Chapter 17: Looking for comfort.
Authors note:
Not every meaning will be used in my book, it's a standard line I place up on every chapter in every book so it's easy for me to remember
/mindlink to Yugi, \mindlink to Atem-Yami\, Letters, Texting, songs, lemons, time skip, POV, *meanings, Dreams, Phone calls, Flashbacks.
Sadly the characters of Yu-gi-oh don't belong to me, they belong to Kazuki Takahshi, but the story's under the username Thirza-1984 belong to me
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They are fighting again, they always do, and it always goes about me. Mom and dad returned for a visit, and when she sees me in my comfort moment, she gets angry at grandpa and starts yelling at him demanding why I am still at it.
As soon as she starts dad walks out only to return god knows at what time, leaving me with the fighting adults. I hate it!
Grandpa retorts calmly like every year, that it is part of my disability to which mom yells that it is bullshit and I am perfectly healthy. Sigh, it goes like this for 16 years. Mom and dad working abroad, they both taking one week a year off to come and see me during summer vacation, and when they do, all hell with her and grandpa breaks free. I hate this and trying to find more comfort and try to shut out mom's yelling.
Suddenly she yells at me, "Yugi, stop that this instant!" while ripping at my wrist and a loud slap from flesh to flesh strikes my cheek painfully hard. A thousand emotions run through my head, fear, pain, confusion, shock. To name a few. Both grandpa and I look at mom, grandpa more with rage and shock over the fact she had hit me.
I don't know how to handle all the stress and run towards the bathroom where I try to get a grip on myself. Downstairs I hear both mom and grandpa yelling, and this time… grandpa is also yelling. Even it was normal in his day and age, he never reached a finger towards mom since he always believed hitting is the wrong way to punish a child.
I lift my left hand towards my mouth and stick my thumb in it, but then I feel the strike she gave me leaving me confused, how do I calm myself down if she tells me not to? How do I shut them out if my happiness is taken from me? How…. How…how…how….how….how! the questions getting to much for me, and I know I promised grandpa I would not do it again. I reach for the glass he keeps his teeth in at night.
I take it in my hand, look at it long and hard, and then…. A loud clang sounds in the bathroom, confused I look to the wall, "how did that happen? Did I do that?" I ask myself while looking as the glass lays splintered against the counter. As in a trans I feel myself kneeling and looking, I'm looking for the biggest shard, and when I find it, I sit myself down in between the splinters not caring they are biting the skin in my legs.
I look at the shard in my hand and then I do it, I feel the sting in my wrist, I see the crimson blood slowly dripping out, I feel the blood dripping down to the floor, but it isn't enough, I need more…. More…more…more!
"Yugi! What was that noise!" I hear grandpa's voice calling out and loudly he knocks on the door. I ignore it and keep sliding the shard against my wrist, if I can't have my thumb, I will use this. Grandpa knows it, he knows my thumb is my comfort place, and when I need it. He allows me, he allows me to prevent me from cutting.
The pouncing at the door continues, it irritates me, so I press the shard deeper and deeper. And the deeper I cut, the more blood pools out of my wrist, the weaker I start to feel, my head starts to feel lightheaded, I know I need to stop and open the door, but…. I can't, I can't stop all the emotions, I can't stop all the pain, I simply can't stop.
My vision turns fuzzy and blurry, it costs me trouble to find a place at my wrist to cut myself. When suddenly the door burst open smashing against the wall probably also out of the hinges. I try to focus on the one bursting in, but all I can see is a wave of blond, black and red blocking my vision. I feel his hand closing over my wrist, I hear him calling out to me, and then he turns and orders something with his strong and commanding voice.
He tries to sooth me, tries to loosen the grip over the chard. And then I can hear him clearly. "Yugi please Little one." Little one, it became his pet name for me when he was allowed to stay a few weeks ago. I loosen the grip around my fingers and his hand gently takes the shard away.
"No, my comfort." I manage to mumble.
"This isn't your comfort Little one." He says gently closing in on me and gently but carefully lifting me away from all the glass splinters. "Your comfort is that one digit at your left hand, and you know we don't care about it." Shifting me to bridal style. I hope he has something at his feet.
"But she…"
"She doesn't know you like we do." He interrupts me and I feel him carrying me downstairs and outside. Gently he places me on a bed, and I feel how I'm buckled up and pushed in an car, there they are doing something with my other wrist. My vision is leaving me fully now and my world turns black.
