Hikari: Alright! First Sol-shot!
Yugi: My son! (tickles Sol)
Sol: (squeals) Papa!
Yami: (shakes head while smiling) Sol is our child from T.W.W.'s, from , or Haruka-Shir's, from deviantart, stories.
Sol: She gave permission to Hikari to put me in her stories. (grins)
Hikari: (saves Sol from Yugi) Yup! And you're so cute~ (hugs Sol)
Sol: (grins wider and hugs back) You're the best, Aunt Hikari!
Hikari: (winks) But of course!
Yami: (takes Sol from Hikari) Why don't you do your own disclaimer for once, huh?
Hikari: (pouts and crosses arms) I dun feel like it. XP
Sol: I'll do it! I'll do it! Hikari doesn't own anything but the plot! X3
Hikari: (squeals and grabs Sol before cuddling him) So cute!
Yugi: ...We're never gonna spend any alone time with our son anymore will we?
Yami: (smirks) Maybe not. But at least we'll have time to ourselves...
Yugi: (gulps)
Yami: (grabs Yugi and runs into a bedroom)
Hikari & Sol: (blinks and looks at the door then to each other) I dun wanna know...
35. Demon
Fall had begun, I could tell from the decaying scent on the chilled wind that carried the flavor of falling glossed leaves. Through the maple trees I crept, not leaving a footprint in the moist earth under my boots, until I spotted the object of my adventure. There, bright agaist the white peeling paint of a cottage house, sitting amongst a colorful array of snow-peas, was a boy whose eyes akin to mine.
My crimson eyes that were outlined in black instead of white watched the owner of the house cradle his son. I was still in awe at the sight of the five-year-old. The child looked like a cross between myself and my look-a-like.
"Papa!" The little child squealed as he wiggled to get out of the hold.
The male looked like me except his hair didn't have any blond flowing through the ebony. His hair was in a loose braid with his blond bangs framing his face. If his hair was loose from the braid, it'd fall over his shoulders. The sharp face still held a little baby fat. All in all, I wanted the male for myself.
"Yes, Sol?" The owner replied with his beautiful tenor voice.
"No, you're Dad. That's Papa!" Sol replied. A small finger pointed in my direction...
A frown appeared on the other male's face. Amethyst eyes followed the trail of where Sol's small finger was pointing. I saw them widen as the owner of the eyes tightened his hold on the child as he started to back away, sliding his feet in the slightly muddy earth.
I swore quietly before I revealed myself from where I blended in the trees. I could see the other tighten his grip on the child even more and his body tense to be ready to run away. "I wouldn't do that if I were you, Yugi."
"How do you know my name? Who are you?" Yugi asked while backing away from me.
"Dad! That's Papa! He brought me to you because you asked someone to help you not to be so alone anymore!" Sol stated as he looked at Yugi and wiggled more to get out of his hold.
Yugi's eyes widened at the revelation. "A demon..." he trailed off. He slid down along the side of the house and loosened his hold on Sol enough for the small child to run over to his other parent, me. I picked him up and settled him on my left hip. "My baby... my son... my beautiful son... a demon..." Pale hands covered amethyst eyes in despair. I watched this sadly before looking at the child in my arms and walking into the living room of the home.
The living room had two leather couches connected to each other by a corner piece. A table was at the end of both sides. There was a rectangular table placed in front of them. Speakers of a surround sound system stood next to the tv. A few game consoles sat in the stand as their games were lined up in rows on a shelf next to it. One small chest sat against the wall next to the widescreen tv stand filled with what seemed to be a few of Sol's toys. I put the little one down in front of the table. "Sol?" I heard Yugi call out.
Sol suddenly squealed when I picked up his favorite toys from the chest. I sat down and moved him on my lap. I then smiled at him and started acting out some scene that I saw from some movie I can't even remember the name of. I heard the front door open and shut. Then Yugi's footsteps and saw him at the doorway just watching us. I saw Sol look at Yugi with a big grin before getting up and dragging him over to join us in our play. Amethyst eyes watched me for a time and I knew he wanted to ignore me. But when they flickered over to Sol's grinning face, he knew couldn't do that to his son.
Later that night...
I watched as my look-a-like put Sol to bed and kiss his forehead after reading him a bedtime story. My eyes followed Yugi as he made his way out of the child's room. Sol's room consisted of a small bed. Crimson covers sheltered the child from the unforgiving chill that settled into the house even if the tall window in his room was shut. The walls were painted orange as the carpet was a golden yellow with several toys laying about. I could see in the darkness Sol was curled up with a blue teddy bear and a black dragon with a triangular head. A smirk made its way on my lips as the dragon bowed its head to me before lying back down.
I walked into what looked like Yugi's own room and smirked in amusement as I saw him on his bed facedown. His room was a bit cleaner than that of Sol's room. The covers Yugi was trying to suffocate himself with was a matching amethyst color to his eyes. The walls were a forest green, the deepest green you could ever find. Plush carpet, much like Sol's own, was a ocean blue, right before the sunsets upon it. Much to my amazement Yugi was not curled under his covers as Sol was. The tall window may be shut but one would think a human would be freezing in cold weather such as this.
An amethyst eye peeked at me and Yugi sat up to face me. "So..." He started.
"Yes?" I tried to encourage him to continue.
"What's your name?" The human asked. "Can you tell me that?"
"But of course. My name, little one, is Atemu." I answered with a smirk as I bowed. I straightened myself up and leaned against the doorway. "And before you ask, Sol has my eyes because I was the one who created him. He's just not fully demon. I don't even know if he actaully is part demon or all human..." I looked down the hall to the doorway where I knew Sol's room to be.
Yugi looked at me confused. "If he is your child, surely you'd want to raise him yourself. Right?"
I chuckled. "Yes. But Hell is no place for a child as sweet as him. Besides, I was able to watch him from afar. And when you went to bed, I'd watch over him to be sure nobody would take him. I made sure he was also protected at all times, in my own way." I looked back at Yugi lovingly. "Same as you, Yugi."
I saw the little one gulp. "Did..." He paused. "Did anyone ever try and take him?"
My crimson eyes narrowed to the point where I knew they were slits. "Yes. A women tried to take him twice. Once when he was a baby and the other when he was three. I made sure she paid dearly for it. It wasn't until a third assailant tried to take him that I made the suggestion to you to move him into your room."
His eyes widened. "It was you!" He yelled. But then he relaxed. "Thank you for that though. I thought I was going nuts for a while before I didn't hear you again." His eyes then showed relief and gratitude as his shoulders slumped as he relaxed more. "But... if we're both male... how did..."
I blinked and then understood what he was trying to ask. "I'm not all bad, Yugi. Not all demons are purely evil. Some of us actually care for human life. I heard your plight and decided to help you." My eyes softened considerably from before as I looked at Yugi lovingly again. "Sol will always be yours as he is mine. He is our child, Little One."
Sighing, Yugi laid on the bed while patting the space next to him. "You took some of my hair to help with that didn't you?" When he saw me nod and walk across the room to lay on the bed he curled up next to me. "How did you do it anyway? You haven't been here the whole time have you?"
A smile made it's way to my face as I brushed a hand through his hair. Yugi curled against me of his own free will. Maybe we can make this work yet. "Yes. I figured it was the only DNA from you I could use to make it work more efficient. Hence why Sol looks like you and me. Sleep now, Little One. I'll take care of Sol if he wakes up." I kept running a hand through his hair.
I could feel Yugi was happy and relaxed a bit more before falling asleep. To my misfortune, a scream ripped through the air. It was coming from Sol's room! Yugi darted up but I looked at him sharply before tearing down the hallway into Sol's room.