Title: Even in Death (Lazy and can't think of one)

Inspiration: listening to 'Even in Death' by Evanescence too many times. (Great song by the way, you should listen to it if you want, kind of creepy which is the point of using it)

Summary: Sometime you just need someone who's willing to talk, willing to listen. And it may help if they're a little crazy too.

Pairings: AtemuxYuugi kind of if you squint... more of just the beginning of it... But that's what the point of this is. Mentions of YuugixOC which I'm REALLY sorry about... it's for the plot...

Help me with: Not quite sure if I screwed up the emotions... definitely want some opinions/ help on that... other than that any feedback is good. Always trying to improve my writing while working on serious things. (Which thanks to my new deadline system are getting done!)

Oh, in case it's confusing, the italics is the singing... though this is NOT A SONGFIC

"Who's that?" Atemu nudged the blonde next to him and nodded towards the boy singing.

"Give me a reason to believe that you're gone."

He had to admit that the boy was cute.

"I see your shadow so I know they're all wrong."

Jou glance over and blinked. "The singer?"

"Moonlight on the soft brown earth, it leads me to where you lay."

"Yeah."

"They took you away from me but now I'm taking you home."

Jou rolled his eyes. "Don't even bother with him."

"I will stay forever here with you, my love."

Atemu frowned, turning back to his friend. "Why not?"

"People only put up with him because he can sing. He's crazy."

"The softly spoken words you gave me,"

"Crazy?"

"'Even in death our love goes on.'"

He glanced over at the boy again, he didn't look crazy.

Jou leaned in closer. "Have you heard this song? He wrote it." He said as if that explained everything. Atemu raised an eyebrow and Jou groaned and went on. "The kid's boyfriend died awhile ago and he can't deal with it, says he's still here. I used to hang out with the kid, he was pretty cool, and his boyfriend was alright, his name was Matt, they used to sing together. Now..." He trailed off and shook his head. "Kid's crazy, barely talks to anyone anymore."

"Some say I'm crazy for my love, Oh my love."

"Hm."

"But no bonds can hold me from your side, Oh my love."

"Now come on!" Jou immediately brightened and started off in another direction. "I wanna introduce you to my friends."

Atemu nodded and followed his friend, but he kept glancing back at the boy on the stage.

"They don't know you can't leave me, they don't hear you singing to me."

'Don't even bother with him.' How was the boy supposed to get better if none one bothered to try and talk to him?

"I will stay forever here with you, my love. The softly spoken words you gave me, 'even in death our love goes on'."

XxXx

"Great job Yuugi!"

Yuugi nodded. "Yeah, you were all great too."

There was an awkward silence as the band all packed up before finally, "Hey, umm... " Yuugi looked up and turned to the brunete girl talking. "Yeah Anzu?"

She turned desperately to the blonde girl next to her who rolled her eyes. "Sorry for giving you so little warning hun, but we all decided that the band was going to take a break for awhile, that okay?"

He nodded, knowing what they really meant and not really careing. "Yeah, that's fine." He lifted a hand in a half-hearted wave. "I've gotta go, bye."

There was a chorus of goodbyes as he left the stage, heading for the backdoor. He wasn't in the mood to deal with a crowd. "Hey."

Yuugi turned to see a boy fall in to step next to him.

"You were pretty good."

"Thanks." Yuugi gave the obligitory responce, looking forward again.

"I'm Atemu by the way."

"Yuugi."

"I really liked that last song, you write it?" Atemu asked, even if he knew the answer.

"Yeah."

They walked in silence for awhile, leaving the building and walking out into the streets. "You shouldn't hang out with me you know." Yuugi finally said, sick of the silence. "People will think you're crazy too."

"Hm." Atemu shrugged, like he didn't really care. "I don't think you're crazy."

Yuugi turned to him and blinked. "You don't?"

"Nope." Atemu tilted his head back and put his arms behind his head, staring at the cloudy night sky. It was going to rain soon he bet. "It's a nice thought, that those we love never really leave us. I could see how it'd be easy to believe."

"But what if..." Atemu turned to look at him and he bit his lip, looking away to the right. "What if you know they aren't really there? What if you know you're just pretending? Does that make you more crazy, or less?" His voice was wavering slightly.

Atemu looked away and pretended not to notice. "Does it have to make you crazy at all? Seems pretty normal to me."

They both stayed turned away from each other, but there was no mistaking the tears in the other's voice. "Maybe I want to be crazy then. To really believe he's still here."

"No. Because then you wouldn't be able to move on. You'd lose all touch with reality." Atemu pointed out.

Yuugi snorted. "I'm losing touch with it anyway."

Atemu didn't agree or deny that statement. "You don't have to."

He turned back to look at the boy and after a moment Yuugi looked back at him. "But I want to."

Atemu shook his head, moving forward to gently grab the boy's shoulder's. "Don't." He reached up and wiped away the his tears. "There are still good things in life, there always will be."

Yuugi smiled slightly. "Name one." He challenged.

Atemu smiled in responce and made a big show of trying to think of something. "Ice cream." He finally said and was rewarded when Yuugi laughed. "What?"

"Ice cream." He repeated. "You know, I scream, you scream-"

"We all scream for ice cream." Yuugi finished with him, smile growing. "We used to go out for ice cream after every show." He was surprised to find that this didn't make him sad. Not really. Not anymore.

Atemu didn't need to ask who 'we' was. "You see? Ice cream is just one of the many good things about life."

Yuugi laughed again. "Alright, alright! I give in!"

Atemu felt a drop of water on his head and looked up, smiling softly as the rain picked up before turning to Yuugi with a grin. "Have you ever eaten ice cream in the rain before?"

Yuugi gave him a funny look. "No. Have you?"

"Nope." Atemu grinned and grabbed Yuugi's hand, pulling him towards the 24-hour convience store. "But you should try everything at least once right?"

Yuugi put his other hand over his mouth to try and hold in his laughter. "Oh? And is eating a tub of ice cream in the rain at odd hours of the night going to be a life changing experience?"

Atemu stopped and turned back to him. If he thought the boy was cute before it was nothing compared to now. He was breathtaking with his hair plastered to his face and his eyes shining in mirth. "Don't know." He answered simply. "Willing to find out?"

Yuugi looked up at the expectent crimson eyes and smiling face, making a decision. Finally he grinned, using the other's grip on his hand to start pulling him towards the store once again.

"I don't eat chocolate ice cream."

Atemu grinned. "Vanilla it is."

[A/N] So yeah, cute but pointless. Sorry about the OC name, just randomly stuck in there as I couldn't really see any existing characters in that place. Plus I think the fact that he's not real makes me feel better about mentioning Yuugi happy with someone else...

All feedback welcome! Don't expect regular updates on this, just a place for me to drop things.