synthneon | · CALL ME OUT (SUMMER) ·

Edited 2021-07-05 02:45 (UTC)

[Where and when does this take place? Who knows! This is DWRP and the points don't matter. What does matter is an Ancient Egyptian King sneaking up on a certain Yugi. Someone seriously needs to put a bell on this guy. When he's close enough for a good scare...]

Yo.

[He's doing this on purpose.]

[ It might matter to the poor guy who is jumping a foot in the air and letting out a very unimpressive yelp of surprise. Yugi whirls around, hand over his heart, and a bit of pink to his cheeks. ]

Other Me! [ Yep, stuck with that nickname for eternity. Sorry, Pharaoh. ] Geeze...

Haha. [Always fun to get a jump out of Yugi. But "other me," huh? A smile tugs at his lips as he thinks better of correcting him. If it's easier for Yugi, then it's okay to be called that. They were together like that much longer than Atem knowing his own name.

Yet a part of him... No, it's best to keep that buried deep.]

What's up? [The sneak attack had a purpose, and that purpose is to be nosy. He steps on the balls of his feet to get a good look over at Yugi's shoulder. It does nothing.] Are you writing a love letter to Anzu or something? About time. [His tone is light and teasing.]

Edited (whoops, word correction) 2021-07-16 03:09 (UTC)

[ Yugi pauses at the reaction he sees on Atem's face. Oh. His gaze drops to the desk in a mixture of apology and also self-scolding. He should know better now that the Pharaoh has his real name back. He doesn't need Yugi's name or memories anymore.

There's something bittersweet about that. ]

What?! -- No! [ His hands go to cover up what it is he is working on. Anzu is a complicated situation. What isn't in his life anymore? ] It's... something else. An idea.

[ One that will probably never happen. Still, dreams are nice to have. ]

[Too bad Atem won't talk about his identity issues and instead he continues to focus on what Yugi's hiding.]

An idea, huh... [About what? Atem can't see with Yugi's hands covering whatever it is and trying to stand taller failed thanks to their shared height. Squinting doesn't help either.

Which just makes Atem want to what it is know even more.

Maybe if he tries inching around and reaching his hand out ever so slowly he can yoink whatever it is under Yugi's grasp. It's worth a shot! And if it doesn't work, Atem has some other ideas up his proverbial sleeves.]

You should hurry up and confess to her before some American sweeps her off her feet. [His words are to distract from his actions. He'll get that paper yet.] What're you going to do then, partner?

Edited 2021-08-03 04:12 (UTC)

[ And this is Yugi leaning over his top secret work to continue to hide it. His cheeks turn red for only a brief moment before he looks down. He doesn't doubt that someone is going to sweep Anzu off her feet. Yugi knows that she has eyes for the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle and most likely whatever she feels about him isn't what he feels for her. It's not like they can really keep anything going being at such a distance away from one another anyways... ]

Probably... just wish her the best if that's what happens.

[ He's the one that's still stuck in the past. Everyone else is moving on with their lives, Atem included. Yugi figures he will just need to figure it out. ]

[Not the answer Atem was looking for. He sighs through his nose and steps back to give Yugi some space. Keep your secrets now, but Atem will learn them yet. There's some confidence that needs restoring first.]

Is that what you want?

[ Can he really keep anything a secret from Atem for very long? Most likely not. Somethings always remain private, but, too much of themselves and their lives is simply shared by nature of Yugi being his vessel. Not that he minds in the slightest.

Instead, Yugi frowns slightly and looks properly up at Atem. There's a look of resignation on his face. At least, though, it is something he has come to on his own. ]

No, but, I have to be realistic about it. [ He shakes his head. ] There's a thirteen hour difference between us and New York City. Long distance relationships are hard as it is. I'm not sure anything could work with that much distance. We'd be living completely different lives, with different people in them...

[ Yugi looks down. Maybe it's obvious how much thought he's put into this. ]

We'll always be friends and be connected somehow. I just don't see how it would work -- or be fair to either of us.