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"Coming home and hearing grandpa bang the bathroom door calling for Yugi and asking what that noise was, gave me a De Ya Vue moment. when I still lived in the puzzle, I learned quickly Yugi has Autism and cannot always handle the stress, so in order to seek comfort he sucks his thumb. In a way a cute sight to look at with his baby cheeks and big eyes.
There was a period shortly after he solved the puzzle and got friends, he was afraid to suck his thumb and when they would see, his and since they knew of my existence in the puzzle also my friends would dump him, it made his emotions turn wild and uncontrollable and in order to comfort himself he started to cut himself. I was the one who managed to stop him, to take over his body with force and call for grandpa's help.
Yugi needed to go to the hospital, a few stiches and a firm scolding from grandpa made him promise not to look for this kind of comfort again. Our friends came to visit and even they scolded him for leaving behind his comfort in order to fit in. he needed to promise them also not to cut again.
When I hear grandpa's frank voice calling out, I storm upstairs not caring over the fact I still have my shoes on. "Atem, there was a fight, I fear he is cutting, he won't respond!" grandpa shouts desperately and I gently push him to the side before bursting myself at the door. One time, two times, three times, and then a crack, four times, and at the fifth time, the door breaks under my weight and bangs open, I see the hinges need to be repaired but right now, my focus is on Yugi.
I see the pale and sullen look on his face, his eyes are distance and out of focus, I see him making movements with his right arm and look down. I see the blood pooling over him coming from his left wrist, around him, I see the glass grandpa uses for his teeth is missing, and I see the shard he is slicing his wrist with. He must have smashed it, I realise. But I'm also happy, he seems not to want to kill himself, just looking for a way to comfort himself.
Carefully I walk over calling out to him, trying to reach him. His cheeks are tear stained and his right cheek has a handprint with a ring on it. I wonder if this is the reason why he couldn't take it anymore. "Call an ambulance, he lost to much blood to simply treat him here!" I order grandpa with authority.
I manage to take the glass shard away; happy I left my shoes on when I entered the building because the glass is no joke. While talking with Yugi I lift him out the splinters I set him down for a moment to see if he has somewhere else also splinters, I'm happy he is wearing his jeans, the thick material hopefully made sure he did not cut his legs.
I take him in my arms bridal style and carry him downstairs, it took me some time to reach out to him, so when I step outside the ambulance just pulled up in front of the game-shop. The paramedics take out the gunnery and I place him on it. "He sat in glass splinters; I don't know if he has cuts in his legs." I say to the paramedic.
One of the paramedics buckles him up with my help and that paramedic places an ivy in his right arm, while grandpa is explaining Yugi has a special blood type and what had happened. Then they push Yugi inside the ambulance and grandpa goes with him. I wave them off and when they are out of sight I go inside and clean up the mess.
Looking at the door I see grandpa needs to order a new-one, this door is broken beyond repair. Great, another cost they can't have right now. they could no longer live as comfortable as before since I came live here, luckily, I found a parttime job in Kaiba Corp. but still. Yugi's recent growth spurt was forcing him to buy a whole new wardrobe.
It was actually adorable when he was struggling to get into a pants he purchased himself not to long ago. But boy was he frustrated, he only whore that pants one time and now it's to small on him. Sigh, it seemed only yesterday I looked down upon him and this morning he was almost as tall as I am. Sigh, he always will be my little one though.
I wonder what fight they had to resolve Yugi to this kind of action. Sigh, I wish I was here, but his mother stared me out when she came this morning, making me decide to go to Joey for a while. I wonder if I should call them… they sure are willing to visit Yugi when he is in the hospital. I think and hear my phone ringing. I slip the small plastic Samsung phone out of my pants and swipe the green button.
Phone call:
"Atem speaking."
"They called Ryou to the hospital, he lost to much blood." Grandpa says in the phone.
"Why do they need Ryou then?" I ask a bit confused.
"He is next to Yugi the only one with blood type AB here in Japan." Grandpa says.
"So, Ryou is donor for him?" I ask more then I confirm. "And what will happen next?"
"They think he is a danger for himself, when he is treated, he probably goes to the psychic ward for a little while in order to confirm their suspicion."
"Do I need to bring something for him along when I come and fetch you?" I ask walking to Yugi's room to prepare his duffle.
"Only his toiletries, no sharp things, and his meds for a few days, the rest they will provide for him."
"Do I call the gang?"
"No, I want to talk with them when we are home. After we rested a bit, Ryou stays with us for the night so he can recover properly."
