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Bakura grumbled when he awoke to Marik's foot in his
face. Somehow, Marik had managed to
roll himself upside down on the bed, head at the foot and feet at the top of
the bed. Marik, who had been in the
middle had managed to shove his feet into Bakura's face, of either him or
Yami. "Damn it Marik...you need to
sleep like a normal person..." He
said, groggily throwing Marik's foot to the other half of the bed. Normally they wouldn't share a bed, but
they hadn't had time to unpack and they were so tired when they finally managed
to get everything to their room that they made one bed and practically passed
out onto it.
Yami grumbled when Marik's foot hit him in the face. "Marik! Jeeze!" He grumbled
throwing the foot back where it had come from, hitting Bakura just as he was rolling
over, knocking him to the floor in a surprised heap.
Marik jumped from his feet being tossed about and rolled off
the bed as well nearly landing square on Bakura but caught himself before doing
so. He sighed relived as he scrambled slightly to get away from the groggy
Bakura who was not a morning person at all...a main reason why he would share a
bed with poison�s snakes before he would Bakura although last night couldn�t be
helped.
Bakura glared at Marik.
"Damnit! How in hell did
you even MANAGE to do that?! Annoying
as hell....fucking...." Bakura
mumbled getting up and dusting himself off, shoving Marik over and crawling back
into the bed. It was well past noon,
but he was still tired even IF he'd had over 8 hours of sleep.
Yami snickered a bit, yawning and rolling over to face the
wall. He wasn't going to get in on what
might be another 'good morning' bicker-fest.
Marik groaned not wanting to lift himself of the ground at
the moment but eventually doing so and stretching a little.
"did we get everything?" He asked letting out a
yawn
Bakura nodded slightly.
"Of course, I wouldn't let you two sleep if we hadn't. It's all in the living room..." He yawned closing his eyes again, trying to
dose lightly. "You can go make
friends with the neighbors if you want...I'm still tired." Yami yawned loudly and sighed. "It's well past noon...we need to get
up before we throw our internal clocks off..."
"Fuck internal clocks...sleep now." Bakura mumbled.
Marik sighed shaking his head "Well I�m gonna set up my
room and possibly sleep in my own bed, I suggest you do the same thing
Yami." Marik said going into the living room to find the frame to his bed.

Ryou yawned stretching as he woke up looking around him and
finding Malik not in bed next to him, who suddenly walked in with some tea for
Ryou who smiled taking it thankfully.
"I'm surprised he let us sleep so late...Otogi usually
calls us by at least eight." Ryou said sipping his tea but noticed Malik�s
wide smile at the mention of Otogi. "What?" Ryou asked noticing the
happiness Malik seemed to possess at the moment.
"We have the day off!" He said smiling.
"I'm not sure why, but I guess it's good, we could all use some
together-time, and you could still use the break...bruise boy." Malik said hugging Ryou slightly. "So, how would you like to spend our
group day off?"
Yugi poked his head in grinning just as brightly as usual. "Good morning!" He chirped.
"Ryou gets another day off."
He said, walking past, clad only in his boxers and dancing slightly,
like the Joe boxer guy from the K-mart adds that Ryou was constantly amused
wispanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Malik snickered slightly. "If only K-mart had found Yugi
first..."
Ryou smiled warmly at both of them. "We could welcome
our new neighbors to the complex...Oh Yugi you didn�t wake up last night, we
have new neighbors." Ryou said smiling at him.
Yugi peeked back in looking a bit puzzled. "We do? Wow, that's cool. Have
you met them already?"
Malik laughed.
"Ryou has, he says they look like us in a freaky 'oh my god it's
worse than the Oleson twins' kind of way..."
Yugi blinked.
"...really now...?" He
said raising an eyebrow slightly. "That's freakish..."
he said snickering a bit.
"I suppose. I'd like to
meet them then, because I've yet to see anyone who resembled me. Hair like this is hard to come
by." Yugi said laughing and doing
a vanish white to his bed head and laughing, causing the other two boys to
laugh.
"Well, Ryou says twins, so the one who looks like you
must be a walking palm tree too."
