Disclaimer: I do not Own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the Characters in it
Authors Notes: This is a re-written and up to date, better written and more detailed version of my fic Sweet Revenge...
'Yami Bakura to Ryou Mind Link'
'Ryou to Yami Bakura Mind Link'
"Ryou thinking"
"Conversations"
Sana-Chan:*Looks around for her muse* Now where did Ryou go, he was just here a moment ago *sighs*
Mariku:Evening little one, what is wrong?
Sana-Chan:*Glances towards the door way* Oh nothing much, literally just finished writing Chapter 10 now straight to this chapter as I wasn't finished with it. Plus I seem to of lost my little Muse
Mariku:He has gone for a little nap, would you like me to do Ryous job for the time being?
Sana-Chan:Oh yes please Mariku, it would be much appreciated
Mariku:Okay then, *Glares at Readers* Right you pathetic mortal beings, Do I seriously need to tell you that little one doesn't own any of us? Well she does own Aidosana and Vincent but that is all, she also owns the written letters that are in this chapter. So now go and read, and I am sure Ryou told you all to have your tissues ready, this chapter will most likely be heart breaking but please do enjoy it all
Ryou sat quietly in the waiting room of the hospital with Mariku, within his alabaster hands he held tightly the small necklace box along with a red envelope containing his hand written letter to Bakura. A low worried sigh escaped Ryous lips as he glanced up at the clock hanging on the wall, it was 7:59pm and Ryou was starting to get nervous and begin to fidget. Mariku noticed this and sighed lightly as he placed a reassuring hand on Ryous shoulders, groaning lightly Ryou leaned back in the dark green plastic chair as he stared up at the ceiling as a young brunette nurse entered the small waiting room
"Bakura? Ryou Bakura?"
"Y-Yes?" Ryou said jumping up quickly as he gazed into deep emerald eyes
"Hello, I am Nurse Clara we spoke on the phone"
"Y-yes, hello. Thank you for calling me"
"It was no problem, Mr Bakura has just been given his sedative medication so he should be asleep within the next 10 minutes" The young female nurse explained lightly as she smiled and nodded at Mariku, "Mariku it is nice to see you again"
"Likewise Clara, How is he doing anyway?"
"He is doing rather well, he was able to sleep without the oxygen mask last night so he is making extremely good progress I woul-"
"O-Oxygen mask?" Ryou gasped dropping the box and envelope he had been clinging to as he stared wide eyed at the nurse
"Y-yes, Mr Bakura was having trouble breathing without an oxygen mask till yesterday, he is doing much better today. He even ate his dinner, though disregarded most of it explaining that it would never taste as good as his Tenshis cooking, I asked him who he meant and he spoke about you Ryou. He told me that you are an amazing little cook"
"R-Really?" Ryou whispered lowly as he knelt down to pick up the box and envelope
"Yes, I understand from what I have heard, Mr Bakura is rather fond of you. You two must be rather close, he always talks about you especially on his days when he does talk to me" Clara said softly looking at her watch, "Oh look at the time, Mr Bakura must be asleep by now, would you like to go see Ryou?" Clara asked as Ryou nodded before glancing at Mariku who smiled and walked with him down to a single room, the pale cream door slightly open as Clara poked her head around the door to see that Bakura was indeed asleep. Stepping to the side Clara let Ryou step into the room after Mariku explained that he would be just in the doorway so he wouldn't be alone, nodding Ryou walked into the small one person room and walked slowly and tentatively over to the side of the hospital gurney where Bakura laid on his back asleep. The Yamis breathing was slow and shallow as he slept, looking almost peaceful as Ryou sighed and reached a hand out to stroke over Bakuras sleeping face. Biting his lip Ryou placed the necklace box down on the bedside table along with the envelope before looking up towards the door to see Mariku speaking with Clara, sighing to himself Ryou turned to face Bakura again and placed his head on Bakuras chest as he felt his heart breaking slowly as tears cascaded down his cheeks yet not a single sound left Ryous lips. Lifting his small hands Ryou clung to Bakuras hospital gown and sobbed quietly into the Yamis sleeping chest as he felt a warm hand touch his shoulder, lifting his head instantly and staring at Bakura he noticed that the Yami hadn't moved as he glanced to his left to see Mariku standing beside him
"M-Mariku... w-what have I done? I c-could off killed him"
"Ryou this isn't your fault"
"B-But it is... When you left that day, B-Bakura-Sama called my mobile from the house phone... h-he begged me t-to come home and I said no... I... If I had just gone home when he asked maybe he would be at home and not here" Ryou said as he started to sob a little more, the tears staining his cheeks as he slung his arms around Marikus waist and cried into the taller males chest, hiccupping and struggling to breath as he sobbed which only made Marikus own heart strings pull and tug in such a way that he felt like breaking down. Sighing and biting his lip Mariku rubbed Ryous back comfortingly as he whispered lowly
"Ryou, don't blame this on yourself. Bakura wouldn't want that, trust me I am sure Bakura doesn't blame you. He done this to himself Ryou, he was punishing himself for what he did to you"
"B-But he could of Died Mariku! I could off lost him for good!" Ryou shouted as he choked back a lump in his throat before punching a clenched hand into Marikus chest
"Ryou..." Mariku could only sigh as he wrapped his arms around the smaller male as he noticed movement out the corner of his eye, glancing towards it Mariku noticed that Bakura had stirred and was attempting to sit up while rubbing at his eyes. Sighing Mariku shook his head as he whispered, "Ryou, go and get yourself a cup of water and take your tablet. Maybe go and get some fresh air, Clara is just outside okay?"
