The Diamond Star
Chapter 21: Will you...
Disclaimer: not mine...my stuff is mine though...does that make sense...?
Seto had decided to pop the question the day before Seraphim's birthday, which the gang had discovered was on December 16. She had forced everyone to PROMISE they would buy her a gift for Christmas and a separate gift for her birthday. She said it was "unfair that everyone else gets two presents but I only get one because my birthday is so close to Christmas."
"Seraphim?" Seto slid up to the half-angel as she stood in front of the oven, watching the cake she was baking.
"Yeah? What's up?" Seraphim replied, looking at Seto.
Seto stifled a giggle. Seraphim's face had white splotches on it from the flour used in the cake batter. He reached for a wet paper towel and wiped off her face. "That's better," Seto said, kissing Seraphim lightly.
"Thanks. So, what's up?" Seraphim asked again.
"Well, do you want to do something the day before your birthday? I mean, cause the guys are coming over for your actual birthday...and I thought we could do something special...just the two of us," Seto fidgeted uneasily. Even now, he couldn't quite grasp being the "perfect boyfriend", he always thought he had to be exactly what she wanted, or she'd turn away from him.
"I'd love to," Seraphim grinned, and kissed Seto on the nose. "Why do you have to be so tall?" Seraphim pouted, "I can't even reach your forehead!"
"Sorry," Seto chuckled, lifting her up so she was eye level to him. "Better?"
Seraphim nodded. "Did I ever tell you how much I love you?" she sighed.
"Mmm...yes, but tell me again," Seto replied.
"M'kay...I love you Seto Kaiba," Seraphim smiled.
"I love you too Seraphim Hoshino," Seto set her down and hugged her. "Always."
The night of the fifteenth, Seto and Seraphim got ready for their night out. Everyone was crashing at their place to watch a movie. But for now, the girls were all in Seraphim's room trying to help her get ready.
"Wear this!" Mai exclaimed, holding up a strapless scarlet dress.
Seraphim looked at it. "When did I get that?" she asked.
"Never, I brought it, just in case," Mai smiled.
"Um...it's too...red," Seraphim replied. She rummaged through her closet some more.
"This!" Shizuka pulled something out from the other end of the closet. It was a light silver dress, spaghetti strap, with tiny silver stars dotting it here and there. Seraphim tried it on. It hugged her body without being too tight, she whirled around once.
"Love it," she smiled. Everyone else nodded their approval.
"Now for shoes, hair, and make-up," Mai said business-like.
Pulling Seraphim over to a chair, Mai sat her down and pulled out a cosmetics bag. They decided to leave Seraphim's hair down. Mai brushed in some sliver glitter though. "You like sparkles right?" she had asked.
"And now..." Mai pulled out three shades of lipstick and a few eye shadow compacts. Thinking hard, Mai applied a blend of dark blue on the bottom, and silver on the top of Seraphim's eyelids. "Enough to be there, but not enough to be too much." A soft shimmery pink lip gloss completed Seraphim's face.
"You look great," Anzu smiled, holding up a pair of shoes.
They were silver, like the rest of her ensemble. Open-toed dress shoes, they had tiny stars cut out of the straps here and there. The shoes were shimmery, matching the rest of her outfit.
"You look great. You'll knock his socks off," Lillian giggled.
Downstairs, the guys were lounging about, commenting on Seto's appearance. He was wearing a dark green dress shirt and black slacks. He also wore black dress shoes.
"So dude, why did you plan this date?" asked Jou.
"Because I want to spend time with my girlfriend," Seto replied indignantly.
"But, Mary-Anne said-" Ryou began.
Seto immediately covered the English boy's mouth with his hand. "Mary-Anne said nothing."
Jou got in on the argument. "But Mai said-" He was silenced by a pillow.
"When we get back, we'll tell you," Seto said.
Everyone nodded, grumbling. They didn't want to be hit by a pillow in the face.
"And there's the lovely lady now," Honda looked up to the stairs.
