A/N: Chapter 25! Enjoy reading it and please review
Summary: Six years have gone by since the birth of Hikari and everyting seems to be going fine with the family of three, but will it last? Or will something happen that threatens to tear them apart?
Disclaimer: I don't own Durarara!
Shizuo had gotten the ring a week later, but now he needed to find the right time to propose. He had been too nervous to do anything for the past few weeks, so before he even knew it a few weeks had passed and he still hadn't proposed.
Izaya was now 20 weeks pregnant and it was already august. He had thought about different ways to propose to the raven, but he still hadn't made a decision yet. Hikari also needed to go somewhere if he wanted to do it, since he would want it to be just the two of them.
Shinra had offered to take Hikari for a night, but that might be a bit too suspicious and knowing Izaya he might catch on to something and that was not what Shizuo wanted to have. He wanted to surprise the raven.
Maybe he should just ask Shinra and Celty to take Hikari for a night and hopefully it wouldn't alert Izaya. Shizuo was ready to grab his phone when the front door opened and Izaya and Hikari walked in together.
The girl had gone to play with Chiyo and Izaya had wanted to pick her up on his own. Shizuo had wanted to go with him, but Izaya had told him that he would be fine.
"We're home!" Shizuo couldn't help but smile at the greeting.
"Welcome home." He said while walking over to them and giving Izaya a small kiss on his lips.
"Papa! I'm going to sleep over at Chiyo's tomorrow." Hikari's voice suddenly came and Shizuo looked down at his daughter. This was a good opportunity, since this meant that Hikari would be gone tomorrow. Suddenly he got nervous. This meant that he would propose to Izaya tomorrow, at least that was his plan and this was a good moment to do it.
"That's great, have fun alright?" Shizuo did his best to smile normally, but he was getting more nervous with the realization that he would really do it tomorrow. "Why don't you start packing the stuff you will need?" He suggested. He might as well ask Izaya now to go to eat somewhere tomorrow evening.
Normally he would have chosen for Russia Sushi and he knew they also made sushi that was fine for Izaya while he was pregnant, but was that really a good place to propose. It was at least a place that the both of them liked to go, so it might not be such a bad idea.
Hikari had nodded and headed up the stairs leaving the two of them alone now. "Are you really fine with her sleeping over?" Izaya suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
"Yeah, it has been awhile since we've had time for the two of us after all." Shizuo said and smiled gently at the raven. This should be a good approach right?
"So you want to do something with just the two of us?" Izaya said while a smirk appeared on his face.
"Yeah, maybe go out to eat and maybe do something after that." Shizuo admitted while he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"'Something after that' huh?" The smirk had only grown wider on the raven's face. "I'm wondering what you would want to do after eating~"
"Where would you like to go to eat tomorrow?" Shizuo ignored the last comment the raven gave him and decided to just get straight to the point.
"We could go to Russia Sushi, we both love that place after all and we can take a private room, so we won't get disturbed." Izaya said, but Shizuo knew that he meant that they would be able to just be themselves without anyone judging them.
"Sure, so that's decided. We're going to Russia Sushi tomorrow." Shizuo said and a smile did appear on his face now, even though it might seem a bit nervous.
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The next day came too soon and Shizuo was only getting more nervous with every passing minute. He tried to hide it from the raven, but he was sure that Izaya should be able to notice how nervous he really was.
It was just that the raven didn't say anything and that made Shizuo wonder if he even noticed how nervous the blonde was.
"Shizu-chan, we're here." Izaya's voice interrupted his thoughts and Shizuo looked to the building to see that they had arrived at Russia Sushi.
"Let's go inside then." Shizuo said and waited for Izaya to go first before he followed. He didn't see Simon standing outside, so the russian was probably inside.
Once inside, the russian stood there to greet the two of them already. "Izaya! Shizuo! Come here to eat?"
"Yes we have, do you have a private room for us?" Izaya asked while he looked around the restaurant. It was quite busy, so he hoped the russian still had one left.
"We have one left, follow me." The russian answered and led the two of them to one of the private rooms.
"Thank you Simon." Shizuo decided to thank the russian. He watched Izaya carefully sitting down on one end of the table and then sat down on his side.
"I will come back in a bit to take your orders." Simon said before leaving the two of them alone in the room.
"What are you getting Shizu-chan?" Shizuo had thought to just get the usual, but it might not be such a bad idea to try something else either.
"I was thinking the usual, you're taking the sushi that's safe for pregnant people right?" Shizuo asked while looking at the raven.
"Yeah, I would have liked to take ootoro, but that will have to wait." Izaya said with a small pout, but Shizuo could tell that it was not a serious pout.
"Are you going to trade this baby for ootoro too?" Shizuo asked while smiling at the raven.
