It took a bit of convincing towards her own manager to be able to break away from practice to be able to make the show. But with her famous puppy dog eyes and a freshly baked slice of bread from the bakery near her dorm that he enjoys frequently, it wasn't that much of a problem.

"Oh it's more than alright Seoah. The boys are due to have a short break here soon anyway. They've been going hard nonstop since early this morning, so there's no harm in having a bit to rest," The older man glanced down at her and gave her a quick nod of approval, his eyes crinkling as she smiled back at him.

Her heart picked up a bit of speed as the two of them entered through the door that lead further into the backstage area, the sound of the music and the voices of the boys blaring from the main stage and echoing off the walls of the empty building. Many other staff members raced past them tidying up the space, moving set pieces and talking amongst each other to prepare for the upcoming fanmeeting. It was an experience she knew all too well. The chaos, the nerves, and comotion. But at the same time, she felt a bit out of place as many of the SM staff members she wasn't that famailiar with stared at her out of confusion and curosity.

"Their dressing room is just this way if you want to wait in there or you are more than welcome to the main stage," He gestured with his hand towards the flaps leading up the stairs to reach the back of the stage.

Fiddling with the present in her hands, she jutted her thumb towards the dressing room, "I'm going to put this in there and then go up if that's aright?"

"Sure thing," The man nodded his head with a smile before heading up the steps and out of sight.

Turning on her heels, Tori made her way to their dressing room in a few short steps, twisting the handle and poking her head in the room despite there being no one present. Stepping inside of the room, she hurridly placed the gift box down on the coffee table next to the jacket she knew all too well to belong to Jeno before making her way out of the room and making her way towards the main stage.

She poked her head up a little higher above the stage like a meerkat before she walked the rest of the staircase to the main stage, not wanting to be spotted by either of the guys before she had the chance to surprise them. A grin painted her lips when she spotted Jeno with his back turned, fixing his ear piece and talking with the sound manager on the main floor. Her eyes danced around the stage not seeing Jaemin anywhere in sight and knew it was her time to make a dash for it.

It was hard to contain her giggles as she approached Jeno from behind, clasping her hands behind her back as she slowly walked up enough for him to back up right into her, just barely missing stepping on her foot in the process.

"Ah, sorry noona I didn't mean to bump into you," Jeno apologized immediately as he turned his head slightly and reached behind to steady the girl, his name banner crinkled against his shirt as he turned abruptly and gave her a bow, "I'll be more mindful next time of where I step."

Tori's hand flew to her mouth trying its best to contain her laughter, seemingly ruining her cover as Jeno picked his head up and stood upright.

"Wow, you're really deep in work mode if you didn't even notice me."

"Angel!" The mic pack was long forgotten as Jeno reached forward and cupped her face between his hands, tilting her face upwards and kissing her on the lips a few times, "What are you doing here?"

"Well I know you guys are super busy preparing for this fanmeet, but I wanted to surprise you," She admitted sheepishly, pulling her bottom lip in with her teeth as his eyebrows jumped a bit clearly caught off guard.

"You did a great job," He barked out a laugh as he wiped a hand across his sweaty forehead, pulling her in for a longer kiss.

"I'd give you a hug but you're kinda sweaty," Tori playfully grimaced as she tried to pull away.

A squeal left her mouth as Jeno wrapped his arms around her waist, lifting her up and spinning her around all while rubbing his face on her cardigan, "What, you don't love me? Enjoy all my hardworking sweat."

Now oblivious to the world around them, Jeno's manager went unnoticed by the couple until the older man cleared his throat, smiling a bit when Jeno looked up and let Tori down on the floor.

"Ah Manager-nim-," Jeno started but his manager held up his hand for the younger to wait.

The older man looked at his watch before giving him a smile, "I think it's a good time for you boys to enjoy a break."

"And this is the stage setup," Jeno pointed out the different parts of the stage, his other hand clasped with Tori's as the pair walked slowly downstage. The arena was brightly lit up as the staff walked the floor arranging the seats in proper order while others were running the lighting cues. Tori's eyes flicked upwards towards the ceiling at a few of the staff rigging up the inflatable Dreamiez character ballons above the small stage, yelling down towards the floor if the position was correct and in line with each other. "Ooo I'm in love with those," Tori pointed towards the balloons, "Taking notes for our next fanmeeting. I want a giant Pip-guin balloon just for my dorm."

