Yugi locked the door behind him and went to sit in his window sill, knees to his chest. The sun was beginning to set, it was beautiful. His window sill was big enough or two people to sit comfortably, he looked across from him to where Atem would usually sit and look out the window with him. Yugi hugged his knees to his chest and cried, tears pouring down his face. His sobs hiccupped from his throat. "It hurts like Hell, Atem…" Yugi sobbed.
Yugi knew that he shouldn't be alone right now, but he didn't want to see his friends. The feelings were so fresh; he was afraid of what he might say. He didn't want them to know his secret. He didn't want them to know the way he loved the pharaoh. He knew they wouldn't understand, they wouldn't accept him. Yugi suffered alone before Atem came into his life, and now that Atem is gone, he's going to do it again.
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Joey met up with Tea and Tristan after his…date. "Hey guys." Joey smiled. "You have some explaining to do, right now!" Tea demanded. "Alright, alright!" Joey yelled. "Kaiba…took me on a date…" Joey blushed and looked away. "WHAT?!" Tea and Tristan exclaimed at the same time. "Wait one second, you hate Kaiba…and Kaiba hates you even more!" Tristan said, confused. "It's all an act, he's apparently had a crush on me for a while." Joey smiled. "Oh my God, you like him too." Tea gasped. "Well yeah, he's my boyfriend now." Joey said. "Am I getting punked right now?" Tristan asked. "Nope. I mean, after everything that's happened in the last week, I think I need to stop being afraid of my feelings. I've got sucked in the shadow realm and navigated my way through a pharaoh's mind. The last thing I need to be afraid of is my feelings for Kaiba." Joey said. "Speaking of the pharaoh…" Tea began. "None of you have heard from Yugi yet, huh?" Joey inquired. Tea and Tristan both shook their heads. "Alright, well I didn't wanna do this, but we gotta get him out of his house, he's probably in his head and it's fucking with him." Joey stated. They all nodded in agreement and made their way to Yugi's house.
When they arrived, Grandpa was sitting in the shop, he seemed like he was in a trance. "Gramps?" Joey inquired. "Oh goodness! Sorry, I guess I dazed off." Grandpa said, startled. "How's he doing?" Tristan asked. "Not well, I'm actually glad you're here. Could you go up and try convincing him to unlock the door?" Grandpa pleaded. "Of course. We'll get him out of there!" Joey said, confident. The three made their way up to Yugi's room, they could hear muffled music coming from his room.
Yugi laid in his bed, staring at the ceiling. He was completely numb; he was so stuck inside of his head that he couldn't react. His thoughts were racing through his mind, and each one broke him a little more. Music always helped Yugi think, but this time he just laid there with a blank expression on his face.
"Little do you know; how I'm breaking while you fall asleep…" the voice sang. Yugi wondered if Atem even thought about him now. He had all his memories back and his friends, he probably forgot all about Yugi.
"Little do you know; I'm still haunted by the memory..." Yugi listened as the voice sang this song, describing exactly how he was feeling. Yugi couldn't get the images of his last moments with the pharaoh out of his head. Atem had given Yugi a reason to live. Before the pharaoh, Yugi thought about death every day. He was an outcast, he had no friends, and he was bullied relentlessly. Atem gave Yugi confidence, but without him, Yugi just felt lost. What if the only reason his friends liked him was because of Atem?
"Little do you know; I'm trying to pick myself up piece by piece…" Yugi just couldn't get out of his head or out of his bed. He just felt so vacant, he knew his friends were going to get worried. He knew that grandpa was already worried sick, but he couldn't just move on that fast. Besides, they didn't know how Yugi truly felt about Atem. Yugi finally felt a tear slide down his face.
"Little do you know; I need a little more time…" Joey, Tristan, and Tea stood outside of Yugi's door and listened to the song. "Man…" Joey began. "What do we do?" Tea asked. "We gotta get him outta there." Tristan said. "Joey, talk to him…" Tea whispered. Joey knocked lightly on Yugi's door. "Yug, it's me." Joey said. Yugi didn't react, he just listened. "Come on man, open the door. You can't just lay there all day." Joey said, gently. "Look, I know it's rough, we don't expect you to just forget about him…but locking yourself in your room and sulking isn't going to help…please let us in Yugi." Joey pleaded, he was so worried about his best friend.
Yugi got up and walked slowly towards the door, he knew Joey was right. He unlocked the door and opened it. Joey smiled at his best friend, even though his friends' eyes looked vacant and were incredibly red. Tea rushed to Yugi and hugged him. "I'm sorry, I just needed some time…" Yugi mumbled. "You still need time, but we aren't going to let you go through this alone." Tristan said. They all embraced Yugi in a hug.
