Words of wisdom for the ages - never leave a yami home alone…with a credit card.
Home Improvement
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
Atem shifted on the couch in the quiet of the Kame Game Shop. The only sounds to interrupt his solitude were the muted beeps and music from the video game on the TV.
Drip.
And that Ra-damned drip.
Atem tried to ignore it, concentrating on his game. He had made his way to the boss, the final stage, and he needed to focus.
Drip.
Yugi and his grandfather were both away on a short trip - only a week - with the school. Since Atem wasn't registered as a student, and didn't look old enough to be a chaperone, he'd had to stay home.
Drip.
He could almost hear the water leaving the tap and falling through the air before hitting with an echoing thunk. Although his eyes were glued to the screen, the more he tried to focus his attention away from it, the more the drip made itself known.
Finally, he had his enemy right where he wanted him. One more hit…
Drip.
Atem swore in three languages as he missed his strike. A bevy of curses in Ancient Egyptian followed him through the living room and into the kitchen. He was going to send that accursed tap into the shadows.
Then he remembered what Yugi had said about banishing household objects after he'd blasted the microwave. He'd had no idea Yugi could shout that loud.
He growled under his breath, watching the maddening thing. He couldn't banish it, and no matter how much he pulled on the lever, it refused to stop.
The only option left was to fix it.
After several attempts at fixing it - including the use of 'duct tape' - had failed, Atem headed out with the credit card Solomon had left him. Yugi had once mentioned a place called a 'hardware store' where one could get the right supplies to fix things. The Pharaoh only hoped that they would know how to fix a faucet - or he would send it to the Shadow Realm, and be damned the consequences.
He found the store without too much of a problem, but inside…it was HUGE! Atem walked through the place slowly, just absorbing the literally thousands of tools available. He had never been involved in building in his past life, of course, though he'd been trained in math and architecture. But he was pretty sure these modern devices were a little more complicated than a hammer and awl.
A clerk came up and asked him if he wanted help; Atem asked for directions to the plumbing department. On route, he ran across something else interesting.
A collection of books on home repair. He pulled one out and flipped through it. The pictures were quite informative, the instructions clear and concise. Yes, he should be able to work with these…
Books in hand, Atem wandered the plumbing aisle, picking up everything he needed to fix the sink. And a few other things that caught his eye a long the way. After all, they should certainly be useful for something.
Atem stared at the malfunctioning appliance in disgust, then at the new faucet set he had picked up. Taking it apart seemed like such a bloody waste of time… He smiled. There was a faster way.
Reaching under the sink, he turned off the water supply. Then he called his Shadow magic and blasted the faucet into nothingness.
Much better.
Three hours and two more trips to the hardware store for tools later, Atem looked proudly at the fruits of his handiwork. The water poured nicely from the faucet, and when he turned it off, it was blessedly free of drips.
Wiping grease and silicone from his hands, Atem looked speculatively around him. Come to think of it, there were a few other things that need to be fixed at the shop - a few improvements that could be made. Yugi and Grandpa would be happy to find them repaired when they returned from their trip, right?
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Hehehe. This was supposed to be a one-shot idea, but its turned into a multi-chapter - probably three. Please read and let me know what you think! I do take any ideas you might have for 'improving' the Kame Game shop.