EnsTren: sheSeth's Seto is in a better mood. and amuses sheSeth by locking all the doors and windows into his room personally and double checking them before going to sleep
Edmondia: and she's calmed down too, I take it?
EnsTren: because he's being so timid too
Edmondia: I think she's worried, tho
Edmondia: Atemu fighting with Yugi
EnsTren: *scowls and peeks in on them to see what they are fighting about*
Edmondia: they're fighting about Seth
Edmondia: Atemu snuck out to talk to Seth
Edmondia: Yugi found out
Edmondia: Yugi Got Pissed
Edmondia: Yugi yelled
Edmondia: Atemu yelled back
Edmondia: Yugi went 'hmph!' and now they're not talking
Edmondia: Atemu tried to talk to him once, got violently rebuffed, and is now curled up in a ball somewhere, deeply deeply unhappy
EnsTren: Seto is pondering if an unhappy and nonresponsive yami is better than a happy moving about might hurt him yami
EnsTren: And decided on the latter and has taken Seth with him to go pick Atemu up
Edmondia: The air around Atemu seems to be sizzling
EnsTren: Seto stares then walks forward
EnsTren: His yami is right behind him and will protect him and watch his back if something bad happens.
Edmondia: He's got his face buried in his arms and is very very very quiet
EnsTren: Seto walks up and carefully picks him up as if he was his little brother. And he's practically dayglo cause of hikariship and doing a good deed
EnsTren: "C'm'on. You can't be comfortable down there, let's get you cleaned up and you can talk to Seth about it."
Edmondia: Not so much as a blink.
EnsTren: He's...small. And not innocent, but helpless in this way. He's small though, like Mokuba.
EnsTren: So he does the slight soft nuzzle that made his little brother feel better and a light squeeze.
Edmondia: The air sizzled, but he barely stirred.
EnsTren: He looked at Seth, Is sizzling good or bad?
Edmondia: Seth frowned and reached forward to touch his cheek, but yelped softly and drew her hand back. Ow!
EnsTren: Seto carefully shifted to hold the Pharaoh with one arm and then caressed the cheek with the other.
Edmondia: It felt like living darkness coiling up his arm.
EnsTren: He stubbornly resisted and petted him. "I'm taking you home," he said firmly, "You're going to get a bath, clean clothes, and then you, Seth, and I will be going shopping with my checkbook and get Yugi a "please forgive me" present. Or ten, if necessary."
Edmondia: He was very still.
EnsTren: "Flowers I think, chocolate, ice cream, but you know all his favorites right? So we can get them. And then you can go back to him and stop feeling so bad and stop moping."
EnsTren: "And games, we can't forget games, there's plenty you can get him to apologize with."
EnsTren: Switching him to a cradling two armed hold and leaving the room, heading outside.
Edmondia: The world shimmered a bit, and suddenly his arms were empty.
EnsTren: "Well fuck."
EnsTren: Know where he went, Yamimine?
Edmondia: Mmm. She took his hand and tugged him after her. He didn't go far, come on, it's not good for him to be alone right now. And she guided him up onto the third floor, down a few corridors, and then pushed open the door to a guest room.
Edmondia: Shadows spilled out like smoke into the hallway, and she took a cautious step inside.
EnsTren: Seto went fearlessly in.
Edmondia: The darkness burned against his skin, but Seth moved through the shadows like water, and they found him, perched up on the windowsill, dark eyes scanning the horizon.
EnsTren: There had been more pain and less pain in Seto's life. In the end to him it was as nothing and always would be.
EnsTren: But he still stayed in his Yami's wake to avoid the brunt of it.
Edmondia: Slowly, she drew up behind him, and hesitantly lay a hand on his shoulder. Seto didn't miss the way that she flinched.
EnsTren: He put his hand on her shoulder and then hugged her tighttight wanting to protect her.
Edmondia: After a long, still moment, one slim hand reached up and covered hers. Seth relaxed a little, the tension in her shoulders softening a bit.
