Drabble Notes – Jounouchi/Anzu with the pairing being established prior to the drabble. Set post-DM, in an AU where Anzu still worked at Burger World.
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Jounouchi was playing with his fingers awkwardly.
She was ignoring him and he knew it. This didn't surprise him at all: he knew she hated her friends to see her at work. Though he couldn't help wondering why. None of the others were in jobs like she was, so at least she was trying to make money. Which was more then could be said for the rest of them.
More then could be said for him for definite. He often wondered what a mature girl like Anzu saw in a deadbeat like him. She didn't think of him as being a deadbeat though. She saw something about him that the others didn't, like Shizuka did.
And he loved her for it.
So now he was going to prove to her exactly how much he loved her by taking the big step forward. For once he'd be the one doing the mature thing.
He looked down at the burger on his plate. He'd got into trouble for bringing his own food to Burger World before, but he was hoping they wouldn't notice since it was a burger this time and not noodles.
The ring sat in the bun on top of the burger. Pretty clever idea if he did say so himself. She worked in Burger World; he loved burgers, so why not propose to her using a burger? He hoped that she'd see it the same way. She did have trouble recognising how brilliant his ideas were sometimes…
She was walking over now. There were only so many customers she could serve to avoid talking to him.
"What will it be sir?" she asked, clipboard at the ready and using the professional tone she would have taken with any other customer she didn't know.
At that moment his courage was gone. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all… Maybe it was too soon.
"I… I don't want to order anything," he stuttered.
"Then why are you here Jounouchi? You know I can't hang around with you while I'm working," she said with a hint of annoyance.
"There's actually something important I wanted to ask you," he replied, a little offended that she'd presumed he wanted to distract her from her job.
Her face changed instantly to an apologetic look as she answered, "I'm sorry… I shouldn't have jumped to the conclusion that-"
"Nah, just forget about it," he cut in, looking a bit more contented, "I would have though the same thing."
"So what was it you wanted to ask me?" she asked casually.
"It might seem a little sudden," he said, pulling the burger out from under the table, "But would it be all right if I asked you to marry me?"