*nods* Bakura's just cautious about it all, I suppose. And yeah, I wanted them to be okay again as well - but I don't want things to be ruined b/c of it. What I'd prefer/want doesn't always work with what can/will and cannot/won't happen.

"No, Marik. Don't you see? I am not going to do anything that you're not comfortable with. I'm not going to do anything or have you do something for the simple sake of a deal. The promise...deal, whatever, has been made. And kept. It's o-kay" His words would be muffled with his face burried against Marik, and he'd sigh and tilt his head to the side some and state, "The deal is over. It's okay."