[ Especially when he's sure it's really Atem that Anzu has eyes for - in that way anyways. That's fine. Yugi accepted that fact a long time ago. It stings still, but, who is he to try and tell her what one of them she should like? Especially once they learned Atem was his own person... and especially once his former other self got his memories back. ]

Don't you think that's rather presumptuous?

[As much as Atem wants to take Yugi by the shoulders to shake some sense into him, he isn't Jonouchi. That kind of approach won't work coming from him. No, he needs to be more cerebral, but still give Yugi the pieces to solve the puzzle himself.]

You've never told Anzu about your feelings. [Atem points at Yugi rather casually with his arms crossed.] Isn't that unfair to her? You can't guess how she feels. A person's feelings aren't a game.

[What does he know? He's dead. Atem knits his eyebrows, acknowledging what he's about to say may not go over well.]

You say you're realistic, but really I think you're being a coward.

Edited 2021-08-26 20:47 (UTC)

... maybe.

[ The truth in the matter is, Yugi had already given up on the idea that telling Anzu his feelings would do any good. They're friends and that might just be enough. The idea of added distance just seems to cement it in his mind. Even if she didn't have the obvious attraction towards Atem? Life paths just seem to align in a way that would make a romantic relationship impossible.

Of course, he's achieved the impossible before. Though, he'd say that was more thanks to the soul he saw as his other self at one point.

He could point out how Atem has toyed with people's emotions in games... but that's a bit futile. There's no point in really arguing it when at some level the ancient soul is right. ]

Maybe I am a coward then.

[ Yugi frowns slightly. He can already tell that the comment won't go over well. The teen leans back in his chair, no longer hiding the papers that are under his arms. Duels and things that put his friends at risk is one thing. He can handle those.

Rejection from someone he cares about deeply, regardless of who it is? That's something else. ]

I have good news and bad news. What do you want to hear first?

The bad news...?
Might be better to get it out of the way.
What's wrong?

We're moving again.

Oh.
Where to?

California.

But I told Mother that I don't want to go. [ She should end it at that, but feelings are hard and complicated, so she adds, not that it's a really smart move on her end: ] Not in the middle of the schoolyear, anyway.

Yugi?!

[The surprise was evident on Atem's features, as he drew back on the reigns to bring his valiant steed to a halt. Then he leapt to the ground in order to finish closing the gap between himself and the other boy, the sand trying it's best to hinder his progress and failing.]

What are you doing here!? You... can't be here.

[This was the afterlife, and Yugi should be very much alive... it was just by chance that Atem happened to be out this way besides. What if he had taken a different path and Yugi had been left to wander the desert?]

[ That happened to be a very good question. One that Yugi found himself not being able to properly answer--given he had no idea where he was. The last thing he remembered before waking up in the desert was being at his desk with papers all around him for designs...

He blinked once and looked down at himself. The school uniform has been gone for some time. Graduation. Sand clung onto his clothes as his mind tried to figure out what happened. A vision? Dream? Some sort of side effect of some magic that he was unaware of? He couldn't think of anything he had encountered lately that would of triggered anything like that...

Yugi's attention snapped up at the sound of the familiar voice. He knew who it was, of course, but his mind quickly went from trying to figure out where he was to how he was looking at his friend again. His mouth dropped open slightly as the nickname for the Pharaoh nearly tumbled out instead of his proper name. ]

...Atem?

[ How???? ]

Tell me you're not already feeling disoriented?

[Atem found himself unable to stop fretting about his friend's wellbeing, the environment here was still oppressive to those unaccustomed to it. The one name reply wasn't a firm indication as to how the other was handling the situation in anyway, at least Yugi's eyes didn't have that faraway look to them.]

This is Kaiba's doing isn't it? [Lips turning into a tight scowl] Don't try to defend him Yugi, I know what he's been up to.. and now he's drug you into his experiments but don't worry.. I'll see that you are returned safely even if I have to cross dimensions to do it. In fact, I might anyway just to put a certain ceo in his place..

