Chapter 15- Mistletoe Love
Yugi had remained in a coma for several weeks.
It was now December 23, and he still showed no signs of waking up.
With help from Seto, the Game Shop had been completely rebuilt with a little extra room, so now there was no longer a need to use magic stretch the halls. Grandpa, Yami, Atemu, Kyla, Sayora, Leo, and Yuesei now back in the Game Shop. Heba had also moved in with them.
The Kaiba mansion had also been completely rebuilt, and Mokuba and Seto were now living back in the mansion. Joey had decided to mode in with them, much to Mokuba's delight.
Yami sat at Yugi's bedside as usual and was watching his Hikari.
"Yami, you okay?' Atemu asked.
"I don't know, Atemu. I just wish that Yugi would wake up already. It's been almost a month, and he hasn't shown any signs of walking up." Yami said.
"You can't give up hope. Yugi will wake up when the time is right." Atemu said.
"I wish that I could believe that. At one time, I could, but it's becoming harder, especially now that Joey and Seto are together." Yami said.
"You know?!" Atemu exclaimed.
Yami nodded. "I noticed it the same day Seto took me to lunch to talk. I could see it in the way they looked at each other. I'm not blind, Atemu. I'm sure that everyone knows about them, even if they haven't said anything." Yami said.
"I guess so." Atemu said.
"How are things with you and Heba?" Yami asked.
"Not bad. I've learned a lot about him, although he does have a mean right hook." Atemu said, rubbing his cheek.
Yami noticed the bruise. "What did you do to make him mad?" Yami asked.
"Nothing. He learned how to fight in Egypt, and I asked him to show me a few moves. I let my guard and couldn't block his fist. It hurt, and I know NEVER to make him mad." Atemu said.
Yami smiled. "Yugi would never want to learn to fight. He hates violence too much to learn." Yami said.
"Isn't that one of the things you like about him since it means that you get to play the knight in shining armor routine with him every time someone goes after him." Atemu said.
Yami blushed. "It's nice to be able to save him. I just wish that I could talk to him." Yami said.
"Have you tried going into his soul room?" Atemu asked.
Yami nodded. "His soul is unconscious, too." Yami said.
"Oh. I guess that is a bit of a problem for you." Atemu said.
"More than a bit." Yami said.
"I have no doubt that Yugi will wake up soon. He's not going to leave everyone like this." Atemu said.
"I know." Yami said. He glanced over at Atemu. "Can I take it that alls well with Heba?" Yami asked.
Atemu nodded. "I'm glad that I'm getting to know him. Heba of this time is a lot different than he was in the past, but I still love him. The reasons why I love him have just changed slightly." Atemu said.
"Hey, guys."
Both looked to see Heba at the doorway.
'Hey, Heba. What's going on?" Atemu asked.
"Not much, although Joey called me a little bit ago. He said that Seto's holding a Christmas party tomorrow night and wants us to come." Heba said.
"He is? I didn't think he would, all things considered." Atemu said.
"Well, it would do us all good. we've all been at the hospital a lot lately." Heba said.
"I don't know about leaving. I hate he thought of Yugi waking up alone in the hospital." Yami said.
"He'll be okay for a few hours, and you could leave at any time. Plus, Leo has told the hospital that if there is any change, they are to call him immediately." Atemu said.
"The party's only from four to seven, and you could leave early if you wanted to." Heba said.
"All right. I'll go." Atemu agreed.
"Good because I would really hate to tell Yugi that you didn't go tot hat Christmas party because of him." Heba said.
"You wouldn't." Yami said.
"Actually, Yami, I ma very sure that he would." Atemu said.
"I already said that I will go." Yami said.
"Come on, Atemu. We said that we would help Grandpa with the shop this afternoon, and it has been really busy. Joey and Tristan could use a break." Heba said.
"Sure thing. See you later, Yami." Atemu said.
Yami nodded. He sighed as soon as the two were out of the room. "How do I let those two rope me into these things?" Yami muttered.
"Thank you, and come again." Grandpa said as the customer left.
Joey sighed. "Where in the world are Heba and Atemu at?" Joey asked irritably.
"Calm down, Joseph. They said they would be here at three, and it's two forty-five" Grandpa said.
The shop door opened, and Heba and Atemu walked in.
"Hey, Grandpa. Sorry we're late." Heba said.
"You're not late. You have fifteen minutes to spare." Grandpa said.
"Yeah, but Joey's already been complaining." Tristan said.
"What else is new?" Atemu asked.
"Joey. Tristan. You two can go on and leave." Grandpa said.
"Thanks, Gramps." Joey and Tristan said before leaving.
