You ran up to the door of Bakura's apartment and finally stopped. You were out of breath and frankly very confused about everything that was going on. "Thinking back to how easily I accepted all of this beforehand, when Bakura told me about the spirits of the millennium items, and when I had come to learn that the fate of the world was resting on a 16 year old boy playing children's card games…"
Now you were wondering why you had even believed them in the first place. You knew that it was true now but you had just understood immediately at the time, though you had to admit you were slightly scared. Now Marik and Bakura just annoyed you more than anything. Still, as you stood there, doubled over and clutching onto your knees, trying to regain your breath, you were terrified of your feelings. You had wanted to kiss Marik at that moment. But you had found yourself slowly falling for Bakura even after what he had done to you.
Guilt was flooding your being. You didn't want to be one of those girls, but you knew that you liked both of them, and now you had no idea what you were going to do. You tried to shake that feeling from yourself as Bakura started to run up to you a few minutes later. You stood up straight and met his worried gaze with (e/c) orbs.
He passed you and opened the door, letting you walk in first without any words spoken. You walked into the room where you were staying and swung your backpack to the floor. You sat down on the bed and stared at the floor, trying to think. The duel between Yami and Bakura was tomorrow and you didn't even know who you wanted to win. A knock sounded from the door, breaking you from your thoughts.
Without waiting for your reply, Bakura opened the door and walked inside, leaning against one of the walls. He watched you for a moment with apologetic eyes while you stared back at him blankly. "_... What happened back there… with Marik…?" he asked.
Your eyes widened slightly. "He saw that?!" you thought. "Umm… I umm…" was all that you could manage to get out. Bakura came closer. You flinched, thinking he was going to hurt you for kissing Marik again but all he did was gently brush some hair away from your face. He sat down next to you but you still stared cautiously.
"I'm not mad… but… are you okay?" he slowly asked.
"Umm… yeah, I am. I was just… thinking about some stuff…" you answered truthfully.
"What's bothering you _?"
"I just don't know how I feel about everything… And I'm worried about the duel tomorrow." You shrugged.
He nodded, his shaggy, white hair bouncing with his head. "You don't need to worry _, either way you will be fine. I won't let anyone hurt you anymore."
"That's not what I'm worried about…" you admitted, a tear slipping out of your right eye. Bakura glanced over and saw you crying. He frowned suddenly and wrapped his arm around your shoulders. He pulled you close into his side so that your head was resting against the left side of his chest and his head was placed on top of yours. More tears started overflowing your eyes and you lost it, not even trying to hold them in anymore.
He slid his other arm underneath your legs and positioned you on his lap. Your hands were against Bakura's chest as you silently wept and he had his arms wrapped around you in a possessive but protective manor. That was when you broke down; you couldn't hold it in anymore. You didn't even know that you were holding in all these emotions this entire time as you thought it would be better if you didn't show your feelings around Bakura or Marik. But you were wrong.
Bakura closed his eyes and let you sob into his shirt. He rubbed your back softly and after some time your tears slowed and the violent shaking of your body stopped completely. Your eyes shut gently and you tried to fight the sleepiness that was taking over your body, but to no avail. Your breathing slowed and the world faded into black. The last thing you felt before you slipped out of consciousness was Bakura placing his lips on your forehead, and then, you fell asleep.

Being Saturday you woke up later than usual. When you awoke you came to quite the shock as you remembered what had happened the previous night. You were lying directly on top of Bakura with your face tucked into his neck. His head was turned to the side so that he was drooling on your hair and he had one arm around your waist. You gently shook him awake and his deep brown eyes fluttered open. His eyes were soft and that's when you realized that it was Ryou.
You blushed as did he and you quickly climbed off of the red-faced boy. Noticing that you were still in your clothes from yesterday, you headed to the bathroom without saying anything to the very flustered Ryou and took a shower. While you were washing your hair you heard the door creak open and you froze while the water rinsed out the shampoo. "Umm Ryou? I'm in here right now…"
A chuckle sounded from the opposite side of the shower curtain and you tensed up even more. "Not quite, dear…" Bakura laughed again.
"Bakura, you frigging pervert! Get out!" you yelled.
"How about no? Why don't we shower together?" he snickered.
You felt your cheeks heat up and you quickly shut off the shower. You grabbed the towel before getting out and wrapped it around yourself. You stepped out and glared at the very amused male in front of you. You tried to push past him but he grabbed you by the waist and slammed his lips against yours. After relaxing you kissed back. His tongue burst through your lips and started to explore your mouth.
A minute passed and you pushed him away. "That's enough. Now go take your shower."
He grinned and started taking off his clothes in front of you. You ran out and closed the door behind you and making sure it stayed closed. Once you heard the water start you decided it was safe to leave and get dressed. You looked down as you were putting your dark jean shorts on, and saw that you had no towel. You turned a thousand different shades of red before muttering a "Bakura… Shit." and smiling shyly.

