Yugioh belongs to Kazuki Takahashi. If I owned it, I would've made the original Yugioh longer.
Day 5
"Thank you, come again," Atem says, handing the gamer his change. He had just sold a new popular video game. Since he is the owner of the game shop, he has many responsibilities. For example: Make sure it's clean, get the shipping of new games and place them on the shelf, and lock up everyday. It wasn't easy to work alone. He didn't see how is grandfather did it.
His grandfather always came here with a smile, proud of his job and what not. It's not that Atem didn't like working there; he just feels that he needs a little break. He considers later to hire some employees, to make it easier on him.
His cell phone that was in his pocket rings. He reaches in there and flips it open, sighing when he sees who it is.
"Yes Mana," he answers.
"Hey, why do you have to answer like that?" Mana asks over the phone.
"I'm tired that's all."
"You can't be tired. You promised you would take me to the park tonight remember?"
"Yes, I remember. So why did you call anyway?"
"Where are the skillets usually kept?" Mana asks, looking in the refrigerator.
"In the cabinet." Mana closes the fridge with her foot and trots over to the cabinets, pulling out a heavy skillet and placing it on the stove. Atem raises an eyebrow. "What are you cooking?"
"Some breakfast. Probably pancakes!" Mana exclaims with excitement and she smacks her lips, craving the taste of the fluffy food and the syrup that would go on it.
Atem chuckles then asks, "You know how to cook?"
"Of course I do," she replies, but as she says that, she drops an egg on the floor.
He frowns. "Last I checked, you couldn't even tell the difference between a butter knife and a regular knife," he mutters with dimmed eyes.
"What was that?" Mana asks, not quite hearing what he had just said.
"Nothing."
Even at age ten, Mana didn't know how to put bread in the toaster and when she finally learned how, she nearly burned it to a crisp. Fear overcomes him. Burning a toaster was bad enough but a whole house was tragic.
"I'd better not come to see my house burned to the ground," he says in a warning tone.
"Relax buddy, I know what I'm doing."
"Yeah, sure," he says sarcastically as a new customer walks in. "I have to go. I'll see you when I get home."
"Oki-Doki." He hangs up the phone and puts on a smile even though he was tired.
"Welcome to Kami Game Shop, how may I help you?"
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Day 5-Night
The front door to the house slowly opens, revealing a very exhausted Atem. His eyes were barely open and his posture was slouched. "Work can be such a drag, and traffic too," he groans, dropping his black jacket to the floor and he heads to the couch, not feeling like going upstairs to sleep in his room tonight.
He sighs and plops on the couch on his back, finally being able to close his eyes…for a moment.
"Hey Atem!" Mana greets, walking into the living room and going up behind the couch. The only reply he gives is a groan. She blinks and looks down to see that he was sleeping. "Atem?"
"I'm sorry Mana," he apologizes, his eyes were still closed. "I can't take you to the park today."
"…It's okay," Mana says, even though the tone of her voice sounds like she was a bit disappointed that she couldn't go. "Are you going to be okay?" She grabs a small blanket off a nearby couch and places it on him, and then she crouches down in front of the couch.
"Yes, I'll be fine."
"Are you sure? Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Don't worry about me, alright? I'll be okay, Mana," he assures her and she nods before standing up and leaving the room. Atem knows Mana was very disappointed that she couldn't go to the park. But he just felt so tired from work that he could barely move.
So far he's never broken a promise. He always stays on his word. But it looks like today would be the first time he would break a promise.
Day 6- Very Early Morning
Mana's POV
I was sleeping peacefully on my bed, with no worries at all. Although I should be thinking about my mission, that has gone to the back of my head. I'll get to it eventually. Right now, I just want to sleep.
I was a little disappointed that Atem and I couldn't go to the park today. I was really looking forward to it. But hey, he's tired and he needs his rest right? Right. Well maybe we can go to the park later. As I try to drift to dream world, I feel some weight on the bed and I feel someone else's presence in my room. Who else was in my room? I start to panic in my head.
"Mana," the baritone voice says but I stay quiet, too scared to answer the mysterious voice. "Mana."
'I have to be brave,' I thought to myself. 'Here it goes.' With all my energy, I lunge onto the person, knocking him to the floor. Finally I open my eyes to see that the person I tackled was none other than Atem. I look down at him and he looks up at me, a little startled.
"It's…only me," he finally says and I breathe a sigh of relief.
"Don't scare me like that."
"Don't scare you? You scared me," he says as I get off of him.
Normal POV
Mana rubs her eyes. "What are you doing here so late?"
"Let's go."
"Go? Go where?" Mana asks, still rubbing her eyes, trying to get the sleep out of them.
"To the park."
"The park?"
"That's where you wanted to go right?"
"But…it's late. The sun isn't even up yet."
"Exactly. If we hurry up, we can be there just in time for the sunrise," he says, walking out the room. Mana smiles, happy that she would be able to go to the park after all.
Her smile turns to a frown when she sees what they have to ride in. Atem gets on the black motorcycle and Mana holds her arms, feeling a shiver run through her.
"Well? Aren't you getting on?" he asks.
"Motorcycles scare me. What if I fall off?" she asks, slowly getting on behind him.
"You won't fall if you hold on to me." Mana wraps her arms around his waist and once she feels secure, she nods her head and they zoom off.
At first, her eyes were closed. But once she feels comfortable, slowly her eyes open up. Hardly any cars were on the street and the cars that were on the street, they ride right past them quickly. Mana loves this feeling of going fast with her hair blowing through the wind and she wishes that the ride wouldn't end so quickly. But soon they make it to the park, both standing before a river.
The sky was an orange color and just over the horizon, you could see the sun peeking through the trees.
"The sky…it's so…pretty," Mana says with amazement. "I've never seen the sunrise before."
"You haven't?" Atem asks and she shakes her head. "Yugi, Grandpa and I would come out very early just to see the sunrise."
Mana smiles, continuing to watch as the sun slowly rises into the sky. She was so grateful that Atem took her out to see the sun. It was a wonderful opportunity and a great experience too.
"Mana."
"Hm?"
"Tell me…when we were downstairs, looking through those photos, why did you react the way you did when the prom picture came up?" Atem asks, already knowing the answer but he just wanted to hear the truth from her. Mana keeps her eyes to the sky.
"Well…I guess I did…sort of like you," she replies lowly.
"Sort of?"
"Okay, I really liked you…a lot. I mean I've had a crush on you since…well…ever."
"How come you never told me that?" Atem asks.
"I was too shy. Plus, I didn't think you would return the feelings I had toward you," she replies, turning toward him.
"Do you still have those feelings for me Mana?" She lowers her eyes while he continues to look at her, waiting for the answer. "You wouldn't be hurting my feelings if you didn't. No matter what, I'll still love you."
Mana quickly lifts her eyes, looking directly into his. There were a lot of things that she wanted to say but she just couldn't find the words for it. And before she could actually open her mouth, they were interrupted by a man's voice.
"HEY!" They both turn to the voice and Atem gasps, widening his eyes, seeing who it is.
Wow, I wonder who that could be. You'll just have to wait until the next chapter so until then…please review.