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yoongi was positive he was ready to marry to the love of his life.
it wasn't a sudden decision either. he had been thinking about his future with his boyfriend for about 4 months before now, and he had finally come to conclusion that it was a logical decision at this point in their relationship.
park jimin, a short boy with chubby cheeks and a sharp jawline, masculine body with a bright personality.
they had met in high school, when jimin had secretly watched yoongi practice piano on the quiet stage after school in the auditorium. Jimin was immensely shy after yoongi first introduced himself, and somehow even more after their first date. yoongi remembered it almost as if it were last week, though it had been almost five years ago. yoongi remembered how he took jimin to one of the most amateur symphonies he had personally ever seen, but jimin thought it was perfect so really that was all that mattered. on their second date, yoongi took jimin to a slightly better symphony, but he wasn't sure whether or not it really was better as he wasn't paying much attention to the music, but rather jimin himself.
yoongi thought jimin was more beautiful than any sound even the finest symphony could produce.
After their fifth date yoongi finally asked jimin to be his.
yoongi thought it was a horrible idea to ask out the most gorgeous person he had ever laid eyes on with a fortune cookie, but jimin said yes anyway.
after countless dates and years spent together, yoongi had eventually saved enough to buy a small house on the outskirts of seoul for the two of them. They thought it was the perfect size for both of them and it was convenient as it was relatively close to all of their friends.
yoongi noted to ask their friends how he should propose to jimin.
he was thinking about proposing on the beach in busan where jimin's hometown is. he remembered how jimin had bought tickets to see his family over the following week. it didn't seem like too bad of an idea either as jimin absolutely adored the beach. He even begged yoongi to let him decorate their kitchen with a beach theme, and of course yoongi said yes because how could he possibly say no to him?
yoongi found himself smiling at the thought of their house and the future he wanted with jimin.
yoongi was sure he wanted to spend the rest of his life with jimin.
he didn't know when he was going to propose, but he wanted to do it as soon as he could. he knew he wanted to make it absolutely perfect for jimin as he knew he would want it to be sweet and cliché.
but there was always the possibility that he would say no.
yoongi looked down at jimin laying asleep under his chin and wanted to believe he would definitely say yes, but he knew it wasn't guaranteed. he would say yes wouldn't he? he couldn't really picture jimin looking him in the eyes and saying that he couldn't do it, but who knows.
A single tear rolled down yoongi's cheek at the thought of it. he couldn't imagine a life without jimin. he couldn't live in their little house alone, he wouldn't be able to live in silence without the quiet giggles and soft singing throughout their home.
yoongi couldn't stand to think about it, he hugged jimin a bit tighter as another tear rolled down his now flushed face.
but there was a bit more hope that he would say yes.
he thought about how jimin would squeal in excitement and cry in happiness after yoongi finally asked him to marry him. How jimin would immediately call his family and friends and boast about how nice the wedding would be. How jimin would ask yoongi to throw a celebration party with all their friends in their little home of theirs.
yoongi loved to think about what his future would look like with jimin in it. How nice a family with him would be. As he thought about it, he smiled at jimin who looked so beautiful with the moonlight shining on his features.
yoongi looked beside him to see his phone on the nightstand, as he pulled one of his arms off of jimin's waist he reached over at it and decided to message his friends the same message,
our house at 1 tmw??
yoongi knew most of their friends would be asleep by now as it was almost three in the morning and they wouldn't answer any time soon.
yoongi set his phone beside him and snuggled his face deeper into jimin's hair and fell into a deep sleep.
when yoongi woke up it was without jimin. however when he turned he saw a note on top of the nightstand.
"you looked too comfortable so i didn't wake you up:) I'll be at the dance studio with hoseok until three
- much love,
jimin ♡"
yoongi wasn't really surprised as jimin was usually at the studio on most weekdays. as he sat up he remembered that he asked their friends to come at one, so that would be an ideal time to ask their friends about proposing to jimin too as he wouldn't be there.
yoongi checked his phone to look at the group chat to see that everyone had agreed to meet at their house at 1.
yoongi glanced at the screen to see that it was already noon and he should probably get ready to meet all of them.
by the time one o'clock had rolled around yoongi was sat in the living room with everyone besides hoseok and jimin as they were practicing together.
when everyone had been settled in the living room, taehyung asked the question everyone else forgot to ask,
"so why are we all here anyway?"
at first yoongi had actually been distracted and forgot himself, but he quickly remembered and became slightly flustered as he confessed the idea of finally proposing to jimin.
suddenly there was a mixed reaction in the room. seokjin had gasped so loud that namjoon jumped away from him, and jeongguk had almost no reaction and continued playing with taehyung's hair, but that was before taehyung started jumping and squealing and rushing up to yoongi to ask a plethora of questions.
