Constrained
By:
Setalina Muro
Summary: Things should have been normal, but they weren't. Not for her. She loved Kaiba Seto. They went to the new tournament on D.K. together. And there was someone else there. He could offer her something even Kaiba couldn't. Or so she thought. Now she has to make a choice…SxSxP
A/N: (shudders) I cannot believe that I wrote this. (Cries) poor Shizzy…don't kill me if you don't like it, and don't flame me either. This is damn neat the creepiest thing I have ever written. I also went back and changed the beginning from a passage of two months to one year.
To the Reviewers:
Setine Thanks so much!
Stormrose Dewleaf I wouldn't like to see the look on Seto's face…poor guy…I haven't seen the one of Malik.
Imperfect Paradise That's not the creepiest…Yamiko, it gets much, much worse…
LilDreamyGirl87 Thanks for the review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any places, people and/or other things you are familiar with from the show or anything else. The idea for this fiction was from Yamiko Yakou. Blame her if you have a problem, well actually, don't. I don't have a problem and if you do, don't read it!
A Note on the Story:
Pegasus never lost the Millennium Eye, so he can still read minds and takes souls and stuff (hey, you never said he couldn't!)
I never realized how creepy this pairing is until I actually had to write an interactive scene between the two. (dies from gagging).
Ch. 7
Shizuka was sitting in her room reading a sizable book called 'Lord of the Rings' (Au1) when the knock came to the door. She hoped off the bed and walked over to the door, smoothing her rumpled curls. She noticed a man with a square grey mustache.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
He coughed and said formally. "Pegasus-sama requests your presence in his quarters as soon as possible."
Shizuka's brow furrowed. "Um…alright…"she said skeptically. "I'll need a few minutes, though."
The man bowed. "I'll be back in five minutes to escort you there, Miss."
Shizuka nodded and closed the door, still very confused. After a minute of pondering what in the world Pegasus could want from her at this hour, she shook it off and began to search for her clothes.
When she found them, she changed out of her night gown and into them quickly. She was running a brush through her red hair when the knock came again.
She opened the door and the man was there bowing again, asking if she was ready to go.
Shizuka nodded an stepped out, closing the door firmly behind her and slipping the key into her shirt pocket.
He led her down a hallway, turned left, led her down another, turned left, gain, and down a third turning, and you guessed it, left. They reached the center of the hallway and turned right. Shizuka paused before turning, seeing the room she was staying in to her left. She shrugged it off and followed the man again. (Okay, before I get the WTF comments, the joke is two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left…um…yeah…)
He led her down the hallway to a large set of double doors carved with Duel Monsters. He opened the door and let her pass into the room.
Shizuka gaped in awe. The floor was creamy marble with gold etchings that looked like Egyptian hieroglyphics. In the center the floor was set in two steps down. A fountain sat in the middle of it, a chair to one side and easel at the opposite. Pegasus's back could be seen as he sat behind it, messing with what appeared to be several bowls of paint.
The man cleared his throat. "Sir, Shizuka-chan as you requested."
Pegasus smiled softly as he turned around, cleaning a pallet. "Thank you Croquet, that will be all."
"Yes, sir," Croquet said, bowing. Than he turned, leaving Shizuka and Pegasus alone.
Shizuka stood looking around for a moment. The high-walls led to a globe-shaped ceiling with pictures of Duel Monsters on it.
"Do come in," Pegasus said, returning to his pallet. "Make yourself at home."
She mulled around for a few moments until Pegasus had finished his task. Then he called to her and she turned from the wall she had been looking at.
"Shizuka-chan, come here a moment, if you please."
She nodded and walked toward him.
"Make yourself comfortable over on that seat, would you?"
She made her way toward the seat, but paused and gazed at Pegasus.
"If you don't mind me asking, Pegasus-san," she said. "What did you need me for?"
"I" he said with great flourish. "Am an artist, reborn." He grabbed a beret from the corner of his easel and threw it on his head. "And as you know, many artists need a subject." She nodded imploringly.
"Well," he said, standing up and leading Shizuka to the chair. "Alas it was that I had lost my subject. My darling Cyndia." He looked up at a painting of a golden haired woman.
Shizuka felt a pang of pity well up in her heart. "I'm so sorry," she said, yet again.
