A month had passed since that incident. Ozone still continued to go to a bar every once in a while. But he kept his word. He made sure that he was sober around Tiberius. Sadly, it didn't seem like it was enough. The hawk knew that the cat was drinking yet he never said a word about it. He just looked disappointed.
Luckily, Ozone believed he had a solution to that.
Hopping up the fire escape two steps at a time, Ozone got up on the roof just as the sun went down. He smiled when he saw Tiberius there. The old bird had been watching the sunset. When he saw Ozone, he got up and walked over. The pair greeted each other with a warm hug and a loving kiss.
"What took you so long? I was getting worried," Tiberius rasped. Ozone looked up at his lover. He could already tell that the hawk was thinking that he had been out drinking again. Luckily, he hadn't today. Instead, he had been getting something for the both of them. It was currently in the plastic bag he had brought with him. The cat pulled out some Chinese takeout he swiped from a local restaurant as he remarked, "Hungry?"
"Aw… thank you," Tiberius replied. The hawk smiled softly while his worries, for the time being, drifted away in the cool night breeze. Ozone grinned as he passed out the food. Sitting down beside each other in the doorway of the shed, the two lovers ate their dinner and talked about their day. All the while, Ozone had another surprise up his sleeve. He waited patiently for the right moment.
A second or two after the pair finished their dinner, Ozone finally blurted out to Tiberius, "Will you marry me?"