8! - Yugi & Atem

Two days after Atem's visit with Kisara Ujana.

"Atemuuuuuaugh!" The older member of their relationship whined as he tried pulling away an object that was in his boyfriend's hand. "G-Gimme!"

"Yugi, you're not stronger than me."

"T-That's because you're a damn Egyptian Hulk!"

"Q-Quit calling me that! I'm gonna kick Yami's ass for starting that fucking nick name!"

"Nooo! Give it to m-me!" Yugi growled as he tried with all his might to pull it away from Atem's hand. His arm would just not budge, no matter how hard Yugi pulled. Not even **** could get it out of his palm. The Egyptian just stared as the other dug his feet into the floor and grunted. Still trying to take the cookie from out of his hand. Yeah, that's right. They were fighting over a God damn cookie.

Atem was cooking dinner for Yugi who just came in from work. Yami had to work late again, so they probably wouldn't see him until tomorrow. He was finishing the tempura and home made ramen he had forgotten yesterday. However, the man became very offended when Yugi started to roam the fridge with shaky hands and take the home made cookies Atem baked that morning out from it. He said not to eat any until supper, but of course the elder didn't listen. He was about to put one nibble onto the sweet, until the Egyptian seized his hand and snatched it away from him.

He said, "How dare you eat this while I'm cooking for you! Wait until dinner is ready!"

Yugi's rebuttal was, "I-I'm peckish, let m-me have just one!"

And that's how they got here. Ending up with Yugi desperately trying to take the cookie away from Atem's titanium made hands. It was almost pathetic.

"Yugi, I'm gonna cut you if you don't stop." He said as he held up a knife with a blank stare. He had it in his hand while cooking, and he caught Yugi at the worst time while wielding it.

"G-Go ahead! It's not gonna hurt me anyway!"

"Oh yeah? Even if I chop a finger off?" He threatened. Yugi just laughed in his face.

"You w-wouldn't dare. Besides, it's not like you can."

"Wanna bet?" Atem countered while taking one step forward. The elder just stared back , then at the cookie. He really wanted that cookie. He hadn't eaten all day because of work. He and miss Ishizu were working hard on something for Yami, and they had a full proof plan. With all the ideas and solutions they've made as hours went by, there was no stopping. He had to work, work work! He was starving! Damn it, he needed that cookie!

He reached out his hand and tried to grab it again. When Atem went to move his hand away so he couldn't reach it, Yugi quickly reached his hand from behind the Egyptian and groped the spot between his legs, very hard. A death grip, was what it was. It as so sudden and the pain came so quick, Atem yelped and just swung his arm at Yugi as a reflex to push him away.

However, he had swung the arm that held the knife.

Right at Yugi's face.

Blood flew all over the kitchen floor, and some even went on Atem's face.

With slowly shrinking red eyes, Atem watched as the eye he sliced immediately closed up, while Yugi's other eye stared in shock. As blood dripped down his face, he stumbled backwards. He raised a shivering hand to his face, holding his 'permanently' scarred eye. Atem dropped the knife and covered his mouth in fear. He also took a few steps back away from his boyfriend, terrified at what he just did.

"Y-Yugi...?" He whispered.

"..." Yugi said nothing back as he just stood there, covering his eye.

Shit shit shit! Atem screamed to himself. He darted from the kitchen and went to the living room where the coat rack was. He dug into the pockets of Yugi's lab coat to see if he left his phone inside. He left his own phone upstairs and he needed to call someone quick. He felt the hard rubbery cover of his smart phone case, and pulled it out. He quickly dialed Yami's number before running back in the kitchen to see if Yugi was alright. He was now on the floor, sitting down with his back against the wall. Atem whispered his name over, and over, knelt down and tried to get him to look at him. "Yugi? Look at me please-"

"Yugi? I predict this is an emergency considering you don't call me during work hours."

"Yami, you gotta get over here and get Ishtar to come with you!"

"..Excuse me?"

"I accidentally sliced Yugi's eye!" He yelled into the phone.

