A/N: I'm thinking about putting together a fanmix 'album' of all the songs used in this collection. I'd be really grateful to anyone who could help me out with some cover art. Not necessarily fanart, manips and edited screencaps would be fine, but I'd like to have something more than a plain block of text from Word, which is what it'd end up being if I end up doing it. So this is a call to anyone reading - help, please?

31. You Picked Me – A Fine Frenzy

"How long do you think he'll yell?"

"I'm not sure. A couple of days. Maybe a week. What do you think?"

"Without us there to answer back? I think that's an optimistic estimate. How are you doing back there, anyhow? Comfy?"

"Not really."

"Would you like me to pull over?"

"No."

"If you're uncomfortable -"

"I never said I was uncomfortable. I said I wasn't comfy. There's a difference."

"There is?"

"Of course. Comfy is snuggling down in a sofa with a warm mug of cocoa and a cat in your lap. Comfortable is riding away into the sunset on the back of a motorcycle like a movie heroine. I still can't believe I did this."

"Neither can I. Listen, Shizuka, there's still time. I can turn this around and we can be back at yours and Jounouchi's apartment in less than five minutes."

"You do that and I may do something that will completely ruin my reputation as a nice girl."

"But if you have any doubts, I don't want you to -"

"Honda."

"Yes?"

"Please … just drive."

"Are you sure?"

"Will you stop asking that? I'm here, aren't I?"

"Yeah. I didn't think you'd come."

"You must not have much faith in me."

"It's not that, it's just … we're neither of us in high school anymore. Love notes and secret meetings … we're not supposed to still do crazy stuff like this. And we're definitely not supposed to just ride into the sunset like you don't have to be at university in the morning and I don't have to go to work."

"Who says? Who says something's crazy if it makes you happy? Particularly if you've waited a long time and tried other options before realising what you actually wanted to make you happy. Jounouchi will understand. You mean a lot to him. He won't throw that all away just because you and I are together, especially since you waited for me for so long."

"And since we left him ranting on the pavement like a madman."

"He has a key to get back in."

"That's not what I meant."

"I know what you meant. But I think, as far as Jounouchi's concerned, nobody was ever going to be good enough for his baby sister. So now he's learning that I'm not a baby anymore. Besides, I could do a lot worse than you."

"You could do a lot better, too."

"I may not be Anzu, but I'm not above giving you a smack on the head if you keep talking like that."

"Sure, as long as those doctor class thingummyjiggers taught you how to heal someone from a fiery motorcycle crash when you're involved in it as well. I just … this is really … damn, I had a speech all planned out for if you answered my letter and met me today, but -"

"Honda?"

"Yes?"

"Just drive. We'll deal with the rest later. For now, I just want to imagine I'm a movie heroine who doesn't have to worry about anything except the end credits."