knifemonopoly: (they sing and dance oh ey oh)
̷A̷t̷e̷m̷ ([personal profile] knifemonopoly) wrote 2021-09-16 12:42 am (UTC)

Ah...

[Now it's his turn to feel a little...man he can't even pinpoint what it is. Is it embarrassment? It feels a little bit in that neighborhood -- warm, not quite sitting comfortably in his heart -- and it's definitely brought on by you make everything so much better, just by existing.

He's been thinking a bit, lately, about his own existence, and his place in the world, and whether or not he has one. Being told directly that people want him around -- not just him-and-Yugi, but him as an individual -- hits him in a place where he's tender. Tender like a kiss, or tender like a bruise -- he can't tell.

But then Ryou has mercy on him and taks about the game. That's much easier! Atem picks his dice cup up, all his uncertainty from a moment ago gone. With a wink:
]

I invite you to try!

[He shakes the cup up. Ready? he asks wordlessly.]

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