**(I do not own DRRR!)**

The next day, Shizuo goes to meet Kasuka for his lesson. He still is nervous about it, since he pretty much has two left feet when it comes to dancing, but he wants to make Celty happy, so he's willing to do whatever it takes. He takes the elevator to the correct floor, then is greeted by his brother at the door. "Hey bro," he says. "Who's this?" he asks, noticing a blonde woman standing next to Kasuka.

Kasuka gestures to the woman and introduces her to Shizuo. "This is Yumi, my instructor. She has agreed to help teach you, since it would be best to learn with a female partner."

Shizuo nods slightly. "Makes sense, I guess. Nice to meet you, Miss Yumi," he says with his hand outstretched.

Yumi smiles and takes his hand, shaking it. "Likewise, Shizuo. Yuuhei has told me a lot about you." Shizuo remembered that people in showbiz know Kasuka by his alias, Hanejima Yuuhei, so he has to be careful what he says to which people. After a moment, Yumi puts her hands on her hips and asks, "So, shall we get started?"

Shizuo shrugs. "I'm ready when you are." Yumi takes his hand and leads him into the room.

Meanwhile, Celty goes to Ikebukuro's shopping district to look for a dress to wear to the party. After seven different stores, she is about ready to quit for the day. Then, in the window of a little designer shop, she sees the perfect dress. It's black velvet with little cherry blossom patterns all over it, thin satin straps, and a slit up the left side. 'It's perfect,' Celty thinks to herself. So, after a very satisfying consultation with one of the employees, she buys the dress and heads home.

After a few hours with Kasuka and Yumi, Shizuo is exhausted and slightly frustrated, but he feels like he is getting the hang of dancing. Before she leaves, Yumi turns to Shizuo and says, "That was very good. Tomorrow, we will start learning a bit more technique, then put together a quick and easy dance you can do with Celty for Saturday night. Now to make it even more special, I want you to bring in a CD with a song you would like to dance with her to, and we'll go from there. Meet me here same time tomorrow, okay?"

Shizuo gives her a somewhat weak thumbs-up, and she leaves the room. He then turns his head to his brother and says, still panting, "Damn, Kasuka...how do you keep up?"

Kasuka just shrugs. "You get used to it after a while. I must say, Shizuo, you did very well for your first try. I'm glad you're not getting too frustrated with it."

Shizuo stands up. "If it's to make my girl happy, it's worth it. By the way, Kasuka, would you mind keeping this a secret from her? I want this to be a surprise."

Kasuka nods. "No problem. I'll see you tomorrow, Shizuo," he says as he walks out the door.

Shizuo simply nods and watches his brother leave. He stands looking at himself in the mirror for a minute, fixing his bow tie, then leaves to head home, shutting off the lights behind him. In the elevator, he sighs and thinks to himself, 'I should probably go home and practice. I sure hope this makes Celty happy.'

When Celty gets home that night, she hears a thud from inside, followed by a "Dammit!" from Shizuo. She opens the door to see him lying on the floor, rubbing his head. She asks him, "Uh, are you okay?"

Shizuo is startled by her voice, but he shakes his head and stands up. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just slipped, that's all."

Celty just lets it go, kisses his head, and goes into the bedroom.

Shizuo stands up and lets out a sigh of relief. "That was close. Damn, without music, I've got no rhythm. Hey..." His last statement made him think of the song "Careless Whisper" sung by the American band Seether. He remembered hearing the song once and liking it, but never would he have thought he'd want to dance to it. In his excitement, he dashes over to Celty's computer and looks up the song, grabs a blank disc, then downloads and burns it onto the CD. He smirks as he holds it in his hands, anxious for the next day.