A/N- Just to let you know, the card in Hadrian's deck called "Serpentine Knight" was created by Magician Girl Mirani. She has helped me so much with everything, so this chapter is dedicated to you! Thanks for everything!

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Chapter 4- "Potter?" Kaiba questioned, looking surprised.

"Yep. People in England know me as Harry Potter if that rings a bell." Hadrian told him brightly. "But as I was saying, you are an ignorant jerk who needs to listen to someone other then yourself! I was being nice enough to tell you a large part of my history and you go and interrupt me, calling me a fool! I may be annoying and act kinda immature when I want to be, but I am not a fool!" Hadrian was back to ranting and soon he was standing up on the platform with Kaiba, shaking his finger at the older teenager who was looking shocked and properly cowed. Everyone else that was there was staring at Hadrian in shock, while Yugi was torn between being horrified and laughing hysterically. Joey looked like Christmas had come early.

Kaiba seemed to realize what was happening because he stood up straight abruptly and glared at the smaller teen.
"Back up a second, midget. You, a kid who looks no older then maybe thirteen at the most, runs the corporation that won't sell me any of it's property?" Kaiba glared at him.
"Eh, no. I technically own it, but I don't do anything yet." Hadrian told him with a shrug.

"What? Why?" Kaiba nearly snarled.

"I haven't even turned sixteen yet," Hadrian said defensively. "My birthday's in a few weeks."
"Wait. You were driving and you weren't sixteen? No wonder you ran me over." Yugi told him dryly.
Hadrian blinked. "Huh?"
"The legal age from where you are from to drive is sixteen." Yugi told him slowly.
"...Seriously? I thought you just had to buy the car and you could drive it." Hadrian shrugged. "Whoops."

They all stared at him in disbelief.

"What?" He asked defensively. "I've lived a very sheltered life if you haven't noticed. It isn't my fault the Dur-" He trailed off abruptly and took a deep breath before continuing, "It isn't my fault. I was never taught the real rules of the world. I know most of the basics. Like no stealing, cheating, lying, and that type of thing, but not a whole lot of other things." He fidgeted under their incredulous gazes. "It isn't my fault!" He repeated louder that time. "Anyway, as I was saying, I don't run the business yet because I am young and I'm pretty sure I'd mess up the company."

"So what are you doing here?" Kaiba asked him in annoyance.
"Didn't I answer that already? I have no idea. So continue on with whatever it is you were doing and I'll watch. How's that sound?" Hadrian sat down and smiled when he saw a younger, but about the same height-sized, kid next to him. "Hi. I'm Hadrian Potter if you didn't catch it from my rant at Seto up there. And you are?"
"Mokuba. I'm Seto's little brother." The black-haired kid said proudly.

"Nice name." Hadrian told him with a smile. "Has your brother's aura always been so sickly?"
Mokuba choked on air and managed to gasp out, "What?"
"I'm sorry, I guess I thought you already knew." Hadrian told him carefully. "You know those lights you see around people and animals?"
"You see them too?" Mokuba blurted out before he could stop himself.
"Yeah. They're called auras. Every living creature has one. You and I have a special gift of being able to see them. See Yugi's? His is magenta, purple, red, and white.. Wait. It's black now. My mistake Magenta I haven't really figured out what it means yet, so I'll get back to you on that. Purple means that he is a calm, kind spirit, but red means that he is extremely emotional and he stays true to them. Earlier today Yugi's aura had white in it, which means that he is pure and innocent. Oh, there it is. Can you see the flicker of it around his heart?" Hadrian pointed, a hand wrapped around Mokuba's shoulder as he showed him.
"They can change that easily?" Mokuba asked him curiously, completely engrossed with what Hadrian was telling him and not paying attention to the duel he had started watching.

"Well, not usually. I'll have to look into that."
"So if white means pure and innocent, black means dark and evil?" Mokuba questioned innocently.
"No. Let me tell you this now, Mokuba. Black, dark, and evil are not synonyms. Black is a color. Dark is a type of magic, creatures, and other things. Evil is a way a person can be. Evil is bad. Dark and black CAN be bad, but usually are not. Black, with auras, means a sad or anger-filled past, or a dark soul. A dark soul just means that they are more compatible with night time and things that have to do with that." Hadrian explained patiently. "Take a look at mine. I don't seem like a bad guy, do I? Yet my soul is probably spotted with black. And look at my bracelets. They seem like an almost endless black, don't they?"