"If you don't want that to happen, you shouldn't bring ootoro to the hospital." Izaya countered.
"Oh? So you don't want me to bring ootoro for you?" He could see Izaya's eyes widening and then the raven shook his head.
"No, I would be happy if you brought that for me." Izaya said while nodding his head.
The door to the room got opened and the both of them looked to see Simon walking in with two cups of tea, placing one in front of both men.
"Have you decided what you want to eat?" The man asked.
"Yeah, the usual for me and for Izaya the pregnancy safe stuff." Shizuo answered for the both of them.
"Ah, of course." Simon said while looking to Izaya with a bright smile on his face. "I will give Dennis your orders." With that the russian left, leaving the two of them once again alone.
"I'm going to the toilet for a bit." The raven suddenly said and slowly pushed himself up from the ground before making his way out of the room, leaving Shizuo alone.
Shizuo let out a sigh, since he had felt really nervous during all of this and he was happy that Izaya had left for a bit. It was still the question though when he was going to propose. It was probably best to first eat, but it was the question how to approach the raven then.
He put his hand in his pocket and noticed that the box with the ring was still there. He hoped that he would be able to eat through his nerves, since it would definitely be suspicious if he couldn't
His thoughts got interrupted when the door slid open again, revealing Izaya followed by Simon with the sushi.
"Seems like I'm back just on time." Izaya said while he said down at the table again. Simon followed him and placed the sushi on the table.
"Here's your sushi, enjoy eating it." The russian said before leaving the two of them alone again.
"Did you plan to come back with Simon?" Shizuo asked while eyeing his first piece of sushi. He really didn't feel that hungry because of the nerves he felt.
"I didn't plan it, it was just coincidence." The raven stated while he picked the first piece of sushi and started eating it.
Shizuo watched the raven eat without taking any of his own pieces. Thoughts about when the right time would be kept going through his head and he wondered if now would be a good time or if he should wait and try to eat some.
"Shizu-chan? Why aren't you eating?" Of course it would be clear to the raven that he wouldn't be eating.
"Ah sorry, I was just thinking." Shizuo said before picking up the first piece and eating it. He tried to seem as calm as possible, but he knew he failed when he looked at the raven's face.
"Shizu-chan, what's wrong?" Shizuo knew he couldn't hide it for long, so he might as well do it now.
He stood up from where he was sitting and made his way over to where Izaya was sitting. He could see the confused look on the raven's face, which slowly changed into realization when the blonde knelt down on one knee in front of him.
"Izaya, we've been together for a bit more than seven years now and if anyone told me that we would be here like this now, I would have never believed them. Yet we are here now and I can honestly say that I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you." Shizuo started. "So Izaya would you please marry me and spend the rest of your life with me?" He had the box with ring opened in front of Izaya and now he just had to wait for the raven's answer.
He could Izaya tear up and He wondered if he had done something wrong, but all of that didn't matter when the raven wrapped his around him and nodded slowly.
"Of course I will marry you Shizu-chan." The raven pulled back and gave the blonde the brightest smile he had probably ever given.
Shizuo couldn't help but smile too when he took out the ring of the box and placed IT carefully on the raven's finger. Once he was done with that he leaned over and kissed the raven full on the lips.
Izaya was the one to pull away and after he had done that he looked at the ring on his finger. "You have a great choice Shizu-chan, the ring's beautiful."
"Shall we finish eating?" He asked the raven. "After that we can go home." He said it in a way that made sure the raven knew what he meant would happen when they got home.
"You still have food left, I've almost eaten mine." Izaya said while turning back to his food and taking the last piece of sushi before eating it.
"I just need to finish this fast then." Shizuo said while he ate all the pieces while being aware of Izaya looking at him.
"We better pay and leave then, since you seem to get home soon." Izaya's smirk appeared and slowly he got up from the table, while Shizuo did it a lot faster. "And I will pay, this ring must have cost you quite a bit." Izaya said while looking once more at the ring.
"It's fine I can pay." Shizuo tried, but the raven was already walking out of the room to the counter.
"Simon, can I pay for our dinner?" The raven called to the man who nodded and came over. "This should be enough right?" Izaya said while giving the bills to the russian, making sure the man saw the ring on his finger.
"Oh, is that what I think it is?" Simon asked the two of them, which made Izaya nod his head and smile back at Shizuo.
"Shizu-chan proposed to me just now and now we're going back home to celebrate it." The smile turned into a smirk while he said that and he could tell that Shizuo was getting flustered.
"Izaya, don't mention that." The blonde said while blushing. He decided that it was better that they leave fast, so he grabbed the raven's hand and quickly made his way out of the restaurant after saying goodbye to Simon.