I picked Yugi up and held him close to me as I answered the door to find Bakura and Marik stood there
"Hey..."Marik said
"Can we come in?" Bakura asked, I nodded and walked back into the room before sitting down on my bed while Yugi hugged me
"We heard what happened." Bakura said, I nodded and Yugi wiped away my tears as they fell
"Don`t cry Papa, we`ll find him." I smiled sadly down at Yugi
"Thank you Yugi, but I don`t think Yami is coming back."
"what do you mean Atem? Of course Yami will come back." Marik said. I shook my head and handed him the note for the pair of them to read
"What does he mean by causing you both pain and causing Yugi`s injuries?" Bakura asked
"He laughed this morning while Yugi was still asleep and Yugi jumped awake causing him to fall of the bed and yo know the rest."
"What about causing you pain?" Marik asked
"I blamed myself for what happen to Yugi."
"Ah, you don`t now do you?" I shook my head just as the door opened and Seth walked in before closing the door behind him and walking over to me and sitting down next to me
"Are you alright Atem?" I shook my head
"Should I be? The one I love just walked out of me because he thought he was causing Yugi and I pain."
"I know, Jono told me so I came here."
"You didn`t have to."
"But you need to be around family and friends right now." Bakura stated and I sighed
"I`m not getting out of this am I?"
"No papa, we here Yami not, he no love papa if he left."
"I hate to admit it Atem, but Yugi`s right, if Yami left you he didn`t love you." Seth stated, I nodded slightly
"Come let`s do something else to stop you moping." Marik said
"And get changed cause you have blood on you." Bakura said, I chuckled
"Okay, get out so I can get Yugi and myself dressed." They all nodded before leaving and closed the door as I stood up with Yugi still in my grasp and walked over to the wardrobe before opening it and pulling out clothes for Yugi and myself.
"Papa, me want bath." I chuckled
"Alright Yugi you can have a bath."
"Yay!" I chuckled in his sudden change of moods. I walked into the bathroom and set Yugi down on the chair before drawing a bath for him. Once it was drawn Yugi undress and climbed in, I walked over to the sink and splashed my face with water before drying it and changing from the clothes covered in blood to the clean ones before putting the dirty clothes in the basket, by the time I walked back into the bathroom Yugi was already dressed and ready to go
"Let`s go papa!" I chuckled and picked him up as he raised his arms for me to do so before walking out of my chambers and towards my office
"Papa where we going?"
"To my office, cause I presume that`s where they will be waiting." Yugi nodded and proceeded to play with my bangs
"Enjoying yourself Yugi?"
"Yep." I chuckled and walking into my office where I suddenly lost Yugi to Marik and I was forced to sit down on one of the sofas next to Seth
"Why are you wriggling so much Yugi?" Marik asked as Yugi struggled in his grasp
"Me want to be with papa!" I chuckled and stood up before taking Yugi back and sitting down on the sofa again before he started to play with my bangs
"Yugi, why did you choose him over me?" Marik asked
"Papa sad." Yugi replied
"Well, you`re favourite uncle is upset now."
"You are not his favourite uncle." Bakura said while getting to his feet
"Yes I am!" Marik yelled
"No you`re not!" Bakura yelled back
"You guys! Why not ask Yugi who his favourite uncle is?" both nodded and looked at Yugi
"What me do wrong?" Yugi asked
"You didn`t do anything wrong Yugi, they just want to know who your favourite uncle is." He thought for a few minutes before jumping onto Seth`s lap and hugging him
"Uncle Sef!"
"What?" Seth asked
"Apparently you`re Yugi`s favourite uncle."
"How can you choose him over one of us?" Marik asked him
"Uncle Sef is first uncle."
"So just because he is you`re first uncle he`s your favourite?" Bakura asked and Yugi nodded
"Yep." I chuckled as Marik pouted
"So what are you guys going to do to get me to stop moping?"
"We are going into the kingdom with no arguments." Marik answered
"Alright." I stood up and picked Yugi up as he reached his arms out for me before we all left the office and walked to the stables and encountered Honda along the way
"Going into the kingdom Pharaoh?" Honda asked and I nodded
"Would you care to accompany us?"
