Can i think of anything to say? ...No. Enjoy it.
Chapter 16
"Bakura and Ryou have been gone for over an hour. Do you think we should go look for them?" asked Yugi.
Everyone was sitting in the common room awaiting Bakura's return so that they could celebrate his victory over the dragon. Malik and Marik had once again managed to get party supplies from Ra knows where. The table was covered in cakes, biscuits, chocolate, crisps, ice-cream and other unhealthy things. At least, it had been covered but during the hour long wait people had picked at the food so that over half of it had now disappeared.
"Since they haven't turned up I'm guessing that they're celebrating in a different way to what we've planned," analysed Seto.
"In other words they're having sex in an abandoned classroom," Marik said, grinning.
"I still can't get over the fact that they were in a relationship and we never noticed," said Malik, pouting slightly.
"Yeah, you'd think we would have noticed something," agreed Jou.
At that moment the portrait hole opened and Bakura climbed through. He walked over and promptly collapsed onto the sofa. Then Ryou entered looking exhausted and collapsed next to his yami.
"What happened to you?" asked Malik curiously.
"Ryou's been chasing me for the last hour," Bakura told him, his eyes slipping shut.
"And why was he chasing you?" asked Yami.
"Can't remember," muttered Ryou.
"Well now that you're here we can start the victory party!" chirped Yugi happily.
"Party?" Bakura questioned, opening an eye to gaze at the food on the table.
"Well yeah. You just defeated a dragon; that's reason enough to celebrate isn't it?" said Yugi, a little too happy after having at least a dozen blue smarties.
"I guess so," muttered Bakura, more interested in the food than Yugi.
The food was quickly devoured and a fight broke out over the last piece of chocolate cake between Marik and Jou. While they were wrestling on the floor Yami took the cake. He was then tackled to the floor with the cake still in his hand. Marik won the match but didn't get to eat his cake since Jou sat on it leaving nothing but a chocolate stain on the rug.
With no sugary treats to distract them everyone turned to Bakura who was examining the golden egg. "What is it supposed to do?" Yami asked on behalf of everyone.
Bakura shrugged. "That Bagman guy just told us that the clue was inside."
"Well open it then and tell us what the clue is," said Seto impatiently.
Bakura slid his fingernails into the gap and opened the egg. A dreadful wailing came out of the egg making everyone cover their ears. Bakura quickly closed the egg and silence filled the room.
"What in the Seven hells was that?" asked Malik.
"The clue apparently," said Bakura, looking distastefully at the egg.
"This seems like a hard riddle to solve. Think you can handle it tomb robber?" asked Yami, smirking.
"Better than you," was Bakura's snide retort.
Yugi had to hold Yami back since the spirit had moved forward as if he intended to hit Bakura. Bakura just sat back and watched with a casual smirk adorning his face.
Yami shrugged Yugi off and pulled out his duelling deck. "You think you're so smart tomb robber. Let's duel and see if you still think you're so clever."
"You're on Pharaoh," said Bakura, also pulling out his deck.
Ryou sighed. "This is all going to end in tears."
"Yeah but it wouldn't be as entertaining if it didn't," said Malik as he got in a comfortable position to watch the match.
"And anyway," said Marik snidely, "who ever looses has a sweet little hikari to cheer them up by fucking their brains out."
Both Ryou and Yugi blushed. Malik pulled Marik down next to him and hit him outside the head. "I don't know why I put up with you," Malik muttered.
"Sex mostly," replied Marik.
"That was a rhetorical question."
"I didn't know it was a question."
"Well it was."
Seto turned to glare at the bickering couple. "Would you two idiots shut up? The duel's about to start."
Everyone became quiet after a moment of shuffling about to find a comfortable position. Then they sat back, relaxed, and watched two bitter enemies try to crush and humiliate each other in a very friendly, non-competitive duel.
The next day everyone was sitting together in the common room, happily doing their own thing, when Professor McGonagall entered. "Can I have everyone's attention; I have a very important announcement to make." Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at her. "The Yule Ball is approaching – a traditional part of the Triwizard Tournament. The ball will start at eight o'clock on Christmas Day, finishing at midnight, in the Great Hall. Dress robes are to be worn-"
"Dress robes?" interrupted Malik.
"Formal wear," the professor explained.
"But we didn't bring anything formal," said Ryou worriedly.
Professor McGonagall frowned. "In that case you will need to get some. There is a shop in Hogsmeade that sells robes. I will organize for someone to take you there tomorrow morning so that you may buy some."
