Disclaimed: I don't own DRRR!

A/N: Brief, short, update. Notice that I stress the short. If it came off a little rushed, I'm SO sorry.
By the way, do any of you guys know any cheesy ways to propose to somebody? I could really use some ideas. Thanks!


Shizuo had everything planned out, though Celty and Shinra did help for the most part. Shinra wanted something extravagant, something public, something so unlike Shizuo. Celty wanted practicality, suggesting he borrow Izaya's cell phone to film a short video of himself proposing. It sounded almost kinda cute.

"Pft! Too simple!" Shinra protested, earning him a quick jab in the ribs from Celty. "Fine! How are you going to steal his phone then?"

Shizuo looked at Shinra sheepishly, wondering if he'd have to get the doctor to slip Izaya some sleeping pills again. At this rate, Izaya would OD before they could get married.

"I'll come up with something," Shizuo said and he really did. The following day, he pretended to have accidentally swapped their phones, leaving Izaya his. He was gone before Izaya could even notice.

"Oi, flea, marry me" Shizuo said flatly as Celty filmed him in her apartment.

"Eh? What the hell was that?" Shinra criticized. "That'show you're going to propose to him?"

"Was it bad?" Shizuo asked obliviously.

"Bad?" the doctor echoed. "It was awful! Tell him, Celty!" Much to Shizuo's dismay, she nodded in agreement. "Shizuo-kun, you need to be more open! You need to be more passionate!"

Dramatically, Shinra took Celty's hands into his own and with great vigor, he professed loudly, "Oh, Celty, my honey! The courses of true love never did run smooth. My bounty is as deep as the sea. My love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite. I'll follow you and make a heaven out of hell, and I'll die by your hand which I love so well. Celty, my honey, won't you be mine and give me your hand in marriage?"

Shizuo stared dumbfounded at the two and if Celty had her head, she'd have flushed a bright scarlet. "Was that... Shakespeare?" the blond finally asked in disbelief.

Shinra laughed sheepishly, caught red-handed. "Shizuo-kun! You should recite Shakespeare to Izaya in your video proposal!"

"I can't memorize everything you just said," Shizuo protested, making excuses.

"We can use flash cards then!" Shinra said, looking around his apartment.

Celty typed something on her cell phone, suggesting that she could make a PowerPoint for him to read off of. Shinra grinned with excitement, rushing to his wife's side to recite his on-the-spot proposal to her and spout off some other random cheesy lines.

"I think Shakespeare's pushing it," Shizuo grumbled. "And it's not really me."

"But don't you want your proposal to be memorable?" Shinra countered. "So you should make it as different and interesting as possible!"

Seeing that Shinra had a point, Shizuo relented and the doctor eagerly filmed him as Celty displayed his lines out for him on her laptop.

"Izaya, it is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves," Shizuo said rather stiffly as he resisted glaring at Shinra was was trying not to giggle. "When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew. My heart is ever at your service. And so, I ask of you to marry me and be mine, and I guess come find me when you're done watching this video...?"

Shizuo trailed off as he came to the end. He thought the entire video was stupid and awkward and hoped that somehow, Izaya would find it cute and accept.

However, before he had a chance to preview the video, there was an urgent knocking at the door and Izaya had let himself in without notice.

"Shizu-chan, I think you have my phone," he said, pulling out a familiar orange cell phone from his pocket. "Though I don't understand how could you possibly mix up our phone. They're not even close to being the same color."

"Sorry, I didn't notice," Shizuo lied, taking back his phone and returning Izaya's. "How'd you find me?" he added curiously.

"Of course you wouldn't notice," Izaya scoffed. "You weren't with Tom and Kasuka's not in town. There's really only one other place you'd be." He stood on his toes to give Shizuo a quick peck on the lips. "Well see you later tonight. I've got to catch up on the messages I've missed."

"Bye, flea," Shizuo replied, using the previously-derogatory term as a pet name.

When the brunet was gone, Shinra stifled a squeal as he hugged Celty tightly. "Our Shizuo and Izaya are growing up! Shizuo-kun, you better tell us when Izaya finally sees the video!"

"So I just wait then?" Shizuo asked.

Celty nodded, giving him the thumbs-up sign to wish him well and good luck.

And Shizuo waited.

That same night, Izaya seemed normal, bringing home ootoro and some strange Russian concoctions. They ate dinner in silence, watching an Asian soap opera on the TV.

And Shizuo still waited, another three days. Those three nights were the same, spent in front of the TV watching soap operas and eating dinner.

By the end of the week, Shizuo knew he had to take initiative so he turned off the TV, much to Izaya's dismay. "Did you see it?" he asked him very seriously.

"See what?" Izaya asked, confused.

"The video?" Shizuo clarified. "On your phone taken at Celty and Shinra's?"

"Oh, that piece of crap?" Izaya asked and Shizuo's heart shattered.

"Huh? What do you mean 'crap'?" Shizuo demanded, temper flaring.

"Exactly what I said," the brunet answered digging for his phone. "What wereyou guys doing anyways?" he asked as he pulled it out and scrolled for videos. "And why'd you let Shinra film? He's the worst."

"Huh?" Now it was Shizuo's turn to be confused. "What are you talking about?"

Izaya pushed PLAY and handed the phone to Shizuo. He wanted to kill Shinra. The doctor's finger had ended up covering most of the screen and the video kept shaking, probably because of Shinra's giggling. There was static from being too close to Celty's computer and only a bit of Shizuo's blond hair poked out from where Shinra wasn't covering him. As for the audio, Shizuo's voice had been too soft to be picked up and there was nothing.

"See? Crap," Izaya said. "What was it supposed to be, anyways?"

"Nothing," Shizuo lied. "Shinra was just messing around, that's all."

Izaya frowned, sensing that Shizuo was hiding something but decided not to pry. Instead, he turned the TV back on and curled into Shizuo's side to finish watching his dramas.