This was certainly awkward and to be honest Atem wasn't sure how best to approach it. It was obvious that Yugi was fairly upset about it, since rather than waiting for the spell to end on it's own he'd attempted to fix it. It was a shame his efforts only made it worse. While staring at the spines of numerous tomes that varied in subject and were all together foreign to him he listened to Yugi's reply and regretted having posed the question in the first place. His other half could tell why it had been asked, and was quick to defend the unnamed student.

Before Atem could answer the next question he had to get himself to look back at Yugi, this time focusing on the neck up. "No...... it's ... not that bad." Hesitating more than he would have liked. "It's just different, that's all."

It's not as if Yugi were standing before him in the altogether, so why was this so awkward? Plus they both had female friends. With that in mind he started to ease up and relax. "It must be, Yugi but I'm sure that it must be temporary. There's nothing for you to worry about."