This is the last chap people, I have to say that I'm really sad to see it end, but anyway a small note at the end like always, so read it and just enjoy.
Warnings: M and Yaoi, but seriously if you don't like then do not read. I own nothing!
Chap 28: Save the best for Last
"Hmmm." Mai said as she pulled back from Ryou a little, shinning the pen light into his eyes, she moved from one to the other studying them closely with a frown on her face, Ryou wrinkled his nose up not liking the light in his eyes at all. "Blurred vision or nausea?"
"No." Malik mumbled, she nodded her head, Ryou reached out to take the pen she shone in his eyes, she moved out of his way as if avoiding a small child.
"Dizziness?" She asked as Ryou pouted, he wanted nothing more then to break the small light thing into little bits so it wouldn't be half blinding him again.
"No."
"Food… is he eating well?" She asked looking into his left ear then the right.
"With me every morning and night." Mai nodded her head and pulled back placing her light-pen into her pocket and pulled out a new thermometer from its packet then placed it into Ryou's mouth and grabbed him by the wrist and looked at her watch timing his heart beats.
"Any fevers?" She asked.
"No." Malik answered her and Ryou shook his head no as well.
"Tiredness?"
"A little."
"Loss of appetite?"
"No."
"Attitude change?"
"No." With every no Malik had said Ryou still shook his head no.
Mai nodded as she lifted up Ryou's shirt and looked the old wounds over, which were healed up and nothing more than small scars. "Geez you heal well." She said, as she placed the stethoscope to Ryou's chest, the Neko squeaked and pulled away. "Sorry." She mumbled. "These things are always cold." She blew on it and warmed it up in her hands then placed it back on his chest and listened. "Sounds good." She mumbled, Malik wasn't sure if she was talking to herself or him. "Well." Mai said pulling away and placing the stethoscope about her neck as she lent in looking right at Ryou. The Neko flattened his ears back glanced at Malik who stood near the door and then at Mai. "You are a picture of health, my dear."
"Really?" Malik asked Ryou's ears pricked forward and he looked at teen. "There's nothing wrong with him."
"Malik." Ryou huffed moving away from the woman a little, though not much as he was sitting on the table with his back to the wall. "I told you before I'm fine now."
"I know but I had to make sure." He said, a month had passed since Malik had taken Ryou from the hospital and for the first few days he had been beside himself as Ryou slept like the dead. He had called Mai to come and look at Ryou to make sure he was okay, and today was just a check up and Ryou's first day out of the house.
"I think Ryou is capable of telling you how he feels." Mai turned towards Malik with a stern look. "You should pay attention to him and listen to what he has to say more closely, Malik."
"I told him I needed a few days of undisturbed sleep and I would be fine." Ryou adjusted his shirt and straightened it out.
"I worry about you." Malik told him, Ryou gave him a small smile as he got off the table and walked over to Malik.
"But it's not necessary to bring Ryou here every week." Mai laughed a little thinking it was cute to see the teen worry so much over nothing.
"See I told you." Ryou shot at Malik now standing rather close to him and grabbed onto his shirt in both hands, his head titled to the side a little as he gazed up at Malik and his ears slightly back a little.
"Yeah, it's just what that Doctor said that's got me a little worried." Malik said giving Ryou's ears a rub as he placed on the headband to hide the Neko's ears. Ryou purred and nuzzled into Malik's chest wrapping his arms about him, completely content where he was.
"Given what Ryou is, I think his out of the zone for anything popping up now." She placed her hands on her hips. "If anything, something would have come up in the first week of when he was in that hospital."
"Please Malik don't worry about me anymore." Ryou said pulling back a little and looking up at him, what he really wanted was for everything to go back to how it once was before the beach house.
"Alright." Malik hugged him giving in and looked at Mai. "Thanks again you've been a big help."
"My pleasure." She smiled then asked. "Where are you guys off to now?"
Ryou turned his head to look at her, as he wasn't going to give up on the hug he was getting from teen. "Malik got a new home and he's showing me and then we are going for a walk." Ryou bounced in place excitedly; Malik had worked hard in the month and managed to get an apartment for them.
"Have fun, I'll see you guys later." Mai lead them out to the front of the vet clinic and watched them leave. She picked up the phone and dialed a number. "Hey, just so you know they're heading over to the new apartment, now." She smirked and listened for a few minutes then said. "Yeah, that's what they said… don't do anything until I get there." And with that she then hung up and left.
