Title: Because I Love You – Chapter 3

Author: Erudit

Warnings: Shonen ai, Tea bashing

Disclaimer: I neither own McDonalds nor Burger King or any other labels mentioned in this chapter!

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Blablabla- Thoughts

/blablabla/- Yami and Yugi talking through mind link

"blablabla"- normal talking

blablabla- Translation of the Japanese words I'm using. (Hopefully correct)

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Sad amethyst eyes watched as Yami and Tea left the room. Yugi's heart clenched. She would probably tell him about her feelings. What would happen once the ex-pharaoh knew? Did he return the girl's feelings after all? Yugi hoped he didn't. It would break his heart to see the two of them together. But, on the other hand, he really wanted both of them to be happy. And who was he to deny them their happiness anyways? If it was meant to be, then they deserved to be together.

"Yuuuuuugi!" Ryou chirped, while waving his hand in front of Yugi's face to get back the attention of the fellow hikari. Ryou was in an exceptional good mood today. After all, his dark half had returned, and they seemed to be hitting off well for the first time. To tell the truth, Yugi had always suspected that there were some hidden feelings on both sides. The way Bakura always jumped in to help Ryou, and the way Ryou's eyes sparkled when mentioning his dark half…it had always been pretty obvious to him. Not that he'd tell them. Bakura would probably try to kill him if he did.

"Nani da? What is it?" Yugi asked softly, as his gaze left the door and returned to his friends.

"How about we make him an orphan? That way, we can say your grandfather adopted him. He could live with you until he is officially of age." Seto Kaiba suggested.

Yugi smiled. "That's a good idea." That way Yami would be staying close to him for at least another year, even if he was in love with somebody else. He looked back at the door once again, remembering how Yami's feelings for Tea had been a few weeks ago. Back then, so Yugi knew for sure, Yami had not been interested in her. He had actually sometimes been annoyed at her presence. But what if his feelings had changed? After all, their enemies were gone and Yami had found his memories. He had nothing to keep him occupied anymore. What if Yami now realized that he was in love with the girl?

"So." Kaiba announced after putting in the new information. "What grades do we want him to have had?"

Yugi thought about it for a few seconds. "Well. We should give him good grades, but not too good ones. Especially in math, as he didn't learn it back in ancient Egypt. That way, if he isn't good at it at first, nobody will suspect anything. I don't want the teachers to think he got through high school by cheating."

Kaiba nodded. "Very well."

They had just finished setting up Yami's record, when loud voices could be heard from the room next to them. Yugi looked up surprised. Yami usually wasn't one to raise his voice. When the ex-pharaoh got angry, he usually just used a harsh, cold voice, knowing fully well that his fierce crimson eyes did the rest. Nobody could hold Yami's gaze for long when he was angry. The flames that could be seen in his eyes seemed to jump out at you as if to devour you. Yugi shuddered at the thought of his angry dark half. He was glad that Yami had never before been angry at him. Yugi was sure he'd break down and cry once Yami looked at him that way. Luckily, the ex-pharaoh had a soft spot concerning Yugi. The little hikari could do practically everything without getting Yami mad.

"I've told you again and again! What else am I supposed to do? Hammer it into your head!" Yami yelled angrily. Yugi winced at how harsh Yami sounded, though he had no idea what they were arguing about. Shortly after, the door flew open, and a very steaming looking ex-pharaoh reentered their room. Yami walked past all of them, ignoring their questioning faces. He grabbed one of the keys, and left.

A silently crying Tea walked in. "Is he gone?" She asked between sobs. They nodded, still not understanding what had happened. She sighed relieved, and sank into a chair. "Yokatta!" Thank goodness!

"What happened, Tea?" Yugi wanted to know. He'd never seen his yami that angry at one of their friends.

"I don't know." Tea answered, as she stared off into empty space.

Yugi looked at her imploringly. When she said no more, he gave up, and decided to go find his dark half. Surely, Yami'd tell him what had happened. After all, his dark half told him everything. They had no secrets in front of each other.

"Room 201." Bakura told him when Yugi was looking for the right key. He smiled at Ryou's dark half thankfully, grabbed said key, and left the room to find his own yami.