EnsTren: He kissed his yami, unaware he was glowing, just a little.
Edmondia: She tilted her head back and nuzzled him, just a little, then leaned her head down and pressed her cheek to Atemu's.
EnsTren: He reached out, hesitently, to touch Atemu's back.
Edmondia: That same cold spike of shadow raced up his fingertips.
Edmondia: "...Atemu?" Seth asked softly, voice barely more than a breath in the darkness.
EnsTren: He pet Atemu, soothingly rubbing his back.
Edmondia: He moved then, twisting around, and Seth made a soft noise of surprise when she was pulled flush against Atemu.
EnsTren: He felt jealous, but quashed it and started to withdraw from the room.
Edmondia: Seth yanked on his hand and made him stay.
EnsTren: He stayed but didn't look for his own sake.
Edmondia: She tried to pull him against her, looking a little alarmed.
EnsTren: He shook his head. 'S fine. Take care of him first.
Edmondia: No, Seto, please? She tugged more insistantly. Please?
EnsTren: He went closer, cautious, nervous, jealous--but he didn't let that show.
Edmondia: She pulled him as close as she could, trembling just a little between them.
EnsTren: He stayed close to her, pressed against her to soothe her, but would not look at them.
Edmondia: He could feel her breathing, just a little too fast, and when he nosed her neck, he could feel her pulse, just a little too fast as well.
Edmondia: "...Atemu?" she asked again softly.
Edmondia: "...why?" he said very quietly.
EnsTren: His gaze flittered sideways and settled on Atemu briefly, why did he ask why? and what about?
Edmondia: She moved a little. "Why what, cousin?"
EnsTren: He held his yami tighter.
Edmondia: "Why should I apologize...?" he asked very softly, ruby eyes fluttering open, one slim hand raising to caress Seth's cheek.
EnsTren: "So he feels better," Seto said in a rough voice. "You don't have to apologize for sneaking out, you could apologize instead for for upsetting him or angering him or fighting or yelling."
Edmondia: A low growl. "He yelled first."
EnsTren: "So don't apologize for that. Always winning your battles must mean you never have to learn the lesson of picking your battles."
Edmondia: He grunted just a little and pressed his nose into Seth's shoulder. "I'm not going to apologize for her."
EnsTren: "So make him think you've apologized. Or make it up to him."
Edmondia: "He's jealous," Atemu hissed, and pulled Seth fully into his lap.
EnsTren: So was he, but he wasn't yelling and driving his yami away. And he had more reason to be. Seth had almost every reason to want Atemu more.
Edmondia: "...Atemu," she said softly, brushing her fingers lightly through his bangs, "Remember, we told each other, if they got jealous, we'd stop seeing each other. Remember?"
EnsTren: He froze, and then he started shaking too.
EnsTren: He didn't want them to stop seeing each other. They were pretty together and Atemu made her happy in ways he couldn't. Even if it made him jealous he didn't want them to stop!
Edmondia: "...even if you're not my wife anymore," Atemu murmured, "Even though our children are dead, you're still my cousin. I still have that right, at least."
EnsTren: He beathed a silent shaky sigh of relif.
Edmondia: And tried not to be disturbed by the reminder that they were cousins.
EnsTren: He wished he could be a part of what they had.
Edmondia: She was very still for a long moment, running her hands through his hair. "But Yugi..."
Edmondia: "He's being jealous," he muttered again. "I don't know why, it's stupid."
EnsTren: Seto nodded in silent agreement. Yugi had his yami twined around his fingers. He had his heart and his soul and his body. They were a perfect match and balanced, neither fearing nor frightening the other.
EnsTren: If anything he was the one that had more 'right' to be angry.
Edmondia: Seth sighed softly. "I don't know why either, Atemu... maybe he thinks... I don't know."
Edmondia: "It's because you're a girl," he murmured, and squeezed her possessively.
EnsTren: Yugi was being very. Very. Very stupid.
Edmondia: Seth tilted her head down and kissed him softly.
