Eponine lay awake listening to Enjolras's soft breathing beside her while admiring her engagement ring in the early morning sunlight. Holding her hand up in the air above her head her eyes focused on the large square red ruby that sat in the middle of the ring before looking at the smaller diamonds that surrounded it, making the red of the ruby stand out even more than it already would have on its own.
Her mind drifted to her father and what he would do to get his hands on something as beautiful as the ring she is now wearing, he probably would have killed his children to get his hands on it in the past, would he now she will never know as she doesn't know if he's the same as he was or if he decided to change once he left the country and her mother dies. She doesn't speak to either her father or Azelma only Gavroche writes to Azelma and she hears a little from Gavroche about their lives but nothing else and she honestly doesn't want to know, she tried begging her sister to stay but she went with her father in the end which ended their relationship.
"It's not going to disappear" The deep, sleep ridden voice that belonged to Enjolras snapped Eponine out of her thoughts with a jump at the sound of his voice.
Eponine rolled her head to look at him, dropping her hand back onto the bed beside her. "What do you mean?"
"The ring isn't going to disappear if you stop looking at it" he laughed turning onto his side to face Eponine with a small smile on his face, the first almost smile Eponine had seen from him in a long time.
"I was just thinking about my father and what lengths he would go to just to get his hands on something like this" she motioned to her hand hoping Enjolras understood what she means. Out of the whole group Eponine has opened up to Enjolras more than anyone else over the past couple of weeks and it almost scares her to think about how they managed to go from hardly speaking to Eponine telling him everything about his life and feeling like she could trust him with her life.
"Well" Enjolras started moving closer to Eponine and placing his arm over her waist while propping his head up on his elbow with the other arm. "Your father isn't here so you don't need to worry about that but I would like the ring back please"
"But you have it to me" Eponine held her hands against her chest, covering it with the other to show him he wasn't getting it back. When she woke this morning she thought it was all a dream and that's what's led her to stare at her hand from a good hour and now he's asking for the ring back.
"You can have it back but I want to get it resized to fit your finger"
"But it's fine how it is" Eponine moaned not want to take the ring off in case it wasn't real and it all turns out to be fake then she wants to hold onto it all for as long as she can.
"Well we can leave it and it could fall off your finger and then you lose it or I can take it to be resized and you have it back in three to four days at the most" Enjolras tried to bargain with her as the last thing he wanted is for her to lose it, ok the ring is insured but it's the sentimental value that can't be replaced he thought to him as he waited for Eponine's answer.
"Ok but on two conditions" Eponine help up to fingers.
"I'm listening"
"One I get to wear it until you leave for work and two I get it back by Sunday because that's when I'm planning on catching the train to see Gavroche to break the new to him; I think he should be told in person"
"Deal, now if you'll excuse me I need to shower so you can go back to staring at your ring until I get back" Enjolras pressed his lips against her forehead before rolling out of bed and dragging his ass into the bathroom which is connected to the bedroom.
"I'll make breakfast!" Eponine shouted after him before rolling out of bed herself and slipping Enjolras's shirt from yesterday over her head on her way out of the bedroom and into the kitchen.
Enjolras was slowly starting to get even more used to the idea of having Eponine around in the morning, even if it only means he gets a real breakfast instead of something on his way out of the door. He stood up from the small table in the kitchen, placing his plate beside the sink before heading into the living room to collect his bag so he could leave for work.
He walked back into the kitchen to see Eponine loading the dishwasher. "I believe you have a ring I need" Enjolras leaned on the counter beside her with a smirk on his face.
"Are you sure you really need it back?" she asked holding her hands together with a pout on her face.
"You made the deal so hand it over or I'll be forced to take it" Enjolras placed his hands onto Eponine's hips, pulling her in front of him.
They have only been officially living together nine hours at the most and they're already acting like a couple, having a routine in the morning, while he showers, Eponine cooks breakfast for them both then he leaves for work and Eponine showers before heading back to her place before she is due to start work and it's beginning to scare Enjolras how they've managed to slip into each other lives so easily.
He knows he said he wanted to try having a real relationship with Eponine but he thought it would take them some time but it's as if they've been together for years and that would scare anybody let alone the one man who's never had a serious relationship in his entire life.
Eponine pretend to cry as she took the ring off her finger. "Goodbye my precious"
Enjolras took the ring out of her hand and slid it back into the box it came in and placed it into the inside pocket of his jacket. "This isn't lord of the rings"
"Shut up and by any chance did you do your tie with your eyes closed?" Eponine asked while straightening out his crooked tie.
"Ok I should be leaving now or else I'll be late, don't set fire to the flat while I'm gone"
Eponine faked a laugh as Enjolras pressed his lips onto hers, after a short but sweet kiss they pulled apart as Enjolras grabbed his bag again and headed towards the door.
"Wait" Eponine shouted while running out of the kitchen after him.
"What?" Enjolras asked halfway out of the door.
"I guess as we're trying this whole relationship thing I should say, have a good day at work honey and I'll see you later tonight when I get home and don't forget, don't make any plans for Saturday because you're helping me move" Eponine smiled scrunching her face up to show she was joking.
"I know it was my idea unless you've forgotten and I'll pick you up from work later so if I'm not there when you finish, wait for me" The last thing she heard from Enjolras was his laughter as the door slammed shut behind him before he waited for her to reply
Eponine laughed to herself as she headed back towards the kitchen to finish loading the dishwasher. Something told her that this marriage to Enjolras is going to be but she knows that she could love him at some point as each morning she wakes up to him, she falls a little more for him so what turned out to be a simple deal to give each of them what they wanted could turn into what Eponine has always wanted. A family with someone she loves.
Eponine closed the dishwasher and headed back towards the bedroom to shower before heading to her flat to start packing the little amount of things she owned.
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