Why was Yami so upset? It almost looked as if Tea hurt his feelings. Or maybe she was talking bad about me? Yugi knew that Tea didn't like him as much anymore as she had when they had still been kids. And he had to confess that it was the same the other way around. Tea was jealous of him, as Yami was his dark half and therefore spending most of the time with him. Yugi had once pointed out to Tea that that didn't necessarily mean Yami cared more for him than for her, although he secretly hoped so, off course. Tea obviously hadn't believed it either, as she always tried to get his dark half to go out with her. At first Yugi had asked (or actually more or less forced) his dark half to accept Tea's various invitations. Yugi had had to see if Yami was at all interested in his friend. All the time he'd spied into his dark half's mind to see if Yami enjoyed her company. Yami had off course sensed his presence but luckily hadn't commented upon it. Yugi had often wondered why his dark half hadn't wanted to know. Had Yami been afraid of his answer? Or maybe Yami knew of Yugi's feelings, and just hadn't wanted to say anything because he didn't like Yugi that way?

Yugi sighed as he continued trying to find room number 201. Yugi had stopped asking Yami to go out with Tea as soon as he had been sure his dark half didn't like Tea that way. He'd been able to feel his dark half's annoyance. Yami had been quite relieved that he had stopped trying to be match-maker. In hopes of making it up to his Yami, he'd spent all the following evenings in their soul-room where he and Yami had talked about various things, and had played several games. Secretly Yugi hoped he and Yami would repeat those actions again once at home, but this time without needing to use their soul-rooms to both be real. He loved spending time with his dark half.

"Ah, here it is." Yugi mumbled, finally having found the right room. He opened the door carefully, somehow suddenly afraid of what he'd see. His head poked into the room to see his dark half standing in front of the window, looking outside.

"Y-yami?" He asked softly, afraid to disturb the ex-pharaoh. He really didn't want Yami to be mad at him.

"Hai, aibou?" His dark half's voice was soft as always. Yami turned around and their eyes met. "You're not mad at me, are you?" Yami asked hesitatingly, a notion that the ex-pharaoh hardly ever showed. Yami was usually quite sure of himself.

"Iie, of course not." Yugi smiled at his dark half reassuringly, and finally fully entered the room.

They were quiet. Too quiet for Yugi's liking. He didn't know what to say. To cover up his insecurity, he began looking around the room until he discovered the hotel menu. "Are you hungry?" He asked while picking up the menu and scanning through it. "We don't have to go downstairs, mou hitori no boku. We can just order something by room service." Yugi added when he saw the look on Yami's face. His dark half was probably tired. Or he just didn't want to meet Tea anymore.

Yugi flopped down on the double-bed, bounced up and down a little bit before settling down in a comfortable position, menu still clenched in his hand. "What do you want? Does pizza sound ok to you?" Yugi looked up at his dark half inquiringly. Said person was looking at him intently, seemingly lost in his own world.

"Yami?"

Crimson eyes blinked a few times before focusing on Yugi. Then, the crimson eyes widened slightly as a blush rose to Yami's cheeks. The ex-pharaoh turned away, facing the window once more.

"Anything you like will be ok, aibou." Yami stated, his voice sounding strangely hoarse.

Yugi frowned. "Are you alright, mou hitori no boku?" Yami blushing was certainly something new. His darkness was usually composed, not showing any signs of feelings, and most certainly never blushed. What had Yami been thinking about? Yugi began blushing as well as his thoughts drifted to things that he'd like to do to turn Yami's voice hoarse. He hastily pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind. A hard-on was the last thing he needed in front of Yami. Also, he knew from experience that those thoughts expressed themselves in his dreams, and he wouldn't be able to ever face his yami again if he had a wet dream in their night of sharing a room.

"I'm fine, aibou; just a little bit hot." Yami went to open the window, all the while fanning himself fresh air.

Yugi frowned because of his dark half's behavior, as he began calling up the room-service, ordering two pizzas. Surely, somebody who'd lived in Egypt for almost his entire life, couldn't be hot at 89° Fahrenheit?

"Yami?" Yugi asked once he had hung up.

"Hai, aibou?" Yugi's dark half was still standing at the window, looking outside.

Yugi wondered what Yami was seeing, but he kept in mind what he had wanted to ask Yami about. "What happened between you and Tea? Why were you so angry?"

Yami sighed as he turned around to face Yugi once again. "She asked me out."

"Nani? And that's why you were so worked up? Don't you think you were overreacting a little bit? I mean, she won't be the only girl to ever ask you out. You can't always react like that."