He sniffled slightly and returned to his story. "I had lost my will to paint. But when I saw you this afternoon, my dear, the joy it brought. My passion to paint has been rekindled," he concluded, posing her head to the side. When he was satisfied he went back to the easel and picked up a brush. "And now…we paint."
Shizuka sat motionless for what seemed like hours as Pegasus darted back and forth looking between her and the board in front of him. Then, with what seemed like an overzealous final stroke he cried, "Va-la! It is finished!" in a mock Italian accent.
Shizuka nearly jumped out of her skin, and they both laughed.
"Okay, are you ready to see it?" Pegasus asked excitedly.
Shizuka nodded and he turned the easel around. She let out a soft sigh at the pure beauty of it.
She was depicted in a silver gown as she sat at a vanity. An Opal hung from her neck, moonlight from an open window casting its colors around. Her face was smiling and her eyes were lit up in joy, but her reflection showed otherwise. Her eyes were downcast and hurt. Crystalline tears flowed down her soft features.
"The mirror…" she said softly, giving Pegasus a questioning glance. "Why am I crying in the mirror?"
Pegasus smiled sadly. "I draw what I see, my dear. Your eyes show more than you think."
Her face grew troubled as she stared at the picture and her eyes clouded as confusion flooded her.
Pegasus came and stood behind her. Both of his hands found their way to her shoulders. He leaned close ad whispered in her ear. "Does he tell you how beautiful you are?"
She thought about it for a moment but not once could she recall Seto saying those words to her. She remained silent as doubt gnawed at her heart. Pegasus's seeds were sown.
"he doesn't, does her?" Pegasus asked, knowing the answer. "He doesn't ell you that your hair is like silk and your eyes dark pools of moonlit stones…"
"But…he-he loves me," she whispered. But even she didn't believe her own words now.
"Perhaps," he said softly. "Perhaps. But…you are lonely with him, aren't you, Shizuka-chan?"
"He loves me…" she repeated, her eyes becoming oddly blank; her breath shuddering as she drew it in. "He loves me…"
"What he gave you was love, but something was missing wasn't it?"
She was silent, still shuddering, still doubting. Pegasus was grinning behind her.
"He's too cold. Too alone, isn't he? It makes you feel alone, too. I see it in your eyes."
"He's an island…" she whispered. "I can't find him. He just moves further and further away…"
"You're drowning in your own sea."
"I l-love him so much." Tears slowly made their way down her face as her heart filled with loss. She had lost everything to (or with) Seto. And now he was slipping away.
"He can give you love, Shizuka, but so can any man. You crave a different kind of love, don't you?"
He head was spinning. He had never said 'I love you' or moaned her name during a brief moment of heated passion. Never once whispered compliments as he caressed her skin.
"A kind of love he can't give you…" Pegasus moved around and stood in front of her. He brushed the tears from her eyes. "He's too cold and distant. Forget him; he can't give you what you want."
"But I love him." Her certainty of the words was waning. "He loves me…" she said thickly.
"Shizuka," Pegasus breathed. "I can give you everything you want, inside and out. All you have to do is ay the word and forget him…" The Eye twinkled behind silver locks of hair.
She could feel his breath on her cheeks. His mouth was barely inches from hers. His hands caressed her waist.
She didn't move. She wanted him but…she didn't…
It felt too much like cheating. 'But on what?' a sneaky voice in her mind said, trying to reason. 'You don't belong to Kaiba. You're a "couple"…'
'It's still not right,' she argued, but her will power was weary and she was confused.
"Shizuka…" he whispered. "I can love you…" He leaned forward and with a single kiss, the entirety of her will power crumbled and she threw her arms around his neck.
Pegasus blinked. He, himself, was slightly surprised. He stepped back and she followed him as he led them back toward the bed. Yes, he could love her…and he did…
A/N: OMFG….what the hell was I smoking when I wrote this? What the hell was I smoking when I joined this dare? (cries) I've been corrupted! Plague on you people! Oh, god…I can't believe I wrote this…short, yes, but …oh god…okay. Please R&R. Don't attack me…please…even though I deserve it…erm...Later…
Au 1: She likes Tolkein in my stories, can you tell?