Yami was silent and let Yugi speak his mind, but at the last sentence he couldn't help but groan and cover his face with his hands. It was...it was flattering, yes, that Yugi would go as far as to leave with him, but the last thing he wanted to do was estrange Yugi from his loving family for his sake.

Luckily, Mrs. Mutou didn't seem like she wanted him out of the house that very moment. She gave Yugi a Look, folding her arms. "...so those times when you were behaving strangely...I was speaking to him." She gestured to Yami, then seemed to realize she was being rude and corrected herself. "To you."

"Yes," said Yami, lifting his face and attempting to look as confident and sure as ever. Not in all the duels they'd had, with souls on the line, had he ever been this nervous for himself. For Yugi yes, but not for himself.

"You know," Mrs. Mutou said as she swung around to fix her gaze on Yugi instead, "I could tell something was going on. I never thought it was something like this," and for the first time she sounded unsure of herself, "but I knew it was something. I know how my own son behaves." She touched a hand to her forehead. "...why didn't you tell me before, Yugi? What did you think I would do?"