Yugi wrinkled his nose. "I
do NOT look like a palm tree!"
I'm sure they'll like it just fine. Especially if there's a Malik twin over there. Malik loves coffee, maybe that'll hit off
good." he said rushing to his room
to dress and get ready.
Malik offered a smile of encouragement. "Really, no one has ever NOT
appreciated a house warming gift. It's
rude." He said getting up and
getting his own clothes. "We'll
meet with them a little then, while you're away. Don�t be too long you should get to know them better
too."
"I wouldn�t although they seem direct opposites of
us...at least Bakura did he scared me a little when I first saw him...hope he
didn't get the wrong idea." Ryou said grabbing his jacket. "I'll try
not to be too long." Ryou said a she headed out the door.

Malik shuffled through the pile of boxes happy to finally
having his bed set up but still rummaging for his sheets and any other item of
his among the sea of belongings when the doorbell rang. He went to answer it
slightly amused to see a miniature Yami and himself standing there.
"Hello..." He said staring at the two curiously
wondering if the little Bakura was with them.
Yugi smiled a bit shyly.
"Hi, Ryou said we should meet you guys and make you feel
welcome. He's out getting you guys a
housewarming gift. So we thought it'd
be a good time to meet the people who 'looked like us'." He said after a minute.
Malik stared almost dumbly at Marik. The resemblance was uncanny. It really WAS a freakish Oleson twin�s
thing...
Yugi elbowed Malik slightly. "That's Malik, and my name is Yugi." He said smiling slightly, as Marik almost
dumbly invited them in, staring back at Malik.
"Ryou..." Marik repeated to himself "I'm
Marik, Bakura is being a late sleeper today and Yami is attacking his bed frame
currently...I�ll see who's winning and try to get him to meet you guys."
Marik said smiling being his usual strange self. "Oh sorry about the
apartment I know it's horrible, we haven�t had much of a chance to unpack
yet." Marik said heading upstairs to fetch Yami.
Yami grumbled, FINALLY managing to put his bed frame
together and just as he went to put the mattress on Marik came in asking him to
go downstairs. "I'll be down in a
moment, I'm just putting the mattress on this thing." He said as Marik left to try to wake
Bakura. It wasn't too long before he
finished and headed downstairs.
Yami stared the MOMENT he caught sight of Yugi, who stared
back even though he was trying not to.
"Uh...Hi. I'm Yami. Nice to meet you....?" He mumbled slightly, before Yugi blinked a
bit and shook his gaze from Yami's.
"Oh! I'm Yugi,
and this is my friend Malik." He
said smiling as Yami stared slightly at him too. "This really is strange...that we all look so much
alike..." Yami said, slightly awed
and amused.
Malik was about to open Bakura�s door but used his better
judgment and decided against it walking back into the living room sitting down
on one of the chairs. "You can wake him up but I�m not seeing a need to do
so." Marik said already succeeding in pissing Bakura off and not even
being awake to do so.

Ryou paid for the coffee and decided to get a coffee pot
while he was they�re hoping that they liked coffee cause that�s what they were
getting. He sighed walking down the sidewalk back to his apartment complex but
was stopped when he noticed Joey standing in front of their building. He
approached him slowly.
"J-Joey?" He asked meekly
Joey smiled a bit.
"Hi Ryou, I was just looking for you. Otogi mentioned you lived around here, and I just happened to be
around. I was a bit worried about you
actually." He said turning to Ryou
and running a hand through his sandy hair.
"How are you doing? Are you
feeling better?" He asked,
genuinely worried.
"...yeah..." Ryou said hesitating a bit he never
liked it when clients knew where he lived it made him a bit paranoid and lord
knows he didn't need any more of that. "Um...why are you so worried? I
told you before I�d be fine...no need to make house calls really if you want me
you need to talk to Otogi." Ryou said figuring that�s why he was here.
Joey shook his head a bit.
"I wasn't here to ask for that, I'm here because I was
worried. Whether you want to believe it
or not, that bruise is awful."
Joey said smiling softly and giving Ryou a quick soft hug. "Look, It's only human to worry about
someone who's hurt...besides you really need to take better care of
yourself. You don�t seem like someone
who'd be content doing what you do for a living. It's easy to tell...so why do you still do it?"
