If Atem Lived in my Head

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"Just stop." I can hear the desperation in my own voice. "please."

"You stupid B***H, you get back here now." She screams.

"I'm leaving." I yell back throwing my bag over my shoulder, the kids just got picked up by their dad, they called him as soon as she got the bottle.

"So you're just going to leave." She demands already unsteady on her feet.

Yes, she is Atem guides me to the door.

"The Hell!" she shrieks wobbling after me.

"Bye." I throw the door open and nearly run into familiar spikey tricolored hair.

"Nuni." Yugi stumbles back a few steps. "sorry, I was just coming to see if you'd like to come see a movie with us and my friends and I are having a sleep over, Taya will be there too so it's not like you'll be the only girl." Yugi scratches the back of his head and offers a nervous smile as if he wasn't entirely sure of this but his naturally kind-hearted way convinced him of it.

"Oh, I'm not—"

"NUNI!" Mom screeches behind me.

go Nuni." Atem pushes me forward.

"You know what." I push Yugi out of the way and slam the door behind me "You couldn't have come by at a more convenient time, Yugi."

"Well, I'm glad that I came then." Yugi smiles a bit relieved.

"But we've got to get out of here." I grab his hand and pull him forward, I hop over the board we prop against the porch, the door broken shortly after we moved in.

"What's the rush?" He laughs but I couldn't expect him to know the answer.

"Oh... just want to hang out with my new friends." I lie. I actually didn't want to talk to really anyone today.

Even me? Atem asks.

Do I ever really have a choice but to talk to you? I ask as I slide into the back of the car.

"Hey, Nuni!" Tristan smiles.

"Please just go." I glance back at the door "like now."

"hmmm..." Tristan looks back at me "is there something wrong?" he asks.

"Cause if there is." Joey interrupts Tristan "we can take care of it for ya." Joey flashes a big smile.

"NUNI!" My mom screams from the porch.

"Please just go." I hide my face behind my hand.

"but what's wrong?" Tristan asks completely ignoring my mom.

"C'mon, you can tell me, we're friends." Tristan smiles and reaches back toward me, maybe to grab my hand.

"Go." Joey snaps, his eyes on my mom.

"What's going on with you now?" Tristan grumbles annoyed with Joey.

"C'mon, I want to get to the movie." Joey snaps.

"We're going." Tristan rolls his eyes and pulls off. Joey catches my eyes in the mirror.

Thank you I mouth to him, he gives me a thumbs up and returns to the game in his hand.

Are you alright? Atem asks, brushing my bangs out of my face.

I'm fine, but I think Joey might be in a similar situation to mine I tell him.

He did seem to understand your desire to leave so quickly much better than Tristan Atem's voice takes on an edge of bitterness as he shoots an annoyed look at him.

So now you're going to be jealous of Tristan? I ask him.

The depends. Atem says. Do you think he's cute too?

I narrow my eyes at him I'm going to hit you later.

And how are you going to do that? He challenges.

I tap my fingers against the millennium puzzle and smirk at him I've learned a thing or two since we've met I tell him.

Of course you have, you're very smart. He chuckles and slips back into the puzzle, Yugi eyes drift toward the puzzle, the glow must've caught his attention.