[ He looks up at his best friend once Atem puts his hands over his. The expression in his eyes says he knows this and he understands it. Even then, he is struggling with the idea of separating from them. They have each other's chat IDs. They have social media. There are ways he can keep in contact with them...
Maybe this is what he needs to work through after everything that happened with the Orichalcos. Yugi hasn't shared what it was like to be separated from all of them in that never ending darkness. How the god of the Orichalcos would feed on their energy and strength. He knows Atem is still struggling with his own guilt and grief over it, and he wouldn't dare make his partner feel worse than he already does. But, Yugi would be lying to himself if he didn't at least admit in his own heart that the experience brought back the painful memories of the time before he had completed the Millennium Puzzle. Anzu was there, of course, but she was only aware of so much of it.
Lunafreya. It's almost weird to hear her full name. Probably because he still struggles with being able to say it. ]
I'm the keeper of the Millennium Puzzle. I'm the vessel for you. I have things that I need to do for you.
[ Everyone has always said it--haven't they? Shadi, Ishizu, Marik. They've all said time and time again that he has a duty and responsibility to the ancient magical item and the soul that resides inside it. Trails, tests, and even restoring the memories of the Pharaoh himself. ]
What if doing what I'm supposed to do makes it so you have to leave? [ He looks down again, a frown tinted with frustration on his face, and tears still running down his cheeks. ] I want you to stay here with me. I don't want to lose my best friend. But, if I don't do my part, then, I'm failing you.
[ Yugi's hands curl around the phone then as he shuts his eyes tightly. Now comes the tears of frustration and anger at no one else but himself and his inability to cross this hurdle in his way. ]
I don't understand how you do it. I know you want to stay here too. I know you like being with all our friends, and that you want to be with Luna. Even then, you can put that aside and do what you have to. But, I...
[ ...can't do it, he finishes the statement to himself. Admitting it out loud just seems like he's letting Atem down even more. ]
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Maybe this is what he needs to work through after everything that happened with the Orichalcos. Yugi hasn't shared what it was like to be separated from all of them in that never ending darkness. How the god of the Orichalcos would feed on their energy and strength. He knows Atem is still struggling with his own guilt and grief over it, and he wouldn't dare make his partner feel worse than he already does. But, Yugi would be lying to himself if he didn't at least admit in his own heart that the experience brought back the painful memories of the time before he had completed the Millennium Puzzle. Anzu was there, of course, but she was only aware of so much of it.
Lunafreya. It's almost weird to hear her full name. Probably because he still struggles with being able to say it. ]
I'm the keeper of the Millennium Puzzle. I'm the vessel for you. I have things that I need to do for you.
[ Everyone has always said it--haven't they? Shadi, Ishizu, Marik. They've all said time and time again that he has a duty and responsibility to the ancient magical item and the soul that resides inside it. Trails, tests, and even restoring the memories of the Pharaoh himself. ]
What if doing what I'm supposed to do makes it so you have to leave? [ He looks down again, a frown tinted with frustration on his face, and tears still running down his cheeks. ] I want you to stay here with me. I don't want to lose my best friend. But, if I don't do my part, then, I'm failing you.
[ Yugi's hands curl around the phone then as he shuts his eyes tightly. Now comes the tears of frustration and anger at no one else but himself and his inability to cross this hurdle in his way. ]
I don't understand how you do it. I know you want to stay here too. I know you like being with all our friends, and that you want to be with Luna. Even then, you can put that aside and do what you have to. But, I...
[ ...can't do it, he finishes the statement to himself. Admitting it out loud just seems like he's letting Atem down even more. ]