"Y-Yeah... O-Okay M-Mariku" Ryou whispered weakly as he pushed himself away from Mariku and rubbed his eyes as he turned to face Bakura biting his lip to see that the Yami still laid still with his eyes closed seemingly asleep, inhaling deeply Ryou exhaled as he stepped closer to Bakura and kissed his cheek lightly before turning and leaving the room to be greeted by the nurse who took him down to a small hospital garden with a cup of water so the young British teen could grab some air and try to calm down.
While back in Bakuras hospital room Bakura was sat up rubbing his eyes as he glanced up at Mariku
"W-why... d-did... you... bring... R-Ryou... here?"
"Your nurse, Clara. She rang Ryous mobile and told him that you had asked for him today, she advised him to come down and see you, and she promised him you would be asleep"
"B-but... Mariku... R-Ryou... He... he... isn't... e-emotionally... strong... I-I've... killed... m-my... own... Hikari... I-I... Know... I... H-Have" Bakura whispered weakly with shallow breathing as he struggled to get each word out, allowing a low groan to pass his lips Bakura laid back on his hospital bed and glanced towards the small box and envelope, "w-what... is... t-that?"
"A gift from Ryou, he wrote the letter today and brought the gift the other day. Look Bakura you really need to hurry up and heal, Ryou needs you, and it is killing Marik to have to watch his best friend cry himself to sleep every night and blame himself for you being in here"
"I... I... K-know... M-Mariku"
"Then hurry up and heal! Ryou needs his Yami" Mariku hissed coldly as Bakura flinched away and sighed to himself, "Look Bakura I have to go see if Ryou is okay, I'll be here tomorrow in the morning about 10am I will be alone as Ryou has practice at 9:30"
"P-Practice? F-for... What?"
"Ah, about that, there is a dance contest this Saturday and Ryou put his name down for it. All Participants are being recorded and giving their respectful recordings, Ryou wants you to see him dance so I will be bringing the DVD with me on Sunday when I visit with Marik" Mariku explained as Bakura nodded and shifted his body under the thin crisp white sheets that was his cover and closed his eyes
"Y-yeah... T-thank... You... M-Mariku... F-for... l-looking... after... Ryou"
"Look don't mention it, just get some rest okay? See you in the morning" Mariku said softly as he stood up and left Bakura to go back to sleep. After leaving the room Mariku sighed and leaned against the wall breathing heavily as he glanced at the time, it was almost 10pm and Mariku could see Ryou walking slowly towards him alone, "Ready to go home Ryou?"
"Y-yes please M-Mariku" Ryou replied as Mariku nodded and walked with Ryou out of the hospital and called for a taxi to take them back to the Ishtar residence where Marik would be waiting for them.
Back up in Bakuras small Hospital room, the Yami sat with the red envelope within his deathly alabaster hand. His hand trembling as he weakly opened the envelope to reveal a hand written letter addressed to him, sighing to himself Bakura leaned back in his bed and got himself comfortable as he pulled the letter from the envelope. Looking towards his hospital room door Bakura groaned as he watched several nurses pass by, shaking his head weakly Bakura placed the envelope into his lap as he unfolded the neatly folded letter and inhaled as deeply as possible before slowly exhaling as he started to read quietly to himself
"Dear Bakura-Sama, I hope when you wake up and see this that you slept well. I haven't come to see you in the hospital because I am back to taking my Anti-Depressants again, Marik and Mariku were not happy about that as I had started self-harming again. I use to do it before as well but I was always good at hiding these things, anyway it has been twelve days since you went into hospital after trying to kill yourself. I watched those ambulance men put you into the ambulance, why would you leave me!? I thought us Hikaris needed our Yamis, the same as you Yamis need us Hikaris? I'm sorry I never came home that day and told you that you didn't need me when it is clear to me now that you did need me, I am so, so sorry Bakura-Sama. I just hope you can forgive me for hanging up on you I was just in so much pain that you would rape me like you did even after you figured out that it was you that I liked so much. Call me stupid if you wish but I do still love you, I will never stop loving you Bakura-Sama. You mean so much to me Bakura-Sama even after everything you ever did to me, I still begged Mariku with tears in my eyes to not kill you when he found out about what you did to me. He was really pissed off about it all, Marik was even worse he wanted to beat you within an inch of your life and yet I still begged them and made them promise never to hurt you. To my own understanding they have kept their word to me, I also know you read my diary, and that you wrote in it but I don't understand why you would do that. Why did you write in MY diary?
