Note: Italic font - Téa's dreams

"Téa?" Téa turned to look at a sleep Atem, still in his pajama pants in the kitchen rubbing his eyes.

"Good morning." Téa said softly, before turning around back to the eggs she was frying.

Atem walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her, hugging her from behind and tucking his head on her shoulder. Heat rose to Téa's cheeks, the way Atem was hugging her. Was he too sleepy to realize how intimately he was hugging her? Ok, so maybe she and Atem were no strangers at hugging. Maybe they did it all the time… and maybe they cuddled a lot too… but wow this was a different type of hugging and Téa suddenly warm. Heat rose to her cheeks and she was afraid she was turning red.

"How did you sleep?" His hot breath hit her neck as he mumbled.

"I…" She began.

"And don't you dare lie." Atem threatened, as he shifted his head, trying to get more comfortable.

Atem didn't 'like' her 'like' her? Did he? Téa was so confused. Nothing in this reality made sense. Sometimes she thought maybe Atem might hold some higher affection for her that wasn't so romantic, but then she pushed it away. It made her heart swell to hope like that. She'd loved him once… and well she thought that went away, but dammit it never did. It was just stowed away in the corner of her heart, but it had been there, waiting to take over again, to consume her.

"No." She responded. "Not really…"

Atem let go, as if he suddenly sobered up. "After we eat, you're going to sleep with… next to me. Just because you're trying to overcome this, doesn't mean I'm going to let yourself hurt yourself." He gently pressed his palm again Téa's cheek, as Téa stared into his eyes.

"Ok." She whispered back, her cerulean eyes widening slightly. She turned her face away to stare at the frying eggs. What were these emotions she was feeling?

Téa woke up sometimes later, her head pressed against Atem's chest, who was sitting partly up, reading a book. She had taken up Atem's request to take a nap next to him so she could actually get some rest. "Good afternoon sleepy head." He teased.

Téa smiled at him, yawning. Suddenly, she wanted to ask him what had happened in the crash, what is was like for him. They'd only brushed around the topic, but now Téa wanted to ask. There were so many questions that seeped through her brain. So much that she felt left in the dark about. How was one to bring up such a conversation exploring the forefront of the emotional and physical trauma they had been through?

"So," Atem began, as Téa looked up. "Up for some video games?"

And just like that, Téa lost the courage to ask him. "Sure." She responded, turning her head to the side, frowning. How could she ask him?

It seemed she would have to try to embrace the nightmares again to find out all the details. She fluffed out her blanket, not really sure why she doing so was when she knew she wouldn't be getting a good night's rest. Well, it was a habit for her, and it seemed to calm her a bit. She laid down, taking a deep breath and pulling up her blanket, trying to slow down her heart rate. Eventually her heart rate slowed down enough that sleep did come.

Fire. Fire. Fire everywhere.

She felt like she was being held. "Téa, I need you to help me."

Yami? She blinked. It was him.

"Can you try walking?" His voice came out hoarse and scratchy. She felt dizzy, and then realized Atem was holding her in his arms. She nodded, and dropped her legs to the floor, her arms still holding on to his body. They leaned against each other as they walked for support. They tried to walk fast, but they were both injured and weak so they weren't going very fast. Everything hurt, Téa wasn't sure where her actually injuries were coming from. Where they were going, Téa wasn't sure either. It wasn't until she felt a breeze on her face that she had a sudden realization of her situation. They had been on a plane previously and that they were outside of it. Apparently were walking away from it.

"We have to hurry!" Atem pleaded, gasping for air. "It could blow up any minute!"

Téa tried to hurry up. But she felt so numb and weak. Even thinking felt like an intensive task. Walking was so difficult when all you wanted to do was collapse to the floor. Where was everyone else? Before she could ask she heard the explosion and both she and Atem fell to the ground.

She woke up crying, tears streaming down her face. She was trembling, and something told her that was all there was to her memories. But there had to be! So, she was stubborn and tried to sleep. But for the first time since the accident, she slept without any nightmares terrorizing her.

When she woke up in the morning, she was upset. That was it, that was all she remembered. But it wasn't enough, she still had so many questions. How was that all she knew? She bunched the corners of her blanket.

These dreams didn't tell her enough. She needed to speak to Atem.

She didn't feel like cooking anything for breakfast today. Instead she got out a box of cereal and milk. As went to grab a bowl and spoon, Atem cam walking in. She turned around and his eyes were intense against hers. She looked away. He walked gently towards her as she avoided his gaze. His hands reached out and gently squeezed her shoulders. "Are you ok? He asked.

Téa simply did not meet his eyes. "I'm fine." She lied.

"Téa..." Atem said softly.

She broke away from him, her face now completely facing away from him. "I just want some breakfast, ok? Then we can talk." She said trying to hold back tears, hidden from his gaze.

Atem paused. He wanted to say something, but what should he say? He shook his head and mumbled an "Okay." He grabbed a bowl and spoon from the cupboard behind her as they went to sit down.

They munched on their cereal for some time before Atem couldn't stand the silence anymore. He reached out to touch Téa's hand. "You don't have to be so strong, you know?" A tear slipped from her eyes, but she tried to be strong anyways.

"I remember it." She whispered. "I remember the crash and trying to get away from it." She looked down. "But, I don't remember anything else! Everything else is a gap, a hole in my life!" Atem rubbed her hand reassuringly.

"You never told me you saved me in the wreck." Téa said softly. Atem breathed as Téa looked into his softened eyes. "We need to talk about what happened…" She stated. "I want to know."

Atem nodded. They silently munched on their cereal for a few moments, the air feeling thick as they felt dread and anticipation at the talk was to come.

We finally see what happened during the crash. Sadly, this doesn't tell us much since Téa was unconscious for a good part of it, and then put in a coma afterwards. We also got to see a Revo moment. We'll hear from Atem next to see his perspective, and also hear about Yugi's disappearance.

I haven't updated in a long time. I know. This term in school was particularly strenuous so I had absolutely no time to write! I also have a busy summer ahead of me, but my updates should be better than recently.

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~Startistica