You were heading to Yami and Bakura's duel being held at a dueling arena somewhere in the city. They had both already left to meet there earlier. You were going to leave with Bakura but he had said that he needed to talk to Yami privately before the duel so you decided just to walk with Joey. Marik had joined up with you half way through the walk so the rest of the way you stood awkwardly between the two and you could feel their glares being exchanged without even looking.
Looking up, you saw the arena coming into view and let out a sigh. Joey noticed and looked at you from the corner of his eye. "You feeling nervous _?" he asked with concern. You looked back at the ground and nodded.
"Yeah… I mean, my fate's kind of on the line here…" you mumbled in reply. He frowned at you and wrapped his arm around your shoulders.
"Don't worry _," he smiled as you looked up at him, surprised. "Yami'll win this no problem!" You sighed again and smiled slightly. "But do I really want Yami to win this…?" you thought to yourself. You were now entering the arena and nervousness was starting to take hold of your body. It seemed like Marik had known how you were feeling because he wasn't teasing you or fighting with Joey.
You found the area where Bakura and Yami were dueling as you saw the both of them on separate sides, getting ready for the duel. Yami looked over at you and waved. You smiled and walked over to him, "Hey Yami… Good luck…" you scratched the back of your head awkwardly.
He suddenly took your hand in his, causing you to stiffen up. "You don't need to worry _. I'm going to win this, for you. And then you can choose what you want to do… But please… do consider me in your decision… I can't seem to stop thinking about you, and I want you to know... I think I'm in love with you." Your cheeks flushed.
This took you by surprise. You had been friends with Yugi since elementary, and you didn't really know how long he had had that spirit living inside of him. But since you had started learning more about Yami, he had never seemed to feel that way. You thought of him as a very good friend, but he had never shown any signs of even liking you before. As you played with your fingers uneasily Yami spoke up again. "You don't have to choose me, but please… do think about it…"
You nodded silently and walked away without a word. You didn't want to even think about this right then. You were nervous enough as it was and trying not to show it, but the blush still remained on your cheeks. A not so sweet shove pulled you out of your thoughts. "What are you all worked up about? All you did was talk to the Pharaoh…" Bakura glared down at you.
Shaking your head you tried to walk away but he grabbed your wrist, "Maybe you don't remember, but right now, I'm in charge of you. So answer me!" he growled. You turned to him, staring at the floor.
"It's nothing. Stop freaking out…" you answered. His glare then turned to Yami, who was across the arena.
"He shouldn't touch you, and he knows that. Maybe I'll have to remind him one last time…" Bakura snarled. He returned to his place where he would duel and looked at you one last time before beginning the match. Yami glanced at you and sent you a supportive smile right as Bakura played his first move. You tried to ignore it and looked the other way.
A couple minutes passed and really you had no idea what was going on. As far as you knew they had already broken half the rules there is to the game and Yami seemed completely infuriated. Bakura wouldn't wipe the amused, all-knowing smirk off his face and it was even getting to you. Then the game started to get serious. Yami's annoyed face had suddenly turned to one of happy mischief as he played two cards face down before summoning Slifer the sky dragon.
Bakura scowled harshly at Yami as his ring started to glow. Shadows started engulfing the walls around you all. The group disappeared along with other people who had come to watch, leaving you alone with Bakura and Yami… in the shadow realm… "Well isn't this great…?" you thought sarcastically. Bakura then looked at his cards as if nothing had just happened, trying to figure out his next move.
You were gaping at his nonchalant-ness when something wrapped around you from behind. You suddenly panicked and attempted to burn off whatever it was with your fire but it didn't work. Your arms were now being brought into the "wall" of shadows behind you and you realized that it was the shadows that were actually grabbing you.
You tried to break free but now your torso had become a part of the wall and had a complete death grip on you. After a couple more minutes Bakura had made his move but you couldn't really figure out what it was. Everything was blurry and all you could make out was the two figures and Slifer surrounded by darkness. You were barely able to stand on your own two feet at that point. It felt as though the shadows were absorbing your energy.
There was some sort of large flash coming from Slifer and whatever the duel monster Bakura had played was, but that was all you could tell. You felt like you had a really bad fever that was getting to your head and it was getting even more difficult to breathe by the second. After that flash you let your eyelids droop closed. All the feeling left your body and you slowly fell, the shadows releasing themselves from you. All that was left was the darkness and you, in your mind.

"_... _...?" You fluttered your (e/c) eyes open to meet purple-red ones. You gave a confused and tired look as he continued to try and shake you from your drowsiness. Following a good three minutes of this you were finally fully awake.
"Hey Yami… Umm… Do you know what happened back there?" you asked, scratching the back of your head whilst you sat up.
He nodded, "The shadow realm was taking all your energy, it's not good for you to stay there for that long. But I won," he smiled. "You can choose now…" He slightly blushed. You stood up and noticed that everyone was there.
"Woah… When did you all…? Never mind." You shook your head, (h/c) hair swaying. Several of the boys there were staring at you, eagerly awaiting your response. You ignored their gazes and turned yours to the floor. Closing your eyes, you spoke softly, "I choose…"

DUN DUN DUNNNNNN! Welp, here comes the end! Tell me who you all want as endings! I will be doing Bakura, Marik, Yami Marik, Joey, Duke and Yami (As they were all requested) but if you want anyone else feel free to tell me. Thank you so much for supporting me through this story and i hope you like the endings that I will write. I love you all! 3 ~Flora