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It’s been a while since the others left and the sun was setting. Ace was finally out of the shower and he decided to light candles around the bed. He looked around once more. The sun rays and candles gave the room a warm romantic lighting, the rose petals created trails from the bed to the bathroom and the front door, the bouquet laid gorgeously on a night stand, and the huge teddy bear smiled at Ace with the big card in its hands. “Maybe some music would add to the mood, too.” He got out a speaker and put on some soft romantic ballads. It may have been overkill, but Ace was the over the top kind of lover.
“Uh…” 2D moaned. He blinked a couple times and then flinched. “What? Where am I?” He looked around frantically.
“Hey, hey, hey!” Ace rubbed 2D’s shoulders. “It’s alright. It’s alright.”
“Hello?”
“Hey.” Ace chuckled. “You alright?”
He stopped and took a breath. “Where…” When he got his bearings, he took in the scenery in front of him. There were rose petals, a huge bear, a huge card, deliciously scented candles, and… “Ace?” A big smile grew on his face. “What are you doing here, love?” He laughed.
“You’re in Townsville, babe.” He rubbed 2D’s back. “You like what you see?”
“It’s beautiful!” 2D looked around again and felt tears coming up. “I’ve missed you, you know.”
“I’ve missed you too, doll.” Ace reached behind him. “I also got you this.” He handed him the big bouquet Mrs. Smith made for him. “It has all your favorite flowers.”
“Ace, I…” He analyzed them. “I love them! They’re gorgeous!”
“I’m glad you like it!” Ace smiled and rubbed the back of his neck. “A lot of this is stolen, by the way. I hope you don’t mind.”
“It would’ve been weird if you bought all this, to be honest.” 2D set the bouquet down and took Ace’s hands. “Ace, you’ve been on my brain since the moment you’ve left. Phone calls weren’t enough for me… Phone calls can’t replicate your mumbling when you sleep or the smell of your cologne, and it surely can’t replicate your affection. Every kiss and every hug… I guess I’m trying to say that I’m really happy I’m here with you right now.”
“Oh really?” Ace stifled a giggle and cleared his throat. “Um, I actually have something I wanted to tell you. I thought it’d be best to tell you in person…”
“Oh. Okay, go on.” 2D bit his lip nervously.
“No, no! It’s nothing to be nervous about! I just, uh…” Ace began to sweat nervously as he reached for his back pocket. “I have a poem for you!” He blurted out.
“A poem?” 2D laughed. “I didn’t know you wrote them!”
“Well, I don’t… So this might suck.” Ace frowned.
“Did it come from your heart?”
“I guess so.” Ace slowly nodded. “Yeah.”
“Then it’s already brilliant.” 2D gave him a kiss on the cheek. “Go on, love!”
“Okay!” Ace blushed as he unfolded the paper. “Stuart Pot, your soul is sweeter than all the chocolate I could ever eat… Being without you, I’m just rose petals without a stem. Incomplete… Ack! I can’t do this. This is dumb!” Ace hissed as he smacked his forehead with his palm.
“Go on! Go on!” 2D squeezed his hand. “I love it so far! Keep going!”
“Okay, uh…” Ace got back to where he left off. “Your love is an embrace that’s bigger than any bear… I could send you a card sometimes, but none of the words I wanna say would be there… I’m glad you're here with me now. It makes my heart sing… I can just tell you I love you, but I also wanna show it…” He fished for something in his back pocket. “With a ring.” He showed 2D the ring in his hand. It was a gorgeous ring that had baby blue and hot pink stones all around the band. He turned the ring to show 2D what was engraved inside. “Let’s turn forever. That’s what it says. You know, from Feel Good Inc.?”
2D froze when he looked at the ring. “I…”
“It’s not an engagement ring. It’s more of an ‘I love you’ ring.” Ace smiled sheepishly.
“I…”
“It’s too much, isn’t it?”
2D began to sob. “Ace…”
“I’m sorry! Oh, I’m so sorry!” Ace dropped the ring and held both of 2D’s hands. “It was too much, wasn’t it?”
“Put that ring on my finger!” He shook out of Ace’s grasp. “Put it on! Now!”
“Oh! Okay!’ Ace patted himself in attempts to find it. “Where did I put it?”
“Got it!” 2D swiped the ring off the bed and put it on. “Ace, I love it! I love all of this! I love…” He paused. “I love you…” He seemed shocked at his own words.
Ace smiled. “Really?”
“You know what?” 2D wiped his tears. “Yeah. Ace, I love you!”
“Well, that made the next question easy!” Ace laughed.
“What’s that?”
“Will you be my valentine?” He twiddled his fingers innocently.
“Ace…” 2D dissolved into laughter. “Yes! Of course I’ll be your valentine! Will you be mine?”
“For sure!” Ace nodded. “What should we do now?”
“Well, you did decorate the place…” 2D purred. “It would be a shame to let all this beauty go to waste…”
“Why, 2D! You aren’t suggesting that we…” Ace leaned in close to him.
“First!” 2D put a finger to Ace’s mouth. “We order room service. Then, we draw a bath and take some of these rose petals with us. There’s plenty to spare…” He traced his hands down Ace’s chest. “Then we turn that teddy bear around because he doesn’t need to see the nasty stuff we’re about to get into!” He bit his lip full of excitement.
“I like the way you think il mio amore.” Ace gave 2D a slow and captivating kiss.
“Oh, and Ace…” 2D kissed him back.
“Yes, beautiful?” Ace was beyond enchanted at this point.
“First one to the phone tops.” He tried to shove Ace out of the way to get to the phone.
“We are not doing this again!” Ace tackled 2D off of the bed.
“The phone is mine!” He struggled out of his grasp.
“It’s as good as mine!” They began to wrestle each other on the floor laughing about the silliness of it all.
“Hey, Ace?” 2D laughed when he got pinned down.
“Yes, babe?” Ace kissed him again.
“I love you.” He chuckled.
“I love you, too.” They stared at each other lovingly. It felt like everything outside of what they had melted away. Time no longer existed, they were the last two people on earth, and the moon shaped itself into a heart and supplied a romantic glow for them.This was a moment they would be telling for the rest of their lives, and they were both planning their dream wedding in their heads.