I will always have at least one more apology or gratitude for you, Atem. There's always at least one that I owe you.
[Which is entirely true, even though Ryou perhaps apologizes too much for his own good. He has a lot to be sorry for, almost all the time! Atem's really gone out of his way for Ryou's sake, after all. The roommate thing, sharing his friends and making Ryou feel like he belongs...
Honestly Ryou hadn't apologized and thanked his friend enough. But in the interest of keeping things positive, he's not going to belabor the point today! Which brings them to the next topic, which has Ryou's admittedly forced and practiced optimism for the day crack, just for a moment.]
We can talk about things later. Of course. It's going to be a lot to talk about.
[He reaches for a couple of the new cake pans, moving to the sink to wash them before he speaks again.]
I just...want to be happy for you and Yugi today, though. It will be good for all of us! He's who you've missed the most, isn't he? And although this is an unfavorable situation, we can't linger on it, right?
[The tough things can wait. Right now, Ryou's most interested in making this a great party for both his friends. He'd do absolutely anything to make Atem happy right now.
He would even move out right now, just so that Yugi could live here, if it made Atem happy. But he knows better than to lead with that when the small vampire is going through all the trouble to make sure Ryou knows he appreciates their friendship.]
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[Which is entirely true, even though Ryou perhaps apologizes too much for his own good. He has a lot to be sorry for, almost all the time! Atem's really gone out of his way for Ryou's sake, after all. The roommate thing, sharing his friends and making Ryou feel like he belongs...
Honestly Ryou hadn't apologized and thanked his friend enough. But in the interest of keeping things positive, he's not going to belabor the point today! Which brings them to the next topic, which has Ryou's admittedly forced and practiced optimism for the day crack, just for a moment.]
We can talk about things later. Of course. It's going to be a lot to talk about.
[He reaches for a couple of the new cake pans, moving to the sink to wash them before he speaks again.]
I just...want to be happy for you and Yugi today, though. It will be good for all of us! He's who you've missed the most, isn't he? And although this is an unfavorable situation, we can't linger on it, right?
[The tough things can wait. Right now, Ryou's most interested in making this a great party for both his friends. He'd do absolutely anything to make Atem happy right now.
He would even move out right now, just so that Yugi could live here, if it made Atem happy. But he knows better than to lead with that when the small vampire is going through all the trouble to make sure Ryou knows he appreciates their friendship.]