"...I'll be there in a few minutes with Ishizu, don't move-"

A relieved sigh flowed out from the injured older man. Atem blinked slowly and looked up to see Yugi's bloody face. And then, he realized, his eye was completely fine. It was only watering a tiny bit. But then, the Egyptian saw something he'd never thought he see in real life before, only in a horror movie. The cut he placed on Yugi's eye was closing up at an alarming rate. He watched his eyeball close up it's wound in a matter of seconds. With an absolutely flabbergasted loss for words, Atem's ruby eyes rolled to the back of his head.

He dropped the phone and fainted onto the floor.

"Atem? Atem, are you still there?"

Blinking in surprise at Atem fainting, Yugi nervously giggled and picked up the phone. "U-Um, Y-Yami-kun?"

"Yugi? How are you-Are you okay? Do I need to get over there?"

"Heheh. I'm f-fine. Atemu accidentally struck me. I'll explain when you get home. H-He passed out from seeing my eye regenerate."

"Regenerate...?"

Atem dragged a hand over his face with a low groan. He pinched the bridge of his nose, sighing heavily. When his life began, he knew even as a newborn, from that moment forward, life wasn't going to be easy for him. He knew his life would be harder, harder than others. Difficult to live with questionable parents, constantly being placed in a new resident's home year after year. Looking and glaring at adults whom he never met in his life. Almost all weren't suited to be parents, almost all didn't treat him like they were supposed to.

He starved before, he was beaten before, he was raped before. Hell, he even wrestled and killed a six foot bear, and killed lingering wolves in the woods once.

He knew he'd never have a perfect life. He knew he'd could just never make that happen no matter what. But then, he met Dartz. A man whom he didn't love like he was supposed to, but who in turn showed it to Atem regardless of what happened. That man was maybe the best parent he ever had, and he made his life a little better. But then, he was gone, and he found Yugi and Yami. Then he found Mana. Three of the best things that's ever happened to him. Now he could say his life wasn't quite perfect, but definitely great.

And now, now was when he began to question almost every action he's ever done in his life, that created this oddball freak-show he called a relationship.

So oh great deity being in the sky, he now asks you...

...How the fuck, was Yugi able to do that?!

Yami's some weirdo frankenstein with abilities no person in this world should have with chameleon retarded eyeballs. Atem himself, was exactly what everyone said he was. An Egyptian Hulk or human sized army tank, who truly had unnerving super strength that should not be physically or humanely possible. And then there's Yugi.

Yugi fucking Muto.

Let it be heard, and let men tremble.

Because Yugi fucking Muto apparently, no matter what you do to him, can not die.

Some might be confused as to why Atem was doing a break down of his life right now after witnessing that illogical presentation of human regeneration not too long ago. Well, because after Atem came to, Yugi tried explaining to him that this was why he's able to heal from dozens upon dozens of gun shot wounds in under a month. Yugi's little slab of immortality was much stronger and scarier than he realized. That whole, 'you can't chop off my limbs thing' wasn't a lie. Because Yugi, showed Atem once again his gift. He presented his hand to the Egyptian, and shakily held up a knife.

And then, he proceeded to cut off one of his own fucking fingers.

Yeah. Heard that right, yes?

Atem just stared with twitching eyes as his finger squirted with blood. He clearly saw the severed bone. He regretted sharpening the knives that well, now. He saw the cut off half of his finger twitch. And then, Yugi placed the cut off tip of his finger back on the severed part. And almost magically, he watched as nerves and veins began to connect to each other. As skin melded back together, Yugi effortlessly moved all of his fingers. It was like it was never cut off.

And then after that, Atem passed out again.

Back in present time, the Egyptian was now sitting on their bed, a hand covering his forehead as he tried to relay how and why he got here. Yugi just continued to sheepishly laugh next to him, patting his back.

"I-I'm sorry, Atemu. I-I never told you how much I can heal."

"Yugi," He drew out his name slowly, before turning to him. His face and tone grew very serious, very quickly. "I have to ask you. What the fuck did they do to you in that asylum?" He pleaded. "I..I have to know. Yami can't even do shit like that."