Ryou pulled away from the hug letting his hair fall in his
face, he wasn't used to such affection from someone other than Yugi and Malik.
"Because...now it's a little late to turn back...Otogi is nice until you
do something he doesn�t want, and me quitting he would defiantly not want.
Besides it's something I can do it may not be moral or healthy but it's what I
can do." Ryou said softly. "I have to go..." Ryou said trying to
move past Joey but Joey stood in his way making Ryou curious. "Um...was
there something else you wanted? Maybe we could meet some other time."
Ryou said sighing slightly completely not understanding his concern.
Joey sighed and looked into Ryou's eyes. "You're too beautiful a person to be
doing this to yourself you know...and yes, I would like to meet you later
today." Joey said handing Ryou a
small piece of paper. "If you
want, I'll even pay you for the mere company.
I just want a chance to talk to you..." He said softly. He was
growing rather fond of the pale teen, and even though he'd tried numerous times
to talk himself out of it...he finally gave in and asked Otogi where Ryou
lived. Joey really wanted Ryou to trust
him...he was so innocent, even though he was doing what he was doing.
Ryou couldn�t help but smile shyly, he was called beaul
bl
before but it was usually out of lust...he sounded sincertualtually. "I'll
see what I can do today...and you don't have to pay me." Ryou said softly
walking past him and walking into the complex getting into the elevator.
"That was kind of strange..." He said mainly to
himself as he pushed for the third floor. He walked out of the elevator
knocking softly upon the door of his neighbors hoping Yugi and Malik already
came by.
Yami answered the door, the group minus Bakura who was
upstairs in dreamland were happily conversing about all sorts of things. "Oh Hi! You must be Ryou, come on in...pardon the mess we just got all
the stuff in here last night and haven't really had the chance to
unpack." He said stepping to the
side.
Yugi grinned and waved from the couch that he and Malik were
sitting on. "These guys are really
great Ryou! We have the coolest
neighbors!" Malik laughed
slightly.
Ryou smiled at them "Here...I hope you like
coffee." He said handing him the new coffee pot and the Irish cream coffee
he bought. "I'm glad you are all getting along..." Ryou looked around
"Weren�t they�re three of you?" Ryou asked looking at Marik.
Yami laughed a bit.
"He's not a morning person...if you want you can go see him, I'm
sure he'd be more polite if you woke him up.
Then wander around the rest of the day wondering how you got
in." At that, there was a bit of
noise from upstairs, signaling that the white haired beast had FINALLY
risen. He walked down, topless and
grumbling like a wild animal.
"Stinking.........damn......." He mumbled incoherently, occasionally cursing loud enough for
someone to make it out, before looking up and noticing that there were three people
more than there should have been.
"Huh? Oh...Hi." He said, the answer clicking. These must be their neighbors, because there
was the little white haired one.
Ryou quietly took a seat next to Malik resting his head on
his friends shoulder, he was always prone to go near those he felt protected by
and Malik had unofficially taken up that role, not to mention he wasn�t feeling
to much warmth from his look alike of the other two at the moment.
"So...what brings you all to domino?" Ryou asked
to mainly anyone who wanted to answer.
Bakura yawned a bit and took up the opportunity to
answer. "Cheap yet big
apartments. That and we were starting
to piss our landlord off." Yami
rolled his eyes slightly. "Well if
you and Marik wouldn't have gotten so drunk when he came to check the house
out, and had the worst fight in the history of man-kind...maybe he wouldn't
have been so upset." Bakura
snorted slightly. "Whatever, I
hated him to start with...he was such a tight-ass. yak, yak, yak, blah, blah, blah.
Anyhow, that's why we're here.
How long have you guys been here?"
He asked, sitting down in one of the stray recliners, which hadn't
really been placed anywhere specific yet.
"A few weeks...same reason big yet cheap, we just got
done moving in our belongings finally." Ryou said noticing the other two
not speaking up and kept on glancing back and forth between everyone. Ryou
laughed slightly at Yami's comment as well. "Do you two not get
along?" Ryou asked Marik
"No...We get along quite well actually I just press his
buttons at times when I should just keep my mouth shut." Marik said
"Isn't that right Baku?" He asked smiling at his friend who glared.