Yami looked down unhappily. He was obviously not very pleased with what Yugi had said. "I'm sorry, Yugi. I didn't want to hurt Tea's feelings. She just doesn't know when to give up. Don't you think it was apparent that I don't like her that way?" The ex-pharaoh sighed again. "I've told her time and again that she'll never be more than a friend to me, but she simply doesn't believe me."

Yugi nodded understandingly. Tea could be quite bull-headed if she wanted to be. "Maybe it worked this time." He added hopefully. Once Tea was out of the way, he could try to find out what Yami's feelings concerning him were.

"Hai. Nozomuraku-wa. Hopefully" Atemu agreed, though he didn't sound as if he really believed it. Then, the ex-pharaoh smiled, his eyes twinkling with mischief as he sat down on the bed as well. "How about we play a game, aibou, until that pizza of yours arrives?"

"Sure!" Yugi exclaimed, happily. He loved playing with his dark half.

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"Uuuwaaaaaaahhh!" Yugi yawned loudly, while stretching his arms. He could hear Yami's rich chuckle to his left. His dark half had gotten up almost an hour ago, and had since then attempted to convince Yugi to rise as well. Only now he had finally succeeded in his task, even though Yugi was still somewhat unwilling.

Yugi crawled out from under the covers and squinted at Yami sleepily, a pout forming on his lips. Then, Yugi proceeded to the bathroom to take a shower, hissing "cold, cold, cold" on his way and hopping from one foot to the next. Yami laughed again at his aibou's antics, and then decided to order breakfast for the two of them. He recalled how Yugi had ordered their food the evening before and imitated his hikari's actions.

When Yugi entered their room the next time, he was greeted by the delicious smell of hot chocolate, boiled eggs, warm bread, and some exotic spices he had never smelled before. He flashed his dark half a grateful smile, cooed a "thank you, Yami" and joined him at the table.

They had just finished eating breakfast and gotten dressed to go shopping for Yami's clothes with the money Kaiba had given Yugi, when Ryou knocked at their door. "Ohayo, guys!" the white-haired boy greeted them with a smile.

"Ohayo, Ryou!" Yugi responded just as cheerfully as Ryou; Yami simply nodded while buckling up his jacket. "What can we do for you?" Yugi wanted to know. "We were just about to go shopping. Oh, is it about the pjs I borrowed?" Yugi had asked Ryou for a pair of spare pajamas the evening before, as his own pajamas didn't fit his dark half and Ryou was the only one who was nearly the same size as Yami.

Ryou shook his head. "No, you can keep them as long as Yami needs them. I've enough of them with me to change them everyday. I suppose I was not really paying attention when I was packing." The white-haired hikari shrugged his shoulders and grinned sheepishly. "I usually don't take five of them with me, anyways."

Yugi laughed softly. "So, what brings you to our humble doorstep then?" He tried his best to imitate his dark half, which earned him a growl from Atemu. Yugi ignored it.

"Well, the guys thought it'd be great to visit the pyramids before flying back to Japan, and I was wondering if you were coming along." Ryou looked from Yugi to Yami expectantly.

"When did you plan to go?" Yugi wanted to know. He could feel his darkness' anxiousness to see his pyramids one more time before leaving.

"After lunch." Ryou told them. "Do you think you'll be back from your shopping spree by then?"

Yugi nodded confidently. "Sure. We'll meet you around two then?"

The white-haired hikari agreed with a smile, wished them to have fun, and skipped back to his room and his own yami. Even though their yamis had been arch-enemies, Yugi was Ryou's best friend, and Ryou loved having his best friend around. It put him in an exceptional good mood.

Yugi laughed at his friends disappearance, even Yami chuckled slightly, then the two of them locked the door to their room, and left for the big shopping mall, that was, at least according to their hotel, just a few blocks away.

"Yami?" Yugi wanted to know once they had left the hotel.

"Hai, aibou?"

Yugi stayed quiet after that for a while, not knowing what to say. Why had he ever even started saying something? "Oh, it's nothing. Forget it."

"Are you sure?" Yami wanted to know. "You know, you can tall me anything, aibou."

Yugi nodded.

They entered the big building, and stopped, overwhelmed by the sudden cold of the air-conditioning and by the people surrounding them, doing their every-day business. Yugi looked around for the right shop to buy Yami's clothes at, and then he dragged the taller boy into the closest store. Soon after, a giant heap of clothes was put on top of Yami's arms, and the former pharaoh found himself being pushed in the closest changing cubicle.

