Anniversaries had never been a thing for me, until I started dating Minho.
"Are you ready, love?" Minho yelled from the living room. I entered and met his eyes, as he smiled big, his eyes dark brown, big and filled with love. He walks to me, as he takes my hand and spins me around once, making me laugh. He kisses my cheek. "Lets go" He says as he removes a strand of hair from my face.
"So, we will be arriving in about twenty minutes, i got you water and candy so you won't be busy asking where we are going" Minho says with a deep felt belly laugh after. I was about to demonstrate, but he simply seemed too excited and it was so endearing to see him like this, almost childlike.
We arrive at a somewhat normal house, and he parks. I looked confused at him as he unbuckled his seatbelt. He took a deep breath and suddenly seemed nervous, making me nervous. I didn't see my boyfriend nervous often. "So, today is our fifth anniversary" He starts, as he reaches for the hand that my engagement ring is on, letting his finger strike over the beautiful diamonds on it. "At our third anniversary I asked you to move in, at our fourth anniversary I asked you to marry me. And today, we are visiting the animal shelter, who have a couple of small four legged furry friends. I want every anniversary of ours to be a development of our devotion to each other, and as we aren't fully ready for a kid yet since I still have a little bit of time left with Shinee, I was hoping that a dog would be a good substitute for it, for now?" I feel tears in my eyes as he speaks, he always thought through every decision, and he had never had me doubting how devoted he was to me and our relationship. "That sounds amazing Love, let's go" I say, as I kiss his hand and leave the car.
As we enter the dog hall, I feel excited as I hear all the dogs, eager for pets. "Let me show you guys our puppies first" The employee said as we walked past most dogs to a small room where five Australian shepherd puppies were laying in one big bunch of furry cuddles. The employee unlocked the cage and as the locks went off the five heads peaked up with ears in all directions they ran towards us, and we both dropped to our knees and talked to the puppies and the employee for a while. While I was playing with one of the puppies I heard Minho whisper. "Baby, look" He said, and there he was sitting with a puppy in his arms, laying on its back, fast asleep. I walked to them and caressed the head of the puppy and looked at Minho again who had the sweetest glist in his eyes. "I guess this one picked us," I say, as I kiss his forehead. We walk out the hall, talking about what to call the puppy that's still in his arms, sleeping as my eyes fall on another cage. "Who is this little guy?" I ask the employee who takes a deep breath. "That's lucky, He has been here the longest" She started. "No one wants him because he's becoming old and also is blind" She continued, and i looked at Minho who looked like his heart was breaking. "How is he with other dogs?" Minho asked, and the employee smiled. "He is great with dogs" She said and Minho Looked at me, who was deeply invested in Lucky who had woken up and was by the cage, sniffing my hand. "We're taking both. No one is going to be lonely on my watch" He said, kissing the top of my head as he approached our new friend, Lucky. "Lucky and" He started, leaving it open for me to answer. "Bailey" I said.
"Lucky and Bailey"
