I know I haven't gotten to the fiancee yet. I wanted to get the main crew of Atem's side of the family over with. With Yugi's family, he has his grandpa and mother. With Atem's family, he has his father, cousin, and uncle. That's the two families in a nutshell. Now, this is when we'll start getting a little deeper into the situations. Review please!

Yami spent as much time with his mother as he could, even if it was only at home. Despite that, he still wanted to do something with his mom. The problem was that Yugi, in this area, was not allowed to hold a part time job due to being a high school kid. Because of this, Yami could only borrow money from his guardians from working at the shop. He decided to text Yugi to call him to call him at 7:00 AM in Egypt's time zone, since it would be 2:00 PM in Japan and Yami would be free.

Yami decided to have Yugi call him on the roof, since his bedroom was in the attic, which had a roof window he could open, close, and walk through. The sun was shining right on his head and the hot breeze blew against him, making him feel like he was standing in oil. This hot weather was the different kind of hot than what Yami was used to, since it was humid. He hated it.

His phone rang, seeing it was Yugi, and answered it saying in Arabic, "hey Yugi."

"Good morning bro. Since everyone's asleep, I thought it'd be nice to step outside under a shady tree and call ya," Yugi replied brightly in Japanese.

"Funny. Listen, I wanna do something special for Mom, but I don't know what. If I take her out to eat or something, she'll probably grow suspicious. On top of that, I can't use my own money or my mom will grow even more suspicious, unless I lie and say I borrowed some from Joey, which I don't know how she'd react to that."

"I sometimes play a game or two with Mom."

"Inside the house, right? Yugi, I can't just stay cooped up in here. I mean... isn't there anything I could do with Mom outside of the house?"

"I can tell outside is your primary thing. There is a park a couple of blocks from the house. If it's a good day, you can do something with her there. I know a few times we'll go for a picnic or go jogging."

"Thanks. So, how's it like living my life?"

"Dry. I swear, I can't go out here without my lips feeling like concrete," Yugi replied as Yami chuckled in response. "It's great here actually. Mokuba is a crazy little thing! I think he looks up to you."

"He does and Seto too."

"Yeah. So, what about you?"

"Besides the chores and humidity, I like it. Mom is very questionable though. I don't know what she's thinking or anything."

"Yeah... she's kinda like that. Dad is really amazing. I wonder why Mom left him."

"That is a good question. I guess she grew out of love with him or something. I'm still confused though, because my culture is very strict about marriage. It's unlike Dad to just divorce any woman."

"I know and Mom hasn't been with another man. I wonder what happened."

"Did you ever ask Mom about what happened between her and Dad?"

"I did ask her about Dad, but she kept trying to avoid it. She said they fell out of love and that's it."

"That sure solves everything."

"Did you ask Dad?"

"He said she left him... seemed very sad about it too. I think Dad took it really hard."

"Wow."

"I'll see if maybe I can ask Mom about how her and Dad fell out of love. I know there has to be more to the story."

"I don't know, Yami. She might not want to talk about it."

"She broke Dad's heart, Yugi. I know there has to be more to the story and I'm going to find out what. Though, one question that boggles my mind is why neither of our parents told us about... us."

"Maybe they didn't want us to get hurt or something."

"I suppose, but I still hate being lied to, and about my own twin brother no doubt."

"I'm sure there's a reason, Yami."

"I guess... did either of our parents ever try to call us?"

"... I... I'm sure there's a reason."

"Mom never tried to call, despite the fact I waited for all these years. For Dad... he did say he tried to call Mom several times, right after they broke up, and she never answered and eventually just answered and hung up. I can assure you Yugi, he probably would've called you, if he could."

"Oh... I- Yami, I'm sure there's a reason. Mom works a little differently when it comes to getting hurt. If she didn't call you, I'm sure it had something to do with Dad."

"I suppose. I'll see if maybe I can talk to her at the park about it."

"Yeah... I'm sure things will work out."

"Anyways, thanks for calling."

"Anytime bro."

"Gotta go before someone catches me. See ya!"

"Bye."

Yami hung up the phone and entered out of his room. He looked for Uka, finding her in the living room tidying up. Yami curled his lips inside his mouth, then walked to his mom, who looked back at his direction.

"Hey Mom, my friends are doing something right now. I was hoping maybe we could take a walk at the park around the track or something?" Yami asked in Japanese.

"Sure! I just need to get the house picked up first."

"Cool!" Yami replied, then began helping his Mom clean up voluntarily. Now, helping clean the house to go somewhere was the kind of chore he was used to.

Yami and Uka tidied up the house before they began walking on their way to the park together. When they arrived, they took a walk around the track. Yami was relieved to finally get his mom out of the house, since she seemed to always stay home and help with the shop. It only seemed fair that she did something with Yami for once, aside from daily chores. Though, the fact Uka never tried to call him for 15 years still bothered him alot.

"So, what was it like in America?" Uka asked curiously.

"Camp was fun. I met some really cool friends. They're funny and playful almost all the time... sometimes a pain in the neck."

"Maybe you shouldn't be hanging around them," Uka teased as Yami chuckled in response.

"Na, they're alright. In fact, two of them are a pair of twins, Rita and Ryou Bakura. Ryou's really nice."

"That's good! Is it easy to tell them apart?"

"It's easy, once you get the differences in the facial features."

"That's nice. Is there anyone else you've met?"

"There was one I grew really close to. His name's Migi."

"That's a strange name for someone who lives in Egypt."

"Yeah. I'd text him every once in a while," Yami said, then began thinking of how he was going to ask his mom about Dad, something personal. He didn't want it to start bad or awkward.

"Something on your mind?" Uka asked, noticing her son zoning out.

"I've been having something on my mind for a while."

"You wanna talk about it?"

"It's... kinda personal."

"How personal?" Uka asked with two risen eyebrows.

"It's about Dad," Yami admitted, nervous about what his mom's reaction would be."

"Oh... w-what about your father?"

"You said you both fell out of love with each other. How did it happen? Why? People don't just get a divorce for no reason."

"Yugi... it's complicated."

"Was my father abusive or something?"

"Of course not!"

"Then, why did you leave him? Why did you love him to begin with to have me? I just wanna know what happened between you two."

"Well... your father and I... had a few disagreements about personal matters. We would feel unloved, unsatisfied about something, demanded more from each other, it just turned into a big mess. We were hurt and... I couldn't take it anymore. I had to get away from all of that and... I never saw your father again."

"Did he ever call you?"

"A few times, but... I kept hanging up."

"Why didn't you answer?"

"I don't know. It's complicated and I just didn't want to talk to him."

"Do you know if Dad still loves you?"

"I don't know, Sweety. C-Can we not talk about this anymore?"

"Okay," Yami said, finally dropping the subject. It wasn't what he was expecting, but it at least explained some things.

"You know, your father loves you with all of his heart. I'm sure he misses you. He just... has a different way of showing it than we do."

"I know," Yami replied quietly, letting out a sigh. He wished he could ask his mom why she never calls him, though that would also mean revealing the switch. He was already breaking the rules by calling Yugi this early afternoon. He didn't want to take anymore rule breaking risks again.

Yami didn't want to admit it, but it hurt him that his mom never bothered to call him during all of these past years. Even with Joey, his mom at least tries to call him, even while he was living with a drunkard father without a cell phone. If she pulled her way through to call her son, why couldn't Yami's mother? Why this secrecy? This confused Yami so much and wished he could ask this to his mom and know why she could never be there for her other son. Then again, Yami never called his mother either, but that was only because his father said he couldn't. Yami knew it. If he did try to call his mother, she could only hang up, thinking it was Aknamkanon calling.