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"C'mon bud, you know the drill--"
Akio sighed before nodding, "I have to read before getting my iPad. I got it, mommy." He ran up the stairs to his bedroom, looking through the small bookshelf right next to the door.
"I think I've read all of these before." Akio muttered while pushing some books side.
Then, a small white box caught his attention. Staring at it for a split second, he carefully pulled it out and opened it. From the box, he took out a few photos, necklaces, and a camera. He recognized the two people in the photos as his mothers, causing him to pack everything back and sprint down the stairs with the box.
"Did you find a book?" a voice asked as the footsteps continued down the stairs.
He didn't answer, but he went straight towards the living room where his parents were sitting and watching TV.
"Mommy, mama, what's this?" he questioned, handing the two the box.
The box gotten taken out of his hand and placed onto the coffee table, the components were taken out.
"Holy crap, we still have all of this stuff, Tzu?" Momo questioned, looking pictures.
"Of course we do, they're precious memories. I didn't want to throw them all away." Tzuyu replied, picking up the necklaces.
"Memories? Like what?" Akio questioned.
Momo patted a space on the couch, gesturing for him to sit down next to him. Before staring to speak, Momo picked up the remote and put the TV on mute.
"You see this photo? This is from one of my favorite moments." she began...
"Come on, Momo! Look at all the different animals!" Tzuyu shouted, excitedly running around like a toddler.
Momo turned to the direction where the voice was coming from before turning back to the window she was looking through.
"Go ahead without me for a second! I'll catch up in a moment!" she shouted back with a smile.
"You sure?"
"Yeah! I'll be quick!" Tzuyu nodded her head and ran off, causing Momo to giggle.
Momo went inside of the small building which was a gift shop. She looked at the stuffed animal that had caught her attention from outside. Picking it up, she thought it would be perfect to give to Tzuyu. She still felt bad about not being able to get her much for Valentines Day, and although Tzuyu had repeatedly told her that it was okay, she just couldn't let it go.
"$14.99.." she whispered to herself before pulling out her phone and taking off the case to check how much money she had on her.
She had enough when they first got here, coming here with $50.00, she wasn't so sure if she had enough left over for the stuffed animal. She had bought the both of them different foods, which had costed her a large amount of money, but to her relief..
"Haha, yes! Exactly $15.00!" she smiled and was about to walk up to the register before a thought came to mind.
Tax...
"No, no, no!" Momo emptied out her pockets, and even searched her secret pockets for another dollar but was left with no luck.
Sighing, she was about to put it back on the shelf until she realized something there.
"There isn't anyway someone just dropped their dollar here." Momo looked around the store for the person the money belonged to, but nobody said it was theirs.
"I guess it's luck." she smiled before walking up to the register.
So, she paid for the stuffed animal and started looking for Tzuyu once she got out. She saw her in the distance, although she wasn't sure what animals she was looking at now. Momo skipped over to Tzuyu before tapping her.
"Momo! You're back!" Tzuyu smiled and hugged her.
"Didn't I say I would be?" Momo chuckled before giving her the bag.
"Huh? What's this?" she questioned looking inside the bag.
Momo stayed quiet and felt a smile form on her face as she saw Tzuyu's eyes sparkle.
"Thank you so much, Momo!" she hugged her tightly.
"You're welcome, Tzu. Now let's go look at more animals!" Momo smiled and Tzuyu frantically nodded.
"Why is that your favorite moment?" Akio questioned, Tzuyu also looking at her confused.
"Her reaction was so adorable, I swear I was about to melt." Momo laughed before putting down the photo.
"Do you still have the stuffed animal, mama?" Akio looked at Tzuyu who nodded.
"It's actually in my office." she chuckled, "It's wearing a bow-tie and has a brief case. I wanted it to look professional."
"If it's just watching you, wouldn't it just look creepy?" Akio asked her.
"It's staring at the wall, although I really wouldn't mind it watching me." she shrugged before looking back down at the necklaces, "I'm gonna tell you the story behind these, okay?"
Akio nodded and listened as Tzuyu began talking.
"I don't know why I'm panicking so much!" she shouted while pacing around the room.
"Calm down, Tzuyu." Sana put a hand on her shoulder.
