[Atem's...not positive if this sudden swell of emotion is good or bad, if it's happiness or sadness, if it's love or guilt. Not yet. But either way, his response is the same: he tilts his head in, pressing his cheek to the top of Ryou's head, wrapping an arm around his shoulders and taking a deep breath. The other hand pets Ryou's hair, slowly and gently, a little like he handles Ryou's fog form.]
...want to spend the night together later? When we wake up.
[It's true he's got things to do. He's working on a trap for the person he's picked, for Yugi. Marik's working with him. But....
...that can wait 24 hours. It'd be nice to...take a little bit of a break. While, you know, he can...before he has to do to Yugi what he's going to do, before Yugi's hunger gets unbearable, before October's fog. As soon as the fog hits, they'll be in a crisis, and once it's over, who knows what kind of recovery, what kind of care, they'll both need...now might be the time, for that date he promised.]
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...want to spend the night together later? When we wake up.
[It's true he's got things to do. He's working on a trap for the person he's picked, for Yugi. Marik's working with him. But....
...that can wait 24 hours. It'd be nice to...take a little bit of a break. While, you know, he can...before he has to do to Yugi what he's going to do, before Yugi's hunger gets unbearable, before October's fog. As soon as the fog hits, they'll be in a crisis, and once it's over, who knows what kind of recovery, what kind of care, they'll both need...now might be the time, for that date he promised.]