Prompt: Reunion and Tears

Finally

As his soul enters the afterlife, the long lost Pharaoh Atem stands in an empty white plane of existence. There is nothing here, Atem blinking a couple of times, looking in all directions. He looks down at his hands, seeing that his skin is now bronze like an Egyptian instead of pale like when in Yugi's body.

His soul is in the afterlife, where it needed to be over a Millennium ago, but yet why is he...?

"...At...em...Atem...Atem!"

In the distance, he can hear the voice of someone calling his name, someone who's voice he has longed to hear.

"...Mana," he whispers her name. "...Mana..."

He sees the figure of a girl in the distance, looking like she is forever away, running towards him.

"Atem, Atem!"

Tears begin to fill Atem's eyes.

"...Mana!"

He races towards her, clumsily at first, as he is still tired from his transition into the next life, but soon his speed grows as his strength does. It does not take long for the large gap between them for centuries to finally become small, where Atem and Mana collide into each other's arms. The impact is hard, but neither of them seem to care, as they fall to the ground, Mana on top of Atem. They hug each other close, both of them crying their hearts out.

"...Mana," Atem says out of breath, his voice cracking. "I've missed you so much..."

"Not as much as I had!"

She sits up, panting and laughing at the same time as her emerald green eyes look deeply into deep violet ones.

"You were lucky to get amnesia," she says in a somewhat joking manner. "I had to deal with the pain of watching over you, wanting to help but being powerless to do anything..."

One of her tears hits Atem's face, where he gives a gentle smile.

"That's somewhat harsh," he replies. "Do you know how hard it was to look at the Dark Magician Girl and not know the reason why I cared about her so much?"

He presses his hand to Mana's cheek, wiping away her tears. Mana holds his hand close to her, sobbing softly.

"Oh...who cares who had it the roughest? What matters is that we are together again. And that we...can finally say what we've longed to say when we were alive."

She leans down, placing her face close to Atem's as she stares deeply into his eyes.

"I love you, Atem," Mana declares, more tears forming in her eyes. "And I will love you no matter what century we're in, if we are alive, dead, or even reincarnated. You are the only one for me and always will be."

"...A bit dramatic, don't you think?"

Atem gives off a soft laugh as Mana squeezes his hand a little too hard, but he does not appear feel its effect.

"...And I love you in that same dramatic manner. If not more..."

Leaning up only just slightly, Atem presses his lips to Mana's, not wanting anything else between them. Immediately, Mana kisses him back, having passion and love that has been built up for so long finally be released. They lay like they are for what seems like forever, never letting to and wanting this kiss to last as long as their separation.

Two childhood friends, an Egyptian prince and a sorcerer's apprentice. One who's life was taken too soon, who lost his memory and his friend had to watch from afar. A bond that has been tested to the max, has finally reached its peak with a never ending embrace.