IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!! - This is the Yu-Gi-Oh! Yaoi portion of the Shipping List in order. Be forewarned. Some "pairings" will not be fluffy and cute. But they will all, hopefully, be believable. Rating's will vary.

Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! is the intellectual property of Kazuki Takahashi

Author's Notes: I'm absolutely satisfied that I took this "pairing" as far as it would ever logically go, and I'm actually happy with the result. Sugoroku is, of course, Grandpa Motou and Ryouta is known as Mako Tsunami in the English adaptation.

Rating: K+


Yu-Gi-Oh! Shipping List #5

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Akinshipping (Sugoroku x Ryouta) - "A Little Lonely"

Ryota hadn't really been looking for business when he'd offered to take Sugoroku out on the waters of Domino Bay. He'd just been feeling a little lonely.

Sugoroku hadn't been searching for something to make him feel younger. Everything in his life reminded him of his younger days. He'd just wanted to relax. He was thinking about retiring.

When Sugoroku had found Ryota on his boat at the harbor and had recognized him as Ryota Kajiki, the world-renowned sea duelist, he had offered to pay him in Duel Monsters cards to take him out into the bay for an easy day of fishing. And he had returned every day since.

Sugoroku enjoyed the calm breezes on the water, the chill, invigorating air, the smell of the water surrounding him, and on the days when he actually caught fish, Ryota would roast them on his boat for them to eat. Most of all, Sugoroku had enjoyed the pleasant company, not demanding of attention, just always there in the background as a quiet presence with whom he could talk or simply fish for hours on end.

He sometimes recounted his day's events but never spoke of his younger years. On Ryota's small boat, floating in the Japanese waters of Domino Bay, he had never felt the need to, and for that he was grateful. Few people he knew saw him in simplicity as everyone truly longs to be seen, especially when one reaches the age he had reached in life. People looked at him and saw his past, or they saw a grandfather, and Sugoroku had never minded that, in fact, he took great satisfaction from the image he had molded over the years, but it was nice to be seen without those crowns once in a while.

On one particularly nice day, Ryota had mentioned out of the blue, that "You know, fishing is illegal in this area." where they had been for the last week, fishing and roasting and frying and enjoying themselves. Sugoroku had laughed.

"I never was much of one for legalities." he had said, looking back over his shoulder at the topless younger man behind him.

Ryota had laughed in return and that had been the end of the conversation.

Ryota had been in Domino Bay for far longer than he had originally intended but he found himself in no hurry to leave. He had always allowed the sea to carry him along as it would and for now the sea was calm and still and he found it just as easy to enjoy that as any good strong wind at his sails. His time spent with Sugoroku was far from wasted in his eyes because such moments were what truly made life worthwhile. Life, Ryota had always believed, was in the small moments and the quiet hours.

Sugoroku hadn't really been looking for fish when he'd offered to pay the seaman for a boat ride into Domino Bay. He'd just been feeling a little lonely.

And as it turned out, neither of them could remember why.


Post whatevers: Next up is Priest Karim x Malik. If you liked, please review. Ja!