Mind Games

Mind Games - Chapter 2

As morning came and the sun peered through Yuugi's window, the young boy opened his violet eyes slightly. He felt exhausted from the previous night, like that mysterious man had physically drained him as well as confused him mentally. He sat up slowly, rubbing his eyes and looking at the puzzle sitting on his desk. He was a tad bit wary about wearing around his neck like he always did now, if that man was truly evil he didn't want to risk him hurting someone Yuugi cared for. The young boy looked at the time and realized he was already late for school, normally he'd be rushing out the door to attempt to get there a reasonable time but not today. Today felt like he needed to stay home and study the puzzle more to prove to himself whether or not it was a dream. The petite male picked up the ancient artifact before plopping back down onto his bed to study the item.

"Okay...If you're still here, and if what you said is true...Please show yourself to me again so I know I'm not losing it."

The boy whispered, trying to make sure his grandfather didn't hear him up there talking to himself. After some time, there was no sound. Nothing, not even a whisper. Yuugi sighed and set the puzzle down gently, hugging his short legs and staring at it.

"Please don't make me out to be insane..."

"We're all a little bit insane, Yuugi~"

Yuugi perked up at the familiar voice and looked at the puzzle, picking it up again carefully.

"You're really real?"

"Of course I am, I'm as real as you are."

Yuugi sighed, staring at the puzzle and running his thumb over the eye design in it.

"I take it that you're not going to show yourself to me again..."

"Not at the moment, it's far too bright and too early in the day. I thrive in the darkness and it would be inconvinient to show myself now."

"Would it be okay if we spoke now? I have so many questions about you and the puzzle."

"Make this room dark and we can talk face to face."

Yuugi wasn't exactly sure how that work but he nodded and closed the curtains and turned off all eletrical sources of light that would be lighting up his in anyway.

"I-Is this dark enough?"

Silence. Yuugi didn't hear the spirit anymore and he turned to look around the dark room. Nothing. The boy sighed, he should've known better than to listen to that spirit. He turned back around to face his bed and he jumped back some. On the bed sat the melovalent spirit, arms crossed and looking at the small boy with crimson eyes and a sadistic smirk.

"What seems to be the matter, Yuugi? I told you that I reside in the darkness and once this room was dark enough for my liking we could talk."

The spirit's eyes seemed to practically burn through Yuugi as he stared the frail boy down, awaiting for the conversation to begin. Yuugi very cautiously sat next to the other, trying to keep a little bit of a distance just in case the spirit wanted to hurt him like he his bullies.

"I just...D-Didn't think you'd actually agree to speak with me..."

"I said I would, didn't I?"

Yuugi nodded slightly, feeling like he couldn't look at the sinister male at all like he did last night. Last night he was just a reflection, now he's a transparent being sitting next to him.

"I thought you were going to ask me questions."

"I-I can't really think of anything that you didn't already tell me last night..."

The spirit rolled his crimson eyes, slightly irritated. He shot a glare at Yuugi, his crimson eyes seeming to be slightly more intimidating as they pierced right through the small boy.

"I'm going back into the puzzle then if you're going to remain silent."

"Wait, no!"

The spirit looked at the boy, raising an eyebrow at him and crossing his arms.

"So you want to talk now? What a shame, I don't."

Yuugi looked over at him and say that he had left already.

"Please come back...I'm curious about you..."

He only sighed, standing and getting dressed before leaving his room to find something for breakfast. His stomach was in knots, the spirit was interesting yet intimidating at the same time and he was so eager to find out more about him. If he would tell him, that is.

He let out an almost defeated sigh, settling on cereal and turning on the news. Normal tv wasn't all the fascinating to him anymore. Yuugi had left the puzzle in his room, seeing no point to carry it around the house if the spirit was going to be difficult. And yet, he wasn't sure why he had such a strong need to be near it. Or why he felt so safe with it with him all times. 'Is he trying to protect me...?' Yuugi thought to himself. 'If he is, why do I feel like he's the one to cause harm? And even then...I still feel safer.' Yuugi was so conflicted, he had no idea if having the spirit linger within the puzzle and take over his body at will would be a good thing or a bad thing. Granted, hardly anyone bullied him anymore, but it still felt as if the spirit was wanting to cause harm to the frail boy. The whole ordeal was insane and Yuugi thought he was going mad just from the thought of a 3000 year old spirit living inside an artifact his grandpa had brought back from Egypt. He didn't know if all of this was real or just reoccruing dreams making their way into the real world from Yuugi's sheer lonliness. Either way, Yuugi wanted to know. He needed to know whether or not he was going mad.