Malik smirked as he opened the door to the bare apartment, Ryou rushed in and looked about. "This place is great." Taking in the high polished wood flooring and the far wall of the living room that was made up of glass windows, a kitchen was to Malik's left and the sitting area to his right, the living room was on a raised platform and was carpeted in a soft like cream wool.
Ryou walked down the small hallway just to the right of the sitting area, two doors. One was a large bedroom, much bigger then Malik's old bedroom and the other door across from it was the… bathroom. Ryou left that door closed. "It's great, Malik." Ryou rushed back out.
"Even better, it's all ours." Malik smiled as Ryou walked into the kitchen. "No Marik, Bakura or maids, just you and me." Malik flicked the lights on and off. "We have power and should have phone and hot water on as well." This time around the landlord was a young woman and it looked as though Malik wouldn't have to fight to get hot water for a shower.
Ryou walked back out. "We have to buy stuff." He looked about the empty room.
"I sold a few motorbikes and have money to burn." Malik winked at him. "How about we go and get that stuff."
"A bed." Ryou gasped and leapt at him and clutched onto him in a hug with a worried look. "We can't do More without a bed, Malik." Ryou said his name so sternly and seriously. "We need a bed."
Malik laughed and patted his head. "Trust me we can do More without a bed." The Neko had dubbed the name for Sex as More. Considering that's all Ryou would beg for and thought that what they were doing was called just that, More. Malik placed a kiss to Ryou's forehead and guided him out the front door. Maybe he would tell Ryou some day what More was really called. "We'll head over to Marik's place and tell them that we're moving out and then we'll go shopping."
"Like a date?" Ryou asked turning around to face him and walking backwards towards the lift. "I saw it on t.v when two people go out anywhere it's called a date and there's lots of kissing and fun, lots of fun and after they go back to the house and do More." Ryou turned around.
"Where did you see that?" Malik raised an eyebrow at him.
"Bakura showed me, he was watching it at the beach house."
Malik groaned and hoped that it hadn't been a porn movie, he pressed the button, but gasped as Ryou leapt at him again and attached his lips to Malik's in a kiss, the teen was almost thrown off balance as he stumbled into the lift backwards when the doors opened, and his back hit the end wall.
Later that day the drive over to Marik's place was short but as they pulled up on the motorbike and saw a few cars parked out the front along with a van and a few others he didn't recognize. Serenity and Mai came running out dressed rather smartly, hair pinned up, Serenity was wearing a long dark green dress and Mai was wearing long black pants and nice white top. "You don't mind if we borrow Ryou for a minute, do you?" Before Malik or Ryou could say anything.
Serenity blurted out. "Thanks Malik!" And Ryou was pulled away into the house.
"What the hell?" Malik rushed after them to see what they were doing with Ryou.
"Malik." Marik and Bakura stopped him as he walked into the house; they both took an arm each. "We have to talk." Both of them as well were dressed in black suites.
"What's going on?" He was pulled upstairs and into a room.
"Get dressed, in that over there and come downstairs."
"Why? What for?" Malik asked spotting a suit on a hanger on the closet door.
"You two are getting married today." Marik smirked walking over to a chair and sitting down, Malik was left speechless.
"Come on Malik, you do love Ryou, right?" He nodded his head. "Then get dressed." Marik urged him. "It's our gift to you and Ryou from us."
"That's right." Bakura said. "We got the papers for you guys and the right people to do the job."
"Don't worry its only friends, nothing much." Marik said reassuring him but then added. "All of them mind you who wish to see Ryou and you have this day, considering the crap you guys have been through."
"We had this planed since we returned here, wasn't easy." Bakura smirked, but yelped as Malik rushed over and hugged him then Marik. "It wasn't hard either." Bakura rolled his eyes but smiled.
"Hurry up and get dressed." Marik ordered as Malik pulled back.
"Shit." Bakura mumbled.
"What?!" Marik and Malik asked seeing the worried look on Bakura's face. "We left Ryou with the girls." Bakura walked briskly to the door and pulled it open. "I'll go check on him make sure they haven't put the poor kid in a dress."
"Maybe I should go and explain to Ryou what's going on." Malik said heading for the door.
"Bakura will handle it." Marik stopped him. "Get dressed; you don't want to be late, do you?"
Bakura walked into the room to find the three girls fussing over Ryou, doing his hair, fixing his white suit up. "Well it looks like everything's going well in here." He smirked.
Ryou turned around his eyes wide and a little worried. "What are they doing to me? I don't want to dress up today." He pouted and pulled at the jacket, Mai pushed his hand away and fixed it again, she had so much patience.
