This one really doesn't have a plot, but I just thought it was cute. Okay, I need someone to decide this for me: should I stop making Atem and Yugi father and son and give Yugi different parents, or should I stay with 'Tem? And second of all: I've got a bone to pick with two people who reviewed my 'Where is Home' story! Just for the record, I couldn't care less if anyone read this story or not. Even if everyone told me all of my writtings sucked, I would still post them just because I WANT TO. So, if I decide to make that story a romance, (I don't use the word 'yaoi' or any other japanese words) don't be threatening me by saying 'I'll stop reading it' b/c I don't care! If I have to suffer w/ all the stupid romance storieswith Tea out there, then you can certainly suffer with my romances! You know who you are, so I won't name names, but reviews mean nothing to me. Sure, it's nice to know that people like my work, but they still mean nothing. I could be the worst writer in the world and I'd still post! Only one person's opinion matters to me and she knows who she is. Whoo! That feels so good to get off my chest! Okay, now I present to you more baby Yugi!

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It was a wonderful day outside. The sun shown brightly and only patchy clouds passed by. A young mother named Kiara sat in her car, waiting for the traffic light to turn green. As she sat there, she looked in the rearview mirror to see a car seat, holding her sleeping two month old baby boy, Yugi. Kiara smiled, seeing Yugi sleep.

For the past week or so, he had had a cold and could not … or actually would not sleep at night. Kiara was glad that it was Yugi's father, Atem's turn to have him this weekend; maybe now she could get some sleep herself. Kiara had never married Atem because they did not exactly see eye to eye. He had a job where he worked from home while she spent all her time as a nurse in a hospital. Having Yugi really put stress on her life, but she could not imagine living without him. As soon as the light turned green, Kiara gently pressed the accelerator so as to not wake her sick baby boy. Kiara did not live far from Yugi's father. Only about fifteen minutes away. He did however, have a larger house then she did. While her house only had two bedrooms, while Atem's house had four. It did not matter to her, as long as he proved that he was capable of taking care of their child. She had to give him credit, he did help out in any way he possibly could. Kiara pulled up into the driveway and got out. She opened the door and smiled at seeing her baby finally asleep. She did not have t he heart to wake him up.

"My sweet little angel." She was going to just unhook the car seat when Atem came bursting out of his home.

"Hello, Kiara." Kiara turned around and put a finger to her mouth.

"Shh! He's sleeping." Atem shrugged.

"So?" The mother sighed. She gently unhooked Yugi as he woke up.

"So nothing; he's been sick this week and neither of us have been able to sleep a wink." Atem did not even listen. He was too excited to see his son again.

"Hey, there's my big guy!" When Yugi's infant ears heard the familiar voice, he smiled brightly and signaled for his father to pick him up, which he did. Atem held Yugi in his arms, close to his chest and gave him a big kiss on the forehead and cheek.

"Atem!" Said dad jumped when hearing his name screeched by a whinny voice. "Were you even listening to me?" Atem blinked.

"Well, I heard you say you haven't slept all week, and I can tell; try running a brush through your hair once in a while." Kiara growled.

"No Idiot," Atem rolled his eyes as he bounced Yugi in his arms. "I said that Yugi has a cold … and a pretty bad one at that."

Atem gave Yugi a sad look.

"Oh, is that right? Is my Little One sick?" Yugi giggled. "He seems fine to me." Kiara exhaled. She hoped that Yugi would not grow up to be as air-headed and dim-witted as his father.

"Listen; if you take him outside for any reason, I want you to put this hat on his head. It's cold and flu season and he doesn't need to get the flu right now." Kiara put a blue fleece cape on Yugi's head. "Also, don't just put him to bed in a diaper this weekend. I have a pair of pajamas in here that he can wear so he stays warm all night." Atem rolled his eyes once again as he continued to bounce Yugi on his hip. "There should be enough bottles in here to last him all weekend, but I have a bottle full of juice in here too incase he needs it. Check his temperature often because he has had a lot of fevers this week, clean out his nose and ears, and make sure he is never alone."

