DeathsIllsuion-Was you're waiting the reason you haven't updated recently? Don't worry. You didn't miss anything. I just couldn't be bothered with explaining all of it in the first chap.
journey maker-Wait n see
Pharaoh Felicia-That's right, you hikari devil (kidding). And Malik's one of the people up next on the chopping block (not kidding).
KaisToaster-It's not like 'Doctor Drallos' would have known his patient was possesed by an ancient evil spirit. Cut 'em some slack. Nice description of what it's like for Ryou. A comment like that actually comes up later.
dragonlady222-I'm debating what to do with Yugi, but Bakura's a loyal yami.
Mittzy-Can do ma'am
Chapter 2
"Hello Ryou"
"Hello Yugi, thank you for inviting me"
"No problem. We're friends, right?" I nodded and allowed Yugi to lead me into the living room behind his family's store. I could smell pizza in his kitchen, for some reason all the icky grease sounded really appealing. "We were worried you wouldn't come. The movies all set up to start"
"I had them set up a video game too" Malik joked. Yugi gave me a soda "That was they can change channels and have something to do during all your bathroom breaks"
I glanced over at Yugi "Sorry I'll clean the mess up"
"What mess-"
I walked up to Malik and dumped my soda on him "Pick that out of your hair"
"Oh… that mess"
"I'll go get paper towels, start the movie without me, okay?"
Joey shrugged and hit play. I'd seen this movie once before so I didn't mind missing the beginning of it. It wasn't like I couldn't see it from my position on the floor anyways. I did have to go to the bathroom once but I could still hear the movie playing so I figured that Malik had only been teasing me, meaning I spilled my soda for nothing.
Halfway through the movie Mr. Motou came out with a ton of popcorn and a new soda for me, for which I thanked him. Joey had eaten most of it by the end and we all got up to have pizza.
"Wow, Ryou. I thought you didn't like this stuff" I shrugged. Joey wasn't really the first person I'd expected to notice that.
"One more symptom of your bizarre illness, I suppose" I glared at Malik, then smushed the slice of pizza I'd been eating in his face. He pealed it off "You aren't contagious in any way, right?" I shook my head. "Okay" he took a bite out of the pizza
"Illness? Ryou, you didn't say you were sick!" And of course, Yugi would act the most concerned about it
"You didn't notice on your own" Malik spoke up for me "He's only been vomiting for a week. The teacher sent him home on Wednesday and Ishizu had to take him to the hospital. I waited for 36, 36, hours with him while a bunch of doctors tried to figure out what was wrong and the ungrateful little brat won't tell me"
Malik was only joking about the brat part, but he obviously did want to know. I wanted to tell him but I was… //Afraid?//
/yeah…/
No one mentioned my 'condition' again while we ate, but I could just sense Yugi giving me odd looks. Maybe it was Yami, who knew…
SC
I flushed the toilet. I had been planning on keeping my dinner but I guess that's what happens when you eat greasy foods. No wonder I normally avoid that junk.
Yugi popped up and dragged me into his bedroom as soon as I exited the bathroom "What's this about? Aren't the others waiting?"
"They're okay. They have multiplayer video games with them. We could be gone for hours and they wouldn't notice" So they did have video games
Yami appeared right next to Yugi "Malik may think you need time to talk about your problem, but when has that helped you in the past?" Bakura protested to this, since he was usually the problem that I kept secret for to long "Ryou, we want to know what's wrong"
/Bakura, go/
//What?!//
/OUT!/
Yugi yelped as Bakura popped up right next to me and stormed out of the room "Sorry, I… Bakura has a problem with keeping secrets so…" I swallowed, I had to tell at least 1 person before I left in the morning "Yugi… I… um at the doctors"
I was doing that thing where I hid my face with my bangs again. A sign that I was freaking out about this.
"What" Yugi asked softly.
"You… If I tell you, you have to swear you won't tell anyone"
Yugi nodded "I won't. Ryou, what-"
"I'm pregnant"
"Ryou, what?!"
I held my breath for a second "Pregnant… I'm having a kid"
"Aren't you a guy?" Yami spoke up "You are a guy, right?"
"Yes… no… sort of… a little…"
"…Ryou" Yami slapped me, I didn't know he could do that "WHAT THE HECK!"
"I'm… I'm a… a hermaphrodite"
"A what?" both Yugi and Yami said in unison
"I'm like… a guy and a girl… by birth" I sighed and ran my hand threw my hair "I was born with both male and female parts. Normally when it happens the parents have which ever part is… less complete... removed, but for some reason my parents thought I should decide when I'm 18. Which is stupid because they tell everyone I'm a guy anyways"
"Why"
"Well…" I really didn't feel comfortable talking about this "I guess, technically I'm more of a guy then a girl but… can we talk about something else? Please!"
"Who's the dad? You're the mom, right? Is it Bakura? Since when were you interested in sex?" Yugi was getting way to close, and not just physically
"I'm not-I'm not interested in…" I went back to hiding my face with my bangs "I didn't even have… I mean…"
"Yugi, I don't think he's comfortable talking about it" Yami interrupted "I'm sure he'll tell us the rest when he wants to" which implied that I would tell him the rest "Come on, the others are probably waiting now"
Yugi nodded "Right. Ryou, are you coming?" I nodded and followed after him
"Hey," Bakura was waiting for me, leaning against the wall by the door "So you actually told someone, huh? Well, congratulations and when am I gonna find out what the heck you have to keep secret from me?"
