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Chapter 4 This Can't Be Happening


As Yugi waited for a week to go by, he couldn't wait until he met Atemu again. He's trying to be as patient as he could be, busying himself with playing games with his friends to take his mind off of Atemu. It was a long week for the human, but still he waited. The teen looked on the calender to look for the night of the full moon, sighing in relief that it was Saturday.

After all, Friday night was always a night to go out for dinner with his friends and Grandpa. Yugi didn't want to end up faking being sick and having the others get worried all over him and not go out for the dinner.

Meanwhile back in the sea, Atemu practiced day and night for his special dance for the festival. And the thing is, he rarely saw Seto during the practing, about the only family member he saw the most these days was his great cousin, Dartz. For with he help of Dartz, Atemu is able to practice, and it seems like the tall merman wasn't so bad after all. Even if Dartz had two different colored eyes.

The prince was getting impatient with the days as they passed by, luckily to him he has his dancing to keep his mind off of Yugi. Finally, when the day of the festival took place, Atemu couldn't help but hope that Yugi'll make it.

Yugi meanwhile was having a tough time to get some time to himself because of his friends. The teen worried that they expect him to stay with them and play games. So Yugi did, and once again his mind was in the game and not the time. He and his friends played games all day, and soon playing games into the night.

Atemu could feel his stomach turn as he put on gold armbands and wrist bands, a seaweed choker with a pearl necklace around his neck, make up markings on his chest, back, arms, and face. All the same color, red. The prince had on ruby earrings dangling on his ears, a gold headband with an eye carved on it, and even a gold band on his tail just above the fins.

Dartz looked over at the prince, the tall merman couldn't help but smile at the other's nervousness.

"You nervous?" Dartz asked, Atemu looked up.

"Yea, a little." Atemu admitted.

"Just relax, everything will turn out okay. You're going to do great with the dance." Dartz encouraged, Atemu smiled slightly.

Then it was time to get ready on stage, Atemu quickly went into his spot while Dartz sat down, getting ready to play the pipe organ. Soon the curtains were pulled back, and a sweet lullaby sound from a music box began to play, Atemu slowly danced with small movements, his eyes closed. Then a flute joined in with the music spot, as well a violen.

After a few minutes, the pipe organ played, with drums and violens playing together at the same time to give off a haunting kind of music. Atemu dancing in movement with the music, his tail would fling at every new melody from the drums, his arms waving around as he swung his hips wildly. At every new melody, the drums began to beat louder, the pipe organ becoming wilder and louder, Atemu's dancing going at a faster pace.

Just as it all started to get interesting, it was soon to a pause, then the beat of drums, violens, and the pipe organ, another pause, then music, another pause and so on and so forth. Atemu stopping and pausing with the music, then after the instruments paused about four or five times, it was back to the music box and the soft notes of the violen that it was almost unnoticable. Within a few minutes, it was only the music box that kept playing, and then it ended.

Atemu's movements slowed down, and kept slowing down until the music stopped. The prince stopped with his right hand raised, his left arm pointing downward with his body leaning over, looking like he's bowing slightly. The audience clapped and cheered for more, but Atemu just waved and bowing, trying to find Yugi. But the prince didn't see the familiar face of Yugi anywhere in the audience.

A sharp pain of sorrow stabbed Atemu's heart like a knife. Maybe Yugi didn't want to come...maybe...maybe he didn't like Atemu...maybe...they weren't ment to be together. Atemu quickly turned so that he's in the back stage, trying his best not to look disappointed. Dartz came in a little later, finding the prince's tail pulled up to his chest and his hands hugging it tightly.

"What's wrong? You did great in the performance." Dartz asked, swimming up to Atemu's side.

"There was a friend, who said that he'd be here tonight to watch me perform...but I didn't see him..." Atemu replied, not caring that he just told someone about his new friend, at least he didn't say that it was a human right?

"Your friend might be somewhere where you couldn't see him. After all it was a big audience tonight." Dartz said, trying to comfort the other.

