Millennium Misfit Chapter 4


~ Memories Better Left Forgotten~


About three hours passed before the pale youth opened his eyes, half lidded, as the anesthesia wore off. His mouth was dry, and his lips smacking desperately, thirsting for moisture. His body shuttered. It felt like he was freezing. His view was a haze but he heard a kind, gentle voice speaking to him softly, so tenderly and almost hauntingly like his own mothers.
"Sweetie, you awake? ", the nurse asked, petting his head in a gentle manner.
Ryou almost called out, "Yes moth..." he stopped remembering it his mother has been deceased for years now.

He held his breath and the nurse gave him a sweet smile, almost as beautiful as his own. He looked at her with dazed eyes almost in awe from how she reminded him of his mother; The smile, the voice, and the tender feeling of nurturing from a women, that he hasn't felt in such a long time since both his mother and his sister passed on.

Ryou sighed and shivered a bit. His heart felt like it dropped to his stomach. The nurse looked at him through the corner of her eye, feeling sorry for him. She knew that look; it was the look of heart break. Though she didn't know why this look plagued the poor albinos face. But she knew she just had to comfort him. She walked up to the shivering youth and pulled his sheets up over his shoulders and smiled.

"You're shivering, poor lil guy." She petted the top of his head then she lowered her hand to cup his pale frail cheek. It was cold but slowly warmed up from her touch. All Ryou could think about is his mother. The warmth and comfort that was just supplied by the touch of this woman's hand, it almost brought the boy to tears. He has been neglected for so long. The boy couldn't speak or back away he froze up, his cheeks a bright shade of pink.

The woman giggled and slid her hand off him. Ryou watch the hand fall to her own lap. He wanted to cry, he wanted to feel the mothering like love again. But these thoughts where soon to fade as soon as questions started filling into his head.
"W-what happened?" He laid back in the bed looking at the nurse awaiting her reply.
With a sweet smile the nurse proclaimed "Domino City Hospital hun, you got stabbed severely in your abdomen." She gave a look of concern to him "do you remember what happened dear."

Ryou shook his head. And then sat up the blanket tumbled down and he rubbed his head. "I'm s-sorry…"
The nurse gave him a baffled look. "Sorry? For what, you didn't do anything wrong." Ryou sighed as he remembered what happened. It wasn't like Ryou to lie. So he apologized in advance.
"Oh ... um ... I'm sorry that I-I ... don't remember." he chuckled lightly and played in his hair. The nurse chuckled along with him and smiled brightly. Ryou liked when she smiled. Something about it was just so heartwarming. But the smile was not meant to last as a buzzing noise was coming from the nurse's pocket.
She frowned, pulled out a pager, and sighed." Well I guess they need me in the other room now." She went over to Ryou and pushed him back and covered him with a blanket. Ryou watched every step she took out of the room. She hit the light switch and turned in the door way "You get some sleep hun. You need to rest. I'll be back later to check in on you." and with a smile she walked out the door. Ryou stared at the door way like a puppy waiting for his mother. After a minute he snapped out of it and a yawned.

A sharp pain stung him on his side and he almost yelped. He looked down and remembered where he was struck. And with that he was replaying the whole incident in his head. To think he had a crush on such a vial being. He pouted and folded his arms over his chest.
"I wonder if the others are ok." He sighed and tried to remember if Bakura fled. He closed his eyes and replayed the incident in his head again, trying to go further. He now remembered when he was on the floor and his eyes closing. Remembering Bakura waking away gave him a sigh of relief. He opened his eyes, relived. "I'm glad they're safe. "He whispered to himself. A flash of lightning struck as a flash back of his Yami came with it. "I'll be back Ryou".

The boy's heart skipped a beat and a cold sweat dripped down the side of his face. He now remembered the last words he heard. He shuttered and looked around the room. The voice in his head was so loud it seemed like he was right in the same room. Ryou panted and looked around in the dark room.
"H-he wouldn't come here… I-I hope" he tried to catch his breath but his heart was pumping so heavily , he could hardly breathe and he felt as if someone or something was squeezing him . He never feared his Yami more than now. He knew Bakura would be enraged and take it out on him since he jumped in front of Joey.

Thoughts fluttered through his head of Bakura beating him to a pulp for getting in his way. Ryou swallowed hard and slumped back down in his bed. "I-I'm sure I'll be safe here." The door slammed open and Ryou's breathing hitched and his eyes fluttered closed.