Super short tidbit that is probably a couple years old at least. I was going through files on my computer and stumbled over it. Thought y'all might like it. :3

Oh, and about Little Wonders and Tag: I am making no promises. I have absolutely no idea when I'll have the time to take them up again. I would love to finish them both, believe me, but I simply don't have the time right now, or the inspiration. Maybe someday, maybe soon, but I cannot and will not make promises. I thank everyone for all their kind reviews, and to the people who've just been reading as well, and I'm really sorry. :(


The proposal had been anything but charming. At times Yako still wondered how she'd ever accepted it. Perhaps she really was a masochist like she had secretly suspected since she'd met Neuro.

"Louse," he had announced one day – one seemingly normal day in the office - , "we should get married."

Yako almost choked on the coffee she'd been sipping. What was this all of a sudden? Of course they'd been a couple for the past three years – if you wanted to be technical about it – but Yako had never suspected Neuro was so serious about it. He didn't seem the type for commitments like marriage. She was surprised he'd stayed interested in her for even this long. Neuro's mind was always moving forward, onto the next case, onto the next thing, why shouldn't it be the same with relationships?

"I… I don't- I mean… Are you sure?" Yako spluttered.

Suddenly the poor young woman found herself staring directly into Neuro's most innocent eyes. She knew what he would say before his bottom lip even started quivering.

"You don't… want to?"

Yako refused to be intimidated this time. This was much too important for Neuro's jokes.

"Well, I mean… I would," she admitted. "But… would you? I mean, you're immortal!"

"Hm…" Neuro pretended to think about this. "Not true. After so long in the human world, I've lost a part of my immortality."

"What do you mean, 'lost a part of it?'" Yako demanded, stunned.

"I mean that I'm beginning to age like a human. Very, very slowly, but it's only a matter of time before I reach your level." To Yako's surprise, the demon sounded rather indifferent about his condition. She imagined he would be much more upset, and taking that anger out on her. Instead, he sounded almost… content.

"But even then," she finally continued, "do you know what marriage would mean? You'd have to be stuck with me for the rest of your life! Is that what you really want? Would that really make you… you know… happy?"

"Have you forgotten, louse?" Neuro replied, flicking her lightly on the forehead. "You are my slave. Whatever I wish for you to do or be, you will do or be it. No options."

Yako opened her mouth to protest strongly that she would not marry him under those ridiculous circumstances, but Neuro cut her off, leaning closer to her so that his lips brushed against her ear, making her shiver.

"And just so we're clear, you'll have to be stuck with me for the rest of your pathetic life too," he hissed. "Don't think I'll ever let you go, even for a second." There was something attractive in the possessive tone he spoke in.

That's it! I really am a masochist…

"S-So… you really want this?" Yako asked shakily. "You really want to marry me?"

"Oh yes, I can think of no better torture…" Neuro replied gleefully, planting a quick kiss on her neck.