I'm going to be up all night due to tornado stake out, so I thought I'd go ahead and start this new series of short stories about Baby Yugi. Each chapter is one story, so even though the story is finished, there will be other stories later on, all about Baby Yugi! So, goahead and enjoy this first one!
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It began just like any other night. Little, nine-month-old, Yugi was playing with his blocks in front of the TV while his father, Atem was working on a cross-word puzzle and watching the news at the same time. Every once in a while, he'd sneak a peek over at Yugi, who would giggle when the blocks would fall. Of course, these blocks were made out of foam, so there was no real damage to either them or the small child playing with them. Yugi was dressed in a pair of sky-blue pajamas with feet; they buttoned up in the front. Atem smiled as Yugi giggled. Suddenly, the weather report came up.
"And now time for your local weather. As you can see, we have a massive cold front moving in tonight, which will cause this area of low pressure here to form some strong to sever thunderstorms for our viewing area. Now take a look at this map and you can see that …"
Atem was worried for his son. The boy hated thunderstorms with a strong passion; the loud sounds of the storm were too much for the little boy to handle. Hopefully, the child would be fast asleep by the time those storms got to their area. He sighed and put the cross-word puzzle book down. "Alright, Yugi; time to get ready for bed." Yugi looked at his father with huge amethyst eyes.
"No …" Atem chuckled and stood up.
"Yes, Yugi; you know that you're very cranky in the mornings when you don't get a full nine to ten hours of sleep, now let's go brush what little teeth you have." Atem picked Yugi up while saying this, almost tripping over the tower of blocks the child was playing with. He carried the tiny baby up the stairs and into the second floor bathroom.
In this bathroom, Atem took out a tiny toothbrush and put a small amount of bubble gum flavored toothpaste on it. "Open wide, Yugi." The small boy did as commanded. Atem inserted the brush into the child's mouth and gently began to brush the few teeth that his son had. Soon, Yugi started to foam at the mouth.
"Wiwuwoowawy." He said with a load of pink toothpaste dribbling down his chin. Atem chuckled and wiped the foam away.
"Rinse, spit, then speak." Yugi did as told once again. He spit the rest of the foam into the sink and took the sippy-cup from his father, scarfing down the water inside.
"I wy oo, D'da." Atem smiled and lifted Yugi off the counter and into the air, causing the small child to wave his arms and squeal in delight. He brought the baby down and kissed him several times on the cheek.
"I love you too, Little One, but now it's time for bed."
"Nuh-uh!"
"How about if I read you a story first?" Yugi squealed again and clapped his hands. Atem took a book from the shelf, sat in a rocker, and began reading to Yugi.
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At about 2:30am, a flash of light lit up the dark night, followed by a roll of thunder. The loud noise had surprised Atem enough to awaken him from a stage five sleep. Fortunately for him, he could block it out and go back to sleep, but for ---
"D'da, D'da!" Speak of the devil ... "D'da!" Yugi kept repeating over and over again. Atem groaned and rolled over, burying his face in his pillow.
"Maybe if I ignore him, he'll go back to sleep …" But that wasn't the case. Another flash of lightning and roll of thunder came. Atem sat straight up when he heard Yugi scream. Lazily throwing his covers off, he slowly got out of bed and made his way to his son's room.
In Yugi's room, the small boy was standing in his crib with the crib walls barely coming past his chin. His small hands clenched it as thunder roared again. "D'da!" He called, practically crying this time. Soon, the door opened, revealing Atem's sleepy form.
"Yugi, what's the matter? It's just a little thunder." Yugi held out his arms, begging to be picked up.
"Seep ichoo!" Incase you couldn't understand that, that was 'sleep with you!' Atem sighed again and went over to pick up his frightened son.
"Alright, c'mon." He picked Yugi up and placed him by his shoulder. The tired father was about to turn and walk to his room when Yugi stopped him.
"Ping!" Atem turned toward the crib again.
"Oh, that's right; we can't forget Ping." He reached into the crib and pulled out a small panda bear stuffed-animal and gave it to Yugi, who cuddled with it as soon as it was in his arms. The two slowly made their way over to Atem's room.
Once there, Atem set Yugi on his bed, but the tired man walked away. Yugi started to crawl to the edge of the bed, reaching for Atem again. "D'da!"
"It's alright, Yugi; I'm just going to the bathroom. You get under the covers." Yugi shivered as he made himself comfortable under the thick blankets. Soon, the sound of flushing was heard and Atem came back out of the bathroom and made his way over to the bed. As soon as he lay down, Yugi forced his way between his father's arms, getting as close as he possibly could. Atem just chuckled and kissed the child on the head. Another roll of thunder sounded. This one was extremely loud, as if it were right on top of their house. Yugi started to whimper and cry. Atem's eyes opened at hearing the small sniffling sound. "Yugi, what's the matter?" Yugi didn't answer; he just looked out the window. "Would it be better for you if I were by the window instead?" Yugi nodded and climbed on top of Atem, causing an 'oomph' sound to come from him. He snuggled up next to his father. This time, when the lightning flashed, it wasn't so scary.
Atem wrapped his arms around Yugi and pulled him closer. Soon, the boy was asleep once again, and the storm was over.
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End of Chapter