"I hope the fans like it, it was sort of a last minute thing between us and the team to include something like that."

"Everyone's going to love it," Tori smiled and squeezed his hand in encouragement, leaning her head on his shoulder as they walked, "I'm glad I could make it to watch you guys."

"I'm surprised you even came. Didn't you guys have practice today?" Jeno pouted his lips as he guided Tori to stand in front of him, clasping his hands behind her and resting them on the small of her back.

A grin made it's way to Tori's lips as she leaned forward and pecked his chin, "I may have pulled a few strings. Manager-nim wasn't too thrilled of me missing practice nor were the members. Seonghwa-oppa was scolding me a bit but-".

Jeno snorted pressing his lips to hers fully effectively shutting her up from rambling, pulling her closer towards his body as he mumbled against her lips, "Yah, who cares what they think?"

"Hey, be nice," Tori pulled back slightly and furrowed her eyebrows at him playfully before pecking his lips again.

"Aish, no making out on the stage please," A familiar voice cut through the air and pulled the two apart. Tori leaned up on her toes to peek over Jeno's shoulder at Jaemin taking out his in-ears with a cocky grin on his lips, "If you're gonna start fondling each other, please at least use the broom closet and spare us innocent civilians."

Jeno rolled his eyes as Tori pulled away from him and bounded over towards Jaemin, throwing her arms around his neck and giving him a big hug. The taller enclosed her with his arms and picked her up a bit off the floor before setting her down gently. It had been a while since she had last seen him with both being extremely busy, but he was still the same old Jaemin that she knew. Sly and cocky but loveable and charming at the same time.

"You're such a little shit," Tori nudged his shoulder playfully with her hand before ruffling his hair. He nudged her back while messing her hair up as well, a huge grin plastered to his lips. It was a very brother-sister dynamic between the two of them.

"Didn't think we'd see you here," Jaemin shoved a hand into his back pocket and pouted his lips pitifully towards the girl, "Being that you never replied to my message about coming."

"I did so reply," Tori defended, punching him in the arm, "And to make matters worse, you responded back to me."

Jaemin gasped dramatically, grabbing the area Tori punched like his arm was going to shrivel up and fall off. He shook his head at her comment, fishing for his phone in his back pocket to prover her otherwise, "I definitely did not."

Tori crossed her arms over her chest with a smirk to her lips knowing full well she was going to win this argument.

After a few moments of the boy searching his text messages, he slowly slid his phone back into his pocket and threw his hands behind his head, eyes scrunched and grinning from ear to ear, "Oh wow, would you look at the time. It's time for me to exit. I need to piss real bad."

Jaemin turned on his heels and scrambled back downstage, disappearing through the curtains like he was never there in the first place.

"That little-," Tori started and was ready to chase after him but she was pulled back into Jeno's embrace, her back hitting his chest with a thud as the man wrapped his arms around her frame tightly and nuzzled his nose into the side of her head, "Go after him another time. Let's spend the last of this break in the dressing room, just you and me."

As soon as the two made it into the dressing room, Jeno flopped down onto the couch with a groan, eyes closed and puffing out a breath of air as his head thumped against the back of the couch. Tori laughed into her hand as she slid her purse off of her shoulder and hung it on the coat rack by the door. Jeno peeked an eye open at her, grinning as he used the index and middle finger on his right hand to beckon her over, "Quit laughing at me and come over here, I've missed you."

Just like a little mouse, Tori's footsteps were quiet and delicate as she moved closer to the couch, "You saw me yesterday."

"Yeah but I miss you," He emphazized reaching out for her hand, thumb rubbing over her knuckles as his eyes gazed up at her pleading and full of want. She knew what he was referring to but a thousand thoughts raced to her mind almost immediately. There were a ton of staff walking about the building, who knows who could be lerking out in the hallway or god forbid come into the room for something.

"Are you sure this is okay? What if someone walks in or Jaemin shows up?," Tori mumbled as Jeno pulled her onto his lap, her thighs bracketing his as he sat back on the couch. Her hands pressed down onto his abdomen and his hands instinctively held onto her thighs, thumbs rubbing at the exposed skin beneath her skirt.

"Will you quit worrying. You're always thinking too much. Jaemin won't be in for a bit and then they'll probably call him first to get his makeup touched up since they found him first," Jeno countered her concern as he shook his head, leaning up to captured her mouth with his, tilting her head a bit to deepen the kiss before pulling back slightly and resting his forehead against hers, "And besides, that's on them for not knocking."