"But...I would've seen him! He's easy to spot even in a crowd or audience..." Atemu whimpered, trying his best not to sound like a child.

"Come on, I'll go and help you search. But we can't let go out there when the mermaids and mermen would surround you." Dartz said, taking hold of a cloak and put it on Atemu, covering the back of his head with the cloak.

The two merman searched around the audience as the festival on stage went on. Atemu looked desperately to find Yugi, but to no avail. He wasn't here. After searching the whole audience, Atemu finally had enough of searching and left, swimming as fast as he could to the palace. Dartz watched as the prince swam off, the tall merman couldn't help but feel sorry for the prince.

Turning back, Dartz swam to back stage again, readying himself for another orchestra performance, this time Seto is the star. As the perfomances were taken place, Atemu whimpered as he crawled into bed. Whistling weakly for the glowing starfish to give off less light. Complieing to the whistle, the starfish stopped glowing so bright, instead they glowed in so low a glow that it only covered an inch away from themsleves, leaving everything else in darkness as Atemu cried.

'Does he hate me? Did he not want to come and see me perform? Was he only using me? Or did he go to his goverments and told them about me? Did he forget that the festival was tonight? Does he have something else better to do? Why didn't he show up? Maybe Atemu distracted the other too much that he forgot that the prince told him about the festival. Did he loose the black pearl?'

Question after question were asked in the prince's head. Soon Atemu was going insane for asking himself such questions that isn't helping at all. Soon all Atemu would do is stare into space while he whimpered and cried, questions still being asked over and over again in his head.

Soon the clock read 11: 53 pm. And Yugi is still with his friends having fun. But a little voice in his head was telling him that he needs to go somewhere else, but the teen ignored it. Then a few minutes before midnight, Grandpa came and told everyone to go to bed. Soon everyone changed into their pjs and went to bed without complaint. As Yugi got under the covers, he completely forgot about the festival.

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It wasn't until the next morning that Yugi got up and looked at his calender as usual to see when the full moon would be. His eyes widened in shock when he saw that his calender shows him that last night was the night of the full moon. Immediately Yugi threw the covers off his bed and looked around his room to find the black pearl.

The last time he saw it was in his desk, opening up every drawer until the teen found it, Yugi took it and got back into bed.

I wish I was with Atemu. Yugi thought silently, hoping that when he reaches the merman he'd be able to be forgiven. After a few minutes, Yugi found himself in a dark room with very little light, and seaweed screens over the windows. Moving his tail, Yugi searched blindly to find Atemu. It wasn't until that Yugi noticed that there was faint whimpering and crying from the corner of the room.

Yugi cautiously swam towards the sounds, hoping it wasn't Atemu. Reaching out his right hand to find something, Yugi soon found Atemu's cheek. The body under his hand tensed, while the whimpering stopped. Yugi came closer, finding the other's neck and began to nip and kiss it gently. Atemu whimpered in fear as he pushed the other away.

"What was that for?" Yugi snapped. Oops, that wasn't supposed to happen.

"You didn't come last night." Atemu hissed.

"Look, I'm sorry I truly am, its just that I was so busy I forgot the time." Yugi said, lowering his voice to prove his point. Unfortunately the teen chose the wrong words.

"I looked forward for you to show up and see my performance, but you didn't! You didn't show up later either, leaving me to ask myself if you hated me." Atemu hissed, his voice had the tone of anger now.

"I'd never hate you, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me." Yugi whispered, now getting afraid by the other's harsh tone.

"Then why didn't you show up?" Atemu snapped.

"Because I lost track of time." Yugi answered, getting angry himself.

"Then I guess that means you weren't excited about seeing my performance?" Atemu hissed.

"It's not that! I was keeping check everyday when I got up! I tried my best to get to you, but I had to keep my friends busy." Yugi explained.

"Really? Then I guess your friends are more important than me huh?" Atemu asked, immediately regretting saying that as soon as he said that.

Yugi's eyes widened in shock. "If wasn't for my friends then I'd be insane by now! I'd kill myself if it wasn't for my friends who are the only ones besides my grandpa who understands me!"

