By Chance

I miss you...

===3==

"What?" they asked in unison. Dean turned red and looked down at the table while Castiel raised a brow with a smug look on his face. Balthazar smiled slightly at the reaction of the two men.This could be Cassy's second chance,he thought to himself and smiled thoughtfully.

"Um," Dean started after he tore his away from the table and cleared his throat, "Castiel, do you wanna have lunch tomorrow?" he asked, hope was very evident in his voice.

"Dean," Castiel started. He sighed and glanced down on the table and licked his lower lip and formed a thin line. He looked back at Dean's hopeful expression. "I told you before, I—"

"Not interested, I know. Just, lunch, as friends?" he stated, his voice was getting smaller by the second.

Castiel find it hard to reject this time because he looked like a little puppy that has been soaked under the cold rain that needed shelter. But Castiel remembered what he told himself after Michael died. No more commitments, no more relationship with men, just same old dirty games with beautiful women. Just like in middle school and highschool.

Just before Castiel could decline once more, Balthazar intruded. "Of course he would love to. Won't you Cassy?" Castiel turned to glare at his friend. It was a very intense glare. If looks can kill, Balthazar might have died a hundred times by now. But, Balthazar's immunity to his friend's glare led him to continue his little rant. "What do you say about twelve o'clock at Central Park?" he asked with a wide grin, already planning for Castiel and Dean.

"Sure. Okay." He replied to Balthazar. He didn't bother to look at Castiel, feeling Castiel's glare on him. Or maybe he was imagining it. Anyways, Castiel did remain silent. Silence means yes, right?

A few more chit chats later, Castiel looked at his wrist watch then at Gabriel. "I have to take the idiot home. He has a twenty four hour shift ahead at the hospital." He said as he stood up. He looked at Dean and Balthazar apologetically then grabbed his stuff and started to walk away.

"Wait Cassy!" Balthazar called out. Castiel turned back to look at his friend and tilted his head in confusion. "You didn't get Dean's number." His brows finally furrowed at Balthazar's statement.

"There's no need." He replied bleakly turned away once more. He might ditch Dean anyway, make up some lame excuse if ever they see each other again.

"I'll give him your number then." Balthazar said plainly and cheerfully. This caught Castiel's attention. He turned once more and glared at his friend. His face saying you're a dead man after this.

"Fine." He said and then finally walked to his brother without anymore intrusion.

===3==

"Gabe, you have a twenty-four hour shift in ten hours. I need to get you home." He said as he reached Gabriel and Sam.

"Oh c'mon lil' bro. Just a little more time; please?" he replied, giving a puppy dog eye. He sighed lightly and looked at Sam who seemed to be giving him the same looks. He sighed heavily and thought for a while.

"Okay. Ten minutes. If you're not in the car within that time span, I'll either drag you out of here or go home alone and lock all the doors and windows and place heavy tables behind them so you can't get in at all, understood?"

"Yes sir!" Gabriel replied cheerfully. "Thanks Castiel."

Castiel smiled at his brother and started to walk away. He went out into the parking lot to get to his car. He stared at the car with extremely sad eyes. It was Michael's before it became his' anyway. It just to be fixed and repainted and it was as good as the day before the accident. Staring at the car thoughtfully, he had a major flash back of what happened that day; 28th of August year 2006...

Castiel was awakened by Michael's lips trailing sweet soft kisses on his neck. His eyes fluttered open and saw two beautiful chocolate brown eyes staring down at his sky like blue eyes. He smiled fondly at the man above him and gently kissed his lips.

"Good morning, angel face." Michael teased when they parted slightly. Castiel snorted at his statement and kissed him again—deeper this time—as he wrapped his arms around Michael's neck and pulled him on top of him. Michael supported his weight by resting his hands on the bed keeping Castiel's head in between. Michael smiled at the kiss and reluctantly pulled away a few centimetres, breathing heavily. He rested his forehead on Castiel's, breathing evening out, and slowly opened his eyes to find two beautiful blue eyes staring at him. Those eyes were filled with joy and love.

