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"Atemu-san, how will we get home?" asked Yuugi gently as Atem cleaned some blood off his knee. Atem sighed;
"Yuugi, my little one, this is my home. I have to stay here, but I'll get you back to Japan as soon as I'm able."
Yuugi leg tensed. Atem wasn't coming back with them? Then what about Seto? Jounouchi would be very upset to hear that...
"Why can't you come as well, Atemu-san?" Yuugi asked, slipping his bare ankle from Atem's warm hand. Atem sighed and stroked Yuugi's face;
"Yuugi, my little one... I have to stay here."
Yuugi's face fell, but Atem smiled.
"When I can, which I will hope id sooner rather than later, I will see you. No matter how hard it is, you're my friend. In truth, the greatest friend I have ever had."
"You can stay with me! I'll tell grandpa that you're exchange students or something..." His voice broke, as well as Atem's heart.
"Oh Aibou, my Aibou, I would love too. But I have responsibilities here, things I have to do, I cannot just abandon them."
A tear leaked from Yuugi's eye's.
"H-how soon?" He asked, choking back a sob.
"The plane leaves tomorrow afternoon, I'll have Marik drive you to the airport... Seto and I will be leaving early tomorrow morning."

Seto watched the sleeping blonde at his side in the darkening hours of the evening as the shadows danced across his peaceful face. He was leaving the puppy, his puppy... tomorrow morning, and the thought of leaving his blonde made the stone face crack into a frown that made his handsome face quite sad to look at. He had to tell him before he left, he couldn't just abandon him.
"Katsuya..."
The blonde stirred and looked up into the now sad blue eye's that were looking into his brown with an unknown emotion.
"Kai-...?"
Seto's hands had found their way to the sides of his face and were gently caressing his cheeks as the older male just stared at him. Katsuya sat up and grasped the brunettes wrists in his own, holding them just as gently as Seto held his face.
"Katsuya... forgive me."
Jounouchi's heart sank; was he-?
Kaiba pressed his lips against Jounouchi's gently and pulled away. It hadn't lasted a few seconds, but it left Katsuya feeling weak and clutching to Seto as if his life depended on it.
"K-Kaiba..."
Seto stroked the blondes hair in reply;
"Kiss me again."

Yuugi stared out the window of the room he was supposed to be sleeping in. It was much past midnight and he hadn't slept at all, he was to upset about Atem and Seto's leaving so abruptly with no warning to either he nor Jounouchi-kun. He knew that Jounouchi-kun would be more upset, but he was sleeping in Seto's room so he would know when the older boy left, but Yuugi's room was much further from Atem's own. If he could sleep, he would never know when-
Yuugi looked up quickly, someone was coming down the hall... He leaped from the window sill and climbed into his bed, feigning sleep. Through his squinting eyes, he saw Atem enter his room quietly and perch himself upon his bed.
"I know that you are awake, little one."
Yuugi flinched before rolling over and looking at him. Atem pressed the back of his hand to Yuugi's cheek.
"Before I left, I was going to stop by your room and bid you farewell while you slept, but I found that I could not sleep... There was something that kept me awake... a regret."
Yuugi listened to his tired voice and blinked in response, regret? Atem leaned down and kissed Yuugi's nose;
"I don't know how long, I've lost count of the days, but I love you Yuugi, my Aibou. I couldn't leave without telling you..."
Yuugi's heart seemed to stop as Atem kissed his nose, then his forehead, and his cheek...
"Atem...!" Yuugi gasped as his lips met that of his neck. Atem smiled.
"Good, for a moment there, I thought I might have stopped you're heart."

Atem and Seto left that morning, all sense of them gone with them and Yuugi and Jounouchi hadn't slept at all. The two teens ate nothing in the time they waited to be taken to the airport and nothing on the plane there as well. "I'm home, Jii-san." Yuugi called half-heartedly as they entered the shop. They had only been gone for a few days and today was the day after Yuugi's grandfather returned from his meeting.
"Oh, Yuugi! Where have you been?" He called, surfacing from the counter; "You're friends called asking for you. Something about a museum?"
Yuugi smiled sadly.
"Oh yeah, we moved that to tomorrow, I'll have to call them..."
Jounouchi trailed in after Yuugi silently and went up to his room. Sugokarou looked after him.
"Is he alright?" He asked. Yuugi shook his head.
"Yeah, he'll be fine in a few days." He replied, starting toward the kitchen slowly.
"Oh! Yes, someone called here for you a few minutes before you arrived. They said to give you this, theres one for Jounouchi as well."
Yuugi reached out and took the papers from his grandfathers hand and read it;
'Dear Yuugi,
Thank you very much for helping me, here is my thanks.
Ydaerla gnissim uoy, Atem Farrah.'
Yuugi rushed the the phone and hit the redial button, waiting for an answer...
"Hello?"

(Ydaerla gnissim uoy: Already missing you backwards.