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Seven had never been so proud of himself in his life. What he created was a true piece of art and absolutely marketable - the perfect way to execute the perfect proposal for the perfect woman. He wasn't even nervous - he was so excited to show her and there was no doubt in his mind she would say yes. He also couldn't wait for her to be wearing the ring he designed for her and the device he created to deliver it to her was revolutionary.
He placed the ring delicately into his device and prepped it for the big show. He changed into his nicest (and apparently only) suit. She would be home from work any minute now. He didn't have any candles or any form of mood lighting so he switched on a fireplace screen saver - it would have to do.
Suddenly he felt nervous. She could always say no and then what? Would they just break up? Would it all be over? His stomach did a flip as he heard her shouting in Arabic at the gate. She tried so hard and wasn't half bad but the gate had selective hearing. Hearing her voice - even though it was angry and shouting was enough to soothe him and calm his nerves. He manually opened the door for her and watched the camera as she trekked up the driveway.
She opened the door and launched into a story about her awful boss. She hadn't looked in the room yet as she was still unpacking her bag and hanging up her jacket. As soon as she kicked off her shoes - she turned to look at him and immediately stopped talking. He was standing in the centre of the room with his hands in his pockets and a lopsided grin. At his feet was a small robotic dog – the perfect companion to the robotic cat he had made for her when they first met. She marvelled at the sight of him in his suit and the wonderful little dog. She slowly made her way towards them.
"I know you like dogs and cats so I wanted you to have both. Actually - I want you to have everything always." He stammered out. His confidence was really starting to slip and the nerves were getting the best of him. She reached her hand out to him and he took it. He immediately felt better.
"Every day with you has been the best day of my life since I met you - and it just keeps getting better. Thanks to you, I was able to find the happiness I thought had been lost to me forever. I will never be able to thank you or repay you for that - but I hope this is a good start." He dropped to one knee and just as began asking her - the little robotic dog began stirring.
"Will you marry me?" He asked. Her eyes were twinkling with tears. Suddenly the robotic dog's back opened revealing a beautiful ring. Her eyes grew wide with excitement, but as she bent down to give her answer - the dog suddenly started sparking and jerking around.
Seven had no idea what was happening and before he could react - the back of the dog suddenly snapped forward sending the ring flying. It flew right towards her and landed right in her eye. The shock of it sent her backwards and she landed flat on her butt. Seven was too busy taking off his vest to smother the fire to catch her. The ring fell to the floor and rolled away. Once he was sure the fire was out, he ran to her side and grabbed her hand. She was very still but conscious and had one hand over her right eye.
"Are you okay?!" He asked desperately.
"I...think so? But I can't open my eye!" She said calmly. Seven gingerly removed her hand from her eye and asked to take a look. He screamed and fell backwards when she showed him which caused her to panic.
"WHAT IS IT?" She shouted.
"Nothing! It's nothing. We should really go to the hospital though – just...you know... to be safe." Seven tried to sound calm but failed miserably. He grabbed his keys and helped her to her feet. Wrapping one arm around her he guided her to his car and took off for the hospital as fast as he could while only slightly breaking the law.
When she was in with the doctor, he finally felt himself take a breath. He was so angry at himself for messing things up so royally. He laughed to himself remembering back to when he thought the worst thing that could happen would be hearing "no" but now he may have blinded her.
After an eternity - the doctor opened the door and waved him in. He ran in and dove on top of her on the bed. She laughed and began stroking his hair.
"I am so sorry. I am the worst person in the world. I can't believe this. I'm so sorry. I hate myself." She tried to interrupt him and calm him but he was really on a roll. "If you think about it though it could technically be considered your fault because I tried my hardest to push you away but you fought through it because you're the best person in the whole wide world and you love me and I love you and I know you'll be a great wife but apparently I won't be a great husband unless you consider blinding your wife to make a great husband in which case I'm the best..."
"Saeyoung!" She finally shouted. She grabbed his cheeks and forced him to look at her. He realized he hadn't actually looked at her yet. She was wearing an eye patch and he wanted to cry.
"It's just a scratch -I'm going to be fine and look! I get to wear this cool eye patch for a few days!" Saeyoung was so relieved that he started to laugh and cry simultaneously. He buried his face in her chest and sobbed. She let him continue like this for a few minutes before she tapped him on the shoulder. He looked up at her again and wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Hey Saeyoung - you asked me a question earlier right? Before you almost killed me?" She teased. Just as he was about to go off on another tangent she put her finger to his lips. "You did, but I didn't get to answer yet." He stopped struggling and lay still staring at her.
"Ayeeee do" she said in her best pirate impression which even she would admit was not very good. She then lifted up the eye patch but winked with the other eye. Saeyoung burst into the happiest laughter of his life. He squeezed her as tight as he could until she had to tap out of it.
"I can't believe I'm going to marry someone who is so bad at pirate impressions." He told her playfully.
"Do you really want to go there?" She asked pointing to her eye patch. He laughed out loud again.
"I love you." He told her seriously before turning his head and laying it over her chest again. He felt her start to respond and tried to stop her. "Don't..." he whined.
"Ayyyye love you too." She replied kissing the top of his head.