11Okilay dokilay; Hello again everyone! I am, incredibly sorry for the long wait between chapters for both stories. I really don't have an excuse, so I won't lie and say it was something important. I just lost interest for a while… Sorry.
Anywhoo, I've decided that this isn't going to be a full on novel like story, but a series of one-shots, not necessarily in the proper order… and I'll probably forget I decided to do that, so forgive me if it seems like a continuation rather than a separate one-shot, unless I specifically say…*Angel face*
I hope I do not lose what few readers I have for this…
Right then, luckily enough, this one-shot is a continuation of chapter 1, so I do not get to confuse any of you yet –unfortunately-.
Forgot the Disclaimer in the first chapter, didn't I? *oops*
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any version of it, because if I did Atem would either be Yugi's father somehow or soul-mate, and yes I know they are like complete opposites, it's just my favourite relationships between the two XD Oh, and if I did own Yu-Gi-Oh Atem wouldn't be such a cold-hearted bastard in the Capsule Monsters Mini-Series, I mean, COME ON! He basically ignores Yugi and the stupid freakin' Americans (no offense to any Americans :)) make it sound like Atem is the only important person in the show . Right, okay, rant over *Angelic Smile*
Oh, and in case I didn't mention it in the first chapter(I don't think I did)/my other story, I do not have a straight out plan for my stories. I improvise, I make it up as I go along. Normally. I do have some ideas for rather random episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh that I have in my notes, but I rarely stick to notes, only keeping the barest similarities between the notes and story XD
Yeah… Just ignore my rambling :)
On with the Story!
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Love of a Family- Chapter 2- Ugh… Family Time?
I reckon a lot of you are going to have one of two reactions; a) OMG Yugi is going to be so happy, or b) I bet he is going to freak.
Yeah, not quite happening like that, I am afraid.
We shall skip the whole 'shocked into silence' thing, and go straight to the talking, yeah?
After a minute or so of almost oppressive silence in the room, Samaria started fiddling with the bottom of Yugi's jacket, not really thinking about what she was doing. Atem, on the other hand, saw exactly what she was doing and was trying his best not to smirk. Even now, having only known their son for perhaps half an hour, Samaria was comfortable enough with him to be fidgety. He knew it would not be long before she got up and started pacing. Either that or she would start being cynical. He stifled a snort at the thought, knowing Yugi would not quite know how to handle her like that.
"You know," Yugi's voice shocked them a little, neither expecting him to talk so suddenly. "I am not quite as freaked out as I probably should be… I don't know how, or why, but it almost feels like I already knew. It feels…" Both could tell he was searching for a specific word.
"…Right. I guess I never did feel comfortable with the people who gave birth to me in this timeline, almost as if they were imposters. I guess I was right, huh?" Yugi had a slight smile on his face as Atem and Samaria -'his parents!' - looked at him with no small amount of shock.
Samaria's eyes closed, before she smiled and tried her best not to start bawling. Lunging forward, she grabbed Yugi into as much of a bear hug as she could manage, squeezing him to her chest as tight as possible without hurting him. Atem lay his hands on both of their shoulders, squeezing comfortingly, before rubbing the length of Samaria's back, helping her calm down little by little. He knew she would not have much of a handle on her emotions, even though she would like to start talking with Yugi, not to him.
It did not take much longer for her to calm down, mostly helped by Yugi hugging her back, and when she had, she immediately started firing questions at Yugi. Atem leaned back into the couch, smiling at the peaceful expression on his son's (and wasn't that slightly strange to think? Yugi had just been his Hikari ten minutes ago, now look at him!) face, already tuning himself out of the conversation. He knew what his wife could be like when she was excited, and nothing short of an earthquake could calm her down sometimes. Which did not make much sense, seeing as normal people PANIC when there is an earthquake, but she calms down…? Yeah, Atem decided, yet again, I have the strangest wife, ever. His eyes fell onto her gloriously happy face, and he decided, for what must have been the thousandth time; and I love her so much more for it.
He listened with half an ear to the story Samaria was telling Yugi, already knowing his image was going down the drain. He found he could not be even the slightest bit mad for it. He was about to drift even further into his thoughts/memories, when something Yugi said caught his attention. Huh, good point…
"…ryone said Atem was the best player, I always knew how to get him to lose. He knew he never wanted me angry at him or my version of sulking…"
Yugi listened to his mother's story with a smile on his face, picturing what she was telling him to the best of his ability, knowing he would never be able to get his dad's imaginative expression out of his mind. He almost burst out laughing as he listened to her explain how she made Atem let her win the competition for the warm bath in the mornings, knowing his father was as whipped as could possibly be. That reminds me…
"Hey, mum?" He interrupted her softly. She froze for a moment, before a blindingly happy smile appeared on her face, and when she answered, her voice was full of contentment.
"Yes, Yugi?"
"Well, I was just thinking, but won't it be a little awkward if I suddenly adopt you guys as parents, when you are only a few years older than me? ' Cause I really don't know how to explain this…"
He saw his dad's face turn towards them, knowing he was listening as well, and that sent him into thinking, again, that his father would not be anything without his mother. It almost sent him into gales of laughter. He briefly saw a wicked looking smile on Samaria's face, before she answered.
"Well, think of it this way- I feel like I am in my thirties," She looks at Atem at this, "which makes you my boy-toy, by the way," smirking briefly, ignoring his slight spluttering, before looking back at Yugi, "because I have, ironically, lived two lives now, both to the age of nineteen, and if that doesn't help, just think, technically, Atem and myself are over three thousand years old. This makes you, still baby age." She smiled again; leaning forward to kiss Yugi on the cheek, dismissing Atem's scandalized expression at being so old, before continuing.
"However, I doubt that would stand up to anyone bar you friends, so if you like, you can just call me your big sister, or a cousin. Nobody can see Atem, anyway." She flapped a hand at her husband's slightly ticked off expression, smiling sweetly at him, before reaching over, and kissing him sweetly on the cheek. His expression immediately changed to an exasperated smile, knowing he would not win.
Yugi watched them with a wide grin, excited at indirectly being told he could tell his friends the fact that he had parents. He was almost ridiculously happy at that fact.