THALASSA'S POV

He should've been back by now.. Where the heck is he? I sighed, looking out the window. Valant said he was going out to buy stuff, for once, about an hour ago. Then he said he'd be back by 5:00. It's nearly 6 now. "Don't tell me you got lost again.." I'd been staying with Valant for about a few years now, and he hasn't really changed much, besides the slight growing of his mustache and the greying of his long black hair. Otherwise, he's still the same egotistical, but loving, man he was when I first met him. I felt a yawn escape my mouth. After Valant's little "house party" (and no, this was not the pie eating contest. This is a different event.), I had to stay up really late cleaning up the mess he and the neighbors he invited had made. Then I had to care for Valant himself, who had gotten a really bad hangover from drinking way past his usual limit. I'm surprised he didn't die of alcohol poisoning from all that vodka.. Suddenly, I heard the door open. "Thalassaaaaa~ I'm alakahome!" I jumped off of the couch, walking over to him. "Heya Vally!" I gave him a hug, then looked at his groceries. "So... What'd ya get?" Valant shrugged. "Nothing much." My bracelet reacted at that, but I said nothing. What's he hiding from me this time? "Anyway, put the groceries on the table, Vally." Valant nodded, doing what I told him to do. We've been living together for years.. Doesn't he know that he can trust me with anything..? A loud scream interrupted my thoughts. "Huh?! Vally?!" I ran to the living room, to find a rat chewing on the cable to his GameCube. "M-m-my GameCube!! Swiss! Bad rat!" Swiss was one of Valant's rats. He found a quartet of them living in one of his hoodies' pocket at some point. Instead of getting rid of them, like the animal lover he was, he decided to keep them. Why Valant thought it was a good idea to keep it a secret from me, I don't know. The four rats are all named after types of cheese: Swiss, Colby, Jack, and Mozzarella, aka Mo. (Leave me alone, I like cheese.) "How am I supposed to play it now...?" I sighed, going over to comfort him. "Val, you have other games..." Valant picked up the small rat, petting her. "I know... But that GameCube is practically an antique.. I could've sold it for, what, a few thousands?" I chuckled to myself, patting him on the back. Of course it's about the money. What else would you expect? My stomach suddenly let out a rumble, leading Valant to lightly chuckle. "Hungry, I take it?" I felt my cheeks go red as I nodded. "Yeah, me too. Hey, I got us sandwiches from Publix. They had the turkey on sale so.." I grinned, chuckling a bit. "Finally, something besides McDonald's!" Valant raised an eyebrow at me. "What do you mean, besides McDonald's? We had pizza yesterday.." I sighed, giving Val a boop on the nose for the hell of it. "Val, you know what I mean.. Now, let's eat already!" He eagerly nodded, putting the rat down, before going to the table. (One process of setting the table and getting the food prepared later...) I sat down, looking at the turkey sandwich he picked for me. It had all my favorite stuff on it: swiss cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, banana peppers, and mayo. He always knows just what I want. It's cute.. I looked up at Valant, who was licking up some mustard that had fallen on his shirt. I rolled my eyes, snickering to myself. Ever heard of a napkin, Valant? Amusingly enough, he looked up at me mid-lick. "Whatcha looking at?" I snickered again, handing him a napkin. "Ever heard of a napkin?" Valant rolled his eyes, using the napkin to wipe up the rest of the mustard. "Of course I have! The tongue is just a better napkin." At that comment, I burst out laughing, nearly forgetting about my tiredness. Valant's face immediately turned red as he turned away. I sighed, standing up and going over to him. "Aww, come on Vally.. I didn't mean it like that.." Valant grumbled, turning all the way away. "Val...." I sighed, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "You know I would never make fun of you like that, right?" He sighed, lightly blushing. Even though, we've grown up a bit, he occasionally shows that he's still easily flustered. Nothing's wrong with it, of course. It's cute. Valant then turned back towards me, a nervous look on his face. "Uh... Thalassa..?" I smiled at him, tilting my head. "Yes, Valant?" He was shaking lightly, a huge blush forming on his face. "I-uh... wanted to ask you something.." I smiled at him. "Go on. Say it." He nodded, stuttering as he went on. "U-u-uh... I was w-wondering if... if you..-" Suddenly, I yawned really loudly. "S-sorry Valant.. I don't mean to interrupt, but I'm really tired from all of that cleaning up.. Can you tell me tomorrow? Maybe in the morning? Valant looked rather dejected, but he nodded. "S-sure.. I'll stay up for a bit.. There's a show on that I wanna watch.." I nodded, realizing once again that my bracelet was reacting. What the hell is he lying about..? And what did he want to ask me? "Are you alright, Valant?" He nodded. "I'm fine.. Why do you ask?" My bracelet reacted again, causing me to rub my arm. "Just curious.. What wa-" I yawned again, albeit longer. Valant smiled at me. "Lassa.. Maybe you should get some sleep. We can talk about this tomorrow.." I nodded sluggishly, heading off to my, or I guess I should say our, room. Valant waited outside. "I'll be back in an hour or so. Please get some sleep." I smiled up at him, nodding lightly. "Love you, Vally.." His cheeks went red immediately, leading me to lightly giggle. "I l-love you too, Thalassa." He then left, leaving me in the room. Welp.. Guess I better get some sleep.. I feel like I could drop at any minute... I yawned again, getting into the bed. Even with that.. Just what did Valant want to ask me? I fell asleep upon that final thought.