He began to try the clothes while Yugi continued looking for more. It was only when the little light was told that they weren't allowed to take more than three pieces in their cubicle that Yugi stopped searching for more, and instead waited for his darkness to find something he liked among the pile of clothes. Leather was a must; Yugi had chosen about ten different sets for Yami to try; he knew what the ex-pharaoh liked best, and what he looked best in. But there were also a few blue jeans and red shirts thrown in the mix. He'd even chosen what he thought were cute pajamas, though he feared Yami might not like them.

After some time (Yami had his difficulties with some of the clothes, and Yugi had had to help) Yami finally reappeared out of what he began to call the cubicle of doom. In his arms were several outfits that he'd liked, among them the cute pajamas that Yugi had fancied. The hikari smiled graciously, knowing that Yami had chosen the outfit simply to do him a favor, and took the chosen clothes to the cash desk. Paying for once didn't take long, and they soon exited the shop with four big bags in their hands.

Yugi looked at his watch; it was eleven o'clock. "We've still got some time to look for shoes. Come on, Yami. Maybe we'll find Dr. Martens. I've always liked those."

"Alright, aibou. But what in the name of Ra are dooog maaartins?" The pharaoh frowned confused.

Yugi giggled cutely. "You'll see, mou hitori no boku. Once we've found the right store that is." Yugi sighed in aggravation, and continued dragging his dark half through the entire shopping mall. Yami had almost given up hope, when they finally found what his little one was looking for.

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"Ah!" Yugi sighed as he fell backwards on the bed. They had just returned from their shopping trip, and Yami was still busy trying to fit all the bags into their wardrobe.

"I don't think I'll be able to get up anymore." Yugi whined. He was exhausted. They had been going up and down the mall another few times just to find a place to eat something at, after having found Yami some good pairs of shoes.

"You say it as if it was my fault." Yami chuckled, finally giving up on trying to stuff all the things into the small closet, and turning around to face his aibou. Yugi had his eyes closed, his breathing was labored, and his cheeks had a healthy red color to them.

"I was not the one who didn't want to eat at Burger King because he thought fast food was unhealthy." Yugi chided softly, his eyes opening slightly as he peeked up at his dark half.

Yami frowned. "Gomen nasai I'm sorry, aibou. If I had known that the only other place to get food at was McDonalds, then I wouldn't have asked you to keep looking." Yami shook his head disappointedly, and sat down next to the little hikari. "I would have thought people still knew how to make something else beside burgers."

Yugi rolled over, so that he lay right next to his dark half, and gazed at Atemu intently. "I hope you are not sad because of it, Yami-chan."

Atemu looked down at the hikari surprised, then smiled softly, and ruffled the young one's hair. "Of course not, aibou. Do not worry because of me." They were quiet after that, each of them lost in his own thoughts.

"Nanji? What time is it?" Yugi finally interrupted the silence and began looking around for his watch, which he had taken off before lying down.

Yami reached to the bedside-table, and picked up the item, he looked at it for a moment, before giving it to Yugi. "It's almost two o'clock, aibou. We should probably get ready."

"Oh!" Yugi sat up excitedly, and began running around the room, looking for things he and his dark half could wear. He stuffed his camera in his backpack, and kept going through his things in search for a bottle of water. Then he went to the fruit basket standing on one of the tables, and chose two, in his opinion nice-looking apples, in case one of them got hungry.

Yami watched his light's behavior amusedly. "I'm not a little kid, you know." He stated, trying to sound hurt. Yugi didn't even glance at his dark half. He was busy with rolling back up the ball of wool, which he wanted to take with him in case they ended up in a labyrinth and got lost.

"Yugi?" Atemu tried again. Still no response. The ex-pharaoh slowly got up, and went over to his light. "Aibou?" he inquired softly, as he knelt down next to the boy. "Is anything wrong, aibou?" When Yugi would not look at Atemu, the ex-pharaoh softly took Yugi's chin in his hand, and gently turned his face so that the boy was forced to look at him. There were tears gathered in Yugi's eyes, and the hikari was sniffing to keep himself from crying.

"Nani da? what is it?" Atemu probed gently, as he pulled the other in a hug. "What's wrong, little one?" he whispered, disappointed that it had taken him no longer than a day to make Yugi sad. "Did I do something wrong, aibou?"

"It's nothing." Yugi answered, his voice slightly wavering as he tried to sound as cheerful as usual.

