Remember what everyone kept saying about Melvin not being allowed in the fanfic? He's not supposed to be here. But how he managed to find his way in here anyway is explained in the chapter.

Okay. So I'm not a deathshipper. Not REALLY. I kinda am, but not really 100%. So forgive me if anything is...erm...idk off or OOC or whatever. I'm more of a thief and tender shipper, okay?
And don't forget! If you read the previous story, Flattening Down the Bunny Ears, you would know that this story is supposed to focus more on Ryou. Not deathshipping. Ryou.

Anyway...let's go! On with the story!

I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!, YGOTAS, Hetalia, the fanfiction site, Bakura's hair (I wish!), the British language, Slenderman (the game or the abridged version), or any of the character/trademarks in those.

R&R

ENJOY~!

Ryou's eyes opened. He slowly regained control of his body after having retreated into his soul room for ten minutes. Surely, Melvin had given up and left by now, right?

Wrong.

Because he was on the couch and he was right next to Melvin. He noticed that his legs were across Melvin's lap.

Ryou gasped loudly and sat up. He tried to roll off the couch, but Melvin quickly grabbed his shoulder and held him in place. He also grabbed one of Ryou's knees.

Ryou realized that he was trapped. He gulped. He looked at the yami holding him in place. "Uh...hi?" he said shyly and fearfully.

"Hey there. Had a nice nap?"

"Uh... I did..." Ryou tried to make polite conversation, as his polite English upbringing compelled him to do. Maybe conversation would distract Melvin? "Um... H-how did you get in the fanfic? I thought Aquailita kicked you out of this series?"

"Yeah... About that... Slenderman wasn't allowed in the story either, remember?"

"Yes. But what does that have to do with anything?"

"Well let's just say that my good friend let me in."

"Slenderman...let you inside...the fanfic?" Ryou asked slowly.

"Yup. He said that you threw a Tea Attack at him. Then he let me inside the fanfic. I decided to come and check you out." Melvin eyed Ryou from head to toe. "And I'm liking what I'm seeing." Melvin licked his lips very suggestively, just to freak Ryou out. It worked.

"Could you please not do that?" Ryou pleaded with a squirm. "You're making me uncomfortable."

"Not sure if you already figured this out, but that's the point. Making you uncomfortable is exactly what I'm going for."

"Well please stop it. I don't know what you want with me, but you're not getting it. Can you let me go now?"

All he needed was for Melvin to let him go, and he could let the Millenium Ring do the rest. Then he could escape to his room and lock himself in until Marik or Bakura came out and discovered Melvin. Then, they would keep him busy. Right?

If only Bakura were awake! He knew Bakura wasn't because their mind link was quiet. He could tell that his yami wasn't awake, but didn't know how to wake him up through the mind link.

"Mmmmm... How about no? Ha! I'm having fun right now just watching you try to get out of this!"

"Uuugnnnnnggghhh!" Ryou groaned. "Just let me go? Please? I'm not worth whatever trouble you're putting in..."

"It's no trouble at all! And I assure you that you're very much worth it. Don't degrade yourself."

Ryou looked like he was actually considering that. "Well...I guess you're right. Sorry. I've been bullied far too much, and I seem to think that the world doesn't care about what I do. Even Marik and Bakura don't really care..." Ryou's face turned all sad. "At least the fangirls still care."

Melvin smirked and moved his head closer. "I still ca-" He moved his head away and threw his hands up in the air. "Okay you know what?! This is getting boring! Let's do something else!"

Ryou was so surprised by Melvin's action that he didn't even realize that the yami had let go of him. Ryou could have made a run for it or used the Millenium Ring, but he didn't.

"Let's go to your room. There's probably something fun to do in there."

Without another word, Melvin picked Ryou up again, slung him over his shoulder, and carried him down the hall to the room he knew belonged to the British teen.

Melvin opened the door, walked inside with Ryou, then closed the door, and locked it behind them.

Yup.

Okay now here's a little fun fact for you about the relationship between me and deathshipping. I like it. I think its cute. But rarely will I ship it myself. I prefer tender to death. But if a fanfic has deathshipping and it's written well, I'll love it. But not by itself. And as for the deatshipping fanART? *shudders violently* NO NO NO NO NO! I refuse. I don't like deathshipping fanart. It's good art. I just don't like SEEING deathshipping. I'm iffy about reading it unless it's written well. But I cringe at fanart for deathshipping. I prefer theifshipping. That's just me. But I am writing deathshipping in this because you people want it and I need to work on it anyway because, as I said before in another AN somewhere, writers have to learn to get comfortable outside of their comfort zones.
Okay we're done with that talk...

See you next chapter!

BYEEEEEEEEEEEE~!