Tada- I present to you the rare 'longish chapter'. :o
Thanks for the reviews, guys.
featherfun: Melvin'll explain his dislike for Bakura in this- it's mostly because he's a psycho though. :3
Yami-The-Dark: Melvin doesn't get a POV in this chapter but I did let him say 'Binkey Boy'. The Abridged Series ftw! :D
Of course, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or the characters. :)

(Marik's POV)

I sat with Ryou and Melvin at the lunch table. My first few lessons were unbearable. I spent the whole time thinking about Bakura. Ryou spoke to him earlier... Is he still mad? Why did I say that to him? I've destroyed our friendship. Our weird, awkward and new friendship. No matter how horrible he has been to me and no matter how friggin' crap a roommate he is, I don't regret a single moment I have spent with him except our argument... It's all my fault. I felt a tear roll down my cheek. A soft finger wiped it away.

"You shouldn't cry, you bloody wanker, it makes you look pathetic," said the owner of the finger. I could hear the smirk in his voice. I looked up at him.

"Bakura?" I said, surprised. I saw Ryou grinning out of the corner of my eye. I glanced at him and mentally thanked him. Ryou, you're a lifesaver. I noticed Melvin was scowling. What is his problem? Seriously? Melvin noticed how happy Ryou was and then his face softened. I smiled. They're so lucky they found each other. I looked back at Bakura, he was already sitting down next to me.

"So, I realise I might've taken what you said earlier the wrong way. It was wrong of me to get so worked up over it," Bakura said expressionlessly. I wonder what he's thinking... He's so difficult to read. And why is he apologising, it's my fault. Melvin snorted with laughter.

"Yes, it was freaking wrong of you. Why do you have to be such a fucking drama queen? Seriously," Melvin said loudly. I glared at him. Ryou gave him an uneasy glance too.

"What is your friggin' problem, you asshole? Bakura's apologising to me even though it's my friggin' fault! He wasn't a drama queen at all; it's my fault, Melvin!" I almost yelled. Melvin, Ryou and Bakura all stared at me. Ryou had wide, teary eyes. Oh right, he doesn't like arguing.

"You want to know what my problem is with him?" Melvin yelled.

"As a matter of fact, I would like to know what your bloody problem with me is," said Bakura, looking Melvin dead in the eye. Melvin glared back, bubbling with anger. Oh, Ra. I hope he isn't too mad.

"Okay, fine, binky boy. I'll tell you. First of all, you were supposed to be my friend however you were immediately unsupportive of my relationship with Ryou-"

"That's because he's my brother and you're a bloody giant psychopath," Bakura muttered, cutting him off.

"Even so, as a friend, you should be encouraging but no, you decided to act all homophobic and anytime I so much a laid a hand on your brother you glared at me or looked disgusted. Talk about being a good friend," Melvin mumbled the last bit sarcastically and then continued on a rant. "After that, there's the fact that you're a complete and utter douche who thinks he's really bad and cool but really he's a complete drama queen who can get upset over the tiniest thing, for example, in homeroom today. What the actual fuck? How did you get so worked up over that? Next on the list, is that you're a complete player when it comes to girls but at the same time you seem to be plotting to make dear Marik fall for you just so you can have the enjoyment of playing with his emotions. I suppose I could also add in the fact that you're a shit roommate to anyone you share a house with. Why do you think Marik constantly complains about you? I saw how you were like when you shared a house with Ryou, I know how bad a roommate you are. On top of that, you kept complaining about riding Marik's motorbike but didn't once thank him for giving you a ride to school-"

"Melvin," Ryou whispered calmly as he stared at his brother who was looking down at the table avoiding all eye contact, "I think that's enough."

"He asked," Melvin simply stated and then began to eat his lunch. I stared at him in horror for a few minutes and then looked at Bakura.

"Bakura is not trying to make me fall for him and if he was, he wouldn't succeed, I am not gay," I deadpanned even though I knew that Melvin knew that I already liked Bakura. Melvin peeked up at me, raised an eyebrow and smirked. He looked like he was about to say something but I quickly shook my head. Bakura cannot know how I feel about him. I saw Bakura out of the corner of my eye, he was staring at me.

"Do you agree with what Melvin said?" He mumbled. I shook my head at him and smiled softly to reassure him. Bakura, I don't care how crap a roommate you are, I don't care that you didn't thank me earlier. I just care about you. He smirked at me.

"Just because you fancy me," he said, gave me a wink and then began to eat. I wish I knew how he felt about me really.

Ryou smiled at us and I went red.