He brought his hand up and held onto her jaw with his rough and calloused hand, closing the space between them once again, deepening the kiss as they continued. The room was a bit dim, only being lit by the lighting fixture above the mirror shoved off on the other side of the room.

Tori could tell that Jeno was riled up by the obvious tent in his sweatpants pressing against her inner thigh. Anytime she shifted ever so slightly in his lap, he would groan into her lips and grip her jaw a tad bit harder. It was nothing too much that would hurt but it always felt comforting to her in some way.

Jeno broke away first, chuckling as he gripped her hip with his hand, "Such a little minx aren't you?"

"I don't know what you mean," Tori gained more confidence, bring her arms up to drape over his shoulders, carding her fingers through the hair gathering at the nape of his neck.

It didn't take long before Jeno's lips were back on Tori's, tongue slipping past her lips while his hands were up and twirling the strings of her cardigan inbetween his fingers. They made quick work untying them slowly and dragging the thin material down and away from her shoulders. Goosebumps immediately decorated her skin at the sudden chill and at how Jeno leaned over and pressed his lips to her shoulder.

"God, you're so pretty angel," Jeno mumbled into her bare shoulder, biting gently at the flesh before trailing a line of kisses from her shoulder across to her collarbone, "So damn pretty and it's all for me."

"Jeno-," Tori made a sharp noise, biting her bottom lip to contain anymore from escaping too loudly. Her hands moved up to grip his shoulders as the man pulled back to grin at her.

"What is it angel?"

"I-I want you to-".

"Jeno-shi, there's 5 minutes before we start back up with rehearsals," A loud chorus of knocks sounded at the door causing the couple to jolt back from one another, Jeno holding onto Tori's waist to steady her from falling off of his lap.

"Of fucking course," Jeno thumped his head back against the couch, the mood and his boner instantly killed as his hands fell from her waist to gently hold the sides of her thighs.

"I told you this was a bad idea," Tori yanked her cardigan back up over her shoulders, cinching the front together before tying it in a messy bow, definitely not how neat it was earlier. She missed the huff and groan from Jeno's lips as she scrambled off of his lap to settle down beside him, readjusting her clothes once again as she reached for the gift box on the table.

"Here, I almost forgot about this! I wanted to give this to you earlier but-," Her cheeks heated up at the thought of the two of them almost getting caught by a staff member nonetheless, handing the man the gift box.

"What's this for? It's not even my birthday?" Jeno questioned as he sat up on the couch and twisted the present around in his hands, giving Tori a puzzled look.

Tori laced her arm around his bicep, leaning her cheek against his shoulder as she pointed at the gift twirling loosely in his hands, "Just open it! I got it custom made for you."'

Jeno undid the ribbon and ripped into the paper like he was little kid on Christmas. The inner box was a solid blue color, a tag was taped to the lid with 'love you forever and more' written in Tori's neat handwriting paired with a string of messy drawn hearts. Taking the lid off, Jeno reached inside and pulled out what was inside before setting the box down on the coffee table.

It was a small cream colored bear bag charm wearing a black shirt and camo pants paired with a leather jacket. A typical comfy look that he would casually wear on a day off or to the airport. Jeno snorted as he thumbed at the curly fur of the bear, "This it?"

"Yes! Isn't he cute? I picked everything out even down to the fur color. I figured on our next date we can go get another done and then we can have matching ones." Tori gushed, squeezing his bicep gently as she reached around and brushed her fingers across the soft fur of its head, "And look it's even got a little clip on its head to use as a keychain that way you can take him wherever you go."

"What do I need this for? Isn't this a bit much?"

Her lips frowned slightly as she leaned away from him, his words acting like a subtle jab to her heart. The pair were always giving each other little presents at the start of their relationship but with how busy they were in recent times, it was less often that they could do something like this. But this is where he drew the line?

"I just wanted to get you a little something because you work so hard and deserve to have nice things," Tori's voice was quiet watching as Jeno flipped the bear around aimlessly in his hands. She fiddled with her hands as he put the bear head first back into the box and set everything back onto the coffee table.

"It's nice babe but-," Jeno pushed himself up off the couch by the palms of his hands on his knees, adjusting his pants a bit, "You're always too much-".

