shadowofmyself-Yeeks. Sorry. Polls closed already. I'll keep them open longer next time. (I'd like to keep them open, but I already declared a 'winner')
dragonlady222-Yup.
Journey Maher-Maybe…
Anonymous-No.
Felicia-No. I'm talking to you. Give me his soul lose yours.
BlackOfDay-Well, I got other stuffs I gotta finish up, and the computer virus slows my work down (every now and then Microsoft stops working and I loose a couple paragraphs that quick-save couldn't save when I had to shut down the word document). That and, even those Curse is 'technically' complete, since completion I've re-thought the plot so many times I may aswell delete the whole thing cuzz I gotta start from scratch anyway. (normally I've got a few chapters done before I finish the previous story)
Chapter 26
Aori giggled and tugged at my hair. I wished I'd taken on the pregnancy for Ryou. Then I could say Aori was mine. She was so adorable, and if it weren't for me she wouldn't be here. But no, she got to be Malik's cuzz he'd been possessed at just the right time.
She stopped tugging when she realized I was thinking-or at least that I'd stopped waving toys around-and stared up at me with large lavender eyes. She was absolutely adorable.
"Aghah!" She said when I poked her nose. She then proceeded to giggle. She was so happy. I think the only time she ever cried was in the hospital right after she was born, and the time just the other day when she was left with Ryou's dad so he could have fun. Or, at least he said she cried the whole time.
"You're mommy should be home soon" I told her "And then your grandpa can freak out and wonder who's been looking after you. Can you tell the difference between me and your mommy?"
Aori stared, cocking her head slightly and sucking on her thumb, as if trying to process what I'd just said "Habath! Agu!" she told me. She couldn't form words, but it didn't stop her from trying to talk.
"You're so cute" I told her, leaning in a little
"Pttttttttttttttttthhhh!" She got spit all over my face.
I sighed and wiped it off "You're lucky you're cute" I said threateningly. Aori just giggled.
I rolled over on Ryou's bed and Aori grabbed my sleeve "Na" She said sternly. She wasn't smiling anymore.
"What?"
"Na" she repeated
"I don't know what you-" An odor reached my nose "Oh…." I nearly gagged "Ryou owes me big time. Making me do this so he can hang out with… with Malik" I sighed "Hey, Aori, do you know where your clean diapers are?"
"bthhhh?"
"No? Great. Where does Ryou keep them?" I got up and began searching the room. The apartment was small, so Aori and Ryou shared a room. One side was Ryou's bed and desk. The other was for Aori's crib and her baby supplies.
Being the good god father I was, I made sure to put Aori and her stinky diaper in the crib before searching through the shelf of baby formula (Ryou could give birth but he couldn't breast feed. Go figure) and toys until I found a bag of diapers.
"I've seen Ryou change these things enough. I can do it!"
SC
"Bakura…"
"Yes?"
"What did you do?" Ryou pointed at the diaper Aori was wearing.
"I changed her diaper"
"Yeah, but you used three. One's on her arm"
"I couldn't get the other two to stay up…" Was I blushing?
Ryou giggled. Yugi, who he'd met on the way home and had decided to help with his makeup work, was no where near as polite, doubling over in laughter.
Ryou corrected Aori's diapers "Can you tell dad I'm home? I don't want to leave Aori alone and he thinks you're me so…"
I nodded and left. At least he trusted me with Aori, but not his new best friend. He certainly played more with Yugi now. A small part of me wondered if this meant new competition, but that was absolutely ridiculous. Like Yami would allow it.
Ryou's father was very dense. Someone who only saw me or Ryou once, maybe twice, couldn't tell the difference. But you'd think that said differences would be glaring if you were Ryou's father. Then again, he didn't even notice the change in voice when I spoke to him. I could blow the house up and he wouldn't think 'maybe this isn't my son'. Then again, Ryou would hate me if I did that.
I came up to the door and heard them whispering, though they weren't kissing like last time I'd seen Ryou while he didn't know I was watching.
"What are you going to tell Malik? He knows something's up"
"The truth, once I'm up to it. I told him I was pregnant, right? I can tell him I don't love him… I think"
"And after all that fuss you made about wanting him around to"
"I… I missed having him as a friend and… and I took it to far when we started getting along again"
"So do you like Bakura now?" I pressed my ear against the door a little harder
"No" my heart dropped
"But he was always there for you, and you two still seem to get along well"
"That's exactly it!" Ryou sounded like he was trying to point out the obvious "Malik and I were great friends until we tried the couple thing and… and now I hate being around him. What if that happens with Bakura too? I don't want to risk it. He's like a brother tomeand Idon't wanttolosethat..."
So did he love me or not? I didn't get it.
"Then what are you going to do?"
"Be a single parent. If Bakura wants to help I can let him every now and then but-"
"But he'll need to learn how first?"
Ryou giggled "That too, but I was going to say I'd have to limit how much he does"
"Yami and I could pitch in every now and then too"
"Actually…" there was a long pause "never mind"
"C'mon, Ryou, what is it?"
"Nothing"
"Really"
"I… I think there is someone else… who I might consider for… but it's really dumb. Just forget I said anything"
Did he already have a crush on someone else?
"So did Malik have cut hair too?"
"No. Apparently, Ishizu got fed up with Marik possessing her brother and separated them. He decided to celebrate his freedom by finally doing something about his perma-bad-hair-day"
I chose this time to come back in. I was to deep in thought to pay attention to anything else said.
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SnowCreek: I really like the word Perma.
Sorry for the slow update. I'd like to blame it all on my computer, but being the good person I am, let me give you all the reasons
1: The lack of being able to update from home simply makes me take more time
2: I like my manga studio program. It's fun to play with.
3: I played a million and one games of brick breaker
4: I've got a million and two other stories to write
5: I'm trying to finish a couple dungeons on my RPG maker before Jack visits
6: We got Super Smash Bros Brawl
7: I had a writers block
8: I spent too much time goofing of on DeviantART looking at fan art.