered, and you're really making me want to meet her, what's she like?"
Bakura's eyes widened and he jerked his hand back. He clenched his teeth together and began speaking again, describing everything he could about the little girl that laid on the hospital bed. The one that was too kind for her own good and thought about others before herself. How she looked up to her big brother as a role model even though she shouldn't.
Ryou, as Ruki, just sat there and listened. He liked this side of Bakura, him opening up like that. It was different than the Bakura that scared him half to death during school.
It was nice.
-End Chapter 4-
Amber-...Was it worth the wait or do you hate me more?
Danny- We hate you more.
Amber-... WAH! Danny! You're so mean! You're supposed to be nicer than BunBun!
Danny-..I'm still mad at you.
Amber-.../Cries/
BunBun- Ah yes, the dreaded card game incident where you lost and had to wear a maid's uniform!
Danny- /Growls and shakes BunBun's cage/ YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING, YOU STUPID RABBIT!
Amber-.../Sniffs/ Review?
