SHOUENEN-AI IN THIS CHAPPIE. NO LEMON……NOT YET.  ALSO, GUYS, QUESTION: JOEY X MAI OR JOEY X SETO.  THE NEXT CHAPPIE I NEED A COUPLE AND I'M LITERALLY TORN.  HELP ME HELP YOU.  PLEASE VOTE FOR JOEY X SETO OR JOEY X MAI.  I CAN EVEN HAVE BOTH!!!!!!!!  I MAY DO BOTH TO KEEP EVERYBODY HAPPY.  LET ME KNOW WHICH COUPLE.  THANKIES.

Warning: This chappie contains a scene of violence between our happy yaoi couple and a neighbor.  I want to say that I do not support bashing of people no matter what their sexual preference.  I am merely trying to represent the situation as it appears.  We're all here on this Earth for a purpose and to harm people because of their personal preferences is wrong!!  That is my rant.  Enjoy the chappie!

\\….\\- Bakura to Ryou through mindlink

//….//- Ryou to Bakura through mindlink

Through the Eyes of Another

They quickly marched towards home.  The afternoon heat was getting too much for Ryou and Bakura hated melted chocolate.  As they walked home, Ryou heard someone mutter a not so nice word under the breath.  He rolled his eyes and they continued walking until one of Ryou's neighbors blocked their way on the sidewalk.

"Ryou?" The man shifted his gaze between he and Bakura.  "What are you doing?"

"Coming back from shopping," Ryou replied tensely.  Bakura looked at Ryou feeling him tense through their mindlink.  Bakura asked who this was through their link, but all he got was silence. 

"I don't mean what you were doing, boy.  I was asking you what you are doing holding that other boy''s hand."

Anzu actually said something that Ryou and Bakura dreaded.  "They are friends, yeah!!!"

"Anzu, shut up!"

"Are they are, are they, little lady?"

Anzu smiled at being called a lady and not "idiot" or "brainless".  "They are very close friends!  YEAH FRIENDSHIP!"

Ryou stepped back clenching his fists.  "None of your business, Tom!" 

"Don't tell me you're turning "weird" on us, Ryou."

\\ Ryou, who are these clowns? \\

// His son always beats me up at school.  He's a real jerk and along with his father. //

"Mr. Cinetti, please, I just want to go home."

The man grabbed Ryou and Bakura's collars lifting them off the ground and shaking them.  "Keep it in the bedroom, lover boys!  Not where decent hard working people can see you."  Ryou began to tremble trying to free the grasp around his neck cutting off his air supply.  Bakura took a more hostile approach.  Bakura dropped the bag of chocolates as he swung his fist to hit the man, but the man kicked him first.  "Children don't need to see your disgusting behavior.  How dare you make a mockery of good old fashioned family values!"  He threw Ryou on the ground as he gasped for breath, tears rolling down his eyes.  Cinetti threw Bakura against his metal fence.  Bakura collapsed holding his head. 

"Damned bigot," Bakura muttered under his breath.  Cinetti kicked Bakura in the side as Ryou staggered off the ground and punched Cinetti in the side sending him staggering back.  A group of other neighbors were coming out of their homes to watch the fight.  "You want to fight, pretty boy?"

"I won't let you hurt my yami!"

Cinetti tried to punch Ryou again, but he ducked avoiding the blow.  Instead Ryou punched him in the stomach. 

"Are you standing up for your slut, Ryou?"

Anzu watched the fight thinking they were fighting over friendship.  Anzy wrapped her arms around Ryou's waist startleing him.  With Ryou's attention momentarily destracted, Cinetti breathed deep and charged at him grabbing Ryou's shirt.  Cinetti pushed Ryou against the wall and his knee connected with Ryou's stomach.  Ryou fell over and looked up at the crowd. 

Anzu was in the crowd cheering "YEAH FRIENDSHIP!"  Ryou lowered his head knowing she would not help him.  The crowd chuckled at them.  Ryou began to cough from the attack on his stomach.

Bakura struggled to stand up still holding his head.  He stood in front of Ryou.  "I don't know what your problem is, mortal!  I won't let you do this."

"Don't hurt yourself, you might break a nail."

The crowd around them laughed.  Bakura growled.  Ryou looked at the angry crowd around them.  This was not going to be an easy fight. 

"Coming through!"  The older man who Ryou talked to earlier came to their aid.  "What are you folk doing?  You leave these kids alone!  Shame on you!"

Cinetti stepped back.  "Get off my property before I call the cops on you for disorderly conduct, pretty boys."  The crowd slowly dispersed as the man ran to Ryou by the fence. 

"Ryou, my boy, you O.K.?"  Ryou's stomach was heaving and his breathing was unstable.  Bakura helped Ryou off the ground. 

"Thank you, Mr. Thomlin," Ryou said gripping his stomach.  Bakura turned to Anzu. 

