Here's the next chapter.
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Chapter 10- Day Together
Another had passed by, and Yugi and Yami were doing very well. They had been spending a lot of time together, and they were very happy together.
Yami was taking Yugi home after a date. "So, do you have to work tomorrow?" Yami asked.
"No. I have tomorrow off." Yugi replied.
"Well, do you want to come over? I'm sure that the kids would love it." Yami said.
Yugi blinked, a little surprised. "Um, Yami. It's just Thursday. Tomorrow's Friday. Don't the kids have school?" Yugi asked.
"Nope. They have tomorrow off, meaning they have a three-day weekend. Whenever the kids are out of school I never go into work if I can help it. Since we're done with that project now, I can stay home with them tomorrow." Yami stated.
Yugi raised an eyebrow. "I take it that none of them have any plans." Yugi said.
"Nope. Besides, you know the kids love spending time with you." Yami said. He laughed and said, "I'm starting to think that they like you more than they like me."
Yugi shook his head with a smile on his face. "Yami, I don't think that that's possible. You're their father." Yugi said.
"I know, Yugi, but they really do like you, and I don't think that they would mind spending the day with you tomorrow." Yami said as he pulled into Yugi's driveway.
"Well, if you don't think that the kids will mind, then I can come over." Yugi said as he got out of the car.
"Good. I have a feeling that they are going to enjoy it." Yami said as the two walked up the steps to Yugi's door.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Yami." Yugi said.
"All right, Yugi. Bye." Yami said. He leaned forward and kissed Yugi before he walked back down the steps to his car.
Yugi smiled and went into his house. He leaned against the door. "I love that man." Yugi said before he walked on into the room.
Checking his answering machine, Yugi found that he had a message. Yugi hit the button to play the message.
"Hey, Yugi. It's Tea. I wanted to tell you something so give me a call when you can."
"Hmm. Wonder what Tea wanted." Yugi said. He picked up his phone and dialed Tea's number.
"Hello?" a make voice asked.
"Hey, Tristan. It's Yugi." Yugi said.
"Hey, Yugi. I guess you're calling Tea back." Tristan said.
"Yeah. I knew that Tea would get on to me if I didn't call back." Yugi said.
"Well, I'll let her talk to you." Tristan said.
Yugi could hear Tristan saying something to Tea.
"Hi, Yugi." Tea said.
"Hey, Tea. What's going on?" Yugi asked as he sat down in the recliner.
"Well, I was calling to let you know that Tristan and I are going to be coming to Domino next month." Tea said.
"You are?" Yugi asked, surprised.
"Yep. We were both able to get off, so we're coming up, and we're bringing the kids, too. I thought that we could get together and see each other again. It's been a while since the last time we were able to see each other." Tea said.
"I suppose you're right. We'll have to get Joey, too." Yugi said.
"I know. I wish Ryou and Malik could be there, too." Tea said.
"Well, we could call them and see if they could come up, too. All of us haven't been together in one place since high school." Yugi said.
"I would, but I lost track of them, and I don't have their numbers." Tea said.
"I have their numbers. Besides, Ryou and Malik are married to two of Yami's friends from high school, so if I didn't have their numbers, I could ask him. Don't worry about it, Tea. Just let me know when you and Tristan are going to be here, and I'll let Ryou and Malik know." Yugi said.
"Well, Tristan and I haven't set a definite date for when we're coming yet. I'll call you back tomorrow and let you know." Tea said.
"Well, call me on my cell. I'll probably be with Yami and his family most of the day tomorrow. I'm off, and Yami's kids don't have school, so I'll be over there." Yugi said.
"Okay, Yugi. I'll call you on your cell phone tomorrow, and when we're up, I'm going to want to meet this guy." Tea said.
"I know, Tea. You'll meet him." Yugi said.
"All right, Yugi. I'll talk to you later." Tea said.
"Okay, Tea. Bye." Yugi said before he hung up the phone. He smiled. "Well, it'll be nice to see them again." Yugi said, looking forward to when his friends would be able to come.
Yami walked into his house to find that Brighton and Mitchell were in the living room, playing a game on the Wii. "What are you two doing up?" Yami asked.
