Hello~ I'm free from work so that means I get the chance to write! Wee! This chapter is short so just a warning.

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The Issues with Height

Atem huffed a bit as he brought in the groceries. A week in to this and things were . . . okay, he supposed. Yugi did occasional throw a tantrum but Anzu was surprisingly good at shutting those down. 'I somehow make them worse.' Had he been like this with his father? He only had vague memories of his mother but it was Aknamkanon who dominated the majority of those childhood memories. "Had fun?"

He looked to see Anzu sitting on the couch. Yugi must have been taking his usual nap. "You didn't have a good day?" Atem returned.

Anzu laughed. "Oh no, I did. I had a few errands to run so I took Yugi to a little play center and let him run off all the toddler energy. When I picked him up, he didn't even make it home awake." Atem chuckled a bit as he began to put away the food. This whole fatherhood thing had created quite the soft spot for Yugi's tired pouts. Maybe that was what being father did to someone. Much to his embarrassment, Anzu had caught him sitting in that silly rocker with Yugi fast asleep.

The memories the magic had made often came up, late nights, lots of crying and not from Yugi oftentimes. Atem relished those false memories though, didn't know why but he did. "What did you do today?"

Anzu sighed. "I was looking around for a house. I still can't see this as nothing more than the game shop." He blinked a bit before giving in on that. It did feel like the game shop still.

"Find anything you liked?"

"Oh there were a lot of places. I was being mindful of our money. I know Ishizu will send you any money you need but," Anzu shrugged. "How about tomorrow we look together?"

"Sure."

Atem and Anzu walked through a neighborhood, looking at the houses and any that had 'for sale' signs on the lawn. Yugi huffed again. "If you keep this up, I'll just call Joey to come get you." Atem said warningly. The boy had thrown a horrible tantrum, one even Anzu couldn't stop immediately. It was only when Atem threatened to call Joey to babysit that Yugi stopped and shut his mouth.

"Why can't we stay in the game shop?"

"Well for one, it's small. It was okay with just Grandpa, you and I, but with Anzu now here the shop will be crowded. Let's also note that since you have your toddler moments, you'll be a wild child to deal with, so a crowded shop is not really child safe." Atem snorted. "There's glass and just last week while you were running away from a bath of all things," Yugi cringed a bit, knowing exactly where this was going. "You ran right into a wall."

Anzu laughed and messed with Yugi's hair. "We all run into walls."

That didn't matter to Yugi, what mattered was that Atem would never let him live it down. The worst part about this was that there would probably be more blackmail worthy moments as he grew up again. "Oh!"

Yugi blinked and turned to see a house that looked almost like a dollhouse. "You like this one?" Atem asked, noticing the sign on the lawn. "It looks like it needs a lot of work. A new paint job too."

Anzu didn't listen and rushed to grab a paper from the tube on the sign and returned to the boys. "Four bedrooms, a master bathroom and another one for guests. It's perfect!"

"It's a bit girly."

Atem gave Yugi's arm a slight pinch. "Happy wife, happy life." Yugi turned to look at Atem, stunned those words even came from the former pharaoh's mouth. "Try and take a look at the backyard." Anzu nodded and quickly went around to take a peek while Atem leaned in close. "We'll be living together for twenty or so years together. I don't care what it looks like, I care about the image we'll be setting until you return to your proper age. If this house says 'a happy family' then by all means, I'll go for it."

"But-"

"Second, Grandpa shouldn't have to worry about a toddler. I'm sure Tristan and Joey will help him out whenever they can but he's done raising little kids. You know this. Third, I needed a place of my own to begin with. It's not fair for him to deal with another person in the house. This way everything is better off for all of us."

Yugi bowed his head, knowing that what Atem had said was true. It wasn't fair to his grandpa . . . well, great grandpa. "The backyard looks amazing! Nice trees back there too!" Anzu came back around, her eyes glittering, already imagining the things they could do in this house.

"You're in full decoration mode already, aren't you?" Atem chuckled. "I'll put in an offer once I set aside some money from the bank."

Oh they most definitely got the house. Yugi sat on the new couch watching his parents move everything into place. Atem and Anzu got into the swing of getting their new house to their liking. The theme being victorian, lots of details and wood. You would think that being a former pharaoh, there would be some . . . discrepancies between the two but Atem actually liked the style apparently. He picked out the living room set!

Atem, of all people, into victorian stuff! Yugi wondered what else would be revealed. 'At least there's a TV.' Yugi turned it on and went through the channels, having to hold the remote with both hands. Why did he think the spellbook was a good idea again? Why?!

He paused on a news channel, shocked to see who was on the screen. No . . . "Um, you guys?" Atem and Anzu were looking at a book, discussing on what to do outside. Yugi groaned. "Mom, Dad!"

They turned to him at the same time, looking somewhat annoyed. "Yes, Yugi, we heard you the first time, what?"

He just pointed. Atem sighed and looked to the TV screen and froze. "Fuck."

Anzu frowned. "What, what's wrong?"

Atem slumped on the couch. "The Ishtars are in Domino, along with my parents." Anzu stiffened as she thought of all the problems that could come up.

"The web . . . it didn't affect them or the spirit world, I take it."

Atem buried his face in his hands, sounding like he was about to actually cry. "No, I didn't think about that at all."

It's short I know~ but I'll get to work on the third one! I swear!

Also a huge asshole to Atem to but ooh~ the wonderful brain of a fanfic writer.

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