Anyway I want to apologise to you for the horrible things I have said to you, I have never really hated you though I do hate you at the same time as I love you. If you understand that, it sounds very contradictory that I would hate and love you. I just want you to come home, I miss you so much Bakura-Sama. I've often wondered if I could run away from Mariks place to come to the hospital to see you, but I never got past the front door because I changed my mind. I was so afraid to come and see you, I didn't want to be hurt any more even today after this nice Nurse lady called Clara called me. She told me you had asked for me today and promised that if I do come to the hospital to see you that you will be asleep, so it will be too late for you to respond to this letter as I will be at a dance studio with Marik and Yugi-Kun. You most likely don't know them but me and Marik are going to the Krestan-Botasuma dance studios to do our dance practice, that must be rather shocking for you but I have hid it for so long now. But I can dance, just as well as Marik. Mariku said he will bring you the DVD recordings of me dancing so you can see for yourself. Anyway I had better stop writing this otherwise it will be a short story, the whole reason I started writing this letter to you was to tell you that no matter what I will always love you. Please get better soon Bakura-Sama I want you to come home, I want to go back to OUR home because I miss my bed.
Love from Your Hikari Ryou Bakura xx" Bakura bite his lip hard as he felt his breathing becoming slightly difficult as he clenched a fist and punched his medical assistant switch beside his bed as tears cascaded down his deathly white flesh.
Moments later Clara and several doctors rushed into Bakuras room with an Oxygen mask and tank and quickly went about hooking Bakura up with it, gasping sharply to the sudden aid of oxygen entering his lungs Bakura laid back on his bed as the tears cascaded quickly down his cheeks
"M-Mr Bakura? Is everything okay?" Clara asked with concern as the two doctors left the single patient room
"N-no... I... I... w-want... To... G-Go... H-Home... I... W-want... My... R-Ryou"
"I know you do Mr Bakura, Ryou was here tonight. Mariku brought him down to come see you, but you were sleeping"
"I... w-woke... up... a-and... saw... R-Ryou... M-My... R-Ryou...Crying" Bakura whispered as he turned to lay on his side as he curled up holding the letter close to his heart, "I... w-want... To... S-Sleep... Please... L-Leave"
"Certainly Mr Bakura, sleep well I will be by in the morning to give you your morning medication and your breakfast" Clara said softly as she stood up and straightened her nurses dress before leaving Bakuras room to allow the Yami to sleep.
Over at the Ishtar Residence Marik and Mariku were curled up on the couch watching a film, Ryou curled up in his bed sound asleep clinging to the bed sheets crying in his sleep. When Mariku and Ryou had returned back to the apartment Marik had been waiting for them, but Ryou just ran past his best friend and went straight to his room leaving Mariku to explain what had happened. Sighing Marik nodded as he glanced off towards the stairs before walking into the kitchen and made a round of drinks.
Mariku had spent an hour sitting with Ryou trying to calm the smaller teen down. Ryou had asked Mariku to go to his apartment in the morning or later that night to collect something for him. Mariku had agreed as Ryou sighed deeply and curled up into a ball cried himself to sleep once again.