"It's the weekend for us now, dad, and you said we didn't have to go to bed until eleven o'clock on the weekends. It's only ten-fifteen." Mitchell said.
"You never forget when it means you get to stay up later." Yami said.
"Nope." Brighton agreed.
Yami shook his head. "Where are your grandparents?" Yami asked.
"Upstairs." the two boys replied.
"All right." Yami said. He then headed up the stairs. Yami found his parents in the upstairs den. "Why are you up here?" Yami asked.
"Well, Mitchell and Brighton were wanting to play the Wii, so we came up here. You know that the Wii is set up down there because that's something that the entire family can do together." Aknankanon answered.
"That makes sense." Yami agreed as he sat down with his parents.
"So, how was your date with Yugi?" Amara asked.
"It was great, like they always are. I talked to Yugi, and he's going to come over tomorrow since the kids are out of school." Yami said.
"They'll love that." Amara remarked.
"And you'll be alone with Yugi and the kids." Aknankanon said as he flipped through the paper.
"Why's that?" Yami asked.
"You know that your father and Yugi's grandfather have become great friends since they first met. We're going to spending some time with him tomorrow." Amara explained.
"Oh. Okay." Yami said.
"Solomon makes good company. I'm rather impressed that he raised Yugi given his age when he started taking care of Yugi." Aknankanon said.
"Well, he didn't have a choice, Dad. I'm sure you and Mom would raise the kids in a heartbeat if something happened to me." Yami said.
"Of course we would." Amara said.
"That would be why he raised Yugi." Yami said. He had never told his parents how Yugi's stepfather had acted toward him, and he knew that his father would blow his top when he found out, but Yami had decided that he would let Yugi tell his parents when he was ready to tell them.
"Well, you two will have the house to yourselves and the kids for tomorrow." Amara said.
"Well, that's nice. We usually go out, though." Yami said.
"You can't spend the whole day out and about. You'll spend some time here, so you'll have the house alone when you do." Aknankanon said.
"All right, Dad." Yami said.
The following morning, Yugi went over to the Sennen mansion a little early.
Henry let Yugi in the house.
"Morning, Yugi." Yami said when Yugi walked into the kitchen.
"Morning." Yugi replied.
Yami got up and walked over to Yugi, kissing him. "You're early." Yami said.
"Sorry. I didn't know what all you had planned for today, so I thought that I should come over here early." Yugi replied.
Yami laughed. "Not one of the kids are up yet, Yugi." Yami said.
"Well, I know you're parents aren't here because Grandpa closed the shop. He told me that they were going somewhere." Yugi said.
"Yeah. I don't know what they had in mind for today." Yami said.
"Well, I guess we'll find out soon enough." Yugi said.
"Yeah. Well, do you want some breakfast?" Yami asked.
"Might as well." Yugi said.
Since breakfast was all laid out on the table, Yugi just fixed himself a plate. "Does the cook always fix such a big breakfast?" Yugi asked.
"No. It's mainly on the weekends that we have such a big breakfast. Simple breakfast is what we get during the week, but since the kids and I were here, we got a big breakfast today. Everyone has something different that they like, so it's all fixed." Yami said.
"Is it all eat?" Yugi asked.
"You have met Brighton and Mitchell, right? They can eat about as much as Joey can." Yami said.
"That is true." Yugi agreed as they ate.
Aknankanon, Amara, and Solomon had met at a restaurant to eat breakfast.
"Well, I am glad that you asked me out today, although I was rather surprised." Solomon said.
Aknankanon chuckled. "Well, Yami and Yugi seem to be doing rather well together, and I honestly think that they will stay together, so we might as well get used to each other." Aknankanon said.
Solomon smiled. "Yes. I believe you are right. I see your grandsons enough to know that." Solomon said.
Amara laughed. "I knew that they would end up being regular customers for you." Amara said.
"I don't mind it one bit." Solomon said.
The three ordered what they wanted for breakfast.
"What do you think they're going to do today?" Solomon asked.
"There's no telling with that crew. They do just about everything you ca think of." Aknankanon answered.
"Well, it's a good thing that the kids do like Yugi." Solomon said.
