001. Crash
[Happy (belated) Sychroshipping Saturday, everybody! Here's a drabble to celebrate. Also, this is a repost from my Tumblr.]
"Aahh!" tires screeched and bystanders gasped.
Atem quickly recovered and took in the world around him. Was this really Domino City? It looked so…different!
"I'm so sorry, sir, are you alright?" A man ran toward him.
Atem blinked. "Erm…yes. Yes, I'm fine." Who was this man? Why did he look so familiar?
The man offered Atem his hand. "Yusei Fudo. I really am terribly sorry. Is there something I can get you?"
"Atem, call me Atem. You really don't need to. I should not have been in your way. You could, however, tell me where I am."
Yusei smiled. "You're in Neo Domino City, Atem. At least let me buy you lunch. I feel really bad, I nearly killed you."
Atem chuckled to himself. "I've had more scrapes with death, believe me." He sighed. "All right, you choose where. I seem to be new to this city."
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Atem knew it now. He'd recognised it when they were walking to the fast food joint. This man was one of the duelists from the future the he and Yugi dueled with against Paradox. So the gods put him in future Domino City. Maybe he should've read the fine print when he ask to return to the world of the living.
"Atem?"
"Yes, Yusei?" The former pharaoh looked up from his burger.
Yusei looked him square in the eye. "I feel like I've met you before. Your face, it just seems so familiar to me. If I look past your tan, you look like an old friend of mine."
Atem lowered his burger back into its box. "Yugi Moto, right? He was my host when I was a wandering spirit. I now have my own body but I don't seem to have landed in the time period I was expecting. I guess I'm lucky to at least know—"
He was cut off by a pair of lips. It took Atem a while to realise Yusei was kissing him. When they broke apart, the Egyptian looked confused. "Wha~?"
"I've been waiting a while to do that." Yusei answered with a small smile.