He glares balefully at the inadequate amount of money in his hand.
Despite having lived for quite a bit longer than the average human being did not mean he had an endless supply of gold and jewels locked away somewhere at his disposal. He'd been busy purchasing new equipment and top of the line medical text books to see if there was anything he had missed in his own research.
Now, it seemed all of the heavy spending was coming back to bite him. Hard.
His gaze trailed forlornly to the lovely golden band sitting on the front display of the jeweler's shop, just waiting for someone to come and purchase it for their hopefully-soon-to-be-fiancé.
He was at least one hundred dollars short of getting it.
Damn it.
He checked his pocket watch again, afraid of missing the time. Tonight had already been planned perfectly, down to the last detail; it wouldn't do for him to be late.
He still had time, but he most certainly didn't have the money.
'This is what you get for waiting to buy the ring until the last second,' the part of his brain that was not an idiot pointed out oh-so-helpfully.
'Shut up,' he replied.
There was no time; if he wanted to make it home in time to get ready, he'd have to buy a ring now.
His eyes slid from the golden ring to a much plainer silver band, with a smaller diamond stuck in place. It was nothing special, just a casual ring that could be given as a present instead of an engagement gift.
It would have to do.
(Of course, it never really mattered what color it was; the moment she saw it, she burst into tears and pulled him into the tightest hug he could ever recall receiving.)
A/N: I promised myself I'd do something about his proposal to her; and I did. Enjoy the fluffy cuteness; more coming soon!
~Persephone