Fear decided the best course of action was not to jump into a proposal straight away. He had a vague feeling doing so would be plunging into the deep end, so to speak. He hated doing anything if he wasn't totally sure everything would work out. No, the best course of action was to wait. He kept dating Sadness during Riley's sleep. The locations of the dates were always beautiful and rather scenic. It was a pleasant period to eat and discuss their day. Yep, it definitely was better than jumping off the deep end.
Meanwhile, the other emotions were anticipating the inevitable. Disgust and Anger had decided to make 'Congratulations' banners to place when Fear and Sadness had come back from the proposal. Joy was busy finding romantic music for Fear to play during the event. All this was done out of the way, so as not to embarrass either of them.
"I'm glad I won't be there," Disgust conceded to Anger. "I mean, they're a gorgeous couple, but... ugghh... if they kiss..."
"Kissing's perfectly natural," he replied. "It's not like it's a foreign concept. In fact, it's a ritual so closely observed and dearly held to many people. One day you might do it."
Disgust gagged and walked off.
"Figures," Anger muttered to himself.
The more Fear looked at the ring, the more he was sure of what he wanted to do with it. It was stunningly beautiful and precious, just like Sadness. He desperately wanted to propose, but playing the waiting game was the best option for now.
"I love you, Sadness," he kept saying. "But sometimes, the best things are worth waiting for."
He placed the ring inside his vanity and sighed.
He'd only been dating Sadness for about three months. They'd talked about lots of different things. There was chemistry. So much chemistry that Fear knew it was love.
Well... what did he have to lose?
"I've waited long enough," he said to himself.
Now it was just a matter of how he was going to do it.