"I can't believe you, you stupid moron!  Look what you did!  Why can't you keep your mouth shut for once?"  Anzu blankly smiled at them.  Thomlin and Bakura supported Ryou back home.  Bakura grabbed their shopping bags.

                When they arrived home, Thomlin told them he was available if they ever needed help.  Ryou and Bakura cleaned themselves up with rubbing alcohol and cotton.  Bakura's head and Ryou's stomach had bruises.  Ryou's palms were skinned from the pavement.  They put cream on their injuries.

"Don't listen to that bigot, Ryou."

"I love you, yami.  I don't care what Cinetti says.  He doesn't know us."

Bakura smiled.  "I love you too.  Till death do us part."

Ryou blushed and hugged his yami and ran downstairs. 

Bakura put his clothes away.  Ryou put the candies on the table.  He sat down at the table deciding to steal a chocolate covered cherry from Bakura to feel better.  Bakura bought an extra box of candy.  He bit into one of the chocolates, but it wasn't creamy and it wasn't a cherry.  It was a chocolate marshmallow.  Ryou looked at the candy in shock.  "Bakura wanted to surprise me!  He really does love me!"   

                Ryou ran upstairs to find Bakura closing his drawer. 

Meanwhile, a certain braindead girl forgot she left her "friendly crabbie" at Ryou's home.  She knocked on the door and just barged right in when no one opened it.  She looked for her friendly crabbie all over the downstairs.

Upstairs, Ryou spun Bakura around and kissed him on the lips.  "You bought me a present!"

Bakura's eyes widened. "What? You found out?"

Ryou held onto his yami lightly around the waist to avoid hurting him after their previous encounter with Cinetti.  "That was supposed to be for tonight, Ryou," he said laughing into the kiss. 

"I only had one.  Tonight we can finish the box.  Just the two of us," Ryou said licking around Bakura's ear sending chills down Bakura's back.  Bakura put hi head on Ryou's shoulder pulling Ryou's collar down a little to kiss a tiny bruise Cinetti left on Ryou's sensitive nape of his neck.  Ryou continued his attack on Bakura's ear and neck as Bakura turned around and laid Ryou on the bed.  Bakura avoided pressing his entire weight on the smaller boy because of the bruise on his stomach.  "I can still taste the marshmallow, love."

"Think of how good the entire box will taste," Ryou purred. 

"Oh, Ryou…." Bakura kissed Ryou's chest again unaware of little idiotic feet climbing the steps.  Ryou groaned into their kiss as Bakura brushed his fingers over Ryou's chest and side.  "I love you so much."

"Me too, Bakura."

The door slammed open with a slam startling the boys.  Bakura grabbed Ryou too tightly when he was startled and unfortunately gripped a bruise.  Ryou screamed in shock and pain as Bakura was startled too. 

"Ryou! I'm sorry!"

Anzu holding her crab's leash.  "I can't find my friendly crabbie!"

"KNOCK BEFORE ENTERING!!!" Bakura bellowed rolling off of Ryou. 

"You must be really good friends to be hugging so tightly with love!"  Anzu wrapped her arms around Bakura and Bakura screamed.  Ryou tried to pull her off of him as Bakura thrashed around.  In her own bitch-like way, she thought Ryou was trying to hug her so she hugged Ryou tightly.  "I love you, too! Group hug!"  Anzu hugged  Bakura and Ryou tightly elicitng a growl and a cry from  Bakura and Ryou respectively.  Bakura pushed her off angrily.  Ryou ran to the bathroom and shut the door.  The assault on his stomach, the excitement of Bakura's kiss, plus Anzu's tight grip on him tensed  his stomach too much to keep any food down in his stomach.  "Get out of our house, you sick, twisted, demented little monkey!" 

"I can't find my crabbie-wabbie!"

Bakura grabbed her collar and bodily removed her from the house.  Bakura ran upstairs and banged on the bathroom door.  "Ryou? What's going on in there?"

Bakura heard the doorknob turn and found Ryou on the floor clutching his stomach.  Bakura kneeled down to him and took him in his arms.  Bakura grabbed some more cream and rubbed it on Ryou's bruise on his stomach.  "Aishiteru, yami."

Bakura lifted Ryou off the ground and put him back in bed.  He brushed some of Ryou's hair from his eyes and brought him some pain pills and water. 

"Are we still going to the carnival tonight?  Please say we are."

Bakura smiled.  "We will, my love. Now close your eyes and get some sleep.  We have a long night ahead of us.  You've already had a long day." 

Bakura turned to leave.  "Bakura?"

"Hmm?"

Ryou's eyes were still closed and he looked like he was already asleep.  "Can you stay with me until I fall asleep?"  Ryou didn't need to open his eyes to tell the yami was slipping next to him.  Ryou turned around and draped his arm over his yami and laid his head on Bakura's chest.  This is how they always slept together.  Bakura could feel Ryou's sore muscles relaxing as he slipped into his peaceful slumber knowing his yami was nearby.

Next chappie: CARNIVAL!!!