"I don't want you to know. You'll tell everyone. People treat me like enough of a freak as it is" he nodded, though I could tell he still wanted to know
"Okay then. Want me back in the ring?"
"N-no. I'd… like it if you could stay out? Please? I feel comfortable when you're around"
"What? In the ring isn't around enough?"
"Please?"
He shrugged "If you really want me to. You're the one who's explaining it though"
I nodded and led him into the room with everyone else. Yugi must have told them not to bother me to much or something because no one said anything about me leaning on Bakura's should while we watched the movie, or anything about Bakura period. Though it did earn me a lot of stares from everyone but Yugi, Yami, and Malik (the only ones who understood the comfort of your other half no matter how crazy they were)
I fell asleep for a little while during the third movie, Kung Pow. I don't think half of them even spoke English so me, Duke, Bakura, Tea, and occasionally Yugi who's English was a little choppy were the only ones to laugh at any point. Joey and Tristan just stared at the girls during the scenes where they did… certain things. I made sure to stay awake long enough to be in need of a quick nap when those parts came.
When I woke up Joey and Tristan were going on about what I missed and Yugi wanted to talk to me privately "Is Bakura the father?" he asked in a hushed voice once I'd followed him into another room "You seem awfully comfortable around him"
"N-no. He's not… I mean… yeah I'm comfortable around him. He's nice now. You have a nice yami too, aren't you comfortable around your yami?"
Yugi nodded "But is he the father?"
"…No… but he is responsible for this as far as I'm concerned"
"How?"
"Because I got pregnant while he was in control of my body. That's how. And if Marik-" I cut myself off.
"Marik?" Yugi practically squeaked. We went silent as the door opened and Joey peeked in. We'd have to talk really quiet now, he'd try to listen through the door "Marik's the father?"
"Well… um… no. He was controlling Malik at the time so…"
"And you haven't told him yet?"
"I will… I just… Well… if you were knocked up and both you and the father of your child had been unconscious when it happened would you find it a little hard too tell that person?"
"No" I hated Yugi so much right now…
"You're missing the fight scene" Joey called from the next room "I'm kickin' Tristan's butt!"
"They have a fighting game" Yugi told me before leading me back into the room.
//What was that about?// Bakura asked, looking up at me a little worried. Was he sensing my distress?
/Yugi's just being over concerned. He thought you were the father/ I told him before resting my head on his shoulder. He was so warm…
//Father?//
/Of the kid. The one that-thanks to you-I'm having/
//…oooooooooooooooh…//
Bakura shifted a little and I yelped as I fell into his lap "Y-you did that on purpose" I accused, blushing as I pushed myself up
"So?" He smirked "The look on your face… priceless"
I went to the other side of the room after that. It took another movie before I decided it wasn't worth not being embarrassed to leave the comfort of my yami's shoulder and went back over to rest my head on him again. //comfortable?//
/Are you going to drop me again?/
//Do you want to be in my lap?//
/If Yugi hadn't asked me if I had sex with you it would sound really inviting/ I admitted /but he did ask so I'm afraid he'll think we're lovers if I put my head in you're lap. That and it smelled the last time my head was there/
He gave me a dirty look then went back to watching the movie. By now Duke was the only one still staring at us. Yugi was giving me suspicious looks but not the same type. "Watch the movie, not me" mouthed out. Yugi blushed and went back to looking at the screen. Duke glared daggers and stared at me a little longer before going back to the movie as well.
It wasn't until about three in the morning that everyone was staring again (with the exception of when I got up for bathroom breaks). Malik decided that he too was cold and the Bakura was a good, sane, source of warmth. Much more trustworthy than his own mental yami. Bakura hadn't seemed too happy about having a boy lean on each of his shoulders but he didn't complain.
By five in the morning I was asleep. I woke up at nine with an awful ache in my stomach. It took me a moment to for my hazy mind to recognize this and soon I was in front of the toilet discovering the discomfort of dry wrenching. "Feeling better?" Bakura asked when I finished. Why did he have to stand over me while I clung to a toilet? Why?
"Y-yeah" I managed to say as I stood up. I was shaking like a leaf. Bakura grabbed me and helped me out of the bathroom. He was so warm…
"Are you okay?" Yugi asked, still in his light blue pajamas with a teddy in hand. I nodded "Good. Wow, I've seen one night of you in this condition and you've already scared me. Suddenly I have a lot more respect for women" Bakura laughed, I narrowed my eyes at him "Not that you're a girl" he added quickly "It's just, normally only they go through this so…"
/Bakura… I don't actually feel to good…/ "That's okay Yugi, I understand" I smiled sweetly, still leaning into Bakura as I was still trebling a little /can we go home early?/
//Thank Ra you asked//
"I think I should go home now" I told Yugi. He looked a little upset but let me leave. Well… two down… nine more people to tell this too…
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