"Yeah. One of the things that Yami had said when he started dating again was that he wouldn't stay with someone that the kids didn't like or didn't like the kids." Aknankanon said.
"That was a good thing on his part. It's important that the kids approve since they will have to live with whoever he ends up with." Solomon said.
"We know that." Amara said.
"The two girls that Yami dated before he met Yugi were like that. They couldn't stand the kids. They didn't do a good job of trying to hide that fact, either." Aknankanon said.
"I take it that all they saw was the money." Solomon said.
"That, and Atemu's looks." Amara said.
Solomon frowned. "Atemu?" Solomon asked.
"Atemu is Yami's real name. Yami is just a nickname." Aknankanon explained.
"Oh, yes! I remember them telling me that. I just hear him called Yami so much that I forgot." Solomon said.
"It's not hard to forget. Amara's the only person who really calls him Atemu." Aknankanon said.
"Well, Yugi isn't that superficial." Solomon said.
"We have seen that. I really like him, and I hope that they do stay together." Amara said.
"I agree. Yugi hasn't been this happy since his father died." Solomon said.
"When did his father die?" Aknankanon asked.
"When he was eight." Solomon asked.
"What happened to his mother?" Amara asked.
Solomon growled. "I do not speak to that woman now." Solomon replied bitterly.
This took Aknankanon and Amara both by surprise. They had never heard the normally gentle man sound so angry.
"I assumed that since you raised Yugi, his parents were both dead." Aknankanon said.
"No. His mother is alive. When Yugi was eight, she remarried." Solomon said.
"Was that so bad?" Amara asked.
"In this case, yes. She started seeing this man only three months after my son died in that car crash, and she didn't even tell Yugi that she was dating someone. Yugi found out when she announced that she was getting remarried. Yugi wasn't real happy, but he didn't say anything against it. This new husband of hers, his name was Bobby, destroyed everything in the house that would remind her of my son. He even tried to replace Yugi's father." Solomon said.
"That's just downright cruel. You can't replace someone's father." Amara said.
"Unfortunately, it got worse. In short, because Yugi wouldn't accept him as his father, Bobby became abusive toward Yugi. He would beat him and called him an ungrateful brat." Solomon said.
Aknankanon clenched his fists. "That's the type of man I'd love to beat the crap out of." Aknankanon said.
"I agree. Yugi's mother did nothing to stop it. As far as she was concerned, Yugi should have just called him dad, and everything would be fine. Well, once Yugi saw that his mother didn't care what Bobby did, he came and told me. It took me nine months to prove the fact." Solomon said.
"I hope he rotted in jail." Aknankanon growled.
"He didn't. I have nothing against those with money, but this man came from a rich family, and he would have found a way out of it. I went to Yugi's mother and showed her the evidence that the private detective I had hired found. I told her to either sign full custody of Yugi over to me, or I would go to the police. She didn't want the scandal that would overshadow them, even if he did get out of it, so Yugi's mother signed full custody of Yugi over to me." Solomon said.
"Did this guy not try to stop it?" Aknankanon asked.
"He could have tried, but he had no legal grounds to. He had never adopted Yugi, so he had no legal grounds or right to Yugi. His lawyers did look into it, but there was nothing he could do. He had no legal grounds to Yugi, so he couldn't do anything. I got Yugi when he was twelve." Solomon said.
Aknankanon shook his head. "I can't believe that that woman chose this man over her own son." Aknankanon said.
"Well, she did. I was angry at her for what she did. Yugi was, too. Yugi and I both feel that the reason Bobby even started abusing him the first place had more to do with the fact that Yugi would remind her of my son than Yugi not accepting him as his father. It didn't matter. After Yugi was with me, things got better for him." Solomon said.
"That's good. I understand now why you did get custody of Yugi. That kind of treatment is something that has always gotten under my skin." Aknankanon said.
"I know. Yugi never did anything to deserve it." Solomon said.
"Did Yugi ever see his mother again?" Amara asked.
