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Chapter 2: Playful Intimidation

When the last piece of food had disappeared from my plate I sat back in my chair and sighed in comfort. At the orphanage whatever you could grab was what you ate; I wasn't as fast as others so I was used to going days without eating. It was nice to feel full for once.

I scanned the table and looked at my, still eating, family. My father, Atem(u), who was speaking on the phone, still had his coffee and some eggs in front of him. I had a guess that he wouldn't finish it because of his conversation of work.

My other father, Heba, was chewing on the last few strips of his bacon while sipping his half cup of orange juice. I could see he liked it because he made a happy smile every time another piece made its way to his opened mouth.

Finally, glancing at Yami, I could see that he was done and waiting to be excused from the table. I had a sense he knew I was looking at him as his eyes bored into the table with intensity and discomfort, almost like he wanted to become super man and shoot laser beams from his eyes, putting a hole into the poor piece of wood and fabric in the process.

"*Hai…I'll be there…this afternoon?...Alright…*Sayonara." Atem(u) ended his phone call with the person of unknown identity and put his phone away. He sipped his coffee and avoided eye contact with me. We sat in silence for a couple more minutes, staring at my father, waiting for him to say something. Heba jabbed Atem(u) in the ribs with his elbow.

"Ow, take it easy, what's wrong?" he complained.

Heba took the initiative to point out that he hadn't really spoken to me at all by clearing his throat and directing a finger toward me.

Following his gaze he made eye contact with me and gasped.

His stern and anti-colored eyes boring into me made me slightly uncomfortable. Without thinking, I flushed a pinkish blush and broke eyes contact by turning my gaze to the table.

A light slapping sound was herd and a chuckle.

"Father," a familiar voice said. My eyes wavered to the side to peek out of my golden bangs to see Yami glaring across the table in the directing of my new step-father.

"I do believe you are scaring him; please, try to use your words and not your stare." He said taking a sip from the tea cup that a servant had given him just moments ago.

There was an awkward moment of silence in between my Step-Father and Yami. You'd think there was a stand-off going on.

I lifted my head slightly to watch both of them. Heba was doing the same with an almost anxious expression.

Atem(u) sighed and shut his eyes in defeat. "Ok, ok you win, I'll be nice. Just, no more staring contests for today, alright?"

Yami smirked and sipped his tea cockily before he got in his last two cents. "I always win father, you know that."

My jaw almost dropped. They'd been having a staring contest?! I'd been worried they'd fight and they were playing a game!?

Heba noticed my shock and leaned over to me secretly. "They tend to do this sometimes, don't worry too much; you'll get used to it in time, ne?" He smiled at me big and patted my head.

His words comforted me to some degree and the movement under the table halted, I hadn't known at the time but I'd been tapping my foot. I smiled at Heba and nodded. "Thank you, Heba."

Heba, the one I believed was the most grown up in the house, began to pout with glassy eyes. "I thought I told you to call me mommy."

An embarrassing smile found its way to my face as I remembered.

"Yugi, now that you're my son I want you to call me Mommy, ok?" Heba had said upon adopting me. All throughout that short time it took Heba to adopt me, the older man had proceeded to pat my head, pinch my cheeks, and almost drown me in love and affection.

"Gommen, I had forgotten…" I said smiling, I was a bit embarrassed of my forgetfulness lately.

Heba gawked at me with wide eyes.

"Nan desuka?(What?)" I asked innocently tilting my head to look at him funny.

Before I knew it I was plastered into another "loving" hug.

"Oh, Yugi! You're so cute! Well, I knew you were cute but now you're so adorable it hurts!" Heba dotted on me.

"Who's it hurting? Him or you?" Yami's voice piped in from behind me.

Heba looked down at me and my oxygen deprived face. "Oh my Ra, I'm so sorry!" He said quickly letting me go. The apologies kept flowing as I tried my best to stop acting cute and just calm Heba down. It wasn't his entire fault; I just needed to work on a more mature face.

