Ishizu's hand flew to the phone, her fingers pressing the long memorized buttons. She dialed Ryou's home phone – ring, ring, ring, ding dong! ring – "Malik, would you get the door?" Ishizu said anxiously while murmuring, 'pick-up, pick-up!' Malik moaned, "In a sec…" and turned up the volume of the TV. Ishizu counted the last ring, and Ryou's voice messaging system answered. In an automated tone it said, "You have reached the residence of" but then it stopped, leaving a black for the owner to speak his name. Ryou's voice finished the sentence, "Ryou and Yami Bak-", but his message was too long for the brief space allowed. (And the Bakura part almost sounded of 'Baka' , which made Ishizu smile, however it could've indeed been 'Baka' for which his Yami was scolding him for adding him as the residency.)
"Please leave your name and number and," – "Ryou and Yami Bak"- "Will get back to you." Ishizu sighed between the pause of the message and the tone. BEEP. "Hey Ryou, this is Ishizu. I got your letter! Give me a call. Thanks sweetie, love you!" Ding dong. Ishizu slammed the phone into the receiver, "Malik, I asked you to get the door." But he wasn't listening so Ishizu went herself.
With a twist of the knob she pulled the door open. "Oh! Ryou!" She fell into his waiting arms. Blushing he hugged her back, careful not to smash the roses he brought her against her back. "I couldn't wait to see you, Ishizu," he said when she finally let go. Ryou handed her the flowers and she beamed, taking in the sweet aroma that smelled purely like Ryou. "I got your letter, and I can't believe it!" Ishizu's voice was filled with worry. But Ryou smiled, and explained, "That's why I've come. I wanted you to come with me" – Ryou dropped to his knee, "As my wife." Then he brandished a shiny ring.
"WIFE!" shouted Odion on Malik utter shock, drowning out Ishizu's squealing " YES!". Although Ryou was still able to hear her answer, and slipped the ring onto her finger before they fell into another embrace in the doorway. Malik turned to Odion, "Reminds me of something I read in a fanfic once…" But Odion was busy thinking of other things, "Ishizu-sister! Are you really going to leave us?" She flashed a bright smile and waved her left hand, "Ryou and I are going to Canada!" Ryou was officially a bright red color, caused by severe blushing and glee.
This was the moment Ishizu had waited for since she returned to Japan. Her brief time in Egypt had made her realize ho important Ryou was to her. Ishizu thought again of all that she loved about him, and realized she couldn't list it all! But some of his more adorable aspects woo-ed her into a state of ultimate crush-age. Fortunately she wasn't crushed, and instead was now bound to be his for the rest of her life. Ishizu began crying in joy, as did Bakura.
Later that evening, after joining the Ishtar's for a meatless meal (which his Yami was very disgusted at) he sat with Ishizu on the couch, explaining his plans. "So, ever since I saw that documentary on cheese I was hooked. I borrowed some more from the library, and I discovered the logging industry of Northern Canada. For some it may seem like a lot of hard work, but for me I can only envision endless piles of pancakes. Oh, and of course, you sweetie, by my side. I think if we can cut in early, I'll make enough for retirement by age 54 and then we can relax in the wonderful landscape of pancakes- I mean, Canada." For Ishizu this all seemed very adventurous, but as her heart would not deny her love for Bakura, she nodded, "Sounds like great fun!" Ryou nodded, happy that Ishizu agreed, "It'll be like my," then paused to count on his fingers, "4th great adventure. And our first." Nothing could be better than spending the rest of your life with your best friend, and that is what Ryou and Ishizu had become in the past four months.
They told each other their deepest secrets and desires, but also did a lot of silly things together. Just recently for Halloween Ishizu convinced Ryou to rent scary movies to watch together. It ended up more with Ishizu watching and Ryou hiding – he was scared, but even scary was his Yami who laughed the whole way through. But he did eat most of the snacks, but Ishizu didn't mind, she said she was on a 'diet' anyway.
"Together forever," Ryou Bakura said with a happy sigh, and Ishizu leaned against him on the couch, pulling her feet up underneath her, "Yehhh," she replied. "AWW KISSY-FACE! KISSY-FACE," Malik announced and smashed his cheeks to make his lips pucker out more. "Go away Malik," Ishizu said and tossed a cushion at him. Ryou laughed hesitantly, trying to calm Ishizu. "Canada, do think that'd be far enough to keep him away?" she asked, looking into Ryou's soft brown eyes. "No place is far enough away from Malik," he added with a smile, and they laughed.