Mokuba nodded as he looked at them, not having noticed them before.
"I'll let you in on a secret of why my aura is black. My parents were killed when I was really little. Like one year old. And then I was placed under a curse by an evil Dark Lord named Voldemort."
"Isn't that the guy you accused big brother of looking like?" Mokuba asked him curiously.
"Yeah. It's really creepy how much they look alike." Hadrian shuddered. "If he had red eyes I'd be REALLY creeped out. That's the one thing that shows Voldemort is an evil wizard. Anywho, this curse was supposed to kill me, but as you can see, I survived. Look carefully at the aura around my forehead. It's a sickly green, correct?"

Mokuba nodded in awe.

"That's where the curse hit. I still have effects of it happen sometimes. It's feels icky and wrong, right?" Hadrian continued.
"Right." Mokuba nodded, but then he looked worried. "But Seto's aura is nearly the same shade!" He said in horror.

"Yeah. That's another reason why I was so defensive when I saw him. I don't usually start ranting like that, but it was either that or I completely break down." Hadrian told him carefully. "The only other auras that ever had that shade was Voldemort's and another person who I am currently extremely angry with. But the difference between Seto's and their auras is their souls are also that color, while Seto's is a nice blue color."
"So what is an aura, really?" Mokuba asked him.
"An aura shows what their personalities are, basically. A person's soul is who they truly are to be. Seto has allowed his greed and power-hungry nature to corrupt his aura."

Mokuba looked upset as he watched his brother duel and Hadrian felt slightly guilty for having to tell him this, but it was necessary.

"Look at your left hand, Mokuba." Hadrian said softly.
Mokuba looked confused but did so before "eeping" and shaking his hand.
"Get the green off! Get it off!" He yelled, swiping his other hand at it. The green disappeared almost immediately and Mokuba felt lighter at the same time. "Why did I have that?" Mokuba asked Hadrian, a slight fearful look to it. He didn't know why, but he trusted Hadrian. He felt as if he knew him before.

"Your brother's false ideals were starting to force themselves onto you. Now that you've noticed it, chances are you won't miss any corruption of your aura unless a skilled aura-reader such as myself forced one on you." Hadrian gave him a kind smile at that point though. "Don't worry, though. I'll watch over you, kitten." Hadrian gave him a light hug.

"Eh?" Mokuba asked in confusion.
Hadrian blushed and pulled away. "Sorry. Aura-readers are protective of those younger then them. Especially other little aura-readers. It's an instinctive thing."
Mokuba hugged him back and Hadrian grinned. "See? I like you, Mokuba. You're cute, in a boyish way of course. Oh. Looks like they're done. Were we supposed to be watching?" Hadrian sheepishly rubbed the back of his head while Kek mentally rolled his eyes.

"Whoops." Mokuba summed up.
Hadrian's eyes flickered over to Yugi and was surprised when he felt the remains of Shadow Magic on Kaiba and a large amount of it surrounding Yugi. His eyes narrowed thoughtfully as he looked at the Shadow Item around his neck.

'Odd. How did his aura change so drastically in such a short time?' Hadrian thought, not noticing that he had sent it to Kek.

'I'm not sure. I'll think about it while you go do whatever you do.'

"Good job! Who won?" Hadrian asked loudly as the others face-faulted.

"Did you pay attention at all?" Yugi asked him, his voice still sounding deeper then Hadrian remembered it.
"Uh. No. I was busy teaching Mokuba about auras." Hadrian explained brightly. "Anyone else want to hear about them?"

"I'm not sure if I should be insulted or not." Yugi said dryly.
"Oh! Don't be!" Hadrian told him quickly. "Auras fascinate me, and when I saw another Reader, I was excited! I really did want to watch you, I swear!" Hadrian told him with a sheepish look on his face. There was a slight pause in which Hadrian then asked, "So what were you doing in the first place?"

