Author's Notes:
This, is a depressing chapter to me, however, all it means is that we are getting much closer to when the action starts. Actually, I've already written one major chapter, but there are a ton more!
Seto's Birthday
Bakura's P.O.V
"Happy f*cking birthday priest!" I exclaim, walking into Seto's bedroom. Seto growls at the intrusion, which is my intended response.
"C'mon Birthday Boy, you're eighteen now, it's time to remove that stick from your ass." I continue, now jumping up and down on the Priest's bed. Seto growls again, and this time, he even has the strength to throw a pillow at me. I smack him across the face for doing so.
"As Demon Prince, I demand you to get your lazy ass out of bed as make me some breakfast. If not, I will have you fed to your Ka!" I exclaim, but Seto's rolls his eyes.
"You can't do that stupid." Seto hisses, and I feel myself coming to the end of my patience.
"Get your f*ckin lazy ass out of bed and head downstairs right now!" I exclaim, pushing Seto out of his bed.
Seto hits the ground, hard. And I sit there and laugh as he forces himself off the ground, his body probably aching from the blow it just took. I sit happily on the bed, my arms folded and a fake pout on my face. Thank you Ryou.
Seto rolls his eyes and heads for the bathroom. I just rest on Seto's bed, thinking about my beloved Ryou.
Seto finally finishes his shower, and we finally get downstairs to the breakfast that I had the chefs prepare for us. They quickly set the table, and once they are done I shoo them away, I mean, what's the point of them being here after they have served their purpose?
Yami is the first to say something afterwards. "Happy Birthday cousin." He says in a regal voice, I roll my eyes.
"Happy Birthday Priestess." Marik exclaims, his hands high in the air. I smirk at the retardation of my friend. Sometimes, I really do wonder what goes on in his head.
Seto scowls at us, and Marik and I start to crack up. Yami just gives us a glare and we roll our eyes.
"So sorry Mom!" I drawl out the last part for added affect. Yamis scowls at me and I continue laughing my ass off.
"So Father, how would you like to spend your eighteenth birthday." I ask in mock sophistication. Seto rolls his eyes.
"Away from you idiots, that's for sure." Seto sneers, and I simply shrug my shoulders before getting up.
"Fine by me, I'll go visit my special angel." I say, getting up to leave before turning back. "Marik, you wanna come or not?" I ask, and I watch as Marik gets up to follow me.
Yami scowls, but finally says something, "Tell Yugi I said hi." I smirk and leave.
I use the Shadows to get us to Ryou's room quickly, surprising a changing Ryou.
The boy is currently topless, and he seems to be somewhat violated, his chocolaty brown eyes going wide, and his hands flying to cover his chest. "Bakura..." His voice comes out ragged and scared, and all I do is smirk and walk over to him.
"Well, you could've just changed in the bathroom." I say, walking over to the boy and wrapping my arms around his waist. Ryou turns a bright red, and I can't help but chuckle and kiss him on the cheek.
I finally let Ryou go, and the boy pulls on a top. I smirk again, and realize that I might take things too far. Oh thank Ra, he's wearing sweats. Aw, he looks so cute in them.
"Uh, do you want me to get Malik...and where are the other two?" Ryou asks adorably, and I have to pinch myself to stop myself from pouncing on the boy.
"Please get him." Marik whines, and I hit him upside the head.
"One, never say please, two, never whine. You are a demon for Ra sake." I lecture. Ryou giggles.
"You've said please and whined in front of me." Ryou says, planting a peck on my lips before leaving the room. I smirk off behind him, mad that my sweet little angel would be taunting me.
A moment later Ryou returns, Malik behind him. The moment Malik sees Marik he runs up to the other, giving him a hug, the two then going into a full out make out session. Ryou simply rolls his eyes at the two before turning his attention back to me.
"So, what brings you here?" Ryou asks, a hand on his slender hip, and a sly smile set on his face.
"Well, I wanted to know if my little potion master could whip me up a little truth syrup?" I ask, pulling Ryou closer to my body.
Ryou sighs, but he keeps his smile planted on his face. "Okay, but why?" He asks, bright brown eyes staring at me.
"Well, today is Seto's birthday, and I have this most devious idea. However, it won't work if we can't get Seto to tell the truth." I whisper in the boy's ear. I get a delectable shiver from the boy, and this time I nip at his neck.