"How am I supposed to calm down??? Our date for our 1st anniversary is tomorrow and I still haven't gotten her anything!" Tzuyu shouted before starting to pace again.
"I don't think I've ever seen her this worried." Sana whispered sitting down next to Mina who nodded.
Tzuyu called the two over to her dorm in hopes that they could help her get a gift for Momo. They were her closest friends, after all.
"I don't know what to get her!! What do I do??" Tzuyu stopped in-front of a wall and banged her head on it a few times.
"What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you say anniversary?" Mina asked her.
"Uhm.." Tzuyu thought for a moment, "I'm not really sure, actually."
"When we speak of anniversaries, it's something that's annual." Mina starts, "The first anniversary is really just the beginning, so you want to make it the most memorable. What would you do to make it memorable for you both?"
Before Tzuyu could answer, Sana did for her.
"PROPOSE!!"
"..."
"I don't know if we're ready for that, Sana." Tzuyu told her before thinking, "But that does give me an idea."
The two looked at her, waiting for her to tell them.
"What if I get matching bracelets.. or maybe necklaces..?" she quietly questioned.
"See! It was something as simple as that, Tzuyu." Mina smiled while nodding.
"That's a good idea, but I like the idea of proposing more." Sana shrugged, both Tzuyu and Mina rolling their eyes.
Tzuyu thanked the both of them as they left, going back to get her coat and some money. She took a bus and arrived at the jewelry store, quietly browsing around when she found a pair of necklaces that she liked and she thinks Momo would like them as well. She bought them, went back home, and put them aside for tomorrow.
That day came quickly. Tzuyu's pretty sure the clock skipped a few hours. Tzuyu picked out an outfit to wear and it wasn't too fancy. It was pretty casual as the two decided to just go to the park together and have a picnic. They were also going to do some other things later on, but that was the main thing.
Tzuyu got a text from Momo.
Good morning, Tzutzu! Just reminding you I'll be at your dorm at 12:00, which is... 30 minutes from now! I can't wait to see you, love you!!
Smiling, Tzuyu sent a response back and placed down her phone. She went over to where she put the pair of necklaces. She took hers out and put it into a small pouch. She wasn't even going to attempt putting it on as it would be a pain with just one person. The pouch was placed into her purse and she went over to closet as she got the blanket that they were going to use.
Just as quickly as yesterday went, the 30 minutes went by quickly. Momo walked with Tzuyu to the park where the two had set up for the picnic. We won't go too far into detail as it would be quite long, but, the sun was close to setting and Tzuyu was giving Momo her gift. She handed Momo the tiny red box and watched as she opened it.
"It's beautiful, Tzuyu!" she shouted.
"I'm glad you like it." Tzuyu told her with a smile.
"Can you help me put it on?" Momo questioned, gaining a nod from Tzuyu.
Tzuyu clipped on the necklace before pulling out the pouch she put in her bag earlier.
"Can you help me with mine as well?" Tzuyu asked her.
"Of course!"
Momo clipped hers on and pulled out a small camera she had. She snapped a quick photo of them both to remember this night.
"That's a really good one, mama." Akio smiled and Tzuyu nodded at him.
"What's the story behind this one?" he pointed to a photo of Tzuyu in a white dress and Momo in a suit.
"Oh that one, it's our wedding." Momo told him before quickly summarizing it, not wanting to go into detail about all of the panic they had before that day.
"Who went to your wedding?" he asked them.
"Well, it was your aunt and uncle, your grandparents, Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and some other friends and family. I think it was around a total of 100 people, right Tzu?" she turned to Tzuyu.
"Yeah. Somewhere around that number."
Akio continued asking questions about each of the items, both of his mothers happy to tell him the story behind them, they were about to begin another story.
"Well this photo, this was the day that you were born. Almost 6 years ago. You--" Both Tzuyu and Momo turned when they heard a tiny snore. They smiled at the now asleep Akio.
Momo picked him up with a chuckle, "Let's go tuck him in."
They went upstairs to his room, Momo gently placing him on his bed and tucking him in. They both kissed his forehead,
"Good night, baby." Tzuyu whispered.
"We love you." Momo smiled and the two walked out.
They went back to the living room and started packing away the items.
"We should make another memory." Tzuyu suggested with Momo nodding in agreement.
"Maybe we can plan a family vaction?"
"That's perfect."