Yugi, Joey, and Mokuba all sweatdropped as they looked at the innocently confused Hadrian.
"We were having a Duel Monsters battle." Yugi finally answered patiently.
"Oh. Can I see?" Hadrian asked, jumping up to the platform and looking over at Yugi's cards. "Ooh, I have some of those!" Hadrian said, pulling out the unbreakable container he had of cards that had been given to him with the bracelets. "I always wondered what they were, I found them in a bush with a note to me, which was really weird, ya know? So I sorta kept them even though they could have been from a pedophile or something, but what could I do? I was ten and naïve of the world's ways. Heck, right now I'm fifteen and I'm still fairly naïve of everything." Hadrian babbled slightly as he looked at Yugi's cards. "Oh, I like this one." he pointed to the Dark Magician card, not noticing Yugi's amused look on his face. "I have one like that in mine I think. My favorite is this one, the Shadow Mage." He flipped through his cards and pulled out one that showed a black and silver armored character, his face covered by a large witches' hat that barely showed a smirk on the mage's face. His arms were crossed and in one of his hands a wand was held lazily, a gem that looked like an onyx on the end of it. "He's cool looking, isn't he?" Hadrian asked wistfully. "Oh! I like this one too!" Hadrian gushed, pointing at the Kuriboh card Yugi's deck held. "How do you play?" He questioned Yugi, not noticing the amused looks he was getting from everyone.

"It takes awhile to explain. How about tomorrow we meet at my grandfather's game shop and we'll exchange information? Like how you got a Millennium Item?" Yugi nodded to Hadrian's wrists.
"Eh? Millennium Items? You mean my Shadow Gauntlets?" Hadrian questioned in confusion. "That sounds fair. I'd like to hear about your own if that's cool. You tell me about your, er..."
"Millennium Puzzle," Yugi supplied, an amused smirk in place.
"Yeah, that. And I tell you about my Shadow Gauntlets. And then you teach me about Duel Monsters and I... Well, what do you want to know?" Hadrian rubbed the back of his neck, leaning against the railing slightly.

"How about your life before you came here? You didn't tell Y-me much about yourself after you ran me over today."

"I swear, it was an accident and I am really sorry-!" Hadrian began again.
"It's fine, Hadrian." Yugi assured him, a chuckle coming from him.

"Wait, you ran Yugi over? When did this happen, Yug'?" Joey called at them.
"Earlier today." Hadrian answered, his face bright red. "I was totally out of it and I wasn't paying attention while driving and Yugi ran across the street and I didn't see the stop sign. I kinda hit him. It was a total accident though and I am SO sorry, I really didn't mean to and I swear I'll make it up to you sometime-!"
"Hadrian. Relax. It's alright." Yugi assured him again.

"I feel so awful." Hadrian said gloomily. He yawned abruptly and fell to his knees before leaning back against the railing again. "'M sleepy." he muttered. "Way too long without sleep. I'll see you tomorrow Yugi. I'll come by around three if that's alright." Hadrian yawned again and jumped off of the platform, landing on his feet with ease, ignoring the surprised look he got from the others. "See you later." He yawned and disappeared without thinking.

He fell into bed immediately, not noticing Kek asking him if he wanted them to see his magic so soon.

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Hadrian opened the door to the game shop Yugi's grandfather owned and he forced himself not to immediately go around and look at all of the games. He quickly lost the battle and began bouncing around, reading the backs of many of the games.
"Hadrian?" Yugi's voice asked, and Hadrian spun around with a yelp, falling over and having boxes fall around him.
He groaned.
"When did I become such a klutz?" Hadrian asked out loud, immediately gathering all of the boxes back up and putting them back on the shelf. "Sorry about that. I really wanted to see some of them and, well, you've seen my klutziness." Hadrian said sheepishly.

Yugi laughed and Hadrian noticed his voice was back to normal.
"So what do ya wanna know, Yugi?" Hadrian asked him, sitting down on the floor, looking as if he didn't have a care in the world. Yugi followed and crossed his legs.

"How did you get a Millennium Item? And why do you have the Egyptian Eye on your face? Is it a tattoo?" Yugi questioned.

"I found the Shadow Gauntlets in a bush after being chased around by my cousin. I was ten at the time, I think. I put them on, me being the naïve young child. Well, they melted into me. See?" He rolled up his sleeves and showed him the gold that were part of his arms by that point.
"Didn't that hurt? And you were only ten at the time?"

"Yeah. It hurt really bad. It was like, boiling hot while shrinking to fit my wrists. Now it grows with me, but they will always feel too small, ya know?"
"How did they do that?"

