Hi! chapter four everyone! that means chapter four of Lost and found will be up at some point, sorry it took so long, hope this chapter is longer for you, i normally do two pages and this one is four discluding this little bit ;3
Dinner
Yugi sighed as he shut the car door, putting his seatbelt on he leaned against the head rest, a wave of emotions flowed through him as he turned his gaze slightly to his Yami
"Are you ready? Habibi?" Atem said smoothly before pulling out of the driveway, Yugi merely nodded trying to conceal the deepening blush across his cheeks.
The car journey was quiet, awkward and uneasy, Yugi was tense, and second thoughts ran through his mind, he should be at home. Slight fatigue washed over Yugi; so far everything today has drained him. His usual routine of not doing much and sleeping a lot, he is struggling with today's events.
"Here we are" Atem broke the silence as he parked the car "Yugi, are you alright?" he asked as he turned to his little one, noticing his sluggish posture, Yugi sat up and looked around, reassuring him that he's fine.
They both got out of the car and Atem pulled out a bag from the boot, heading to the building, it looked like a traditional Japanese style dojo, which made Yugi smile, you don't see many traditional Japanese anything anymore these days. As they approached the building they were greeted by a man at the door whom let them in. After changing into his cloths and black belt, Atem had a few minutes to spare so he guided Yugi to the seats at the side. Taking Yugi's hand he placed something in them.
"What's this?" Yugi asked narrowing his eyebrows
"I can see you look tired, I don't expect you to sit and watch for two hours and fifteen minutes, so if you feel you need to go to the car and rest, please do so" Atem explained "This button is to unlock, when you're in the car, press this button to lock it again"
"How are you going to get in?" Yugi asked
"This is a spare, little one, I can still get in, and mine are in my locker" Atem smiled as he brushed his hand across Yugi's cheek.
'Little touches at a time,' Atem thought
"GATHER ROUND!" a booming voice called
"we're starting now, little one, don't be afraid to leave if you must," Atem said as he turned to gather in the group, standing in rows, their Sensei started to talk them through what they are doing today, about upcoming events and so on, Yugi sat there half heartedly paying attention, playing with the fob Atem has just give him.
'Maybe, I should get through the first hour, then go rest for the other hour and fifteen minutes' Yugi thought as he yawned, but waiting for that hour to pass seemed impossible. Only fifteen minutes had passed when Yugi forced himself to stand and lazily walk to Atem's silver car outside the building, opening the back door and locking the car again, Yugi set his alarm for two hours and nodded off, the warmth of the sun made sleeping in the back more comfortable since the hot ray's helped Yugi slip into darkness much quicker.
Atem sat in the changing room, fully dressed, a towel around his neck and his bag ready, back rested against the wall with his eyes closed, thinking.
'He seems, different, I don't know what to do' with a sigh, Atem stood and picked up his bag, heading for the exit. Almost everyone has gone now, leaving his silver car surrounded by three or four other cars, unlocking the car he placed his duffle bag in the boot along with his towel and closed it with a 'thud' walking round to the driver's door, he opened it and set his phone on it rest, leaving his door slightly open he went to the back door to see Yugi laying there with his eyes half open, kneeling down Atem put his hand on his little ones shoulder, trying to arouse him more.
"Hey Yugi, time to go," Atem's voice whispered, Yugi groaned as he put his hands underneath himself and pushed up so he was in the sitting position, "Stay there a moment," Atem said softly as he shut the door, the next thing Yugi knew the other side of the car door opened, Atem outstretched his hand for Yugi to grab a hold of. Surprisingly, Yugi complied and Atem helped him out of the car and opened the front door for him, once inside and belted up Atem started the car and left the building.
"Are you hungry?" Atem asked, Yugi was going to reply no, but his stomach replied for him, with a sigh he let out a weak 'yeah' silence passed them both again, driving Atem mad, they had no problems with conversation when he resided in the young one's body, why are things so different now? Atem stopped the car when he parked; letting out a deep breath he spoke once more.
"Yugi," he sighed as he took his seat belt off "Yugi, please tell me what happened, what happened to you when I went through those gates? You don't have to tell me everything," Atem paused as he turned more in his seat to look at Yugi "just enough so I understand why there is silence between us, why you're so drained and not the bubbly, happy optimistic Yugi I knew" Yugi's eyes clenched for a moment, and took a few deep breaths
"I, don't really know what happened, it all caved in really fast, I tried to look on the bright side and be happy for you" Yugi started, "I just slipped into depression and then Tea, Tristin and Duke left Domino, Joey had started working so nothing was really the same, and when I knew Bakura and Marik returned I asked about you, anxious, waiting, but you never showed" Yugi sobbed "A lot has happened that I'm not proud of" Yugi breathed out as he rubbed his arms in memory. "Other than having depression it seems my doctors can't help me with the fact I catch colds far more often than someone should, fevers now and then and viral infections, my normal temperature is above the normal so I have to carry around a thermometer all the time" Yugi laughed slightly at the end "So I'm always unwell, that's why I'm not the bubbly Yugi you once knew, Yami,"
"Aibou…" Atem whispered
"I'm sick of it you know," Yugi started again "I'm sick of being tired, and I'm tired of being unwell" Yugi looked up at his other half "And I just don't know what to say, Two and a half years almost of being stuck in my room, I'm not surprised I haven't much to say and there's silence between us," Yugi sighed "Do you understand?" he finished silently
"Yes, Aibou, I understand" Atem whispered and picked up his phone and pocketed it, and stepped out of the car with his keys, going round to Yugi's side he opened the door "Shall we go eat?" Atem said as he nodded his head in the direction of a restaurant, Yugi smiled lightly and followed suit.
