"Phew" Yugi fell back on his old bed. Today he had signed the last of the paperwork and finally had been given to the key to his new house. Only one more day until his family would be here. Bringing Yugi out of his thoughts was the shaking again. After a week Yugi thought he'd be used to it, but there was always something different about each quake. Yugi hoped his family wouldn't mind it too much, or all this would be for nothing.
The shaking still hadn't stopped after a minute, strange. The quaking had gone on for so long that Yugi's old mirror fell off the wall. Yugi unsteadily got to his feet and picked up the mirror.
'Good, it didn't break.' Yugi hung it back up on the wall and made sure to secure this time. As he did this, he couldn't help but look into his own reflection. He had truly grown from the shy kid in high school. One, he was proud to say he was a whole foot taller, and two… he looked more like Atem now. People that knew the spirit all mentioned it. Joey, Mokuba, even Pegasus had all said something along those lines. While Yugi didn't know if he should take it as a compliment, he could see what they were talking about. While his features were still much rounder than Atem's, his face had grown edges as he had gotten older. Add on his new height and Yugi could almost see the Pharaoh in the mirror before him.
Yugi held a little longer onto the edges of the mirror. While he could see Atem in his face, he could also still imagine the pharaoh right behind him, just as he had been all those years. Always right with him, whether it was a terrifying spirit as he had first been, to the true friend he became.
Yugi gripped the mirror's edge harder. He could still remember when Atem had passed on. After the group had gotten back to Japan, he had fallen into a deep depression. He knew it was for the best, he knew it was coming, he knew his friend must be happy, but that didn't stop the emptiness that followed him everywhere. Going from sharing your life with a dear friend to no one being there… it was probably the hardest challenge he had gone through. And that's counting the multiple maniacs trying to take over/destroy the world.
Yugi had gotten so bad that his father even came home early from a business trip to try and help Yugi. Of course, his mother and father did not know about Atem or any of their adventures. It was something you couldn't just explain and expect to be taken seriously. Despite not knowing what made Yugi mourn, his parents were still there for him, along with the rest of his dear friends. Without them pushing and encouraging him forward, Yugi knew he would not have made valedictorian at high school graduation or even to graduation at all.
Yugi finally let go of the mirror. The shaking had stopped, there was no reason to hold onto it any longer. He shook his head at the sad place his thoughts had gone. Egypt wasn't even the last time Yugi got to see Atem. Right after defeating Diva, just for a few seconds, the two had a chance to see each other again. No words needed to be said, though Yugi did wish he had gotten over his pride and hugged the pharaoh. Atem was happy in the afterlife, and Yugi was fine in this life. That's all they needed.
"Hey, Yugi." A voice said outside Yugi's door.
"Hey Dad, what do you need?" Yugi asked as he opened the door-
No sound, no flash of light, just white.
