Day 4: Blindshipping (Yugi/Atem) - "Paper Snowflakes"
(Two snowy puzzle-centred drabbles in a row. Weird.)
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"Aibou, what are you doing?"
Yugi was sitting at a low table in the living room, surrounded by… Little mounds of shredded paper? Atem was fully aware that there were many aspects of the modern world that eluded him, but he'd never seen Yugi get involved in something that looked like… whatever this was. He looked happy, though, so it must serve some purpose.
"I'm making snowflakes!"
Atem gave Yugi a nonplussed look. "Out of paper? Indoors?"
"Yep!" Yugi beamed up at his partner and patted the ground next to him. "Come see. It's fun!"
Atem smiled indulgently and settled to the ground, eyeing the mound of paper curiously. "I'm still not certain why you would want to make snowflakes out of paper indoors, when there is plenty of snow outdoors already."
"Just for fun, really. We made these when we were kids as decoration. See? It's easy." Yugi held up a piece of paper that he'd folded in on itself several times, and cut a series of notches into the sides.
Atem eyed it critically. "That's a very, um… solid snowflake, Yugi."
Yugi giggled. "Hush. Just look." Yugi carefully unfolded the paper, and revealed what was suddenly a delightfully complex pattern of holes.
Atem nodded with a smile. "I see. That's quite clever." He looked around at the other snowflakes littering the table curiously, lifting a couple of them to examine the patterns. "Why have you suddenly decided to take up childhood crafts again?"
"I dunno, I guess I just felt like making it look nice for your first winter here, and this came to mind." Yugi turned to Atem and practically radiated happiness.
Atem smiled gratefully and leaned over to plant a kiss to Yugi's temple, then reached for his own piece of paper. "Thank you, Aibou."