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Nagi impulsively buys an engagement ring for Reo, only for it to be lost less than a day later.
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Last Read: 27/12/2025
Chapter 1saltwater promises by kokirane
Published: 2023-05-16 -
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I don't know whether I should laugh because of Nagi's stupidity or cry because Reo really loves Nagi even without the ring that Nagi lost 😭
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Even without the ring, Nagi can still show Reo how much he means to him — so he holds him a little tighter, inhaling softly, and murmurs, “Hey, Reo. Will you marry me?”
“Of course I can carry you, baby,” Reo says. He hums, brushing back Nagi’s hair. “Ready to go?”
“No, Reo. Marry,” Nagi says. Reo’s eyes widen, and a pretty shade of red is starting to suffuse up his neck. Nagi waits, breathless — he thinks, hopes, that Reo will say yes, that his beloved will be willing to wait for a ring to seal the deal — that all that matters now is reaffirming their promise anew.
It’s always been this for them — being together until the very, very end, in every single way.
“I don’t think I’m hearing you right, Sei,” Reo says faintly. “Say that one more time?”
Nagi gently moves Reo off of his lap, and now it’s his turn to kneel on the floor. It’s cold; he can feel it through the thin fabric of his trackpants, but Reo’s hands are warm.
“Oh,” Reo gulps. “Oh.” He turns his gaze upwards; his blush has reached his cheeks. “I’m gonna cry, fuck.”
Ah, he’s surprised. And he’s happy. Nagi’s halfway there, even without the ring.
“Can I still ask again?” Nagi murmurs. He drinks in every curve and line of Reo’s face, waiting for the moment that Reo says yes, waiting for the face that he’ll make.
Reo nods.
Nagi takes Reo’s purple hair tie off his wrist, winds it around Reo’s ring finger. When he looks back up, Reo isn’t hiding from him — his tears are falling freely, a heavenly rainstorm from a rust-colored cloud — but smiling, waiting.
“Will you marry me, Reo?” Nagi asks, and Reo nods frantically, laughing and crying and he’s perfect, always perfect, and Nagi can almost forget that there isn’t a ring, because in front of his beloved, nothing else matters.
“I’m going to kill you,” Reo says, “but after I marry you. Come here.”
He pulls Nagi up into his earnest embrace, kissing him soundly, and it’s ridiculous how light Reo can make him feel. As if this world can’t touch him, as if he weighs nothing at all — all there is to do is move in Reo’s orbit. Reo’s saltwater kisses are cleansing, in a way, washing Nagi’s insecurity away, and Nagi thumbs at Reo’s wet cheeks, smiling softly as Reo beams back at him.
“Sorry, boss,” Nagi says quietly. “I had a ring, but… I’m going to get you another one. I just couldn’t wait.”
“Oh,” Reo says. “Fuck, Sei, don’t tell me—”
Nagi nods regretfully, and Reo’s protagonist mode switch immediately flips: he yanks out his phone, — oh — the little purple band on his finger does look nice — and starts planning. “We’ll turn this airport inside out until we find it — let me see what I can do, give me a moment—”
“Reo,” Nagi interrupts. Reo falters.
“Yeah?”
“I love you,” Nagi says, and Reo laughs, bright and relieved, and leans in to kiss him again. It’s chaste but firm, a tactile reassurance, and Nagi’s happy, so happy, that his words have finally returned. He’s centered on Reo again, the way he always wants to be.
“I love you too, my treasure,” Reo says. “I can’t wait to marry you — even if it feels like we’ve been married all this time, right?”
“We have been,” Nagi hums, nuzzling against Reo. “But Reo deserves a big fancy wedding, and a big fancy ring... and, um… I’ll redo my proposal…”
Perhaps he’d gotten too caught up — it had made sense in the moment, to promise himself like this to Reo, but —
“You’re perfect, Seishiro.” Reo cradles his face gently, bright-eyed and beaming softly. “I’ve told you that you don’t need to change endless times, and I mean it. Just the fact you want to do this for me—”
“For us,” Nagi adds, because he needs Reo to know. This is about the both of them, together. Reo laughs.
“For us, yes. I couldn’t be happier with you, Sei, and the life we have. Even before the World Cup, you were a dream come true. You are, you always are, everything I want, everything I dream about and — Nagi Seishiro, will you marry me?”
Reo grins, playful and cheeky. “Sorry, I need to even our score. So humor me, my treasure, and tell me — will you renew your partnership with me? Until the end?”
There’s nothing else for Nagi to say but yes, boss.