Entering the building, it wasn't extremely fancy, but still appealing to the eye; they were shown a table for two in a privet area. Atem ordered a smoothie and Yugi had the same, he had never tried an all berry smoothie before and it sounded nice, as they waited for their drinks, they looked through the menus.
"Don't look at the prices just go for what you fancy" Atem said as he looked at Yugi's worrying facial expression.
"But?" Yugi tried to question but didn't really know what to say, other than it's far too expensive
"Let's just say, the most expensive meal on this menu, is like going to a café and ordering a small breakfast to me, whatever you pick, it won't dent my bank" Atem said with a wink, making Yugi blush slightly, thanking the gods he had a menu in front of his face.
"You must earn a lot…" Yugi trailed
"If I wanted to, I could afford a decent place, kit it out with everything a house needs, have a house keeper, have you live with me without worrying to look for work, and take the both of us on holiday more than five times within that year and it only making a slight dent" in saying that, Yugi lowered the menu as Atem raised his eye brow suggestively to him "now, you have a think about that"
"I don't have much memories of this new life, just enough to get by, and working for FADTech and being Kaiba's cousin has its bonuses," Atem added. Just then, their waiter returned with their drinks and asked for their order "I will have the usual, please, although with extra king prawns, let the chef know if he adds 2 extra lovely seasoned ones there will be a generous tip" Atem smiled, Yugi stuttered as he picked something off of the menu and the waiter left, leaving a frown on Atem's face.
"Yugi, I don't mean to be rude, but why did you pick something small?"
"I'm, not really a big eater, if you noticed at home, I had less on my plate than you did, I just can't handle such a big sized meal" Yugi sighed
"Okay," Atem nodded with a smile, leaving it at that, there's no reason to ask any further questions, as long as he was eating is the main thing.
Soon their orders came and they started eating, Yugi took small bites at a time out of his small meal that looked like it would satisfy that of a small child of twelve, not a grown teen of nineteen.
'It seems he's coming round,' Atem thought 'he seems relaxed, right?' he looked over Yugi's way as he bitten off a part of his prawn
"Have you ever tried prawn before?" Atem suddenly asked, Yugi stopped and looked over to Atem
"Umm, no not really" Yugi whispered, looking at the pink things on Atem's side plate
"Would you like to try one?" Atem asked, Yugi nodded his head
"Sure, what do they taste like? Are they nice?" Yugi asked quickly as one was placed on his plate, Atem chuckled
"They're nice, trust me," Atem said as he motioned for Yugi to try, nervously Yugi looked at his King Prawn, Instantly regretting it being on his plate, taking a bit off Yugi placed it in his mouth, after a few moments Yugi made a sound saying he liked it, making Atem laugh.
"Hey, Yugi, I was wondering if your free this evening? I mean, since our parents' are dating, it would be worthwhile if we could spend some time together, catch up maybe?" Atem offered, gingerly looking Yugi's way.
"This evening? ..." Yugi repeated, fatigue washed over him "I'm sorry... I can't..."
"Oh, then how about tomorrow?" Atem said quickly, now that he has found Yugi, he couldn't allow there contact to fade and disappear.
"I don't mean to be rude, but" Yugi started,
'Don't brush me off; don't brush me off, he's going to brush me off'
"Can we see how I am tomorrow? I can't think straight at the moment and I don't feel all that well" Atem slowly let out the breath he was holding in, he sighed and pulled out a small card.
"Sure, here, this is my number, drop me a text if you feel up to going out," Atem said as he handed it over and then called over there waiter for the bill "Would you like me to take you home?"
"Please, if you don't mind,"
"As you wish, let's go," and with that, they exited the resturaunt and headed for the car.
The ride back was silent, no one spoke untill Atem pulled up at the Kame Game Shop and that was only to part with there goodbyes.
As Yugi walked up the path, Atem watched, not in the stalking kinda way, just to make sure he got in okay, and he was glad he did, as he watched Yugi struggle with the door handle, the door was still locked.
'has he not got a key?' Atem thought as Yugi lowered to his knees, Atem turned the car off and headed up the path
"Yugi?" he called
"I don't have a key and mom's still out and grampa isn't home" Yugi sounded lost, "i never had a key because i never left the house" hearing this, Atems face lit up.
"How about you come back to mine? it wont be a problem at all," Atem offered, Yugi looked up at Atem who held out hos hand
"Okay," Yugi sighed as he took Atem's hand