Hi! It's nearly over! *cries* I can't believe it, 2 weeks to go! Okay, I hope you like this chapter and this chapter is both Ryou and Bakura again! Yay! Anyways enjoy!

I've been a total baka and I realised too late that I never thanked anyone for the reviews from Chapter 9, so I'm going give extra big cookies to all of you who reviewed; amy-cat, Begecko and Shadow fairy princess for chapter 9 and Waterlillyx 2, Shadow fairy princess, soreceress of the nile, MonaLisa20 and Begecko for chapter 10! I love all your reviews and every one of them makes me happy and keeps me posting ^^

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yugioh or A Christmas Carol

WARNINGS: Shonenai ^^

Chapter 11

Bakura's eyes snapped open and was immediately blinded by the light that attacked his eyes. He sat up, whilst rubbing his eyes and then turned to look at the calendar and saw that it was Christmas Day! Bakura relaxed as he realised what he had to do. He glanced at the clock which read 6:30am. That was good, Ryou wouldn't be up yet. But he still had little time to do what he wanted to do. So, Bakura got up, stretched and went into his bathroom to wash.

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Once he was done, he dried himself and got dressed and then he went to go downstairs and before he got to the staircase he saw Ryou's bedroom door closed, resisting the urge to go into Ryou's room and ask for his forgiveness, as he would never resort to begging, he went downstairs. Once he got to the bottom of the staircase, he couldn't help but look in amazement and feel awed at his hikari's nerve. He smirked; he was going to have to keep up his charade if he was going to surprise Ryou. He smelt the turkey in the oven, it was what Ryou did every year and Bakura looked at the table. Hmm. Seemed his hikari forgot to lay out the table this year. Well he was going to do it this year and he rolled his sleeves up and got to work.

After he finished, he knew it was about the time Ryou usually got up. He smirked as on cue, he heard movement from upstairs. Bakura sat down in his favourite armchair and waited.

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Ryou opened his eyes and smiled. It was morning at last! It was his day to enjoy and no one was going to take it from him. Not even Bakura. He jumped up out of bed and went into the bathroom. He brushed his teeth and tidied his hair and went back into his bedroom and put on his favourite shirt and jeans on and walked out of his door to go downstairs.

Before he reached the stairs, he froze at seeing Bakura's door wide open. Ryou silently crept towards the door and his heart stopped as he saw that Bakura wasn't in there asleep!

'Oh no' Ryou thought. Bakura was already downstairs and waiting to kill him for putting more decorations up. Ryou took a moment to calm down and decided that if Bakura wanted to yell at him, well he was going to hold his head high and not take it anymore, but still he went down the stairs cautiously. Once he reached the bottom, most of his confidence gone, but realising he had to do this, he took a deep breath and went inside the living room.

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Bakura felt his light's confidence and then unease as he came down the stairs. He smirked one last time and smoothed his facial expression into a scowl. Heh, he wasn't known as a Thief King for nothing and lying came with the job description. He smirked on the inside though, his stony face watching the living room door as Ryou entered.

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Ryou stopped when he saw Bakura. It was as he expected, he was sat on his favourite armchair, his arms crossed, his face stony and a scowl was there. Ryou smiled nervously at Bakura.

"Morning." Bakura narrowed his eyes at him.

"What do you call all this?" He replied coldly as he gestured to the whole room. Ryou gulped, usually Bakura chose to ignore him on this day for the past 3 years, so why was he doing this to him now?

"Decorations? I wanted the house to look nice for the day." If it was possible Bakura scowled further.

Bakura's heart jumped as he saw the Ryou's unease, he scowled at himself knowing it was him that made Ryou feel this way and it made him feel slightly guilty. But it helped him keep in character though.

"I got rid of those- things for a reason! How dare you disobey me!" Bakura coldly said, Ryou's body shook slightly, and Bakura was cursing himself for scaring and hurting his Light. Ryou stayed silent. Bakura stood up, making Ryou jump.

"I don't think I should let you go to that party tonight! You will learn not to disobey me!" He said simply.

Ryou's eyes widened and the he felt his world had come crashing down when Bakura said he couldn't go to the party, but why? It wasn't fair!

"Life's not fair Yadonushi." Bakura answered silkily. Ryou glanced at Bakura wondering when the hell he decided to pick up his thoughts and then anger set in.

"Is there anything I'm allowed to do at all this year? First you take away my music, then all my decorations and now you're taking away the party from me too?" Ryou's voice cracked. Apart from counting down the days to Christmas and Bakura letting him enjoy this day usually, the party was the only other thing that made Christmas for him truly special as it reminded him he wasn't alone and he couldn't help it but burst into tears.

"Please let me go Bakura!" Ryou pleaded. Ryou tensed as he looked in fear as Bakura approached him, he started to back away

"N-no please don't hurt me." Ryou closed his eyes.

