Hey everyone! I hope everyone is well! I'm going to try my best to have this fanfic done by the 24th- I'm flying to my hometown for christmas, and then helping my significant other move out here, so i will be busy from the 24th until January 1st. So I want to try and get it done before then. Here's hoping- I don't want to keep you guys waiting too long!

Thank you for sticking with me through it all 3

I do not own MM!

I walked alongside Jade and Saeyoung as they browsed amongst the store windows- now that it was the very end of January, it was getting very close to their due date. They told me about the pregnancy in August- at that point Jade was already around a month and a half along. They had finished the preparations for the baby's room, opting to have a daytime room in place of what used to be a storage room, and have the baby sleep in their bedroom to make it easier in case it woke up at night.

I had wanted to spend the day curled up in bed, as I had a lot on my mind as of late- Yoosung's birthday was coming up soon- in a little over a month, to be exact. I had been racking my brain trying to think of what to give him, and I had come up with several ideas, but nothing seemed like enough, nothing had the amount of gravity that I wanted, and I had no idea what to do.

"So," Saeyoung's voice broke the silence in the air, startling me a bit, "Yoosung's birthday is coming up. What are you thinking about getting him?"

I cursed inwardly, rolling my eyes as once again, he read my mind. I sighed, shoving my hands into my pockets, staring at the sidewalk in front of me.

"...I don't know."

"You haven't thought about it?" He raised an eyebrow at me quizzically, and I blushed, darting my eyes away again.

"I have."

"And?"

I stopped walking, annoyed with how he was pestering me, knowing he was doing it on purpose.

"... I dont know."

A smirk spread on his lips, a knowing twinkle in his eye as he looked me over.

"Ahh, so you mean you don't know if you should."

I shrugged, rubbing my neck awkwardly, wishing he would just stop staring at me.

"I guess."

He nodded, beaming at me, patting my shoulder gently.

"I get you."

I shrugged his hand off, glaring at him under the line of my bangs. Jade stared at us both, her brows tied together in clear confusion, pointing to the side gingerly.

"Um, I'm going to go look in here for a bit, okay?" She left quickly, clearly seeing Saeyoung wanted to talk to me alone, and she had no idea what we were talking about.

"We'll be here!" Saeyoung waved her off, a bright grin on his face as he watched her leave, whipping his gaze back to me as soon as she disappeared inside the store, the knowing smirk from before quickly replacing his smile, a single eyebrow raised at me in anticipation.

"So."

I looked off to the side, glaring as Saeyoung side-stepped, following my line of vision, "So?"

He smiled at me, shaking his head at my annoyance.

"I think I can take a wild guess as to what you were thinking of getting him, Saeran."

I scuffed the snow by my feet- most of it had begun to melt already, only small patches of it strayed about on the ground. I kicked at it gently, glaring down at my feet.

"Yeah, well..."

"What are you worried about?"

I sighed, staring up at him, dropping my annoyed front- secretly I had wanted to talk to him about this- as much as he annoyed me incessantly, I knew that he was the only one who would be able to listen to me without judgement, and understand my feelings about the situation. I looked at him nervously, wringing my hands in front of me in an attempt to quell the anxious sensations forming inside my heart.

"... Isn't it too soon? We've only been together just barely over a year..."

He smiled at me widely, shaking his head as he laughed.

"I asked Jade to marry me a month after meeting her."

I sighed loudly, rubbing my forehead, closing my eyes tightly.

"Yeah, that's true, but... I just..."

Saeyoung pulled my hand away from my face, holding it gently in his, his teasing demeanour completely gone, the look on his face completely genuine.

"Saeran, Yoosung is crazy about you. You're also his first real love- I can almost guarantee that he would be ecstatic if you asked him to marry you."

I stared at his hand in mine, holding it firmly, an act of reassurance. I sighed, squeezing his hand back gently, a silent thank you, one I still couldn't quite voice.

"I just don't know how I should do it. He's done so much for me, and I just... Want it to be something he'll cherish. He deserves that."

He stretched his arms behind his back, looking up to the sky contemplatively.

"Hmm. I would recommend a trip, but you did that as a Christmas gift," I nodded at his point, sighing to myself at the frustration of not knowing what to do. He smiled at me again, placing his hand on my shoulder gently, gazing at me earnestly, "I think that whatever you decide will make him happy- Yoosung is easy to please, for one."

I smiled a bit, looking at the ground again.

"That's true."

He continued to smile at me, giving my shoulder a gentle squeeze.

"I'm proud of you."

I tilted my head at him, genuinely confused at his words- I didn't think I had done anything particularly worthy of pride.

"For what?"

"You've come so far since we got you out of Mint Eye," I could see his eyes watering behind his glasses, his face full of so many emotions as he continued, "I'm just really proud of you for that."

I blushed a bit, nodding slowly, staring at the ground between us.

"Thank you... For not giving up on me."

He pinched my cheeks, tilting my head side to side as he grinned.

"How could I give up on my adorable little brother?!"

I smacked his hands away, glaring at him harshly, "I will murder you."

Jade appeared from behind him, a concerned smile on her face as she walked towards us.

"Um, did I miss something..?"

And that's all for this chapter! Poor Jade... She'll never understand the twin's and their antics.

~Pixil-8