"Okay, are your eyes closed?" When his son nodded, Yusho waved his hand in front of his son's eyes to make sure he wasn't peeking. "Keep them closed, son."
He reached inside his jacket and pulled out two cards. "Hold out your hand, Yuuya."
"Daaad." Behind them, Yoko stifled her laughter at their son's impatient whine. Yuya's lips thinned into a pout, but Yusho patted his head.
With a frustrated sigh, Yuuya held his hands out, his palms turned up. He felt something being placed into them and he scrunched up his face to make sure that he kept his eyes closed. A thumb stroked over one of this objects in his hands. Flat…felt like cardboard…but eerily familiar. No way…
"You can open your eyes now."
Slowly, his lashes fluttered open and he blinked. Suspicions confirmed. Those were Duel Monsters cards. Gasping, he turned them over and found himself staring at the Magician of Astromancy and the Magician of Chronomancy. "Da-dad, aren't these…?"
His father grinned at him and nodded. "They will be new friends in your deck now, son. Use these cards wisely to bring smiles to everyone with your dueling."
Yuuya sniffed and cradled the cards against his chest. "I will, Dad!"