"Kiara, no need to worry. We laugh, we play, and have a good time; it's like we're father and son." Now it was Kiara's turn to roll her eyes.

"I just don't want him to get any sicker then he already is ..."

"He won't; I promise you. Go on home and get some sleep. You look like you need it." Kiara sent him a glare before she gave Yugi a kiss on the forehead, telling him over and over how much she loved him and left. Kiara drove off.

"That mother of yours has a few screws loose; as a matter of fact, that whole family does." Atem looked down at Yugi who gave out an adorable coo. "Please don't be crazy … please be normal." Yugi giggled, causing Atem to mimic the action. Well, let's get you settled in." Atem said as he took Yugi's diaper bag and walked to his front door.

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A few hours later, Atem had a screaming Yugi in his arms. The boy was screaming bloody murder and Atem had no idea why his son would not shut up. Yugi clutched Atem's shirt and screamed even louder. Atem was one the verge of tears himself.

"Please, I'm doing everything I can!" The attitude in Atem's voice made Yugi scream even louder. Atem paced back and forth, patting Yugi on the back. It seemed that no matter what he did, the boy was just not happy. He tried to take Yugi's temperature, but whenever he was able to place the thermometer … where it should have gone, the baby just screamed even louder. "What do you want from me!" Atem whined.

Suddenly, Yugi stopped crying and started coughing … a lot. "Are you alright?" Yugi just kept coughing and whining. Atem panicked. He went over to the kitchen and filled one of his son's bottles with water. He placed the nipple near Yugi's mouth, hoping the boy would drink. Yugi accepted the water, but only for two sucks. Yugi cried again. Atem sighed. "Enough is enough!" He picked up the phone and dialed Kiara's number. Ring, after ring after ring … Kiara was not picking up. Atem sighed yet again, bouncing a crying Yugi on his hip. "Well, we've tried your mother … now let's try mine."

The doorbell rang. When Atem answered it, a tan woman with salt and pepper hair was standing outside.

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"Well, where is he?" Atem took his mother by the hand and led her into his house.

"Mother, I don't know what to do. My kid's never been sick before and I'm running out of ideas. Upstairs, Yugi was in his crib, looking around and cooing cutely. Where had Daddy gone? Suddenly, voices were heard. However, he had no idea what they were saying.

"And his temperature?"

"A fever." Just then Mira, Atem's mother, picked him up. She could tell that just by Yugi's runny nose, puffy eyes and rosy cheeks that he was sick. She rocked the baby in her arms.

"You said you called Kiara?" Atem nodded.

"Yes." Mira sighed. She continued to rock her grandson in her arms, making him feel as warm as possible. "Mother please, I'm desperate here." Mira looked at her son for a few moments before finally speaking.

"Atem, you know that I have always tried to do what is best for you, so now I'm going to do the most helpful thing I can … absolutely nothing!" Atem was taken back.

"What!" Mira cupped her son's face in her hand.

"Darling, you have always tried to run away from responsibility; trying to pass him to Kiara and then onto me. Well now here it is staring you in the face. You need to start being a father and taking care of your son."

"I thought that was what mothers were for." Mira hit Atem on the back of his head. "Ouch! What was that for!"

"Never say that again! I taught you better then that! A father needs to take care of his child as well … unless you want to become like your own father …"

"Good God no, that's my nightmare! I could never be anything like that man!" Atem stressed on the word 'man', looking off to the side, reliving all the times his father had let him down. Mira was glad to hear it. Atem's father was not a very … good man, let alone a good father. She smiled and held Yugi out.

"Then take care of your son." Atem carefully took Yugi back into his arms, looking at those sad, helpless yet adorable purple eyes. Atem could practically hear Yugi begging him to take the pain away.

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Later that night, Atem gave Yugi a bath in the sink, making sure to keep him extra warm, and began to feed him with one of the bottles of milk that Kiara had pumped before she dropped Yugi off. The young father had a hard time staying awake. This was the fifth time Yugi had woken up in the last two hours to be fed. But it seemed like this time, he wanted to play. Atem looked down at Yugi and saw a smile form across the infant's face.