Yugi frowned and looked down at his lap. He blew the hanging bang out of his face and lightly gripped the back of Atem's shirt for comfort. "I-I," He stammered. He began fidgeting around, feeling Atem's eyes stare right through him. He didn't like to talk about it. Not at all. Yami's experimentation was absolutely horrible. And no matter what anybody said, in his eyes, he had it worse than him. Yes, Yugi went through horrible things in that asylum as well. They injected him with a variety of things and adjusted his veins and nerves. And that were his experiments. Throughout the many things they've put in his body, his body became like this. He was the only child who was a success. And because they found he was virtually indestructible, he felt that was the only reason why his father came and let him out.

He only needed another soldier.

But hey, at least he didn't get his penis tampered with as a child and be injected with stuff down there. And it least he didn't have robotic eyes or metal parts in his brain that had a computer inside of it that could cause lethal harm to his body if removed. And at least he didn't get shock treatment to erase his past. And at least his mother wasn't used as an empty DNA drinking well. And at least his father was actually in his life for a while. And at least-Okay, that was his point. Yami truly did have it the worst. And it wasn't like a competition or something, it's just facts.

"Tell me, Yugi." Atem's deep, serious voice cut through his self thinking.

"S-Sorry." He said. He felt the other pull him closer and felt a small moist feeling on his cheek. This made his face heat up, and bashfully look away.

"If you can't talk about it-"

"No." Yugi cut him off. "Y-You told me and Yami about what happened to you." After Atem and Yami's talk, Atem in turn told Yugi later that night about his rape in full detail. "S-So it's only fair I tell you what happened with me, too." He watched as the other nodded, and awaited for him to speak again. Yugi turned away from him and looked down at his lap. "W-When I was first admitted in the asylum, i-it was because I stabbed a little boy, my age, w-with scissors."

Atem almost winced from hearing that. "Why?" He asked.

"I-I didn't mean to. It was an accident. Y-You know how you and I were fighting over the c-cookie? We were making arts and c-crafts, and I had the scissors. The teacher's scissors, so they weren't for kids. They were s-sharp. He got mad at me and tried to pull them away. But after a while of tug of war, he tried to hit me. And to shield myself, I swung m-my arm. B-But..." Yugi started to shake his head with his eyes closed. "I swung the arm with the scissors, and I stabbed him in the cheek." He leaned against his boyfriend, feeling the other wrap his arm around him. He used Atem's shoulder as a pillow, laying his head against it while putting his arms around his torso. "T-There was so much blood."

Atem softly rubbed his arm up and down.

"A-After that, they thought I attacked him purposely to h-hurt him. So they gave me tests to prove i-if I was crazy or not. I wasn't a very normal child, a-always liking things other kids wouldn't. I-I liked spiders and centipedes. I liked scary movies and zombies. The way I answered a few questions, was sadistic in their eyes. The little boy's p-parents did everything they could to put me in the asylum. All the kids in class who were witnesses said I was weird and scary. They said I deserved to be put in jail." His voice grew very low and saddened during the end of his sentence. "So they threw me in the asylum, but they p-placed me in the absolute worst one in Japan. The asylum made it seemed like it was a good place for r-rehabilitation. But it's just a front to capture people who need help, and use them as test subjects."

The Egyptian furrowed his brows. "But your dad.."

"My kaa-san was dead, and my jii-chan was dead. All I had was my dad. Otou-san...W-With evidence pointing to me, and the mean parents and police breathing down his neck, he h-had no choice but to allow them to take me away. At the time, Dartz didn't have that much control over D75 yet. So h-he couldn't have anyone pull any strings to let me out. There was nothing he could do. Besides, they convinced him I wasn't sane. H-He could have did more to help me, but he tried his best to find a way to get me out after I was put in there."

"Then what happened?"

"They started injecting my body with different things. They made some kind of substance that was new to the world. I-It would make the human body be able to regenerate very rapidly if that person was hurt, and numb the nerves selectively towards pain. I w-was the only one who successfully had those results." Yugi made a small sigh to take a small breather from speaking so much. "But, I was a little too successful. My dad caught wind of everything the asylum was doing, and got me out of there as quick as he could. He didn't know where he could take me, w-where I would be accepted. So, he took me to D75, convincing them I'd be of use. Because of the fact I couldn't get hurt easily. And t-that's how I ended up there."

