Hello everyone, and thanks for reading! I'm aware that my last story was a bit of a flop, but I'm going back to the supernatural now. I hope you like it!

Yu-Gi-Oh © Kazuki Takahashi

This story © Me


"Something's wrong with me…" Yugi said to himself, as he sat on his bed with his knees drawn up to his chest. "Something's very wrong with me…" he repeated again, beginning to rock back and forth in sheer panic.

His room was in an extreme state of disarray, which was one of the reasons Yugi was glad that Atem wasn't there that on that unfortunate day. He was, in fact, on an expedition with Dr. Hawkins, somewhere in Egypt. Dr. Hawkins had found a particularly interesting Egyptian tablet and had invited Atem to come and help him research. Atem had agreed, but only after extensively checking to make sure Yugi was OK with it. Yugi choked out a chuckled. He could be so protective sometimes. Yugi wondered what Atem would do if he could see him now.

Atem usually made it a priority to keep the room neat. Yugi, however, did not have such a priority. So naturally, their bedroom had become messy within the first few hours of Atem's absence. But this was a worse mess than usual. Yugi, too, was a worse mess than usual. His cheeks were stained with small rivers of red water. Tears mixed with blood. Never a good combination.

This was the second time it had happened. At first he thought that it was just a sham, that he was imagining things. But it was real. Horribly real.

Yugi cried harder, and the red tears fell faster. Various objects strewn on his desk began to shake. "No…" he muttered, holding his head. "No, make it stop."

As if on cue, the objects stopped shaking. Yugi sighed in relief, and lay down on his back, exhausted from fear and mental exertion. Atem was getting back tomorrow, and nothing like that could happen around him. Period.

"Something's wrong with me…" he said again. "And no one else can know."


Atem was sitting in a seat next to Dr. Hawkins and Rebecca, riding on a plane back to his true home. It was comforting to taste the sand again and to feel the beating scorch of the Egyptian sun, but Atem knew that he truly belonged with Yugi and the others.

"I think that went very well, don't you, Atem?" Dr. Hawkins asked excitedly over the buzz of the passengers sandwiched into the plane with them.

Atem smiled and nodded. Dr. Hawkins did love his research. "I hope I helped." he said.

"Oh, yes you did! I was unsure as to the exact meaning of that particular text, but you pulled through." the Professor said encouragingly. He began to murmur to himself, falling deep into thoughts of his research.

"I am looking forward to seeing Yugi again, though." Atem said, smiling softly as he remembered his partner's antics. He had probably eaten all the peanut butter and made a mess of their room.

"How is my little Yugi?" Rebecca asked, perking up as she heard her boyfriend's name. "He hasn't been seeing anyone else in my absence, has he?"

Atem was unsure of what to say. Yugi tried to avoid romantic conversations with Rebecca whenever she stayed in Domino. Frankly, he tried to avoid her altogether. But Atem decided to humor her for now. Hopefully, Yugi wouldn't be too angry at him when he got back. "He doesn't have… another girlfriend, no."

Rebecca squealed with joy. "That's great! I'll talk to him when we get back to Domino."

"As will I, Rebecca." the Egyptian thought to himself. "As will I."


Yugi scrambled to clean his room in time. Atem was supposed to be back today, and he couldn't have any idea of what Yugi had been doing the last past few days. Not to mention what Grandpa would say when he saw the state of things.

The blood from Yugi's eyes had dripped onto his bed, so he had to change his sheets. Yugi had to throw out the broken objects, and put any misplaced objects into their spots.

Finally, Yugi finished, and he sat down on his bed, holding his face in his hands. "It can't happen again." he thought firmly. "I won't let it. But how am I supposed to control it? What if I hurt someone!?"

At his emotional outburst, a glass of water cracked and its contents spilled out onto his desk. Yugi growled in frustration, and the glass shattered. He stared blankly at the mess he had remade, and eventually sighed. He would have to keep a close check on his emotions.

He made to clean up the glass fragments and the pool of water. "Am I just going to cause destruction all the time?" he thought despairingly.

The door downstairs opened and let in Atem and the Hawkinses, interrupting his distressed thoughts. "Yugi?" Atem's voice called out. "I'm home!"

Yugi darted downstairs, anxious to see his friend again regardless of what he had been though lately.

"Atem!" he yelled, jumping on said person and nearly knocking them both to the ground. "It's so good to have you back…" he said into Atem's chest.

Atem chuckled and hugged Yugi in return. "It's good to be back, Yugi."

"Hi, sweetie!" said a high-pitched voice from a certain self-proclaimed child genius, as she grabbed Yugi around the waist and squeezed him until he squeaked.

"Uh, Rebecca!" Yugi exclaimed nervously. "You're… here." he stated. Somewhere in the kitchen, a lightbulb broke.

"Mm-hm." Rebecca said. "And Atem was sweet enough to tell me you've been nice and loyal while I've been away."

Yugi cast a violent glare in Atem's direction. Atem looked at the ceiling, trying and failing to appear innocent.

"Maybe we could have a cup of coffee sometime, Yugi." Rebecca said, winking mischievously at him.

"You drink coffee?" Yugi asked, surprised. She was only twelve!

Rebecca let Yugi go and fumed at him. "What are you trying to say, darling? Do you think I'm too young for coffee?!"

Rebecca, although small, could do serious damage when upset. Yugi thought it would be best not to incur her anger. Yugi earnestly shook his head. "No, it's just… coffee makes me jumpy, so I thought it might do the same to you." he said hurriedly.

"It's not the only thing that makes you jumpy…" Atem murmured absently. Yugi blushed and glared at him again. Another lightbulb broke.

"It's good to see you again, Yugi." Dr. Hawkins said, smiling as he saved Yugi from his uncomfortable conversation. Yugi nodded gratefully. "We'll be staying in Domino to continue our research. Feel free to stop by anytime."

"Thanks." Yugi said, as Atem began to haul his luggage upstairs. The Hawkinses made their way to the exit, waving goodbye.

"See you soon, Yugi!" Rebecca said, before skipping out the door.

Yugi sighed in relief. He had gotten through the greeting without being forced into a date with Rebecca and without breaking anything (or so he thought). It was an extremely fortunate exchange. He walked upstairs to talk to Atem, who was staring at the usually tidy room.

"Did you clean up?" Atem asked. Yugi didn't clean unless something bad had happened. Should he be worried?

"Oh!" Yugi said. "I, uh, wanted to make sure you came home to a clean house, that's all." he stammered nervously. A third lightbulb broke.

Atem smiled. Good, no one had gotten hurt. "Thanks. That's very kind of you." he said, and began to unpack.

Yugi leaned on the doorway, watching Atem for a few moments. He had missed the graceful, regal poise with which Atem moved. "You want something to eat?" he asked.

"Yes, please." Atem said. "Anything is fine."

Yugi went into the kitchen to make two grilled cheese sandwiches, when suddenly he noticed the broken lightbulbs.

"Something's wrong with me…"


Who wants to guess what's wrong with Yugi? Anyone?

Cya!