EnsTren: They were so pretty, achingly pretty that made him feel like there was a hot coal burning though the bottom of his heart.
EnsTren: He wished he could have that, or be part of it. Did Yugi wish that too?
Edmondia: He could understand it if he did.
EnsTren: He could have it though, he didn't even need to ask, Seto was willing to bet. Unlike him who wouldn't be able to do anything or give anything to the relationship.
Edmondia: Seth shifted a little, and pulled him closer.
Edmondia: She drew Seto's arms down over her shoulders, purring softly.
EnsTren: He shook a little and held on tighttighttight, afraid to let go.
Edmondia: Seth's purr deepened, velvet-silk, and her hair was soft against his cheek.
EnsTren: He stammered something out, that they were pretty together.
Edmondia: Seth tilted her head back and licked his cheek.
EnsTren: He blushed.
Edmondia: She grinned at him, sharp and sly, and nipped at his ear.
Edmondia: My Seto, she purred, and nuzzled his throat.
EnsTren: Yamimine is pretty with Atemu.
Edmondia: Thank you, she said, and touched his cheek.
EnsTren: ...I wish...
Edmondia: What do you wish?
EnsTren: I could be...part of that, not two, three. But I'd be a leech.
Edmondia: ? She turned around to face him, wrapped up in Atemu's arms, but her hands were pressed against his chest, so warm. You'd want to... cuddle with us?
EnsTren: He blushed and shrugged helplessly.
Edmondia: We stopped sleeping together, she said slowly, We're not going to start again - you're not talking about that, are you?
EnsTren: If you still were I'd want that too.
Edmondia: ...you'd want - with us? She sounded absolutely baffled.
EnsTren: You're pretty together...not just to my eyes but...He gestured vaguely, not in his head, not quite, but they had something beautiful and wonderful and he wanted to have that too.
Edmondia: She pulled him closer, tugging him down to his knees, and wrapped her legs around him, pulling him close enough that he could tuck his head beneath her chin. ...you're mine, so... if you want...
EnsTren: ...Not ready for that. Wish I was, I think. But it's scary and still makes me feel not good.
EnsTren: I'd like to be with both of you, because...it's pretty--but I'm afraid that it won't be pretty anymore.
Edmondia: ...I'm not going to sleep with him anymore, Seto, we talked about this.
EnsTren: When did I say anything about sex just now?
Edmondia: She blinked. You'd... just to cuddle?
EnsTren: It's pretty. Right. But what if it's not right with me?
Edmondia: Why wouldn't it be right?
EnsTren: Because...I don't know.
Edmondia: Seto, baby, we just hold each other and talk.
Edmondia: How could you change that?
EnsTren: I'd be there.
Edmondia: So? You don't mind when I cuddle with you and Mokuba.
EnsTren: It's diffrent.
Edmondia: How?
EnsTren: Just is.
Edmondia: It isn't.
EnsTren: You two have something together.
Edmondia: ?
EnsTren: There's always room for another sibbling. But...you two kiss. Third wheel.
Edmondia: ...we can stop.
EnsTren: No! No! It's...pretty he finished lamely.
Edmondia: ...I'm confused, baby. It's just... you'll kiss Mokuba's hair and cheeks, but you kiss me too, just differently. How does what we do change things?
EnsTren: Diffrent kinds of kisses.
Edmondia: I kiss you just like I kiss Atemu.
EnsTren: Exactly.
Edmondia: ...what's wrong with that?
Edmondia: It's just kisses, baby.
Edmondia: ...is that why Yugi's jealous? She frowned thoughtfully.
EnsTren: I don't know, he kisses Atemu more than that, deeper than that.
EnsTren: Maybe he wants to be part of what you two have too?
EnsTren: It's pretty.
Edmondia: ...but what do we have that you want? She looked so confused, even as she sat there in his lap, even while he was nuzzling her cheek, even as her fingers stroked along his thigh.
EnsTren: What you have is very pretty, very precious.
Edmondia: She blinked at him. I don't understand.