Now it all was coming together. It all made sense now. Oh yeah, except for the part where those bastards made something out of this world that would speed up human regeneration-What the fuck!? He couldn't even repeat that shit to himself in his head, much less hear it from someone else. What the fuck was this, a damn science fan fic? How the hell-who the hell were these people!?

"The people who turned your body into what it is now," Atem began to ask. "Are they still operating?" He asked worriedly. "Because if those fuckers could make someone like you almost immortal, they could do a lot worse."

Yugi chuckled a little. "I-I'm not immortal, Atemu. Plenty of t-things can kill me. Like something c-crushing me, or something with poisonous gas."

"Yeah but obviously if I stab you, or break or sever your body in any way possible, you're just gonna keep coming back." The younger man just shook his head. "I don't think you get how scary that is. I could burn you alive, and you'd still be coming back."

Once he said the word 'scary', Yugi's eyes lowered sadly. "Y-Yes. So long as I don't lose all of m-my blood." Yugi then furrowed his brows and huffed, making a thinking face. "However, I-I think if I were decapitated s-somehow, I might die...Maybe."

Atem then frowned and sighed. "I reminded you of that little boy. I'm so sorry, Yugi."

"O-Oh you mean my eye, heheh." Yugi giggled. He shook his head and leaned over. He kissed the side of Atem's mouth and then his chin before smiling warmly and hugging him tighter. "You didn't know Atemu. I-I forgive you."

"No, when you just froze and dropped down to the floor. It wasn't because you were shocked, you were reminded of what happened." After he said that, he watched as Yugi's face grew more frightened upon realizing the other saw right through him. "Look at you. You look terrified."

"A-Atemu, come on." Yugi pouted sadly while tugging his shirt childishly. "You didn't mean it." He gently cupped the side of Atem's face and pulled him closer to his own. He kissed him on the lips this time, nuzzling him lightly. Atem closed his eyes and gladly kissed back, rubbing his hands down his body. He placed his hands on his waist and playfully bit the bottom of his lip. Yugi made a small moan and broke the kiss. "Don't b-blame yourself for what happened, okay?"

"You look sad now, though." Atem muttered. "That's still my fault."

Yugi scratched behind his head and moved his eyes somewhere else, before placing them back on him."U-Um, Atemu?"

"Hm?"

"You don't t-think I'm a freak, do you?" He asked with a very concerned voice. A voice that screamed 'self-conscious', 'please don't think I'm weird', 'please still love me'. Atem knew that's how Yugi was judged his entire life. By being different, by being weird, by being not normal. He was a freak to the whole world. His own best friend, Joey treated him odd in the beginning. Even Yami assumed bad at first. Atem even thought badly of him when they first met. That's all he knew, was to be judged and hated and labeled as some mutant, as Seto would say.

Damn, he thought. Yugi must feel like that all the time. Fearing if his boyfriends, the only people who accepted him, would think of him as a mutant too. "Of course not, dummy." Atem insulted, yet with a gentler tone. "To be fair, we're all freaks. I'm a freak with super strength. Yami's a freak with robot parts inside of him. And you know what, Seto's not the most normal guy either. He has a superiority complex." He sighed through his nose and glanced to the wall. Just staring at the bland paint. "No one in this world is normal. But, some are more abnormal than others. We're those abnormal people. But that doesn't make us bad people." He looked at the elder male and pressed him closer to his body. "Yami has a serious mental problem that he cannot control. Sometimes, that makes him do or say horrible things. But he's sad too, because he wants help. He wants to be normal. Is he a bad person for that?"

He looked back at Yugi, who slowly shook his head.

"And me. I got a smart mouth and I have a temper. I hate getting close to people, and I'm still a bit of a pessimistic grump. Because I'm so miserable, I hit things and get angry a lot. But I actually just want something to get rid of this sadness. Does that make me a bad person? Does being really sad and angry, make me a freak?"

Yugi once again shook his head while keeping quiet.

"Seto loves his brothers, there's no doubt about that. But he likes to always be on top of everyone, because he constantly thinks he's a piece of shit. He constantly reminds himself that he's nothing but a failure to his brothers, and even us. And you know what? Now that he's with Joey, he's gonna be ten times harder on himself. Because the moment he fucks up, he's going to hate himself more and more. If he doesn't feel powerful, he'll feel like he truly has nothing. He thinks all he's got is that big ass ego of his. The only thing that won't hate him in the end if he does screw up. Does that make Seto a freak?"