"Okay, I see you in half an hour." I say and swipe the red button.
Phone call end:
"Shit." I swear loudly, that must have been one hell of a fight. I wonder what happened and where miss Muto is. I haven't seen hide nor hair since I left this morning. I take a few of his boxers, walk then towards the bathroom and take out Yugi's toothbrush and toothpaste, also I take his shampoo and shower gel. Next, I walk to the medicine cabinet and take the box with Yugi's meds, I look inside the box towards the strip and sigh. "Sure, he didn't take them this morning, but why, normally he is hellbent when he forgets to take them."
I drop everything in a small bag, grab the car keys, my wallet and lock everything before I go to the car, inside the car I place the chair and mirror to my liking, it's obvious Yugi drove the car last time, his seat is closer to the wheel than grandpa's is. When everything is to my liking I drive off towards the hospital.
I smile, I never understood why Yugi begged on his knees if Joey would teach him to drive, until grandpa took me on my first lesson, I was so glad when I got out the car safe and begged Yugi to teach me, little bastard smirked down on me but eventually I got my drivers license thank to him. Hands down, I have lots of respect for grandpa, but when he drives, he is the definition of crazy, how he didn't get a ticket yet still beats me.
As soon as I arrive at the hospital, I park the car and go inside, at the desk I ask for Yugi's room and the nurse bats her eyes seductively towards me while typing Yugi's name. to take her off guard I do a single move with my hand, showing her I'm gay and not interested. With a snort she tells me which ward he is and shows me which way I need to go. I thank her and walk towards the proper ward
When I enter it, I already see grandpa sitting outside a room, arms on his knees and head in his hands, he clearly is worried. Walking over I see another chair next to his and decide I claim it to be mine for now. "Grandpa," I say softly as not to spook the man. A heart attack it the last thing he can use right now.
He looks up asking me a silent question. I shake my head. "He didn't take them this morning. What happened?"
"I was afraid of that. If it's okay with you, I'll explain when the gang is there also." He says. When he sees me nod he goes on. "Ryou is in there; they are taking blood directly from him and transfer it over to Yugi. He had lost to much to wait until a pint was filled." The old man says with sorrow in his aged eyes.
"Were, is she?"
"She left, as soon as we heard that glass break, she took her bag and stomped out." He says and I see the tears burning in his eyes threatening to fall but he is working his hardest to keep them in. "I'm afraid she will go to court and claim him." He whispers and then the dam breaks. I take the old man in a close hug and rub soothing circles over his back.
"Grandpa, if I have learned one thing from kids Yugi's age with divorced parents, is that they are old enough to decide themselves where they want to stay. And that also counts for when a grandparent is taking care of them." I say gently. "Yugi loves you, and I'm positive he will pick you if it comes that far."
"But what if he wants to go to them?"
"Grandpa, Yugi is to fond of his friends you and me to just leave us behind, we are his comfort, and I know when he gets manipulated and make sure it will not happen. I promise." I say in a soothing voice I also use when Yugi is upset.
"Family of Yugi Muto?" we hear a voice say and the both of us stand. "Sorry only family." The man says towards me.
"He is my nephew, they are closer than brothers." Grandpa says and the doctor nods and gestures us to follow him. We walk towards a small office and take place.
"Welcome, I'm doctor Heart and will be Yugi's main doctor during his stay." He says and both grandpa and I introduce our selves before the doctor comes to business.
"You are happy to know Ryou was willing to give a pint of blood to help save Yugi's life, we stitched the deeper cuts and bandaged him. Since this is the second time Yugi is here with a cutting incident we wish to keep him under observation on the psychic ward to figure what was going on in his head to make him go tot his kind of actions. Are there things we need to keep in mind?"
"Yugi has Autism, and his comfort is his thumb, when he isn't able to suckle his thumb his "emotions run away with him" as he puts it himself, he tries to seek for some other way of comfort. He has meds he takes each morning in order to keep his emotions under protection, this morning he didn't take them." Grandpa explains.
"And is he an autist according to the books?"
"No, my way of raising him was a bit unorthodox as you might call it, but it made sure he needs less preparation than a normal autist does who is raised with complete structure and day to day even hour to hour planning, I didn't want that for him."
"And which form is he diagnosed with?"
"ASD (Autism, Spectrum, Disorder) it's known with this form they seek comfort in an early childhood way. In his case the thumb suckling." Grandpa says and the doctor nods.
