Surprise (1/1)

You crack the door open to Onew’s room, pulling it open slowly, not wanting to wake him. In one arm you balance a tray of breakfast and medicine. Creaking open the door, you quietly make your way in and set the tray down on the bedside table. The room is dark, except for a small rectangle of light from a window at the far end of the room.“Good morning Yunji,” Onew says, and you jump. You look to see that he’s not in his bed, but over by the window, looking outside.“G-Good morning, Onew,” you murmur, shaking the surprise off. “How are you feeling?”He pulls the curtains apart, letting in more light, and you see that he’s changed his clothes. His hair looks damp, so he must’ve showered too.“Much better,” he replies simply, smiling over at you. You smile back and he walks over to the tray.“Mmm, breakfast,” he mutters, taking a bite of the toast. Toast in mouth, he hands the medicine bottle back to you. “Won’t be needing these,” he says simply, continuing his breakfast. You just nod absentmindedly, still taking in the fact that Onew seems perfectly healthy. You notice suddenly that he hasn’t quite looked you in the eye since you walked in.“Everything…alright?” You ask softly, and he nods, taking a swig of orange juice.“I suppose you should go do other things, since you don’t have me to take care of,” he admits, not turning away from his breakfast.“Right,” you reply, remembering all the other things you have to do today. “I’ll be on my way. If you need anythi-““I’m fine, Yunji,” he says gently, putting an arm on your shoulder. You nod and walk out, not able to shake the feeling that something’s up.Mentally you begin to make a list of the things that need to get done. Laundry, groceries, clean the bathrooms, dust, and fix that leak in the kitchen sink. You sigh inwardly. Time to get to work.Hurrying down the hallway with a laundry cart, you stop at Yongguk’s room. No one answers when you knock twice, so you push open the door. Heading right to the bin that he usually puts his dirty, you stop. There aren’t any clothes. Did he already put them in the cart? You glance down. No. Huh. Trying to think this through, your hand absentmindedly goes to where Himchan’s ring usually is, but your eyes widen when it comes up blank. You look down at your hand in horror. It’s not there.You search your pockets quickly, checking your socks and even the laundry bin. Nothing. It must’ve fallen off while I was asleep, you think to yourself. It must be in Himchan’s bed. I’ll look for it as soon as I’m done with the laundry.Pushing the cart out of Yongguk’s room, you head towards Zelo’s room, but before you can open the door, he pops out of his room.“What are you doing?” He asks, eyeing the cart.“The…laundry…?” You answer, unsure. What’s the big deal, you do the laundry all the time.“There is none.” Zelo states simply, “Daehyun hyung already did it.”“Wh..what? Why?”“We’ve done all your chores for today. Didn’t you know? Cause Himchan’s going t-““YAH!” A voice from down the hallway yells, and YoungJae stomps up, poking Zelo’s nose roughly. “Don’t give it away! Everything was supposed to be a surprise, babo!”Zelo crosses his arms over his chest and rolls his eyes. “Surprise?” You ask, and they both look at you.“Uh…yeah. Himchan’s waiting for you at the front door.” He answers, still glaring at Zelo. You stand there for a moment, unsure of what to do, then YoungJae shoos you away and you take off towards the front of the castle.You open the front door and scream when two boys jump out at you, screaming “SURPRISE!” After a moment of cowering in fear, you open your eyes and see Luhan and Sehun standing there, arms out, with big grins on their faces.“Lulu! Sehun!” You exclaim, hugging them tightly. “What are you doing here?”“I called them over,” a voice from behind you states, and you turn away from them towards Himchan. “I wanted them to be here for this.”“Here for what?” You ask, and Himchan takes your hand. With a gulp you remember that the ring isn’t on your finger, and you secretly hope he doesn’t look down and realize it.What a crappy person I am. The one thing he treasures and I lose it, you think to yourself.He walks up the path away from the castle, and up the stairs and up the hill. Once you reach the very top of the hill. Guilt is eating away at you, and your eyes don’t meet his.“Himchan, I have something to tell you,” you start, but he raises a hand.“Can I go first?” He asks, and you nod. “I love you, Yunji. I’ve been thinking a lot and I want to spend forever with you, no matter what kingdom ‘forever’ takes place in.”You blink slowly. Are you really hearing what you think you’re hearing.And then he gets down on one knee, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small box. The box opens and in it glints the ring, the one you’ve been looking for.“Yunji,” he starts“Will you marry me?”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thanks you guys for being such awesome readers!! I had a lot of fun with this...weird...story, and I adored reading your comments! Thanks for everything!