Michael x Noah 🙏

23. ~The decision~

Noah's pov:
Michael and Hannah wanted to head into work today.
Apparently they were getting a bonus if they worked all day, so I guess they both want it, even though they know they can just use our money.

It's actually a good thing he's out of the house though because I've had something on my mind.

I sit down at my desk, putting my head in my hands. This is a big, big decision.
Is Michael even ready for this?

I stand up and walk to the kitchen. I spot Nicole and charlotte.

"Nicole, Charlotte... I need serious advice... well, not advice, but your opinions..." I say to them, they both look at me.

"You sound serious... what's up?" Nicole asks.

I stare for a good 30 seconds before I answer.
"I wanna propose to Michael..." I say.
Both their eyes widen as I tell them this.
"That's a huge thing, are you sure?" Charlotte says.
"If he says yes and you find out later that you don't want to be married-" Nicole starts.
"I've already thought all the things through... I'm sure." I interpret her.

We all just stay in silence for a few minutes.
"I'm scared he's gonna say no..." I say.
"I'm sure he won't. He loves you a lot." Charlotte says.
"Ask Hannah about it. She knows literally everything about him." Nicole says.
"I mean, I could... but don't you think it's too soon?" I ask them. "It's barely been a year of dating..."
"Yeah but you guys also dated before you said, right?" Charlotte says to me. "You told me in high school you dated him for like 3 years or something." She reminds me, even though I would never forget.
"I'm aware." I say back to her.
"As long as it's what you want." Nicole says. "I think it'd be hella cute for you to get married."
I roll my eyes.

I get out of my car and look at the jewelers shop in front of me. I've been thinking about this for weeks, probably a month by now.
This is what I want. I hope this is what Michael wants too.

I walk inside and start looking at the rings. They were all nice, Michael would love them.
I'm not gonna get too crazy with the ring since Michael isn't a huge fan of giant rings.

"Need any help?" A woman's voice is heard behind me.
I turn around to face her. I think she knows I'm the mafia boss because her face goes a little nervous.
"O-oh u-uh sorry!" She says.
"No, no, you're good. I actually would love help." I say, trying to be treated like a normal human being.
"Well uh, what kind of ring were you looking to get?" Her voice calms a bit but definitely still nervous.
"I'm not sure. What's an expensive but not obnoxiously big ring?" I ask her.
"Oh well we have a few options, follow me over here." She motions me to follow her.

The lady shows and tells me about a few rings but I'm not paying attention.
What does have my attention is Michaels text to me.

Michael 🫶🏻❤️

M: Why are you at the jewelers?

Shit. I forgot we set up our location to each others phones ever since the got kidnapped.

How do I even respond to this.

N: Just looking around

M: You're casually looking around the jewelers?

N: Maybe I was planning to buy you a nice necklace or something 😉

M: 😘😘

There. I guys I'll buy him a necklace too. Why not, I can't just lie to him like that.

"Did any of them catch your eye?" The woman says.
"Yeah I'll take that one-"
I was still looking at my phone but I'm pretty sure she was confused.
"Uh... sir..." she started.
"And throw in this necklace please." I give her a random necklace, but one he'll wear, and head to the checkout area.

She walked behind the counter.
"Sir, I didn't have a ring in my hand so I assumed you were talking about the last ring I showed you."

She pulls out the ring. It was actually pretty good for Michael. He's not a huge fan of jewelry and the ring wasn't that big.
"The 3.50 carat ring." She continued, "With this ring and the necklace, your total comes out to be $15,406. The ring being $10,400, and the necklace being $5,006"
"Yeah that's perfect." I say as I pull out $16,000.

I walk out and sit in my car. I pull out the ring box and stare at it.
Will he even say yes?
Those words haunted me for the past weeks. I don't even know when I plan on proposing. Where will I even do it?
Maybe I should wait another month or so...
Let things play out and see where life takes things.

I walk into my house after a bit. Michael should be home, he was let out at 8.
I notice Hannah in the kitchen, eating some sort of vegan burger.
"Hey Hannah, do you know where Michael is?" I ask her.
"He's in your room." She says.
"I need to talk to you about something serious..." I say. She puts her burger down and looks at me.
"What's up?"
I pull out the ring, I left the box aside because I figured that would look weird if someone were to walk in the kitchen.

A smirk grows on her face.
"I knew it! Michael showed me your location earlier. You may have tricked him but you definitely didn't get me."
"I did actually buy him a necklace though." I say as I pull out the necklace.
"Oooooh I actually love it! He'll love it!"

I put the ring back in the box and take the necklace back. I walk up to my room and see Michael watching tv.
"I bought you a necklace babe." I say as I hand him a necklace box. As he's distracted, I slid the ring into one of my desk drawers.

Words: 1010 (not this)
(How long do y'all think I should wait to have Noah propose???)