Chapter 20- Two Years Later
~Two Years Later~
"Can someone tell me about three of the Egyptian gods in ancient Egyptian belief?" Yugi asked.
Several of the students raised their hands.
Yugi pointed to one. "Mendel, answer." Yugi said.
"Ra, also called Re, was the sun god. He was seen as the god of the universe, and it was from him that all other gods and goddesses were created. He is represented as falcon-headed. Horus is known as the sky-god, and he is represented as falcon-headed as well. Osiris is the god of the underworld and is seen as the great judge of the dead. He is represented by a mummified king." Mendel said.
"Very good." Yugi said.
Several other students told about different gods or goddesses from the Egyptian beliefs.
"I'm glad that you all seemed to have studied. We will be having a test next class on the Egyptian gods and goddesses. You must tell me everything that you know about each one, and you don't know which ones will be on the test, so study them all. It will be short answer." Yugi said.
There were several groans.
"You're in college, so you're not getting it easy. You may go." Yugi said.
All the students gathered their things and headed out of the room.
Yugi had been teaching at Domino University for two years. He was known as a very strict teacher, but one of the most liked as well. Most students wanted him as their Egyptology teacher because he may have been strict, but he was fair and taught everything well.
"Professor Mutou."
Yugi looked up to find a man with white hair and green eyes with wire-rimmed glasses in the room. "Dean Morgan, what can I do for you?" Yugi asked.
"I wanted to tell you that you're doing an excellent job. No professor in Egyptology has managed to teach the subject to students as well as you have." Dean Morgan said.
"Thank you, sir. I'm only doing my best to enlighten the students." Yugi said.
"I don't know how you did it, but I am impressed and glad. The grades for the students in your classes are the highest that they have ever been." Dean Morgan said.
"Thank you. The students that I have are bright and know that they have to study if they want to pass my class. I do not let them have it easy." Yugi said.
"So I have heard. You give the hardest tests. You give them no slack. I like that in a professor. I hope that we don't lose you any time soon." Dean Morgan said before he left the room.
Yugi gathered his things and headed out the door, done with his classes for the day. He had to go and see Seth because he had a doctor's appointment.
Yugi had managed to hide it from his overprotective lovers, but he had been sick the last couple of days, so he had decided to go and see Seth before Atemu and Yami found out about it and jumped down his throat about not telling them and force him to go to the doctor.
Yugi hated how protective they were at times, but he knew that it was just because they loved him and wanted the best for him.
Yugi's cell phone rang as he got into his car. He took out the phone and said, "Hello?"
"Hello, Little One."
"Hi, Atemu. What's up?" Yugi asked.
"You've just finished your last class for the day, right?" Atemu asked.
"Yes, I did. Why?" Yugi asked.
"Well, I thought that we could get together for lunch. Yami has already agreed." Atemu said.
"Sorry, Atemu, but there's something that I have to do. I would, but I already had this planned." Yugi said.
"That's too bad, Little One, but I understand. Next time, I'll remember to arrange lunch beforehand." Atemu said.
"Okay. Bye, Atemu." Yugi said.
"Bye, Little One." Atemu said.
Yugi hung up the phone. 'I'd better go and see Seth so that I can find out what's going on. I'd rather tell them why I've been sick instead of telling them that I've been sick and I don't know why.' Yugi thought.
Seth was sitting in his office, doing some paperwork.
"Dr. Kinsh, you're noon appointment it here." his nurse said.
"Thank you. Send him in." Seth said.
The door to his office opened, and Yugi walked into the office.
"Hi, Yugi." Seth said.
"Hi, Seth. Thanks for seeing me on such short notice." Yugi said.
"No problem. Glad to do it. You are my cousin's boyfriend after all." Seth said.
Yugi smiled. "A little special privilege then." Yugi said.
"Just a little. You mentioned that something was wrong." Seth said.
"Yeah. I've been feeling sick the last couple of days. I'll get sick in the morning, and I'll be fine by afternoon. I'm also a bit more tired than I normally am." Yugi said.
"Okay. I'll check you over and do some blood work to see if I can find out what's going on." Seth said.
Yugi nodded.
Seth did his examination. After he was done, he said, "Well, you seem to be fine, Yugi."
"Then what's going on?" Yugi asked.
"Well, I don't know for sure, but if I had to take a guess, I would say that you're pregnant." Seth said.
"Pregnant?!" Yugi exclaimed.
"Yes. Pregnant. You have all the signs of it." Seth said.
"That's a possibility that I hadn't considered." Yugi said quietly.