"Bakura." Ryou says softly, and I catch myself before I do anything more. Damn, he needs to work on his voice, my mind is interpreting many different ways what he said could be taken.
"Bakura. C'mon, we're in my potions lab." Ryou says with a smug smile, and I look around the lab. This place is bigger and better than the biggest laboratory in the Demon Realm.
"This...this is yours?" I ask Ryou, shock layering my voice. Ryou giggles and nods, he pulls me into another kiss and I smirk.
"Well then, start my little potions master." I say as Ryou walks around gathering all the required items for the potion. I just stood back and watched him move throughout the room.
Malik's P.O.V
"Marik, they're gone." I tell Marik once Ryou and Bakura are out of sight. Marik nods and takes a seat on the floor, I sit next to him, a sad smile on my face.
"Is there anything bothering you today?" I ask him softy, Marik smiles and runs his hand through my hair.
"No, not yet. You know, I say this all the time, but you're the only person who listens to me. Even to my closest friends I'm just the horny one. No one really cares about what I think about." Marik says, and I feel my heart go out to him.
"The only person who knows the real me is Ryou, and that's only because he refuses to ever meet the plain horny side of a person." I explain. Marik sighs.
"Bakura only looks out for himself. He claims to care about others, but he usually doesn't. I mean he's had at least 40 other girlfriends and boyfriends, or one-night stands within the last year." Marik says.
I let out a heavy sigh and look Marik dead in the eyes. "What about Ryou?" I ask, worried for my friend who seems to have terrible relationship luck.
Marik shrugs, "From what I know, he hasn't laid Ryou yet, I barely know how long they have been going out." Marik explains.
"Over a year now." I inform my boyfriend, and Marik looks at me shocked.
"Well, he screwed one whore when we went out a couple months ago." Marik explains, and my eyes go wide. Bakura had cheated on Ryou, oh this will break his heart, but he has to know.
"C'mon, we should get Bakura to drink some of that truth syrup that Ryou is making." I explain, grabbing Marik by the hand and leading him to the lab.
When we enter the laboratory we see Ryou stirring the mixture. Bakura stands in the background, arms crossed looking downward. He's thinking of something.
I walk over to Ryou, and I whisper a question into his ear. Ryou nods and looks back at the potion. "It's done." Ryou says softly, and I take a spoon full and give it to Bakura.
"Here, test it to see if it's working properly. Sometimes it doesn't work you know." I explain as I feed the drink to Bakura.
The moment the male swallows the drink his eyes become dilated. "Okay, now let's test it." I announce, looking at Marik as if a queue to tell Marik to ask away.
"Bakura, have you ever cheated on Ryou?" Marik asks, and I see Ryou's eyes go wide from the corner of my eye.
Bakura looks at Marik and mechanically answers, "Yes, once."
Marik looked slightly taken aback. "When?" He asks.
"A couple of months ago. I did it with some girl." Bakura answers. Marik looks somewhat satisfied, but he is still shocked. I look to Ryou to see unshed tears in his eyes. I pull him into a tight hug, and Ryou starts crying into my shoulder.
"Why though? Why would you ever cheat on him? He's not like you demons, he can't take this." I hiss, and Bakura turns his attention to me.
"I did it so no one would notice that I am...probably was...in a serious relationship. They were all doing it, and it would look awkward if I didn't. I told Ryou what would happen if my friends or family found out about us. To an extent I was wrong, but I was worried." Bakura explains, and I can see the hurt starting to form in his eyes, the syrup was wearing off.
Ryou lifts his head and looks at Bakura for a moment before turning off and heading in the opposite direction. Bakura just stares after the boy before disappearing from sight, leaving Marik and I alone. I look at Marik.
"He needed to know." Is all I say, but I know I just helped break my best friend's heart.
Marik gives me a once over before giving me a hug. "He'll feel better, trust me." Marik says softly. "I should get going." Marik continues before opening a portal to the Shadow Realm, he disappears into it, and with that I am left alone.
Bakura's P.O.V
I messed up. Fuck, I messed up bad, I mean I just lost the only person that I actually care about. Why couldn't I just drop my pride, hmm, for once, I actually regret something. This is all so fucked up. My heart is on fire, but it is broken and empty at the same time. I want my angel back! And I am a Ra damned thief, so there is no way in hell that I will give up on him.
Marik walks into my room, and he immediately freezes when I give him a death glare.
