When I was shy and frightened, all alone
As Puzzle’s challenge set I to pursue,
I wished just for a friend to call my own,
And more than I could ever dream, came you.
And now we stand, lone, strong, and face-to-face
One final play to prove we are now whole
Who knows which one will win this ult’mate race:
Two equal sides, across time, of one soul.
I guess I knew the moment this unfurled
This priceless gift would not be mine to keep
Tho’ you, my dearest friend, will leave this world,
Forever, evermore, I do not weep
For what those who are watching cannot see
Is simply that I’m you, and you are me.

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Background:

I wrote this for Yugi (and by "for" I mean "from the perspective of") during the Final Duel, when I wondered why we weren't seeing it hit Yugi yet that Atem's actually going to leave. I thought perhaps it was because he saw on some fundamental level that he and Atem were one in the same. In retrospect I think it more likely that it just took a little while to really hit him, because he was focused on winning the duel. We see him start to freak out when we actually reach the end of it all and he knows it's the end.