"Once. He went to see her after he graduated from high school and before he started college. From what Yugi told me, Bobby started to yell at him that he was ungrateful for what they did for him. Yugi said that his mother didn't say anything, but he could tell he agreed with what Bobby had said. Yugi hasn't seen her since, and that's been eight years." Solomon said.
"Well, many abused kids don't recover from it, but Yugi seems to have." Aknankanon said.
"He did. I helped him deal with it. He understood that he didn't do anything wrong." Solomon said.
"Well, that's good." Amara said.
"That's the reason Yugi has always understood when Yami put the kids first. He'd rather it be that way." Solomon said.
"I understand. Well, Yugi's never shown any signs that he would be the way his stepfather was." Amara said.
"He wouldn't. Yugi hates abuse, especially against children. He uses his position as King of Games to speak out against that for just that reason." Solomon said.
"Yugi does use his position for good reasons." Amara said.
Their breakfast then arrived.
"I do know one thing. If I ever see Yugi's mother or stepfather, I will give them a piece of my mind." Aknankanon said.
"Stand in line. I plan on the exact same thing." Solomon said.
"You haven't?" Amara asked.
"No. My only concern was getting Yugi out of there, and once the custody papers were signed, I took Yugi away from there. I haven't seen them since." Solomon said.
"Well, I wouldn't want to see them again unless I was able to tell them off." Aknankanon said.
"That's the only reason that I would see them again." Solomon said.
Yugi and Yami were sitting in the living room with Danny in the floor playing when Mitchell, Brighton, and Sophia came into the living room.
"Hi, Yugi!" Sophia said as she ran over to see Yugi.
"Hi, Sophia." Yugi said.
"What are you doing here so early?" Mitchell asked.
"I told you last night that Yugi was coming over here. We were going to spend the day together." Yami said.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot." Brighton said.
"Or you were too into playing the Wii last night." Yami said.
Brighton grinned. "Maybe." Brighton said.
"What are we doing?" Mitchell asked.
"We're not doing anything until you three get into the kitchen and eat your breakfast. We'll discuss what we're going to do later." Yami said.
The three nodded and headed into the kitchen.
"Well, they didn't sleep as late as you thought they would." Yugi said.
"Okay. I was wrong." Yami said.
"Yes. You were." Yugi said. He kissed Yami lightly on the lips. "But it doesn't really matter." Yugi said.
"No. I suppose not." Yami agreed. He pulled Yugi into his lap. "Besides, the longer the kids stay asleep, the more time we have alone." Yami said. He leaned forward and kissed Yugi again,
Yugi brought his hands up to cup Yami's face in them.
Mitchell and Brighton were watching Yugi and Yami.
"Yuck. Why do they have to do that?" Brighton asked.
"Because they like each other, and that's what they do when they like each other." Mitchell answered.
"It's sickening." Brighton said.
Mitchell rolled his eyes. "You won't see it as that forever." Mitchell said.
"Yeah. Right." Brighton said.
"Come on." Mitchell said, grabbing Brighton by the arm and dragging him away from the door.
"What are Daddy and Yugi doing?" Sophia asked. She was already sitting at the kitchen table eating.
"Nothing, Sophia. They're just talking." Mitchell said.
"Strange way of talking." Brighton muttered.
Mitchell kicked Brighton under the table.
Brighton winced and glared at him.
"Um, what's going on?" Sophia asked, wondering why her brothers were acting so strange.
"Nothing, Sophia. You'll find out when you're older." Mitchell said.
"Why can't I know anything?" Sophia whined.
"Because you're too young. Don't worry about it. There's nothing to know." Mitchell said.
"Okay." Sophia said, a little disappointed.
Mitchell and Brighton knew that a five year old didn't need to know what their father and Yugi were doing in the living room.
"Yami, when do you think Mitchell and Brighton are going to stop spying on us?" Yugi asked from his place in Yami's lap.
"I have no idea. You'd think that they'd know that we're doing okay right now." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. "Well, I think that Brighton and Mitchell want us to stay together." Yugi remarked.
"I know that they do. They really like you, and if I were to be with someone, I want it to be with someone that they like." Yami said.
"Well, the fact that I'm the King of Games in Duel Monsters probably helped that along." Yugi said.