"Yah, are you coming or what?" Jeno was cut off by Jaemin bursting into the room, huffing like he just ran a marathon. He bent forward to catch his breath before standing straight again, "Noona is going to be pissed you're late for touchups…again."

"Alright, alright tell her I'll be right there," Jeno shooed his group mate out with a wave of his hand, turning towards Tori. He leaned down and used his index finger to tilt her head upwards, pecking her on the lips and then the forehead, "I'll see you back out there."

And just as fast as he ushered Jaemin out, Jeno was out the door mere minutes later, leaving Tori all to herself. Her eyes hadn't left the box on the table, the poor bear's feet sticking up over the edge. The inside of her cheek ached with how hard she was biting the flesh to stop herself from bawling.

"Hurts my heart that we had to leave Bleu at home," Evelyn pouts her lips a bit as she clings to Mingyu's arm from the slight chill in the air, "Knowing her, she'll be sitting in the windowsill staring down at the street watching for us."

"We're gonna have to get her a harness and bring her out with us," Mingyu wraps an arm around her to bring her in closer, "Or one of those backpacks with the bubble on the back."

"We are not putting her in one of those. She barely likes being in her carrier when she has to go to the vet." Evelyn snorts thinking about the time all of the animals had vet appointments for a checkup and how they were very late because Bleu wouldn't come out from underneath the couch the second she heard the carrier zipper.

"She'll be just like an astronaut," Mingy's face scrunches up playfully at the thought, "Bleu the little space cat."

The pair found their way to a metal bench just off the pathway and settled down onto it. Within no time, the two dogs came barreling over towards them and Winnie used her momentum to push herself up onto her hind legs and press her front paws to Evelyn's knees.

"I know what you want," Her hand rubs behind Winnie's right ear with her other hand digging around in her bag to retrieve the desired object. Any trip to the dog park required one thing to come with: a ball.

Setting her bag off to the side, Evelyn stood up briefly to wind her arm back and launched the ball forward out into the field. In an instant, both dogs took off after it as fast as their little legs could take them. It didn't take long for them to get distracted and start playing and rolling each other in the grass.

"It'll be bath time for everyone when we get home," Evelyn snorts as she settles back down onto the bench.

"Ooo bath time with you. My favorite part of the night," Mingyu leans a bit closer to her, pressing kisses to the side of her head, "We can relax -kiss- I can wash your hair -kiss- maybe splash some water around."

"My tub isn't that big," Evelyn giggles, bringing her hand up to cup his cheek and pressing her lips to his. His hand found its way to her waist and gripped the clothed skin as he deepened the kiss further. A small sound left her throat as his tongue gently prodded at her lips asking for permission. He tugged her a bit closer as his tongue entered her mouth, his other hand tilting her head up by her chin.

It wasn't long before two tiny paws pressed into Evelyn's leg that had the paired pulling away from each other. She giggled down at Winnie, the wet and slobbery ball ending up on her lap. Winnie's tongue was hanging out of her mouth lopsided and her tail was wagging a mile a minute.

"Thank you little mood killers," Mingyu playfully rolled his eyes leaning over to pat Henry on his head, grabbing the ball off of Evelyn's lap and chucking it further out into the field.

~

"You know-," He traced his thumb over the back of her knuckles in absentminded comforting circles, lips forming a slight pout with what was pondering on his mind, "I got my letter the other day."

Evelyn's smile faultered slightly knowing what he was referring to, "I know…I saw it on the counter the other day. It's coming up real soon right?."

"Yeah, yeah it is…" Mingyu nodded his head even though she wasn't looking at him. He leaned down and grabbed the ball Winnie had dropped at their feet, reeling his arm back and chucking it out into the open field, watching fondly as the two dogs took after it.

"What am I gonna do without you?" She half joked, pressing her back firmly into the bench seat. She didn't want to admit it directly but the thought of him going away to the military tugged immensely at her heart, "Your side of the bed is going to be cold."

"You'll have the dogs and Bleu," Mingyu nudged her shoulder with his, a subtle grin tugging at his lips, "They'll keep the bed all cozy warm at night."

"That's not what I'm talking about!" Her voice came out a little more forceful than she would've liked. It was like the air surrounding them had stopped in an instant and the world fell entirely silent.