"N-No..." Yugi mumbled.

"And you." Atem raised his hand and gently lifted his chin with his fingers. "Let's be honest. You got a problem too, Yugi."

To that, the paler of the two just looked somewhere else in shame.

"But that's not your fault. They made you like this. You just want to be accepted and loved, just like everyone else in D75. And yeah, you may not be the most normal person, but you truly don't mean any harm by just being yourself. You just want a family, and for Yami and I to stay with you forever. Does that really make you a freak, Yugi? Does it?"

A small sniffle and a shaking of the head again. Yugi closed his eyes and bit his lip to keep himself from whimpering. "I-I'm sorry." He apologized.

"Don't say sorry. Nothing is your fault." He said soothingly. "You're just scared." Atem let go of Yugi and let his eyes roam him up and down. He sighed heavily, realizing that was a much needed pep talk. "You're still so sad." He suddenly pushed Yugi down onto the bed and crawled on top of him. Yugi yelped in response to this, watching as the Egyptian pinned him down and looked down at him with low dark wine eyes. "How can I make it better?"

"N-N-No sex!" He suddenly squeaked out.

"Eh?" Atem narrowed his eyes.

"W-We have sex like everyday! Either Yami messes with me at work, or I come home and you do it with me. I-I want a break."

The tanner male made a small laugh and leaned down to kiss Yugi's temple. "Alright fine. What else you want me to do?"

Yugi's purple eyes twinkled like starry evening skies after a rainstorm. His mouth grew into a bright grin, and Atem almost regretted asking what he wanted. Well, at least he didn't look sad anymore. That cheered him up in two seconds flat. "You could s-sing for me."

Atem groaned. "Nooo, Yugi..."

"Pleeeaase? Y-You said you'd make it better! So you better make it b-better!" He puffed up his cheeks, earning his namesake 'puff cheeks'. This cute face he was making was irresistible. He looked so damn adorable, he couldn't take it. He just wanted to kiss his face over and over and hug him like a plushie. Thank God Yugi couldn't read minds. Because he'd never admit that out loud to anyone. He'd probably tease Atem.

He did cut his boyfriend's eye. If it wasn't for his strange body, they both would be in the hospital right now. Singing a song would be the least he could do. There was a small problem though. "I can't sing Japanese."

"Y-You can't? But you speak it so fluently."

"Yeah but, when I sing in Japanese I tend to mess up a lot. I can only sing a few songs in that language." He shrugged with a small smile. "Sorry."

"Aww..." Yugi looked down in disappointment.

"But, there is one song I sing a lot that's in English. And you know that well enough, right?"

"Y-Yeah." His eyes rose back up with hope and excitement. "Sing it t-to me!" He said with glee. Atem just rolled his eyes and snickered to himself at his behavior.

"Alright, puff cheeks." He got off of the elder and laid next to him on the bed. He continued to look him right in these eyes as he went over the lyrics in his head. This song was pretty, romantic. Well, rather, it sounded pretty if sung correctly. It needed to be sung with upmost emotion and passion. And the best way to do it, was to do so while staring into the eyes of his lover. He reached down and grasped Yugi's hand, holding it dearly and rubbing his much paler skin with the pad of his thumb. He remembered his mother sung two songs to him. One she made up entirely, and an American song she instantly fell in love with several years ago.

He remembered how to speak Arabic, and he fully remembered how to speak English. He was grateful Yugi understood some of the language, because he wanted him to know the true meaning of the song and know exactly what he was saying to him. God he hadn't sung this song in forever. In fact, he only ever once sung this song in public when Dartz was alive. There was one time during one of his meetings, he asked Atem to perform in front of big heads of the government when he was just a child.

And at first, everything was great, until he ended up getting so anxious...he threw up on the floor.

Yeah, not an exaggeration. He actually threw up from being so nervous and became ill for a while. Atem could always sing, even when he was a boy. Dartz discovered this talent, no one else. And he was so proud of him, he wanted to show it to everyone apparently. Too bad he never knew the kid had horrible stage fright. After that embarrassing incident, he never sung around anyone ever again and did his best to make sure he was never caught while singing alone. He guessed when he became more comfortable around people, he began to slip up in that secret. He never really wanted anyone to know he could sing. Once he 'performed' at Seto's party, that secret was thrown out the window.

