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“Hakyeon,” Wonshik breathed, his voiced laced with a mix of anxiety and panic.
“What is it? I know you. That’s your panic attack voice. Things are never okay when you have that tone in your voice,” Hakyeon replied almost blasé in tone.
“I got it.” Wonshik
“I’m going to need to buy a vowel here. You have what?” Hakyeon laughed.
Wonshik paused, fiddling with the velvety box in his hand. He had gone to a jeweler to purchase an engagement ring. After he had spoken to Jiho, who brought up the notion to begin with, he seriously began to consider it. And Jiho was right. He really had nothing to lose and could not imagine his life any other way. So he bought it. He bought the ring.
“The ring. I bought the ring!” Wonshik piped happily.
“The ring…” Hakyeon paused, a laughing Taekwoon could be heard in the background. “WAIT DO YOU MEAN THE /RING/? TAEKWOON DID HE JUST SAY THE RING?”
“Yes. THE ring. IwanttoproposetoHongbinbutIdon’tknowwhattodo,” Wonshik blurted out.
“Be cute. Also do it fast because now I need to avoid Hongbin indefinitely because you know how bad I am with secrets,” Hakyeon retorted. “To be fair you could do anything and that boy would say yes. He’s so in love with you it isn’t even funny.”
“You aren’t very helpful,” Wonshik pouted.
In that moment Taekwoon took the phone from Hakyeon. “You have to come up with that yourself. That’s personal.”
“As if you’d know! You haven’t proposed to anyone before! It has been years, Taekwoon!” Hakyeon whined in the background.
Taekwoon hung up the phone. Wonshik had his work cut out for him.
***
“Come here you stupid cat,” Wonshik grumbled.
Mochi glared at him and paused in the hallway before actually coming over to him. Wonshik took the ring out of the box and carefully looped it into the cat’s collar. Making sure it was secure he let the cat go off and do whatever it was that cat’s do. Maybe he would go to plot Wonshik’s demise, who knows? Mochi was surprisingly cooperative- he must know that the ring has to do with Hongbin. The cat spent so much time around Hongbin, the man was bound to notice. And what better way to be cute than to use his beloved cat?
Wonshik grinned. This would be perfect. Hongbin would notice the ring one day and turn to Wonshik who would then deliver a killer proposal speech that could even make Taekwoon cry. It was foolproof. Except Hongbin did not notice. At all. Two weeks went by and he hadn’t noticed the ring on Mochi’s collar. Not even once.
Wonshik groaned before calling for the cat. Removing the ring from the cat’s collar he sighed in defeat. Time for plan B.
***
Plan B involved a specially made coffee mug. At the bottom was the words “Will you marry me?” Once Hongbin finished his morning coffee he would see the words and Wonshik would come with the ring and it would be perfect.
Except Hongbin did not finish his coffee that morning. After Wonshik went through the trouble of waking up early, making the coffee and giving him that certain mug too. Hongbin had to rush off to work- he happened to wake up late that day.
“Sorry babe but I gotta go,” Hongbin smiled apologetically before kissing Wonshik on the cheek. “Love you.”
“Love you too,” Wonshik sighed as he left.
Dammit.
***
Third time is the charm? Wonshik was increasingly nervous and frustrated. All he wanted was to propose and he couldn’t even do that. He had one more idea- the most romantic of all his ideas. This one however was a bit more involved and way more obvious.
“So we are going stargazing?” Hongbin asked as Wonshik fidgeted with the bag he had on his shoulders.
“Yes, something wrong with that?” Wonshik asked, his voice off- he was not good at keeping secrets.
“No, no. It is just different,” Hongbin laughed.
Wonshik took him to the park and laid out a blanket in the middle of the field, taking great care to pick a spot with an unobstructed view of the sky. He sat Hongbin down on the blanket and sat next to him.
Once they were settled Wonshik took out a bottle of wine. He poured out two glasses and gave one to Hongbin.
“You won’t get drunk on me, will you?” Hongbin laughed, his cheeky grin showing in the moonlight.
“It is just wine, don’t worry.”
Wonshik was sure to pick a night of the full moon and a day that was clear to see the stars. It would be perfect. All Hongbin had to do was take the bait.
Eventually they finished the wine and settled into laying with each other on the blanket, their eyes locked on the sky.
“The moon is so bright and pretty amongst the stars,” Hongbin murmured, loud enough for Wonshik to hear.
Bingo. Wonshik smiled. “Not as bright as you. After all you did hang the moon in my eyes.”
Hongbin giggled and playfully slapped him. “So cheesy.”
Wonshik sat up, immediately grabbing Hongbin’s attention. “There may be one more thing that shines brighter than the moon. Maybe even shinier than you. Maybe.”
Hongbin raised an eyebrow as Wonshik fished for the little velvet box in his pocket. Taking it out, Hongbin focused on Wonshik’s hands and gasped. Was Wonshik going to do what Hongbin thought he was? (He was)
“Hongbin. Sure I am all you may know. And that may be unfair to you. But…ever since you entered my life… I’ve changed. You have changed me for the better. The time we have spent together has been the greatest time of my life. Life became almost meaningful. All because of you. You are the moon in my eyes and I am your guiding stars. As such I took you here tonight. While I couldn’t wish for anything more, there is one more wish I have. Hongbin. Would you marry me?” Wonshik asked as he blushed and opened the box to expose the ring he bought (and also tried not to cry in the process).
The ring was silver, shining in the moonlight. It was simple and elegant. Hongbin could not form words, his hand over his mouth in total shock. He was silent for a moment before bursting out into tears.
“Of course!” Hongbin cried, throwing himself into Wonshik’s arms, sending him backwards into the blanket.
He then kissed Wonshik, the latter brushing away happy tears with his thumbs. When they pulled away Wonshik took Hongbin’s hand and slipped the ring on his finger.
“Thank you,” Wonshik smiled, sighing in relief.
Hongbin merely smiled. “You make me so happy. I…I can’t believe you asked me to marry you.”
“I couldn’t think of spending the rest of my life without you- it was only natural.”
They continued to look up at the sky in that moment, enjoying each other’s embrace. Suddenly, a shooting star raced across the sky.
“Oh! A shooting star! Make a wish!” Hongbin gasped.
“I just got mine. You.”