Atem has spent the last few weeks preparing everything for this day. His partner, his aibou, this was a special moment for him. The former spirit had taken the time to make a special meal, a dessert of Yuugi's many favorites. Gifts wrapped for his aibou to open up. The Egyptian waits for the smaller male to enter their shared apartment, crimson-violets glancing down at the card titled 'Aibou' and the small rectangular box beside it.
A gold bracelet with an ankh charm connected lay within. Perhaps, later on down the road he could get a ring for the other.
𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐄 : yuugi birth .ᐟ.ᐟ ♡ / 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 : accepting .ᐟ.ᐟ
𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐘 , aside from his mother nearly 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 with affection and his grandfather giving him his annual 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 speech , and yuugi is perfectly okay with this , simply satisfied to be around his loved ones who express their 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 & 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 year - round . thus , he doesn’t need nor expect to arrive home to any grand gestures , but perhaps that’s the whole point of a surprise ━━━━ he isn’t 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 to anticipate anything .
verily , he’d had no idea that atem had gone to so much 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐄 behind the scenes , but he ought to have expected as much , given his beloved’s 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 of pulling out every stop to leave yuugi’s heart overflowing with gratitude , with affection , with 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 at the notion that he’s managed to end up as 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 who’d found their 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘 so early in his life .
doll - wide eyes grow 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓 as he beholds everything so 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑑 for his indulgence . despite the beautifully plated meal and the 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 laid out before him , bright violets immediately find the other man’s face , warm with devotion , and wetness wells in the 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 of heavily lined eyes .
“ what’s all this .ᐣ.ᐣ ” he asks , despite the 𝑜𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 of the answer . his voice warbles with emotion , shoulder bag slipping easily down a lithely toned arm , instantaneously forgotten the moment he sets it aside on the nearest surface . he comes nearer to inspect everything with the 𝐔𝐓𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄 , golden light all but emanating from his core , before his attention once again turns to 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 , fixed on him like a scrap of metal to a 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭 .
at once , yuugi wraps his arms around his other half , nuzzling into the junction of his neck and shoulder and breathing in his 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒚 scent . “ you put this all together for me .ᐣ.ᐣ gods , it must have taken you 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 [ . . . ] ” a breathless laugh tumbles past his lips , heart fluttering anew at a pace that rivals a hummingbird’s wings . “ this all looks so lovely , 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆 , thank you . but you have to know you’ve already given me the 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 , just by being here with me , and being in my life . ”