"Well Ryou, you are getting married and this is what you do and the women go nuts." Bakura smirked. "So if I were you I'd go with them on this."
"You be quiet or get out!" Rebecca scowled him as Serenity laughed.
"You know Ryou." Bakura pushed the small girl out of his way and took Ryou's hand in his, brought it up to his chest and caressed the back of his hand. Ryou frowned and growled not liking it one bit. "If Malik doesn't take care of you like he should, you know there's plenty of room in my bed for a little hotty like you." He winked at the Neko, but yelped as Mai slapped him up the back of the head literally. "What?!" He cried out letting go of Ryou's hand instantly and rubbed the back of his head as he was then pushed towards the door.
"You're such a pervert, Bakura." Mai huffed angrily at him giving him another shove out the door. "Does Marik know of your perverted ways?"
"Why do you think he went out with me." Bakura shot back with a chuckle.
"Just stay out." She warned him, but gasped as Bakura pulled her towards him, her breasts pressed firmly against his chest.
"Jealous…OUCH!" Bakura screamed out in pain, as his ear was pulled and he was ripped away from her. "Marik?!" Bakura had no choice but to follow the other downstairs. His complaints were still heard throughout the house, followed by Marik's own lecture of his behavior. Mai rolled her eyes within five minutes the two would be ready and willing to go all out with each other in an empty room or closet… males and their hormones.
Malik was soon dressed in a black suit with a tie, glancing over himself one last time in the mirror and was more then satisfied with what he saw. Malik walked out of the room and down the hallway and stopped as he spotted Ryou being fussed over. He smiled pushed the door open a little to get a better look. "Hey get out." Rebecca hissed walking towards him. "It's bad luck." She pushed him away and walked into the room.
"Fine." Malik rolled his eyes and moved on heading down the stairs, but stopped at seeing Yugi standing by the door dressed in jeans and shirt. "Hey Malik."
"Yugi?!" Malik frowned as he approached the teen.
"I just wanted to wish you luck for today." Yugi said shifting on his feet. "Marik called me and told me."
"Thanks, I think." Malik mumbled.
"I'm sorry about what happened." Yugi said looking down. "I was a real jerk to you and I should have helped you out with Ryou."
"Well if I had listened to you I wouldn't have gotten Ryou back." Malik crossed his arms over his chest.
"Well anyway that's all I want to say." Yugi turned for the front door to leave.
"Yugi wait." Malik stopped him by placing a hand on his shoulder. "Stay."
"Really?" Yugi smiled slightly as he looked up.
"Yeah." Malik nodded his head. "We are old friends and it wouldn't be the same without you here." Yugi hugged him, relieved to have his friend back again.
"Hey Yugi." They both turned and saw Yami standing there with his hands in his pockets. "Got time for a little walk."
"Sure." Yugi beamed. "See ya soon Malik." Yugi rushed off stopping in front of Yami, who said a few words and the two walked off through the kitchen.
Malik decided to take a look around and wandered through the kitchen and outside to the large patio. that was set up with a few tables and two caterers who were setting up beautiful plates of appetizers and a small elegant cake in the middle, Marik sure went all out for this.
"Malik, there you are." Marik came walking over to him and steered him back into the house. "The rings are here." He said and before they reached the kitchen door a man walked in holding a rolled up black velvet bag.
The bag was opened onto the counter and it was full of sliver and gold rings, Malik glanced over them and said. "Should I be watching out for Hobbits?" Malik joked with a small laugh; the older man cleared his throat very unpleased about the comment of his finally crafted jewelry.
The man with the rings measured him up in finger size. "Ryou would want to choose one for me." Malik said, picking out a few and then picked out one simple gold band for Ryou that he liked.
The man gathered everything up and said. "I'll go and see the bride." And with that he left the room, Malik glanced at Marik who shrugged his shoulder.
"This I have to see." Bakura rushed off after the man and to show him the way to the room that Ryou was in.
"Marik, this is all too much." Malik said.
"I had this kind of day planed for Bakura and I." Marik sighed and glanced down and added. "You know Bakura."
"He's not interested." Malik said feeling sorry for Marik.
"Oh, no." Marik shook his head. "Bakura believes that doing this would be a waste of time and it proves nothing on how much he loves me."
"You never know he might come around." Malik said Marik gave him a look.
"Sure and the earth is flat." Marik rolled his eyes. "Come on Malik, this is Bakura we are talking about, his idea of Romanic is a quick tie-me-up and spank-me." True Malik had never seen Bakura do so much as hug Marik for more then a second.