"But we only have Japanese Yen," said Jou.
Professor McGonagall was now more than a little annoyed. "There is a place in Hogsmeade where you can exchange your money. Why are you all so unprepared?"
"Because until that boy appeared in my fireplace we thought Bakura was making the whole wizard school thing up," answered Malik.
Professor McGonagall took a deep breath to calm herself. It was not these boys' faults that they were not given sufficient information. No need to snap at them. Just get this over with and leave.
"Mr Bakura." Both Ryou and Bakura turned to look at her. "Mr Bakura, the champions and their partners-"
"Partners?"
"Your partner for the Yule Ball; your dance partner," Professor McGonagall said coldly.
"I don't dance," Bakura said with an air of finality.
"Oh yes you do. It is traditional for the champions and their partners to open the ball."
"Yes, but isn't it traditional for there to only be three champions? But this year there are five so it would seem you've already thrown tradition out the window," Bakura replied with a smirk, thinking he had got out of it.
Professor McGonagall glared at him. Then, in a deadly voice, she said, "You will open the ball with your partner Mr Bakura."
Bakura thought fast for a way to deter this woman whose glare rivalled his own. "Ryou will be my partner then."
"You will have a female partner," hissed Professor McGonagall.
"But I'm gay and Ryou's my boyfriend."
Professor McGonagall was slightly taken aback by this. "What?"
Bakura did his best to refrain from smirking. "Ryou and I have been together for ages. Don't tell me you want to break up our relationship by forcing me to dance with a girl and not him."
/Ryou, switch on the eyes/ Bakura quickly told his hikari.
/Why/
/Do you want to dance with me or with a girl that is just like the ones in your fan club back home/
Ryou shivered and quickly turned on the 'You're not going to hurt a sweet, innocent thing like me are you?' eyes of doom. No-one can resist those eyes; not Bakura, not Marik and especially not Professor McGonagall.
Professor McGonagall said nothing for a few moments while she tried to break out of the hikari's pitifully mesmerizing gaze. Finally she shook her head and said, "I'll talk to Professor Dumbledore about it," before hurriedly exiting the room.
Bakura laughed and put his arm around Ryou's shoulders. "I knew those eyes would come in handy some time," he said as he turned to Ryou. He was met with the same gaze Professor McGonagall had just fled from. "Ryou, you can turn the eyes off now," said Bakura as he felt his insides become all gooey.
Ryou blinked and his eyes returned to normal. Bakura smiled and kissed his sweet hikari's nose. Ryou smiled back and aimed a kiss for Bakura's lips. At this point the others decided to stop watching and instead discuss the Yule Ball.
"It sounds like fun," said Yugi excitedly.
"For me it'll only be fun if you come as my partner," said Yami in a romantic sort of way.
Malik and Marik pretended to throw up while Yugi blushed. "I'd love to with you Yami," he said softly, making Yami smile and lean in to kiss his hikari.
"You'll be coming with me puppy," Seto informed Jou.
Jou glared. "Don't I get a say in the matter?"
"No," was Seto's casual answer.
"Bastard," hissed Jou, sparking off an argument between the two.
"We're going together right Marik?" Malik asked.
"Of course! Why would I go with anyone else when you're the sexiest of them all?"
Malik's cheeks darkened slightly. "You're just saying that."
"I am; I'm actually the sexiest of them all."
Malik glared at his yami while Marik cackled like a mad man. They were distracted however by a shout that came from Ryou. They (along with everyone else) turned to see what was going on. Bakura was holding Ryou bridal style while Ryou struggled to escape Bakura's grasp.
"Bakura let go!" he cried, hitting out and nearly making Bakura drop him.
Bakura growled. "Stop making a scene!"
"I'll stop making a scene if you let go of me!" Ryou retaliated.
Jou put up his hand like a pupil in a classroom. "Excuse me but – what the hell?"
"Bakura's a sex crazed maniac," said Ryou, blushing hotly while glaring at Bakura.
"We already knew that," said Yami calmly. "Well, except for the sex crazed part since up until early we didn't know you were together."
"Is it so wrong to want to physically pleasure my hikari?" Bakura innocently asked the room.
"No, but you could at least wait until tonight to do it," said Ryou huffily.
Malik got into a thinking pose. "Both have very good arguments."
Bakura growled and dropped Ryou onto the sofa. "Fine! If you're going to be that way you can sleep out here tonight!"
