Yes, they are. [ He agrees, but his tone is uncertain, as if he's still unsure of where Yugi is going with this. He's doing his best to understand and to listen, because he needs to know how his friend and partner, and what's more, his brother feels.
He waits for Yugi to do or say something more, knowing that his responsibility here is to be patient and understanding, while he works out his thoughts and what he wants to say. It's not a time for speaking, and the last thing he wants to do is talk over Yugi in any way.
When it's clear that Yugi's taken a moment to pause, only then does he begin to form a reply. ]
So a chapter in your life is ending and a new one is starting, is that right? And- You're unsure how everything will look when our friends have gone on their way and it's just us remaining here.
[ It will be different, that's for sure. He wonders if part of the issue is that Yugi will be lonely without his friends. If that's the case, then he resolves right then and there to do his best to be even more available and even more supportive than he's tried to do this whole time. Perhaps that's another problem: could it be that he hasn't done enough, and that's why Yugi's so afraid of what's to come? If so, then that only strengthens Atem's resolve, driving away any lingering questions that he might still have. ]
I do know your thoughts on this matter, Yugi, and they're very kind, really.
[ It's just that he feels that anything more than he's already done will be infringing on Yugi's life, and at the end of the day, that's what it is: Yugi's life.
He had his chance to live, whether he remembers the details of his life or not, so in that sense, he can't see how it's his place to do as Yugi says and to live alongside him and others. Will this be something they'll never agree on? He's not sure of that either. ]
I suppose that we'll just have to compromise on this. [ Because while he can see it from Yugi's perspective, he still disagrees. ] It seems as though you've made up your mind, and I know I won't be able to convince you otherwise.
[ So it seems he has little choice but to agree. And, of course, a part of him wants what Yugi's proposing: not the part about being alone, but the one about spending time with Lunafreya. It's just ignoring that voice in his head that's telling him he's being selfish by even considering it. ]
no subject
He waits for Yugi to do or say something more, knowing that his responsibility here is to be patient and understanding, while he works out his thoughts and what he wants to say. It's not a time for speaking, and the last thing he wants to do is talk over Yugi in any way.
When it's clear that Yugi's taken a moment to pause, only then does he begin to form a reply. ]
So a chapter in your life is ending and a new one is starting, is that right? And- You're unsure how everything will look when our friends have gone on their way and it's just us remaining here.
[ It will be different, that's for sure. He wonders if part of the issue is that Yugi will be lonely without his friends. If that's the case, then he resolves right then and there to do his best to be even more available and even more supportive than he's tried to do this whole time. Perhaps that's another problem: could it be that he hasn't done enough, and that's why Yugi's so afraid of what's to come? If so, then that only strengthens Atem's resolve, driving away any lingering questions that he might still have. ]
I do know your thoughts on this matter, Yugi, and they're very kind, really.
[ It's just that he feels that anything more than he's already done will be infringing on Yugi's life, and at the end of the day, that's what it is: Yugi's life.
He had his chance to live, whether he remembers the details of his life or not, so in that sense, he can't see how it's his place to do as Yugi says and to live alongside him and others. Will this be something they'll never agree on? He's not sure of that either. ]
I suppose that we'll just have to compromise on this. [ Because while he can see it from Yugi's perspective, he still disagrees. ] It seems as though you've made up your mind, and I know I won't be able to convince you otherwise.
[ So it seems he has little choice but to agree. And, of course, a part of him wants what Yugi's proposing: not the part about being alone, but the one about spending time with Lunafreya. It's just ignoring that voice in his head that's telling him he's being selfish by even considering it. ]