"Shadow Magic." Hadrian answered simply.

"Excuse me?"
"It's the magic that was sealed into the Shadow Items. Or as you call them, the Millennium Items. A pharaoh sealed them away thousands of years ago. He was pretty cool. Don't ask what it can do, because all I know is that Shadow Magic can do a whole lot of things. Like send people to the Shadow Realm!" Hadrian blanched for a second. "Wait a second... Is that why Umbridge disappeared?" Hadrian muttered to himself. He glared at his bracelets and sent a message to Kek, 'Who else did you send to the Shadow Realm, Kek?'

'I only sent the Dursleys to the Shadow Realm. Dumbledore and Umbridge only have a penalty on them for now.'

"Sorry. I just realized something now. My bad. Continuing on! With the bracelets I also got the deck I showed you last night. Along with a random note saying they were mine. Answering your next question, no, this is not a tattoo. I don't really know what it is." Hadrian shrugged. "Just add it to another one of my weird quirks. So how did you get your Millennium Puzzle?"
"My grandfather brought it back from an expedition in Egypt. He gave it to me years ago to try and solve. I just recently did. It was really confusing."
"I can tell. It must have been worth it though, it looks so cool." Hadrian told him with a smile. "So about this Duel Monster game..."

Hadrian looked in confusion at the cards that were in front of him. "So how do you end up winning?"
"When your life points reach zero," Yugi explained. "And no, lowest score doesn't win like golf for the third time." He added when Hadrian opened his mouth again. Hadrian pouted.
"There are no games where lowest score wins... Other then golf. But I don't play golf." Hadrian sulked.

Yugi rolled his eyes in slight amusement.

"I'm sure we can find one for you somewhere, Hadrian." Yugi assured him.
The two jumped as there was a loud tapping on the window. Hadrian opened it to look out and immediately yelped as he fell back, a white blur attacking him.
"Hedwig! You came!" Hadrian said cheerfully, running away from Hedwig and acting as if she wasn't hell-bent on attacking him.

Hedwig let out a shriek and Hadrian sweatdropped. "I did not forget you, if that's what you were thinking! I thought Sirius was going to send me a letter so I figured you'd find me when he sent a letter!"
Hedwig shrieked again.
"Don't you yell at me, Hedwig Ava Potter! This was important!" Hadrian yelled at her, stamping his feet childishly. "I'm sorry I left you, alright? It was an accident and it won't happen again, okay?"
Hedwig seemed satisfied as she landed on Hadrian's shoulder and nipped at his ear.
"Yugi, if you haven't realized it, this is my pet-"

An indignant squawk from Hedwig.

"Whoops. My bad. My friend Hedwig." Hadrian corrected himself. "Not a pet. She was mad because I left her back in England."

"She's very beautiful," Yugi noted. Hedwig preened under the praise and Hadrian mock-sighed.
"Don't encourage her ego, Yugi. It's big enough by this point." Hadrian told him teasingly. Hadrian seemed to realize that Hedwig had a letter on her leg and frowned. He took it off and flicked it open before pulling out the parchment.
"How did Dumbledore get a letter on you, Hedwig?" Hadrian muttered. "I'm assuming Fawkes had to force it on you." An agreeing chirp from the owl. "Dear Harry, blah blah blah. I'm very disappointed in your behavior, blah blah blah. Dark magic is bad, blah blah blah.... Whatever." Hadrian crumpled the parchment up and tossed it into a garbage can.
"Someone sent you a letter with your owl?" Yugi asked him slowly.
"Yeah. Don't ask me why, I don't know." Hadrian said before Yugi could question him. "Hedwig, go back to the house. You'll recognize it, it's the exact opposite of Privet Drive."

Hedwig flew back out the window and Hadrian grinned. "So now that that's out of the way, what do you want to know about my past?"

"Where are you actually from? I can't place your accent." Yugi asked him.

"England. My accent isn't as strong as some others."