"Not at all, allow me to fetch some guards to go with us." I nodded and he walked a head of us
"Papa is onda coming?" Yugi asked
"Yes Yugi, Honda is coming with us."
"What about `Togi?" I chuckled
"I`m sure that Otogi will be coming as well." He nodded and we continued onto the stables.
We finally going into the kingdom and we started to look around when I spotted something that I thought Yugi might like before going over to Seth
"Seth, look after Yugi for a while?" I quickly handed him over
"Um, sure...but why?"
"I`ve seen something but I don`t want Yugi to see it yet." He nodded and walked off
"Bye papa." Yugi called, I smiled and waved before going over to the stall
Seth`s Pov
After I had taken Yugi we continued to look around the stalls when he suddenly became stiff in my arms
"Yugi? Is something wrong?" I nodded and struggled in my grasp causing me to let go of him before he landed on the ground and began running away from me
"Yugi!" I quickly ran after him when e suddenly turned a corner
"Yugi, go back to Seth." I stopped before I turned the corner as I heard Yami
"No, you upset papa."
"It`s for his own good."
"No, you hurt papa he cried, you no love him."
"That`s not true, I love Atem but I can`t be with him."
"You no love papa if you left."
"Yugi please stop this, I love Atem I just can`t be there anymore." I then turned the corner and said Yami knelt down behind Yugi who had his back to him
"And why not Yami?"
"Uncle Sef!" Yugi ran over to me and I picked him up
"Don`t run off again or I will tell your papa." He lowered his head
"Sorry uncle Sef." I nodded and turned my attention back to Yami
"So why can`t you be around Atem anymore? Do you even understand how hurt my cousin is? He loves you Yami, and he cried when you left I haven`t seen him cry since his father passed, he`s hurting...he`s forcing himself to smile, he doesn`t understand why you left."
"Seth, I love Atem but I`m just causing him pain."
"And you`re not now?!"
"I just can`t."
"The hell you can`t, what would Jono say if he saw you running away when it is your job to help protect the royal family? What would he say if he saw you running from your problems?" he chuckled
"I`d get an ear full."
"Damn right...Yami ,Atem is incomplete without you he needs you to complete him, to complete his life...to complete his family, he can`t live without you just like he can`t live without Yugi."
"But I`m causing him pain."
"Trust me, you`re causing him more pain right now that you have done with little incidents... will you come back?"
"I don`t know."
"Yami, me want papa happy, you make papa happy, please come back." Yugi sai while giving him the puppy eyed look
"Oh Yugi don`t give me that look...alright! alright I`ll come back."
"Yay, papa will be happy again." I chuckled and motioned for Yami to follow as we walked back towards Atem who was now stood looking for us holding something in his hands
"Papa!" Yugi yelled causing Atem to look over and smile before approaching and meeting us half way
"Hey you two, I wondered where you had gotten to." He greeted obviously not noticing Yami
"Did you get what you needed?" he nodded and held it out to Yugi
"Here you go Yugi." Yugi took it from him and it turned out to be a ball that was covered in different colour and butterflies were painted on it
"Thank you papa, now me make you happy."
"What do you mean? I am happy."
"Don`t lie Atem even Yugi can tell you`re not so stop trying to lie." He sighed
"Alright, I`m not as happy as I could be, but I have a reason not to be, the one I love walked out on me and it hurts so cut me some slack okay?"
"We found Yami papa." Atem looked shocked
"What?" I nodded and stepped to the side to show him Yami who stood there looking guilty
"Hi ate-" Atem quickly moved forward and pulled him into a kiss effectively cutting Yami off before they pulled apart and Atem pulled him into a hug
"Please don`t do that again...it hurts so much without you around, it hurt when I found you had left." Atem said
"Don`t worry Atem, I won`t be leaving again, I realise my mistake and I'm sorry." Yami replied
"You`re forgiven as long as it doesn`t happen again."
"And it won`t." I smiled and looked at Yugi who was fascinated by his new toy
"Uncle Sef look, butte-fly." I chuckled
"Yes it is a butterfly."