Grandpa looks at me. "Children with ASD mostly have more ways from their early child years they seek comfort in, like drinking from a baby bottle, and in rare cases they have one comfort zone, like Yugi does if allowed." He explains me. "When we are home, I let you read into it more."
"What do you see when Yugi is suckling his thumb?" doctor heart asks me. And I think for a moment trying to picture Yugi when he is doing it.
"When he is suckling his thumb, he has a look of pure happiness and content-ness in his eyes, he smiles while suckling and when a bit of drool escapes his mouth, he wipes it away with an irritated look in his eyes. There are moments I need to tell him to take his comfort since his emotions are obviously making havoc in his mind then. And our friends also learned quickly to recognise when he needs his comfort. When he does not take his comfort, he most of the times spaces out for a moment, luckily we can reach him then and he plunges his thumb in his mouth almost till the point of choking himself."
"Yes, Epilepsy is also a form people with ASD can have, but not all of them. But it seems to me this was an act of desperation, one that got out of hand severely, that's why we want to keep him for a while, to determine it truly was desperation or it was something he wanted to do and now saw his chance. Luckily seeing the way he did cut; he didn't want to commit suicide."
"How long will he have to stay?" I ask.
"It depends on him, if he talks, he probably can be out within a few days. And then you need to watch him at home and make sure he is happy and content. Also, we are forced to call child protection, I'm pretty sure that handprint on his cheek wasn't made by one of you seeing your hands are bigger. But it is reason for concern."
"This started when his mother walked in this morning, when he knows she comes over he suckles his thumb more than usual, as if he is nervous of meeting them. She saw him doing it this morning and got mad, at some point she got so angry she placed that print on his cheek, he ran away, and I got in a fight with her about hitting children, when I heard the glass break, I knew he was overloading with emotions and could not take the stress."
"And where is she?"
"She walked out, normally she would sleep in her room, but I have no clue where she could be right now." Grandpa says while shaking his head.
"I make a notice she isn't allowed inside the ward Yugi is staying at. Who has soul custody over him?"
"His parents, but I raised him since he was a baby since they travel allot for work. Every time he needed permission for something I needed to ask them first. My son in law mostly was the one giving the singed permission via E-mail."
"Okay, I have one more question before I take you to him, and you can take Ryou with you. But this one is pure out of curiosity." The doctor says and grandpa nods as if he allows him the question. "Why does Yugi have your last name and not his fathers?"
"His father is an orphan, raised in an orphanage since he was a baby so, he never was given a last name, when he met my daughter in high school the two hitched off and with my permission, I allowed him to take my family name in order to enter university. Within a year after graduating university, they found a job that requires them lots of traveling, a child was the last thing they would think about at that moment, and that's when they figured she was pregnant. When they told me I offered to take care of the child Yugi in this case, so they didn't have to stop doing what they enjoy the most." grandpa says with a form of pride in his voice. It is sure he adores the man I learned to be Aiko.
"How did they prevent more unwanted pregnancies?"
"He went for castration, and she sterilisation." Grandpa says making me shake violently. The thought alone to willingly castrate makes a shiver runs down my body.
"Well then, let's go see him okay?" the doctor says clearly satisfied.
We follow the man towards Yugi's room. "I must inform you, for as long as he stays here, he is not allowed to have visitors, as soon as he is ready to go home, we will call you, once a day we also will call you to inform you about his progress and asking more questions when necessary. I strongly recommend you for as long he isn't 18 yet you are going to fight for custody." Doctor heart says while we are nearing a closed section in the ward. He enters a code and allows us to walk in first.
When we are inside, we wait until the door is closed, and I smirk, I wonder how long it will take Yugi to crack that code. Probably an hour tops. I hear grandpa snicker next to me. He probably thinks the same thing. The doctor walks towards us and asks if something is funny. "Not really, it's that I know Yugi knows he cannot walk out when he wants to, but he can crack that lock within an hour if not sooner. He loves a good mystery to solve." Grandpa says.
"Well, since he is the king of games, and his name means game, I already informed the staff to keep a close eye on him when he is close to that door." The doctor snickers and walks in front of us towards a room, he knocks on the door and allows us entry.
We walk inside, and on a chair sits Ryou, looking paler than usual, probably since he gave a pint of blood. Then I look to the bed, it shocks me how exhausted Yugi looks, and he also is clearly ashamed because the moment we walk inside he starts to apologize towards grandpa, nearly falling out of the bed while doing so. "Stop it Yugi!" grandpa says. "I thought we agreed your thumb is the only comfort you could have? Now you need to stay here." He says with a sad sigh.
