"I don't even know-"
"'Izaya, don't compromise! I'll take you to a chapel where you can do just that. It's next to a hotel with a wedding dress store. And they have rings.'"
"Ah, Celty-chan! We girls really have to stick together!"
Izaya grabbed Celty's hand and peered deeply into her helmet. Shizuo was going to protest once more but somehow Celty grabbed him and flung him in her motorbike's seat, Izaya sat in front of him and before Shizuo what was going on she had taken off and they were shooting down the street at an insane speed.
Shinra watched her disappear and sighed. Simon offered him a whole tray of cheese sushi as a consolation. Some nights were just unlucky and this was clearly one of those.
Meanwhile a terrified Shizuo was dropped in front of a building and then dragged to a brightly lit shop. He was still dazed by the whole experience and trying not to throw up when Izaya stepped out of a curtain and twirled around. Shizuo saw white lace. Loads of it. Rustling in waves along a bubble skirt that swept the floor, so that only a bit of white tight could be glimpsed along with shiny shoes. Then there was a pearl studded corset, a rose shaped choker, and a bunch of pretty pink petals scattered throughout the dress.
Shizuo gaped.
"What do you think, Shizu-chan? Don't I look beautiful?"
"Yeah…I mean, you're a guy! Why are you wearing a dress?"
Celty elbowed him hard enough to hurt and Shizuo groaned. Izaya turned around spoke over his shoulder.
"Do you think that an open back is too risqué for a wedding dress?"
Shizuo stared agape at the fully exposed back that ended in a tight fitted waist.
"'Looks great, Izaya!'"
Shizuo actually agreed but he was not about it. He cursed Izaya for apparently having guessed his weak spot for shoulder blades.
"I wonder if I should grow my hair long. What do you think, Shizu-chan?"
"Don't care."
"Aw! So you'll love me no matter what? I am so touched. It makes getting these so worth it!"
Izaya presented him with two golden wedding rings.
"You don't expect me to wear that!"
"But Shizu-chan, it's the proof how much we love each other."
Celty dragged him to a corner, undressed him and dressed him in a groom's attire down to the red rose that she stuck in the lapel.
"'This is important to Izaya, it's his dream wedding. You're an absolute prick for not respecting his wishes.'"
Shizuo sighed. He found Izaya in front of a full length mirror, this time in a short white dress that adhered to his body, revealing every curve.
"I thought I'd try a more contemporary design."
Celty stopped his nosebleed with a handkerchief. Shizuo cursed Izaya yet again, did he really have to opt for such a long slit that let him see everything.
"That's not a wedding dress…it's too short."
"Aw, Shizu-chan is such a traditional man! It so cute, in a way."
Shizuo coughed to clear his throat.
"What kind of people celebrates their second month anniversary anyway…"
"We do! Ah, Celty-chan, let me tell you how Shizuo proposed. It was on a park in Ikebukuro, at sundown. He sat me on the swings, knelt on a knee and said: 'Izaya-kun, I cannot live without you. Please marry me and make me happiest man alive!'"
"That never happened! At least don't get me completely off character in your weird fantasies!"
Izaya waved.
"Don't mind him Celty-chan, Shizu-chan is just too shy. Our first rings were rather cheap since Shizu-chan is a darling but has such a hard time keeping a job-"
"Whose fault is that!"
"-but they had sentimental value to me. I will miss them."
Izaya wiped a tear. Celty typed furiously.
"'These new ones will be even better. I wish you all the happiness in the world.'"
Shizuo glanced at the phone and mumbled,
"How come you're so nice to him while I get beaten around…"
"You know, Shizu-chan is very old school. He called me '-kun' until we were married, and at times even '-san'."
"'He should call you Izaya-sama.'"
"I like the sound of that! Normally I'm an informal person-"
"Everyone gets 'chan'-ed now, bloody hell."
"-but Izaya-sama has certain ring to it!"