as you wish

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irl, social media

"matt, don't fuck with me. this isn't funny." kaia stares at him, then back down to the mini ring box.

"holy shit, i thought he was fucking proposing for a second." chloe has a hand over her heart as she stands next to chris, his arm around her.

"it's a promise ring. because of what we talked about last night. we graduated, now we're moving on to bigger things in our life and i needed you to know i'm always gonna be here. and obviously that i'm gonna marry you when we're older." matt looks at kaia nervously and takes the ring out of the box and puts it on the ring finger on her right hand.

kaia stands there completely speechless and looks around at everyone watching them.

she notices jimmy and justin recording with huge smiles on their faces and all the rush of excitement turns to a pit of anxiety in her stomach.

"i just need a minute." she manages to get out before rushing upstairs and  into matt's room, closing the door behind her.

"did i do something wrong?" matt turns to chloe, justin and jimmy stop recording.

"not really. she just has anxiety when she's put on the spot infront of a bunch of people. she seemed really happy, she just got nervous. go talk to her, i'm sure she's okay." chloe pats matt on the back and he nods, heading upstairs while everyone else goes back to talking.

at first, he thought she'd be locked in the bathroom, but he saw that the bathroom was empty and his bedroom door was shut.

matt knocks on the door, hearing a quiet "come in" from the other side.

he opens the door to see kaia sitting on the floor against the wall by his closet. he shuts the door and sits down on the floor next to her, noticing that she's spinning the ring anxiously around her finger while examining all the tiny diamonds that create a full circle around the entire thing.

"i'm really sorry if that was awkward for you, i didn't even think about how you'd feel with everyone watching. i should've just given it to you in private." matt puts his arm around kaia's shoulder and looks at the ring with her.

"it's okay. i was just so shocked and then i saw your dad and brother recording and i got super anxious because i felt like i had to have some big reaction and i have a hard time showing my emotions to big things like this." she shakes her head and smiles at him soothingly.

"i should've thought about that, i'm sorry. i thought you hated it for a minute when you ran upstairs." matt laughs to break the tension.

"no! not at all. i'm so happy and overwhelmed with joy i just blanked and didn't know what to say. i love this so much, i had no idea you ever bought this or wanted to be that serious with me. to be completely honest, one of my biggest fears has always been that after we graduate and you get even bigger on youtube, you'd kinda just leave me once you got even more famous." kaia turns towards him to express her seriousness.

"first of all, this ring is so you know that i will never leave and that i want to be with you forever. i obviously grew up with a pretty big family, and i always knew i wanted to have one with you, too. secondly, i hate the word famous. i mean, i know we're doing pretty well right now, but i don't ever want to change. la is fun and i enjoy being there, but i always love being at home in boston with you and all our current family." matt smiles and grabs both of kaia's hands.