Groaning lowly while watching a film Mariku glanced down at his own boyfriend to see the smaller Egyptian male had fallen asleep in his lap, smiling lovingly Mariku carefully picked Marik up after turning the television off and took Marik to bed. Once Mariku was certain that Marik wouldn't stir for the rest of the night he quickly and quietly got changed and left the apartment with Ryous front door key in hand, sighing to himself and running his long tanned fingers through his white blonde hair Mariku started off towards the Bakura residence. Once there Mariku groaned as he glanced around the clean apartment noticing that the photos had started to gather a little dust, rolling his eyes Mariku walked towards Bakuras bedroom and opened the door slowly. Glancing around the dark room Mariku switched on the bedroom light to notice that Bakuras pillows and quilt were missing, thinking for only a moment he quickly gathered up the several items Ryou had asked for before going along the hallway to Ryous bedroom. Pushing the door open Mariku paused as he noticed that laying atop Ryous quilt and pillows were Bakuras, it hit him then that Bakura had been sleeping in Ryous bedroom after that night Ryou got his own back on the sadistic Yami. So switching on Ryous bedroom light Mariku fished his mobile out of his pocket and snapped a quick photo, he would show Ryou in the morning that Bakura had been sleeping in his room. Smiling to himself Mariku closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, exhaling slowly Mariku opened his eyes as he walked over to the bedside table and opened the top draw to see Ryou had two un-opened bottles of Anti-Depressants sitting on top of his diary, grabbing the three items he was asked to get Mariku placed everything into Ryous duffer bag and turned the lights out as he slowly closed the bedroom door and left the Bakura household. Sighing deeply Mariku locked the front door and walked slowly back to his own apartment, reaching the corner of the road Mariku noticed someone standing outside the front door of his apartment. Growling deeply Mariku walked a little faster towards the front door only to stop dead in his tracks to see Ryou standing on the door step with a cup of tea in his hands and his quilt wrapped around his shoulders. Smiling to himself Mariku relaxed as he walked up the path holding up Ryous duffer bag
"What are you doing awake Ryou? It is late you should be asleep, you'll catch a cold out here you know"
"Y-yeah I know... I j-just needed some fresh air. Anyway where did you go?" Ryou asked weakly with a small yawn
"I went on a mission" Mariku replied softly and mysteriously making Ryou gasp playfully
"W-what type of mission? W-Was it scary?"
"Oh it was terrifying, I had to trek all the way to some house. When I got their I found photos of the people who live there were all dusty" Mariku paused as Ryou gasped playfully, "I quietly sneaked around the house and found some really valuable items and I... STOLE them!"
"O-oh my Mariku! T-then what happened?"
"I noticed something was off about one of the rooms, there were no pillows or quilt in one of the bedrooms. So I went in search for them"
"D-did you find them?"
"I did, I was shocked! I found them in the second bedroom, they were lain out over the quilt and pillows of someone else" Mariku said quietly and mysteriously making Ryou giggle, "I took a picture of it, I was worried I wouldn't be believed would you like to see it?"
"Y-Yeah" Ryou whispered softly as Mariku fished his phone out of his pocket and brought up the picture and turned it to show Ryou
"See? Bakura missed you Ryou, it looks like he has been sleeping in your room since that night at the club" Mariku explained as he watched Ryous reactions, seeming to be okay Mariku handed Ryou the duffer bag with a smile, "Come on, back to bed you have an early start"
"Yeah, T-Thank you M-Mariku" Ryou whispered softly with a small yawn as he held his duffer bag tightly in his arms as Mariku carefully picked the British teen up and carried him back up to the spare bedroom after closing the front door. Seeming to fall asleep instantly to the warmth, Ryou clung for life to the duffer bag as Mariku carefully reached around and unzipped it while carefully pulling out one of Bakuras favourite tee-shirts and placed it carefully into Ryous small hand after laying the boy down upon the single bed. Smiling to himself Mariku gently caressed Ryous head before leaving the boy to sleep as he returned to his own room to catch Marik staring up at him yawning
"W-where have you been?"
"Ryou asked me to go get some things from his place"
"Oh, I heard you talking with him at the front door. W-was Ryou outside?" Marik asked rubbing at his eyes sleepily
"Yeah, he wanted some fresh air. So I told him of my mysteriously scary journey to his apartment to collect several of Bakuras tee-shirts and Ryous diary and spare bottles of Anti-Depressants"
"Oh right, I hope it will help Ryou"
"Same, Bakura had been sleeping in Ryous room before he tried killing himself, by the looks of it his pillow was covered in tear stains" Mariku explained as he climbed into bed with his Hikari and pulled the half asleep Hikari into his arms
"R-Really? M-Maybe Bakura realised he could of lost Ryou"
"Like Ryou thinks and feels like he could of lost Bakura, most definitely" Mariku whispered kissing Mariks head softly, "Anyway back to sleep, we have an early morning"
"Yeah, g-good night Mariku"
"Good night Marik" Mariku whispered softly as he pulled Marik into his arms and slowly drifted off to sleep himself.
Sana-Chan:I am on a roll! *Beams happily*
Ryou:*Smiles weakly and wraps his arms around Sana-Chans shoulders* R-Really?
Sana-Chan:Second chapter in the space of an hour and half, think I am on a roll?
Ryou:Definitely! Well done Sana, you deserve lots of good reviews for this I would hate to have to go cry because your readers are being horrible to you, and no one likes seeing me cry
Sana-Chan:you got that right Ryou *hugs Ryou back yawning* I think I will go bed now *Kisses Ryous cheek* Post this for me muse and I'll see you in the morning
Ryou:Okay Sana-Chan, sleep well. *Looks at Readers* Hope you liked this tear jerking chapter, there shouldn't be no more tearful chapters for at least 2 chapters. Thanks for reading please leave a nice review