"hyung when are you going to propose?"
"where are you going to propose?"
"oh my god when did you start planning this?"
"whos going to be in the wedding?"
"how are you going to propose?"
"Are you going to let seokjin hyung cook for the wedding?"
"who do you think jimin hyung's best man will be?"
"oh my god you have to-"
before taehyung could finish the question, jeongguk had pulled taehyung down so quickly he fell in his lap.
"tae shut up for a minute would you? I'm sure he hasn't thought about all of this yet chill"
taehyung sighed loudly and glared at his boyfriend who wasn't even slightly surprised at the sudden news
namjoon spoke up
"but where are you going to do it?"
yoongi thought about what he decided yesterday
"jimin bought tickets to see his family in busan this week, i was thinking about doing it then?"
everyone silently nodded in agreement at the idea, and continued to ask more about what yoongi had in mind. It all ranged from when he was going to do it, to who he was going to invite to the wedding, it almost felt fast.
he didn't even know if jimin was going to say yes, he wasn't bothered to think about the actual wedding itself.
what if he didn't say yes?
apparently he said that out loud because as soon as he thought about it the whole room erupted into loud and heavy laughter and hiccuping.
"you really think he isn't gonna say yes? Do you really think Jimin would wait around for 5 years just to say no in the end?" jeongguk choked out in between laughs
if he were honest that did make yoongi slightly more confident in himself and he smiled slightly once he realized that jeongguk could be right, jimin wasn't the kind of person to waste his time.
"is that a smile i see? you know we're right! stop doubting yourself hyung you shouldn't worry about that kind of thing" taehyung laughed and threw his head back on jeongguk's shoulder as he spoke, and he thought maybe he was right, that he should be concerned about more important things.
yoongi was trying to think of other things to be concerned about until taehyung brought up something he completely forgot about.
"by the way what ring were you going to get anyway? jimin really loves diamonds."
and yoongi realized that he of course would buy a ring, but he didn't know jimin's ring size.
yoongi's eyes widened at the sudden realization, and everyone in the room seemed to smirk.
seokjin laughed, "you forgot about the ring didn't you?"
yoongi's eyes stayed wide.
"no that's not the problem"
at this, seokjin's expression changed from cocky to confused and namjoon spoke for him,
"what do you mean? What other problem is there to even worry about anymore?"
yoongi's face seemed to be on fire, and his eyes were watering at how wide they were at this point.
"how am i supposed to know his ring size?"
for the second time in an hour, the whole room erupted into laughter.
yoongi's face blanked at the laughter surrounding him, and he had no idea what to think at the moment.
"why don't you just measure one of his rings?"
yoongi couldn't do that suggestion as he knew jimin practically slept with those things on, he couldn't get his hands on them, nor did he have any way of measuring a ring anyway.
when he pointed this out, seokjin looked rather focused.
"take him to the mall to look at rings and maybe he'll mention it somehow"
this sounded pointless as he knew jimin would find ring shopping or jewelry shopping in general suspicious and would probably ask a lot of questions.
"why don't you just ask him?"
taehyung's idea was the worst one so far, yoongi thought, as of course he would be suspicious if he just asked, why would he ask jimin out of nowhere what size ring he was?
except this thought did bring an idea into yoongi's mind
"can any of you text hoseok and tell him to ask jimin what size ring he is?"
seokjin glared at yoongi after this.
"yoongi do you really think hoseok isn't going to be slightly suspicious?"
yoongi sighed at this as he was sure it was a good idea.
"can any of you ask him?"
before he could say the last word, taehyung had his phone out faster than he did in probably his entire life before jeongguk had pulled it out of his hands.
"tae you're probably going to give him the idea somehow"
At this, taehyung was sighing and pouting at jeongguk, something about a lack of honorifics
"yoongi i don't think any of us should ask him for you, he'll get the wrong idea, you know he will"
and yoongi supposed he did know, but he didn't have an answer for namjoon as he just sighed and ran through more unsuccessful ideas in his head.
by the time three had rolled around, the group had gone back to their homes and jimin had come home exhausted after practice.
jimin was cooking and yoongi was hugging his waist behind him when he mentioned busan again
"hey babe? do you have anything packed? you know we had plans to go to busan tomorrow right?"
and obviously yoongi knew about busan being this week but he forgot about it being tomorrow.
this settled panic in yoongi as he wanted to get rings tomorrow, but that obviously couldn't happen.
yoongi settled his chin on jimin's shoulder
"of course i do"
at this, jimin managed to turn around in yoongi's hold and read his expression and he smirked at it
"no you don't"
and yoongi sighed but he kissed jimin's neck as he continued cooking
"okay okay, i will after this" he whispered into jimin's shoulder
yoongi decided he would figure out his boyfriend's ring size this way.
yoongi had convinced Jimin to play the piano in their living room with him, despite his complaints of "hyung you know i cant play" and "I'd rather watch you practice"
Yoongi carefully watched jimin's fingers besides his on the ivory white keys of the piano, and watched how small but chubbier they were compared to his own.