"Are-Are you crying?" Marik asks, and I unconsciously run my fingers under my eyes, it's wet.
"I-I guess." I mutter, turning away from Marik so that he can't see me in my moment of weakness.
"I-I'm sorry. Malik just thought that Ryou should know. Why-why didn't you want us to know though?" Marik asks stuttering. I round on him.
"Why should I tell you guys? I finally find someone that I actually like and care about, and what the hell happens when you guys find out? Things turn to shit! I lost the one person I truly care about! The one person I-I..." I zone out at the end, taking a deep breath.
"J-just, I need some time to think." I say, my hand on my forehead. Marik doesn't move.
"That's an order." I shriek, and Marik quickly leaves the room, shutting the door behind him. I let out a heavy sigh, and I feel more tears run down my cheek.
"Dammit Ryou! I'm so fucking sorry. Why the fucking hell am I so sorry? And why the fucking hell did you get me to fall in love with you?" I scream out in frustration. More tears run down my cheek, and I swear this is the most pain I have ever felt, and I've been shot.
Ryou's P.O.V
I can do this. I can move on. I can get over Bakura. I can find another man to love. I can be happy again. I can love again. I can find myself.
No, I can't do this, I can't move on, I will never get over Bakura, there is no other man, I will never be happy again, I will never love again, and I am eternally lost. My life is over.
How could I come to rely on one person so much? How could one person weigh so heavily on my life? Why did he have to be a demon with pitch black wings? And why can't I get him out of my mind?
I sit curled up in a corner, my knees close to my chest, and my arms wrapped protectively around me. I cry. That's all I can think to do, the only way to let all my emotions out.
Well, I guess there is also cutting, but I'd be dead if my dad caught me doing that.
The door opens a crack, and my mother, little sister, and Malik poke their heads into my room. I give them a small smile, or at least I try, the moment I get close to a smile, my face cracks and I start crying even louder.
"How, how could he? Why? Why?" I whisper the last part defeated, more tears streaming down my cheeks.
I feel arms wrap around me and pull me into a comforting hug.
"He's a demon, you know they aren't reliable. Especially the fact that he has the darkest wings." My mother says.
"I know, but he told me he loved me. I actually thought he loved me. He really made me believe him. I loved him back mom, I love him with every ounce of my being." I cry into my mother's shoulder.
I feel my mother pull me onto her lap, and start rubbing my back. "I took a beating for him!" I scream.
"It's not fair, it's so unfair." I scream even louder. My mother continues comforting me as I cry, trying to whisper soothing words to me. It does nothing, and I tell my mother that.
"Mom...can I-I think..." "You want to be alone," My mother finishes my sentence for me, she then eases me off her and leaves the room.
I sit alone for a while, just going over my relationship with Bakura. Why couldn't I see this coming? Why do I still love him? Why do I want him to hold me and tell me that it's not true?
He said he didn't mean to, and he even told me why. So why can't I forgive him?
I don't believe him. That's the simple truth. There is some odd reason I don't believe him. I want too, but I can't.
I leave my room and sneak to my lab. Once in there, I get the truth syrup and put it into a small test tube. I close the tube and leave the room, slipping back into my room.
I hide the truth syrup in my room before climbing into bed. I will be strong, I will move on. That's why I'm crying myself to sleep.
Yami's P.O.V
"So, let's get Bakura and head to the bar. If what you say is true, then a good drink will do him well." I say, informing Seto and Marik of our plan. They both nod and we head into Bakura's room.
The room is pitch black when we walk in, and there, on the bed is Bakura, staring at the roof.
"God you're pathetic." Seto deadpans.
Bakura glares at us, his eyes true crimson, and that tells me enough. He'll kill anyone who annoys him. Seto also takes notice to this because he takes a cautious step back.
"Just get the hell out of my room!" Bakura growls, and I turn, motioning the others to follow. We leave the room.
"You weren't kidding." I say to Marik when we are a few feet away from the door.
"He's seriously lost it. He really cared." Marik explains.
"C'mon guys. I don't want to spend my birthday thinking about the sorry excuse for a prince." Seto growls, he drops unconscious.
I look to Seto's coat and see a small figurine shaped like Seto. Damn, Bakura is really pissed.
Author's Notes:
Well, that's the chapter…it's over between them. I find it funny that this chapter is being posted on Marik's birthday (cough the hikari cough). So happy birthday Marik!
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