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 Note: I'm sorry this took so long. It was finished (had been finished) but when I went to upload it I found my file was corrupted so I had to retype the whole thing from the printed copy. And I was lazy about getting around to it.

Rating: PG (low)


Yu-Gi-Oh! Shipping List #16 - "Circumstantial Encounter"

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Ateloshipping (Keith x Pegasus) - atelo is greek for incomplete or imperfect, also an ateller is an artist's studio or workshop

When Pegasus had told the small name construction company he'd hired to build him an atelier to send in a small team to his island, for which he'd provided transportation, he hadn't known that Keith Howard would be among them. Now, facing the formerly cheating machine duelist, Pegasus could only sigh and wave the team off to begin their work.

Early in the morning on the second day, Pegasus took a stroll out to the site to see their progress before they began their work for the day. It was a long walk and he could have monitored them from his castle, but Pegasus was beginning to feel the effects of running a company from an island on the seat of his pants; that is to say, he needed the exercise.

The sun had only just risen over the horizon, nevertheless, as he neared the site, Pegasus could hear the clang of a striking hammer. Curious, he approached the area at a quicker pace. Pushing aside some shrubbery in his way, Pegasus found the clear beginnings of the small building he had commissioned; the foundation had been laid and the framework set up. Keith was currently perched atop the structure, pounding in nails. Pegasus found it odd for him to be showing such initiative; to be out at the crack of dawn, before anyone else, working alone. He wasn't going to be paid any more for it, so why? Pegasus cocked his head as he regarded the duelist.

The hammer came to a halt and Pegasus found Keith staring down at him.

"…Well?" Keith asked, returning his gaze to his work, hammering another nail down.

Pegasus grinned. "Well I have to say I'm impressed. Frankly I didn't expect such initiative from you. I must admit, I'm surprised you took this job at all, seeing as how your last visit to this island ended."

"Job's a job." Keith answered offhandedly.

Pegasus shrugged. "I suppose." Then, not quite ready to leave yet, he added "What do you think of the location I've chosen for my atelier? I had to walk around the entire island before I settled on this spot for it."

"It's fine, I guess." Keith answered distantly, ignoring the landscape.

Pegasus frowned. "You don't know what an atelier is do you?"

"Not a clue."

The frown deepened in annoyance. "How do you expect to build something if you don't even know what you're building?"

"It's a glass house." Keith answered simply. "Doesn't matter what fancy name you call it. It's still a glass house. Why anyone would want a glass house is beyond me, but I don't ask questions, I just follow the plans."

Pegasus was becoming angry. "An atelier is an artist's studio. It will be a quiet place to come and paint in peace. And in the rain it will be like standing underneath an invisible force while the rain falls everywhere but on you. How is this difficult to understand?"

Keith sat his hammer down and looked down at Pegasus, giving the Duel Monster's creator his attention. "Art's a waste of time. You know, your company might not be running in second place if you spent more time at the office and less time painting that pretty dead wife of yours. You don't see Kaiba wasting time like that."

Pegasus was livid. Not only had this has-been insulted himself and the entire artistic world but, then he'd gone and brought Seto into it and on top of that, he'd insinuated that honoring his wife's memory was a waste of his time.

"For your information, I have either personally drawn or have overseen the artwork for every single one of those machine duel monsters you continually dishonor by dueling with. Also, at least I have someone important to honor. With your attitude, I would be surprised if even your mother felt that way about you. And Seto is a very poor example of how one's life should be lived. Seto doesn't even know what life is like because he's too busy sitting behind his computer to notice what's going on around him. How dare you insult art! Art is that which gives meaning and expression to life."

Pegasus was gesturing wildly with his hands and Keith sighed, dropping down to the ground. "Ok, geeze, chill. It was just an opinion. I wasn't insulting anything. Why would I insult you, you're paying me."

"You have very poor social skills." Pegasus stated, glaring darkly at the other.

Keith shrugged. "Comes of raising yourself."

Pegasus faltered slightly. "What I meant to ask was why are you out here so early?" he said, reverting to the beginning to their encounter.

"I work better alone." Keith answered simply. "Besides, the other guys aren't coming. I pissed 'em off yesterday and they said if I don't finish it myself, they'll get me fired. An' I need the job, so…"

It was Pegasus' turn to sigh. "I can't say I'm shocked."

Keith shrugged again like it didn't matter and Pegasus caved. "Would you like me to have lunch sent here for you then?"

"Sure."

Pegasus turned around and left but instead of having the lunch sent as he'd said, he decided to take it himself. He highly doubted it possible for Keith to build the atelier himself but he didn't put it past him either. Keith was the rugged, stubborn type who could do just about anything if it didn't require too much brains and he was motivated enough.

He came to find visible progress and Keith himself lying in the grass, staring up at the sky, on break apparently.

"Do you still intend to have it finished by the end of the day tomorrow?" Pegasus asked.

Keith did not look his way as he answered lazily. "As advertised." He also did not comment on Pegasus showing up himself again.

Pegasus sat the tray on the ground next to him and straightened, following Keith's gaze to the cloudy sky, saying nothing.

Eventually, Keith spoke again, drawing Pegasus' attention with yet another inane opinion. "What kind o' guy wears a bright pink suit?" he asked, sitting up as though the question had been bothering him for some time. "You gay or what?"

Pegasus frowned. "Firstly," he answered "it isn't pink, it's magenta. And secondly, wearing any particular color could not possibly be construed as an indication of sexual preference."

"…You didn't answer my question." Keith said after the moment it took to process what Pegasus had said.

Pegasus' frown deepened. "Well, let's see." he said, dropping to the ground on his knees, straddling Keith's legs and grabbed the duelist by the shoulders, pressing his lips to the other's.

Pegasus pulled away, studying Keith's expression, frozen in shock, and finally shook his head. "Decidedly no." he said in a tone that angered Keith somehow as though he could take it as a personal insult.

"I wasn't talking about me!" Keith shouted back. "Are you sayin' I'm not good enough for your high-and-mighty self? What the hell!" he gave Pegasus a shove and got to his feet, tromping back to the structure-in-progress to vent on it.

Pegasus watched him go and smiled, finding the ground comfortable enough to stay there a while.


Post whatevers: Writing for Keith is always hard. Next up is Touzokou x Bakura x Ryou. As always, if you liked, please review. Until then, Ja!