Seto ran over to Seraphim. "You look good," he grinned.
"You look good too," Seraphim giggled. "Well...'let's blow this Popsicle stand!'"
Laughing, the happy couple left. "So, what's he gonna do?" asked Yuugi, as soon as they were out of earshot.
"He's going to propose," four voices piped up. Mai, Jou, Mary-Anne, and Ryou's to be precise.
"What?" Yuugi almost fell over. "Wow."
"What kind of ring did he get her?" Honda asked nonchalantly. It stood to reason all the girls were smiling to each other, the two other girls had told them the day the ring was bought.
"It's silver, with diamonds," Mary-Anne replied.
"She'll love it," Mai added.
"Can we watch the movie?" Jou complained.
"Yes Jou, we can watch the movie," Anzu plopped down on the couch and turned on the wide-screen TV. Everyone found a spot and they turned on the movie. That was the last any of them thought of the happy couple until the next morning.
Seto and Seraphim drove to a fancy little out-of-the-way restaurant by the ocean. It had an outdoor seating area where Seto had reservations for a private table for two. Leading Seraphim, they walked to a small gazebo, painted white, with morning glory vines growing over it.
"Wow Seto, this is really nice," Seraphim smiled, "thank you."
"No problem," Seto grinned back. Secretly, he almost wanted to run away. What if she said no? What if she didn't want to go that fast? What if...? What if...?
"Monsieur, Mademoiselle, may I take your order?" asked the waiter.
"Oh, yes please," Seto began. They both ordered and the waiter went away.
"Your drinks will be out in just a minute," he added before turning.
After the food and drinks came, the dinner was rather uneventful. Seto and Seraphim chatted about this and that. Seto told her she looked beautiful a couple times. Seraphim blushed madly and thanked him, replying that he didn't look to bad himself.
Finally, when dessert came, Seto decided he would ask Seraphim to walk with him on the beach. Then he would ask her to marry him.
"Seraphim?" Seto began.
Seraphim was positioned to put a spoonful of vanilla ice cream in her mouth. "Ha?" she replied.
Seto chuckled. She was so child-like sometimes. "Do you want to go for a walk on the beach before we go back?" he asked.
"Sure!" she exclaimed after swallowing her ice cream. "I'd love to." Grinning, Seraphim turned back to the task at hand, mainly, her ice cream.
Seto sighed and sipped is coffee. 'Now or never,' he told himself when Seraphim finally finished her dessert.
"Check please!" Seto flagged the waiter over.
"Thank you Monsieur, Mademoiselle, please come again soon," the waiter bowed them out of the restaurant.
Climbing over a wooden fence, Seto and Seraphim snuck to the coastline. They had left their shoes (and in Seto's case socks) in the car. Together they walked hand-in-hand, barefoot over the sand. Seraphim tilted her head so it rested against Seto's shoulder.
"It's so peaceful here," she commented, looking up at the stars.
"Yeah," Seto was fingering the ring in his pocket. 'Now or never, now or never, now or never,' he chanted to himself.
"I wish it could always be like this. you and me together...like this, just like it is right now?" Seraphim smiled at Seto. "Don't you think it would be nice? To live along here and come out every night to see the stars?"
"Yeah, it would be great," Seto's voice almost cracked, he was so nervous. "Um, Seraphim?" Seto asked hesitantly.
"Yes Seto?" Seraphim looked up at him. "What is it?"
"Um, would you...I mean...do you think you could..." Seto kicked himself mentally. 'This is not how it's supposed to work!' he told himself.
"Um...?" Seraphim was confused.
Sighing, Seto pulled the small box out of his pocket and, being very cliche, got down on one knee. Seraphim gasped. "Seto...?"
Taking a deep breath, Seto spoke, "Seraphim, will you marry me?"
Whee...i really like that one. I want a ring like that damnit! *sigh* not fair. Since I can't have one, i make one up. ^-^ yeah. anyhoo, review if you want to find out what Seraphim says.