Atemu could not be fooled. "Don't lie to me, aibou." A callused hand was raised to wipe away the tears. Yugi's eyes widened slightly as he realized what had given him away, and he hurriedly began rubbing his eyes dry.

/Aibou./ Atemu tried once again, but Yugi kept blocking him out.

"Stop it!" the ex-pharaoh yelled, his patience running thin, when Yugi picked up his bun of wool once again.

Wide, violet eyes were raised to meet crimson ones. Atemu felt immediately sorry, when he saw the hurt in the amethyst pools. Yugi's lower lip quivered, but the boy didn't cry. The wool fell out of his hands, as the young one continued staring at his dark half.

Atemu once again closed the gap between their bodies and enveloped Yugi in a strong hug.

"I feel so useless when I can't help you." Atemu whispered. "Please don't close yourself off from me."

Yugi sighed softly. "But it really is nothing, Yami-chan. I was just thinking about something, and it made me feel down. I'm sorry. I always let the stupidest things get to me." Yugi buried his head in Atemu's chest, and his hands gripped the rim of the ex-pharaoh's pants.

"It cannot have been stupid if you're upset about it, aibou." Atemu corrected gently. "Does it have something to do with the trip to the pyramids?"

Yugi shook his head almost immediately. "No. That's not it."

"Was it something I said, then?"

"No!" Yugi's head shot up, and his eyes locked with Atemu's. Honesty was written in them as clear as day.

Yugi fiddled with one of his buckles uncomfortably, and was just about to say something, when somebody knocked at their door. Atemu growled under his breath, and got up to answer.

Yugi closed his backpack, and joined his dark half at the door to keep Atemu from strangling Joey. "Let's go!" he chirped, and nudged Atemu out of the room.

/We'll talk about this when we get back./ Atemu stated. Yugi didn't answer because he was engaged in an argument with Joey, but the ex-pharaoh knew he'd heard.

The trio entered the entrance hall. Suddenly, a blur of brown, gold and purple crossed the room, and latched itself onto Yugi's arm.

Malik. The ex-pharaoh thought darkly, as he watched the Egyptian blonde talking animatedly with Yugi.

Ishizu looked at Atemu apologetically, and bowed. "He always gets bouncy when he's eaten sugar-cones." She explained on their way outside.

Ishizu might have succeeded in calming down the ex-pharaoh, had her brother not dragged Yami's hikari in the waiting bus at that moment. Much to the ex-pharaoh's annoyance, Malik sat down next to his aibou.

Grudgingly, Atemu sat down next to Mokuba, because the only other empty seat would have been next to Tea, and nothing could make him want to sit next to her.

Atemu could still feel Tea's eyes on him even after sitting down. Apparently, she had not given up hope. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. Atemu turned around, partially to look if his aibou was still alright and partially to see what Tea was doing. She was gazing at him intently through the window. On the other hand, I am probably not. Atemu sighed. He was a really lucky person, wasn't he? The one whose attention he sought was occupied by somebody else at the moment, and the one whom he had told several times already that he wasn't interested simlpy didn't give up.

Atemu spent the rest of the time in the bus thinking about ways to get accidentally rid of Tea. Maybe I could bribe Bakura to kill her. Atemu heard Yugi laugh at one of Malik's jokes, and his eyes darkened as he turned around to once again gaze at his beautiful aibou. Or I could simply blame Malik.

Atemu was so lost in his thoughts and possible revenge on Malik, that he didn't even notice that their bus had stopped.

Suddenly a hand was on his shoulder, and Yugi's bell-like voice shook him out of his reflections. "Come on, Yami! We're here. The pyramids are waiting!" Said hikari achieved pulling Atemu out of his seat and into the hot, dry air before the ex-pharaoh could even blink.

Yugi seemed to have forgotten his previous sadness, as the young boy was jumping up and down next to his darkness in excitement. They were standing in front of the famous pyramids of Gizeh.

The pharaoh smiled at seeing once again his pyramids, and wrapped an arm around his aibou, partially to keep him from moving up and down and therefore hurting himself somehow, and partially because he wanted to share the overwhelming feeling of being home once again. When the first enthusiasm at seeing his forefathers´ graves had settled, Atemu began to notice how wonderful it felt to have Yugi so close by. Not even the desert heat could force him to loosen his grip on his aibou. It's perfect, the ex-pharaoh purred in his mind, as he softly and inconspicuously pulled Yugi closer.

