28. Calm Before The Storm

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'Sir, they got the weapons.'
'Good. Start take 2.'
'Understood. All units, release the gas.'
'Sir, we might have a problem.'

'Put on your gas-masks, tomorrow we gather at the market and make our way to the blokkades,' I tell the group. Yixing puts his arm around me and pulls me close, kissing the top of my head.
'You're doing great as our leader,' he says. A warm feeling spreads through my body. I love him so much. Just when we're about to leave, someone grabs my wrist. I turn to find Minseok and Luhan standing very close together, they look scared.
'Can we all stay here for a little longer?' Minseok asks.
'Why?' I ask them.
'We want you to marry us,' Luhan says, very certain of his case. It takes me a few seconds to process what they just asked.
'Let's do it.' I jump onto the table once again and clap my hands to get everyone's attention. 'Dear friends, today we are gathered here to join Kim Minseok and Lu Han in matrimony commended to be honorable among all. Yes, they are getting married,' cheers come up from the crowd in the small bar that we just planned out rebellion in. A few people help Luhan and Minseok onto the table I am standing on to get them in the spotlight too. 'If anyone has objections, speak now or forever hold your silence.' No one replies.
'Now Kim Minseok, repeat after me. I, Kim Minseok.'
'I, Kim Minseok.'
'Take Lu Han to be my husband.'
'Take Lu Han to be my husband.'
'To have and to hold from this day forward.'
'To have and to hold from this day forward.'
'For better or worse.'
'For better or worse.'
'In sickness and in health.'
'In sickness and in health.'
'To love and to cherish.'
'To love and to cherish.'
'From this day forward until death do us apart.'
'From this day forward until death do us apart.'
'Lu Han, please repeat after me. I, Lu Han.'
'I, Lu Han.'
'Take Kim Minseok to be my husband.'
'Take Kim Minseok to be my husband.'
'To have and to hold from this day forward.'
'To have and to hold from this day forward.'
'For better or worse.'
'For better or worse.'
'In sickness and in health.'
'In sickness and in health.'
'To love and to cherish.'
'To love and to cherish.'
'From this day forward until death do us apart.'
'From this day forward until death do us apart.'
'Do you two have rings?' I ask them, but they shake their heads. 'Does anyone have matching rings?' The crowd stays silent. Suddenly I realize the rings around my fingers. Not the one Yixing gave me, no, the one that Floyd and I wore to keep us connected. Tears well up in my eyes as I take the two golden rins and slide them from my fingers.
'Take these,' I say as I hold them in the palm of my hand, for them to take.
'No, those are Floyd and yours. We can't take those.' I smile through my sadness.
'I want you to take them. As a memory to all of us. To what we used to be before the fog,' I tell him. The two men take them and slide them on each other's fingers, pulling me into a hug right after. When they let go of me, they kiss and everyone starts cheering loudly. I jump off the table and let them have their moment. Yixing takes me aside right away and pulls me into a tight hug.
'I love you so much. I swear that that'll be us one day,' he says.
'I hope so,' I whisper into his chest as I let the waterworks flow.

When the crowd is finally done awing over Minseok and Luhan, I jump onto the table again.
'WE ATTACK TOMORROW!' They go crazy again. Cheers are so loud they could be heard kilometers from here.

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I play with the ring around my finger in the dark room. That ring meant so much to her and she decided to give it to us. I can't put my finger on her. She's just too confusing. One moment she can be all to herself, another she will be all over others.
'She really is a maze, isn't she?' Luhan says out of nowhere. When I look to my side, I see he's been watching me.
'How long have you been watching me?' I ask him.
'Not long. Just long enough to know what you're thinking.'
'I just really hope it'll turn out ok after all she went through,' I explain to him.
'We all do. We all know her suffering and her sacrifices. She gave all of us more than we could ever give her back. She lives for this group. She is our guardian.'
'She is.'

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'Yixing?'
'Yeah?' I roll over so that I am facing him.
'If this is our last night together, I don't want it to be filled with regrets,' I tell him. He looks a bit confused.
'What do you mean? We'll be fine.'
'But what if everything goes wrong?'
'So what did you-'
'Touch me.' He freezes for a second. When he's adjusted to the idea, he pulls me closer and plants his lips on mine. He takes my breath away as his hands slowly move to my hips.
'Are you sure about that baobei?'
'Yes, very,' I say breathlessly.
'I promise I'll be gentle,' he says and pulls me in for another sensual kiss. I hunger for his touch.
'I love you Yixing.'
'I love you too.'

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