EnsTren: Me neither.
EnsTren: I just know I see you two and I see something beautiful that I want and want and want.
Edmondia: ...you're not jealous?
EnsTren: Jealous that I don't have it, worried that you'll want him more because he can give you things that I can't.
Edmondia: ...is that what Yugi thinks too?
EnsTren: I don't think so, if I was in Yugi's position I'd be less jealous, because then I'd know I have you.
Edmondia: ...but why would you want to touch us?
EnsTren: ...It's dark and warm and pretty.
Edmondia: She frowned at him. I don't understand.
EnsTren: Neither do I
Edmondia: She was silent for a long moment, eyes distant. ...Atemu doesn't understand either.
EnsTren: ...Can I come closer?
Edmondia: Of course. She sounded a bit surprised by the question.
EnsTren: What about...He looked questioningly at Atemu, nervously.
Edmondia: He's just clingy because he's upset. Don't worry, he's calmed down enough that he won't zap you.
EnsTren: He carefully came closer, sweet light added to the melody of darkness.
Edmondia: She smiled at him and touched his hair. My pretty one...
EnsTren: He bowwed his head and pushed against her hand like a cat.
Edmondia: She stroked his hair, smiling softly. So shy, sweetling...
EnsTren: He blushed and cautiously sat down near them.
Edmondia: Why don't you touch me? she asked softly, I'd like to hold you, pretty light...
EnsTren: His hand came out, soft and hesitant, and touched her knee, looking up to see if it was okay.
Edmondia: She chuckled like velvet and sin. Seto, baby, you're allowed to touch me.
EnsTren: ...You're so beautiful it doesn't seem like I should be allowed to.
Edmondia: Flatterer, she said, but her smile was warm and bright, and he knew he had pleased her.
EnsTren: 'S true. He insisted and cautiously came a bit closer to both of them and especially her.
Edmondia: She shrugged. I look just like you, Seto-baby.
EnsTren: No...No you don't. You're magnificent. As I am put in within a crucible and all physical wrongs and ills burned away leaving only perfection.
Edmondia: She raised an eyebrow. You are too harsh on yourself, dear heart. C'mere.
EnsTren: You are beautiful though. He insisted and went to her slowly.
Edmondia: You flatter me, my love, she said, and her eyes were bright and warm.
EnsTren: Goddess.
Edmondia: Are you my god, then? she questioned softly, reaching out and brushing her fingertips over his lips.
EnsTren: Nay. Naught but a worshipper at your feet.
EnsTren: And he sat down on the floor next to her, a shy smile on his face.
Edmondia: She slid off of Atemu's lap and hugged him. Sweetling.
EnsTren: He blushed and touched her hair with delicate fingertips.
Edmondia: She kissed him soundly.
EnsTren: Her hikari was scarlet like the tips of Atemu's hair.
Edmondia: Sweet, she purred, and pinched his rump.
EnsTren: He squeaked and matched her husband's eyes.
Edmondia: She grinned. You're allowed to grope me too, you know.
EnsTren: His blush stayed and he furiously shook his head no.
Edmondia: Why not? You said I was beautiful...
EnsTren: He stared down. He was too embarrassed to.
Edmondia: Seto... I'm in love with you. You know that, right?
EnsTren: ...?!
Edmondia: What?
EnsTren: ...I can't help it, everytime you say that...
Edmondia: What?
EnsTren: Surprise. Feels like a firework is going off inside of me.
Edmondia: Surprised that I'm in love with you?
EnsTren: Yes, and then it explodes and everything semes to glow.
Edmondia: Sweet, she breathed, and pulled him into a deep kiss.
EnsTren: He was adorable, as well as being sweet, and while being kissed he forgot about Atemu watching for a brief second.
Edmondia: He remembered when he heard his soft chuckle, though.
EnsTren: That made him pull away from his yami and try to hide his face.
Edmondia: "Atemu," Seth chided, "I was enjoying that!"
EnsTren: He was going to die of embarrassment.
