A/N: The epilogue :) I wanted to get this done before I have to start studying for my exams, again. I have a Swedish exam too, suck at the language, I am so dead... No offense to anyone who's from Sweden, but the language is a span of the devil xD
"Yay, I got in!"Ryou yelled and jumped from joy, startling his father who had just been reading the news paper. The letter from the music school had just came and Ryou had ripped it open with shaking hands, discovering that he had been accepted. "Isn't it wonderful?" He asked from the man who looked like he had no idea what he was talking about.
"What is?"
"I was accepted into the school I had applied to." Ryou told, not letting the fact that his father didn't remember him mentioning the school more than once get him down.
"Oh, of course, that's great." The man said smiling before going back to his paper.
"I have got to tell Mariku too, be right back!" He skipped out of the small apartment and down the hall, hugging a random person in his way, leaving that person pretty taken back and confused.
Because skipping was such a fast from of getting around, he reached Mariku's room in no time and got in. He was seated on the floor reading that book his new psychiatrist had given him to read. He raised his eyes from the book to see the brightly smiling Ryou.
"You seem happy, what's up?"
"I got into that school I've been telling you about." Ryou sat opposite to him.
"Good for you." Mariku said and Ryou frowned a bit at his dull tone of voice.
"You don't seem all that happy for me..."
"...You won't be here so much anymore, with school and homework."
"I'll still have plenty of time for you too, don't worry. I have to think about my future but it's not like you'll ever be any less important to me." Ryou told, smiling a bit but the other couldn't see it, having his eyes on the book. Ryou sighed, scooting closer and placing a hand on top of the other's. "Hey... Don't be like that, I can't be happy either if you're not."
Mariku lifted his head slowly and now the other saw the mischievous glint in his eyes. "Hmm... There is something you could do to make me happy..." He almost purred as he nuzzled Ryou's nose with his own, pulling him closer before capturing his mouth. Ryou smiled into the kiss, pressing closer and letting Mariku explore his mouth. It was a bit harder to get any alone time when his father was around...
When they broke apart Ryou was still smiling, if not looking a bit dazed. "Happier now?"
Mariku grinned wickedly. "Getting there." Then he proceeded to attack the other's neck with tongue and teeth, reducing Ryou into a moaning puddle of goo. He threw his head back, lips slightly parted as the pleased sounds fell from them. Mariku smirked against the skin, enjoying the feedback his actions were getting.
Then there was a knock on the door.
Mariku groaned and Ryou sighed, leaning his head against the other's shoulder. "What?" He called.
"Ryou? Where do you keep your green tea?"
"It's on the top shelf dad..."
"I swear that man is like your virginity guard..." Mariku muttered, Ryou laughed a bit, lifting his head up to look at the other.
"You think I need one?" He tried to sound very serious but failed as his lips kept trying to twist into a teasing smile. Mariku smirked his answer while rubbing slow circles on Ryou's side with his thumb, and leaning to nib his lip.
"Mmmhh..."
"Can you let me in?"
The tanned male glared at the door. "Can I tell him to go to hell?"
"No, you can't, he's my father and I need him to be here when my friends, and your sister, are coming over on Saturday. I told you about that, didn't I?"
"I forgot."
Ryou sighed. "I better let him in..." He got up from the arms of the reluctant Mariku. "I'm coming."
"I was starting to wonder what took you so long." The man said as he stepped in, nodding his greeting to Mariku who smirked, gesturing Ryou to come back to him.
"Oh I was just keeping him so occupied that he must have forgotten."
Ryou blushed as he sat next to the other and the father looked rather awkward.
"Isn't that right sweets?"
Ryou gave Mariku a quick glare for adding more oil into the flames before directing his full attention towards his dad. "You at least do know that were having guests soon?"
"Oh yes, you mentioned something like that a few days ago. Your friends and his sister, right?"
"Right."
xxxxx
Saturday. About twelve AM.
Ryou was running around doing some last moment preparations for the arrival of their guests. They were supposed to meet in Mariku's room because he couldn't come to Ryou's place and would otherwise have to be alone and Ryou wanted him to meet his friends. They had gotten a couch in the room as they needed something people could sit on, and not being able to get chairs, they did get a heavy wooden coffee table though, it needed four people to carry it in.
"Ok, they should be here any minute now." Ryou looked pleased with the place, finally.
"That's all fine and dandy, now stop fussing." Mariku sounded a bit annoyed. Ryou flopped on the couch and crossed his legs.
"I'm just so excited." He said, smiling. "I wonder when will they get here... Aren't you happy to see your sister?"