"It's been…hard," Evelyn's bottom lip juts out, her gaze falling down to their hands clasped together. Her hand grips his a bit more firmly as she sniffles to keep the tears gathering in the corners of her eyes from falling down her flushed cheeks, "Watching everyone leave. I mean, we're all doing the best we can…but it's just-."

It had felt like a ton of bricks fell onto her chest all at once. For the first time since Jeonghan enlisted two years prior, had she let go of all the pent up hardship she had been feeling. Her usual happy go-lucky self was starting to crumble at the seams. It had been rough the last few months on not just her, but for the group as a whole. From filling in empty spots during choreography to covering vocal parts in songs; it has been exhausting on their bodies both physically and mentally. But it was inevitably going to happen whether they all liked it or not.

"There's so many what ifs that could happen during that time," She sniffled a bit louder this time, using her free hand to wipe at her wet face, "I just….don't want you to leave."

"Jagi-," Mingyu's voice was filled with the utmost sadness, pulling her closer to his body. He pressed his chin to the top of her head as she practically crumbled into his side, quiet sobs racking her body.

"I've gotten so use to you being a part of my life-," Evelyn's voice had quieted down a bit, her bottom lip pouting out a bit as she kept herself from having another breakdown, "- that it's going to be hard not having you in it for a while. It's hard enough now without some of the others."

He sighed heavily, his thumb rubbing against her arm as he held onto her. Her words hung heavy in the air around them and her sadness sent daggers straight to his heart, "Everything will be okay Evie."

"I know it will but…it's just-."

"What's really on your mind, baby?"

"I'm scared things will change between us being apart," Evelyn confessed, biting the inside of her cheek, "m'scared of being alone."

A stray tear made it's way down her cheek and dripped onto her hand, the bead falling down the crease of her finger. She sniffled loudly, wiping her face with the back of her hand before pulling away from him. This wasn't how she had expected their early morning dog walk to go nor did she expect to have a full on breakdown.

Mingyu smiled despite the tugging in his heart because deep down he had the same feelings. The first time since meeting each other were they going to be apart for a long extended period of time. The future was a scary sight. But as much as it pained him, he had to be the strong rock to be there for her. His hand reached down and clasped with hers, squeezing it tightly.

"I want you to know that I'm going no where when it comes to us," Mingyu cleared his throat to speak properly, "I'll get some vacation days after a while of being there and every single one is going to be used to come visit you. I won't have my phone for a bit but please know deep down, I'll always be thinking about you. And once I do get it back, you already know I'll be texting and calling as much as I can."

"It won't be the same," She sniffled, pouting her lips as her head met his shoulder, "And having to watch you leave every single time will hurt more than the last visit."

Mingyu turned his gaze out towards the field where the dogs had settled down into the grass, panting from their bursts of energy. He glanced up at the night sky, the moon was just barely peaking from behind some clouds. A small smile tugged at his lips, "You know, any time you'll be missing me, just have a look up at the moon. We'll be seeing the same moon and stars at night."

Evelyn looked up to the sky as the moon was coming out from behind the clouds now thanks to the slight breeze. The sky was littered with millions of little tiny glowing specks. She forced herself to sniffle back another onslaught of tears and a smile founds its way to her mouth.

The two of them were brought back when Winnie threw her ball at their feet, Henry barking at them with his hoarse voice. Evelyn picked her head up from his shoulder and pulled her phone out of the pocket of her bag. It was a bit past the dogs dinner time.

"Are you little puppies hungry?" Evelyn wiped at her face again as Winnie pressed her front paws to her knees and continued to bark. Mingyu reached down and gathered up Henry into his arms, the older dog licking profusely at his neck causing the man to let out a handful of giggles.

"Let's get these puppies home before they wither away."

~

"We need to plan a few days to drive down to see your family," Evelyn spoke over her shoulder as she wiped her hands on her apron after adding the required spices to the pot, "I miss your parents and I was talking to your sister the other day and she whined that she missed the animals."

"That sounds like her," Mingyu barked out a laugh, sweeping up the stray clumps of dog hair around the floor with the broom into the dustpan. The vacuum was out of the question for the dogs saw it as the worst monster they'd ever seen and saw it as their personal duty to protect the house and attack it.

"I want to take your mom and sister out for a girls day and you and your dad can go and hang out. We can take your parents out for dinner one night," Evelyn rambled on as she read off the next instruction on the recipe card.

