(A/N: I'm sorry the chapters are so short but please bare with me. I'll try to get a new chapters up on the weekends and days I don't have school. Thank you, and please review.)
Yugi's P.O.V.
As I lye in bed my mind is being suffocated by the thought of Pharaoh Atem. I didn't think the thought of him would continue to intoxicate my mind after he left. I miss his comforting presence by my side.
My mind flits through the scenes of our final battle. I have to whipe away the stinging tears falling freely down my cheeks. I would do anything for him to be back with me. It is selfish thinking but I need him.
The dawning light tells me that I've been up all hours of the night. Dragging myself out of my mess of sheets, I get ready for school. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother going. There are no teachers to watch us any how; no one cares.
Second guessing on going I lay my belongings down and crawl back into bed. Again I'm surrounded by the thoughts of how my formal friend and love had changed me.
From when I first finished that puzzle my life was changed for the better. I have many friends, and I'm more confidant now than I was. Atem taught me how to be strong. He was always there when I needed him from then on. He was more than a friend to me. He was . . . part of me. And when Atem left a part of me was torn away.
I have lost almost all of my confidence in myself. The last time I picked up my duel disk was when I had to bring it home. I couldn't play Duel monsters anymore because it reminded me too much of my final battle. I lost my Dark Magician in the tomb when we had to run out for our lives.
Sometimes I wish I stayed back and was crushed in the rubble. I'm just a shell of myself now. No, I'm back to how I was before I solved the puzzle; just not playing children's card games. My mind is racing with "What if's". I could've let Atem to win! I could have made him stay! But I didn't, I won the duel and lost him forever. . . Or have I?