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Say Yes To Me Again
Chapter 1
Eren’s a nervous wreck. He has been preparing for this for a few months. He even bought a ring, it’s not really expensive since he’s just a college student for now but it will look perfect on his boyfriend’s left ring finger. He smiled. What would he think? I’m excited and nervous. I feel like I wanna shit myself. If he can find a job after college then he would buy his boyfriend a better ring.
Eren is a senior now in college and his dating his roommate, Levi, for a year now. And he wants to take their relationship into the next level and live with his love forever or as long as he lives. He loves Levi so much he’s going to propose to him tonight. It may not be the most ideal time to propose with all the stuff their doing for school but it’s now or never. He wants be with him, live with him and be happy even though they’re going to face a lot of problems.
Later that evening, Eren and Levi went on a date in a restaurant. It’s not a fancy restaurant but this is the restaurant where they had their first date so this place is really special for the two of them. They talked and held hands except when they ate their food. Both of them are happy and contented but Levi knows there’s something wrong with Eren. It’s like he want to say something but can’t say it. He might have joked about him looking like shitting himself but there’s something in his boyfriend’s eyes that he can’t seem to make fun of it.
After they ate their dinner they went to a nearby park with a small lake and just strolled at the empty pathway while holding their hands and kissing for several times. When suddenly, Eren stopped and Levi looked at him curiously as to why he stopped suddenly. Eren cleared his throat and inhaled deeply gathering all of his courage and spoke.
“Levi, I love you – Levi rolled his eyes for he knows this – and I can’t live without you. I know it’s cheesy as shit and this might be quite early but I really want to be with you every day in our lives. –Eren breathes deeply again, slowly bends his right knee and takes out the box where the ring is– What I’m trying to say is Levi, will you marry me?”
Levi stood there shocked. He didn’t say anything for what seems like ages and when he spoke it was not Eren have expected.
“No.”
Eren feels like he just got stabbed right through his heart. He was in disbelief and utter shock.
“W-why? I-I thought…” Levi cut him off.
“Do you even know what our situation right now is? We don’t have a job yet. I am trying to juggle our relationship and my internship and my studies. If we’ll get married what will happen to us? We don’t have money, Eren. Do you think we could feed ourselves with love? Fuck no. Don’t get me wrong I love you. I love you so much it hurts but I can’t accept this. I have so many dreams and I want to achieve it all…”
Eren was not even listening anymore, he was devastated.
No… No…. No… No… This is just what’s been ringing in his head the whole time Levi was talking.
Everything was perfect up to the part where he proposed. He screwed up, majorly. And now he feels hurt, angry and sad. He stood up looking at Levi whose expression he can’t read. He stepped back slowly and started running away from Levi while tears are streaming down his face. He doesn’t know what to do so he just ran and ran until his feet gave out. There, he cried all alone in the middle of nowhere.