I've been dying to at least update something of mine here on FF and here's what you got!

Atem: THANK YOU! Something that isn't bleh!

Me: *glares* You wanna shaved again? I can easily do that.

Atem: ...No thanks.

The Drabble Ahead:

Summary: Yugi gets scared at night.

Rating: K

Genre: hurt/comfort... i guess... friendship, slight humor, fluff

Story warnings: none

Set anywhere in the series after Yugi learns of Yami's presence in his head and the puzzle.

ENJOY!

Yugi vs. Fear

This was the last time he'd let Joey talk him into watching a horror movie.

Yugi sat in his bed, curled up into a ball. He had the sheet, cover, and a really heave quilt over top of him; this way, even though it caused him to sweat like a pig since it was still summer outside, he felt safer. He was in his own little sanctuary where the darkness hid him away from anything and everything that could cause him harm.

Yugi was so bundled up that not even the smallest ray of light could penetrate the barrier to his eyes. Knowing this, you can guess that he didn't see his Millennium Puzzle, which rested on his desk at night, glow. There was an ancient Egyptian spirit that lived inside his pyramid-shaped puzzle, and this spirit emerged from said puzzle and sat down on the bed.

"Yugi, you need to sleep. You have school tomorrow." The spirit said. At the new, and frankly unexpected, sound, Yugi yelped and dived deeper into his fortress- if that was even possible.

The spirit blinked. "Yugi?"

Yugi recognized the voice and came out from his hiding place. He was able to see the outlines of everything in the room- if not the object itself- because of the pale moonlight that shown through his window. On his bed, he saw the transparent spirit sitting on his bed with a surprised expression.

"Oh, sorry, Yami." Yugi addressed the spirit meekly. "It's just I can't sleep. Joey and Tristan talked me into going to see a scary movie and the movie theater with them, Tèa, and Bakura…" Yugi's voice faded off at remembering the film.

"Movie? You mean those moving pictures right on those giant pieces of paper right?" Yami inquired. Yugi smiled in slight humor.

"Yes, Yami, those moving pictures right on those giant pieces of paper." Yugi had the urge to tell the Egyptian Pharaoh that they were not giant pieces of paper but screens, but he just didn't feel too good at the moment.

"A scary movie?" Yami thought aloud. "Why would you watch something that will frighten you, Yugi?"

"There are people who like that sort of thing." Yugi explained. "Joey and Tristan, I know, are two of those people. I, for one, am not. I hate scary movies."

"You just didn't want to disappoint your friends." Yami stated.

"Right." Yugi agreed. "If I said I didn't want to go watch it, they would've been disappointed that they couldn't go watch it, and I didn't want that."

"Couldn't they've watched it without you?"

"…Apparently not."

Yami looked at Yugi for a minute. The poor boy was still curled up in a ball so tiny Yami didn't think Yugi was that flexible… or comfortable. He looked so vulnerable at that instant.

A wind began to rise outside and made tree branches sway in the breeze. One of the branches on the tree outside Yugi's window began to tap on said window. The tapping sound caused the petite duelist to cry out in fear and dive back under his blankets shivering.

Yami peered down at the quivering lump and gave it a pat. Even though he was still a spirit and couldn't actually do the act, Yugi could still feel the action through their mind link. This comforted the child.

"Yugi," Yami suggested in a soft, comforting voice, "how about I stay up and keep watch for you. You need your sleep, and, if anything comes in, I'll just send it to the Shadowrealm, okay?"

Yugi stopped trembling and crawled over to the foot of the bed and stuck his pointy haired head out. "You'd do that?"

"Of course." Yami replied with a warm smile.

"For really and for true?"

Yami gave a light-hearted, exasperated sigh. "Yes." he patted Yugi's head. "Now go to sleep so you'll be rested for school tomorrow."

Yugi smiled. "Okay!" he chirped. The short teenager crept back under the covers and popped out the other side. He snuggled into the coverlet's warmth and closed his violet eyes. "Goodnight, Yami."

"Goodnight, Yugi." Yami smiled and patted his Hikari's head one last time before going back to his puzzle to keep watch.