Hi Wolfairer here. This is my first deathshipping story I have ever done. The idea of this story was given to me by Miss Macabre Grey, so thank you for the idea.

I do not own any of the characters in this story, and not the idea, I only wrote it.

Ryou ran as fast as his legs would let him. The boy's long, white hair glistened in the morning sun. Usually on a work day, Ryou walked at a slow, peaceful pace before the day busied. Unlike most days, Ryou's brother, Bakura, turned off his alarm, and he was already over ten minutes late.

After a couple of minutes of running, he finally arrived at the pet shop he worked. The outside was recently painted a bright, glowing yellow with the name of the shop, Fins and Fangs, written in a dark green. The shop windows were full of different pet accessories, from dog toys to aquarium decors.

Ryou took a deep breath, and slowly walked in the shop. Inside was a number of different kinds of animals from cute, fluffy mammals to brightly coloured reptiles. Suddenly the door behind the wooden counter opened to reveal a silver haired man. The man wore a red suit and white shoes, and looked around 30.

"Ah, Ryou, my boy, you're here then."

"Y-yes, I am so sorry that I'm late, Mr. Pegasus."

The man known as Maximilian Pegasus just looked at the scared teen, and laughed out, "Now, Ryou-boy, since you started working here, you have never been late and come in whenever I ring you. I believe I can let you off this one time."

Ryou sighed in relief and smiled at the man. With joy he said a polite, "Thank you, sir."

Pegasus smiled back to his young worker, and then walked off towards the back of the shop. Ryou walked to the part of the shop where the small mammals were kept. Once he was there, Ryou started to give the syrian hamsters their food and fresh water. Ryou always wanted a pet, but Bakura considered them hassles and worthless balls of shedding fur that poop. Caring for them at a pet shop was close enough to owning them as a pet, Ryou figured.

Once he finally finished tending to the adorably squeaking rodents, the young teen felt a hand grip his shoulder. Ryou quickly turned round to be face to face with his Pegasus.

"Sorry for startling you, my boy, but I thought I should let you know that I have to go somewhere today, and I won't be back till late. Will you be alright looking after the shop on your own?"

"Of course, Mr. Pegasus."

"Excellent. Well, I will see you later, Ryou-boy." With that said, Ryou watched the strange shop owner walk out. Ryou started to go around the shop and feed all the animals waiting to be bought. Then, with that done, the young male went and sat behind the wooden counter where he handled customers when they first arrive. He started to empty some of the money out of the register to put in the safe before the door opened. The white haired boy quickly placed the money on the shelf underneath the counter.

Ryou looked up to be met with a teenager that looked exactly like himself; however, there were slight differences between the pair. The other's white hair was not as neat as Ryou's and was spiked in certain areas. The other's eyes were also sharper and had a tint of red in the mix of brown.

"Bakura, what are you doing here? You know that you're not meant to come in here. Not after you fed the snakes mice."

The other, known as Bakura, just snorted back, "Well, those are what snakes eat."

"Yes, but not the pet ones. I'm just glad someone saw you before you gave a sweet little rabbit to a python."

Bakura just sighed and looked at his doppelgänger, before stating, "Look, I'm not here to cause trouble. I thought I better bring you something to eat; it's even your favourite, creampuffs."

Ryou looked down at the crystal, white box in the others hand and pouted. "If you think this will make up for turning off my alarm, then you are sadly mistaken."

Bakura put on a shocked face and gasped out, "My dear brother, how could you think I would do something like that. Actually, the real reason I came here was because I need some locusts."

"Why do you nee- never mind, I don't want to know."

His brother gave him a evil smirk and then dropped the box onto the counter. Then Bakura headed for the food section of the shop. Ryou started to reach out for the box, but before his pale hand touched it, the door opened again. Ryou's gaze looked up to be met with a unique looking person.

The person was obviously male; he wore a black wife beater, sandy brown trousers, and surprisingly non-tacky gold accessories on his wrists, arms, neck, and ear. The other male also had a deep tan thst contrasted his blonde blond hair that stuck out in every direction, definitely defying gravity. What had really caught Ryou's attention were the stranger's eyes; they were a beautiful shade of amethyst, yet they looked almost souless.

Suddenly, the males' eyes met and a spark of something hit Ryou's chest that had his heart pumping to turn his cheeks to a light shade of pink from the sudden blood rush. Then the two broke eye contact. The tanned male started to walk deeper into the shop, but Ryou kept watching him until he disappeared. Ryou slowly lost himself in his thoughts about the beautiful male, and had not realized that his brother came back until he said his name.

"Sorry, Bakura, I was thinking about something."

Bakura stared at his brother with questioning eyes, and then put 12 tubs of the locusts on the counter; they were the biggest the shop sold. Ryou stared shaking his head, then punched in the numbers into the register. Ryou looked up at his brother and said, "That's £18."

Bakura handed the money over reluctantly, and gave one last look at his brother before he smugly said, "Right. I have to go. I have a date to ruin for Marik." With that Bakura left the shop in a rush, before Ryou could say anything. The pale teen sighed and wondered what he would do with his brother.

Suddenly, he was brought out of his thoughts by a loud cough. Ryou jumped up, and looked at the cause of the noise. The stunning tan male returned. Ryou watched as the tanned figure slowly walked towards him. Ryou gulped and whispered out a meek, "Hi, my name's Ryou. Do you need some help?"

The other just stared at Ryou and asked, "The name's Melvin. I wanna buy a Basilisk."

"Well, of course. I will show you the babies; they are the new arrivals in the shop." With that Ryou jumped into action and led Melvin to the reptiles. There was a mix of lizards and snakes in their containers. Once in front of the right vivarium, Ryou turned around and called out, "Here you are."

With that the other walked to stand next to Ryou and looked inside to see bright green lizards. Melvin looked at Ryou and then growled out, "Very funny, where are the real Basilisks?"

"I don't unterstand. These are the Basilisk lizards. Were you after something else?"

"Of course! I want the massive snake. You know, the one when you look in its eyes you drop dead?"

"That creature is just a myth. It doesn't exist."

Melvin looked at the brown eyed teen with confusion and said, "No, It has to be real. I saw one."

Now it was Ryou's turn to be confused, and question the other. "You couldn't have, sir. Where did you see it?"

"In a movie."

Ryou smiled and chuckled out, "Sorry to ruin it for you, but it wasn't real. It was pretend."

Some murky confusion brewed in the breathtaking purple eyes before understanding finally came. Melvin looked at the other and laughed, signaling that Ryou could giggle a bit, too. The man ceased his laugher, and finally Melvin spoke, "Sorry, I feel like an ass. I'll get out of your hair."

Melvin started to leave for the exit, when Ryou realized that his heart told him to stop the other from leaving. Ryou called out towards the other, "Wait!" Melvin stopped in his tracks from the command and looked over his shoulder to see what else the other was going to say. "Do you have to go so soon? I-I mean, I have some lovely creampuffs, if you would like to eat with me, that is."

Melvin turned to look at the young man and said with a smirk, "Sure. What have I got to lose?"