"I will!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
Bakura stormed off into his room, slamming the door behind him. Ryou picked up the book he had been reading early and turned to his current page as if nothing had happened.
The others all exchanged looks. Should they do something? Should they try to help the two burry the hatchet or just leave them to sort it out on their own?
Yugi carefully got up to sit next to Ryou. "Ryou?" he questioned gently.
Ryou slipped his bookmark into the book to mark his place before turning to Yugi. He took in his friend's worried face and smiled. "It's alright Yugi; we've argued before. When your personality is almost a total opposite to your partner's you're bound to have disagreements from time to time. Once Bakura's calmed down he'll come and apologize." Ryou decided it was best not to mention the fact that they would then probably have make-up sex.
Yugi smiled, reassured. "That's good. I'd hate for you two to break up like that."
Ryou laughed softly. "Trust me Yugi: we've had worse fights over bigger things than that. This is just the first time you guys have witnessed one."
"What kind of things do you two fight over?" asked Malik curiously.
"When Bakura doesn't do the dishes; when he leaves stuff like his daggers all over the floor; when I find stolen jewellery in his pockets; when I find blood on his clothes; when he sends people to the Shadow Realm; when he uses the microwave." Everyone raised an eyebrow at that. "He puts stuff like the children down the road's toys in there to watch them melt." Everyone nodded in understanding.
"Wow, you guys sound like a married couple," said Malik in minor astonishment.
"Well when you've been together as long as we have (living under the same roof the whole time) you kind of are like a married couple," Ryou said with a soft smile on his face.
The others nodded and also went back to what they had been doing earlier. After all it was only normal that couples occasionally argued. By tomorrow it would probably all have blown over and everything would be back to normal.
The next day things had not blown over. The night before (after giving everyone the cold shoulder) Bakura had kept up his resolve and dumped Ryou's pyjamas outside his door with a blanket so that the hikari could sleep on the sofa.
The fact that Bakura had not slept well didn't put him in a better mood the next day. He wasn't use to not having Ryou's warm body next to his. This was one of the reasons Bakura was usually ready to apologize the next morning. He didn't want to spend another night without his warm, soft, sweet smelling Ryou.
This time, though, the circumstances were different. They had thought in front of their friends who would be there to see him apologizing. He did not want to seem weak in front of the others by trying to make up with Ryou when it clearly wasn't his fault. Ryou should have been more accommodating of his needs so he should be the one to apologize. At least, that was what Bakura kept telling himself.
Ryou was disappointed when Bakura did not come to him in the morning and ask if they could forget the whole thing. When he woke up he had knocked on Bakura's door but gotten no answer. When he looked in to see if Bakura was still sleeping he found that Bakura had already gone down to breakfast.
Ryou was puzzled as to why Bakura hadn't apologized. Well, Bakura never really did apologize for little things like this. He'd usually just tell Ryou to forget it and then kiss him into submission.
Ryou wondered if maybe he should be the one to bring an end to the argument. The only problem was that Bakura was avoiding him and when he did try to engage in a conversation with the yami Bakura would snap at him and make Ryou decided against 'apologizing'.
Meanwhile the others watched on silently, wondering if this was all part of the make up process. All morning the atmosphere had been tense and it didn't look like it would be getting any better any time soon.
Professor McGonagall stopped by their table at lunch to inform them that she had organized for someone to take them into Hogsmeade the next day. They would meet them in the Entrance Hall at 9.30am sharp and they should be back for lunch.
Professor McGonagall also informed them that she had spoken with Professor Dumbledore, who had agreed that they may take their…boyfriends to the Yule Ball. A nearby group of Gryffindor Yaoi fangirls had squealed in delight at the prospect of seeing cute guys making out on the dance floor. The death glares they received did nothing to quell the excited chatter.
That night Ryou was once again sleeping on the couch. Yugi had tried convincing Bakura to end the fight but all he got in return was a door slammed in his face. When Yami tried his hand he got a bruise from being hit in the head by a flying book.
Ryou sighed as settled himself on the comfiest couch available. He'd overheard the others plotting how to get them to make up. Apparently they were thinking of making Bakura jealous by having one of them flirt with Ryou so that Bakura's protective instincts would override his pride. Ryou just hoped if that was their plan that they'd inform him who was supposed to flirting with him before they started doing it.
Ryou hugged one of the cushions, burying his face in the fabric. It was a poor substitution for Bakura's well muscled chest but for now it was the best he could do.
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