He was almost sure he was a 7. the way his fingers were almost the same width as the ivory keys he pressed had him convinced.
yoongi smiled at this as jimin was actually a couple sizes up from yoongi himself who had a more tall and slender shape to his fingers, which were convenient when it came to playing piano.
slowly jimin stopped pressing the keys and his weight felt slightly heavier beside yoongi.
yoongi laughed because of course jimin had fallen asleep while he was playing piano with him.
softly yoongi picked him up and carried him to the bed in their room and kissed him goodnight.
this was perfect because yoongi knew he had time to get the engagement rings.
it took about an hour to get to the specific jewelry store in seoul he wanted to visit first.
It was a very elegant shop as it had marble floors and was full of roman styled sculptures. He had seen this place online and it seemed to have a five star rating, and it sparked yoongi's interest.
the rings in the store were extremely expensive but yoongi was willing to pay the highest price for his boyfriend.
yoongi had passed the last display case, he realized he didn't see anything he thought jimin would be particularly interested in and he sighed as he was hopeful about the store.
as yoongi walked to his car, he tried to decide whether or not he should keep looking or go back home.
yoongi decided to go home.
as yoongi was halfway to the outskirts where their home was, the road was seemingly closed, unlike it had been about half an hour ago.
puzzled, yoongi stubbornly decided he would take the long way home.
this way yoongi had only been down only once, but he hadn't remembered the bridal shop on the route there.
yoongi saw it wasn't as fancy and flashy as the one before, and it looked smaller too. The shop wasn't full of jewelry either, rather dresses and tuxedos too. Yoongi decided to give it a shot and he slowly walked up to the glass double doors of the shop.
as he walked in, an elderly woman waved at him and told him about some sort of sale they were having, but yoongi only paid attention to the rings in the display cases in front of her.
there were two in the case in front of him, platinum with 2 sparkling diamonds in them. A note in front of the pair read,
customizable engraving and sizing
this had yoongi's interest because he had an idea at what he could have engraved into the rings.
however yoongi knew he had to be home, and he didn't know how long it could be before they were finished with the ring. as he processed times in his head he saw the woman in the back of the shop now.
"excuse me, but do you know how long it would be before these rings could be sized and engraved?"
and the woman looked fondly at him and gleamed,
"you could pick them up tomorrow at dawn if you'd like"
and this had yoongi bouncing on his feet at the offer because it had seemed so perfect, he could have the order placed and he could pick them up before jimin woke up.
after yoongi had placed the order on the rings, he drove home faster than he probably should have.
when he got home he did not expect jimin to be awake.
his boyfriend's eyes were slightly red as if he had been crying and he ran and hugged yoongi once he walked through the door.
"hyung where were you? You were gone forever why didn't you answer your phone?"
yoongi picked jimin up and kissed both of his swollen cheeks.
"jiminie, hyung had to be at the studio, im sorry i didn't check my phone, let's sleep baby it's okay"
before yoongi could even finish apologizing he realized jimin was asleep on his shoulder again.
yoongi laughed and put them both to sleep.
he really didn't think it would work, but somehow he managed to wake up before jimin like he had planned. he slowly made his way out from the sleeping body next to him, and left a note for his boyfriend to read when he woke up
"I'll probably be back before you wake up, but I'll be back before you plan to leave okay? I have to check in with the studio.
- i love you
yoongi"
quickly he scribbled down the last few words and got up to leave for the bridal shop.
after yoongi had practically thrown himself into his car and drove for about twenty five minutes he had finally arrived at the bridal shop.
The elderly woman from yesterday greeted yoongi almost in the same manner as before as she handed yoongi the rings from yesterday. as he looked down at them, he couldn't of smiled bigger.
after he paid and gave the woman many thanks, he drove back home in the light of dawn with the brightest smile on his face.
when walked through the doors, he noticed jimin was cooking and their suitcases were packed and sitting by the entryway. slowly he walked up behind his boyfriend and placed his arms on his waist. At this jimin smiled at turned to look at yoongi,
"why're you in such a good mood?"
at this yoongi laughed and kissed jimin's cheeks.
"we have to leave in about twenty minutes you know?"
yoongi nodded on jimin's shoulder and kissed his neck and smiled.
after fifteen minutes and a practically burnt breakfast later they were off.
the drive to busan was usually pleasant as yoongi didn't mind driving and jimin liked car rides. however the traffic was never pleasant and they arrived about a whole hour late.
jimin's mother didn't seem to mind though, as when they finally arrived at his parents house his mother raced to embrace jimin for the first time in almost 3 months.