-THE NEXT DAY, 8 AM-

I let out a yawn, looking around the bed. I sat up, when I realized that Valant was in the bed next to me, hugging me in his sleep. He must've climbed in while I was sleeping. Awww, he's so cute!~ I patted his head a bit, then slowly moved his arms to free myself from his grasp. Unexpectedly, his eyes fluttered open a bit. Quietly gasping, I feigned sleep so as not to wake him up and deal with a grumpy magician all day. "L-lassa?" He looked at me to see if I was asleep. It's hard to feign sleep when someone is staring right at you, especially a rather attractive person.. "Pleeaaase go to sleep, Vally..." I quietly muttered to myself. After a little bit, he let out a loud yawn, then went back to sleep, hugging me slightly tighter. I sighed, then looked around for something to give him to hug while he slept instead of me. I heard him mutter something, but it was too quiet for me to hear specifically what. The pillow maybe? No.. I then looked over to my side, to see Val's Rottweiler, Zak snoozing on the floor. Zak was named after my late husband due to his similar personality. They both like meat, especially steak, they both can be short tempered, and they both are generally rather jovial in personality. (What? There wasn't enough Zak in the story. And, I kinda like the guy.) Valant first found the dog as a stray puppy two years ago. He's been living with us ever since, despite the no pets rule and small apartment space. I still don't know how he convinced the landlord to let him stay. "Zak.. Here boy." I whispered quietly. For a minute, the dog did not react. I repeated the command, which led to the dog waking up. "Hey Zak.. C'mere boy.." I whispered. Zak panted, barking quietly. One quality of my husband that he doesn't share is him being quick to learn when to be quiet. He then walked over to me. "Good boy.. Come on! Get on the bed!" Zak barked quietly again, jumping on the bed. I patted Zak's head, then gestured for him to come where I was. Zak came closer, sniffing Valant's arms. I quickly wrapped them around the dog, which led to him licking Valant's face. Valant giggled, hugging the dog tighter. "Heeey, that tickles, Lassa.." Zak looked at me, a look that resembled "Why am I doing this?". I patted the dog's head. "I'm sorry Zak... But I need to eat.." My stomach lightly rumbled. After scratching behind Zak's ear, I then got up to eat. I walked over to the kitchen, making a small bowl of cereal for myself. I still want to know what he was going to ask me yesterday.. I continued eating my cereal as I thought about this.

-FOUR HOURS LATER-

I sat on our bed, petting Zak. Valant had gotten up about two hours ago, strange due to his love of sleeping in on the weekends. However, I haven't heard from him since I came in to check on him then. "Thalassa!" I heard his sudden voice as he rushed in. "H-hiya Vally! How'd you sleep?" He shrugged. "Alright, I guess." He then smirked. "Nice job replacing yourself with the dog, by the way." I chuckled lightly. "Thanks! And I'm sorry.. I had to eat something.." Zak let out a large yawn, turning onto his side. "You know Val.. You're going to have to tell me someday how you convinced the landlord to let him stay." Valant shook his head, his smirk increasing. "I'll tell you over my dead body." I giggled a bit, poking his stomach. "With the way you eat, that will be rather soon, won't it?" Valant rolled his eyes, smirking again. "Not with my metabolism.." He then fiddled around with his pockets. "U-uh.. Crap. I left something in the kitchen. Stay here. I'll go get it." I nodded, as he got up to go. I sat on the bed, continuing to pet Zak as I waited. Wonder what he forgot. Suddenly, I heard a scream from Valant, followed by a loud thump. Mortified, I got up, and ran to the living room, where Valant had tripped and faceplanted onto the floor. Of course.. Gosh, he's so clumsy. "T-Thalassa.." He muttered through the floor, shaking his head, before looking up at me. "I-i was wondering..." He held up a small box, flipping it open to reveal a small ring. "Will you marry me?"

