Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh
A/N: This chapter is again for Lil Dark…her reward for finishing Iggligliot.
Yami and Atemu walked down into the dining room hand in hand. Yugi and Grandpa looked up when the two entered the room. Yugi quickly looked away from Yami and Atemu, his mind reminding him all too readily of what he had witnessed a short while ago. How am I ever going to be able to look Yami in the face again? Yugi thought as Yami took his seat beside Yugi, Atemu sitting down on Yami's other side.
"Yugi can you pass the pizza please?" Yami asked.
Yugi nodded before he grabbed the pizza and quickly handed it to Yami without looking at him. Yami took it, frowning slightly. "Aibou, is something wrong?" Yami asked.
"N-n-no, nothings wrong Yami. W-w-why do you ask?" Yugi said quite quickly his face flushed while he forced himself to focus on his pizza.
Yami's frown deepened. Something was wrong with Yugi, he could tell.
/Beloved what's bothering you?/
//There's something wrong with Yugi, but he won't tell me what it is. He won't even look at me. Did I do something to make him mad?//
Atemu looked at Yugi for a moment, took in his flushed appearance and how Yugi refused to look at Yami, no matter how much Yami tried to get Yugi to look at him. After a moment a thought occurred to him. "You walked in on Yami and I earlier didn't you?" Atemu said suddenly.
Yugi blushed scarlet, but didn't say anything, instead choosing to shove his pizza into his mouth before quickly getting up and exiting the room.
Yami opened his mouth to say something in the hopes of getting Yugi to come back, but stopped when he felt the rage from Atemu.
//Atemu, what's wrong?//
/What's wrong? WHAT'S WRONG? That boy saw us in a private moment; saw you in a situation that only I am allowed to see you in. He had no right…/
//Atemu, relax trust me that was an accident on Yugi's part. He probably had gone up there to see if we were there, knocked and when he got no answer opened the door. As focused as we were on each other we wouldn't have noticed if Zorc was destroying the world outside our window. So, please calm down. It's not like it was done purposefully.//
/How can you be so certain that he didn't do it intentionally?/
//Because I know Yugi that's how. Now, please try to reign in your temper.//
/Fine. I'll calm down./
//Good, and next time, we'll lock the door.//
Atemu and Yami finished their dinner before returning upstairs. Atemu pulled Yami back towards the guest room, but Yami pulled away slightly. Atemu frowned.
/Beloved what's wrong?/
//I want to talk to Yugi for a little bit. Alone please, I get the feeling that you frighten him. He probably thinks that you're going to kill him.//
Atemu chuckled slightly. /Well, if you hadn't have been there to talk me down earlier I very well might have./
//We really need to work on your anger management.//
Atemu sighed and gave Yami a kiss on the cheek. "I'll be waiting for you beloved." Atemu said before he turned and walked back into the guest room.
Yami smiled slightly before turning his attention to Yugi's door. Yami knocked and said, "Aibou it's me. Please, open the door…I just want to talk." Yami said. There was a moment's silence, so Yami continued, "Aibou, Atemu isn't with me, so it'll be just the two of us. Yugi, you know me, you trust me, so please open the door."
After a few more seconds Yugi opened the door and let Yami in. Yami walked in and sat down at Yugi's desk and looked at Yugi who sat down on his bed, his eyes glued to the floor.
"Aibou let me begin by saying that I am in no way mad at you. It was an accident, nothing more. Atemu isn't going to do anything to you either, even if he thought about it I wouldn't let him." Yami said.
Yugi glanced up after the last statement, "Yami, I hate to point this out to you, but Atemu doesn't exactly need your permission to do anything."
Yami smiled slightly, glad that Yugi was willing to talk with him. "Actually Yugi, he does. Or at the very least he won't go against something I specifically tell him not to do." Yami said, "In fact every time Atemu sentenced someone to death in Egypt he would have to convince me that it was the best thing. If I was still against it, the person would not be put to death." Yami said.
"There must have been some exceptions to that rule." Yugi said clearly intrigued.
Yami chuckled slightly, "Yeah, I suppose there are however, there is only one that I can think of. And that would be when someone does something involving me, looking at me or touching me in a way that they shouldn't. In a way that Atemu deems inappropriate. You kind of saw that a bit with Anzu, though as you saw I do have a little bit of a say, though not much since issues involving me Atemu does have the final say." Yami said.
"Say Yami, this may sound a bit random, but when exactly did you meet Atemu?" Yugi asked.
"Well, Atemu found me when he was five and I was four. Apparently, as I heard later Atemu would day in and day out scream for his 'Anku'. His father was told by the gods they say, to take Atemu out on a horse and let Atemu lead them to his Anku. They said that Atemu would know where to go. Atemu found me playing outside with some local boys and latched onto me yelling, 'Anku, I've found you.' I was taken to the palace and I have been by Atemu's side ever since." Yami said.
"He really loves you doesn't he?" Yugi asked.
Yami nodded, "Atemu claims to love me more than life itself, and given all that we had been through together I believe him when he tells me that. Atemu risked his life to save mine on more than one occasion. He took beatings for me when we were children, stood by me through some very hard times in my life. He even risked war with a neighbor just so he could remain by my side because he refused to enter a marriage alliance with them because that would have meant leaving my side. Yes, Atemu loves me Yugi. He loves me very much just as I love him very much." Yami said, though it wasn't so much his words that convinced Yugi but rather the tone Yami used and the look in Yami's eyes when he answered.
Yugi sighed before he laid back on his bed, "Atemu hates me doesn't he?"
Yami sighed before he stood up and walked over to sit beside Yugi. "Actually Aibou, I don't believe that Atemu hates you. You just have to give him time. You have to give a chance to adjust. Back in ancient Egypt he was the only one who was remotely close to me. That is one of the things he is being forced to adjust to, in addition to adjusting to a life in a different time period. A part of Atemu's attitude towards you Yugi I believe is jealousy. You were extremely close to me for two years. And Atemu is a bit jealous of how close the two of us are. Though I see you as nothing more than a brother Atemu can't be sure and so as of now he sees you as a potential threat which he has to be on guard against. But trust me Aibou, Atemu will come around. It took me some time to mellow out following my release as well and Atemu was just released last night. Please give him time, he will come around. However regardless of how Atemu sees you I am still here for you. I am still here for you to talk to you if you're in trouble, to come to for help with your homework. Anything you need." Yami said.
Yugi looked up at Yami, "But Atemu won't like that."
Yami smirked and said, "Well Atemu can deal with that. I'm not abandoning you just because he's shown up. And if Atemu has a problem with it he can take it up with me and I will argue with him about it until he gives up, or I can always 'convince' him in other ways."
Yugi giggled and said, "I probably don't want to know, do I?"
Yami shrugged, "Probably not Aibou."
Yami glanced at the clock and saw that it was now 845. Yami stood up and said, "Its getting late Aibou. It's a school night and I know that Grandpa wants you in bed by nine."
Yugi nodded before he stood up. Yami and Yugi hugged before Yami headed for the door.
A/N: Yeah, I know nothing really happened in this chapter. But don't worry it'll pick up next chapter. I think the main point was Yami's and Yugi's talk at the end there. Anyway, as always please read and review.