.. he shouldn't be dabbling in forces outside his control! [Once was enough, but he was babbling now. Placing his ire aside for now, it was more important to get Yugi out of the heat of the day] Come on, I'll take you to the palace for now. [Do you need a boost onto the horse... even if you've grown a little, you're still short Yugi]

[ How he was handling the situation? Confusion, really. Yugi had no idea how he got to where he is. It can't really be Ancient Egypt. Time travel clearly was out of the question, despite world bending things the Millennium Items could do. He was so caught up in trying to figure it out on his own that it wasn't until Kaiba's name was spoken that he snapped out of his own head. ]

Kaiba..? N-no. At least, I don't think so? I was at home working on... [ His own project. Maybe it will become a real game someday. Maybe it won't.

He indeed might need a boost on the horse.

'The Palace' somehow is what really shook him out of his thoughts. He turned to look at the desert around them. He really was in the afterlife? How? He looked down at himself--nothing seemed wrong. ]

[To have manifested here so abruptly was likely a jarring experience and it was difficult for Yugi to make sense of it, Atem's spontaneous accusations likely weren't making it any easier for him]

That's it? You were just working at home? You don't remember any customers coming in at that time? Anyone suspicious? [He wants descriptions, Yugi, and names if you have them. This journey could be hazardous to the living, and if it wasn't Kaiba then it must be someone else who had it out for them. If he would have listened more closely he might have inquired as to the nature of the project.

Cupping his hands together and lowering his shoulders enough to make the task easier he looked up at Yugi expectantly, expecting him to place a foot to those hands so he could be raised up to the horse, but Yugi's attention was elsewhere]

Come on, you can take it all in later. Even I'm not technically supposed to be out here.

[A smirk found his way to his lips, despite the urgency. He should have been accompanied by guards, and wasn't. It was like a game in itself to elude them. Gazing up at the other male, he was filled with such mixed emotions. They hadn't been able to share more than knowing glances the last time they met, so being able to converse was a treat- but it would be selfish to prolong this meeting when so much could be riding on it.]

It wasn't in the game shop. It's...

[ Yugi shook his head. Well, it wasn't really as important as how he has ended up in Egypt. Atem's Egypt at that. He took one more look around the desert before turning back to the person he once called his other self. The person that he was closest to out of anyone in the world. That might not have been the case anymore.

Even if there was a part of him that was always going to wish that Atem was there to share games with. Or just to talk to.

He stepped up into Atem's boost and settled himself on top of the horse.

Then, he looked up with his eyebrows drawn together. He was doing his best to contain his own emotional reaction to the situation. It wasn't going to help to suddenly become a mess at actually being able to speak with the Pharaoh again... ]

...You can't go anywhere you want to? You're the Pharaoh.

[ Not to mention it was his afterlife--right? What could be the danger in going out into his idealized version of Egypt? ]

No?

[The correction barely registered as Atem's mind continued to race through potential scenarios that could have led to this. If it wasn't one of Kaiba's experiments, if there was nothing unusual that transpired beforehand (at least nothing Yugi could recall), then what? Had another spirit made it back to Domino or was this something completely new? What other ancient civilizations had yet to make their bid on claiming the world for their own? One thread remained the same in his mental gymnastics and it was that the source must be nefarious in nature. It was a bit of an oversight on his part.

The bond that he shared with Yugi was something firm and unbreakable, even if it was imperative for his modern day counterpart to move on, Atem knew this to be an irrefutable fact. Still, it had been difficult even for him to let go, to consider all the aspects of the other's life that he would never be a part of, but that is how it must be. Any misgivings he might have had he tried to suppress, as it would have been selfish and unfair to Yugi to infuse their final moments together with these bittersweet thoughts.

Even now, he tried to take hold of the image he projected. There was no erasing his earlier agitation but he should at least try to soothe Yugi's nerves by regaining some composure. They would figure this out. Between them, there was no puzzle they couldn't solve.]

