ATTENTION: JAMIE GETS A LITTLE CREEPY IN THIS CHAPTER! BEWARE EVIL JAMIE!
OK! On with the story! This is a two in one chapter. You'll get both Jamie's and Atemu's POV.
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Lust is blood.
Jamie.
Look at him. Such exquisite artwork. An Adonis. I've never seen anything like him before.
I will make that body mine. I can live without the mind inside it.
He's made to entice, to stir that heat low down inside. He's a tease. He flaunts himself. Unknowingly, maybe. But still. I can take what's on offer, can't I?
The house is stone silent as I creep into his bedroom. He's stretched out, the moonlight dancing on his pale skin. He could be a fallen angel. He's so perfect. I stalk over to him, perching on the end of his bed. I lean over him, my torso almost touching his. The heat radiating from his body sends a shudder of lust around me. I can feel his breath against my cheek, I can smell his mint toothpaste. He still smells faintly of his cologne. He drives my senses wild. I dust my fingers over sculptured cheekbones and down over a strong jaw line. My eyes find the scar snaking his throat and jaw. Anger shots through me. How could someone damage such beautiful porcelain? My fingers are moving to trace his lips without putting any pressure. They're so soft and my hunger for him grows. I want him. His eyes are moving under the lids. He's caught in a dream. I watched enthralled, his slender fingers twitching, his lips quiver with words I can't make out.
Scott moaned in his sleep. A sly smirk slipped onto my lips. Protect him from me, huh? Just think off what I could do while you sleep.
My gaze moves down his body. His legs have become tangled in the blanket, pulling it down around his waist. In his dream state he's moved and his shirt has ridden up, exposing his sculptured chest. I let my finger lightly dance over the skin. He stirs, mumbling nonsense in his sleep and I freeze. After a moment he calms and falls into a deeper sleep. A contented sigh escaping him, he rolls away from me. I pull away, watching him for moments longer.
Who was Yugi to come and destroy my home? My peace? He'd given up his claim on Atemu long ago. Anger fizzled through me, sending sparks through my brain. There was still time. Atemu still hasn't decided yet.
He mumbled again and I lean forward to hear his words.
"Yugi."
...NO!...
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Tears don't fall
Atemu
Suspicious mind
Something was wrong. The room felt wrong. Warily, I pushed the blanket back and stood. Nothing was out of place, the room was still...almost too still, like it was caught in time. Scott's heavy breathing barely reached me. I felt violated, intimidated by something that was no longer by my side. Something had happened in the night, I'd missed something. There was no one to tell me what had happened. I'd never felt more on edge. My eyes flashed to the bed, searching for something that escaped me. I found nothing but this only stirred unease in my stomach. I stalked around the room, focusing on corners that were easily over looked. The morning buzz from life drifted from the streets and from further in the apartment. I frowned, unable to decide what had happened. I could almost feel the ghost of something pressed against my body. A disgusted tremor shook my body.
"Atemu? What is it?"
I jumped. I hadn't heard Scott wake, I never noticed the change in his breathing. I jerked around fluidly. Scott's sleepy gaze met mine as I stood tense in the middle of the room. He looked around aimlessly, before flashing his eyes back to me and expecting an answer.
"I think someone was in here last night."
"Last night? Doubt it mate. You were probaly dreaming."
"Maybe you're right."
"Of course I am. No one can get in." He sat up and stretched, dislodging the covers that had clung to his shoulders. "Go and have a shower."
I nodded and headed into the bathroom.
...I'm going insane...I think I can smell something different...
I spent a paranoid ten minutes in the shower, constantly looking over my shoulder. I couldn't shake the feelings, the hidden eyes. I hurried to dress, I couldn't pull the material over my hips quick enough. I felt hideously naked and venerable. Once I had dressed, I crept down to the kitchen. I didn't notice Kyle in the hall until I collided with him. Embarrassed and annoyed with myself, I helped him up from the floor.
"That hungry, Atemu?" He asked, straightening out his clothes.
"Something like that."
