Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Baby of Mine ❯ Prologue-How Much I Love You ( Prologue )
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DEDICATION: This fic is dedicated with gratitude and great appreciation to Dragondreamer Yami Dragon who has helped me along
the way even through dark times. She is a terrific writer and a wonderful friend.
This fic is also dedicated with gratitude and appreciation for all of my reviewers who have been such a support for me including:
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WARNINGS: THIS FIC CONTAINS SOME SHOUENEN-AI, LEMON (I ALWAYS GIVE YOU GUYS WARNINGS TWO
OR THREE CHAPPIES AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE THE LEMONS) AND TONS OF ANZU BASHING. Ok. Anzu may not be
as bad as I make her out to be, but I love bashing her.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This happens right after "The fall of icarus". (At the end of the fall of icarus, Ryou was hospitalized because his
father tried to kill him by poison. As a result, Ryou's heart was severely damaged. Bakura and Ryou were thrown out of the house and
Ryou's dad was arrested for attempted murder. Steven, Ryou's dad, sold the house for legal fees kicking Ryou and Bakura out of the house.
Now they live with Malik and Marik. Ryou needs a heart operation to save his life…..but his dad took all the money.)
Prologue-How Much I Love You
Bakura's POV
Ryou stayed home from school that day. He was tired and I could fell every breath he took was like a hot poker to his chest.
My Ryou was cuddled beside me as we watched the sunset together. We loved the sunsets. So romantic. Just me and my beautiful Ryou,
my little angel. He was quiet since we moved in with Malik and Marik. As we watched the brilliant pinks entwine with the passionate reds,
Ryou looked distant. His eyes were on the sky, but it was almost as if he looked into the sunset for a deeper purpose. Ryou looked down
at the ring on his finger, the wedding ring, the symbol of our undying love for each other.
He didn't see me watching his every movement, listening for every breath.
I pulled him closer to my shoulder and he gripped my shirt tightly whimpering into my shirt. I could do nothing to stop his pain.
I tried every avenue to raise money. Begging for money was not me. Begging for money was not my specialty. Thievery was my business.
Not crawling on my hands and knees in indentured servitude. However, I wouldn't be begging for me….no. I would be begging for Ryou's life.
Marik, Malik, and I pulled our resources and had only managed to provide half of the funds necessary to give Ryou a heart operation.
Ever since Ryou told me about his father trying to poison him, I blamed all this on his dad, Steven. Just because Ryou loved me, Ryou's dad
tried to kill him, his only son. If Malik, Marik, and I could not collect enough money, Ryou would die.
Die. My heart ached when I said it or thought about it. My Ryou can't die. The one I love, the one I would die a million deaths for,
the one I married…..cannot die on me. I pulled him closer to me as I heard him whimper and cry. All I could do was sit and watch as Ryou
wailed into the sunset. We had all of his friends over to see him once we moved in. Even Seto and Joey came over, which surprised me.
Seto looked surprisingly concerned, something rare to see in him. The might CEO's lip trembled when he saw Ryou's back arch and the
tears falling down his face whispering, "I don't want to die."
To hear those words come out of a loved one, it hurts. Ryou worried about it. I could tell. He tried to fake his concern, but you can't
deceive someone who loves you, who knows you too well.
"What are we going to do, yami?"
"I don't know, Ryou. I wish I could answer you."
He began to cry. My poor Ryou was crying. He brought his face up to mine. The red and pinks from the late summer sunset draped
across his face delicately. Glistening tears glowed in the passionate glow of our sunset. I brought his lips to mine. I couldn't stop the tears
from flowing in my eyes neither. Every kiss….I prayed it wasn't our last. How could someone love another…fearing that one kiss may
be the last? I always hoped the kisses between me and Ryou would never end. I wanted to kiss him into eternity. As we kissed gently,
his hand caressed my face. He may be fearing the same, that he would leave me. I heard him whimper again as my right hand pressed
against his chest rubbing the flesh under the shirt softly. Ryou's heartbeat was uneven….and I couldn't stop it. Ryou didn't have much time.
I didn't want to let go of him that night. We remained on the couch together all night. I was afraid if I let him go, he would slip from my arms
forever. In fact, we fell asleep where we watched the sunset, wrapped in each other's arms afraid to let go.
The next morning, we received a knock at the door. I was feeding Ryou his breakfast in bed. My angel could not get out of bed to eat.
He was too tired and too weak. Malik ran upstairs with an envelope in his hand. I opened it up and read the note enclosed:
Use this to fund Ryou's heart operation. Best Wishes.
There was no signature. Just a check and the note. Malik hovered over my shoulder and gasped at the check.
"That's enough to cover the operation, Bakura!" I can't believe it!" Malik cheered and brought my lips into a kiss. Malik cheered and kissed
Ryou on the lips too. He ran out of the room cheering. Malik loved Ryou as much as I. Marik loved Ryou, too, but somehow,
I knew Malik would always be for him alone. My Ryou wasn't cheering. I heard wailing again.
"Ryou, don't cry, my love! We can afford your operation!"
"I'm not crying……because I'm sad. I'm so happy, yami! I don't want to die!"
I gathered him in my arms and he repeatedly kissed my neck. Marik came in wondering what was causing Ryou to cry. When I told him,
he smiled and came over to my crying lover. He pet Ryou's hair and hugged both of us leaving the room.
I let Ryou cry himself to sleep. When he was asleep, I called Ryou's doctor in tears myself. I was shaking uncontrollably. I was relieved
and petrified all at the same time. I was relieved Ryou would live, but he was already so weak from the toxins in his body, I was afraid he
wouldn't make it. That check in our mailbox was a miracle.
A few days later, we took Ryou to the hospital. As I held him in the back of Isis' car, I told him how much I loved him and how I would be
there by his side. When I saw the doctors rushing Ryou into the emergency room, I shivered uncontrollably. Malik was there to hold me.
Somehow I knew that everything would turn in our favor, that Ryou was not destined to die here. I knew somehow that Ryou would improve
and he would take his place beside me where he belonged. Before the doctors rushed him into the surgery which could either spare his life,
or cut it abruptly short, I kissed him on the lips tenderly. The doctors ordered me to remove his wedding band. The ring reluctantly slipped
off of his finger.
"I love you, Ryou. You are my angel, my light, my love. Never forget that, Ryou."
His cold hand rose to my cheek. I could tell it took effort for him. "I love you, too, my yami. I love you more than words could ever say."
"Till death do us part, Ryou. Together forever. We are one, Ryou, you and I. I married you with this ring and when you come out of your surgery,
I will place it back on your finger where it belongs."
He brought me into a kiss, his tongue stroking the bottom of my own. His lips were cold and were becoming colder. I reluctantly pulled away
and let the doctors take him away. Malik, Marik, and I waited. I didn't eat. I didn't sleep. I just sat and prayed to Ra that Ryou was going to survive.
Next Chappie: Ryou comes home from the hospital.