"Call me that again...just try it...I'll kill you,
regardless of how many witnesses I'd have against me."
Yami groaned.
"Marik stop it! Don�t piss
him off in front of the neighbors...we don�t need to scare them off. They're so friendly!"
Yugi giggled slightly, at the fighting between Marik and
Bakura before whispering to Ryou.
"You're right...they are opposites of us...you practically never
fight with Malik...in-fact...sometimes you act like you have a crush on
him..." He teased. Malik smirked. "Yeah, and Yami's taller than you." Yugi turned red. "I AM NOT SHORT!
I'll have you know that five feet tall is a fine height!" Malik snickered, as Yugi whacked him with a
couch pillow.
Ryou giggled slightly "I just feel comfortable around
him is all...no offense." Ryou added smiling at Malik who gave him a tight
squeeze.
Marik smiled at the two "Are you two together or
something?" He asked not hearing what the three were discussing at the
moment.
Malik shook his head.
"Oh, no. Ryou and I are
just good friends. Besides work kind of
gets in the way." He said smirking
at the white haired youth. "He's
shy." He said being awarded with a
slight glare from Ryou. Malik hugged
him and ruffled his hair a bit.
"I'm just kidding...don�t get all upset. Why do you ask?"
Malik said suddenly, slightly curious as to why Marik would ask
something like that.
Marik shrugged not really sure himself "You two just
seem so close is all...if I tried getting that close to Bakura I think he would
devour my soul." Marik said smiling slightly to himself.
Ryou pulled away from Malik slightly. "Um...I sort of
promised someone I�d meet them later...literally a friendly visit, so I�m going
to go and meet him if you'll excuse me." He said standing but noticed the
concerned glance Malik gave him. "Friendly visit I promise." Ryou
said reassuring his friend.
"What was all that about? You looked really worried for
a moment." Marik asked curiously.
Malik smiled a bit uneasily. "Ryou sometimes attracts bad company...and I have to stick
up for him sometimes. He swears that
he's fine...but I wish he'd just let me take care of him. He's so dead-set against it though, I didn't
even know recently, that he'd been hurt but he has a massive bruise...it was
really awful."
Yugi cringed.
"Poor Ryou-kun..." He
mumbled shaking his head.
Marik looked at Yami feeling bad for them slightly. "He
probably just wants to be responsible for himself and not worry you...I respect
that kind of attitude really, it's better to rely on yourself...sometimes
that�s all you really have." Marik said hoping to put things into
perceptive for Malik who seemed to glare at him angry about what he said.
Malik shook his head.
"Ryou has already had a rough time, and I'm not going to let things
get rougher on him. No matter how
self-reliant he is, No job should be worth injury. He'll never have just
himself....ever. " Malik said,
almost sadly.
Yugi bit his lip slightly.
"Perhaps we should get going..." he said nudging Malik slightly.
The last thing their neighbors needed to know was what they did for a
living.
Marik wanted to ask exactly what they did but decided they
probably didn't want to talk about it and kept his mouth shut letting them
leave in peace. "Curious bunch aren't they?" Marik asked to
particularly no one.
Bakura nodded a bit.
"You seemed to upset them when you started talking about having
only yourself..." Bakura said
thoughtfully. "I wonder what they
do..."
Yami shrugged lightly.
"Seems like rough work, if Ryou got a bruise like they
described. Maybe they work in
construction...or something along those lines."
Bakura laughed.
"Oh yes, I can see them lifting heavy building equipment. Right on top of my list of possible
jobs."
"They seem to not want to talk about it so I�m guessing
it's pretty private not to mention none of our business so I think it's best if
we just leave the subject alone...they'll avoid us if we press on subjects they
don�t wish to talk about." Marik said "Besides I�d like to get to
know them better, they seem nice enough." Marik said smiling slightly to
himself.
Bakura smirked.
"Spill, who's your new crush.
You only use that corny line when you like someone." He said chuckling and remembering the last
time, Marik said "I'd like to get to know them better, they seem nice
enough.".
