AN: This is it everyone, the last chapter! The absurdity has been amped to the max! Enjoy!

Doug had been acting strange lately. He'd been running around talking with the other eligible men in secret. When he wasn't doing that, he was hanging out at the forge, but Dylas knew he hated forging. So what was all this? Rapt with suspicion, Dylas started following his lover in not so secret to see what all of this strange behaviour was about.

The first thing he was able to observe was Doug talking with Vishnal about something. All he managed to hear was 'shout it from the roof tops,' or something. As Doug was leaving, they seemed to run into each other. Dylas went pretty direct, "what were you two talking about?"

Of course the Dwarf was caught off guard, but he responded quickly and with confidence, "nothing."

The horse scoffed. "What are you up to?"

"Seriously, it's nothing." Doug said, a little more uneasy this time.

Dylas figured he'd let him off the hook, but not entirely. So he stalked him around for the rest of the day, listening in on conversations and glaring suspiciously at Doug. Eventually though, he gave up and just went home, looking troubled. He didn't even bother talking with Porco and Meg.

-The next day-

The horse woke to see a note that said simply, 'come to the shop.' It was scrawled in Doug's awful handwriting, and so Dylas just rolled his eyes and did that.

There was a crowd. You'd think everyone would have been used to all the crazy antics by now. Dylas had to push through to see what Doug was up to. "Hey, why'd you call me out here?"

Doug cleared his throat. "Dylas! I've got something important to tell you!" He turned and started climbing up the wall. It may not have been obvious to everyone else, but Dylas knew what was coming. So, in a split second decision, he lunged forward and grabbed the dwarf around the waist and dragged him off. He had to stop this before Doug did something insanely embarrassing. Then he pushed through the crowds and brought Doug with him.

"Hey!" the red head said in protest.

"Quiet you!" He scoffed. His face had gone completely red. He didn't stop either, he kept going long past the city limits.

"I was trying to be romantic!" He retorted. "I thought you were over this."

Dylas paused. "You don't need to go climbing buildings." He mumbled.

Doug pouted a little. Eventually the horse stopped just outside the forest. They were silent for a brief moment. "So uh, what was all that about anyway?" The horse asked.

"I probably shouldn't tell you now." The dwarf responded sarcastically. "But since you asked nicely, I will." He cleared his throat. "I SPENT ALL DAY FORGING, EVERYDAY, AND LET ME TELL YOU, I HATED IT!"

Dylas was caught off guard by the volume. He covered his ears and said a very annoyed, "why are you yelling?"

Doug ignored that completely and continued, "BUT I REALLY WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS RING. SO LISTEN UP!" He cleared his throat again. "I LOVE YOU!" He held a ring in his hand. It had a blue stone, the same colour as Dylas' hair.

There was a silence. Dylas didn't know how to respond to such a forceful confession. So he tried to dodge, "what's the ring for?" His voice lacked conviction.

"Uh- well-" That wasn't the response Doug was looking for, but it wasn't a flat out rejection or a lecture, so he'd oblige. "There's a tradition in my clan where I give rings out to everyone important to me, and uh- you get a special one." Suddenly he felt awkward. "I don't know if we can get married or not, but uh, even if it's not official, I wanted you to know the extent of my feelings." Now he felt really awkward, and actually blushed a little.

More silence. Doug was starting to get a little agitated. "Say something!" the red head demanded.

"I uh-" This was such a strange and forceful confession that he really had no words for it. Doug was sort of proposing to him? How could he possibly react to that? "I love you too." He said with his hand over his mouth. "But- the ring- I don't know."

Doug seemed mixed about that answer. "Well, it's okay. I guess we couldn't really get married anyway." He was about to put the back in his pocket, when both of them heard a loud, gruff voice.

They both turned. Volkanon was running toward them with tears in his eyes, while everyone else appeared around them. They had been followed. Seconds later the two were being crushed, one in each arm, in Volkanon's powerful arms. Their faces were soon blue from oxygen deprivation.

"Oh Doug, that was beautiful! WHAaaa!" Both parties struggled to break free, but the butler's grip was impossible to break. "Of course you can get married! I'll personally destroy anyone who'd deny your beautiful love!" He sobbed openly for a few more seconds before releasing the two. They fell limply to the ground. It took a few more seconds for them to catch their breath, and they stood once they did.

Dylas shot a glare at Doug. He was clearly blaming him for everyone finding them. The dwarf would make it up to him later, but right now, there was this to deal with. "You say you'll marry us?" Doug was seriously curious about that. Dylas's jaw dropped and he looked away. Doug on the other hand, actually seemed excited. "But I haven't even received an answer yet." This was getting a little out of hand, but in a fun way. He turned to Dylas again, looking expectant.

"I uh," This was so awkward, with everyone just staring them down. "I-" Having an audience made this so much more difficult. At a time like this, what should he do? In a split second decision, he decided to just speak his mind. "Ah well, good. I was getting worried. I couldn't tell how much you actually cared for me."

Everyone cheered, assuming that it was a yes. It was, but it was still presumptuous of them. Dylas blushed a little and Doug grinned ear to ear. The dwarf approached to present his ring, but Volkanon (forcefully) insisted that they get ready for the ceremony. Right now. It was all happening so fast that hardly anyone could keep up with it. Luckily, being the ever attentive butler that he was, Volkanon just happened to have perfectly fitting tailor made suits for the two, and before they could even make it back into town the place was decorated nicely thanks to Vishnal and Clorica. Damn these guys worked fast. They glanced at Leon, who had a sly smile on that said he had a hand in this somewhere.

Before either of them knew it, they were in uniform and standing in the room with Ventuswill. She seemed pretty intrigued with the whole situation but didn't question them.

They escaped the crowd soon after, retreating by airship to the Leon Karnak. No one would think to look for them there. They landed, laughing at the sheer lunacy of the situation.

"So, where are we gonna live now?" Doug asked. It would be strange to just keep going like they were, or to have to move in at either the restaurant or the shop.

"We should probably look into buying a house." Maybe that vacant one, or maybe they could have one built. It would probably take Volkanon a whole minute to build one, but they could wait it out.

"Man, I don't have that kind of money. What does waiting tables pay?"

Dylas scoffed. "That's none of your business."

"It is now, we just got married. I think." He snickered to himself. "So uh, now that you're my wife-" He was cut off before he could finish that sentence.

"You're MY wife!"

"Yeah right! Keep dreaming. You're the girl in this relationship."

"What?!" He wasn't going to take that.

"Yeah. I'll show you on our honeymoon." Doug said with a snicker.

"No, I'll show you!"

The challenge was issued, and when the sun finally set they headed back to Selphia. When they returned they were pleased to note that Volkanon did build them a place out on the cliff. That was nice of him.

It was a pretty cosy place. Not a mansion by any means, but it would do. Doug stretched out and dragged Dylas down onto the bed with him. "You know what I'm gonna do?" He asked with a snicker.

"Oh no. I'm not being the girl."

"Yes you are." Doug retorted.

"We'll see about that!"

-and they fought all the time, but still lived happily ever after-

-The End-

AN: Well, that's all. I hope you liked it! So now that I have some (little) experience, I might try taking on a request. I'm new at this, but if you like what you see here and you'd like me to write out something for you, just say so! I'll do my best to make it happen if I can, for now.