Ah! I'm really really really sorry for the short chapter, I just really really wanted to get this out, heh..I hope you enjoy...
Warning: This story does contain yaoi..
Disclaimer- I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh no matter how much I want to.
-Chapter 7-
Ryou sat up in his bed, breathing heavily and eyes wide. His hand found a way to his chest, right over his head, and he gripped his night shirt tightly, leaning against the bed frame and breathing heavily.
Nightmares.
He had been getting them so often lately, over a wide variety of different things. Things that related to his life, things that related to Just Magical, things that related to who-knows-what.
There was a loud crash and Ryou jumped, his heart thumped, should he go check out he sound? He had done that once before it had turned to Bakura.
Surely that couldn't have been the case again.
Of course, Ryou was not that lucky as he found himself staring at the backside of the boy with wild white hair.
"You," Ryou gulped, staring into his kitchen and at the boy raiding his cupboards. "You're in my apartment, again?" he wondered out loud. "Why?"
Bakura scoffed and turned around, letting the cupboard doors slam with a shut. "Because I can, you know you have no food in here, right? Well, nothing edible at least," he grumbled, leaning against the counter.
"I-I usually go to Yugi's to eat," Ryou stuttered out the reply. It was only a partial truth, he did go to Yugi's to eat quite often, but lately... It had been two months since the last check from his dad had came in and he was tapping into the money he was saving for college. He hated doing so, but it was either that or use the money he made by acting.
"Che, you're such a liar," Bakura crossed his arms, startling Ryou.
"W-What?"
He rolled his eyes. "You do realize that you're trying to lie to the king of liars, right?"
Ryou shrugged feasibly and turned away. "I'm not lying," he muttered out, fists clenching. He didn't understand why Bakura was still bothering with him, unless it was about Ruki...
That was it!
Ryou spun around, a pleasant smile spread across his face. "Did you want something with Ruki?" he questioned. "I can always call Mai and ask if he's available, maybe you can get his num..." Ryou slowly trailed off, watching as Bakura's gaze on him hardened, "or not?" he squeaked out.
"There's something I've noticed," Bakura pushed himself off of the counter and slowly walked toward Ryou, causing the frightened boy to back up farther until he was pressed right up against the wall with no where to run. "You keep lying about things, little things that no one seems to notice, but you're even more of a liar than I am!" he slammed his hands on either side of Ryou's head.
Ryou let out a yelp and slowly sank to the floor, burying his head in his knees, trying to wish himself away from the situation he was in. His stomach twisted painfully, something bad was going to happen, he could feel it. Was he going to get found out? Or was he going to get hurt? He wasn't sure.
Then there was a hand on his chin and his face was roughly yanked upward so he was eye-to-eye with Bakura, who had knelt in front of him.
"There's something I want you to do for me," came the low growl.
Ryou blinked his eyes rapidly, trying stop the tears that were blurring his vision from rolling down his cheeks.
"I want you to stop lying to me."
Oooo
Yugi sighed and laid back against his bed. He had left the tickets to Jounouchi anonymously and told him he should go to the premier. He was afraid, though, that the blond boy wouldn't show up because of the after-school job he had recently gotten. Even though he wasn't supposed to have one, he did and usually ended up working late nights.
He understood why Jounouchi always slept in his classes. He probably never got to do it at home
"Hey, why the long face, sweetheart?" Yugi nearly fell off the bed in shock and looked over to where Mai was standing, a concerned look etched across her face. "You seemed really deep in thought there."
Yugi looked away for a moment, frowning. He really wanted to tell someone about what going on. He wanted to tell Mai, but she would probably just confront Noah and then he would reveal their secret and Yugi couldn't let that happen.
So instead he turned to the girl with a careful smile. "Ah, it's nothing," he shrugged.
Mai quirked an eyebrow. "Sure didn't seem like nothing to me."
Yugi bit his tongue, he had to come up with something to tell Mai, or else she would just keep prodding at him until she got an answer. So, he improvised, "I just don't know what to wear to the premier since I'm going with Yami!" he blurted out quickly.
And at the mischievous grin that spread across Mai's face, he had a feeling that had been a bad idea too.
"You're going with Yami?" she sat on the bed and and scooted close to the boy. "I'll need sometime to think about what you should where to the premier, but I would suggest you two have a private after party. The perfect outfit for that would totally be your birthday suit," she waggled her eyebrows.
Yugi's eyes widened as he processed what the blonde had said and his face bloomed red. He chucked a pillow at the girl, shaking his head quickly. "Mai!" he shouted, covering his face with his hands.
Mai laughed and dodged the pillow. "Relax, I'm kidding," she patted the boy on the shoulder. "And now, Mr. Mutou, I demand that you take me to your leader- and by that, I mean your closet!"
Yugi smiled brightly, leave it to Mai to make him feel better. She always had a way of doing that without knowing he was actually having a problem.
He kicked his legs over the side of the bed and ran over to his closet, throwing it open. He was a little proud of his wardrobe since he had been taught by some of the costume people how to spot the perfect clothes for him. Although, he never really got to show off because of the school uniforms and when he wasn't at school or working on a project, he was filming or rehearsing.
"Oh, I cannot wait to dress you up!" Mai squealed. "You and Ryou never let me!" she walked into his closet and began tossing clothes out at him, them landing on his head.
