Yay! Next chapter already! Let's get started now cause I have no more words to say ^^;

Yugi was quiet most of the way home, not really getting into the conversations his friends created. When everyone but him, Emily, and Atem had left, he became uncomfortable. Not only was he feeling guilty from keeping a secret that Iana, Emily's mom, would die any day now, but now he had to walk with Emily for 5 more minutes until he reached his own home. Emily noticed his quiet attitude and asked,

"Are you ok Yugi?" Yugi looked at her, and maintained a smile.

"Yup. I'm fine." Emily blinked, but smiled back

"Kay." Emily said as she continued to walk. Atem looked at Yugi, and knew he how he felt, for Atem himself felt guilty at times. Yugi continued to walk slowly behind Emily and his counterpart. A couple of minutes later, they arrived at Yugi's place as Emily turned to the two look-alikes,

"Well, I guess I'll see you then. Come over sometime! I'll show you something I can do besides dueling!" Emily said smiling and turned around, but Yugi stopped her,

"Um Emily?" Emily turned back to him,

"Ya?"

"About your mom..." Yugi said, feeling so much pressure on his shoulders at that moment he looked down. Atem went wide eyed a little,

"Yugi no. You can't tell Emily. It would break her heart." Atem thought. Emily tilted her head,

"What about her?" Emily asked curiously. Yugi begun to shake a little, but held it back and looked up smiling.

"She'll get better! You'll see! She'll be out of the hospital before you know it!" Yugi said confidently. Emily went wide eyed then gave a bright smile,

"Ya! I agree! She'll feel great! I just know it!" Emily said, agreeing with the boy. Yugi smile remained but in his mind, what he was saying, only made things worse to him. "Thanks Yugi. Your a good friend." Emily sent him one last smile before walking the rest of the way home. Yugi then looked down; couldn't believing he almost let that one slip. He sighed and walked into the Game Shop.

"Grandpa! I'm home!" Solomon turned to his grandson and smiled.

"Hello Yugi. Hm?" He noticed the sadness in his grandson's face. "What's wrong Yugi?" Yugi looked at his grandfather, and tried to keep a smile on his face,

"What do you mean? Nothings wrong." Solomon shook his head.

"You can't fool me Yugi. You acted like this back when you just got me back from the incident at Duelist kingdom. Although you were overjoyed to see me, you didn't really act the same until a month later." Yugi froze and looked down. Atem looked at Yugi and then thought back to what he and Iana talked about,

"So that's what he ment..." Yugi sighed,

"I think I want to be left alone..." Yugi then walked towards his bedroom and headed upstairs. Solomon turned to Atem and asked,

"Did everything go ok at school with him?" Atem nodded,

"He's just put with task that's hard on him." Solomon blinked and then looked to where Yugi walked.

"I wonder what it could be..." Then turned back to Atem, "Do you know?" Atem shook his head,

"That...I cannot say. It might upset Yugi if I told anyone else." Solomon nodded, understanding what he meant,

"I suggest you talk to him Atem. You two are like-" Before Solomon finished, Atem was already gone. Solomon smiled,

"The two of you are like brothers."

Yugi set his back-pack down and walked over to his bed and laid down on his bed. He closed his eyes as Emily's words kept repeating in his head,

"Thanks Yugi. Your a good friend." Yugi sighed and sadly said,

"Some friend I am..."

"That's no way to talk about yourself." Yugi's head shot up to his doorway and saw Atem standing in front of his doorway. Yugi sighed as he sat up,

"Oh...Hey Atem." Atem walked over and sat next to his close friend, turning his upper body to the boy.

"You know, that one was too close." Atem told him. Yugi looked at him before returning his gaze to his hands,

"I know...It's just..."

"What?" Atem asked, concerned,

"I just don't know if I can handle this...Emily already blames herself for what's going on with her mom right now. If I keep this secret, not only will she get angry at you and me...But she'll be so upset and blame herself even more..." Yugi begun shaking. Atem was at a loss for words, not really sure of what to say,

"I see...So that's what's been troubling you." Yugi and Atem looked towards the door, and saw Solomon. "Sorry about eavesdropping. But I was worried about you." Yugi sighed and nodded.

"You know, you remind me of myself when I was young." Solomon said as Yugi looked up,

"Really?" Solomon nodded and said,

"Of course. Don't I tell you and your mother that a lot?" Solomon chuckled a little. "You know, when I was faced with a hard task I asked myself, 'How will I get through this?' And you know what I did?" Yugi shook his head. "I believed in myself. That's all you have to do. It may not be easy, but it pays off." Yugi looked down for a minute, then looked up, determination in his eyes,

"Right Grandpa. Thanks, I'll hang in there for Emily." Yugi said, confidence in his voice. Atem smiled at him, and placed a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"You ready to get through this together?" Atem asked,

"Yup."

Welp. End of this chapter, and I hope you guys enjoyed!