I can, but you're forgetting that the afterlife is meant to be an extension of the lives we lived before. [Looking up at Yugi, light seemed to dance in his eyes as he looked up with pride at his friend, as if truly really seeing him for the first time. Atem added with a bit of humor in his tone] What would all those guards have to do, with no one to protect? [Yugi's assessment was correct however, the life here was idyllic with no real strife or conflict. It wasn't necessary to have the same level of security.] .. Besides, I think you know an old friend of ours well enough that he prefers to remain by our side. [~~A reference to Mahad here/ie. the Dark Magician by extention~~. As gracefully as he has dismounted, Atem swung himself back onto the saddle in front of Yugi]

It's just an idea I have. Nothing special, really.

[ It will take funding and people willing to test it. The latter isn't a problem. The former, though, he doesn't expect anyone to just fund an idea because he's the holder of the Duel King title. It's certainly not something he could go and present to Kaiba and expect it to work on good will. Business and everything like that. So, for now, he'll just work out the rules and how it should look...

Moving on. Yugi isn't sure he's done that really himself. Part of him still hurts that Atem is gone. It makes him miss the days he could roll over and just talk to his best friend in the middle of the night. Maybe he had to move on -- or maybe it was Atem that had to move on. Either way, he's done his best to keep his own thoughts and feelings on the matter to himself. He doesn't want to spoil anyone's memories with his own struggles. Even if, as time has gone on, the thrill of being able to finally duel Atem has been lost in the feeling of loss.

He makes sure he is moved over enough for the Pharaoh to take his place on the horse. ]

Right. [ An extension of the life he lived before. Life as it should of been without Zorc, or having to seal himself away, or meeting all of them... ] An old friend?

Now Yugi, who do you think you're talking to? If it's your idea I have enough confidence in it for the both of us.

[The humble words, made him reconsider his hasty dismissal. When they were ensconced in the palace, he would ask for more details. Whatever this project was, it was clearly important to Yugi and he was putting in the time to work on it. If he was isolated while he was brainstorming, then what had followed made even less sense.

Atem missed having his close companion and confidant, there really wasn't anything comparable to what they shared. He missed the inside jokes, the brotherly teasing, and the little pranks they would play on one another from time to time. Maybe he was the one that had moved on the least, always cloaking his emotions behind duty and honor. Could this whole mess, be his own fault? Had his desire to see Yugi, been the root cause of all of this? It would have marginally explained where the other male had ended up, because who else would have been in this portion of the desert at this time? Although Yugi had been able to get a glimpse into Atem's memories, there hadn't been time to get the full experience of what it was like to live in Egypt, and Atem hadn't been able to even introduce Yugi to many of his friends and acquaintances.

Preposterous.

Of all the idiotic notions, if he was responsible, surely he would be the first to know, not the last.

Once he was back on the horse he instructed Yugi to hold tight so he wouldn't fall off.]

[Phrased that way, it sounded dismal. Atem wouldn't have traded his time with his modern day friends for the world] Mm. [Though he didn't explain just who he meant, he had the full intention to point out the loyal priest in question later. Stirring the horse into a gallop, the sand flew from under it's thunderous hooves when ever it kicked up it's legs, making excellent time]

Edited 2021-08-19 08:29 (UTC)

· CALL ME OUT (SUMMER) ·

🌴 SUMMER

yugi mutou ⛛ yu☆gi☆oh!

3,000 years later...

oooh hey, i got that reference

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sometime after the sleepover

˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚ they are too cute.

just look at them! ♡ ～('▽^人)

just mush them on a date already!

hello do you accept belated tags, well either way you're getting some 🙃

Starting a thread : I don't know what I'm doing but.. here I am.

oh boy post canon winging feels :'D

You know it!

let me curl up in a blanket fort and weeep already ｡ﾟ･（>﹏<）･ﾟ｡

Only if I can curl up in one too ;;.

/drapes the blanket fort over you

Yes good, now we can proceed. DFndkhfkdjh poor Yugi!

he'll be okay. MAYBE ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚

It's not going to be easy on anyone

/rolls here in the blanket fort of feels

you know what.. I will bring some hot chocolate!

;A; PERFECT

I dont have to tell you, you know I'm tardy >>;

sssh i love this thread ;_; /rolls these two up

I do too!

bakes this with warmth and love >:[

Can't have one without the other