"Her? Not terribly..."
Ryou shook his head a bit. His father also joined them just as someone knocked on the door and Ryou jumped up to get it. A bunch of noisy people poured into the room, chatting with each other and telling Ryou how they had missed him and/or that it was nice to see him again. Ryou beamed at all of them, only partly realizing that Ishizu went to sit next to her brother.
"You look like you're in pain brother." She stated as she sat down.
"Hmhp, nice to see you too. I had no idea they could make so much sound..."
"Just look how happy he is, I'm sure you can suffer through this."
Ryou was on top of the world right now and it showed too as he gestured everyone to get in and take a seat. He noticed Mariku's discomfort, coming to sit next to him and planting a small kiss on his cheek.
"You'll survive..." Ryou whispered while smiling before turning to his friends. "Everyone, this is Mariku." He had taken care that everyone knew about their relationship beforehand to avoid anymore awkward situations.
A bunch of nice to meet yous and hellos were heard and Mariku answered with a nod. Ryou introduced everyone and then they proceeded to eat and drink all the stuff Ryou had made or bought, while chatting and catching up. The pale teen didn't really expect Mariku to participate in the conversation but he did have his own inputs, especially when Jounouchi and Toshiro seemed to want to see how many cookies they could stuff in their face at one time.
"Choke, choke, choke." Mariku chanted and got elbowed by Ryou.
"Uh, guys, maybe you should stop before you do choke..." Yuugi suggested and the two mumbled something no one could make out.
"What?"
Toshiro took out a few whole cookies from his mouth. "I said that I can't chew because my mouth is too full." Jou nodded.
"You two are idiots, you know that?" Mariku asked.
"Be nice." Ryou scolded a bit but Honda agreed with Mariku and got cookie crumbles spat on him. Ishizu just shook her head while Mr. Bakura sipped his tea, not really seeming to be faced by anything anymore.
The day turned to evening before any of them noticed and they decided that they would sleep on Ryou's floor for the night before heading back tomorrow. They just needed to get a few mattresses, blankets and pillows for them and they were all set to go to sleep. Ishizu got Ryou's room because she was the only female present. They did decided to give the one female member of their small group, Anzu, a group call that evening too, to fill her in. She sounded happy to hear from them even though the hour they called was a bit questionable.
When everyone was finally settled down and comfortable, that took a good while, Ryou went to Mariku's room again, not fitting in his own place and not feeling like sleeping without the other. They had, after all, gotten so used to each other's almost constant presence that it would have felt weird to not be with the other. Closeness gave a sense of completion to them both.
Ryou sighed contently, burying his face into the other's chest. He was a much better pillow than an actual pillow anyway, much warmer and more dear.
"It wasn't so bad, was it? Meeting my friends." Ryou asked quietly after they had gotten comfortable.
"I guess not..." Mariku nuzzled his hair and breathed in his scent deeply. "But I'm happy to get rid of them anyway, especially your father."
"Mariku, you're so mean..."
"I know, but you still love me."
Ryou smiled and wrapped his other arm around the other male. "Yeah I do. Still, a little niceness never hurts anyone."
"I'm nice to you, aren't I?" Mariku pulled Ryou even closer.
"Yeah..." He felt the body warmth lull him to sleep slowly. "I'm glad..."
"Well, that's my 'little niceness' but then again, you're special..." Mariku too started to sound sleepy now. Ryou smiled up to him, turning his face up so that he could see him. The other's face looked so calm for once. Satisfied with the sight, Ryou buried his face on his comfy "pillow" again. Said pillow drew slow eight on his back, making him feel even more sleepy and in peace.
"I'm happy..." He mumbled, too tired to form longer sentences.
"Hmm... Me too..."
"Don't worry about school... We still have time... together..."
Mariku kissed the top of his head. "Good... now that little mister virginity guard is gone..."
"Mariku... You're impossible..." Ryou mumbled.
"Yeah, I know..."
A/N: That's all folks! It's done. The End and Loppu (that's the end in Finnish by the way). I'm so glad that you all kept reading till the end and enjoyed the fic :D I had a blast writing it and I am grateful of all the wonderful reviews. Time to move on has now come but to those who wanted a lemon, it should be up soon if not already, so you can check it out if you wish. It's titled 'Attachment' by the way (yeah, great title, I know xD).
Thank you for sticking with the story and I hope to get feedback from you for one last time. (unless you're reading the lemon and reviewing it) Bye for now! Feel free to check out my other stories if you haven't done that already! (some shameless self advertising is a must xD)
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