"I take it that Yami is still with Yugi." Grandpa said.
Atemu and Heba nodded.
"He's been spending most of his time there lately." Grandpa said.
"Well, I can't exactly blame him. I mean, Yami's in love with Yugi and found that Yugi loved him back while Yugi is in a coma. That's not exactly something that you want to have to deal with." Atemu said.
"I suppose so. Did you at least convince Yami to go to Seto's Christmas party?" grandpa asked.
"He's coming. At least he said so. I'll knock him out and drag him there is I have to." Atemu said.
"He did say that he would leave early, but that's something that we all expected." Heba said.
"At least he is going, even if its only for a little while. Atemu, there are some boxes in the back. Could you bring them out so that you two can put the merchandise out?" Grandpa asked.
"Sure thing." Atemu replied before heading to the back.
Heba sighed. "I'd planned don us spending Christmas as a family. Yugi being in the hospital I a coma isn't exactly what I had in mind." Heba said.
"I know, which is why when Yugi does come home, we're still having a Christmas celebration, even if its after Christmas." Grandpa said.
Heba nodded as Atemu came back with the boxes. Heba started putting the stuff up while Atemu went to get the other boxes.
Seto was overseeing the servants putting the Christmas decorations up.
"Seto, why are you having a Christmas party tomorrow night? Why not wait until Yugi wakes up?" Joey asked.
"Because if Yugi finds out we put everything on hold because of him, he would be upset and feel like he ruined our Christmas, puppy." Seto replied.
Seto had started calling Joey puppy as a nickname. It annoyed Joey, but he liked it better than he did mutt.
"Oh. I guess that would make Yugi upset." Joey said.
"Besides, we can always have another party when Yugi wakes up." Seto said.
Joey's eyes lit up. "That's a great idea!" Joey exclaimed.
"I thought so, too." Seto said. His phone rang, and he answered it. "Yes. Okay." Seto sighed. "All right. I'll come in." Seto said.
"Do you have to go to the office?" Joey asked.
"Yes. Sorry. Last minute stuff before we close for the next week. I'll be back as soon as I can. Could you make sure everything's right?" Seto asked.
"Of course I will." Joey said.
"Thanks, puppy." Seto said, kissing Joey before leaving.
Mokuba bounded down the stairs and said, "Hey, Joey. Where's Seto?"
"Something came up at the company, and he had to go into the office for a little bit. He said he'll be back as soon as he can." Joey said.
"Want to play then?" Mokuba asked.
"Seto wanted me to make sure everything's right for the party. You can help me do that, then we'll play." Joey said.
"Okay." Mokuba agreed enthusiastically.
The night of the Christmas party the Kaiba mansion was full of activity.
Everyone had ended up coming.
Tea was out dancing with Tristan, who wasn't doing as well as Tea.
Ryou was trying to stay out form the mistletoe because Bakura loved that tradition.
Seto and Joey were playing a team duel against Yami and Atemu.
Heba was watching the duel.
Malik was desperately trying to get Marik to stop trying to kiss him the entire time.
Grandpa was sitting talking to Ishizu and Odion.
Leo and Yuesei were busy making out.
Kyla and Sayora were talking on the couch.
"That's the end of that." Atemu said with a victorious smirk.
Yami had the exact same smirk on his face, although it was less enthusiastic than Atemu's.
"Well, should have known that would happen with those two teamed up." Joey said.
"We'll beat you one of these days." Seto said.
"You say that all the time." Yami said.
"We will do it one of these days." Joey said.
"Right." Atemu said sarcastically.
Seto looked around and noticed that Mokuba was mysteriously missing.
"Joey, have you seen Mokuba?" Seto asked.
"I noticed that he left the room a minute ago." Heba said.
Joey hid a smirk. He knew what Mokuba was up to, and he just hoped that it would work.
"Yeah. Let's go to the dining room to eat." Seto called.
Everyone stopped when they were doing and started to go to the dining room.
Heba and Atemu were the last ones to the door and stood in the doorway for a moment.
There was a snicker, and they all looked over at Mokuba.
"Mokuba, where have you been?' Seto asked.
"Just doing something." Mokuba said.
"Hey. Atemu. Heba. Look up." Joey said.
The two did and instantly blushed when they realized that they were standing under a stalk of mistletoe
"You're under the mistletoe, so you have to kiss." Tea squealed.
"Do we have to?" Atemu asked, not wanting to push Heba into something he didn't want to do.
"Uh-uh. It's a Christmas tradition, so you have to do it." Joey said.
Seto growled. "Will you two just kiss each other so that we can go eat." Seto snapped.