"Maybe we're more different than we thought." Atemu growled, he knew he wanted to say sorry but for some reason he didn't say it.

"And you know what? You're right. It's better off we didn't meet, I'm better off without you. Good day to you." Yugi said as he black pearl transported him back to the boat.

"Yugi wait!" Atemu shouted, his hands reaching out to pull Yugi back but too late, the human was gone. This time, Atemu went into a full depression state, letting all of his locked up feelings from his whole life, he let it out in small screams, crying, and whimpering.

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Yugi woke up from his bed for the second time, angry at Atemu for being a jerk. But it wasn't just the merman's fault, it was also Yugi's fault as well. Although Yugi doesn't admit it, he knows that it was partially his fault for being so harsh with Atemu.

Getting up, Yugi made his way to the kitchen where he knew Grandpa would be making breakfast while his friends sat down on the couch. Without saying hi or even a good morning, Yugi sat down on a couch that only fits one person and thought over what the arguement he just had Atemu was.

'He is such a jerk for being so harsh to me. Why did we meet anyway? We're totally different beings! What did I see in him? Why did I fall in love with him? Why did I accept that black pearl? You know what Yugi, you should've gotten rid of that pearl when he gave it to you. Black isn't even my color. White is, a white pearl is what I like best.'

"Yug? Are ya alright?" Joey asked, snapping Yugi out of his thoughts.

"Yea, I just had an odd dream is all." Yugi answered, faking a smile.

Tea noticed the fake smile. "What kind of dream was it?"

"Now that you mention it...I can't rememeber. But all I know is that it was weird." Yugi explained, trying to look like he's thinking about the dream.

"Dude, you're a terrible actor." Tristan said.

Yugi blinked.

"Listen Yug, you may say somethin' and not tell us, but we know somethin' is wrong wit ya. What's wrong?" Joey asked again.

"I don't know exactly how to explain the answer to you guys." Yugi said.

"Come on bud, you can tell us anything." Tristan encouraged.

"And besides, what ar friends for?" Tea smiled.

Yugi hesitated."ImetamermanwhogavemeablackpearltoteleportmetowhereverheisintheoceanandwefellinloveandthenlastnightwasafestivalandwegotintoafightcuzIdidn'tgo."

His friends stared at Yugi, trying to piece togehter what he just said as the teen took a deep breath.

"Wait, you met a merman?" Joey asked, bewildered that mermen were real.

Yugi cringed.

"And you fell in love with him?" Tristan wondered.

Yugi flinched.

"But Yugi, I thought you weren't into guys." Tea said.

Yugi gulped. 'I wish I didn't keep that black pearl.'

Suddenly something fell and broke, and the sound came from Yugi's room. Imediately Yugi and his friends went to the room and looked in. There on the floor, lay the pieces of what used to be the black pearl. The same black pearl that Atemu gave Yugi.

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Atemu suddenly felt his chest hurt, he immediately knew that Yugi wished the black pearl to be gone. And now its shattered, a vision of it lay in pieces on a floor in what Atemu guessed in Yugi's room. Atemu cried even harder, not caring if anyone who passed by his room heard him.

Seto came into the room, whistling to have the starfish glow brighter a little bit. Looking around, Seto saw his cousin on the bed crying. Immediately the tall merman swam up to the other's side in horror. One look at Atemu, and Seto realized that this has something to do with that human that the prince saved last week.

Gently Seto pulled Atemu into his arms, rocking slightly and craddling him like a mother holding her crying child. Seto gently rubbed Atemu's soft cheeks with his thumb, trying to comfort the other to stop crying. Soon Atemu found himself hickuping, and after an hour or two of being craddled, Atemu fell asleep in Seto's arms.


Me: im sory im sory im sorry! plz dont hurt me, but the idea came to me and i just couldn't resist!

Authtor's Note: in case u haven't figured it out yet, the music that Atemu danced to is Davy Jones Theme from POTC Dead Man's Chest, the pipe organ was a dead giveway, along with the music box lullaby.

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