Chapter 21: Will you...
Disclaimer: not mine...my stuff is mine though...does that make sense...?
Seto had decided to pop the question the day before Seraphim's birthday, which the gang had discovered was on December 16. She had forced everyone to PROMISE they would buy her a gift for Christmas and a separate gift for her birthday. She said it was "unfair that everyone else gets two presents but I only get one because my birthday is so close to Christmas."
"Seraphim?" Seto slid up to the half-angel as she stood in front of the oven, watching the cake she was baking.
"Yeah? What's up?" Seraphim replied, looking at Seto.
Seto stifled a giggle. Seraphim's face had white splotches on it from the flour used in the cake batter. He reached for a wet paper towel and wiped off her face. "That's better," Seto said, kissing Seraphim lightly.
"Thanks. So, what's up?" Seraphim asked again.
"Well, do you want to do something the day before your birthday? I mean, cause the guys are coming over for your actual birthday...and I thought we could do something special...just the two of us," Seto fidgeted uneasily. Even now, he couldn't quite grasp being the "perfect boyfriend", he always thought he had to be exactly what she wanted, or she'd turn away from him.
"I'd love to," Seraphim grinned, and kissed Seto on the nose. "Why do you have to be so tall?" Seraphim pouted, "I can't even reach your forehead!"
"Sorry," Seto chuckled, lifting her up so she was eye level to him. "Better?"
Seraphim nodded. "Did I ever tell you how much I love you?" she sighed.
"Mmm...yes, but tell me again," Seto replied.
"M'kay...I love you Seto Kaiba," Seraphim smiled.
"I love you too Seraphim Hoshino," Seto set her down and hugged her. "Always."
The night of the fifteenth, Seto and Seraphim got ready for their night out. Everyone was crashing at their place to watch a movie. But for now, the girls were all in Seraphim's room trying to help her get ready.
"Wear this!" Mai exclaimed, holding up a strapless scarlet dress.
Seraphim looked at it. "When did I get that?" she asked.
"Never, I brought it, just in case," Mai smiled.
"Um...it's too...red," Seraphim replied. She rummaged through her closet some more.
"This!" Shizuka pulled something out from the other end of the closet. It was a light silver dress, spaghetti strap, with tiny silver stars dotting it here and there. Seraphim tried it on. It hugged her body without being too tight, she whirled around once.
"Love it," she smiled. Everyone else nodded their approval.
"Now for shoes, hair, and make-up," Mai said business-like.
Pulling Seraphim over to a chair, Mai sat her down and pulled out a cosmetics bag. They decided to leave Seraphim's hair down. Mai brushed in some sliver glitter though. "You like sparkles right?" she had asked.
"And now..." Mai pulled out three shades of lipstick and a few eye shadow compacts. Thinking hard, Mai applied a blend of dark blue on the bottom, and silver on the top of Seraphim's eyelids. "Enough to be there, but not enough to be too much." A soft shimmery pink lip gloss completed Seraphim's face.
"You look great," Anzu smiled, holding up a pair of shoes.
They were silver, like the rest of her ensemble. Open-toed dress shoes, they had tiny stars cut out of the straps here and there. The shoes were shimmery, matching the rest of her outfit.
"You look great. You'll knock his socks off," Lillian giggled.
Downstairs, the guys were lounging about, commenting on Seto's appearance. He was wearing a dark green dress shirt and black slacks. He also wore black dress shoes.
"So dude, why did you plan this date?" asked Jou.
"Because I want to spend time with my girlfriend," Seto replied indignantly.
"But, Mary-Anne said-" Ryou began.
Seto immediately covered the English boy's mouth with his hand. "Mary-Anne said nothing."
Jou got in on the argument. "But Mai said-" He was silenced by a pillow.
"When we get back, we'll tell you," Seto said.
Everyone nodded, grumbling. They didn't want to be hit by a pillow in the face.
"And there's the lovely lady now," Honda looked up to the stairs.