"But I don't know what happened grandpa, last thing I remember was mom hitting me." Yugi says with tears in his eyes, and for reasons unknown, I don't know if I believe him completely. If he doesn't know what had happened, why would he feel guilty? I shrug it aside for now, walk over to the bed and take him in a hug.
"Hush, Little one, you made a mistake and need to deal with it now." I say. "Make sure you talk, tell them the truth, and we see us soon again, promised?" I ask him, he tightens the grip on me, and I let him.
"I promise." He whispers, "will you wait for me?" he asks me to make me take a step back, I look closely at his eyes and see what he means. I smile and bend closer to give him a kiss on his unhurt cheek first, and then the other cheek.
Then I bring my mouth to his ear. "I will always wait for you Little one, always." I whisper in his ear. Still holding him close.
"Visiting hour is over, please say goodbye now." A nurse walks inside the room.
Relentlessly I release Yugi, bringing my mouth one more time closer to his ear. "Listen and do to what they say, and soon we can cuddle." I promise him to feel him nod and his cheeks moisten. Then I let him go completely allowing Ryou to hug him. Then I support Ryou outside the room and hand the nurse Yugi's things while making sure Ryou keeps standing. I ask the nurse how we can make sure Ryou will be comfortable she gives me advise to what to feed him while we wait for grandpa to walk outside.
We are home, I allowed Ryou in my bed while I take Yugi's for the time being. While Ryou is resting, grandpa is making dinner, and I have called the gang and asked them if they can come over for an emergency meeting. And when they arrive after dinner, grandpa explains what had happened.
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I'm here for two weeks now and go to my consultation daily. And while I am talking to them, I realised I do know what I did when grandpa and mom where fighting over me, and I work hard to go home soon. I even try to help other patients with a cutting addiction to overcome this illness.
I talk about my Autism and how I managed to overcome many obstacles, even the fact I come out of the closet knowing grandpa will accept me for who I am, he also did it with Atem when he told Anzu he fell for the male body and let her down when she confessed her feelings for him.
Basically, they believe I'm ready to go home again, but… the form of mom prevented them to do so, she barged on the ward one day demanding for her to see me, a nurse who was handing me my meds saw I wanted to grab to the knife on the card and pushed it away quickly, she locked me in my room until they managed to kick her out. They are now preparing me for the fact grandpa needs to fight to get full custody over me and how to prevent me from wanting to cut myself again.
"Now Yugi, you need to come in front of the judge. He asks you if you wish to stay with your grandfather, also making him your soul guardian, or go with your parents, see them more and see the world they travel to. Remember, when you stay with your grandfather, you have your friends around you, also you are allowed to suck your thumb when you feel to. If you pick your parents, you probably will see them at night since they both work, and your mother takes away your comfort. Think hard and then give me your answer." Doctor heart says.
"Will you judge me?" I ask hesitant.
"No, like the judge I will respect your choice, but remember, there will be one person you need to disappoint." He says gently. "I want you to think about it, go to your room and tomorrow you give me your answer, okay?"
"Okay." I say, stand and walk away from the table in the common room. Thinking hard I remember what grandpa did for me, while I was little. He always made me laugh when I was upset, he taught me the love for games, when I scraped my knees, he placed a band aid and even kissed the pain away, he gave me comfort when I was hurt, he cuddled me after a bad dream telling me everything would be alright, and when Anzu told me her friendship was more important for her then us dating, both he and Atem wiped my tears away.
Mom and dad, when they visited me, they always brought gifts for me often gifts I never liked but still accepted with a bright smile, they always told me about the places they went to, they told me about their jobs and how much they wanted me to follow in their footsteps.
But do I want that?
I think about what I want, I want to take over grandpa's game-shop one day, I want to develop my own game, and although I maybe am gay, I want to start a family, I want to have a child one day. I want to kiss their pain away; I want to be there for them and see them grow to a strong man, or a beautiful woman. I also want to teach them to follow their heart….
I perk up. Follow their heart, isn't that what grandpa always told me to do? If I follow mom and dad's path, I have no time for a child, I will see the world yes, but that I also can do when I have found my loved one, and once I finished college, then I have time to travel the world before settling down.
I can make my own mistakes, and learn how to fix them myself, just like grandpa did. I take a deep sigh and know what to do.
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A few weeks ago, I came out of the hospital, and both grandpa and Atem kept a close watch on me, but I proved them when I accidently cut myself I don't feel the need to continue, no I seek their help when I can't place a band aid by myself.