Yami laughed a bit.
"It might be that Marik doesn't have a crush on any of them,
although they were kind of cute."
Yami said amused. Bakura
shrugged a bit. "I suppose, but I
think Marik's already crushing on one of them..." He said eying Marik suspiciously. "But, I could be wrong.."
"Even if I was would it matter? They all are cute, I�d love
to see if his personality is anything like yours" Malik teased and went
back to fixing his room ignoring the looks he got from both of them.

Ryou stood in front of Joey's apartment curious if he should
knock or not, he could have hidden motives and was just really good at hiding
them...but he did seem awfully nice. He sighed and knocked on the door softly.
Joey answered and was very happy to see Ryou there. "Hi!
C'mon in. Sit anywhere you like
and pardon my mess...I've been trying to clean...it just hasn't been
working." He said moving aside so
Ryou could come in. "Have a seat
anywhere. Would you like some
soda?" He said trying to hide the
slight excitement, that Ryou had actually come, from Ryou himself...but Joey
was pretty sure he was failing.
Nevertheless, that's ok.
"You don�t need to be so formal, and no thanks I�m
fine." Ryou said sitting on the couch. He was a little uncomfortable but
hoped to overcome it Joey seemed in such a good mood and even though he just
meet him, it would be so horrible to ruin such a disposition.
Joey smiled and shook his head. "How can I hope to get you to have a good time if you wont
open up a bit." He said sitting
next to Ryou and smiling. "I want
to give you a fun day, in apology for...well...you know. Besides you deserve it, my treat." He said taking Ryou's hand gently, so as not
to upset Ryou. He could tell Ryou was a
bit uneasy...but hopefully an outing would help Ryou calm down. "Anything you want...I just want to get
to know you a little...you know like bonding time or something like
that." He said hopefully.
"What exactly do you want to know?" Ryou asked
curiously
"You."
Joey said simply. "I just
want to get to know you. Am I asking
too much, to spend a little time with you, doing anything you could possibly
want to do?" He asked, looking at
Ryou sincerity very evident in his features.
"You don�t have to...but it'd really be worth the time if you did."
"I'm not really one for public places..." Ryou
admitted softly "I'd much rather stay here, I like spending my free time
usually just talking to my room-mates considering we don�t get much free
time." Ryou said and smiled "You�re not asking much at all...but
that's what makes me a little nervous...most want something in return."
Ryou said shrugging slightly.
Joey shook his head.
"I don�t want anything but your happiness in return. I'm not one for doing stuff like that. If you don�t want something just say no,
we'll do something else." Joey
said shrugging. He wasn't referring to
sex, more along the lines of any activities Ryou might think up. "You're sure there's nothing I could
get for you, or something? Like a book,
you've been wanting to read...or a trip to eat out. Otogi told me you guys don�t eat out much. If you want, we can do that."
"Like I said, I�m not one for public places...you said
you wanted to get to know me better, ask away...I�ll be an open book for
you." Ryou said smiling slightly.
Joey smiled.
"Ok, well do you have any dreams?" He said, figuring the cheesiest question should be the
starter. It'd be an amusing icebreaker
and an honest question.
Ryou frowned slightly, he hadn�t really thought about his
future in any way "I haven't really dwelled on that much, I like to
paint...and play the piano, when I had one that is." Ryou
&q
"You?" he asked
"Oh that's easy.
I'm thinking of going into writing...or science. I'm a sucker for anatomy..." Joey said, trying to pull a laugh from
Ryou. "When I finish up college,
I'll be either a damn good writer, or a damn good scientist. How about you? You in college? Or maybe
you're still in high school but close to college..."
"Neither...we all intend to graduated high school
through night school but were not sure about college or anything yet."
It's somewhat hard to work school around a schedule like ours.
Joey nodded. "I
still think you should quit...you could make yourself something so much more
with so little effort. You said you
liked painting and piano. You could
become an artist, or a pianist! It'd
make you money, and you wouldn't have to subject yourself to doing this. It's not hard to tell you don�t like what
you do...it shows in your eyes."
