Omgersh, thanks for the reviews guys! Also to everyone who faved or followed it! I've been working on this story for a very very long time, and I'm so glad I decided to publish it! Anyways, here is the next chapter! (I'm sorry if the chapters are kinda short, I'm trying to figure out how long they should be so people don't think that they're super long!)
Hey everyone! I'm home!" Yami called from the doorway of the Game Shop. "Grandpa? I'm home!" "Sorry son! I'm doing inventory! You might have to start preparing dinner if Atem still doesn't feel well. How was your trip?" Grandpa answered, writing lots of numbers and counting duel disks and cards. "It was fine." Yami shrugged his duffel bag higher up his shoulder and climbed up the stairs to Atem and his room. He knocked on the door before he went in. "'Tem? You awake?" he walked in and held his nose. "Aw, what is that smell?"
Atem sat up in his bed and rubbed his eyes. "A get well soon present from Ryou. It's a candle." "It smells like a crypt." Yami said still pinching his nose. "Well I would hope so, that's what it's supposed to smell like, but Bakura says that it smells more like death to him." Yami laughed and set his duffel bag by his bed. "So you're feeling better?"
"Yeah, I slept all day, and I feel like a new man." Atem stretched his arms. "Well that's good, 'cause Grandpa said that if you're not up, I have to make dinner. And you know how I am with cooking." Atem laughed and so did Yami. "Alright, you should go and say hi to Yugi, I heard him come home earlier." Atem said.
"Ok, take it easy." Yami got up and walked across the hall to Yugi's bedroom. Once again, he knocked before entering. No one answered. "Yugi?" Yami knocked again, but there was still no answer. "Yugi, I'm coming in." Yami started to worry. He opened the door very carefully and peeked his head in the doorway. Yugi was sitting on his bed, wearing large sound cancelling headphones and he was already changed into his comfy clothes. Yami walked up to Yugi's bed and sat down. Yami placed his hand on Yugi's shoulder. Yugi nearly jumped out of his skin.
"Oh, it's just you Yami." Yugi calmed down, but he still had a scared look in his eyes. "Are you alright, Yugi?" Yami asked. "Yeah. I'm fine." Yugi said, calming down even more. "OK, but if you ever want to talk, just know that I'm always available, 'K?" "Alright."
Yami got up to start setting the table for dinner. He closed the door softly behind him. Yugi snapped his headphones over his ears again and fell backwards on his bed. He winced.
Well, boys, how were your days?" Grandpa asked Atem, Yami, and Yugi at the dinner table. "Oh, it was so much fun Grandpa! We went to tons of different museums, and there was this one restaurant that had…" Yami continued to talk about his three-day trip, and Atem and Grandpa were listening intently, almost abandoning their food. So was Yugi, but only the not eating part. He would occasionally pick at his food and listen to Yami, but only to make it seem that he was alright. He didn't want them to think that he was weak.
"What did you do when I was gone, 'Tem?" Yami asked, taking a breath in his conversation. "I babysat for the neighbors little kids, and I got my fever from them." Atem said with a laugh. "The rest of the time I've been in bed."
"And you, Yugi? How was school today?" Grandpa asked. Yami and Atem both looked at Yugi and set down their forks. It's crazy! Whenever Yami or Atem are on the hot seat, everyone just listens without staring, but NO! Whenever someone asks me something, everyone stares! I wish they wouldn't ask.
"Well, um… nothing really important happened today…" It burns! "…yeah."
Atem came to his rescue. "I never find anything in school important anyway. I know how you feel." Atem smiled and slapped Yugi on the back. Yugi slightly winced. Atem cocked his head to the side, his eyes asking, Are you ok? Yugi nodded his head and continued to pick at his food.
When everyone had finished, they put their dishes away, but Yugi stayed at the table and stared at his plate. Grandpa went to bed and Yami went to the living room to watch a movie and Atem sat down at the table again. Yugi hadn't moved from his spot.
"Are you sure that you're alright Yugi? You're not catching my fever are you?" Atem rested his hand on Yugi's forehead. "You don't feel hot."
"Yeah I'm fine, just tired. Goodnight Atem." Yugi got up from the table, said goodnight to Yami, and traveled up the stairs to his bedroom and fell asleep.
I
n the living room, Yami was watching a movie quietly so he wouldn't disturb Grandpa and Yugi. Atem walked in and sat down on the couch next to Yami. "Hey," Yami said absent-mindedly, focused on the television.
"Hey. Do you think that Yugi seemed…different today?" Atem asked.
"Yeah, when I was talking to him in his room earlier, he seemed on edge, like he was waiting for something to go wrong or something was going to jump out and attack him."
"Did he say anything that was unusual?"
"No not really. He just seemed flustered and answered my questions quickly." Yami answered.
"Alright then. I'm sure that he's just stressing about homework. I'm going to bed, don't stay up too late, we all have school tomorrow."
"OK. Goodnight Atem."
"Goodnight Yami."
Later that night, Yami turned off the TV and walked up to the bedroom that he and Atem shared. He was about to walk in when he heard a soft noise coming from Yugi's room across the hall. Yami opened Yugi's door very quietly and tip-toed over to Yugi's bed.
He was tossing and turning and was tangled up in the covers. He was sleep-talking and it seemed like he was having a nightmare. Yami sat on the edge of the bed and slowly rubbed Yugi's forehead with his thumb. Yugi's breathing slowed down and stopped fidgeting. Yami smiled. It felt good to know that he could protect Yugi even in his sleep. He got up from the bed and closed the door softly behind him.