If Atem Lived in my Head

Friends?

            

"That movie was great, huh?" Tristan nudges me with his elbow.

"Eh." I shrug "it was a little more romance and not as much comedy as I would have liked." I glance at Atem walking between us, not that Tristan can see him. 

"Really?" Tristan seems a bit surprised. "Don't you like romantic comedies?"

"Depends on my mood and usually just certain ones, I'm more into action movies." I explain, Atem wraps his arm around my shoulders and presses closer to me.

Tristan smiles as he rubs his chin "I'll have to remember that."

And why does he have to remember that? Atem grumbles.

"Here we are, Nuni." Yugi opens the door for all of us.

"You live at this game shop?" I ask, then I look up and see the curtains in the windows.  "Oh, there's an apartment upstairs." I smile "that's awesome."

"Thanks," Yugi closes the door, I actually like this place, it's filled with games and, I'd barely said a word to mister Motu in the car, but he seems nice.

"My grandpa collects games from all over the place, he's taught me everything he knows about them." Yugi smiles proudly. I want to ask why he lives with his grandpa but I don't frankly want any questions about my parents coming up.

"I love games." I drift toward the walls, I had been a huge game enthusiast from three years old my hands first touched a board game but the more my mom deteriorated the less time I had for games and the more time I had to spend working for not only myself but my family.

"Really." Tristan steps beside me. Atem growls under his breath and inserts himself between us again.

perhaps he'd like to educate himself on personal space. Atem squeezes me to his side, his cape draping around me.

"Tall person." I somewhat lightly jab my elbow into his side "taking up a lot of unnecessary space."

"Huh..." Tristan looked down at the nonexistent space between us "sorry, Nuni." He smiles and scratched the back of his head.

"Finally." Yugi joins me on my other side "someone who understands my struggle." He laughs good naturedly. I can't help but smile at him, I don't know much about him but I like him.

and he's cute Atem teases me, apparently, he doesn't see Yugi as much of a threat.

"Your friends are pretty extra tall." I laugh with him.

"Hey." Joey wraps his arm around Yugi's neck and affectionately digs his knuckles into Yugi's head. "we're pretty handy most days."

Yugi laughs and clings to Joey's arm. I smile.

"and besides we're not just Yugi's friends anymore." Tristan rests a hand on my shoulder "we're yours too."

I shrug him off "you've only just met me."

"I'm a great judge of character." Joey releases Yugi. "and I say you'd make a great addition to our group."

"I agree." Yugi smiles at me

"me too." Taya smiles at me warmly.

It seems you have more friends Atem chuckles.

Atem? I ask him

Yes, Nuni? He stops laughing sensing the shift in my mood.

What do I do with this many friends?

He smiles and wraps his arm around my shoulders. You enjoy them, Nuni he presses a kiss to the top of my head. It's just a delicate kiss but it's filled with warmth.

            "Alright." Joey snags a game from his pocket "who's up for a game?"

"I'm in." Yugi and I say at the same time, we smile at each other.

"Looks like we got a challenger for the reinging champ." Joey elbows Yugi playfully.

Taya giggles "after the way she beat you, Joey, I wouldn't be teasing anyone."

"Eh." Joey sulks "that was just one game, I'm really the master of Mario kart." Joey slides a competitive glance at me "what'd you say, Nuni, winner claims the title?"

            I can't help it, that old gamer smile of mine crawls across my lips and I snatch the game from his hand. "you're on."