"Are you okay? I mean, is this something that you wanted?" Seth asked.
"Oh, yes. Yami, Atemu, and I had talked about starting a family, but I didn't expect this." Yugi said.
"Well, you have an early start then. That is, if I'm right. Once the blood work is on, I'll give you a call. I should have it in a few hours." Seth said.
"Thanks, Seth. I don't have anymore classes today, so I'll be at home most likely." Yugi said.
"All right. If I don't reach you at home, I'll call you on your cell phone." Seth said.
"Okay, Seth. Thanks." Yugi said.
"No problem." Seth said.
Yugi left.
Seth smiled. 'Another one with children.' Seth thought.
Yami and Atemu were eating lunch together.
"So, Yugi had something else to do." Yami said.
"Yeah. I guess I should have asked him to join us for lunch sooner than I did." Atemu said.
"Did he mention what he had to do?" Yami asked.
"No, but you never know with Yugi. I'm sure that it's nothing." Atemu said.
"Probably." Yami said.
They ate in silence for a few moments.
"Atemu, do you think that Yugi will agree to having a family?" Yami asked.
"I really don't know. We've only been talking about it for a few weeks. It is a big decision to make." Atemu said.
"Agreed. I'd like to have some kids, even if they are adopted." Yami said.
"I know what you mean. It would be neat if Yugi had the ability to have kids like Ryou, Joey, and Malik do." Atemu said.
"Yeah. I know what you mean. I think that Bakura and Akefia nearly died of a heart attack when they found out that Ryou was pregnant." Yami said.
"Yeah, and now they're both wrapped around their daughters' fingers." Atemu said.
Bakura and Akefia had found out Ryou was pregnant two months after getting home. Ryou had had twin girls. It was found out that one was Bakura's and one was Akefia's. Bakura's was named Samantha, Sam for sort, and Akefia's was named Amanda. There were no distinction to the girls, though. Bakura was Daddy, Akefia was Dad, and Ryou was Papa.
A year later, both Joey and Malik had found out that they were pregnant.
Joey had a boy and a girl. The girl, named Ellie, was Seth's, and the boy, named Elliott, was Seto's. Like with Bakura and Akefia, the kids didn't know biologically whose was whose. Seth was Dad, Seto was Daddy, and Joey was Papa.
Malik had had twin sons. Nicky was Marik's, and Oliver was Mariku's. No distinction was made as Mariku was Dad, Marik was Daddy, and Malik was Papa.
"It would be a one-in-a-million chance that Yugi could have kids, too. It would be nice, though." Atemu said.
"It would be surprising on top of everything else." Yami said.
"Anyway, I had better be getting back to the office." Atemu said, looking at his watch.
"Me, too." Yami agreed.
The mean was paid for, and the two left the restaurant.
"We can talk with Yugi about kids later." Atemu said.
"Right. Bye." Yami said.
The two kissed each other before they headed to their own offices.
Yugi arrived at the house and headed upstairs.
After a while, Atemu decided that the house they were living in was a little too small and decided that they should move.
Atemu had bought a mansion for them to live in.
All three had their own separate offices in the mansion. They were in the same bedroom.
Yugi knew that the reason Yami and Atemu wanted a bigger house was that they wanted kids, but Yugi had told them that he would like a little time to just be with Yami and Atemu since he was new in the relationship.
Yami and Atemu had understood Yugi's reasoning and agreed to wait on kids.
Yugi walked into his office and set his stuff down. Yugi took out some papers that he needed to grade and started reading over the paper and grading them.
Yugi had gotten through almost all the papers except for two when the phone rang. He picked up the phone and said, "Hello? Yugi Mutou speaking."
"Yugi, it's Seth." Seth said.
"HI, Seth. What's up?" Yugi asked.
"I just thought that you would like to know that I have the results of your blood work." Seth said.
"And?" Yugi prodded.
"Do you want the answer now, or would you just like me to bring them to you?" Seth asked.
"Seth, what do the damned results say?" Yugi asked.
Seth chuckled over the phone. "All right. I was just letting you know that you are pregnant, so you should probably tell Yami and Atemu." Seth said.
"Thanks, Seth. I appreciate this." Yugi said.
"I'll need you to start seeing me regularly." Seth said.
"All right, Seth. Thanks again." Yugi said and hung up the phone. He let out a sigh. He was glad to know what was making him so sick.
Yugi leaned back in his chair and placed a hand on his stomach. Yugi smiled slightly. 'Pregnant. Well, I guess we are starting a family. I know that Atemu and Yami are going to be happy when they hear about this.' Yugi thought.