Bakura hesitated when he saw Ryou close his eyes. Oh great, now he was scaring him! Is there anything he can do without scaring or hurting Ryou? Bakura thought for a little bit and then approached Ryou who slumped down the wall and put his arms around his head. Bakura growled, both at Ryou for making this harder for him and at himself as he knew this would frighten Ryou even more, he sighed and grabbed Ryou's arm tightly, pulled him up and wrapped his arms around him.

Ryou whimpered to himself when he heard Bakura growl and braced for the impact to come. He heard Bakura sigh, then grab his arm tightly and when he pulled him up, it felt like his arm was about to be pulled from his shoulder, then he sqeezed his eyes shut and waited for pain, then he felt strong, yet gentle arms wrap around him. Ryou opened his eyes. What? Where has this come from? Bakura was holding him? Has Bakura gone insane? He looked up at Bakura who had his eyes closed looking content. Wait- content?

"Bakura?" Ryou asked as he looked up at Bakura. Bakura looked down at his hikari, and Ryou saw that Bakura's eyes were sparkling and a lighter brown than usual.

"I'm sorry Ryou. For everything I've done to you." Bakura said softly. Ryou's eyes widened.

"W-what?" Ryou asked not believing he heard right. Bakura chuckled.

"I'm sorry, and if it's possible I want to make amends and..." Ryou looked confused as Bakura hesitated. Oh come on Bakura! You've faced worse than this! Just tell him!

"I-I love you." And then he kissed him.

Ryou was stunned. Bakura was kissing him! Bakura was actually kissing him! Ryou closed his eyes and started to kiss him back. After a few moments they broke apart. There was silence. Ryou's eyes glazed. Was this real? Am I dreaming? Wake up Ryou! This is too good to be true! He looked at Bakura and he considered Bakura, who looked petrified now. Ryou wondered why, was it the fear of rejection? That was it! He realised, he really does love him! Ryou beamed at Bakura.

"I love you too." He saw Bakura smile at those words and he realised that it was the first true smile he'd ever seen on Bakura's face.

Finally he was happy for the first time in 3000 years.

"Bakura?" Ryou looked up at him and Bakura looked down and smirked.

"Yes my little tenshi." Ryou blushed.

"Does this mean you're coming to the party tonight?" Bakura smirked.

"Who said you were still going?" Ryou's face fell.

"B-but I-" Bakura rolled his eyes. Of course his did Ryou thought.

"No buts Ryou! I know I can think of other things to do than go to the stupid party!" Bakura suggested playfully. Ryou blushed.

"They're expecting me Bakura, besides you can come and then we can make an excuse to leave early." Ryou winked playfully. Bakura smirked down at his hikari.

"Well well well hikari, I never knew you were like that." This made Ryou go as red as a tomato and Bakura found it cute. Bakura sighed.

"Okay. We'll go. But only for a little but." Ryou beamed and tackled Bakura almost knocking him down onto the floor.

"THANK YOU!" Bakura chuckled and looked down at Ryou who looked so happy. He was glad it was going better than what he saw last night.

"Oh and I almost forgot..." Bakura said and there was a flash from the Millennium ring and all of Ryou's original decorations were back around the house, so there was so much cluttered, Ryou breathed in awe at so many decorations, but there was one thing missing...

"Bakura? Where's the tree?" Bakura smirked.

"It's upstairs in your room. One tree is enough for down here." Ryou's eyes sparkled with so much joy. He didn't know how much more happiness he could take. He was overwhelmed with Bakura's change of heart so suddenly. It was turning out to be the best Christmas he'd ever had.

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Dinner was eventful. When Ryou went into the kitchen he was surprised to see his table already laid out for him. The table had a golden tablecloth, decorated with a candle in the middle, there were plates and cutlery placed in an unusual way. Ryou looked at Bakura surprised, who just shrugged.

"My mother always made me set up the dinner table every Christmas. That's how I always set it up." Ryou looked back at the table and smiled. It was beautiful."

"Thank you Bakura." Bakura smirked.

"You can thank me later hikari." he said with a wink. Ryou blushed and shooed Bakura out of the kitchen so he could finish cooking the dinner.

Once dinner was made; they ate in a comfortable silence and every now and then sneaking glances at one another, Ryou was blushing and Bakura smirking. After dinner, Bakura helped Ryou with the food that was needed for the party and after that, Bakura went to wash and get ready for the party. Whilst Ryou went and gathered all his gifts, including Bakura's in a bag. Once he was done, he sat down in Bakura's favourite chair and waited for Bakura.

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Once Bakura came down the stairs, he was changed into a light blue shirt and a pair of black tight jeans. Ryou blushed and Bakura took that as his approval and he smirked.

"You ready then." Ryou giggled and nodded. They placed the food all into two large bags, taking one each and Ryou grabbed his presents that was in his backpack, which Bakura took as they left the house, Ryou locked up and Bakura offered his hand and together, hand in hand they made their way to Yugi's for the Christmas Party.

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Did you like it? I hope I did Bakura admitting his feelings justice! Review Please! *chibi eyes* I accept flames, but not insults! Otherwise Yami Marik will mysteriously give you a "hug" xD Until next Saturday! ^^