Yami chuckled. "Actually, they liked you before that. It just made them like you even more. Plus, it made them more popular at school since their dad is dating the King of Games himself." Yami said.
Yugi laughed. "I know that. When Mitchell and Brighton found out, they couldn't wait to tell their friends at school." Yugi said.
"Do you care?" Yami asked.
"Nah. I don't mind being a role model to kids because I know that they have a good one. There are some that aren't that great for people to look up to." Yugi said.
"I know. You're a high school graduate with a medical degree. You've never been in trouble with the law, and you've never done drugs as far as I know." Yami said.
"Never have, never will." Yugi said.
"Smart move, actually." Yami said.
"I know." Yugi said.
Before long, Mitchell, Brighton, and Sophia came back into the living room.
"Okay. We ate breakfast. What are we doing?" Mitchell asked.
"We're not real sure, but you can't go anywhere unless you get dressed." Yami said since the three were still in their pajamas.
The three then headed upstairs to get dressed.
"You don't have a clue about what we're doing, do you?" Yugi asked, looking at Yami.
"Not a one." Yami replied.
Yugi laughed. "Well, we can let the kids decide that as long as it's something that all of us can do." Yugi said.
"Probably the best thing to do." Yami agreed.
Yugi smiled. "They usually do want to do things that we all want to do." Yugi said.
A few moments later, the three kids were back downstairs.
"So, we're leaving it to you guys to decide what we do today." Yami said.
"Let's go to the movies." Brighton said.
"That's a great idea." Mitchell agreed.
"What are we going to see, though?" Yami asked. Before either boy could answer, Yami added, "Please remember that Sophia is in the room."
Mitchell and Brighton looked at each other, remembering something.
"I cannot believe that I am going to say this." Mitchell said.
Yami raised an eyebrow. "What?" Yami asked.
"Let's go see that new Disney movie that Sophia has been going on about." Mitchell said.
Sophia's eyes lit up. "The Princess and the Frog?!" Sophia exclaimed.
"Yeah." Brighton said.
"Yay!" Sophia said.
"Well, all right then." Yami said.
Yugi glanced at his watch. "The movies won't be open for a few hours, so I suggest we go tot eh mall and hang around there. We could go see the movie in that theater." Yugi said.
"Okay." Brighton and Mitchell said.
The three older kids headed out the door while Yami got Danny.
"You know, I honestly can't believe that Mitchell and Brighton mentioned going to see that movie. They can't stand those princess movies." Yami said.
"Let me guess. Sophia loves every one of them." Yugi said.
"Exactly." Yami said.
"Well, they surprised you. It's as simple as that." Yugi said.
"I had planned on taking Sophia to see it anyway. I just figured it would be me and her." Yami said, picking Danny up.
"Since it had to be something we all could watch, they said that. I can assure you they won't like it." Yugi said.
"What about you? Can you handle it?" Yami asked.
"Yes, I can. You do remember that Ryou and Bakura have a seven-year-old daughter. She may be a tomboy, but she loves those princess movies." Yugi said.
Yami laughed. "Much to Bakura's horror, I'm sure." Yami said.
"No kidding." Yugi said.
The two headed out the door to find the other three in the Tahoe that they took whenever all of them went out.
Yami got Danny into the car sear before the group headed off to the mall.
"I cannot believe I sat through that." Brighton said as the group left the movie theater after the movie.
"I loved it!" Sophia said happily, glad that she got to see her movie.
"She loves all the princess movies." Mitchell muttered.
Yami patted Mitchell's back. "That was a nice thing you did for your sister, Mitchell." Yami said.
"I know, but the only other movie we all could have went to see was Planet 51, and we've seen that one already." Mitchell said.
"True enough." Yami agreed.
Yugi was carrying Danny, who had fallen asleep during the movie.
"What did you think, Yugi?" Mitchell asked.
"It wasn't that bad of a movie." Yugi said.
"No, it wasn't." Yami said. When the three kids were out of earshot, Yami said to Yugi, "Although I do not want to see that movie again."
"You don't take her to see these movies a lot, do you?" Yugi asked.