Yugi had been unsure of whether or not he wanted kids, but now that he knew that he was pregnant, he was excited about it.
"Well, I guess we're going to have to make up a nursery now." Yugi said. He turned his attention back to his school stuff and finished grading the papers before he started to look over his lesson plans for the next day's classes.
Atemu left the office, tired.
"Is something wrong, Mr. Sennen?" the blue-eyed brunette asked. It was Tea Taylor, Atemu's secretary.
"Just a long day, Tea. Don't worry about. Go on home. I'm sure that your husband and kids would like to see you." Atemu said.
"Thanks, Mr. Sennen." Tea said. She left, rather happy that her day was over.
Atemu smiled.
Tea was a sweet girl and worried about him.
Atemu liked her better than his last secretary, who had hit on Atemu continuously, despite knowing that Atemu had two male lovers. He had fired her and hired Tea, who was happily married with two kids.
Atemu walked off the elevator and headed to his car. He got in and headed home.
"Hey, Yami!" Hendrix said, looking into Yami's office.
"Yes, Mr. Hendrix?" Yami asked.
"I think that you should head on home." Hendrix said. He then added in, "And since we're partners now, start calling me Rick."
Hendrix said.
"All right. If you want." Yami agreed.
Hendrix walked on.
Yami gathered up everything that he would take home and out everything into his briefcase. He then left the office and headed for his car. Yami got in the car and headed home.
Yami and Atemu arrived home at the same time.
"Hey, Atemu. How was the rest of your day?" Yami asked as he kissed Atemu hello.
"It was tiring, but fine. And you?" Atemu asked.
"Fine. I'm glad that I got out a little earlier today." Yami said.
The two walked into the house.
"I wonder where Yugi is." Atemu said.
"I'm right here." Yugi said as he walked into the room.
"Hey, Little One." the two said in unison as they kissed their lover.
"How were your days?" Yugi asked.
"Tiring." Yami and Atemu said at the same time.
Yugi laughed. "You two have been tired a lot lately." Yugi said.
"Hopefully, things will slow down." Atemu said.
"How was your day, Little One?" Yami asked.
"It was fine. I had only three classes today, so it was easy. Although I do get to give a test next class." Yugi said.
Yami and Atemu started laughing.
"You enjoy giving tests." Atemu said.
"Yes, I do. I can tell who is prepared for the test and who's not. I like to see that. It tells me who the serious students really are." Yugi said.
"Well, you'll be in a good mood the next few days. You're always in a good mood when you give tests." Yami said.
"Are you implying that I'm in a bad mood any other time?" Yugi asked, feigning hurt.
"Of course not! I don't mean that, Yugi!" Yami said quickly.
Yugi started to giggle. "I know that, Yami. I'm just playing with you." Yugi said.
"Well, I'm hungry. I suppose that dinner is ready." Atemu said.
"Yeah. Come on. Let's eat." Yugi said.
Yami and Atemu set their briefcases in the foyer before they headed into the dining room, where their food was sitting thank to the cook.
The three sat down and started eating.
"I'm glad that you hired this chef, Atemu. She's an excellent cook." Yami said.
"I know that, Yami. That's why I hired her." Atemu replied.
When they had moved in, Atemu had hired an entire staff to take care of the mansion.
'I'll wait a little while before I tell them the news.' Yugi thought.
Unfortunately for Yugi, eating wasn't something that agreed with him at the moment. He felt nauseated by the sight and smell of food. He figured that it was a natural pregnancy thing because he knew that Ryou, Malik, and Joey had had the same problems.
"Yugi, are you all right?" Atemu asked.
"Huh? Yeah. I'm fine. Why do you ask?" Yugi asked.
"Because you're not eating." Yami pointed out.
"Oh. Sorry. I'm just not real hungry is all." Yugi said.
"Are you okay? You haven't eaten much the last couple of days." Yami explained.
"I'm fine. I just haven't been especially hungry." Yugi replied.
"Just don't starve yourself. We don't need you in the hospital." Atemu said.
"I won't, Atemu." Yugi assured him. 'I'll be in the hospital in nine months, but you won't be so worried then.' Yugi thought.
After dinner, the three headed out of the room.
"Well, what now?" Atemu asked.
"I have case files that I need to look over." Yami said.
"And I've got things from work to look over." Atemu added.
"Guys, why don't you take breather from work and relax?" Yugi asked.
"Says the man who stays up until four in the morning planning out his classes and has to be there before eight." Yami said.
"Well, I'm used to going on no sleep. Besides, everyone does need a little relaxation in their lives." Yugi said.