"It's ok, Mommy, it's not your fault; you didn't mean it." I soothed him while patting his shoulder.

I fear I only made it worse.

"Oh, Ra! He called me, Mommy. I Think I'm going to smother him. Atem(u) tie my hands up so I don't cuddle the life out of this sweet little baby panda!" Heba whined at my step father, turning to him in his seat.

My step father looked at Heba and then looked at me.

"I can see why you think he's so cute, he kind of looks like you." Atem(u) said, winking at Heba as he took another sip from his mug.

Heba flushed every color of red that a ten year old new about.

I giggled in my seat as Heba began to whine at his husband again.

Yami, turned his half lidded eyes at me and glared. "You don't seem to have a problem with them both being guys, you must be very open minded." He said solely, finishing off his tea.

I couldn't help but be confused by his statement. "Why would I have a problem with it?"

Yami shrugged and looked at his parents. "Well, because, some people just do. They say it isn't right and that God will send them to hell for it." He said; quiet enough that only I could hear him.

I found myself circling my finger on the table in thought. "I don't think that would happen. Why would God send two people down to the underworld just because they love each other? It's a silly thought to even believe that God is that cruel, or that Any God would be so cold. I'm not exactly Christian or Catholic, but I don't believe that anyone would punish someone for falling in love." I said almost making a philosophy out of my little speech.

Silence filled the room. It was a bit uncomfortable.

I looked up to see what had happened to the noise and found everyone in the room staring at me.

I began to blush. "Sorry about that…hehe." I said in shame.

Atem(u) was the first one to speak. "That was…very insightful; for a ten year old." He said smirking at me.

Heba slapped him on the arm scolding him for his behavior. "Be nice to my baby!"

He winced slightly with a smile on his face. I mean a real smile, no half-heartedness or anything.

I gasped a bit and turned to Yami. "Yami, he knows how to smile?" I whispered in amazement.

Yami blinked at me a few time and then began laughing very loudly.

I arched an eyebrow. "What's so funny?" I asked pouting up at him.

I could see tears rolling down his cheeks as he continued to laugh like some evil villain that had discovered a lost person in an alley way.

My step parents looked at him in fear.

Heba slowly pulled me away from Yami and onto his lap, he looked down at me for a short moment before covering my ears.

For all I knew nothing had happened. Yami kept laughing and wiping the tears away with his napkin. The servants were looking very afraid, even Icuo.

And when I looked to the side, I could see an involuntary sweat drop on Atem(u)'s forhead.

I could still feel the slight hum of the chatter going on, but I couldn't make out any words. Heba must have been telling him to tone it down; because soon enough his mouth had shut and he was just focusing on breathing.

When Heba finally released my ears from captivity, the room was silent. The servants' were still ill looking as they tried to scurry off into the kitchen to leave us alone. I looked up to Heba in extreme confusion. All I got was an apologetic smile in return.

"I'm sorry about that, do forgive me." Yami's voice came in an apologetic tone from across my empty seat. I starred at his uneasy face, it was a face I wouldn't really see him using a lot; but I could tell he was trying. "I honestly don't know what got into me; I haven't laughed like that in years." He said blushing slightly at the sudden truth of his words.

I blinked a few times, taking in the news, and then without warning I smiled and giggled at my new Step-Brother. Even though I vowed to get revenge, I sure wasn't acting like it. But, I guess that's just my curse.

Atem(u) cleared his throat and my laughter ceased. I adjusted myself atop Heba's lap and turned to look at him. He put a smile on his face and tried to sound friendly. "So, is there anything you'd like to share with us so that we can get to know you better, Yugi? After all, we do expect you to stay a while."

As all three of them gazed at me waiting for my response I put my hand tentatively on my chin. "Hmmm…" I hummed trying to think of a simple answer to the question. So many things I could say but my brain just wasn't working like it should have. As time started to tick by, Heba tapped on my shoulder and whispered in my ear. "How about a hobby, Yugi?" He suggested kindly.