I feel like I bloomed in the past few weeks, and maybe that's because Atem also has a hand in it, he came to get me from the hospital and took me to a secluded area in the park, there he told me about his feelings for me, and I returned them, we are boyfriends now.
I told him what I wanted when it came to the point that mom and dad wanted to claim me and force me to travel with them. He promised me he would support me in my decision, and promised me to talk with grandpa and make sure I would do this one on my own.
Like predicted I'm standing next to the judge, and he asked me the question to who gets soul custody over me, I see my mom and dad, mom is scolding me, clearly willing to take away my comfort when I pick them, she even is trying to pull me towards her. Then I look to grandpa, and I can see he allows me to make this decision on my own, he will support me and not blame me, my friends and Atem standing next to him and I can see they also will support me in my decision. I take a deep sigh.
"Although I love my parents for bringing me to this world." I read from the paper I wrote down together with doctor heart. "I do not know them like I know grandpa." I say looking up and smile towards the man who raised me. I see mom smirking. "I see my parents one time a year during summer vacation, and she wants to take away my comfort while grandpa lets me have it. She yells at grandpa every time claiming I'm perfectly healthy while she does not know what grandpa went through with me to make me who I am today.
And then dad, I know it can't be easy being an orphan and also being a father, but every time mom started making a fuzz, you ran off to God knows where. How can these people be an example for me, when my grandfather, my friends and even my boyfriend are helping me and keeping me happy healthy and content, while they are the once to tell me I need to seek my comfort? I ended in the hospital with these because she didn't let me, and you weren't there to protect me." I say and show my wrist with the cuts still freshly on my skin.
"Mom dad, I'm sorry, but I'm following my heart and stay in the place I know they will take me for who I want to be, and not for who you want me to be." I say ending my speech. I see grandpa's smile grow even more proud, my friends also beaming with pride. And mom's smirking face drop to a serious scowl. She clearly did not think I would say that.
"Then I hereby claim Solomon Muto soul guardian of Yugi Muto and take both Akiko and Aiko Muto out of their parental rights." The judge says. "Miss Muto, I also want to give you a fair warning, I allow the both of you to visit Yugi, but as soon as you dare to take him out his comfort, then your father is allowed to call the cops on you, and I personally make sure a restraining order is placed upon you." He goes on and the gavel hits the wooden table, it's official, when I need something for school, grandpa does not have to ask mom and dad for it, he simply can decide whether it's okay yes or no.
I walk towards the gang and grandpa, they all where there to support me, they all gave me the feeling that no matter who I would go with, they would support me. They all hug me, congratulate me, and kiss me on my cheek.
When all of them did their thing I walked to the last two people I love the most in this group of goofballs, grandpa and Atem, I cuddle myself into their arms and bring my thumb up and start to suckle it, the three of us cuddle and unknowing to us but getting as Christmas gift from the gang, Anzu had made a picture from this little happy family moment.
Mom and dad came closer to us, and I saw mom observing me. "So this is what you truly want? To freeze and don't move on?" she asks.
I release grandpa and Atem and turn towards them. "They always were there for me, and one day, I hope Atem, and I can adopt a child, it's not freezing mom, it's starting a new adventure to which he and I feel comfortable in." I say.
Dad looks at me, truly looks at me, and then says. "I'm proud at you kiddo, you listened to your heart." And opens his arms for me asking me for a hug to which I gladly comply.
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Looking towards the readers Atem starts to speak up. "Like Yugi in this story our author Thirza also has ASD in real life, and her comfort is like written down here also suckling her thumb. the good thing is, she can do it while in the comfort of her home and while her cats are purring on her lap. She does not cut herself, but when not given proper comfort, they probably will seek for a way to either hurt themselves or seek for a different comfort thing."
"Autism isn't an illness to take lightly, there are many ways of autism and all needs to be treated differently. Like written down, Thirza has the luck she was raised unorthodox and learned even better to handle unsuspected situations when she entered the red cross as volunteer and her thumb suckling stopped. It's sadly due to Covid that she was not able to go to her red cross classes and events making her suck her thumb again." Yugi says.
Both Atem and Yugi now speak together. "Many people with a disability…. Any disability for that matter lost so much in 2020. They feel alone, since they have nothing to do, so seek them, give them a feeling they are not alone in this, and together we can make this world a little bit better." They say and bow to the readers before Atem takes Yugi in a cuddle, the cuddle goes wider and wider and the authoress closes this book before she gets an pants in her face.
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