-VALANT'S POV- (WARNING: SOJ SPOILERS AHEAD)
I felt that my entire body was shaking as I held up that box. It took me years to find that ring, months to get the money to pay for it, and weeks to finally gain a backbone and show it to her. And now, every part of me wanted to take the entire thing back. I gave myself a mental kick on the head for even thinking of something like that, then stood up. "Thalassa.. We've been friends for as long as I can remember. You may have always been my assistant, but I loved you even more than a friend. Every single day I looked at you, all I could think about was you. During our shows, during our breaks, during.. well, everything. God, I love you, Thalassa. I know you only moved in with me 4 or so years ago, but I still ask. Will you marry me?" I held the ring out to her properly this time, albeit without the bending on one knee thing. She looked so surprised, like I just gained several extra heads or some crap. "U-uh...." Was all she said for a second, her cheeks growing redder than a rather relished rosey radish. (I tried to alliterate, ok. I fucking tried. Relished probably isn't a word, but go away.) I sighed, putting the ring back in my pocket. "I-I'm sorry.. I guess you don't want to. God, I'm such an idiot..." I felt the tears start to stream down my face. "I-I'll ju-." My words were interrupted by Thalassa suddenly hugging me. "Valant wait.... You're not an idiot.. Sure, you're a bit of a klutz, and sure you can be rather gluttonous at times, and sure.... Well, my point is, you're not perfect. Nobody is. But goddammit, you're the most perfect thing in my eyes. Yes, I will marry you, you, well.. you idiot!" She took the ring out of my pocket, then hugged me again, only tighter. Astonished as I was, for a second, I couldn't move. Then, the earlier sad tears that streamed became tears of joy. "Y-you will?" She nodded ,wiping my tears and smiling up at me. "Of course I will! I mean, I wouldn't have moved in with you if I didn't think you were ever going to ask me!" I sniffled, returning her tight hug. "God, I love you Thalassa." Thalassa smiled at me, a deep blush forming on her face. "I love you too, Valant." Then we kissed. And man, did we kiss. The kiss lasted awhile, and once it ended, I was practically breathless. The two of us stood in silence for a minute, just looking at each other. Then Thalassa took out her phone. "We need to tell Trucy about this! And maybe Phoenix! And, of course, Apollo." I nodded, and she went to calling. I felt like planning a bachelor party for me and some of the neighbors, but at the same time, I just wanted the wedding over with. "Okay, can't wait to see you guys!" Thalassa turned to me, hanging up the phone. "Vally, when do you want to have our wedding?" I thought for a minute. When? Hmm.. Guess she doesn't want a bachelorette party to deal with. I shrugged. "Tomorrow?" She shook her head. "Definitely not! We can't possibly get everything ready before then! And don't forget that Apollo is all the way in Asia!" I sighed, remembering that Trucy told us about Apollo moving to Khura'in for some personal reasons. Something about dragons or some crap. I decided to try another day. "What about next Saturday? Then we could have our honeymoon that Sunday." She grinned up at me, her grey eyes glittering. "That's perfect, Valant! You're a genius!!" I felt my face go red in an instant. D-d-did she just call me a genius..? Wow.... No one's ever called me a genius before.. When I looked back at Thalassa, I noticed she was snickering. "Huh? What're you laughing at?" She continued to snicker. "Oh, just you. After I called you a genius, your face went redder than Ron Weasley's hair." (This is based upon my headcanon that Thalassa likes Harry Potter. Why do I have this headcanon? Idk. Why do I have any headcanon?) Her giggles slowly grew. "Then, you had the dopiest looking smile on your face and you blanked out! God, you're so adorable!!" She burst out laughing, leading me to blush even more. "T-thanks, Lassa.." She smiled up at me, giving me a quick peck on the lips. "No problem Vally.. Though don't you think you're rushing the honeymoon a bit? Where would we even go?" I shrugged, chuckling lightly. "I guess so. I mean, hey. I've never been married before. I don't know how it works." Thalassa chuckled. "Well, I've been married twice. I'm practically an expert." I raised an eyebrow. "Both your husbands are dead." The two of us didn't talk for a second, then she sighed. "Welp.. Looks like we got a wedding to plan."

(First up, before I say anything, here's the link to background: http://troupe-gramarye.deviantart.com/art/Lamiroir-and-Valant-251153234

Second up, OH MY GOD THAT WAS FUN TO WRITE. I've never written anything related to a proposal before, so sorry if this is a bit bad, especially the proposal scene itself. I was just trying to bring a bit of humor to it. Anyway, I was going to make the entire chapter the wedding and the proposal, but seeing it's already nearly 3000 words, I might as well just make the wedding it's own chapter. Chapter 9 should be the final chapter of Alakacutie, I promise you. If I make a Chapter 10, it would probably just be a bonus chapter. So what's next for these two once I'm done? I don't know. I love this ship to bits, I really do. I'll figure something out, I'm sure. I'm working on other fanfics though, so something else about them might come in the future. I hope you enjoy these final two chapters of Alakacutie!! Oh yeah, one more thing. Like my Wizard of Oz reference? If you don't understand, you have no childhood. But here:

Wait, this is the last thing, I promise. Where did I get Khura'in from and why Asia? http://aceattorney.wikia.com/wiki/Khura%27in

Sometimes I forget not everyone who reads this knows Ace Attorney.

Edit: Alrighty, I know I said that link was the last thing, but I forgot one more thing. Since I do not know how to wedding, the final chapter might take a lot longer to be released. Why? Well, I need to do research on weddings, the after parties, and what people do for honeymoons. When I say a lot longer, I mean not in the next week. I'm thinking maybe in about a few weeks, around the time school is released, or even after that. I'm sure I'll have it finished before June. Oh, and I'm definitely doing a bonus chapter. All I'll say is that it'll take place reaaally far in the future. Now bye for really real!)