Michael leaned back down to press a light kiss on Castiel's lips once more. "Happy birthday Cas." He said fondly then gently—and teasingly—bit the tip of Castiel's nose. Castiel, in return, wrinkled his nose a little and smiled back at Michael. Michael slowly got off of Castiel and stood beside the bed as he gave his hand out to Castiel. Castiel took it as he was pulled by Michael off the bed.

Michael put a quick kiss on Castiel's nose after the younger man got up. "Go take a shower. I'll cook breakfast." He said and turned to go to the kitchen. Castiel did as he was told and got out for breakfast. Michael was one hell of a chef. He can make one healthy meal extremely mouth watering. Castiel on the other hand knows very little when it comes to doing anything related to household chores. All he knew to do was clean the house. Laundry was always taken care of by the laundry shop and cooking was done by either Lucifer or Gabriel—but now it was just Gabriel doing all the cooking back at home.

Castiel saw Michael finishing up breakfast on the counter—his back facing him. He slowly and quietly got behind Michael and wrapped his arms around him. Michael grinned at Castiel's action, not even startled by the arms around his waist, and continued finishing breakfast.

After he finished making breakfast, he turned around to face the young man and cupped his face with his hands. He leaned down to kiss him gently. He pulled back with smile as one of his hands moved back to Castiel's hair and the other remained cupping his face. "Let's eat breakfast and I'll be taking you somewhere today." He said with a smile as Castiel tilted his head in confusion. He kissed him again gently and took their food on the table; Castiel followed him and sat down next to him.

They finished breakfast quickly because of Michael's excitement.

===3==

They got out of the apartment, Michael pulling Castiel excitedly. "I thought it was my birthday. Why are you the one being so excited?" Castiel teased Michael with a shy smile.

"Because," he started as he stepped in front of Castiel to face him and bit his lower lip, "just because. Trust me, okay?" he said simply with a sheepish grin on his face. Castiel eyed his boyfriend for a while and placed soft, chaste kiss on his lips. He nodded a little with a smile as Michael smiled widely and basically dragged Castiel into his car.

"So," Castiel started, "Can you give me some clues on where you're taking me?" he asked, hopeful.

"Nope. It's a surprise." He said with a grin and glanced back at Castiel and took his hand on his free one. "You'll love it."

"Fine." He replied in defeat.

Their drive took about an hour and they just talked as they drive. Soon enough, Michael pulled into the parking lot of a huge arena.

"Where are we Mike?" Castiel asked as they got off the car.

"Just wait and see." Michael pulled off that confident smile once more as he put his arm around Castiel's shoulders. Castiel tilted his head in confusion but went along with Michael.

As they got inside, lights suddenly went on, giving them a well lit path. Castiel was slightly shocked but recovered quickly. They got deeper into the building. They reached the center and Castiel saw Balthazar with a few other men—who seemed to be a part of their school's baseball team—beside him. All of a sudden, the men went around and positioned themselves in three layers. They all showed plaque cards, each having a single letter. The top layer showed the letters H-A-P-P-Y in order. The second one showed the letters B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y while the last one showed the letters C-A-S-T-I-E-L.

Castiel's eyes widened with surprise and seemed to be holding his breath.

"Breathe Cas." Michael, from his left, leaned down to whisper to his ear. Suddenly, two men ran out from behind the group that was holding the plaque cards. They came out from the two directions and went to the center to run in front of Castiel. A wide smile was painted on their faces. They both kneeled on the ground and each pulled out a box, each with a necklace inside. The one on Castiel's left, a =CC= pendant was hanging. On his right, a =MM= pendant was hanging. Castiel looked up at Michael who was looking fondly at him. He released Castiel for a while and took the box that was right in front him and nodded his thanks to the man. He carefully opened the box and took the necklace out of it as he put the box in his jacket's pocket. He faced Castiel once more and put the necklace around his neck. Castiel looked down the necklace as Michael put it on him. He looked up back at him and smiled. Castiel then face the man right in front of him and took the box. He whispered thank you to him and did the exact same thing Michael did.

