[Ryou sounds almost as sarcastic as Bakura when he answers.]

...Ri-ght. That was all me, clearly.

[Sigh. Despite himself... he couldn't help but laugh a little. Malik really was funny like that. Did he really not get it?

And to think of it... both of them thinking the other didn't like them. His tone takes on an amused note.]

Malik-kun, you know most people don't like being ordered around, right? It comes across as if you don't care about them at all.

[Mm... that really was soothing.]

That's why we had trouble... Because you tell, instead of asking.