For lalala223! She gave me lots of ideas!
"Um, Sayu-chan, are you ready to go out?"
"Uh-huh! Come on Touta-kun!" Sayu clutched Matsuda's arm and led him out towards the door.
They waved goodbye to her parents before heading towards the shopping mall for their date.
"They're already gone?" Light asked his mother.
"Yup." Sachiko gave a thumbs-up to her son. Not 5 minutes later, Light, Sachiko and Soichiro were trailing behind Matsuda and Sayu secretly.
"You sure he's going to do it today?" Light whispered to L, who had decided to accompany the family trio.
"Do not doubt my abilities, Light-kun."
Meanwhile, Matsuda and Sayu were blissfully unaware of the pursuing quad behind them.
The day was spent on shopping, watching a movie, and basically spending time with each other.
(For some reason, for the movie, I'm imaging L, Light, Sachiko and Soichiro to be seating several seats behind the couple. L would be crouching on his seat, munching on popcorns while staring at the screen, and Light and Sachiko would be staring intently at Matsuda and Sayu. Soichiro would be using binoculars to observe the couple. Then L would make a loud remark on how the movie doesn't make any sense, and Light would totally glomp and push him in a bid to hide the both of them behind the seats. Sachiko and Soichiro would follow suit. So when Sayu and Matsuda look around to see where the familiar voice came from, they would only see rows of empty seats. XD)
Matsuda and Sayu were walking along the rows of boutiques, making their way out of the shopping mall. All of a sudden, Matsuda stopped in front of one of the shops. Several mannequins donning long, flowing gowns were on display.
"Let's enter this shop, Sayu."
"Eh? But it's a bridal shop…"
"Just for fun. We'll have you try on some of the dresses!" Matsuda urged.
"Okay!" Excited to be trying on wedding gowns, Sayu giggled as Matsuda held the door open for her gallantly, and skipped inside.
A sales assistant helped Sayu to put on the gowns that she had chosen. The first was a short, blue-laced wedding dress. It was a sleeveless dress which had a flowing train at the back, but showed off Sayu's legs at the front. (Me is describing me sister's wedding dress…)
Click. Click.
"Okaa-san, stop that! What if they hear you snapping away picture with your cell phone?" Light hissed at Sachiko.
"Now, now, relax. They won't. Now move to the left a bit Light. You're covering Sayu's face."
Soon, Sayu was already trying on the final wedding gown she had picked. Matsuda couldn't shrug off the feeling that he could hear a camera clicking away, taking pictures of Sayu. Each time he looked around for the source, only the racks and racks of wedding gowns and salespeople and other couples met his sight.
Matsuda's jittery feeling was momentarily dispersed when Sayu came out of the changing room, clad in the gown.
It was a cream white off shoulder gown. Tight at the bodice, but puffing out below the waist. The skirt was draped with loose lengths of beaded silk which wrapped around it. Sayu's hands were clad in matching silk gloves that reached her elbows.
"How do I look?" Sayu asked, twirling around. At Matsuda's blush and stuttered 'N-nice', Sayu giggled. "I can't wait until I actually have a reason to get this dress! It's beautiful!"
"You're beautiful," Matsuda mused softly.
Sayu did not catch it and plucked up her purse, which happened to be a cream-coloured clutch, matching to the gown. She observed herself gaily in front of the full-length mirror provided in the store.
Matsuda abruptly stood beside her. "Hm?" Sayu turned to face him.
Blushing heatedly, Matsuda bended on one knee in front of her and slid his fingers inside her clutch, pulling out a ring. He had stowed the ring inside it secretly, knowing that she wouldn't find it.
"And you do have a reason to get it, and a chance to wear it." Sayu had already figured out what Matsuda was going to do, and she was still very shocked. "Would you, um, spend the rest of your life with me? Uh, I mean, will you marry me?"
Poor Matsuda was stuttering a lot when he said these words.
"L, stop that." Light whispered, trying in vain to swipe away L's roaming hands from his hair. Sachiko and Soichiro were busy intently observing the scene before them. "L, don't do that. I'm trying to concentrate. Stop before I-"
Sayu took in a shaky deep breath and answered, "Yes."
Just then, a changing room several feet away from them had its curtains ripped off. Literally. Four adults who were the cause of the ripped curtains were stuck in a tangle of limbs on the floor.
"Onii-chan?" Sayu's eyes widened as she recognized them one-by-one. "Okaa-san, otou-san! Ryuzaki-san too!"
Light waved weakly at his yonger sister from his position. L had landed on top of him and he was awkwardly trying not to put his weight on his mother who was sitting on top of her husband.
"Matsuda-kun, you had better hurry up and do what you are supposed to do." L drawled, unconcerned with the bewildered stares he was receiving from the salespeople and other customers. "Watari will take care of the cost of fixing the curtains back to the hanging room." He added to Soichirou.
"Ah, yes sir!" Matsuda fumbled a bit as he slid the ring through Sayu's finger.
Sachiko went into full mother mode and, getting up from her husband, proceeded to gush over Sayu. Light helped his father up and the two men dusted themselves off and watched on as Matsuda got pulled into a bear hug by Sachiko.
"Argh, this is all your fault!" Light fumed at L, who was sucking on a lollipop he had whipped out of nowhere.
"At least Matsuda's proposal went by nicely." L countered. Watari had appeared ('cause he's a ninja lol) and was talking with the manager of the bridal shop about paying for the damages done.
After that, the Yagamis, including L, were driven back to the Yagami house by Watari in L's limo. There, they celebrated the Matsuda and Sayu's engagement with lots of food.
"And cake." L added. "Lots and lots of cake."
A/N: In case yo didn't get it, LLSS managed to squeeze inside a changing room in the bridal shop without getting noticed by Matsuda or Sayu. There, Sachiko started to take pics of her daughter all dressed up in the gowns. Then L decided to play around with Light's hair which got him annoyed.
The changing room was obviously too small for four adults, so when Light tripped trying to shove L away from him, he accidentally pushed Sachiko, who ,in turn, rammed against Soichiro. Then, all four of them landed in a heap on the floor.
The changing room I described in the story is the type that uses curtains and not doors to cover...
Invite your girlfriend to try on wedding gowns. Or any pretty clothes really. Then, proceed to propose. After all, which girl doesn't want to be looking all dressed-up and pretty during a special moment in her life?