(Bakura's POV)

I saw Marik's red face out of the corner of my eye and smirked down at my food. He definitely likes me. I wonder if he'll try to stop me going out with Anzu later. That would be entertaining. I chuckled slightly at the thought and my three friends (Well, my two friends and Melvin) all stared at me inquisitively. I shook my head but gave Ryou our secret signal for 'I'll text you about it later', which is just two eyebrow raises followed by three quick blinks. He grinned.

"Melvin, I've been meaning to ask you, why does Ishizu still send you money? You have a job, don't you? That's where you were on Sunday morning?" Marik asked, curious and confused.

"I haven't told her that I have a job."

"WHAT? You need to tell her, she'll kill you if she finds out!"

"That's why she won't find out. Right, Marik?" Melvin had a murderous look in his eye as he spoke.

"Um... No? I'm sorry."

"Marik, don't be so weak, you need to stand up to your brother," I said, patting him on the back. It feels normal. I don't understand what he's hiding.

"Don't say that, Fluffy, it'll just encourage him!" Marik whispered to me. He whispers loudly.

"Of course it will encourage me." Melvin was grinning at me madly, I could tell he had already murdered me numerous times in his head and was just trying to choose the best way to do it.

"That's enough," Ryou said quietly, "and Melvin, I want you to tell Ishizu that you have a job."

"Yes, Ryou," Melvin muttered.

I looked at Melvin smugly and laughed. He'd do anything Ryou tells him to... Maybe Ryou knows what Melvin and Marik are hiding on their backs... I'll ask him later. Ugh. I really want to know. I'll ask him now.

"Ryou, can I talk to you in private for a minute?" I asked. He nodded and we both headed off to an empty table.

(Marik's POV)

Ryou and Bakura went off to a different table. I wonder what they're talking about. Why can't Bakura say it in front of me and Melvin? Is it about one of us? What if it's about me? Frig! Have I done something wrong? Did he find out I like him? If it was about Melvin, I'm sure Bakura would have just said it out loud. He doesn't care at all about Melvin. It must be about me! Frig, frig, frig.

I must've looked like I was freaking out because Melvin assured me that it was probably something to do with family. I nodded in agreement. Yeah, it's about family, Marik. Bakura doesn't speak about his family much to me so that must be it. Wow, there's so much I don't know about him.

Anzu walked past. Slut... I can't believe he's going out with her tonight. She's dated pretty much every boy in this school and I was so sure she fancied Yami anyway. Anytime she's with him she practically undresses him with her eyes. On top of that, poor little Yugi has fancied her for years. I wonder if Yami and Yugi are related... they have the same hair. On impulse, I stood up and walked over to Anzu.

"Hi, Anzu, can I talk to you?"

"Marik, right? Sure." She linked arms with me and we walked outside together.

Meanwhile...

(Bakura's POV)

"Ryou, have you ever seen Melvin's back? Or Marik's back?" I asked, forcing myself to maintain an expressionless face. As soon as the words came out of my mouth, a look of horror and sadness came onto my brother's face. My expression became interested.

"Um, yes I have seen Melvin's back... Why? Have you seen one of their backs?" Ryou's voice was quiet.

"No, but when Marik was in his towel this morning he was trying to conceal his back from me... I was wondering why he would bloody be doing that..."

Ryou sighed, obviously not liking this topic, making me more curious. "It's not my secret to tell. I would tell you if it was. Anyway, you mustn't pry; it's not any of your business."

"How come it's your business? I've known them just as long as you have."

"Because Melvin's my boyfriend!"

"Well, Marik's my... best friend."

"And if he wanted you to know, he would tell you!"

"Why doesn't he want me to know? What's on Marik's back?"

"Why do you care, 'Kura? You never seem to care about anyone else."

I was silent. Why do I care? I suppose I just want to know Marik. He's the person, other than Ryou, who I'm closest to. I am closer with him than I ever was with Melvin. He interests me a lot more.

"Oh, Bakura, I think you like him."

My cheeks heated up.

"W-what? RYOU! I do not! I'm straight. I'll have you know, I've got a date with Anzu, a hot girl. I mean, look at her over there, heading outside with Marik. Wait... What's she doing with my Marik? What's happening?"

Ryou giggled behind me.

"WHAT?" I shouted.

"Bakura, you just said 'my Marik'... You like him," Ryou grinned at me.

"N-no. I meant what's he doing with my Anzu. I got mixed up because I was confused with what was happening..."

"Mhm. Suuuuuuure," Ryou said, really elongating the word 'sure'.

"Stop it! I do not like Marik. He's a whiny, irritating-"

"Hot," Ryou added.

