Sunlight was the first thing Yugi noticed when he opened his eyes and he began to babble happily but to his dismay, his mother didn't hear him for he was still fast asleep. Yugi looked in his crib and found the pillow soft and firm. Soon yugi began to smile brightly, he grabbed his pillow and threw it outside the crib before he climbed over the railing. Unknown to him Atem woke up to yugi's babbling and went to see if Yami was awake.
"Yugi is surely an early riser," Atem said as he barely saw Ra's light cover the kingdom
Atem got out of bed and put on his blue robe with golden patterns weaved into the clothing. He walked into Yami's room and sleep immediately left his eyes when he saw yugi climbing out of his crib. On instinct, he ran towards the crib but yugi let go thinking the pillow was below him. Atem slid and caught yugi as his breath was knocked out of him when yugi landed on his stomach.
"Dada?" Yugi babbled in confusion as he saw Atem instead of the pillow
"Now I know why you give your mother heart attacks" Atem groaned as he sat up with a wince while holding yugi close
Yami awoke a few minutes after and saw Atem and Yugi in the floor. He stared at them in confusion before he noticed yugi's pillow on the floor as well. He looked at Atem for an explanation but it seemed Atem didn't know he was awake.
"Why are you two on the floor?" Yami asked as he sat up and stretched his limbs
"Yugi decided to climb out his crib," Atem said as yugi began to pull his blonde bangs
"That explains why Yugi is on the floor but why are you on the floor?" Yami said as he got out of bed and walked over to them
"He miscalculated where he threw his pillow," Atem said as he merely pointed at the pillow near the bed
Yami's right ear twitched and his tail merely wrapped around his ankle or merely swayed lazily behind. He giggled at the two and took yugi from Atem's arms before helping Atem off the floor.
"Thank you for catching him...and yugi normally gets up whenever the sun begins to rise," Yami said as he saw Atem nearly falling asleep
"I should be getting used to this but I'm a king that loves his sleep" Atem joked as Yami laughed
Atem somehow loved the way Yami would laugh and his smile seemed to ease all of his worries. The way his eyes would sparkle like the stars or how his voice sounded, it wasn't deep but more like milk and honey he truly sounded magnificent.
"You're staring again" Yami pointed out as he hid his red face in yugi's hair
Atem still didn't know his feelings about Yami yet but somehow whenever he's with Yami, he can't seem to get enough of him. He would greatly give up all of Egypt if it meant staying with Yami along with the hope he would agree of him to be yugi's father.
"I seem to be getting lost..." Atem said softly as he stared straight into Yami's amethyst eyes
Neither knew what they were doing but once they were close enough for their lips to touch. Yugi took his chance to receive two kisses on both his cheeks when Yami and Atem nearly kissed. Yami opened his eyes and smile in amusement while Atem merely chuckled at yugi's playfulness.
"Well we should get dressed before our grandfathers come and get us," Atem said as his face has a nice shade of red
"R-right...umm...can you?" Yami said as his face had begun to redden but this time Atem saw and quickly realized the problem
"Oh...I'll give you two some privacy" Atem said as he quickly left the room in order for himself to get dressed as well
Yami merely giggled but he still had his red face. He dressed yugi in his normal clothes as future Egyptian prince while he wore a short blue dress that reached up to his knees with gold intricate patterns around it. He also wore brown sandals, Yami looked at the crimson patterns over his snow-white skin and smiled softly as yugi merely touched the patterns in curiosity.
"Yami are you decent?" Atem said behind his door
"Yes" Yami called out to Atem as he made his way out his room
"Shall we go eat?" Atem asked as he and Yami along with yugi walked down the palace halls
"We shall," Yami said as he held in a laugh when he saw how Atem dressed this morning "although I don't remember you wearing your night clothes for the day" Yami giggled
Atem looked at him then looked at himself, realizing he was in his night clothes he quickly ran back to his room to dress properly before coming back to Yami. His star-shaped hair was out of place but at least he was decent enough.
"Now we can go eat," Atem said with an embarrassed smile
Yami gave yugi to Atem for him to intertwine their hands together. Atem and Yami both blushed at the sudden contact but they didn't mind and yugi was to busy staring at his reflection in Atem's crown. Once they reached the dining hall did they notice Yami's friends and grandfather along with Atem's family and council.
"I see you two are getting along fine...and it's only been a few days," Shimon said as he and Solomon smiled which made the soon to be married couple suspicious
"What are you two up to?" Atem questioned both of them as yugi squirmed in his arms before trying to walk over to his grandfather
Yugi was a bit wobbly and began to get afraid if he fell so he stayed close to Atem and began to cry. Yami smiled softly and quickly scooped up the small Neko and began to whisper soothing words for him to calm down.
"I remember when my boy was impatient to see the world...although he got too scared to even leave the house when he discovered lightning when he was five," Solomon said with a laugh as Yami blushed with embarrassment
"Lightning?" Atem mused as Yami glared at him
"Really?, Atem was like that as well when he was younger he once tried to-" Shimon was cut off by Atem
"I don't think they would want to hear that story Grandfather," Atem said nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck
"No, let him finish...I'm very curious what Atem did" Yami smirked as Atem glared at him
"He once tried to make tomorrow come by 'moving the moon' with his mind," Shimon said as he and Solomon both burst out laughing
Atem was blushing furiously with embarrassment and he could hear Yami giggle softly as the council choked on a few laughs but the neko's just laughed until tears appeared in their eyes. Once the laughing completely stopped yugi's burp is what caught everyone's attention. He was sitting on the table with a red bowl on his head as he ate peaches. Yami looked at his arms and then at yugi before becoming a confused kitten.
"I remember when Yami used to do that, gave me a heart attack when I found him on the ceiling of my house" Solomon chuckled as yugi merely smiled at them as he was now dirty and covered in peach nectar
"And it's best not to ask how a Neko can disappear...we don't know either" Jonouchi said as he realized yugi was gone again "where'd he go?" Jono asked as he looked under the table as his ears flicked from side to side
Yami heard yugi's giggle and nearly fainted when he saw yugi on top of the tree. Atem managed to steady him and realized yugi was a tricky one to deal with.
"We are going to need rope...and a lot of peaches," Malik said as he stared at his nails
"What's the rope for Malik?, peaches I understand because their yugi's favorite but rope?" Ryou questioned as everyone stared at Malik
"The rope is for the dogs that managed to escape from Marik and now they are coming in three...two...one," Malik said as he pointed at the doors before they burst open
The dogs ran around the dining room before they noticed the nekos. They all tensed and Atem realized he needed to have the dogs trained elsewhere.
"OLD NEKO FIRST!" Solomon said as he ran with the others trailing behind him
Atem looked to his side and saw Yami gone, he looked around before he looked at the tree yugi was in. He chuckled and Yami merely glared before throwing a date at him.
"Don't worry I'm on it," Marik said as he finally caught his breath "Wow...I feel like I might need nine lives for this" Marik said before Yami threw a date him
"We don't have nine lives...honestly who told you these ridiculous rumors," Yami said sternly as they all pointed at Marik
"Real mature Pharaoh" Marik said as he saw Atem pointing at him childishly