Oh well...It was just Yugi, not a large crowd.

So, he licked his lips and prepared his lungs. He quickly cleared his throat and stared dreamily into Yugi's eyes, who passionately stared back with a smile.

"Moon river." He began. And what a start it was. Nothing but richness flowed out from his mouth. He started off low, then raised his voice slowly. "Wider than a mile."

Yugi's eyes began to widen once he heard him begin to sing.

"I'm crossing you in style, some day." He closed his eyes. "Oohh old dream maker. You heart breaker. Where ever you're going, I'm going your way." He brought Yugi's hand close to his chest, and opened his eyes back to him. As he sung, the notes he was hitting were becoming higher. "Two drifters, off to see the world. And there's such a lot of world, to see. Ahh.." After making that long higher note, he took a minute before continuing. "We're after the same. Rainbow's end," His grip on Yugi's hand tightened. "Waiting 'round the bend. Ooh, my huckleberry friend. Moon river-" His voice reached even higher. Amazing for his normal deep pitched voice. "-And me~"

It was like someone took a gun and shot him with a bunch of arrows in his heart. Radiating his entire body with hotness, and this might be cheesy, but love too. He felt it all just pummel into his chest, and he felt so warm inside. His ears were in heaven right now. He truly did feel the emotion, and tenderness in that song. But the way he sung it, was just so...It was so good, that he didn't need to understand English to know what Atem was saying to him. Of course, that wasn't the actual meaning of the song. But the way it was sung relayed it's message to Yugi, that the Egyptian really loved him.

He felt like he fell in love all over again.

"A..Atemu.." Yugi sighed with a heavenly delight sewn into his tone. "That was so pretty." He murmured.

Atem just shook his head with a slight self-conscious smile. "No no, I..It's been a long time since I sung that song, so it probably sounded bad."

"It was w-wonderful. I'm so happy you actually sung for m-me!" He said cheerfully. "You sound so nice! S-So ironic to think someone as grumpy as you can sing l-like that, heheh."

"Oh whatever, shuddap." He rolled over on Yugi to lightly crush him, to which the other just giggled. They ended up wrapping their arms around each other and cuddling. Just like every other day. They kissed each other briefly, before continuing to hold each other. "I love you, you weirdo." Atem smiled. Yugi grinned and happily closed his eyes.

"I-I love you more, chocolate~"

END - 8!

A lot of fluff, a lot of lovey-doveyness.

I personally love the song Moon River, and because it's a short song, I figured it would be okay to have Atem sing it. I also personally hate seeing or putting in lyrics in a fanfic. It's so annoying to me, it's like someone posting lyrics on their social media page. I find it stupid and dumb. However, not if it's only a slab of the song to represent a character's talent, or if there's a lot of body of the story as the song progresses, or if the song is very meaningful and not some new silly song that's out there now.

Moon River is an incredibly beautiful song when sung correctly. And it sounds truly romantic, and nostalgic. It is known throughout the Yugioh fanbase that Yami Yugi and Pharaoh Atem have deep voices. Both in Japanese and English. However, they're baritone in the English dub, meaning their very very deep. And someone with a very deep voice (to which I always envisioned Atem and Yami to have, Atem having the deeper voice) is perfect to sing that song, with the ability to raise their pitch perfectly as the song goes. You gotta have a lot of talent to do that, which is why I gave it to Atem.

I also hope Yugi's regeneration thing isn't too extreme or too crazy. I'm not trying to make another supernatural story with magical beings. No, I just want things to be unnerving and unique. Since I'm throwing science in here, I guess you could call this sci-fi but, regardless, this is mostly a romantic crazy action story. So, I hope no one gets the wrong idea. This isn't Resident Evil or something. Well then again, it kinda is (minus zombies), but that's not the intention. (Love that game though.)

I wanted this chapter to be nothing but sweet with a little silliness and some seriousness here and there. And I think I accomplished that.

Welp, hopefully I'll update soon. Until then, see you later guys.