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[coh_ryou]

Who: Malik and Ryou
What: Ryou wakes up again, and Malik is there
When: Three days after Ryou's death
Where: Malik's house
Rating: Unrated


Where am I? What happened? Ryou's voice seemed to echo in his own mind. It was dark and he began to shake in fear. Where am I? What happened to me? So many of his memories were passing through his mind. A man with

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[torn_lavender]

His apartment was quiet; the small complex was empty except for him, and there was no one on the street within range, no matter how far he tried to stretch himself in order to hear something, because it was too damn quiet here--

And then his over-extended senses were suddenly assaulted as a consciousness snapped back into life in his bedroom, and Malik nearly tripped.

"Shit," he swore, hurrying back through the living room. He'd meant to be there when Ryou woke up, but since he had a rather reasonable fear of monitoring Ryou's mental signature while he was dead, he hadn't known when he would wake. The dead were more frightening to listen to than the living.

"Ryou? Ryou, merwet, baby, it's okay, you're back, it's..." Malik could keep going. He dropped to his knees next to the bed and gathered the boy up in his arms, holding him tightly.

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Ryou was scared to open his eyes, fearing what he might see, he feared finding himself in the shadow realm again. Bakura had taunted him so many times with it.

Still, a voice was calling to him, and he was being held. "Don't leave me..." he whimpered curling up closer to the person that was holding him, wishing that they were there to save him.

He began to fear who it was, but the words were kind. Should he believe the kindness, it had lead to this...he knew something bad had happened. "Malik..." he sobbed, ducking his head to hid it with his hands. "help me..." he shuddered "I'm scared..." he whimpered his mind showing him pieces of what had happened.

[[ooc: I have a job interview to leave for in about 25 minutes...but I'll be back an hour after that. Just to warning]]

[torn_lavender]

Malik's grip on Ryou tightened convulsively. Marik whispered sweetly that they could just block those memories from Ryou's pretty broken mind, and save him from all that pain. It made him cringe. The idea of having part of his own mind locked away from him was horrible.

"I won't leave you, baby, I'm right here, I'm... I'm sorry, merwet, I'm so sorry..." There was nothing else he could think to say, and o way he could imagine to prove that he was who he said he was.

That would come with time, he supposed.

[[ooc: That's fine. I should still be on then, too. <3]]

[coh_ryou]

This had happened before. He knew it had. It was warm.

"Malik?" he breathed slowly opening his eyes, but keeping his gaze directed at the arms around him. His fingers stretched out slowly to take hold of the tan arm. It's real...

His fingers trembled slightly as he whimpered. "What..happened..." he asked in a whispered tone.

[[ooc: okay ^-^ <3]]

[torn_lavender]

"...don't think about it, merwet. Please." Malik couldn't get enough of his emotions under control to pull his senses back in, and if Ryou started reliving it, he was going to end up watching it all over again.

"You're safe now, Ryou... that's all that matters..."

Convincing Ryou might turn out easier than convincing himself. Ra, but he was frightened that this would all fall apart, ad it would be his fault again.

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"W-wasn't I with Cain..." he asked completely confused about what had happened. He squeaked suddenly realizing that he was not entirely dressed...his body felt so heavy that he could not feel what he was wearing.

"Why am I here...?" he asked, feeling cold and pulling in closer to Malik. "I was with Amane...how...?"

His eyes look up.

[torn_lavender]

"...please don't, baby..." Malik whispered against Ryou's cheek, holding him closer. He didn't know how to help, and even though he was used to being relatively useless, this was worse than usual.

He distracted himself by wondering how Ryou would react to figuring out he was only wearing purple boxer shorts and had been sleeping in Malik's bed.

[coh_ryou]

"Malik?" he turned to look up into the other's purple eyes. "What's wrong?" he asked, growing more worried about his friend than himself. He could figure out what had happened to him later, but yet again, it seemed that whatever had happened had affected Malik too.

"Did I do something wrong?" he asked, his hand gently taking hold of Malik's cheek. Ryou felt his eyes and throat burn, as if he wanted to cry, but he had no idea why it was. The memories of his sister being with him at this age, and him being trapped were starting to get pushed aside by the worry he felt for Malik.

[[ooc; I have returned! Yatta!]]

[torn_lavender]

"You haven't done anything wrong, Ryou. I'm just... I was so worried...

Malik took a deep breath and dragged himself back under control, forcing his emotions back and focusing until he had himself back under control, until images from Ryou's mind were no longer flashing randomly through his thoughts.

[[ooc: Yay!! ^-^]]

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"Can you tell me what happened?" he asked, scooting over in the foreign bed to allow the other a place to sit. "O-only if you want to..." he added, trying to smile, though finding it hard.

The presence of Amane still lingered close to his mind, but she was not here, she was dead and he was not. Still, that man, the man with the red hair and the mallet. Why did he fill sick at the very though of that man?

[torn_lavender]

Malik swallowed convulsively and closed his eyes. "Please don't ask me that, Ryou. I... I can't..."

Would Ryou want the truth? Or would he accept it like he accepted everything? He wasn't sure, and he didn't really want to know. He couldn't tell Ryou about what had happened, that was for sure. He wasn't sure he'd be able to handle it.

[coh_ryou]

Ryou nodded, stretching his arms out to hug Malik, to invite him closer. He cared little at the moment that he was not wearing a shirt, he had yet to see his legs, they were still covered by a blanket and they were a bit numb.

"Okay..." he said softly. "Just...don't leave me...I won't ask..."

A feeling of dread was pulling at him, what was so bad that Malik refused to tell him. How had he even ended up here? This must have been Malik's house. Though he had been there a while he had never snooped around or gone into Malik's bedroom.

[torn_lavender]

"Of course I won't leave," Malik answered carefully, hesitating before crawling into bed with Ryou, wrapping his arms around the other boy's waist and pulling him close.

He was screwed, and he knew it. But hopefully, Ryou would remember on his own, and then they could deal with the aftermath. Maybe. He hoped they could deal with the aftermath.

[coh_ryou]

Ryou nodded, curling up against the other "Thank you." he sighed "I won't ask..." he said again, like trying to convince himself. "but it'll be alright." he said looking up at Malik. "I'm sure it will."

Somehow Malik's slow movements to come closer worried him. He wanted to comfort Malik, he was sure he needed it now, but it still bothered him that he didn't know why.

[torn_lavender]

Malik nuzzled against Ryou's neck, realizing from the brush of the other's thoughts that he was obviously acting too upset and it was making Ryou think he needed comforting. He et go of his worry, as much as he could.

Everything was going to be alright.

"It's fine, merwet. I'm fine. You're..." Sighing, Malik cuddled closer. "You're safe."

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He blushed softly at the nickname. "I'm happy..." he said softly, for reasons he was not even certain of.

His leg twitched slightly as he regained feeling in it. He then realized that he was not wearing pants. "What am I wearing?" he asked softly, one hand holding onto Malik as his other reaching down to pull back on the covers.