Next chapter! I'm a day late, sorry sorry! Summer Vacation tends to make me lose track of the days. x: But it's here now! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: If I owned Yugioh, the whole season with Dartz wouldn't exist


The saying "he woke up, not remembering falling asleep" was a strange one; because fuck, who does remember falling asleep!? One can remember closing one's eyes, or laying down, but no one actually remember falling asleep, because they fell asleep; this was his philosophy. And yet when he woke up, the first thing that popped into his mind was, why don't I remember falling asleep?

Oh, right. Glazed crimson slit open, only to blink blurrily and close again when the sleep crusted at the corner of his eyes made it difficult to keep them open. Having been so lost in his own self musings, it took several moments for a much more important fact then stupid sayings to sink into his brain; the bed was breathing!

Eyes snapping open, Bakura found his vision blocked by....gold. Nose crinkling he frowned thoughtfully - no, not gold. Strands of..hair. Blond hair. That smelt like..

Oh. Oh! So then it hadn't...they had actually...he hadn't been dreaming! Joy like never before crashed through the moon's system and it took what little self control he had not to squeal even as he pushed himself onto his elbows so he could gaze down at the peaceful face of one sleeping sun - however, he wasn't able to prevent the uncontrollable grin tugging at the corners of his sore lips.

So it was true; him and Marik were an item. Somewhat. Were they? Certainly they were something, but at this point he wasn't actually sure what they were. Both of them had admitted to feeling some sort of attraction towards the other, and they had made out - he was determinedly not thinking to much about that, lest he get himself frisky - but exactly how deep this thing ran...

Bakura decided not to think to hard on it. At the moment he'd just take what he was given and worry about everything else later; he was to ecstatic about the current situation to really care.

Of course, he still had this strange nagging he was forgetting something...

Crimson eyes slowly widened as it sank in. The stars! Fuck, how long had he been asleep!? How long had they been waiting!? They probably thought Marik killed him!

Mentally kicking himself the pale skinned entity clambered off the bed - or tried; but it was rather difficult to do so when you suddenly had a pair of extremely strong arms clamped around your waist, pulling you back against a warm chest.

Blinking at the unexpected resistance the moon glanced over his shoulder, confirming that yes, Marik was still asleep, and yes, said male was currently pinning him while sleeping.

Well this complicated things; he had three options. One, try to gently wake up the sun and ask to be released. Two, break free. Three, just stay there and wait until the blond woke up by himself.

Option two was right out; such an action would definitely wake the tanned entity up, and would probably piss him off royally - which was something Bakura was really trying to avoid right now. Option Three could take forever; hell, he had no idea how long the other slept! Not to mention the blond was probably totally passed out from the overload of emotions he had experienced a...some time ago. Hours, minutes? Fuck, Bakura had no idea how long they'd been out.

Moving on; option one it was. Bracing himself for the worst the smaller entity twisted as best he could with what little room he had, managing to shift enough so he was now on his back, side pressed against Marik's chest - not the most comfortable position in the other, but it'd work. Now, how to go about this as carefully as possible..

From past experiences, the moon knew that the sun was not a morning person...the irony of which made him grin like an idiot for a couple seconds before refocusing on the task at hand. Rude awakenings weren't a good idea - no ice tricks, or anything that was remotely painful; for example, no pinching.

Okay so...fuck this was going to be slow. Breathing in deeply Bakura held it for a second, then let it out through his nose slowly in an almost sigh. "Marik.." He started in the softest tone possible, wanting to coax the other into consciousness - his only response proved to be the smallest of murmurs.

Helpful. Despite his desperation to let his two stars know he was alive, the moon was unable to stop the wash of affection that waved through him as the sun shifted closer, now laying half on top of him. Alright, so Marik was a deep sleeper - but at least he was a cute deep sleeper.

When he had the time, Bakura would really have to watch the other sleep for a couple hours. Speaking of sleeping...

....shit the Dusk was going to kill them. Them above; if Yami PMSed just because Bakura had been a few hours later on his shift, the pale skinned entity didn't even want to imagine what he'd do now that both Bakura and Marik had been passed out and not pulling their weight.

Maybe he'd stay here a little longer. Avoid the wrath of the dusk. But Malik and Ryou....

"Marik, Come'on, you need to get up." He tried again, this time a slight bit firmer then the first time. Again he was rewarded with nothing but a faint sound, only it sounded much more like a growl then a murmur this time round.

Ooooh, sun was getting testy. Not exactly a good sign. Time to change tactics. Grinning impishly to himself the albino twisted himself to an even less comfortable position, but it got him where he wanted; in easy reach of one tempting mouth. Without further adu Bakura swooped in, capturing the slumbering Marik's lips in a deep kiss.

As expected, that action had an instant response. Purple eyes snapped open and the sun jerked away from the contact; it was about a second later that Bakura realized that probably wasn't the best way to wake up someone who was known to drop kick anyone who so much as touched him.

Luckily the floor had faster reflexes then he himself did, softening upon impact without even a needed thought from the entity. Bracing himself as his back hit the now almost pillow like floor beneath him Bakura slammed his eyes shut, tensing as he readied himself for the pain as he felt Marik loom over him, the snarls vibrating through both of them.

Minutes ticked by, and the knowledge that nothing had happened stirred into the paler's mind, and so with a sense of both dread and confusion the moon slit his eyes open, looking wearily up at the form pinning him to the ground.

Now clear and more then a little guilty purple looked down at him, the apologetic look open on Marik's face. "Fuck! Bakura, I...shit, I didn't mean..are you okay?"

Obviously apologizing was not the sun's strong point. Okay - that was fine; a loss for words was better then blind rage. Releasing a relieved groan Bakura shook his head, pushing himself into sitting position with one hand, the other pressing a lip gently over the blond's lips. "Hey, it's okay. I wasn't really thinking - bad judgement on my part to kiss you while you were asleep."

Marik searched his face carefully before finally nodding; satisfied with that response the moon heaved a small huff, removing his hand to press a fleeting kiss to tempting lips, careful not to linger.

"Now that that's taken care of, I need you to get off." Bakura announced even as he began to comb his fingers through golden strands. "Nothing personal; but I kind of have two stars who've been waiting for us knows how long to get confirmation from me that I'm fine. Also, Yami probably has a warrant on our heads."

An amused grin appeared on the tanned entities face at that, and the smaller decided then and there he preferred an amused sun over a pissed sun.

"So, getting off me now...?" He coaxed; applying just enough pressure to tanned shoulders, and Marik relented, obediently shifting off him. The larger rose to his feet and offered the albino a hand, which Bakura willingly took and used to pull himself up.

"Let's go face the fire, shall we?" Bakura drawled as he started for the door, rolling his eyes at the amused snort as Marik followed. "Metaphorically, my dear sun. I've been facing the literal fire all night."

The sun merely grinned in response.


Not saying anything cuz I've run out of witty things to say.

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