"Heba was always the one that took her or sat with her at home and watched the movies. Most of the princess ones were already out when Sophia was born. We just bought them on DVD for her." Yami said.
"Well, I suppose that is something that a woman would be able to handle better with their daughter." Yugi admitted.
"I think I'm asking my mother to take her from now on." Yami said.
"I doubt it." Yugi said.
Yami looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Meaning?" Yami asked.
"Meaning that Sophia is your only daughter, meaning she is daddy's little girl, which also means that if she asked you to take her to see another one, you would do it in an instant." Yugi replied.
Yami started to protest, but decided not to. "Okay. You got me. If Sophia asked me, yeah, I'd probably take her." Yami agreed.
"At least you admit it." Yugi said.
The two soon caught up with Mitchell, Brighton, and Sophia.
"So, what are we doing now?" Yugi asked.
"Can we go to the park and play?" Brighton asked.
"Hmm. Not a bad idea." Yami agreed.
The group headed out into the parking lot and got in the car before heading toward the park.
Yami and Yugi sat on the bench to watch Danny while the other three ran off.
"That's the good thing about the park. They all can have fun here." Yami said.
"I know." Yugi said.
Sophia had gone over to the swings and was now swinging.
Brighton and Mitchell had seen some of their friends from school and went over to talk to them.
"So, is this how you're going to spend your days off from now on? Hanging out with me and my kids?" Yami asked, looking at Yugi.
"Well, it's not a bad idea. Besides, I don't have much else that I do on my days off. If Joey knows I'm off, he'll drag me off some place." Yugi said.
Yami laughed. "That sounds like Joey." Yami agreed.
"Other than that, I'll usually go over to the Game Shop and help grandpa out unless there's something around my house that needs to be done." Yugi said.
"Hands on with house work?" Yami asked.
"No. Cleaning the house is about the only housework I do other than cooking. Everything else, I have someone come in. I'm a doctor, not a plumber, an exterminator, an electrician, or a cable man. All these thing I have professionals do." Yugi said.
"Probably better that way. They get done right the first time." Yami said.
"I assume that you follow the same policy." Yugi said.
"All the time." Yami replied.
"Yeah. I let the professionals do those jobs since they let me do my job." Yugi said.
"Right." Yami said. He kept looking over to make sure that Danny was all right, who was happily playing.
Yugi noticed Brighton and Mitchell's friends looking over at them.
"Uh-oh." Yugi said.
"What?" Yami asked.
"I think I might be bombarded with questions." Yugi said.
"Why?" Yami asked, not understanding.
"Because Brighton abs Mitchell's friends kept looking over here, and they know that I'm the King of Games." Yugi answered.
"Oh." Yami said.
As soon as they had finished, the kids were over there and bombarding Yugi with questions.
The group walked into the house after getting home.
"I had no idea that teenagers could ask that many questions." Yami said.
"I did, but I've never had that many questions thrown at me at one time." Yugi said.
"Sorry about that, Yugi. We told them you wouldn't mind." Mitchell said.
"I don't mind. I'd just like it if they limited the number of questions they asked." Yugi said.
"We'll tell them next time." Brighton promised.
"Good." Yami said.
Sophia, Brighton, and Mitchell all headed upstairs.
Yugi and Yami sat down in the living room.
"Well, it's just four o'clock. What do you want to do now?" Yami asked.
"Well, we could always put in some movie." Yugi said.
Yami chuckled. "Maybe I ought to start telling you to come over for family movie night." Yami said.
"You guys have a night like that every week?" Yugi asked.
Yami nodded. "We normally do it on Wednesday night. We'll pick out two movies, and we watch them together. Even my parents watch them with us." Yami said.
"How do you decide who picks the movie?" Yugi asked.
"Each week, two of us pick the movie. One week, Sophia and I pick them. The next, Brighton and Mitchell pick them. The next, my parents pick them. Then it starts over." Yami said.
"Ah. I take it they all like that." Yugi said.
"Yeah. It's fair. The only way we only do one movie is if the first is too long. If that happens, the second movie we'll watch on Thursday night." Yami said.
"Well, I shouldn't come because that's a family thing." Yugi said.
"Yugi, no one would care." Yami told him.