"So now you're well enough to play?" Yugi smiled and looked around, cooing for the fun of it. Even though Yugi's temperature was still very high, he would giggle and play as if he were healthy. Atem decided that he would sleep on the couch with Yugi on his stomach. Partly because he was too tired to move, and partly because whenever Yugi was alone, he screamed his head off.

The young father made sure to do everything he could to keep his child warm. He put Yugi in a blue one-piece pajama set, a wrapped him up in a fleece blanket and placed that cap on his head that Kiara was bitching about earlier. He made sure to clean out Yugi's nose, even though it was a fight doing it, and he made sure that Yugi had something to snuggle with so he brought down Yugi's stuffed panda bear, Ping. (Any of this sound familiar?) He began to rub Yugi's back in a circular motion and began to hum a lullaby his own mother used to sing to him when he was little.

Upon hearing the humming, Yugi looked his father straight in the eye. When Atem's ruby eyes met with his son's amethysts, the baby boy let out a small approving coo. Atem chuckled.

"Oh, you like that, do you?" Yugi smiled and cooed again, drooling all over the diaper bib that Atem set on his chest. Atem chuckled and kissed Yugi on the forehead. He began to hum a little more, and in no time at all, he and Yugi were both in Dreamland.

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The next morning, Kiara pulled up into Atem's driveway. She was well-rested and ready to handle her baby once again. She knocked on the door but there was no answer. Thinking it really did not matter one way or another, she opened the door and let herself in.

"Hello … Atem … Yugi?" She walked into the entryway until she heard a loud, annoying snore. She followed it to see her child's father sleeping on the couch with the child on his chest. Yugi's small fist was balled up against his nose and mouth. She could not believe that as much of a light sleeper as Yugi was that he could sleep through Atem's long loud continuous snoring. She could not help but laugh and take a picture of it with her phone

"Hey, time to get up." Still, Atem did not budge. She shrugged and harshly flicked his Adam's Apple, causing Atem to cough a choking cough and wake up.

"Hey, what was that for?" He asked, still a little groggy.

"Have you ever heard yourself snore, it's like being in the middle of a rampaging stampede." Atem rolled his eyes.

"If I could hear myself snore, don't you think I'd do something about it?" Kiara smirked.

"No Atem, I don't." Atem rolled his eyes once again and felt a small object squirm on his chest. Yugi was waking up. "How did you get him to sleep?" Atem sat up with Yugi still on his chest.

"Surprisingly, all I did was hum." The mother raised an eyebrow.

"You hummed?" Atem nodded. Yugi's infant eyes woke up. He recognized the shape of his mother and smiled, giving a cute coo. "Hi, Sweet-heart; you ready to come home with Mommy?" Yugi's smile faded as he buried his face in Atem's chest. Yugi's father chuckled at seeing this.

"Well, I think he's made his decision."

"You really wanna take him for an extra day? Are you prepared to do everything you have to in order to keep him alive?"

"All you have to do is pump some more milk and we'll be fine." Kiara glared.

"You imbecile!" She went to go get Yugi's things together. Suddenly, Atem noticed something.

"Hey Kiara, Yugi isn't as warm as he was … I think he's getting better." The baby was chewing on a small foam ball when Kiara came back down. She kissed Yugi on the forehead and agreed.

"You're right …"

"So … can he stay an extra day?" Kiara put her hands on her hips and made her 'thinking face', as Atem called it.

"Well, alright. But same rules apply. Give him mo---"

"---Give him more water, put a hat on his head and don't let him wander around the house naked … I know, I know." Kiara rolled her eyes, but smiled as she did.

"You know Atem, I've made a decision." Atem was playing with Yugi as she said this.

"Oh really? What's that?"

"Every time Yugi is sick, you're gonna be the one taking care of him." At that, Atem's head snapped up.

"What, me? No … are you kidding!" Kiara shrugged with a smile and walked away. Atem sighed and looked down at Yugi. "… Just for that, you're gonna be sick a lot, aren't you?" The small baby giggled in an innocent way.

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