When I was in school, I wrote an essay about Ancient Egyptian mythology and I know this Myth is/was kinda a thing in the prideshipping fandom (I don't know how or why exactly but I saw something about it once^^') and this was somehow the only thing I came up with. I like this Myth a lot for its sheer craziness and also the fact that you can draw a connection between it and Yugioh. Except the… you know crazy parts of the Myth.

So I hope you don't find this too boring and enjoy reading it :)

Enemy

"I got some snacks." Seto called over his shoulder and Atem watched his every move as he made his way back to the couch.

It didn't happen very often that they got to spend an afternoon together and he smiled brightly at Seto when he handed him a small bowl and a teacup. "What's this?"

"The label said Tutankhamen-Tea." Seto said and sat down next to him with a shrug. "I thought you might like it. And I wanted something fresh, so I bought some lettuce."

Atem looked between the bowl and Seto, before chuckling softly. "Lettuce, huh?"

Seto squinted and took a sip of his own tea. "What's so funny about lettuce?"

Still chuckling, Atem took the small bowl in his hands and leaned against Seto. He liked it pretty much, sitting with him on the couch and cuddling like that. It didn't happen very often unfortunately but he savored every minute he got to spent with Seto in this way. "You really want to know?"

Draping an arm over Atem's shoulders as casually as possible, Seto shrugged. "I asked, didn't I?"

"Okay. But you have to promise to listen to the end."

That got Seto's attention and his resentment was palpable in his voice. "It's one of your ancient fairytales, isn't it?"

"It's an essential Myth that told the story of Horus and Seth and their battle for the throne of Egypt. It defined that the Pharaoh's oldest son was to be the next king."

"Really? You set your nation's foundation on a fairytale?" Seto shook his head. "Some great culture you were."

"We were indeed." Atem decided to ignore the obvious insult to his country and people, since he knew that telling Seto the story would be enough punishment for him. "Anyway…" He cleared his throat in a dramatic manner. "It came to pass in those days that…"

"Are you kidding me?"

Atem snickered at Seto's unnerved tone of voice. "You asked. Now listen." He didn't need to look at him to know that Seto was rolling his eyes. This was already a good start. "It's actually a quite fascinating story. Horus and Seth both wanted to be Pharaoh after Osiris, but they couldn't decide of course… You know who they were, right?"

"..."

"They were gods, of course." He patted Seto's leg, but his hand was slapped away almost immediately, when Seto groaned and threw his head back. "Osiris is God of the afterlife, of life and death and resurrection. That's why his skin is green, you know. Green is the color of plants and therefore a symbol for life. Horus, the falcon god, is Osiris' son and god of the sky and – spoiler alert – kingship. And Seth, well… he is god of the desert, of chaos and war and evil. In short, he is a real bad guy. They might have been nephew and uncle, but they were each other's biggest enemy."

"Get to the damn point!"

"Yeah…" Atem cleared his throat softly. Sure we wanted to tease Seto, but he got carried away himself when he spoke of these old stories he once believed in. He wondered sometimes how he was able to forget all this and how he could now only look onto them or retell them like something he'd once read and not something he grew up to believe as truths. "Seth had killed Osiris because he wanted to be pharaoh himself, but Horus claimed the throne, too, since he was Osiris' son. They both brought their right to the throne before the Gods, but they couldn't decide. So Isis, Horus' mother, used a ruse on Seth and he kinda… removed himself from the game."

"A game metaphor? Really?"

Atem nodded in mock pride, still ignoring Seto's exasperated tone. "But like I said, Seth was the god of evil and therefore wouldn't give up so fast."

"That has nothing to do with being evil but with being ambitious." Seto tossed in and sipped at his tea.

Taking a deep breath, Atem continued. "Anyway, he suggested that they both transform themselves into hippos and submerge in the Nile for three months. The one who'd come up first, would lose."

"He's quite a gamer your god of evil."

Atem suppressed a sigh and went on without paying attention to him. "But again, Isis intervened and shot a harpoon down the Nile, but she hit Horus instead of Seth. So she threw another one and hit the right target this time, but Horus was so angry with his mother that he came up and beheaded her."

"Understandable."

"Horus fled from the scene, but Seth followed him, gouged his eyes out and told the gods that Horus was dead. Bad for him, Horus had been found in the meantime and his aunt sprinkled his eyes with milk to give him his eyes back."

"She gave him his eyes back with milk?" Seto laughed that maniacal laugh of his. "What kind of drugs did your people consume exactly?"

Atem shrugged. "Blue lotuses most of the time, but that's another story. The thing is…"

"Blue lotuses?"

"You're awfully interested today."

"I'm just trying to figure out where the lettuce comes in."

"Patience."

"You're talking with me, you know that, right?"

"You wanted me to get to the point, now let me get to the point!"

"You're delaying the conclusion, not me."

"Because you keep interrupting me." Atem groaned heavily. He hadn't realized when the tables had turned, but he needed to win the upper hand again. "The fight for the throne actually continued for over eighty years, until the gods stopped it and invited Seth and Horus to a large feast. Seth thought this to be his last chance and he wanted to prove that he dominated Horus. So he raped him…"

Seto choked on his tea a little, but didn't say a word so Atem continued. "But Horus was able to catch Seth's semen and threw it into the river. Horus knew it was his turn now so he mixed his semen with – here is your point – lettuce!" Atem made a triumphant gesture and Seto chuckled softly. "It was Seth's favorite food and when he ate it and the other gods found Horus' semen within him…"

"That was prove that Horus was stronger than Seth and they made him pharaoh." Seto completed.

Atem nodded, poking at the lettuce in his bowl. "Excactly."

"He cheated."

"What?"

"Horus cheated. Seth should have won."

"Didn't you listen? Seth was the god of evil."

"That shouldn't be a reason for him not to claim the throne."

Atem just groaned and put his bowl of lettuce back on the table, before he slumped into the couch again, exhausted. This was so typical for Seto. "Whatever."

"But still…" Seto placed his teacup back on the table and turned to look at Atem again, leaning over him slightly. "You didn't have to tell me all about your stupid fairytales."

"You asked me."

"That's not what I meant." Seto smirked at him and Atem found himself attracted by the predatory gleam in his eyes. "If you want to suck my dick, you can just ask."

And just like that Atem's expression changed from that of a prey to that of a predator and he grabbed Seto's face to pull him closer to him. "It's funnier that way."

"For you, yes." Atem shuddered at the excitement he felt when Seto's lips touched his with every word he spoke. "Don't you dare throw my semen in the river."

"No." He smirked and bit Seto's lower lip hard. „I'll swallow it all."

"So you admit that I'm dominating you?"

"I am the pharaoh."

"You were the pharaoh."

"Well..." Atem grinned and pushed Seto back into the couch climbing on his lap. "It doesn't matter then, does it?"

"We'll see about that."