Bakura'sGodess-Hooray for blowing off our mistakes.

Pharaoh Felicia-Don't worry, Ryou. I've alread come up with a strange name for your kid.

Kiko-Chan-64-Thank you

Nikki-When fighting a monster one must make sure he doesn't become a monster himself. In other words, Ryou is being the bigger person by not treating Malik the same way and trying to patch things up between them. Watch it take effect. (I got that lecture for not giving my little brother a mint because he cheated on a video game. Aren't I a loser?)

Journey Maker-Like, 'bff's huh?

dragonlady222-He will be a better friend, and Marik does have his uses.

ahilty-Now they can get together again, right? See any problems with that? (hint, hint)

Anonymous-Yes, plot development

MalikLove- :)

Chapter 15

On Monday I was back in school. People came to me with questions. Mainly just about Malik, some wondering if his getting hit would affect the baby. Turns out not everyone bought the rape story, and most of those people knew Malik was the real dad.

The best part was some people agreed with me, after hearing the whole story, that Yoshio had tried to kill Malik. How could it be an accident if he sped up right before the intersection and drove by while others where driving the other way?

(SnowCreek: Let me clear that up. Lets say that Yoshio was in the lane going North, and people at the intersection where going East and West while Malik was crossing. Yoshio sped up and bolted through the people driving at the time to hit Malik)

The question was, who would want to kill Malik, and why? You couldn't just assume that Yoshio was the only one after him. He could have been hired. Now who had Malik pissed of that could hire a hit-man? Better question, who hadn't Malik pissed off?

There weren't many people in the school with access to a hit-man. And some that did would never think of it. And some that did think of it wouldn't have the guts to do it. That narrowed down the list to the point where it was almost as small as the people Malik hadn't pissed of list.

I told Yugi some people had come to the same conclusion as me and he said that we still couldn't jump to conclusions. Until Yoshio admitted to trying to kill Malik we could only assume it was an accident.

That day after school I went to see Malik again.

"Ryou?"

"Hey, feeling any better?"

"Just a little. My neck isn't as sore"

"That's good. Anything else"

"I'm going to be in a wheelchair"

In spite of everything telling me not to, I poked his foot. "OW!"

"You felt that?"

"Yeah, it hurt!"

"Then you aren't paralyzed" I told him "If you broke your neck, or part of your spine, then you wouldn't be able to fell any part of your body that you couldn't move"

"Really?"

"Really"

"That's good" Malik sighed "I've been thinking… about the kid…"

"I'm sorry" Malik looked at me, confused "I should have broken the news to you gentler. And… it really isn't your fault if you don't want to be the father. You weren't really the one who got me pregnant"

"No but…" Malik looked away for a second, then back at me "I… I want to be part of the kids life" he said softly "Please?"

"Are you sure? It's not a doll or anything. It's a baby. And you'll have enough on your hands with the accident…"

"Please, Ryou"

"I'm not stopping you" I told him "But do you think you can do it"

"I can try. Besides, if the two of us were working together…"

"Oh. I get it" I smiled "Well, once the babies born, if you really want, you're welcome to help me with him. I won't mind too much if you change your mind though"

"I want to do this"

"Thanks… actually… I felt the baby move this morning"

Malik took a second to understand what I said "Really? Can I feel it?"

"Probably not" I said. He looked a little upset "I don't want you to hurt yourself moving around to much. Plus, the baby isn't that strong yet, I can only feel it inside me right now, you wouldn't fell anything if you tried"

"Oh"

"Well, how are you doing?"

Malik took a few minutes to remember everything "The doctor said tomorrow I can eat on my own again, so they'll take this stupid needle out of my arm. My right arm and leg are broken, and I need surgery for that. They don't think I'll ever walk as good again, and I might not be able to run. But my arm will heal just fine. There was something else but I don't remember what…"

"He's lying" Ishizu said as she came in "He doesn't like talking about the other injury"

"Oh. Well he doesn't have to tell me" What could it be? It seemed like they were sure he wouldn't need a wheelchair. Maybe he really did have brain damage. He'd been afraid of that.

"Ryou, can I talk to you in private?" She asked, before dragging me out of the room "I heard all that. Malik's the father?"

"Yes. No. Um… Marik got me pregnant, but Malik's the biological father" I whispered so that no one else in the hall heard us. Ishizu looked like she was about to murder someone "What happened to Malik that he wont talk about?"

"His eye" she said softly "We could probably sue the hospital for it, and we probably will. He had that glass in his neck when he woke up, remember?" I nodded "Well, the nurse who removed it accidentally scratched his eye with it and he can't see out it anymore. His eyes were already such a light shade that you couldn't tell from watching him, but it's really upset him"

"Oh" I peaked back into the room where Malik seemed to be crying again "I'm sorry to hear that"

"Don't tell anyone else" she added "You're his best friend so I trust you to help him out if it causes problems for him at school, but he doesn't want people to know about it"

"Don't worry" I smiled reassuringly "My lips are sealed"

Ishizu kissed me on the forehead before I went back in to tell Malik about what he'd missed at school.

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SnowCreek: I wonder what would happen if I just stopped the story right here…

Lets see, with Accident on Purpose I didn't really have a plan, I just winged it.

When I wrote Not Meant to Happen, I didn't originally plan on Malik getting pregnant, just abused, and Marik wasn't supposed to end up a cripple, or live with everyone else by the end of the story

And now with Unfair, Ryou's dad was supposed to kick him out of the house, Yugi was supposed to be the only friend who accepted Ryou (and Bakura) and Malik wasn't supposed to be hit by a car or decide to be there for the kid. Maybe I should change the summary?