"Well, I might could." Yugi said.
"It wouldn't bother anyone." Yami said.
"I might. Now, are we going to watch something?" Yugi asked.
A few moments later, Aknankanon and Amara entered the room.
"What did you all do? Lock the kids in their rooms and spend the day together?" Aknankanon teased.
Yami rolled his eyes. "Yes, Dad. Yugi and I decided to spend it alone, so we made sure the kids couldn't bother us." Yami said.
Amara walked over and sat down in the recliner. "In honesty, what did you do?" Amara asked.
"We went to the mall and shopped a little before we went to the movies and saw The Princess and Frog." Yami answered.
"You went and saw that movie? I thought for sure you would end up asking me to take her." Amara said.
"Well, Mitchell and Brighton wanted to go to the movies, but I told them it had to be a movie we all could watch. They suggested that movie since they knew that Sophia wanted to see it." Yami said.
"That's surprising." Aknankanon said.
"We were surprised, too. We went to the par afterwards before we came back here." Yugi said.
"What about you? What did you do with Solomon today?" Yami asked.
"We didn't do that much. We went around town to different places, and we did a lot of talking. Since you two are dating, we all figure that we should get to know each other." Amara said.
"I suppose that's true." Aknankanon agreed.
"Well, there was something that we wanted to talk to you about, Yugi." Amara said.
"Oh. What's that?" Yugi asked.
"Is this something I need to hear?" Yami asked.
"You might. We were talking to your grandfather, and eh told us about your mother and stepfather." Aknankanon said.
"Oh." Yugi said. He frowned and looked at Yami. "You didn't tell your parents about that?" Yugi asked.
"No. I figured you'd rather tell them. I didn't know if you wanted me to tell everyone about that." Yami replied.
Yugi turned back to Aknankanon and Amara and said, "I'm sorry. I should have told you, and I would have sooner, but I just didn't think about it."
"We're not angry. We just wondered if Yami knew." Aknankanon said.
"I knew before we started dating." Yami said.
"Well, I'm glad that your grandfather did get custody of you, Yugi." Amara said.
"Me and you both. I was glad to get out of that house. I haven't seen them in eight years, and I don't plan on seeing them again." Yugi said.
"Do you know where they are?" Aknankanon asked.
"No. When I went to medical school, they were still here in Domino. When I got back, they were gone. I don't know where they went, and I honestly don't want to know where they went." Yugi said.
"If I ever see them, I will give them a piece of my mind." Aknankanon growled.
Yugi looked at him. "I assume you hate child abuse as much as Yami does." Yugi said.
"Yes. If I ever see those two, it won't be pretty." Aknankanon said.
"You don't need to worry, dear. It's in the past." Amara said.
"Yeah, but they were allowed to get away with it." Aknankanon said.
"I honestly don't care that he didn't go to jail. I was just glad to get away from him. He wanted me to call him dad, but he treated me like crap. I wanted nothing to do with him, and I got what I wanted. From the time I was twelve until I was eighteen, I never heard from them. Truthfully, I never had a mother. Even when my dad was alive, I didn't spend that much time with my mom. It was always my dad. The fact she chose him over me pretty well told me how she really felt about me. Grandpa did care about me, and that's what mattered to me." Yugi said.
"Well, he's a great man to have done all that he did for you." Aknankanon said.
"I know he is. I wouldn't trade my grandfather for anything." Yugi said.
"Well, now that you know, you can understand why Yugi understands why I have to choose my ids over him at times." Yami said.
Yugi laughed. "I told you to." Yugi said.
Amara smiled. "I guess you don't want them going through what you did." Amara said.
"No, I don't." Yugi agreed.
"Since we were planning to watch a movie, do you two want to join us?" Yami asked.
"Might as well." Aknankanon said.
The group selected a movie to watch and put it in before sitting down to enjoy it.
I hope you liked it. I don't own The Princess and the Frog or Planet 51. They belong to their creators.
Next: I think it's going to be when Tristan and Tea come to Domino. I'll probably bring Bakura, Ryou, Marik, and Malik into it as well. Might span over two chapters. Don't know yet.
R&R.