He was interrupted by Ryou who suggested they finally went to the entrance to ask for the next tour. An argument between Bakura and his hikari ensued. Bakura saw no need for a guide.

"Well, they won't allow us to enter the pyramids without one!" Ryou yelled at his dark half.

"No, I don't think they'll believe us if we tell them you were a grave-robber and Yami was a pharaoh once." Ryou continued reasoning.

In the end, Bakura gave in, there was nothing else he could have done, but the somewhat hidden smile on his face suggested he already had a plan to get rid of the guide.

They were told that the next tour would start in about an hour, and chose to spend the remaining time looking at the little shops that were situated all around the pyramids. As Yugi had gone of with Ryou, Bakura and Malik, Atemu had nothing else to do than joining Joey and Tristan, albeit reluctantly. He would have much rather spent his time with his hikari but Yugi seemed to not have heard the ex-pharaoh calling out for him.

The first thing Joey and Tristan wanted to look at was a burger stand to the far left of the many stands. What a surprise! The ex-pharaoh thought dryly, and followed Yugi's, no correction: his friends. On the way to the very end of the shops, a glittering object caught Atemu's eyes, and he fell slowly behind as he came to a stop in front of one of the smaller stalls. There, on the counter, was lying a crystal pyramid which bent the light of the sun and had therefore been shining into Atemu's eyes.

"It's beautiful" the ex-pharaoh breathed, completely entranced by the object.

"Do you like it?" The man behind the counter asked softly, glad to have found somebody who seemed to admire his work. "I can engrave names, if that's what you wish."

Atemu looked up, his eyes shining lightly. "How much would it cost?"

"1000 Egyptian pounds. Or, if you have it in Dollars, 200 Dollars." The man told him. "Which name would you want me to engrave?"

"Yugi. Yugi Mutou." Atemu said, thinking about where he would be able to find Kaiba at. Atemu and the shop-keeper talked for a few minutes about what to put on the crystal pyramid. Then, the ex-pharaoh left in search for Seto Kaiba.

After a long and humiliating talk with the CEO, Atemu was finally able to return with the right amount of money to buy the pyramid as a present for his hikari. He didn't even want to think about what Kaiba would make him do once they were back in Japan.

Atemu had just succeeded in hiding the little parcel in his garments, when something suddenly jumped at him, and hugged him around the waist. Bright amethyst eyes, bending the light in their wake almost as much as the crystal had before, looked at him.

"Yugi!" The ex-pharaoh exclaimed, smiling lightly at his charge. "Nani da?"

"Well, the tour should start in a few minutes, Yami-chan. Come on, we should get going. Otherwise the tour will start without us."

"Now, we wouldn't want that to happen, would we?" Atemu chuckled, and let himself be led by his hikari. They met Joey and Tristan on their way, and finally reached the meeting place in front of the tallest pyramids.

Bakura scowled at them. "What took you so long?" He asked impatiently. Before he could utter another word, though, he was dragged away by Ryou, who did his best to keep him at bay throughout their entire visit to the tombs.

They had to split up in pairs because the hallways were too small for more than two people to go next to each other. Atemu automatically stepped next to his aibou, growling at everybody who dared to look at Yugi.

"Are you alright, Yami?" Yugi asked worriedly, having heard his dark half's growling. Atemu assured his little one right away, and made certain that Yugi did not hear him when he growled at another person. Soon nobody dared stepping closer than ten feet to Atemu and his hikari, and although Yugi found it somewhat strange and didn't understand why the others seemed to fear them all of a sudden, the two of them had a great time in the pyramids. Atemu told Yugi stories about this place that he remembered, sometimes translated the hieroglyphs for his aibou, and wrapped his arms around the little one when Yugi got cold.

They exited the pyramid in a good mood, not even Malik's approaching Yugi and talking to him once again could spoil Atemu's elation at having spent some time with his aibou.

After having eaten a snack because some of them were almost starved to death (cough Joey cough), they returned to their tour bus. This time Atemu made sure he would be sitting next to his little one. Actually, he practically grabbed Yugi and hoisted him in an empty row when he got the chance. Yugi cast him a confused glance, but didn't really seem to mind.

Yugi fell asleep half on top of his yami after only five minutes.

-To be continued-

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Thank you very much for waiting for sooo long! I hope you enjoyed this chapter nevertheless! I'll try to be faster next time, I promise.

By the way, I don't really know anything about the Egyptian currency, so please bear with me. If anybody does know, though, please tell me so that I can make some corrections.

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