"He does make a point." Atemu agreed.
"Well, I say that we watch a movie." Yugi said.
"Sounds like a good idea." Yami agreed.
The three walked into the living room and watched a movie.
Yami and Atemu were nearly asleep when the movie was over.
Yugi rolled his eyes. 'Great. Now what? I was going to tell them that I'm pregnant.' Yugi thought.
Yami and Atemu were half-asleep with Yami's head resting on Atemu's shoulder.
Yugi shook the two. "Yami. Atemu. Wake up." Yugi said.
The two slowly woke up.
"Huh? What happened?" Atemu asked.
"You both dozed off during the movie." Yugi replied.
"Oh. Sorry, Little One." Yami said.
"You two need some time off from work. You're both purely exhausted." Yugi said.
"Can't." the two said.
Yami and Atemu started to get up to head upstairs, but Yugi forced the two to sit down.
"All right. I've been trying to think of a way to tell you two this, but I've decided that the direct approach is probably going to be the best way to handle you two the way that your attention has been." Yugi said.
"Come on, Yugi. Can't this wait?" Yami asked.
"No." Yugi said.
"Well, hurry up. We have work to do." Atemu said.
"All right. I went to see Seth today because I wasn't feeling well the last few days, and he told me that I'm pregnant." Yugi said.
"Oh. That's nice. Now, can we go?' Atemu asked.
"Did you even hear what I said?" Yugi asked.
"Yugi, we need to go and do our work." Yami said.
Neither had paid attention to what Yugi had said.
Yugi was angry. "That does it! Neither of you are obviously interested in anything that has nothing to do with your jobs right now, including me!" Yugi growled before storming out of the room.
Yami and Atemu jumped up, realizing that they had made Yugi mad, and they knew that Yugi held a grudge. Last time he got that angry with them, he slept in a different room for a month and refused to do anything remotely affectionate with them.
"Why didn't we listen?" Yami asked.
"I don't know. A mixture of being tired and pressing matters at work." Atemu replied.
"Yugi is a lot more important than work." Yami said.
"I agree." Atemu said.
The two went to Yugi's office, but found that he wasn't there.
There was only two other rooms Yugi would be in" their room or the torture room.
The torture room was the bedroom Yugi would go to when he was mad at them and sleep in that bedroom. It was torture for Atemu and Yami when Yugi wouldn't sleep with them, which is why they nicknamed that room the torture room.
The two walked into their bedroom and found that the shower water was running.
"Well, he didn't go to the torture room at least." Atemu said.
The two waited in the bedroom until Yugi came out of the bathroom.
"What do you want?" Yugi asked. There was a twinge of hurt and anger in his tone.
Yami and Atemu heard the hurt and anger and nursed themselves.
"Yugi, we're sorry that we didn't listen to you. There's not an excuse for that." Atemu said.
"Yeah. We should have listened to you." Yami said.
"I don't mean to get mad, but when you ignore me when I have something important to talk to you about, it makes me feel like I don't matter to you as much as your jobs do." Yugi said.
Yami and Atemu pulled Yugi to them.
"Sorry, Little One." Yami said.
"It won't happen again." Atemu said.
"Good because if it happens again, I'm hitting you both." Yugi said. He thought and said, "Better yet, maybe I should go to the torture room for two months."
"No!" Yami and Atemu said quickly, not wanting Yugi to go.
"All right. Just start listening." Yugi said.
"Okay. What were you trying to tell us downstairs?" Atemu asked.
"Are you sure you're going to listen?" Yugi asked.
The two nodded.
"Well, I said that I went to Seth today because I haven't been feeling well the last few days, and he told me that I'm pregnant." Yugi said.
"WHAT?!" Yami and Atemu exclaimed.
Yugi nodded. "Yes. We're going to be parents." Yugi said.
Yami and Atemu looked at Yugi and then at each other before both fainted.
Yugi winced as they hit the floor. "Well, I didn't expect that." Yugi said. He went into the both room and filled two of the glasses in the room with water. He then walked back out with the glasses and poured the contents onto Yami and Atemu.
"Ahh!" Yami and Atemu exclaimed as the cold water hit them.
"Welcome back to the world of the living." Yugi said.
"Yugi. I thought you said that you were pregnant." Atemu said, wiping his bangs out of his eyes.
"I did, and then you two fainted. I hope you won't do that in the delivery room." Yugi said.
"Y-you are pregnant then?' Yami asked, wide-eyed.
"I wouldn't joke about something like that." Yugi said.
The next thing that Yugi knew, he was pulled into a bone-crushing hug.
