Forever Yours - A LankyBox Fanfiction Story

Chapter 23 - Will You Marry Me? (All Four YouTubers' POVs)

Adam's POV

"You're gonna marry Justin?" DJ and Tristan said in unison. A look of excitement was evident on their faces. I had just told them my plan of proposing to Justin and had asked both of them to distract him, while I ran around preparing for later. I was going to take Justin to the same restaurant we went to on our first date. I gathered it would be the perfect place for me to finally ask him to marry me and to make him mine forever.

"I'm gonna marry him, indeed!" I replied, smiling: "Justin's the one for me, and I'm the one for him. I promised him and his parents I'd give him the world. Now's the time to do that." DJ and Tristan nodded, smiling, too.

"We'll take care of Justin," Tristan stated, "you go and get ready for tonight."

"Alright, boys," I said, "give me a call if anything comes up, okay? Justin seemed a bit off last night. He started talking about death and stuff. Keep an eye on him for me. Make sure he's okay."

"Got it!" DJ answered: "See you, Adam!"

"See you, boys!" With those parting words, I was off, getting ready for my marriage proposal. Would Justin accept it? Would he say yes? Now was not the time to think about that. I needed to start acting fast. I wanted this to be the most special marriage proposal ever. That was what Justin deserved.

Now in my car, I allowed myself to go back in time. From the very beginning. Way back in the year 2015. The year I met Justin at a film festival. Back when I used to make short flilms. I was walking into the building, where it was being held. As usual, I felt a tad bit nervous. I wasn't sure how my short films would be received. Then, out of nowhere, this cute dude slipped and fell right into my arms.

"Careful, bro!" I remembered telling him: "Don't want you hurting yourself now!" I'd never forget the way he blushed and stuttered after I told him that.

"Oh, I... I... um... sorry," he had nervously said, trying to hide his scarlett face with his hands. I remembered taking his hands off his face and making him look into my eyes.

"No need to be all shy now," I had told him with a laugh, "so, what's your name? I'm guessing you're here for the film festival, too, huh?"

"My... name... my name is Justin," he said, still all nervous and worked-up after I stopped him from falling, "Justin Kroma Leon Xu. That's... that's my name."

"Justin Kroma Leon Xu, huh? What a beautiful name you've got there! My name's Adam. Adam James McArthur."

"Nice to meet you, Adam! Sorry again for... uh... for tripping over and..."

"Bro, if you say sorry one more time, I might just kiss you," I teased him. And since that day we got talking at the film festival, we just clicked and it went on from there. Now, eight years later, here we were. A beautiful couple. I couldn't believe that the cute dude who fell in my arms after tripping over at the film festival was now the dude I was hoping to spend the rest of my life with. I couldn't wait to propose to him tonight.

DJ Cook's POV

Tristan and I headed to the living room and sat on the couch together once Adam left the house. We were as nervous as he was. It seemed like only yesterday, he confessed his love for Justin, and now, there he was, getting himself ready to ask the man of his dreams to marry him! How the time flew by!

As I sat in the living room with Tristan, I began to wnnder, would I ever experience such a beautiful love, like that of Adam and Justin? Would I ever get to walk down the aisle with the person I loved more than anyone else in the world? If so, when would it ever happen? Well, maybe I wouldn't get to walk down the aisle any time soon, but I could see how it goes with Tristan. He was - and still is - a nice guy. Besides, he seemed to really love me. Maybe now was the time to give him the green light.

Tristan Tales' POV

Why did time go by so fast? I kept going back to the time when Adam introduced Justin to me a week after they met back in 2015.

"Tristan!" he had called out, excitedly running up to me, a strikingly handsome guy timidly following right behind him: "This is Justin. Met him a week ago at a film festival I took part in. I had a chat with him. Got him to loosen up a bit. And, turns out he's into film-making, too! Just like me! Looks like we'll get along just fine! Right, Justin?" And Adam ended up being absolutely right. They both got along, and now, look where their eight years of friendship had gotten them. I couldn't be happier. I hoped I got to experience a love like theirs one day. I hoped DJ would give me a chance to prove that I was the one for him.

Speaking of the devil, I averted my gaze from my phone to DJ, who seemed to be spacing out. He appeared to be deep in thought. What could he be thinking about?

"DJ, you good?" I asked, placing an arm around him. He turned to me and smiled.

"I'm alright, Tristan," he said, "I just wanna let you know that I'm ready to be your boyfriend." I froze for a moment. Then, I pulled DJ in for a hug. Maybe there was still a chance for me to experience a love like that of Adam and Justin after all! I had been courting DJ for quite some time now. I was willing to wait for him as long as he wanted me to, but I no longer had to. DJ was finally mine!

Justin's POV

I had been in my room for hours, just lying in my bed and scrolling through my phone. Something didn't sit well with me that day. Adam wasn't there when I woke up and he wasn't answering my text messages. I tried calling him a few times, too, but it was no use. What was going on?

Slowly, I got out of bed and headed to the shower. Once I was done and dressed-up, I headed downstairs to the living room, finding DJ and Tristan watching a movie together. They both smiled at me as I walked in.

"Yo, Justin!" DJ greeted me: "What's up, man?"

"Not a lot," I said with a sigh, "have you boys seen Adam anywhere? He didn't come up to my room earlier this morning. He usually does that. I can't get hold of him on the phone as well."

"Oh, Adam's been out today," Tristan explained, "he'll be back shortly, though." I suddenly found myself being mad.

"He went out today?" I said: "He went out today and didn't even tell me?"

"Well, no. it's not like..." Before Tristan could finish his sentence, I was out of the living room, walking back to my room and slamming the door shut behind me. Bro! What was wrong with me? Adam was probably just out to get some fresh air, or whatever, but why was I getting all worked-up like this? I guess I was just so used to him always being by my side by now and I didn't want to be without him. Even for just a second. It felt like he hadn't been home for years. It was killing me.

Moments later, there was a frantic knock at my door. I opened it and I was met by a long hug and tender kisses from Adam. He looked really worried.

"Justin! Baby!" he cooned, stroking my hair: "Are you okay? I received a call from the boys. They told me to come at once. Is something wrong, Buttercup?"

"No," I answered, "I've missed you, though, Adam." My boyfriend laughed.

"Justie, I hadn't been gone that long! Anyway, get ready. I'm taking you out later tonight."

"Do we have to go out tonight, Adam?" I asked: "I really don't feel like going anywhere. Can we just stay in?" Adam put his arms around me.

"Well, I guess I'm gonna have to do this here in your room, then," he said. I gave him a confused look.

"Do what?" I questioned him. I was going to say something else, but then he pulled away from me and got down on one knee. Wait, was he about to...

"Justin," he said, interrupting my thoughts, "I know we have only been boyfriends for a few months, but it doesn't matter. I love you so much, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. You are my world. My life. My everything. If I were to choose between you and our career as YouTubers, I would choose you over, and over, and over again. That's how much you mean to me. So, Justin Kroma Leon Xu, will you marry me?"

(Yo, lovely readers! Thank you for reading! Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Sorry for the cliff-hanger haha! Stick around for the next one. Do you think Justin will accept Adam's proposal? Comment down below. Love y'all!)