Joey said softly, brushing a few of Ryou's bangs aside. "It really makes you look so sad...even
if you are wearing a mask of smiles for the rest of the world..."
Ryou shook his head at Joey "...Otogi..." He said
softly, "You can't just quit it doesn�t work that way and he wouldn�t let
me quit no matter how much I wanted it or anyone else...besides I�m accustomed
to it by now, it's fine really." Ryou said hoping Joey would move to a
different subject.
Joey sighed.
"Are you content with this life?" He asked softly, shaking his head. "I talk about it anymore, if you don�t want to...but I still
want you to know that you could be so much more than this." He mumbled sadly. It would take him a moment to think of a new subject, and he
could tell Ryou was more than a little ruffled at having to talk about his
work. "How are things at your
home? Going well?"
"which one?" Ryou asked looking at Joey to
indicate he didn't want to discuss it anymore
Joey smiled a bit.
"Ok, well I can see I shouldn't ask about home either then...Otogi
mentioned you had room mates, do you like them?" he said hoping to recover from Ryou's discontent. Everyone liked to talk about their friends.
"Yes, their the one's I live with currently, I�m still
virtually under my fathers care but he's never hoo neo neither am I, But Yugi
and Malik are my best friends although Malik is a bit overprotective of me,
it's nice to know that somebody cares." Ryou said giving Joey a small
smile
"I see. They
seem like nice guys, so Malik's protective...how about Yugi? Is he nice too?" Joey said, relieved that Ryou was smiling
again.
"Yes, their both nice...we all look out for each other
and help with rent and living costs." Ryou explained
"Well then I imagine that you're doing ok then. Plus, I have an idea of what might be
good...." He said smirking a bit,
thinking of getting Ryou a keyboard so that he could play piano again. Sure, it
wasn't a grand piano, but a keyboard is better than nothing, and those can get
pretty expensive in their own ways. "But, that's for later. Have you eaten? It's nearly lunch time...if you don�t mind, I'd like to treat you
to lunch."
"I usually don�t eat lunch...I realize your trying to
show me a good time but I�m not an easy person to get along with really, I
think you have gotten the wrong impression of who and what I am." Ryou
said frowning slightly "When you look at me what do you see?" Ryou
asked seriously.
Joey smiled a bit.
"When I look at you, I see someone who WANTS to be something...but
cant simply because he's trapped. I see
someone who only wants some attention, but since he's been so used to the wrong
sort of attention, when someone shows him true heartfelt sincere
kindness...that person doesn't know what to think." Joey said softly. "I may be wrong...but I don�t think so. I think you're only not easy to get along
with, because you're afraid of getting hurt, and I don�t mean physically."
Ryou wasn�t expecting that kind of answer. "You're
strange...You don�t even see the surface of me, you look straight past
it...literally why are you being so nice to me?" Ryou asked curiously
Joey shrugged slightly.
"I dunno...something about you draws me to you I guess. Natural magnetism. I see the surface of you just fine by the way. You're a beautiful person I've told you that
over and over. Nothing you do could
change that..." Joey said
sheepishly. He was pretty sure that
mentioning what might be a crush on the smaller teen would surely scare him
off, especially if he out and said it so early on. There was such a thing as winning a person over, with kindness
and romance. That was always a good
FIRST try.
"time changes everything...I was hoping I could get you
to hate me, your being stubborn about it though." Ryou said hugging
himself slightly looking at Joey �you seem very determined to befriend
me." Ryou said softly.
"Is there some reason why you'd avoid being my
friend? I don�t intend to hurt
you. If you never open up to anyone but
your two friends at home...how can you ever hope to NOT be hurt anymore? You're making it too easy for others to hurt
you Ryou...and I really don�t want that for you at all." He said once more moving a few stray bangs
from Ryou's eyes. "I want to be
your friend, because I know that deep down, that's all you really want...is
some friendship and caring. I'm
offering myself to you, no strings or conditions. Just me, and I am asking, as one plain ordinary person to
another. Will you be my friend
Ryou?"