"Yugi, this is great!" Atemu said.
"Yeah! We didn't think we could have children of our own!" Yami added.
"You didn't think that I would want to adopt someday?" Yugi asked.
"No. Children that were ours by blood." Atemu explained.
"Well, you've got that." Yugi said.
A thought struck Yami. "Yugi, are you happy about this?" Yami asked.
"What do you mean?" Yugi asked.
"Well, you were the one that wanted to wait to have any kids. Are you happy about this?" Yami asked.
"Well, I admit that I was a little unsure at first, but now that I know I'm pregnant, I'm rather excited about it." Yugi said.
"Then we have a nursery to get ready." Atemu said excitedly.
"Uh, Atemu. I just found out I'm pregnant. We have nine months." Yugi said.
"I know, but I can't wait." Atemu said.
"Yeah. We're starting our own family now." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. He was glad that they were happy.
"Yugi, what are you going to do about work?' Yami asked.
"I already figured I would finish this semester. I'll be four months by then. I think that I'll take about a year off after that. Maybe even three semesters." Yugi said.
"That's good. I can't wait until you start showing." Atemu said
"You can't wait until I'm fat?" Yugi asked.
"There's a difference in fat fat and pregnant fat." Atemu said.
"I know. I'm just gad that you two are happy." Yugi said.
"Of course we are." Yami said.
The next day, Yugi went through all his classes like normal. He then went to see Dean Morgan.
"Ah. Professor Mutou. Why the visit?' Dean Morgan asked.
"Well, there was something that I need to talk to you about, Dean Morgan." Yugi said.
"What's that?" Dean Morgan asked.
"Well, I recently found out that I'm pregnant." Yugi said.
"Pregnant?! That's wonderful! Congratulations!" Dean Morgan said.
"Thank you, sir. What I wanted to tell you is that I will be taking some time off." Yugi said.
"Well, I understand that." Dean Morgan said.
"I'm going to finish out this semester, of course, but after that, I think that I am going to take three semesters off." Yugi said.
"Three?" Dean Morgan asked.
"Yes. I want to take about a year to be with my kids before coming back to work." Yugi said.
"I understand. You would return to the University then?" Dean Morgan asked.
"Yes. That's what I want to do." Yugi said.
"Then after this semester, you can take sabbatical and return when you are ready. Your job will be here." Dean Morgan said.
"Thank you." Yugi said and left the office.
"You're pregnant?!" was the exclaim of surprise from their friends.
"Yes, I am." Yugi said.
"Yugi, that's great!" Joey said.
"Congratulations, all three of you!" Ryou said.
"This is wonderful! We're going to be grandparents!" Amara said.
"Thanks, guys." Yugi said.
"When did you find out?" Mariku asked.
"A few days ago." Yugi replied.
Seto looked at Seth and said, "You've known for that long and didn't tell us?"
"Hey, it wasn't my place. Besides, there is a such thing as doctor-patient confidentiality." Seth said,
"Well, this is great." Malik said.
"Yeah. You guys finally join the ranks of parenthood." Akefia added.
"Well, we didn't decide to rush into it like you guys did." Atemu said.
"Hey! It's not like we were trying to have kids." Bakura said.
"And you wouldn't trade them for anything now." Yami said.
"Nope." Bakura and Akefia said.
Yugi, Ryou, Malik, and Joey all went to the side to talk.
"So, you're really pregnant, Yugi?" Joey asked.
"Yes. I wouldn't joke about that." Yugi said.
"That's great, but is this what you want?" Ryou asked.
"I admit that that the thoughts of having kids scared me at first, but I'm excited about it. Scared and excited." Yugi replied.
"We all were like that." Malik said.
"Well, we're all having kids now." Joey said.
"Yeah. Can't wait to see what they look like and how many." Joey said.
"That's what I'm worried about. How many." Yugi said.
The other three laughed.
"I guess they have very healthy sex drives." Joey said.
"Like you wouldn't believe." Yugi said.
"Same here." the other three said.
"Well, at least I'll know who to turn to for advice." Yugi said.
"We're friends, and we always will be. You can come to us for advice at any time." Joey said.
"Yeah. That's what friends do." Ryou said.
"Thanks guys." Yugi said. He was lucky to have such great friends and such great lovers. He couldn't wait until he had their kids.
Hope you liked it. I couldn't resist making Yami and Atemu boneheads when Yugi told them news. I also figured they needed to faint. They had been exhausted and were trold shocking news, Besides, it's funny.
Next: The baby comes. Most likely the last chapter.
R&R.