The longer the dinner went on, the more and more certain Rei became that Ami was saving up for something. It was just a little bit too much, she was just a little bit too on edge, and she was just a little bit too fidgety for it to be a simple request like going out or for it to be a Salvation dinner. Ami wasn't one for such grand gestures for those kinds of things, and as the food and wine settled in Rei began to look inward for an aswer. What could it be that had Ami so unbalanced?
She puzzled on that while Ami had excused herself, drumming her fingers on the tabletop as she tried to work out the possibilities. She had a short list of things in mind by the time Ami came back, several of them quite fanciful and one bordering on outright absurd. And when the other woman returned and took her hand, Rei continued to listen silently, sweating bullets of her own. Savior why is she shaking? What's going on? her mind raced along, thinking a mile a minute, trying to keep up with the pieces Ami was laying on the board.
And nothing she'd come up with came close to what Ami had actually planned though. When the ring appeared in front of her and the Queen came into play every single strategy Rei had for chess, life, and otherwise came apart at the seams. Her eyes shot open, her hand flew up to her mouth and she sat there in awestruck silence. A marriage proposal was perhaps the last thing she'd ever expected to come from her partner, and one so perfectly executed left her completely and utterly speechless.
Somewhere, deep in the back of her mind, she heard Ami's voice, the inner voice she always associated with her lover's thoughts. The strong, confident, amazing voice of the woman she fell in love with instead of the breathless, purple faced person anxiously awaiting an answer. The inner Ami only said one word, and in the span of two heartbeats Rei had her answer. She knew what she was going to say, because what else could she say? She'd been set up, she'd walked right into Ami's hands, and she knew that no other proposal could ever be quite so perfect for Rei. It hit every single positive note, and that inner voice had gotten it right.
Checkmate
Slowly, Rei lowered her hand to the ring, fingers trembling. Her forefinger brushed across the polished stone, feeling the cool latticework beneath her finger tip. And she took a deep breath, looked right into Ami's eyes with too wide ones of her own, and smiled. Her heartbeat finally slowed, time seeming to returned to normal, and she relaxed visibly. All that tension, all that wondering, and that perfect meal. She poured soothing thoughts out of her head, shoving every ounce of psychic affection she could at her partner, her...fiancée.
"Ami Mizuno. You are the light of my life, my perfect counterpart, and the most amazing person I've ever met." She slipped her hand around the ring and plucked it free of the pillow. Slowly, she lowered it onto her finger and nodded with an air of finality.
no subject
She puzzled on that while Ami had excused herself, drumming her fingers on the tabletop as she tried to work out the possibilities. She had a short list of things in mind by the time Ami came back, several of them quite fanciful and one bordering on outright absurd. And when the other woman returned and took her hand, Rei continued to listen silently, sweating bullets of her own. Savior why is she shaking? What's going on? her mind raced along, thinking a mile a minute, trying to keep up with the pieces Ami was laying on the board.
And nothing she'd come up with came close to what Ami had actually planned though. When the ring appeared in front of her and the Queen came into play every single strategy Rei had for chess, life, and otherwise came apart at the seams. Her eyes shot open, her hand flew up to her mouth and she sat there in awestruck silence. A marriage proposal was perhaps the last thing she'd ever expected to come from her partner, and one so perfectly executed left her completely and utterly speechless.
Somewhere, deep in the back of her mind, she heard Ami's voice, the inner voice she always associated with her lover's thoughts. The strong, confident, amazing voice of the woman she fell in love with instead of the breathless, purple faced person anxiously awaiting an answer. The inner Ami only said one word, and in the span of two heartbeats Rei had her answer. She knew what she was going to say, because what else could she say? She'd been set up, she'd walked right into Ami's hands, and she knew that no other proposal could ever be quite so perfect for Rei. It hit every single positive note, and that inner voice had gotten it right.
Checkmate
Slowly, Rei lowered her hand to the ring, fingers trembling. Her forefinger brushed across the polished stone, feeling the cool latticework beneath her finger tip. And she took a deep breath, looked right into Ami's eyes with too wide ones of her own, and smiled. Her heartbeat finally slowed, time seeming to returned to normal, and she relaxed visibly. All that tension, all that wondering, and that perfect meal. She poured soothing thoughts out of her head, shoving every ounce of psychic affection she could at her partner, her...fiancée.
"Ami Mizuno. You are the light of my life, my perfect counterpart, and the most amazing person I've ever met." She slipped her hand around the ring and plucked it free of the pillow. Slowly, she lowered it onto her finger and nodded with an air of finality.
"Yes. I would be honored to marry you."