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Well...looks like we've come to the last 2. This is the 2nd to last, which took me waaaay too long to write. Meh. Like 2wks if any of you are wondering. Which you're not, you've skipped this part :P and gone off to read the one-shot of Akira and Tadashi.

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Love Is a Silly Game

Ch. 9

Proposal

Tadashi paced back and forth in Kei's apartment, while the other four men watched him. "Tadashi, what are you doing?" Ryuu asked, irritated by the incessant sound of his footsteps on the creaky wood. For some reason he was only stepping on the creaky parts. "I'm thinking…" He replied in almost a whisper. "Well, that's new for you, isn't it?" Yahiro said with a mocking grin. Tadashi frowned, and then dropped to his knees, making everyone shoot glares at Yahiro. "Oh please, my insults never bothering him bother! Why would it bother him now?" Yahiro shouted in defense, "What's wrong with you today?"

Tadashi sighed heavily, "I want to propose to Akira today." Everyone had shocked looks on their faces and then began laughing. "What!" He shouted. "That's what's bothering you?" Kei asked with a smile on his face, Tadashi nodded with a small frown. "Don't worry about it Tadashi, it's easy to propose, So long as you know how to do it."

"Okay, how do I do it? How did you guys do it?" He asked with a serious tone.

The other four men thought about how they had proposed. Which now when they thought about it, Tadashi was the only one that was not married in the group. Jun and Sakura had married recently, Kei and Hikari were the first to marry, Yahiro and Megumi married about a year ago, and Ryuu and Finn married last summer. Tadashi and Akira were the only ones, they were sure that this bothered Akira…a lot.

After a few minutes, Jun was the first to speak up, "Well when I proposed to Sakura, it was during a romantic dinner in Tuscany." He said with a smile, everyone was shocked that Jun would go to such an extent to propose, "I didn't plan it in Tuscany if that's what you guys are thinking. We were there for vacation, but I thought it would be a good idea. So, go somewhere memorable." Tadashi nodded with his hand on his chin. Making it look as though he were listening attentively. Kei gave Tadashi a weird look.

"Well, when I proposed to Hikari, we were in the middle of a race back home. Of course she didn't believe me at first, but then accepted." Kei said with a kind smile. Honestly, that had to be the strangest most non-romantic way of proposing any of them had ever heard. "Basically, do it when you're both doing something completely normal. There's no need to be flashy." Again, he nodded, still looking as though he were listening attentively. He was, but the look on his face did not say it.

"Unlike these two here, I didn't need to travel somewhere romantic or race my girlfriend." Yahiro stated proudly, "I simply asked her to marry me and that was that."

Everyone looked at him as thought he had gone mad, "Yahiro, that's so boring. You didn't do anything special." Tadashi asked, disappointed that his story was so uneventful.

"Actually, I told Megumi that I loved her and then told her that we were going to get married. She was shocked of course, but accepted my proposal." He said it all as if it were normal, "there isn't much to proposing, and just be sure to let her know you love her." Tadashi loudly said an extended 'Oh', as if he had realized something important.

"What about you Ryuu?" He asked curiosity shining in his eyes. Ryuu sighed, "Well I proposed while we were riding an elephant together and I simply asked her if she would marry me. She said yes, of course, although she fell off the elephant…I'm not too sure how she did that." He chuckled, "It's a funny thing to look back on."

"Hmm…so, all I have to do is go somewhere memorable, say 'I love you', be simple and persuasive, be romantic and make her laugh?" They all nodded, simply going along because they knew it would go horribly wrong. "Great! I'll see you guys later then!" He called back as he ran to his apartment. They all shook their heads when he was going, it couldn't end well.

Tadashi sat in the living room silently, he planned out the whole evening, he would take her favorite restaurant, and propose to after they ate. Now, all he had to was wait, she would be home any second.

A few minutes passed, and Tadashi had gotten bored waiting. He began playing with a piece of string sticking out from the carpet where he sat. Then with no warning, the door slammed open. He jumped and hid under the coffee table, whimpering, "oh my god…she's definitely not in a good mood!" She stomped into the living room, grumbling about work, friends and…marriage. "Tadashi, what are you doing under the table?" She shouted, bending down to see his face.

"N-nothing, I just dropped something." He replied, covering his eyes.

She did not reply, merely stood straight and sat on the couch with a forlorn sigh. Tadashi frowned, "Now, how am I supposed to propose?" He said to himself.

Tadashi sat beside his not yet fiancé, "what's wrong? Something happen at work?" Akira faced him with an upset expression, was she mad at him?

"No, not exactly…" She murmured, turning away from him.

"Then what is it?"

"…today I had tea with Hikari, Megumi, Finn and Sakura. They were talking about how amazing married life is and they asked how long until we get married." She paused, "and I'm beginning to wonder that too, we've been dating longer than any of them! Yet, we're not even married, while they all are!"

"Oh…sorry…but I had plans for today-" She interrupted him.

"Plans for what, another day to put off proposing? It's been at least 7 years!"

"Akira calm down! Just let me say what I-" She cut him off again.

"You know what!" Before she could he covered her mouth with his hand. A daring move to try on a raging Akira, one might think. "Akira…I was going to ask you if you wanted to marry me, today and I even planned everything out perfectly." He sighed dejectedly, removing his hand from her mouth. "But then you came home upset, which ruined all that I had planned…" He pulled out a small velvet box and opened it. Inside was a plain diamond ring, he knew she wouldn't want anything complex or ornate. She always found beauty in the simplest of things, which was one the many things he loved about her. "Tadashi…" She mumbled, "of course I'll marry you."

"Really?" He replied dumbly.

"Did you honestly just ask 'really'? Karino Tadashi! How dare you!" She screeched. He simply laughed in reply and hugged her.

"I love you, Akira." She blushed and turned away from him.

"I love you too, idiot." She mumbled.

Omg, rushed ending? Why, yes, yes it was. Once Tadashi sat on the couch, I was at a loss :P Honestly, I had no clue what to write. Also, I just wanted to update SOMETHING after a week of no updates. So, I felt a little, bleh.

I hope you liked this one. Next one will me Ryuu and Finn! The final chaptah! Don't expect a long ass one-shot, okay. The next one has been planned out. Tis SET IN STONE.

Not literally of course...figuratively. Did I spell that right? Did you vote in my poll, like I asked? If you didn't please do, I'm closing that thing in a month, cause I should be done with all these fanfics by the end of school. Hopefully...am I drawling on too long? Sorry :P

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