Chapter 14
"Oh Lu Ten!" Rui exclaimed. Rui had opened her eyes to find herself on a small cliff, overlooking a beautiful waterfall, right under a rainbow. Because the sun was at its highest point, it created a bright and clear rainbow for all too see. Rui's eyes filled with tears of happiness.
"Yes?" he answered innocently. She pounced on him in a strangling hug. Lu Ten laughed and hugged her back tightly. Rui pulled back from the hug for a moment to press her lips to his.
"It's beautiful – thank you." She smiled at him. Lu Ten grinned.
"The surprise isn't over, let me tell you," he said slyly, his eyes twinkling. Rui thought – for a second – that she had seen a small flash of nervousness, but when she didn't see it again, she just brushed it of as a figment of her imagination. She smiled at him.
"Let me guess – I have to close my eyes?" she said, knowingly. Lu Ten just nodded, grinning. Rui sighed in mock annoyance and closed her eyes, the sides of her mouth twitching.
Lu Ten took a deep breath before getting down on one knee, taking a box out of his inside pocket as he did so. He opened the box to reveal a glittering diamond ring. There was a medium sized diamond placed in the middle of a white gold ring that had an inscription in it.
"Rui," Lu Ten began. Rui opened her eyes and gasped when she saw Lu Ten and the ring. "I love you. You are my life, and I will die without you. I miss you every single moment you are not in front of my eyes, and I constantly try to think of ways to hear your tinkling laugh. You are beautiful, inside and out. And even when you have become old, you will still be beautiful to me; you will still be the only star in my sky – the star that lights up my World, and, today, I ask you, Rui Crystal Xiao, will you be a part of my World for the rest of our existence? Will you marry me?" Lu Ten looked up at Rui, his eyes wide and hopeful. He saw a single tear slip down his Love's face, before her face broke out into a wide smile.
"Of course I will!" she exclaimed, pouncing on him so they both fell to the ground in a heap. They just stayed like that for a few minutes, looking into each other's eyes, before Ruiwhispered, "thank you," and pressed her lips to his cheek. Lu Ten laughed.
"I think I should be the one saying that to you." Rui laughed as Lu Ten kissed her temple and whispered, "I love you."
Rui snuggled into his chest and whispered back, "I love you too."