[Hey those snakes sure are holding onto Ryou's hand. Atem can't tell how hard he's blushing because he's cold-blooded, so his face isn't hot. Maybe it's not that bad?

(It's that bad.)

He's looking away.]

It showed me something I wanted, that I hadn't known I'd wanted before. Of course I thought it was mine! It was hard to imagine I could feel that way in a dream that was meant for someone else.

[If it hadn't been for the trees...how long would it have been before Atem was able to identify that this was what he wanted? Would he have gone on, supporting Ryou as he got over the crush and started seeing someone else? Would he have ended up sleeping in Ryou's room anyway, but without knowing his own feelings?

He hates the trees for how hard they were for Ryou to recover from, but...he might owe Larry one, here.]