"Yes, hot. No, no wait. Not hot. I do not think he's hot. I think Anzu's hot."

I sighed. Bloody hell, Ryou can be manipulative. He knows what I'm thinking all the time. Can he read my mind? Ryou, can you hear me? If you can, go sit down with your psychopath of a boyfriend so I can go find Marik and Anzu.

"I'm going to go sit down, Bakura, I need to finish my lunch," Ryou said, gave me a quick hug and then left to sit by Melvin. I headed off to find my roommate and Anzu.

Meanwhile...

(Marik's POV)

"I just wanted to talk to you about Yugi," I said to Anzu. She was smiling at me. I suppose she's not as bad a person as I thought. She seems friendly.

"I want to ask you something first, please," she said politely.

"What is it, Anzu?"

"Are you a girl? Or a boy? Because your eye makeup is really, really great and your hair's really pretty and you're kind of beautiful in general but you have a manly shape. I don't mean it offensively. I'm just a bit confused. I've never spoken with you before. Marik sounds like a boy's name," she rambled. I let out a laugh.

"I'm a boy."

"Oh, right, I'm so sorry."

"It's fine, don't worry about it. Anyway, about Yugi," I began.

"He's a great friend!" She said admiringly. Maybe she likes Yugi... If she does, she should really keep her hands off of my Bakura.

"I'm sure he is; I haven't really spoken to him much. In any case, I was wondering how you felt about him because I hear you're going on a date with my friend, Bakura tonight but I've seen the way Yugi looks about you and I'm sure you, being his friend, don't want to hurt him."

"You think Yugi likes me? Wow, I've been going on all these dates to try to get him to notice me. I even pretended to like Yami. Yami was my first plan, I was going to get him to help me to make Yugi jealous but he refused, he's not really into romance or dating though. I can't believe Yugi likes me! I'm so happy; of course I don't want to hurt him! I'll cancel with Bakura right away!" She was extremely happy. Her cheeks rosy and mouth stretched into a wide, cheerful grin. I felt warmth inside of myself at her smile. I've never made anyone this happy in my life before. I smiled back at her. She turned around and bumped into none other than Bakura. I frowned. He's going to realise I did this because I like him.

"Bakura, I'm really sorry but I am not able to go on a date with you tonight. It's not your fault, it's just Marik has helped me realise that I should be with Yugi. There are plenty of girls out there though, and I am without a doubt not the best of all the girls you could probably get. By the way, you're lucky to be friends with someone like Marik, he's a great, great guy," she told him, her voice filled with compassion and friendliness. Anzu truly is a good person. I wish I had never thought of her as a slut. She walked away with a positive bounce in her step and waved as she did so. Bakura raised his eyebrows at me.

"Why would you do that?" he asked me. I shrugged.

"Maybe I did it because I saw how that midget Yugi had looked at her and decided that he shouldn't get crushed just so you can go on a date that you're not really that interested in," I responded. I know you were only using that date to make me jealous.

"Okay, but as punishment for ruining my date, you have to give me a lift home."

"As long as you don't get as touchy feely as you did on the way to school."

"I don't know what you're talking about," he deadpanned.

"Want a demonstration?" I said seductively.

"Go for it," Bakura replied. I gave him a surprised look.

"Maybe later."

"Careful, Marik, my darling, I might hold you to that."

"Oh, Bakura, honey, as long as you're holding me, I don't care."

A drinks carton hit my head and some guy who I'd never met before yelled 'homo' at me.

"Take a bloody joke," Bakura yelled back as he returned the carton by smashing it in the guys face. He dragged me back inside.

"Oh, Bakura, you're my hero!" I mock swooned.

"Don't do that in public, we'll get abuse," he murmured.

"Melvin and Ryou don't get abuse..." I muttered.

"That's because your dear brother Melvin is a complete psycho who everyone knows would probably send them to hospital if he even hears someone whisper about him and Ryou."

"We were only joking around though."

"I know, kids these days are just idiots who will bully anyone for anything given the opportunity."

I nodded and as we sat down at the table again, the bell rang.

The rest of the school day was pretty dull. I had Mathematics and Physics but Bakura had occupied my mind so I didn't concentrate in those lessons. Bakura also had Maths and Physics but he was in a different class for those two subjects than me.

I waited patiently by my bike, ready to take myself and Bakura home.

Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
I decided to make Anzu nice. I realise I have mentioned that Melvin is a psychopath many a time in this. I kind of feel bad for him.
Bakura: Don't, he's a psychopath, don't know if you noticed.

Thanks for reading
-Dani. :)