"jimin you're finally here! How was the drive? Did the traffic treat you well? What did i miss? you have to tell me all about it i missed you so much"
as yoongi was listening to the rambling of his boyfriend's extremely excited and emotional mother she suddenly turned her head up to meet yoongi's face.
"oh yoongi i'm so glad you came! you've been treating my baby right, yes? come inside we should talk about everything i've missed!"
yoongi smiled and tried to pay attention to all the questions she was asking but he didn't really have room to answer them, so he just decided to listen quietly.
all three of them had caught up on the last three months over the course of an hour and three full kettles of coffee.
yoongi really liked jimin's mother which he thought was a good thing if she was going to be his mother-in-law, but he tried very hard to get her to like him as well. And so far that seemed to be going great as she was extremely kind to him and gave all sorts of honorifics to him, which he gladly gave back.
yoongi felt as if jimin's family was his second family.
it was late at night and jimin was laying with his face in yoongi's neck when he asked,
"i love that my mom really accepts you"
and this made yoongi tighten his hold on his boyfriend's waist
"i love that a lot too y'know"
jimin kissed the crook of yoongi's neck before he fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, yoongi gradually got out from under his boyfriend and managed to get water from downstairs when jimin's mother happened to be reading a book on the table in the kitchen.
"hey yoongi, is there anything you want to tell me or anything? You can talk to me about anything if you feel like it."
and at first he had no clue what to think but he realized he probably should mention the whole proposal thing to jimin's mother before he actually went through with it. with a whisper yoongi confessed,
"eomma, it's been five years"
jimin's mother looked calm and focused as yoongi spoke.
"i really love your son."
and suddenly she erupted into a fit of quiet laughs
"why are you speaking to me as if I'm an old woman? of course I know you love jimin thats so obvi-"
"I want to propose to him"
and jimin's mother smirked wider than he had ever seen
"he really likes the ocean, you know. You should do it there, maybe tomorrow?" If you are ready of course. and she closed he book and kissed yoongi's hand on the way out of the kitchen.
all yoongi wanted was a water but suddenly he feels more accepted into jimin's life.
the next afternoon jimin's mother actually mentioned going to the ocean before yoongi had the chance to mention it.
jimin beamed at the idea, he put on such an eye smile that was brighter than the actual sun once yoongi accepted the idea as well.
yoongi's heart raced the whole day.
From the start of lunch with jimin and his brother to early in the night while he was driving to the oceanside with the light pressure of the boxes in his pocket.
He sat with jimin by the shore and they talked and listened to soft melodies behind them. they were in a reserved part of the ocean, and it was dark so the tide was farther back than in the daylight.
yoongi felt so scared he was going to throw up.
especially when he suggested he and jimin walk the empty boardwalk.
the walk felt like an eternity before they finally reached the end. he wasn't sure what his boyfriend was talking about while they walked the path as he was too distracted by the racing thoughts in his head.
however he was paying attention when the love of his life stared so lovingly at the dark sea with soft waves, with the moonlight again reflecting his features.
yoongi had a lump in his throat as he took his hopefully future fiancé's hands in his own, gaining his attention. yoongi gently started talking, but he realized he hadn't rehearsed this before, so he started slowly.
"Park Jimin, the love of my life, I've loved you for as long as i can remember."
jimin smiled and it looked like the sun.
"Even those slight years of high school, when you watched me play on the old piano on the small stage, i knew you would mean something to me."
jimin smiled a bit wider and glanced down as he chuckled at the thought of their high school memories.
"all my best memories are with you. From that one time we went all the way to paris for new years, to all the christmases we've spent together. I want more of those memories with you."
tears started rolling down jimin's cheek as yoongi sank to one knee.
"if there were a scale that measured the amount of love you could have for someone, mine would go through the roof for you."
Yoongi felt like he had to speak slightly loud as the waves were quite loud under the boardwalk.
"Park Jimin, i am so in love with you and everything you do, will you m-"
yoongi never got to finish but it was okay because he got interrupted in the best way.
jimin gasped and cried hysterically as he yelled out his yes's and of course's and kissed yoongi so hard as yoongi slid the platinum ring on jimin's finger
yoongi forgot about the whole size thing
he looked down at the ring and prayed to the gods of the universe that it fit.
apparently it did because it looked perfect on his ring finger.
yoongi smiled to see his fiancé beam at the ring that read simple words.
love min yoongi
jimin cried harder after seeing the words, and hugged yoongi that much tighter.
yoongi nestled his head into his neck.
"I love you"
jimin turned his head up to look at his fiancé in the eyes,
"i love you too, min yoongi"