Mingyu dumped the dustpan into the trash bin, hanging it and the broom back on the side of the cabinet. He approached behind Evelyn and wrapped his arms loosely around her waist and settled his chin on top of her head, "Sounds like a plan to me, baby."

"Mhm, I just want to do something nice for them since they're always doing nice things for us," She smiled to herself as she leaned back into him slightly. She tilted her head up and puckered her lips to which he responded immediately, "Can you clear off the table, this is almost ready. And if you could, just take that pile of clothes to the bedroom and I can sort them later."

Mingyu kissed her lips a few more times before he let her go, "Of course baby."

His footprints echoed down the hallway and a smile came to Evelyn's lips at the tiny patter of paws against the floor. Wherever the two of them went, the dogs followed right behind like little ducks in a row.

While waiting for the pot to come to a rolling boil, Evelyn glanced to the side at the cat tower at Bleu sprawled out on the highest perch, staring directly at Evelyn and flicking the tip of her tail gently. She knows the cat is annoyed at them for taking so long to feed her.

"Eomma is sorry missing your dinner," Evelyn spoke to the cat in her baby voice she used for all the animals, "I'll give you as many cuddles as you want after dinner." A few moments pass and Bleu turning her head to look out the window before looking back and slow blinking.

"I knew you'd cave to some cuddles," Evelyn giggled as she turned back towards the stove, stirring the pot. She dipped a spoon into the stew, blowing on it a bit before taking a bite, humming in satisfaction at the taste. Just like her grandmother used to make.

"Did you get the table cleared? Why are you quiet all of a sudden-," Evelyn's eyebrows were pinched together at the sudden silence of the apartment. She turned the stove off and moved the pan off the burner, turning on her heel to look behind her, "Mingyu-?"

Her heart jumped up into her throat and she had to grip the counter to steady herself on what she was looking at in front of her, her eyes darting around the figure as he was standing before her fiddling with his hands. Mingyu was changed from his sweatpants into Evelyn's favorite sweater that he owned, a pair of black slacks, and his hair was styled nicely; an entire different outfit. Evelyn swallowed the thick lump in her throat, her heart hammering against her chest as he began to speak.

"I -I don't know how to do this but-," Mingyu's voice shook a bit, a slight nervous laugh leaving his mouth. He hadn't gained the confidence to look up at her yet and chose to keep his gaze planted firmly on the floor of the kitchen. Evelyn had opened her mouth to speak but was seemingly stopped when Mingyu had knelt down onto the floor before her.

"Looking towards the future, whether its ten years from now, five years from now, hell even if it's five minutes from now; I want you to be there. To be there with me," By the time he managed to look up at her from where he was with one knee pressing firmly into the wood, his eyes had glossed over with his own onslaught of fresh tears, "I wasn't certain what my life would be like or where my life would be now all those years ago, but what I'm sure of now is that I want to live the rest of my life with you there."

It took a minute of him fumbling around in his pocket before he pulled out a square velvet box, fingers working to open it towards her showcasing an elegant silver ring with a beautiful diamond in the center of it.

"Park Eunji, will you marry me?"

"Mingyu I-" She hadn't even realised she was crying until a few tears dripped down her cheeks.

"I-It's okay if you say no. I just..had to. I wanted to. I-I can't picture any other person-."

Evelyn cut his words off before he could finish his sentence, her own voice laced with emotion and her eyes watery to the point she could barely see, "-yes."

"H-huh?"

She choked out a wet laugh, shuffling her feet over towards him until she collapsed onto the floor in front of him. It didn't take long before she leaned forward and cradled his face between her hands, "Yes yes, a million times yes."

He moved to sit fully on the floor, Evelyn falling in between in his legs as she closed the gap between the two of them in a slow and soft kiss, pulling apart and pressing their foreheads together. His fingers grabbed the ring from the box carefully, bringing up her hand and slipping the ring onto her left hand's ring finger.

"It's so beautiful." Evelyn brought it up closer to her face and smoothed over the diamond with the thumb of her other hand, sniffling back her now happy tears.

"I didn't plan on it turning out like this. I had a whole day planned just to do this properly but-," Mingyu wiped at his eyes with the pad of his thumb, "Earlier today you were just so sad about us, about the future that I-…I mean it when I say I'm yours until our very last days on earth, and even after that I'm yours forever."

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some visual aid for the chapter: the ring