"You might as well. You know that they're not going to let you out of this until you do. Besides, it is a Christmas tradition." Grandpa agreed.
"You're not helping, Grandpa." Heba said.
"Just get it over with." Bakura said.
Knowing that there, was no way out of it, Atemu took Heba's face in his hands, leaned down, and kissed him chastely on the lips.
There squeals of delight, cat calls, and whistles at it.
"Happy?" Atemu asked.
"Very." Mokuba and Joey said at the same time innocently.
"You two planned this?!" Heba exclaimed.
"Come on. Everyone knows that you two like each other." Joey said.
"Can we please go eat?" Seto said.
The group laughed and headed into the dining room to eat, leaving Heba and Atemu alone.
"They are right about us liking each other." Atemu said.
"No. They're not." Heba said.
"Oh." Atemu said, thinking that Heba meant he didn't like him more than a friend.
Heba took Atemu's chin in his head, turned Atemu to face him, and kissed him again, letting the kiss linger for a moment.
Atemu's eyes widened in shock before he closed his eyes and wrapped his arms around Heba's waist. It was just like kissing his husband back in ancient Egypt.
"Will you two lovebirds stop making out and come eat?" Yami asked, sounding annoyed.
Atemu and Heba jumped away from each other and turned to face a smirking Yami before he disappeared into the dining room.
"I'm going to kill him in his sleep tonight." Atemu muttered.
"Anyway, we love each other, so might as well go out." Heba said.
Atemu's eyes lighted up. "You have no idea how long I've waited to hear that." Atemu said. He leaned down to kiss Heba again.
"WILL YOU TWO STOP MAKING OUT AND GET YOUR ASSES IN HERE BEOFRE JOEY HAS A FIT BY NOT BEING ABLE TO EAT!!!!" Seto shouted.
Atemu and Heba jumped.
"Let's go before Joey comes in here and kills us." Heba said.
"More like Seto." Atemu said.
The two walked into the dining room to eat.
After eating, everyone gathered back in the living room.
"It's about time you two got together." Yami said.
"Why do you say that?" Atemu asked.
"You two have been tap dancing around each other for the past week and a half. Joey and Mokuba just gave you the extra help you needed to get together." Yami said.
Heba blushed. "Were we that obvious?" Heba asked.
"Let me out it this way. Kyla and Sayora figured it out." Yami said.
"Man. We were obvious. Those two usually miss everything." Atemu said.
Yami nodded. He glanced down at his watch.
Atemu rolled is eyes. "Yami, just go back to the hospital." Atemu's said.
"Why?" Yami asked.
"Because you've looked at your watch six time in the last three minutes." Atemu said.
"He's right. If you feel like you need to go to the hospital, then go. Everyone will understand." Heba said.
Yami nodded and got up.
"Think it's the right thing to do?" Atemu asked.
"Yeah. I just get the feeling that he needs to be there." Heba said.
"Well, I always did listen to your feelings considering they were usually right." Atemu said.
"Glad to hear it." Heba replied., snuggling up next to Atemu.
Yami walked into Yugi's hospital room and sat down in the chair by his bed. He let out a sigh and reached out, taking Yugi's hand in his.
Yugi's color had finally returned and now he just seemed to be asleep.
"Yugi, you have really missed a lot. Joey and Mokuba put a stalk of mistletoe up, and Atemu and Heba were under it. They forced them to kiss, and they ended up finally getting together." Yami said. He smiled down at Yugi. "They were both rather embarrassed to have to kiss in front of everyone, but they did. Bakura kept trying to get Ryou under the mistletoe, and Marik wouldn't leave Malik alone. Those two have absolutely no self-control. Atemu and I played a tag team duel against Seto and Joey. We won of course." Yami said. He stared at Yugi's face. "Yugi, I don't know if you can hear me, but I love you. I always have, and I will never stop. There is nothing that will ever make me stop loving you, Yugi. Even if you don't love me anymore." Yami said.
Yami let go of Yugi's hand and reached up to gently stroke Yugi's face. Tears fell down Yami's face as a sob escaped him. Leaning over Yugi, Yami leaned down and pressed his lips to Yugi's in a soft kiss. Yugi's hand suddenly fisted into a ball.
Yami was unaware of this as he broke the kiss and sat back in the chair. He opened his eyes and was startled to find a pair of wary amethyst eyes looking right at him.
"Yami?" Yugi said softly.
I finally got Heba and Atemu together!
Hope you're glad that Yugi's awake. You'll see some interaction between Yugi and Yami next time.
The poll ended, and my next story will based in the present.
Sorry to tell you this, but I'll be out of town for the weekend, so I probably won't be able to update again until Monday.
R&R.