"How come you came to Japan? And when did you learn Japanese?" Yugi continued to ask. Hadrian was happy to answer these questions as long as they didn't have anything to do with his school or it's adventures.
"I came to Japan because these," He held up his wrists and showed him the Shadow Gauntlets (He wouldn't call them the Millennium Gauntlets until he was sure Kek wasn't Atem's lover that had been given the "back-up" item. Kek had said the "back-up" item had a different name since it wasn't really a Millennium Item) and rolled his eyes. "They like to take me places where I'm needed apparently. Like last night at Kaiba's place. And if I'm not where I'm supposed to be they constrict and burn. If I'm going the right way they cool down and feel looser. If I'm where I'm supposed to be, they vibrate. Like right now they are. Feel," Hadrian encouraged, holding his wrists out. Yugi hesitantly put his hands on top of Hadrian's and allowed his fingertips to brush against the bracelets. He gasped as he could feel them vibrating extremely fast, his hands jumping away.
"Doesn't that feel uncomfortable?" Yugi asked him curiously.
"It's actually quite soothing once you get used to it." Hadrian answered with a small smile. "When it first did this when I arrived here I jumped, like, ten feet into the air. It took me a long time to get used to it, but now it feels really nice when it happens."

Yugi nodded, slightly confused but not too much.

"Why were you in a bush when you found your deck and item?" Yugi asked him the question that had been bugging him.
Hadrian blinked and frowned. "I think I was running from my cousin Dudley and his gang. Oh yeah! Now I remember! Story time!" Hadrian flopped down to sit down and smiled at Yugi.

'You sure you want to tell him all of this, Hady-kun?' Kek asked him carefully.

'Why not? I like him. He's nice and I feel like he'll be a good ally when he finds out more about his Millennium Puzzle. Besides, I feel like we can trust him, Kek. I think you knew whatever spirit is inside his puzzle because he feels familiar and warm. Plus, I really really really want to find out why his aura changes color! It's so pretty, isn't it? Almost as pretty as yours when you're-' Hadrian paused and he mentally smacked himself. 'You're in control. Duh. When he duels, his spirit comes out. Why didn't I think of that right away? I feel extremely stupid.'

"Alright, so here's how it went," Hadrian said brightly. "I had been at the park because Aunt Petunia kicked me out for not making the dinner right for them. So I was swinging and Dudley pushed me off and yelled at me for doing better on a test then him. I ran and eventually was in a bush. I kinda fell asleep for awhile and when I woke up I saw the deck and bracelets. I looked through it and found my first card. The Serpentine Knight."
"The Serpentine Knight? I've never heard of that one." Yugi frowned slightly. "I didn't have a chance to look at all of your cards, I only saw a few of them."
Hadrian pulled out his deck and flipped through them until he pulled out the card he had been looking for.
"Here it is." Hadrian said, a fond smile at it. It was definitely a knight, Yugi noted. Silver and green armor, along with a helmet like a hooded cobra. His face was just barely visible from under a visor that looked like it fit perfectly. A dark green cape was around his shoulders and a sword was in his hands, a snake wrapped around the hilt of the katana. It's attack was 2300 and defense was 2200. "And as crazy as this sounds, I feel like this one watches over me, along with the Shadow Mage. Like... Like they're just there, watching over me always. Ya know?"

'Well, of course they are.' Kek thought to Hadrian. 'You speak to them like they are your equals, so they are extremely loyal to you.'

'Kek. They're cards.' Hadrian thought slowly.

'Yes, but the Shadow Realm holds all of the creatures that are in the cards. The cards are just representation of the creatures.'

'So, they're real?' Hadrian thought in awe. 'That's frickin' sweet! Oh my gosh! Can we talk to them? Why are they loyal to me? Can we meet other people's card creatures? Can-?'

'Cool it, little one. You're with Yugi now. I'll tell you more later.' Kek told him gently.

'Oh. Right. Whoops.'

"I know!" Yugi agreed, understanding shining in his eyes. "I feel like the Dark Magician watches over me all the time. It's weird, you know, but it feels natural?"
"Exactly!" Hadrian cried out, clapping his hands together. "You're the first to understand that!"