Michael pulled Castiel into a deep kiss. He slowly pulled away, hands still on Castiel's waist. He smiled widely at him and bit his bottom lip. Reluctantly, he removed his hands from Castiel's waist and took his and Castiel's pendant on his hands. He put the two pendants together with a click. Castiel was amazed at what he saw and smiled very fondly at Michael.

"No matter in what situation we're in, no matter where we are, we'll always fit perfectly together, like this." He said as he leaned back down to kiss the smaller man. They both smiled in the kiss until they heard a loud cheer from the group. Castiel flushed, realizing that they forgot those people.

"We're also here to play Cas." Michael said, looking back at his lover.

Castiel's eyes shone brightly at what Michael said. He has always been a fan of baseball but never got the chance to try out for he was already too busy with basketball, his academic subjects and with Michael. "Really?" he asked enthusiastically. Michael simply kissed the tip of his nose and led the way.

They spent almost half of the day playing. Both of them were soaked with sweat. It was a good thing that Michael took care of everything. He got them clothes and went to the shower room to take a shower.

After they got cleaned, he took Castiel back to the car and drove out of the parking lot.

"Mike. Um, home is that way." Castiel pointed out, looking at the opposite direction.

"I know Cas. Did you really think that was over?" he said as he grinned, glancing at Castiel for a little while. Castiel shrugged, not knowing what to say. "Just trust me, okay?" he said with a smile as he carefully reached for Castiel's hand once more.

After driving for almost three hours, Michael woke Castiel up by kissing him lightly on his lips and whispering, 'we're here Cas.'

Castiel reluctantly fluttered his eyes open to see Michael's beautiful chocolate brown eyes. "Hi." He said groggily, voice still tainted with sleep.

"Come on, get up. You have to see this." Michael said as he took Castiel's hand and closed the car's door behind them. They were in an empty beach and Castiel grinned widely. Michael led him to a stair which led to the top of the light house. When they reached the top, Castiel saw a table with two chairs facing each other. A candle was lit in the middle. There were food on both sides which were covered with metal covers. Michael led Castiel to his seat and went around to sit on the one across Castiel.

They ate in peace as they talked about everything. The sun was starting to set on the horizon. Michael took Castiel's hand and led him near the window to watch the sun go down.

Michael let out a shaky breath as he watched Castiel from the corner of his eye. He slowly reached down his pocket where a black box was hiding. Castiel was too busy watching the sunset to notice what Michael was doing.

Just before the sun set down completely, Michael got down on one knee. Castiel was caught off guard and stared at Michael, his head tilted to his right in confusion.

"Castiel Angelo Collin," he started as he showed the box and opened it slowly to reveal a simple silver ring with two angel wings on both sides. "Will marry me?"

Castiel's mouth hung open; his mind processing the words that came out of Michael's lips. He got out of his trance and tackled Michael, causing both of them to fall on the floor.

"So," Michael started hesitantly, "is that a yes?" he asked, more hopeful than he thought.

"Of course it's a yes!" he said and pulled back a little. He leaned in closer and kissed Michael slowly and gently. Michael placed his free behind Castiel's head to pull him closer and deepen the kiss. When they were both running out of air they pulled away. Michael carefully took the ring out of the box and slipped it to Castiel's finger.

===3==

Castiel snapped out of the memory as he felt his cheeks wet with tears. He didn't realize that he has been crying at all. He wiped the tears away with the back of his hand and sniffed a little.

"God, Michael. I miss you so much." He whispered in the air as he shut his eyes close, tears rushing down his cheeks, to his chin and down to the ground.

Very very quick AN. Please, please do read...

So, castielXdean would be 'destiel', samXgabriel would be 'sabriel', samXdean would be 'wincest' (i don't really know or care about the rest), what would castielXmichael be? If they already have a name for their pair up, PM me. If they don't, still, PM me. We might start this new pair up. By the end of the final chapter ya'll will know what it will be (unless there is one already).

Thanks so much for the time guys! :)

Love ya'll! :D