Seto ran over to Seraphim. "You look good," he grinned.
"You look good too," Seraphim giggled. "Well...'let's blow this Popsicle stand!'"
Laughing, the happy couple left. "So, what's he gonna do?" asked Yuugi, as soon as they were out of earshot.
"He's going to propose," four voices piped up. Mai, Jou, Mary-Anne, and Ryou's to be precise.
"What?" Yuugi almost fell over. "Wow."
"What kind of ring did he get her?" Honda asked nonchalantly. It stood to reason all the girls were smiling to each other, the two other girls had told them the day the ring was bought.
"It's silver, with diamonds," Mary-Anne replied.
"She'll love it," Mai added.
"Can we watch the movie?" Jou complained.
"Yes Jou, we can watch the movie," Anzu plopped down on the couch and turned on the wide-screen TV. Everyone found a spot and they turned on the movie. That was the last any of them thought of the happy couple until the next morning.
Seto and Seraphim drove to a fancy little out-of-the-way restaurant by the ocean. It had an outdoor seating area where Seto had reservations for a private table for two. Leading Seraphim, they walked to a small gazebo, painted white, with morning glory vines growing over it.
"Wow Seto, this is really nice," Seraphim smiled, "thank you."
"No problem," Seto grinned back. Secretly, he almost wanted to run away. What if she said no? What if she didn't want to go that fast? What if...? What if...?
"Monsieur, Mademoiselle, may I take your order?" asked the waiter.
"Oh, yes please," Seto began. They both ordered and the waiter went away.
"Your drinks will be out in just a minute," he added before turning.
After the food and drinks came, the dinner was rather uneventful. Seto and Seraphim chatted about this and that. Seto told her she looked beautiful a couple times. Seraphim blushed madly and thanked him, replying that he didn't look to bad himself.
Finally, when dessert came, Seto decided he would ask Seraphim to walk with him on the beach. Then he would ask her to marry him.
"Seraphim?" Seto began.
Seraphim was positioned to put a spoonful of vanilla ice cream in her mouth. "Ha?" she replied.
Seto chuckled. She was so child-like sometimes. "Do you want to go for a walk on the beach before we go back?" he asked.
"Sure!" she exclaimed after swallowing her ice cream. "I'd love to." Grinning, Seraphim turned back to the task at hand, mainly, her ice cream.
Seto sighed and sipped is coffee. 'Now or never,' he told himself when Seraphim finally finished her dessert.
"Check please!" Seto flagged the waiter over.
"Thank you Monsieur, Mademoiselle, please come again soon," the waiter bowed them out of the restaurant.
Climbing over a wooden fence, Seto and Seraphim snuck to the coastline. They had left their shoes (and in Seto's case socks) in the car. Together they walked hand-in-hand, barefoot over the sand. Seraphim tilted her head so it rested against Seto's shoulder.
"It's so peaceful here," she commented, looking up at the stars.
"Yeah," Seto was fingering the ring in his pocket. 'Now or never, now or never, now or never,' he chanted to himself.
"I wish it could always be like this. you and me together...like this, just like it is right now?" Seraphim smiled at Seto. "Don't you think it would be nice? To live along here and come out every night to see the stars?"
"Yeah, it would be great," Seto's voice almost cracked, he was so nervous. "Um, Seraphim?" Seto asked hesitantly.
"Yes Seto?" Seraphim looked up at him. "What is it?"
"Um, would you...I mean...do you think you could..." Seto kicked himself mentally. 'This is not how it's supposed to work!' he told himself.
"Um...?" Seraphim was confused.
Sighing, Seto pulled the small box out of his pocket and, being very cliche, got down on one knee. Seraphim gasped. "Seto...?"
Taking a deep breath, Seto spoke, "Seraphim, will you marry me?"
Whee...i really like that one. I want a ring like that damnit! *sigh* not fair. Since I can't have one, i make one up. ^-^ yeah. anyhoo, review if you want to find out what Seraphim says.