Yugioh belongs to Kazuki Takahashi. If I owned it…boy oh boy, wouldn't that be exciting?
I also want to make a brief note. Asiera brought up a good point from last chapter about the pulling the plug thing. It was Mana's mother's decision to do that, but I didn't specify that. But it will all become clear toward the end. So thank you Asiera for pointing that out. And yes my tenses do tend to change sometimes and I apologize. I'm working on that.
Day 2-Night
Mana groans as she walks inside the house. They weren't able to see Yugi today because he wasn't at home.
"Aw, I was really looking forward to seeing him," says Mana, looking very disappointed as Atem closes the door to the house.
"I…guess he's busy. Oh well, I'm going to bed," Atem says quickly, heading for the stairs. Mana raises an eyebrow at his behavior.
"Hey Atem?" Mana asks and Atem stops in his tracks. Just a couple more steps and he would be at the stairs, but he didn't make it in time. "What's going on between you and Yugi?"
"…What do you mean?"
"Every time I ask you about Yugi, you always bring up another subject. Why is that?"
"It's nothing," he replies.
"Well can we go see him first thing in the morning?"
"Sure Mana…sure…" He says before continuing up the stairs. Mana watches him leave.
'He's seems…bothered by something.'
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Day 3
"Aren't you coming in with me?" Mana asks, standing in front of Yugi's house the next day. Atem was still sitting in the car with the motor running.
"I…uh…have some errands to run," he lies and Mana could tell by his eyes searching for an excuse. But she decides to go along with it. She turns to the front door as he drives off and she knocks a couple of times before hearing a response from the other side of the door.
A guy slightly shorter than her with tri colored hair answers the door and his eyes widen.
"M-Ma-Ma-Ma…" His eyes roll to the back of his head and he faints.
"I didn't see that coming," Mana says to herself before bending down and lifting Yugi up into her arms, shaking him lightly to wake him up.
"Yugi. Hey Yugi." His amethyst eyes slowly open and he sits up. "Are you okay?"
"How?" he asks and Mana looks up.
'Gosh, for the past three days, I feel like I've been repeating myself. Oh well, one more time couldn't hurt.'
"How bizarre," Yugi says, sitting beside Mana on the couch. "What exactly do you have to do?"
Mana shrugs her shoulders. "I don't exactly know myself. I probably have to something pretty remarkable or something." They continue to talk to each other. There were some happy conversations but all ended in the subject of Mana's coma. But other than that subject, Mana brings another one up.
"What's going on between you and Atem? I know he's hiding something from me," Mana says and Yugi bows his head slightly. He was hoping that she wouldn't bring that up. But instead of being like his brother and hiding the answer, he comes out with it.
"Atem and I always fought back then. But you were always there to break us up and to get us to make up and apologize. Then when you passed it was never the same between us. There was no one there to tell us to admit to each that we were wrong."
"Or someone to tell you that it was wrong to fight," Mana says and he nods. "But what caused you two to be like this?"
"It was a simple duel monsters game that Atem and I were having. Atem was winning but I suddenly drew the card needed to beat him. And when I did…well…you know how Atem feels about losing. And so we argued back and forth. He accused me of cheating; that I had snuck a card under my sleeve and pulled it out at the right time so that I could win. But I never cheat."
"How could something so childish turn into something so big?"
"I don't know. But after that, Atem was convinced that I was a cheater and that he could never trust me or anything like that."
Mana shakes her head. 'Atem…how could you?'
Then another questions pops into her head. "Whatever happened to you and Tea? Are you two…?"
"No."
"But you guys are perfect for each other! Why didn't you?"
"Come on Mana, you know how it feels. I mean look at you. You still haven't revealed your feelings to Atem! Besides, without you there to push me into telling my feelings like you always did…" He sighs and looks out the window. "All those times you told me to tell her how I felt and I didn't. Then I thought…the next time Mana pushes me to tell Tea, I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna tell Tea I love her. But then you took that hard fall and left. And so I never got the courage."
"But Yugi, you shouldn't tell your feelings because I force you. I mean what about this?" Mana asks, placing her hand on the left side of her chest. "Didn't you ever stop to listen to your heart?"
"I guess…not. It's probably too late now."
"No it's not. You can still tell her."
"But we haven't spoken to each other in months. I don't even know where she is now."
"She works at Domino High School. Try to catch her when she's free and tell her how you feel." Yugi looks at Mana with a smile and she smiles back. They look toward the door when the doorbell rings.
"I guess that's for me. I should get going," Mana says standing up and Yugi stands up along with her.
"Thanks a lot Mana," Yugi says, giving her a friendly hug and she hugs back with a smile. Then they pull back and walk to the door, opening it. Yugi was surprised to see Atem standing there.
"Atem."
"Yugi," he says back with his arms folded. Mana frowns at the way they were acting around each other. They were acting as if they were rivals or something.
"See ya Yugi," Mana says with a wave.
"Yeah…see ya," Yugi says back and he closes the door.
Day 3-Night
The car ride back was silent at first. The sounds of other cars zooming by quickly, motors and sometimes car horns were the only things that fill they ears. Once at a stoplight though, that's when the conversation begins.
"I want to hear from you now…" Mana says, continuing to look forward. "Why are you and Yugi so far apart?"
"Because he's a liar and a cheater that's why," Atem replies.
"All
over a game? Atem, why throw away your relationship with your
brother."
"Because he's--"
"It was just a game," she interrupts.
Those five words continue to fill his head, even when he was at home, sitting on the couch, staring at the phone in front of him.
'Maybe I did make that game into a big deal,' he thinks to himself. 'Maybe I should…' He reaches for the phone then pulls back, having an inner war within himself. Then he makes up his mind, reaching for the phone and putting it into his ear.
I hope my tenses stayed the same. If it didn't, please tell me. Anyway, please review.