Edmondia: "Mmn..." Atemu lightly slid down and sat next to them, leaning over and burying his face against Seth's throat. "I miss Yugi."
EnsTren: He hesitated, staring. and then looped his arm around Atemu's shoulders, leaning in and nuzzling him.
Edmondia: A soft sigh. Seth squeezed him gently, lips brushing against his ear. "It's not the same, is it...?"
EnsTren: He bit his lower lip, and then kissed the pharaoh very quickly on the cheek and asked him if he'd like it if he tried talking to him?
Edmondia: He was quiet for a long moment, eyes dark and hooded.
Edmondia: "...I would appreciate that."
EnsTren: He kissed him again, lightly and quickly.
Edmondia: He nearly squeaked when he was kissed in return.
EnsTren: Seth gave him a seven point three out of ten for the blush and squeak.
Edmondia: She got kissed too.
EnsTren: She laughed and kissed back.
Edmondia: Then she kissed him.
EnsTren: Squeaking and blushing.
Edmondia: Atemu kissed his cheek at the same time.
Edmondia: Seth smiled against his lips, turned her head, and nuzzled Atemu. "You really miss him, don't you?"
EnsTren: Seto, still trying to get over his embarrassment, nuzzled Atemu.
Edmondia: Atemu sighed softly and slid his arms around them, tucking his head into Seth's neck.
EnsTren: He was between his two Set's now, and they would help him.
Edmondia: I want him back, he said softly, Will you make him come back?
EnsTren: Yes.
Edmondia: ...what if he doesn't want me anymore?
EnsTren: How could he not?
Edmondia: ...he threw me out.
EnsTren: He's being foolish. If he's so jealous about you coming to see Seth why throw you out when this is practically where you have to come to?
Edmondia: He gets irrational when he's upset, he said softly, And he - gets very angry.
EnsTren: I'll talk to him, he calls me his twin, that has to count for something, right?
Edmondia: ...I hope so, he sighed, I don't want him to be angry anymore...
EnsTren: Yugi being angry is scary.
Edmondia: Yes, he agreed quietly. I hate it when he's angry.
EnsTren: We'll make it better--but you have to do your part.
Edmondia: I won't apologize for being here, he hissed, suddenly angry.
EnsTren: Then don't.
Edmondia: He sighed and snuggled into Seth. ...I wish he trusted me.
EnsTren: He ran his hands though Atemu's hair. Sometimes I feel like Mokuba doesn't trust me.
Edmondia: ?
EnsTren: Sometimes it feels like he's a pillar, one that I was built on, but a pillar none the less. A snort of laughter. Did you know if you do it right you can put a straw right though a potato using only your two hands?
Edmondia: Twin blinks from the two Egyptians.
EnsTren: It's true, but if you don't do it right it bends. A column can only take direct pressure. Hit it from the side and it falls, collapses, crumbles.
Edmondia: Seth stroked his hair. And you think Mokuba...?
EnsTren: Sometimes...sometimes someone hits his faith in me the right way.
Edmondia: Noa?
EnsTren: Silence spoke as assent.
Edmondia: Twin kisses on his cheeks.
Edmondia: He loves you.
EnsTren: Yugi loves you.
Edmondia: ...mmn.
EnsTren: Seto layed his head down on his yami.
Edmondia: Seth stroked his hair, a tiny smile on her lips.
EnsTren: Atemu layed on her too. Her too big babies, honestly.
Edmondia: So insecure, both of them, though they'd kill anyone who said as much.
EnsTren: So she stroked the hair of both of them. So alike.
Edmondia: She felt... older, now, more able to look at both of them objectively.
EnsTren: Her hikari was still so young, so was Atemu.
Edmondia: Her hikari had barely lived, and Atemu... had died much too young.
EnsTren: Her hikari had died too. In his heart and soul, but Atemu gave him life.
Edmondia: ...perhaps it wasn't so strange that she loved them both.
EnsTren: They were diffrent sides of the world, fighting united, fighting alone, light and dark.