"Malik, there's someone to see you." Serenity said as she walked in, Marik and Malik shared a look and followed her back out of the kitchen and into the living room where no body was around.
Malik walked into the room and stopped as there stood a tall man with very light blonde hair that was turning gray, well built in muscle for someone his age, deep blue eyes that looked almost gray, dressed in an expensive black suit and tie.
"I've been looking for you." He said as he looked up at Malik.
"I'm surprised that you have been looking for me with your oh so busy schedule." Malik mumbled as he wrinkled his nose up at the smell of expensive cologne and cigarette smoke not doubt in Malik's mind that his father had been at the Country-Club.
"Why wouldn't I be looking for a troublesome brat like you and do some damage control?" His father snapped back.
"What trouble? And if I recall I was the one kicked out of home." Malik scowled him the coffee table was the only thing between them. "I can do what I want."
"This trouble." He yelled at his son he waved his arms about gesturing to what was going on in the house. "You're getting married? Damn it! Malik how stupid can you be, you're not even eighteen, it's illegal."
"Yeah, well it was illegal for me to rent an apartment you're the one that forced me to bend and break rules so I could live and once I do turn eighteen in a few months, I won't need you at all." Malik glanced up angrily at him and raised an eyebrow. "But wait I don't need you now…. And I'm getting married today and I'm quite happy about it, so if you don't mind. Let the door hit you on your way out." He gestured towards the front door with his head.
His father growled his face darkened even more by anger, Malik matched his glare with one of his own. "You'll stop your childish behavior and break off this wedding and come home this instant." The tension was so high in the room; Marik stood by the door and watched, just in case Malik would need him.
"Look, I don't know how you found out and I don't care. I am going through with this and you can't stop me." Malik narrowed his eyes, of all the days for his father to show up it had to be today.
"You have embarrassed me enough, boy."
"I don't care; you lost your rights in telling me what to do when you kicked me out, penniless and homeless." Malik snapped back. "Get out! You're not invited." He ordered his father.
The older man stalked around the coffee table and up to Malik standing almost over him, he grabbed onto Malik's arm and seethed. "You're coming home with me, now!"
"Get out!" Malik pulled himself away but his back hit the wall stopping him from going anywhere, his eyes widened as his father raised his arm to deliver a blow, but his arm was grabbed and he was spun about and shoved into the wall of bookshelves face first, books cluttered to the floor by the force and landed about their feet.
"I'll rip your arm out." Ryou hissed and pulled the arm up behind the older man's back at a painful angle, he cried out and with his free arm gripped onto the shelf. Ryou might not have his powers but he did training for hand-to-hand combat.
"Let him go." Malik ordered.
"He hurt you." Ryou growled out, remembering Malik's split lip and a bruised chin from the last time the two had met up, seeing him now and about to hurt Malik again, made him more furious and his grip tightened on the arm and he was about to break it.
"I'm okay." Malik said. "Thanks to you."
"Malik get him off me." His father snapped at him a panicked look washed over his fathers face that he didn't have control over the situation for the first time in his life. "Who is he?" He asked his son.
"Father, meet my fiancé, Ryou. Ryou say hello to my father." Ryou growled and moved the older males arm even more up his back making him cry out, the Neko's way of saying hello to the bastard, Malik added with a smirk. "And you've pissed him off." Marik shook his head and stayed out of it, this had been a long time coming.
"Get out!" Ryou hissed at the older man as he let go of the male and stepped back towards Malik, keeping himself between the two and more so in protecting Malik. "I don't want to see you near my Malik again." Ryou ordered watching the male get up.
"You little bastard!" He went for Ryou but it was Malik that stepped in his way and landed a punch to his father's nose, the older man spun about holding his nose and called out his pain loudly.
"You were told to get out." Ryou hissed at him as he walked by Malik and grabbed onto the older male and pulled him out of the house, who persisted in holding his nose that was now bleeding and barely staying on his own feet.
"Malik I'm giving you one more chance to leave with me." His father called out as he stumbled down the front stairs, pulling out white tissues and placing them over his nose. "I need a Doctor!" He called out dramatically, the male had never been hit before by anyone in his life and funny enough it had been his only son to do it. Malik felt good, it seemed like a pay back from all the crap his father had put him through.
"I'm happy where I am." Malik crossed his arms over his chest hearing the constant growling of anger coming from Ryou. "I don't want to see you again."