I smiled as the one thing I knew by heart crossed my mind. "Ah, I got it. I love card games; and just about any other game you can find." I said cheerfully. With the idea of games in my head, my brain had begun to work again at full capacity. My mouth began to speak with a mind of its own, running on pure innocents and enthusiasm. When I'd finally finished I was gasping for air. I hadn't even known I could talk so fast; or so long.

Heba patted my back encouragingly as I regained oxygen into my empty lungs. Atem(u) was staring at me in shock looking nearly confused. Yami, of course, was avoiding eye contact with me yet again. "So, in short, I'm just a ten year old spaz." I said giggling lightly.

Atem(u) praised me with a short theatre clap and smiled at me. "Very enlightening, Yugi. I find your innocence rather amusing. You've displayed some terrific skills in the last few minutes; and I must say I'm impressed." He said nodding in approval as he spoke.

I found myself blushing at the unnecessary praise. "Well…Um…thank you, Atem(u). Although I must say I don't deserve praise, especially from someone as honorable as you." I said looking down at the table.

Heba gasped a bit behind me. "Yugi…"

Atem(u) interjected by putting a hand on my knee. "Yugi, we're family now, there's absolutely nothing that you don't deserve; especially love and affection. Plus no more of that first name basis junk, I'm your father now, so call me Dad, ok?" He said looking at me with wholesome concern and compassion.

I could feel a smile creeping onto my face as I nodded in agreement with him. I could see he was about to lean forward and give me a hug. I froze a bit but I was prepared. But, nothing every goes exactly according to plan.

Atem(u)'s device began to hum loudly on the table. The air in the room tensed up at the sound as the moment was ruined. He leaned back into his chair and sighed. He calmly picked up the device and clicked an unseen button. "Yes?" He asked into the receiver. There was a moment of pause and then he sighed again. "Alright, I'll be right there. Ja ne." he said using slight frustration in his voice as he hung up the phone and placed it into his pocket.

"I have to go into work early now. They had some trouble with the stock in our company and need me to sign off on all the paper work before there's another slip up in production." He said as he stood up from his place at the table.

Heba adjusted under me and looked at his husband. "We understand honey it's not your fault. Do your best in work, ne?" Heba reassured Atem(u) with a smile.

Atem(u) bent down to give Heba a very chaste kiss and planted a hand on my head, giving my hair a ruffle. "You two will be alright, right?" He asked worriedly glancing in Yami's direction.

Yami sighed and shut his eyes. "You know I can hear you over there…" He said in annoyance at his father's, not so secret, secrecy.

I just sat and assessed the way they spoke to each other in mild amusement. Their conversations were nothing I needed to intrude on.

Atem(u) shrugged and turned to face Yami. "None the less be nice to your brother, don't even think about eating him either."

My blood ran a little cold as my head shifted to look at Yami. Is he really going to try to eat me? I wondered in disapproval and disgust.

As if sensing my fear Yami made eye contact with me briefly while taking an audible bite out of the air around him before smirking evilly. I'd shuddered inwardly at the small act of promised violence. My father's, although standing in the same room, failed to notice these things. They'd been signing off on a few things before Atem(u) could leave the room. Pretty intimate signing off for parents to be displaying in the dining room, I must say though.

When he'd finally walked toward the door, he turned back to face us grinning widely. "Well, I'm off. Everyone be safe for me alright?"

I could feel my head nodding up and down automatically.

Atem(u) noticed and gave me a slight chuckle. "Oh, and Yugi, make sure you ask your new brother about his game room. He used to be one for game as well; wouldn't surprise me if he still is." With that he walked out of the door without another word.

I hope it was good enough for such a long wait.

I finally got around to it and I'm so glad.

Next chapter: probably will be centered on the connection between Yami and Game

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