More time was spent at Yugi's, the two talking about anything and everything. Eventually they ended up in Yugi's room, Yugi teaching Hadrian how to play a video game. Hadrian was in awe by this, and even though he was constantly losing he always ended up laughing like mad at it.
"This is amazing! If I knew about these types of games, I would have been a lot more mad at the Dursleys for giving them to Dudley." Hadrian said as he tried to do a certain move. "Though I do think I need some practice..." Hadrian muttered as he watched his character fall off the edge. He frowned. "I thought this was how you jump." he pointed at a red button on the controller.
"No, that's how you kick." Yugi corrected him. "The green is how you jump."
"But green isn't a jumping color! It's a kicking color! Red is a jumping color!" Hadrian protested loudly.
"And what's the difference between a kicking and jumping color?" Yugi asked in amusement, raising an eyebrow at him.
"It's obvious, isn't it?" Hadrian sighed in exasperation. "It's like purple is a color you use for when you want to poison someone, and yellow is to heal someone. It's just the way things are!" Hadrian huffed, pouting slightly.
Yugi laughed and Hadrian reluctantly grinned.
'It really is amazing at how childish Hadrian is, but at the same time how many times he has given extremely wise advice. He can be mature, but at the same time so immature.' Yugi thought as he watched Hadrian look at the controller with confused and determined eyes.

"I will figure this out," Hadrian vowed solemnly, looking completely serious. "I don't care how long it takes. I will be victorious in this!" Hadrian ended in a shout, jumping up, only to trip and fall over, getting himself tangled in the wires. He yelped and hit the floor, Yugi suppressing a hysterical laugh.
Hadrian was sulking as he carefully untangled himself out of the wires.

"When did I become such a klutz?" He whined out loud, pouting.

"You mean you haven't always been so... er... klutzy?" Yugi asked him, muffling his laughs.

"Never! This is so weird!" Hadrian sounded so honestly confused that Yugi couldn't help but want to giggle.

"Welcome to the world of the uncoordinated, Hadrian." Yugi said in mock-seriousness. They both held the serious face for a moment before they burst into laughter.

"Come on, Yugi. You hungry? We can head out to a restaurant I like, my treat." Hadrian stood up with a stretch. "Think of it as a reward for kicking my butt in every game we played." He said when Yugi was going to protest. "Besides, I like paying for things. I use the inheritance my parents left me, and let me tell you they were bloody rich. Like, billions upon billions of dollars rich."
"More billions then Kaiba?" Yugi asked curiously, but not in a greedy way.
"Well, I'm not sure how many Kaiba has. So I can't accurately answer that, Yugi. The point is, I'm paying for dinner." Hadrian grinned at him as he stood up and grabbed his coat he had taken off at one point.

"You don't have to do that," Yugi protested as Hadrian grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the shop.
"I want to though. Please?" Hadrian begged, giving him puppy-dog eyes.

Yugi hesitated and said reluctantly, "Okay-"
"Yay!" Hadrian bounced out of the shop and into his car, opening the passenger seat for Yugi.

* * * * *
"Hadrian. You do realize that some day a police officer is going to find you and you can be arrested for driving without a license, right?" Yugi asked him slowly as they got out of the car, once again back at Yugi's home.

"Nah. I can outrun any officer any day of the week." Hadrian boasted teasingly. "And no worries. I know the chief of police and he owes me a favor." Hadrian grinned. "And I'll get a license eventually. I just have to wait until I figure out where my birth certificate is."
"Why don't you just get a copy of it?" Yugi asked him.
"Well, I don't really know what hospital I was born at." Hadrian said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck. "So until I find that out, I'm sort of in between a rock and a hard place."

Yugi sweatdropped.

"I blame Tom Riddle." Hadrian said to Yugi with a grin.
"You mean the guy you were saying looked like Kaiba?" Yugi asked him curiously.
"Yeah. I'm sorry but I'll never be able to talk to Kaiba with a straight face. I'll probably end up laughing hysterically at the thought of a woman who loved Riddle. It's a really disturbing thought that anyone could reproduce with him." Hadrian shuddered at the thought.
"You want to hang out for a little longer? We can watch a movie or something." Yugi asked.
"Sure." Hadrian grinned.
The rest of the night was spent with them in the living room, watching movies with Hadrian making fun of all of the actors and actresses and Yugi trying to pay attention to the movie before giving up and making fun of them with Hadrian. Around midnight the two fell asleep, Yugi's head resting on Hadrian's shoulder and Hadrian's head resting on top of Yugi with an arm around Yugi's shoulder and his other sprawled out.

Kek watched them in amusement as Yugi curled up closer to Hadrian for warmth and Hadrian's head tipped back, a light snore leaving his throat. Kek didn't know why he was jealous of every person Hadrian was with, minus Yugi. So he simply didn't question it and contented himself with watching the two for the night.