He laughed and stepped aside, I sprinted past him. I had to get out of the hall, had to find a crowd of people. I tried to walk casually into the kitchen but I'm sure if it worked. The bubbling laughter of my friends helped to chase away the fear. Scott grinned at me, already seeming to forget my unease and tossed me a box of cereal. I paid no attention to what I was eating as I raised a spoon to my lips.
I AM insane...Who the hell is watching me?...
I studied everyone through narrowed eyes. No faces were turned in my direction, no eyes were burning into mine but I felt them. I swivelled around, checking over my shoulder but I only saw an empty doorway. Frustration poked at my mind, I couldn't understand my feelings. Nothing appeared to be wrong yet I knew it was. I shoved my bowl away and flashed my friends a smile.
"I need to go and look for something, guys. I'll be right back."
"All right." Lucy said, throwing a smile over her shoulder.
I stood and headed out the door. On reflex I turned around and my heart choked. Jamie was watching me with cool and calculative eyes, an expression on his face I didn't like. But it melted away and was replaced with innocent confusion and concern.
"Atemu? Is something wrong?"
I didn't answer, just hurried away.
...He wouldn't...would he?...
The door closed behind me with a click, shutting out the world for a moment. I pushed out my senses, uncurling the darkness sleeping in my soul. It stretched and shook away slumber and turned its attention to me. A shapeless form, captured by chains of light, I felt its twisted will to obey. I felt the shadows turn and pulse with power, my power. I felt the raw strength and the demonic spirit of the swirling darkness before me.
"Did something happen in here last night?" I addressed the restless spirit
"...yes..." The warped voice hissed in my ear, caressing my face possessively.
"What?"
Childish laughter sounded around me. I felt its reluctance to tell, a whisper of fear riding through a being without emotions.
I snarled. "TELL ME! DO NOT DISOBEY ME!"
"Yes, master...a man...with lust in his eyes and darkness in his heart...set foot in this place as the clock struck twelve."
"Who?"
"We cannot tell. Do not fear master, no harm shall come to what it ours."
"Why can't you tell me?"
"It is not our place to say."
"Fine. Be gone."
The darkness I was breathing fell away from me, sunlight shone through the window. The shadows hadn't comforted me, just stirred the fear in my gut. That fear helped me to locate my link with Yugi. I sat and patiently knitted the fractured edges together. I dusted away cobwebs and soothed Yugi's dazzled and frightened light. The light of his soul rushed to me, frightened, demanding to know why I had left it alone. It hadn't understood, Yugi's soul was in agony because I had left. Guilt gnawed at me as I let my soul wrap around Yugi's.
"Shh." I whispered, the light purred as it listened to my voice and responded to my soul. "Don't fear, little one. I'm here. I'm sorry I left you but everything's OK now." I felt the relief and happiness radiating from the soul that was slowly merging with mine. "I need to talk to Yugi now. Can you help me?" I felt its reluctance, its fear that I wouldn't come back again. "Please."
The light danced away but I could still feel it hovering around the edges of my soul, soothing out wounds in my mind and helping to chase away the demons feasting on me. I smiled and slipped through the passageways that had once connected light and dark.
/Yugi, are you there?/
/Yami?/
/Yeah, it's me./
/You fixed the link./
/You don't mind do you?/
/Of course not! I can't believe you did it! Oh, man!...Why did you?/
/Um...I...needed to know you where there.../
/Where else am I going to be?/
/I don't know./
/Are you OK?/
/Yeah. Yugi, how are you. I mean really, how are you?/
There was silence, the light around me trembled slightly. I reached my darkness out to it and held it close.
/It hurts. That you went away and I couldn't find you./
/I didn't think that you'd be hurting. I'm sorry/
/I coped. Really, I'm all right/
/No, you're not. Yugi, I can feel you. You're scared. Why?/
/Because I don't want you to go away again/
/I won't./
/Can you promise me that?/
/...Not yet.../
/I understand/
...No you don't...you don't understand at all...
/Wait for me. I have to go now/
/For as long as I can/
His soul panicked when I retreated from his mind, it clutched on my consciousness. I soothed it, letting it hold onto a piece of my soul. I felt the mind link hum, I felt how contented and pleased Yugi was. I knew I had made the right decision.
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