"That's it your cut off and I'm going to…" Ryou rolled his eyes and closed the door, Malik smirked at his father's angry mumblings and soon the limo was pulling away from the front of the house. Malik knew that it wouldn't be the last time he saw his father. The old man would come up with something and come looking for him again and like always he would be sent on his way empty handed.
"Hey." Malik wrapped his arms about an angry Ryou who was still growling in his irritation. "Don't let him ruin our day."
"I don't like him." Ryou hissed out, but stopped as Malik lifted his chin and kissed him, the growling stopped by the time Malik had the Neko's lips parted and deepened the kiss.
"The wedding guy is here!" Serenity called out or more like shrieked out. "The wedding guy is here!" She rushed upstairs. "Get it together people!" She came back down a few minutes later. "Guys, do that later. The wedding guy is here!" She said as she rushed by the kissing couple.
"Are you ready to marry me?" Malik asked and Ryou nodded his head, the two took a minute and straightened up each other's cloths and a few minutes for themselves from the already busy day.
Malik held out his arm for Ryou and the two walked through the kitchen and out onto the patio, there stood, Yami and Yugi holding hands, it seemed that the two had made up, Jou and Serenity stood next to them. Valon and Otogi stood together on the opposite side along with Mai and Seto and finally Marik and Bakura.
The wedding guy as Serenity had put it, stood at the very end of the group. He looked to be laid back, Malik could have been marrying a yak and he doubted that the man would raise an eyebrow.
The ceremony was brief and to the point, about five minutes in Ryou had stumbled over words and asked questions on what was said or what he had to do, making the group and Malik laugh. Once hearing the word rings, Ryou cut in over the top of the Wedding Guy. "Oh, this man gave me all these round things said I could pick one for you." Ryou pulled out the ring from his pocket and held out it. "I picked it for you." Ryou smiled. "Do you like it?" Malik nodded his head. "He said it would fit you."
"We aren't up to that part yet." The older man said.
"It's okay." Malik said to him then turned his attention back onto Ryou, the older man continued skipping a little and going right to the rings.
Once again Ryou lent in towards Malik and whispered. "Malik, what do I do with it?" Ryou still held out the ring in his hand.
"Here." Malik said moving closer to Ryou, the group snickered behind hands or tried to hold it back. "See you put it on my finger." Ryou bit his lip as he slipped the ring onto Malik's finger and then looked up at him. "Now, I put the one I got you onto your finger." Malik took hold of Ryou's hand and placed the ring onto the right finger. The old man was still talking trying to get through it.
"Malik, are we married yet?" Ryou asked looking up from his hand.
"Yes." Said the old man giving up but smiled as Ryou threw his arms about Malik's neck and he was pulled close as Malik kissed him, their group of friends cheered and clapped.
Soon everyone started to eat the appetizers with a few drinks, Serenity was talking to the old man, who Malik and Marik invited to stay for something to eat and drink, the small get together lasted well into the late afternoon.
"Guys!" Bakura called out tapping his glass Marik stood next to him. "We still have one more gift for the happy couple." Ryou raised an eyebrow at them as Malik pulled him to his side.
"Yeah." Mai called out, as Jou pulled out what looked like keys and a big envelope.
"The keys are to my car that's parked out front to take you on your honeymoon for a week." Marik said, Malik took the items and opened the envelope to find a brochure on a small but well-known cabin in the rain forest and the keys to the cabin.
"I can't you guys have done so much already." Malik said looking up from the paper in his hands; Ryou was still looking it over with interest.
"We aren't taking no for an answer." Bakura said narrowing his eyes.
"We packed the car already." Jou grinned.
"So you two should get going it's a long drive." Seto said, Malik and Ryou did a round of hugs and thank you, before heading off to the car.
It was late into the night when Malik stopped the car and got out, he walked about the car and opened the passenger's side and helped Ryou out. This place was for the out-doors lover and hikers, Ryou lifted his head from Malik's chest and looked about, thick trees ran as far as the eye could see and the sounds of the night-life made Ryou smile. "Can we go in there for a walk?"
"In the morning." Malik unlocked the cabin door and pushed it open and then swept Ryou off his feet and into his arms, the Neko squeaked but then laughed. "But for tonight, I'm interested in a little More action down time."
"Hmm, I like More." Ryou purred as he kissed Malik.
"I love you." Malik mumbled out taking in a breath.
Ryou pulled back and tilted his head to the side in a thoughtful look and said. "I love you, Malik."
For the first time since he had known Ryou he had finally said what Malik wanted to hear. "Say it again." Malik mumbled against Ryou's lips.
"I love you." Ryou said, and with that Malik kicked the door closed behind them.
THE END
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