Theme: 001 Thunder for 100_tales
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Angst/Comfort
Warnings: implied rape/abuse, Pharaoh's name
Notes: Atemu decided to stay. Yay!
Summary: One day he'd find out what made the thunder come and go in Yugi's heart. But not today.
"When you start to care about your son, I will let you back into this house!"
Yugi moaned in his sleep and rolled over, trying to block out the dream.
"And you care? Where are you running off to? Paris? London?"
Atemu sat up in the bed across the room from Yugi and watched him thrash in his sleep.
"You don't even let me talk to him. Speak to him! He's our son, not yours!"
"Well he might as well be mine. You've never given a damn enough to claim him!"
The old Pharaoh didn't know what to do. He remembered in the puzzle when Yugi had bad dreams. Most of the time, his own soul room protected him from them. But sometimes their terror would permeate the walls and Atemu could feel Yugi's pain. Now he could see that this might be one of those times. He bit his lip, contemplating what he should do. The boy was asleep, rolling and moving. Nothing good could have been the cause of this.
"And tomorrow, what will you tell him? Huh?"
"Get off of me! Take your hands off of me you-"
Yugi jerked and turned toward the wall. Maybe just let him ride it out, Atemu thought. But he couldn't stand to see Yugi in pain.
"No! I said no. Get your hands away I-"
"Not so tough now are you?"
Thunder rolled across the sky, followed by a flash of lightening. Yugi sat up in his own bed, shaking and looking around. Atemu tried to get back into bed, but couldn't escape Yugi's gaze. "M-mou hitori n-no boku? Are you awake?"
"I am."
"Did I wake you?"
"No," he lied. "It was the thunder." Yugi nodded and stared straight ahead. Atemu sighed and watched the boy try to get back to sleep. He finally pushed off his sheets and crawled into the empty space next to Yugi.
"What are you-"
"Shhh. You were having a night mare, aibou. I will rest here with you, alright?" Yugi nodded and moved over some more. "Are you alright?" The boy shrugged. "Well get some sleep."
Eventually Yugi complied with the request, but Atemu couldn't help wonder what made his aibou cry in his sleep at night. The thunder rolled across the sky. Yugi jumped and Atemu held him close. "It's going to be okay," he whispered. Yugi nodded and curled against the warm body in his bed. It felt good to have someone there.
"Yami?"
"Hmm?"
"I'm sorry I woke you up."
"I told you it was-"
"It's okay," Yugi said quietly, rolling away from the warm body. "I'll try not do it again." Yugi smiled and rolled over.
Atemu would have insisted on holding him, but, eventually, the boy fell asleep and Atemu found that he could no longer sleep himself. He watched the thunder and lightening roll away as Yugi fell into a more peaceful sleep. Eventually, he'd make Yugi tell him what hurt him so much at night. But for now, he was content with holding him, if only for a few minutes. Just long enough for the thunder inside Yugi's heart to go away.
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Sub A/N: It's implied here that Yugi's father did something terrible to Yugi's mother and he saw it. I know. I'm a fucking ray of sunshine.