I apologize if any of the internal thoughts between characters is screwed up. This website used to allow different characters, such as asterisks and the other types of brackets.

Warnings: Abuse, NCS, yaoi and probably character OOC.

I don’t own Yu Gi Oh. And I really do love Bakura. :(

/ Dark to light /

( Light to Dark )

((Ryou))

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Chapter Eleven

“Hey guys!” Joey waved as Ryou and Yami walked toward the group standing by the school doors, Malik following behind them. “We’re not going to get a repeat of yesterday, are we? I’m sick of being stared at, especially when they aren’t even lookin’ at me!” He pouted.

Ryou smiled, “It wasn’t as bad today so maybe everyone calmed down a little. You guys remember Malik, right? I invited him to eat with us.” He said, introducing Malik for the second time.

“How could we forget him? He gave you a shower yesterday.” Joey teased as Malik blushed. Ryou rolled his eyes at Joey as he stood beside Yugi. “Well, I’ve got a craving for a banana split, let’s go!” He said as he yanked on Seto’s arm.

Seto sighed as he was led away, ignoring the snickering from the rest of the group.

“So Malik,” Yami began, “What were you and Ryou talking about in Gym class? It must have been really interesting.” He teased lightly.

Ryou cleared his throat. “It was better than watching that movie.” He shuddered again.

“No kidding. They only have educational classes about straight people anyway.” Malik waved his hand, then blushed as everyone looked at him. “Um, that slipped…” He commented, hoping no one would be offended.

Yugi offered him a smile, “Don’t worry about it Malik, you wouldn’t be the only one.” He shrugged, “Joey and Seto don’t act like that because they’re brothers after all.” He grinned as they continued to walk.

Malik breathed a sigh of relief. That would have been a stupid way to upset his other half. Tea, Tristan and Yami talked about stuff the rest of the way. Tea wanted Yami to teach her how to duel some more and Yami agreed, but he’d have to talk it over with Set before he made any plans.

Nobody got who ‘Set’ was but Yugi and Ryou and the two of them laughed when Tea looked confused and Tristan asked who this ‘Set’ was.

“Don’t ask.” Yugi rolled his eyes as they entered the small hang out. They spotted Joey and Seto already sitting in a booth, with them was Mai Valentine. Kaiba didn’t look too happy about the fact that between paying attention to his ice cream and paying attention to Mai, Joey completely ignored him.

“The usual?” Yugi wondered and everyone nodded as he and Tristan went to the counter. Malik followed them to see what he wanted.

At the table Yami slid in beside Seto and smiled gently at him as Seto pouted cutely. Yami only shook his head in sympathy as Ryou slid in beside him, leaving plenty of room for Yugi at the end.

/So what were you and Malik talking about?/ Yami wondered as Ryou leaned against him, resting his head on Yami’s shoulder.

(( Nothing much. He thought I looked a little young to be in the class and from there we talked about our parents and Egypt. ))

/There has been something bothering me about that boy. Not that he’s bad or anything./ Yami said quickly when Ryou looked up at him questioningly. /I feel as if I’ve met him before, but not in this lifetime./ He shook his head and shrugged lightly as Ryou replaced his head.

( Maybe he’s like Seto and has been reincarnated from Ancient Egypt. ) Yugi suggested as he recalled that Yami had received some of his memories and had realized that Seto Kaiba had in fact been his high priest.

/Possibly./ Yami nodded mentally as Yugi returned with a tray of ice cream treats. “Yay! Sugar!” Yami dove into his sundae with vigor, causing Ryou to sit up and Yugi to laugh.

“Here you go Ryou.” Yugi said as he handed Ryou a large strawberry milkshake.

“Thanks Yugi!” Ryou grinned as he leaned forward and kissed Yugi’s lips before sipping at his drink.

Unknown to them lavender eyes widened slightly as Tristan and Malik returned to the table with their own things. Malik showed no reaction whatsoever, figuring he shouldn’t have seen that or else they didn’t care.

“You three should be more considerate.” Joey teased the three boys lightly as everyone crowded around the table. “Malik’s not used to seeing that kind of stuff!” He laughed.

“Oh really?” Malik countered.

“Sure Joey, and while we’re being considerate, could you please stop rubbing my leg?” Ryou asked sweetly as Joey blushed.

“Too many legs, I was aiming for Kaiba.” He muttered as everyone laughed at him, with the exception of Seto and Yami. Seto was too busy still pouting, though he was trying to hide a grin, and Yami was too busy glaring at Joey for touching what was his.

“Not that I’m one to judge or anything, but are the three of you in a relationship together?” Malik wondered casually as he sipped at the soft drink he had purchased as he looked at Yugi, Ryou and Yami.

“Uh, yeah.” Yugi nodded, knowing what question was going to come next.

“Aren’t you and Yami brothers?” Malik raised an eyebrow, “Not that I care or anything.” He quickly added.

Yugi smiled gently, “Actually we’re not brothers. It’s a little hard to explain, okay, so it’s really hard to explain, but we’re not related in anyway though we look so much alike. Maybe we can explain it to you sometime.” He suggested.

Malik shrugged, “Whatever suits you.” He nodded as something began to rub up and down his leg from under the table. He looked over at Tristan, “That was my leg, not Tea.” He said as the other boy slightly turned red.

“Oops?” He offered. “I knew it didn’t have enough hair on it…”

“Tristan!” Tea gasped.

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