"Uh, Mai?" Yugi peered into the closet and tugged a shirt that landed on his shoulder off. "Could you, maybe, not destroy my room any further?" He already had games littering the floor, he didn't need clothes too.
Mai stuck her head out of the closet with a scowl. "You don't have anything revealing!" she snapped.
Yugi blushed lightly and shifted. "M-Mai, I'm not the type of person to where clothes like that and you know it!"
Mai came out of the closet and leaned back against the door with a deep frown. "I know, but still, I was hoping for a little sexy, I mean, you have me as a friend! And you have a date! I wanna dress you up!" she all but whined.
"I-it's not a date!" Yugi quickly denied.
"Whatever you say," Mai rolled her eyes and finally pulled out some clothes. "Here, where these!" she threw the clothes at the boy and began walked to the door. "I'm going to head to Ryou's now, he's going to need some help with his wardrobe too!" she winked and with a wave, the door slammed shut.
Yugi stared after Mai and finally sighed, looking down at the clothes in his hands. That girl was just too much sometimes.
He smiled softly, he was happy to have friend like her. She was a bit overwhelming sometimes, but she had always been there and she was still there for him and Ryou.
He clutched the clothes to him tightly and rushed to the bathroom to finish getting ready.
Oooo
"Hi Yami!" Yugi panted, his face flushed with happiness as he landed on the final step of the stair case that lead to the game shop.
"Yugi," Yami greeted with a nod and grinned at the smaller boy. "You look good," he complimented.
Yugi, for a moment, was sent into a slight state of shock. He wasn't used to being complimented by people as Yugi. Sure, he had been complimented plenty of times as Yuki, but Yugi and Yuki were two different people.
So, he could only stutter out a, "T-Thanks, M-mai picked it out..."
"Mai Kujaku, right?" at Yugi's nod, he shrugged. "I don't really get how people haven't realized she and Mai Valentine are the same person," he chuckled and held his arm out. "Shall we?"
Yugi nodded quickly and took his arm. "We shall!" he chirped, feeling more at ease then he had before Yami had even showed up. He had been fussing over everything while his grandpa just stood in the back ground, watching in amusement.
The thought brought a small pout to his face, his grandpa hadn't even bothered to try and calm his nerves! Yugi, too lost in his thoughts, hadn't just registered that he had slipped into the back seat of a car. His eyes widened in shock when Yami slid in beside him.
"You have a driver?" he shouted, and then quickly covered his mouth, a blush coating his face as he glanced at the driver, whose shoulders were shaking in laughter.
Yami sighed and leaned back. "I had wanted to drive you, but my mother insisted that I bring the driver and she's paying him extra to make sure I don't ditch him and drive you myself," he crossed his arms and glared at the back of the seat.
Yugi's gaze drifted to his hands, which were curled up in his lap, and smiled softly, a fluttering in his stomach appeared again, this is kinda like a date...
Oooo
Mai scoffed as an actress strutted passed her, gave Ryou a once over, and quirked an eyebrow at Mai and stalked off with a glare tossed at the blonde.
"What's wrong?" Ryou asked from beside her, he had noticed the look the actress had sent Mai and ended up curious. "Who was that?"
"Mizuki Tanaka," Mai answered, crossing her arms and sneering. "She thinks she always has the best date for these, she's just mad that I have the cutest arm candy this time!" she grinned and winked at Ryou.
Ryou blushed lightly at the comment. Mai was always showering him and Yugi with compliments, but that didn't make him as used to it as he was as Ruki. His eyes wandered around the room and a bright smile lit up his face when he noticed two familiar white haired people. "Ah! It's Bakura and Aimi!"
Mai brightened. She had been told that Ryou also invited someone as Ruki. She leaned over to the boy, ready to tease him about who ever he invited, and instantly faltered when she saw who it was. "You invited that guy?" she demanded, shooting daggers at the back of the boy's head.
Ryou nodded in confirmation. "Yeah, him and his sister, Aimi," he explained and smiled when Aimi turned, her face lighting up when she saw him and she began running toward him, to his surprise.
"Oi, Aimi! Wait up!"
Aimi stopped in front of him, her dress twirled around her legs and she held her hand out. "Hi! I'm Aimi, you're Ryou, right? It's nice to finally meet you in person!" there was an odd twinkle in her eye, like she knew something that the others didn't.
"Ah, y-you too," Ryou stuttered out, gingerly taking her hand in his. His looked up through his lashes at Bakura, who was looking away. His heart skipped a beat as he thought of their previous encounter. "H-Hello Touzoku-san," he greeted.
Bakura grunted and shoved his hands in his pockets, Ryou took that as a hello. He gave a tentative smile and then turned back to Aimi. "Do you know where you'll be sitting?"
Aimi shook her head. "I was hoping to sit next to you, I pitched the idea to my brother and he didn't argue, so I took that as a we should ask you and if you say we can, those are our seats!"
"What do you say Mai?" Ryou looked at her. "Mind having two more people with us?" he asked her, grinning.
Mai's eyes narrowed and she sighed. "Fine, but if he dares a lay a single finger o you, I'll get my body guards to beat him up," she turned to Bakura. "I know you had heard all of that, so you had better watch it," she warned.
Bakura simply scoffed and looked away.
Aimi smiled cheerfully and took Ryou's hand in one of hers and used the other to grab Bakura's. "We should go find out seats then, huh?" she asked and began dragging the two with Mai close behind through the room.
-End Chapter 7-
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