1Previously, on Yu-Gi-Oh!
Atemu and Yugi are off to a pretty rocky start with the return of t he past. Their first day of sharing a body again they have gotten into a fight and things worsened when Atemu came to apologize. Things are heating up in Ryou's home as Malik leans in for a 'smoochy smooch' and Bakura awakens... Wait, Malik's gay!? O
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The right eye of the fused deformed body blinked a few times as he stared at the closed eyes of Malik. Finally realizing what he was feeling on his lips he quickly moved his arm into action and shoved Malik across the room. The two kissing hotties were wide eyed in shock as Bakura stood up quite easily. "What on this pathetic excuse for a planet called earth do you think you're doing!?" Bakura moved in towards Malik as the tan man (Yay for rhyming! D) moved backwards towards the door.
"I..."
"You what!?"
"I'm not sure what I wa.." Malik then turned around on his heels, staring at the floor and ran quickly out the door down the street. Ryou stared angrily at Bakura as easily as he could,"You embarrassed him!"
"Oh, and what were you doing!?"
"What do you think I was doing?"
Bakura put his arm up as if to cross it with another one," Great, so you're telling me I am not only attached to some limey, pale kid... I'm attached to a GAY one!?"
Ryou gasped and kicked Bakura's leg.
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Yugi walked steady pace out of the bathroom and towards his room. He stopped at the door, trying to decide if he wanted to go in or not. It seemed to have been so long since he had someone so close by to him all the time. Yet, he then thought of how Atemu might feel. Locking away his mind at just the mere age of 17 and never having a sane life since then, not to say it was before then. So, turning the nob to the door he went in.
Atemu sat on the bed, facing the window. He didn't pay attention to Yugi entering the room. "Um, Atemu? Are you okay..?"
The taller, handsome figure turned his head slightly," Yes, I'm fine."
"I'm sorry for yelling at you Yami." Yugi sat down on the opposite side of the bed and Atemu glanced shockingly at him at the sound of being called 'Yami' once again. Silence slipped into the room as the two stared at the floor, deciding on what was best to be said.
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Malik was now at home, lying on his stomach upon his bed. His head was turned and staring at the wall. "What did I do?" He spoke silently to himself.
He heard his sister's door open and quiet foot steps coming towards his room. They stopped at the door and he heard a quiet voice,"Malik, are you okay? I haven't heard a single word from you since you've come home." Ishizu looked over the room, staring at the top of her brother's head.
"I'm fine." Ishizu wasn't sure what to think though as this soft raspy voice came from her brother's mouth. "What happened?"
The platinum blonde hair shook slowly but sternly and the soft, raspy voice grew a bit louder,"I don't want to talk about it." The ending of the sentence was muffled as he threw his face into the pillow his head laid upon. Ishizu walked slowly over to his bed and sat at the edge of the top of the bed and placed her hand on top of the long blonde hair. "Not even to me? Your own sister..."
"You would just laugh. Wouldn't surprise me if you didn't look at me the same once I told you." A slow, deep sigh came from Ishizu," Nothing could make me hate, dislike, or despise you my brother."
Malik's head turned and looked at the soft eyes of his sister. "Fine. I'll tell you." Malik got up, looked at his sister, then went into his bathroom. Ishizu heard the door lock and her brother lean against the door and slide down to the floor. "I kissed Ryou."
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Atemu and Yugi spoke each other's names softly (No, they're not screwing! You bad perverted people!) and both stood up. Yugi stared at Atemu waiting for him to speak first," This is why I pretended not to remember any of you, any of this. So none of you would get involved and nothing like this would happen."
"But you know we're a te-"
"We can't stay that way forever. Back to the way we were not to many a year ago and already fighting, that's already a sign that something isn't right."
"I'm just frustrated."
"Frustration doesn't have to do with anything, Yugi. Things are changing, including yourself. I took care of most of the danger and hurt during the first round, but for it to continue like that wouldn't be fair."
Yugi stared continuously at the deep purple eyes that were staring at him as Atemu finished speaking. No more words were spoken, Yugi couldn't think of anything to say. He was weak. He knew it, but he couldn't say it. Atemu now seemed to looked towards him as basically a complete reflection of himself. Did Atemu not realize that Yugi really hadn't changed. Yugi was full of compassion, love, and weakness. Atemu had strength, courage, and knowledge.
"I'm not you."
Atemu blinked at the sudden sound of words," What?"
"I'm not you Atemu. I never will be. We're different in many ways and our differences make us a great team. With what one lacks, the other helps by filling in the gap. If we were completely the same, we would be one of the worst teams anyone could imagine."
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Ishizu was slightly shocked. She always figured that Malik took a liking to Ryou, but not that much of a liking. She wasn't quite sure what to say. "Ishizu, or you still there?" She heard Malik's voice. It almost sounded like the young voice fo Malik when he was a child. "Yes, I'm here brother."
"What I am going to do?" Malik said this in a really low whisper.
"There's nothing to do Malik. It's not like it was a mistake, was it?" She could feel Malik turning his head to look at the door as if looking at her. "If Ryou didn't stop you... then there's nothing to fear."
"But fear itself." At this moment Malik looked straight ahead of him as he remembered Bakura's outrage. Was Bakura just yelling at him because Malik was practically kissing him as well? Malik thought back to the moment... he then remembered the two different feelings of the lips he had touched. Each side had felt different to him. In one side he felt calmness and in the other danger.
"What was that Malik?" Ishizu looked up at the door. She hadn't quite heard what Malik had said. Malik didn't answer her though, he was still remembering his time, his short time, at Ryou's house. Remembering that mutated face he had seen. Now that he thought back to it though, it didn't look that much different from Ryou's original face.
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"You such a horribly person!"
"At least I'm not kissing other men!"
Ryou yanked at Bakura's hair at this comment," Can't you just get over it!?" Bakura growled and stared angrily at Ryou, but nothing more. Ryou seemed like he was trying to get Bakura to hurt him though, he continued yanking and kicking, at least in the best way he could.
"What are you to scared to hit back, Bakura!?"
Bakura just grinned slightly. There was something Ryou had missed during his fuss, something Bakura had said.
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"So, are we a team or not?"
Atemu and Yugi were facing each other, in the middle of the room as they had been a lot in the past. Everything just seemed to be repeating itself. "I don't want to put you in harms way again."
Yugi grinned. "And just a second ago you said things were going to change. That it wasn't fair for you to be saving me from danger all the time." The yami smiled," Yes, people can say things they don't mean."
"So, are we a team or not?"
"Yes, we are a team."
As Yugi and Atemu held out their hands to shake, a low gleam entered the room by the door.
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"Malik, did you hear me?"
Malik shook out of his trance at the sudden volume change of his sister's voice. She had stood up and walked over to the door. "Uh, no." He spoke quickly.
"I hadn't heard you a while ago and was wondering what you said."
A light sigh came from Malik as he looked upwards at the ceiling ,"Ishizu..."
"Yes Malik?"
"I think Bakura loves Ryou..."
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