Edmondia: Her shadow-king and her hikari.
Edmondia: She was... lucky.
EnsTren: ...It would be pretty if they kissed.
Edmondia: Yugi would be furious.
EnsTren: She'd kiss Yugi. And then Yugi could kiss hikari.
EnsTren: That would be shiny.
Edmondia: ...they'd have to get Yugi to calm down and make up (and out, hopefully where she could watch) with Atemu.
EnsTren: It would be pretty.
EnsTren: And, as she had recently discovered, playing at making her hikari squeak and blush was a fun game when played with others.
Edmondia: And Atemu and Yugi were very far from shy.
EnsTren: They could play a three sided game!
Edmondia: See who could get Seto to blush the most.
EnsTren: Extra points for noises.
Edmondia: ...ooooh, and she could hold his head in place while Yugi and Atemu did things to each other. Points for all of them!
EnsTren: What kind of points should getting hikari aroused receive?
Edmondia: All hers, of course.
Edmondia: But hikari did think the Yugis were pretty.
EnsTren: Was she very sure of that?
Edmondia: Yes, he'd told her that.
EnsTren: She wanted shininess of Yugi and her hikari kissing.
Edmondia: But first she had to get Yugi and Atemu to make up and have sex.
EnsTren: While they watched.
Edmondia: Because that was really really really pretty.
EnsTren: And it would make her hikari blush.
Edmondia: Fun.
EnsTren: She chuckled and hugged them close.
Edmondia: Atemu was soft and quiet and melancholy.
EnsTren: They'd make it better, soon.
Edmondia: She hated to see him hurt like this.
EnsTren: If it was anybody but Yugi she'd kill them.
Edmondia: But nobody else could hurt him like this.
EnsTren: It made her angry and sad at the same time.
Edmondia: It hurt even more since it was because of her.
EnsTren: Her hikari wasn't flying into stupid jealous rages.
Edmondia: She couldn't imagine how Atemu felt, tugged between them as he was.
EnsTren: He'd fee; better, soon. Hikari works fast.
Edmondia: In the meantime, she could hold her beautiful husband close and try to comfort him.
EnsTren: And urge her hikari to kiss him again.
Edmondia: Because while he wasn't quite right, light was light.
EnsTren: And it was pretty to watch.
Edmondia: Atemu sighed against her throat, and she turned her head to nuzzle his hair gently.
EnsTren: Hikari looked at her nervously and kissed cousin on the mouth very softly and very quickly.
Edmondia: ...whoa.
EnsTren: Jumping either husband's or hikari's bones was bad.
Edmondia: ...she could jump them both at the same time.
Edmondia: Mmm, pinned between husband and hikari.
EnsTren: First make him kiss husband again.
Edmondia: She nudged him.
EnsTren: He blushed and looked shyly at Atemu.
Edmondia: Atemu was very quiet.
Edmondia: Still very very very Dark.
EnsTren: ..."Do you want me to kiss you again?"
Edmondia: A shrug.
Edmondia: Then he leaned over her and kissed Seto very softly.
Edmondia: He drew away swiftly, eyes sad, and tucked his head back down against her shoulder.
EnsTren: What's wrong? What did I do wrong? Her hikari was flustered and nervous.
Edmondia: She squeezed Atemu tightly. It's not you, baby, she said softly, He's just hurting right now. He wants Yugi... very badly.
EnsTren: I'll go now...?
Edmondia: Try and talk some sense into him, pretty love? She drew him down for a lingering kiss.
EnsTren: Yes. And before he left he gave a slow kiss to Atemu.
Edmondia: Hopefully the light would stay in him until Yugi returned.
EnsTren: He hesitated, and then pushed his deck into Atemu's hands, kissing his forehead once and then leaving.
Edmondia: Good luck, beloved, she called after him, and turned her attention to her husband.
EnsTren: His attention was now on the cards, instead of his situation.
Edmondia: It was a good distraction. She could only hope that it would last long enough for Seto to do some good.