Eiri finally finished the dishes. When he walked into the living room where Shuichi was, Shuichi immediately ran over to him and gave him the puppy eyes. Eiri just sighed and said, "Shuichi, please sit down on the couch." Shuichi gave Eiri a curious look but did what he was told. "Shuichi, there is something I need to tell you." Eiri could start to feel the tension in the room and so could Shuichi.
"Eiri, just say what you have to say," said Shuichi hoping that this would help his lover be able to say it sooner. "What ever it is, just say."
Eiri was starting to sweat. "Shuichi, I…I…I lo…uh." Shuichi was on the edge of the couch and was about to fall over. Eiri reached into his pocket and grabbed out the case with the ring in it, handed it to Shuichi, and said, "Here. This is for you." Shuichi took the box and stared at it with amazement. He had known that Eiri was going to do this and thought he was emotionally ready for it, but wasn't. Eiri watched as Shuichi sat like a statue staring at the box. He started getting annoyed that Shuichi hadn't opened it and nervous and the same time. He wanted Shuichi to open it so he could get this weight of his chest. He wanted Shuichi to know how he felt but Shuichi just sat there dumbstruck. Eiri finally said to Shuichi, "Would you just open it already, you baka."
Shuichi did so but very slowly. Trying to take all of it in at once was very hard for him to do. When he finally opened all the way, he started crying tears of happiness and said, "Oh, Yuki." It was the most beautiful ring that he had ever seen in his life. It had his favorite stone, rubies, and had the most wonderful design. He then noticed the engravement on the inside. He couldn't believe his eyes. Eiri had never written something like this down before, let alone said it. Shuichi was in shock.
Eiri smiled at his lover's reaction. He looked at Shuichi and said, "Shuichi." Shuichi looked up and Eiri say the tears in his eyes. "What is written is how I feel. It is how I have felt for a long time and I felt that it was time that you knew. So, Shuichi, will…will," He couldn't say the words. They were on the tip of his tongue, but yet he couldn't say them. He knew that this is what he wanted to do. He has wanted this for a while. He wants Shuichi to legally belong all to him. So he tried again. "Shuichi, will you…will you…will you mar…ry me?"
Shuichi wanted to faint. He had been expecting this as well, but it still hit him like a ton of bricks. He was speechless. He knew in his heart that this is what he wanted. He wanted to yell 'Yes!' to him, but was still in awe. He knew that he had better say something quick or Eiri might take it back. So he said the first thing that came to mind. He said, "Only if you say the words 'I love you' first."
This is not what Eiri was expecting. He wanted Shuichi to marry him and knew that he would have to say these words sooner or later. So, it might as well happen now. So, nervously he said, "Shuichi, I…I lo…I love…I love you." Eiri then thought that it wasn't as bad as he had thought.
Shuichi, on the other hand, feel off the couch. He didn't think that Eiri would actually say it. He didn't think that, Eiri, his Eiri, the person he loved more than anything, would actually say those words. Those words he had been longing to hear. Those words that meant more to him, coming out of his lover's lips, than anyone else's. So Shuichi took a deep breath, stood up, looked Eiri right in the eyes and said, "I love you too, and I will marry you." Both of them were now dumbstruck. Both didn't think that the other would say what they did. So they both smiled at each other.
Eiri took the box with the ring off the couch. He took the ring out of the box, and placed it on Shuichi's finger. While doing so he said, "I love you Shuichi. More than anything." Shuichi wanted to melt. He couldn't move. But he didn't have to. After Eiri said this, he kissed Shuichi with more passion than ever before. Shuichi again felt like melting. For another thing that he wanted, was about to happen.