synthneon | YGO PSL | ❝ if i told you that you're not alone, and i show you this is where you belong. ❞

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( continued from here. you wouldn't believe how hard it is to find gifs of yugi and atem together and it's heartbreaking. it's all SHIPPING FANART. )

[ For Yugi, Lunafreya is an intimidating person. Not because she's cruel or throws around her power like the bullies in school did. It's more along the lines of how Atem is intimidating. Both can firmly put their feet on the ground and stand against any storm. He's the one that stands behind them and cheers them on. Is someone like that really worth bothering her when it comes to his wounds? It's a stupid thought, and he knows it, which is why he hasn't voiced it to his other self. ]

I'm pretty sure that if you asked she'd make the time too. You're the one that met her first!

[ He has no problem with it. He just wonders what it was that drove Atem out for a walk that night. ]

Maybe we should both ask her?

[ That makes things less intimidating. For some reason he can stare down gods, Shadow Games, and help fight the darkness in hearts, but this is difficult. He supposes it's because, deep down, he feels as if he should have been able to carry it for Atem. Now he needs to rely on someone else for it. When is he going to be able to do something without needing someone else to catch him? Maybe that's just the kind of person he is and he'll never be able to grow out of it. ]

There has to be somewhere we can start looking...

[ Atem already went to the exhibit with Téa, so that feels like it is off the table. Yugi can't even begin to think of how to get back in touch with the Tomb Keepers. Shadi has disappeared without a trace -- no one has even really heard from Pegasus. He sighs and looks over at the Millennium Puzzle hanging off the side of the headboard.

Because, where else is a teenager going to place his ancient mystical item?

He turns properly to look at the Pharaoh. They've talked so frequently that he doesn't even see him as a ghost. Atem is there and real as he would be in flesh and blood to Yugi. It doesn't matter if they talk like this, or if Yugi is the displaced one, or if it's in one of their soul rooms. There's a frown on his face now and a sigh in his expression. ]

But, you're not really a part of me... are you? [ Maybe it's time to talk about this properly. ] Not like we thought at first. You're someone that had his own life. You ruled over people and armies! You might have even built temples or the pyramids. I want you to stay here with us. That means you get a say in what we do from this point on, Other Me.

[ Because there is this nagging feeling deep down that one day Atem is going to want to leave. Yugi has no idea when it will be, or what will cause it, but it's a sense deep in his heart. One morning, the Pharaoh will just want to return to wherever he was supposed to go instead of being trapped inside the Millennium Puzzle. He's been trying to brace himself and prepare himself for that day and wear a brave face like the Pharaoh does. It's... he just can't.

What he can do is read anything he can find on Ancient Egypt. He'll dig wherever he can to see if it triggers something in the memories of his brother figure. If that fails? Then, he can help him make more new memories. ]

As long as you want to stay here with all of us.

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[ Yugi's excitement causes Atem to feel excited in turn; seeing Yugi happy is one thing that can always brighten up even the darkest of Atem's moods. And really, there are very few people who he would want to duel simply for the fun of it. ]

I'm not entirely sure how it would work, but between the two of us, I'm certain we can come up with something.

[ He offers Yugi a wide smile of his own at the suggestion about their decks. ]

That's a good idea, Yugi. If the chance presents itself at any point, at least we'll be ready.

[ He also intends to put some thought into how to turn their respective wish to duel each other into a reality. It'll be a challenge, but he's confident that they'll be able to work something out. ]

[ Yugi gives a firm and enthusiastic nod. ]

We'll figure it out.

[ This has to happen somehow. It's rare that he sees Atem with a smile like that on his face. Self-assured, ambitious, arrogant, and even embarrassed. However, joy? That's rare. It makes Yugi determined to have his other self smile like that more often.

He's been given a second life. He needs to live it to the fullest. As much as a dislocated spirit can anyways. So, duels with him, or a date with Luna? Yugi is going to find a way to make it happen.

He goes to speak about how he can roll over and go to sleep that way Atem can start working if he wants. He's more than aware that the spirit never sleeps, and, focusing on building a deck might give him something to do other than wander the endless maze of his soul room. Except, then, a beeping echoes in the room. Yugi leans around Atem - despite really not needing to - so he can look at the alarm on the phone.

It's already that early?

Yugi sighs and falls backwards on the bed. School.

Oh, right. He needs to text Luna too. ]

I guess the deck building will need to wait.

YGO PSL | ❝ if i told you that you're not alone, and i show you this is where you belong. ❞

oh would you look at that, it does

at least this thread ends happy DAMMIT