"Under the circumstances that we met it's
different...your not an everyday person, not to me at least." Ryou paused
"I'm still nervous around you, and your wrong about me getting hurt...I go
to people with the assumption that they don�t care I don�t let them near my
emotions, physical wounds heal but mental wounds don't...that�s why I don�t
open up to anyone, and why I�m nervous to open up to you." Ryou said
hoping the other would understand.
Joey nodded. "I
know we met under...some more difficult circumstances. I wont hire you anymore, unless you WANT me
to. I just want to get to know you,
make life something you'd enjoy waking up to each day Ryou. I really do." He said softly. "I
know that, opening up to me will be hard, but I promise that it will be worth
it. I'm willing though, to accept it if
you cant...but I'm hoping to at least convince you to try."
Ryou tilted his head to the side as if trying to understand
the other boy, "I'd be happy to try...but I can't promise anything...I'm
out of practice with people who try to help me and tend to be exceptionally
hard on them...un-intentionally." Ryou added softly.
"I understand that one completely. However, there is one thing I want to make
completely clear. Smile more, it suits
you." Joey said laughing a bit,
hoping that the pale teen would smile at the comment. "You've got too pretty a face to frown all the time. Now, since you don�t want to go out for
lunch...how about we settle for a couple of frozen pizzas and the workings of a
master chef...in training?"
"That sounds nice...maybe one day you can try out one
of Malik's experimental dinners." Ryou said laughing slightly at some of
the concoctions, he had made before.
"Great, I'll just get them cooking, and we can chat
about whatever strikes us. I always
have the strangest conversations when I'm waiting for my food to
cook." Joey said laughing and
going into the kitchen to shove two frozen pizzas in and grab a couple of
bottles of coke to take back. He handed
Ryou the bottle, and opened his, offering Ryou the bottle opener as well. EVERYONE loves coke in glass bottles.
"Here, I don�t know if coke is your favorite, but if you tell me I promise next time we
hang out I'll have it for you." He
said smiling and offering Ryou the bottle opener.
"Coke is fine, you are trying much to hard to be polite
to me...just be yourself and if you�re normally this way you need to ease up a
little." Ryou said taking a sip of his drink.
"You can�t blame a guy for trying to be nice to a
friend." Joey laughed a bit. "Were you any good at playing the
piano?" he asked as he took a drink of his own soda.
"I suppose, I mostly played classical...Mozart was my
favorite." Ryou said
"Oh, that�s good...how long were ya playing before you
didn't have a piano anymore? Private
lessons?" Joey asked after a
moment. "You just seem like you
would have come from a rich family...or maybe it's just because you're so
polite yourself..."
"My father taught me when I was really young, I only
stopped recently really...since I moved in with my friends...He used to work at
home but the started g on on expeditions and digs after mom died." Ryou
explained "Not that I needed him to teach me anything else, I came almost
naturally." Ryou added.
"I bet. Some
people have all the luck with learning things." Joey said laughing a bit.
"I sure wish I could play something without making someone's
eardrums bleed." he added, rolling
his eyes and laughing. "How about
painting, what do you like to paint?
Portraits? Landscapes?"
"...people...I can see colors others don't through the
model, Malik used to pose for me a lot but I stopped painting as well...his
colors aren't as vibrant as they once were...and its also very time consuming,
I�m much rather have a hobby that doesn�t take half a day to accomplish."
Ryou said
"You shouldn't give up hobbies like that. You had to have been very good at
them..." Joey thought for a
moment. "I'd like to see one of
your paintings sometime..." He
asked sheepishly. "Do you think
you could show me one sometime?"
"sure..." Ryou glanced at the clock and his eyes
widened at the time "It's already ten?!" He said jumping up startling
Joey slightly
Joey jumped a bit.
"Is there something wrong?"
He said calming down. "Do
you need to be somewhere? I can give
you a ride, if you need to go." he
offered hoping that Ryou really didn't have to go anywhere.
"I should've been home by now. Malik and Yugi are
probably worried sick about me...I have to go I�m sorry." Ryou said but
Joey caught his arm gently.
"You don�t have to walk, I'll give you a ride. This neighborhood isn't the safest place to
be when it's dark out, especially if you're alone." Joey said shaking his head. "Please, let me give you a ride
there...I'd feel much better if I was sure nothing bad would happen to
you."
"Could we walk?" Ryou asked never willing to get
into the car of practically anyone.
"I suppose if you aren't comfortable in a
car." Joey said smiling and
getting up and going into the kitchen taking the dishes from their meal and
drinks with him. "Ok, lets
go." He said smiling and opening
the door for Ryou.
Ryouked ked out but let Joey walk in front of him or beside
him not behind him, he didn't mean to give Joey the impression he thought him as
a dangerous person it was just a natural reaction around most people, a habit
he couldn�t rid himself of.
Joey was only glad to accompany Ryou back to the apartment
comp and and the walk had been in mostly silence. He smiled though, taking Ryou's hand before he entered the
complex. "I hope you'll hang out
with me again sometime. It was fun,
besides you still have to show me some of your paintings." He said smoothly.
"sure..." Ryou said walking inside and into the
elevator-waving goodbye to Joey. He sighed slightly leaning against the
elevator walls as he punched the third floor button and waited for it to open
as he thought silently to himself.
Malik sighed, as he tried to cook the TV dinners that Yugi
had requested earlier. Where was
Ryou? "I'm so worried...I wish he
would have called, or told us where he was going..." He mumbled as Yugi watched, hoping he
wouldn't need to jump up and dial 911 for a fireman to come and hose down the
stove. "I'm sure he's fine Malik,
Ryou's alwayen gen good about taking care of himself when it really, really
counts. He'll be back. Just calm down."
Ryou walked inside sighing deeply "I'm home!" He
said as he walked in the kitchen giving them both a hug-hello, sorry it took so
long I lost track of time and I hope you didn't get too worried.
Malik sighed in relief.
"It's ok...I was just telling Yugi I wished you had told us where
you had gone off to. You spent nearly
ALL day where ever it was." Yugi
grinned. "Have you made new
friends to replace us?" He teased as
Malik handed out the TV dinners, on plates so they wouldn't burn their
hands.
"Not to replace you guys or anything...just a nice guy,
his name is Joey." Ryou said softly
Yugi smiled.
"Oh no, the world might be ending...Ryou IS making friends with someone." Yugi giggled, before shoving a fork full of
potatoes into his mouth.
"Eck! Hot!" He yelped.
Malik laughed.
"I just took them out of the oven you dork, of COURSE they're
hot." he said before turning to
Ryou, remembering Ryou telling him about being hired by Joey not too long
ago. "So...you think you'll be
friends with him? It'd do you good to
get out more. I'm sure you'll get sick
of Yugi and I if we're the only two you spend most of your time
with." He said smiling and taking
his own potatoes, blowing on them and shoving them into his mouth.
Ryou shrugged "I know, it'd be better to get out more
although I�m still unsure about his intentions..." Ryou said taking a bite
of his peas.
Yugi blinkspanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes">
"What do ya mean 'his intentions'?" He asked curiously, finally having cooled his mouth down.
"You know me, I worry about anyone's intentions."
Ryou said biting into his turkey.
Malik smiled shaking his head a bit. "Maybe you should stop worrying for a
bit. I know it sounds a bit
hypocritical coming from me, but I really think this guy might be good for you
Ryou. It'd be someone other than Yugi
and I for you to bond with. You never
know." Yugi perked up at
that. "Yeah! That'd be so awesome, you could go over to
his place when you don�t like the food here!" Malik growled and flung a few peas at Yugi's head. "Watch it, or I'll quit buying the food
you like." He said laughing a bit.
Ryou laughed slightly at them as he continued to eat
although he wasn�t that hungry. "I'm tired for some reason..." Ryou
said trailing off slightly.
"It's ok if you want to turn in early, it's Yugi's turn
to do dishes, since he decided to insult my cooking again.&quspanspan
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Malik said laughing while
Yugi groaned and whined a bit. "Aww man...dishes..."
He mumbled.
"Anyway, go on to bed then Ryou, we'll take care of
things down here." Malik said
smiling and leaning over to kiss Ryou's forehead.
Ryou blushed, took a few more bites of his dinner, and went
upstairs to go to sleep.

Huza! I hope you like the fic so far! I will update later
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