You Were My Love

Scene 60 - Gems

He watched him move in a kind of slow motion as his hand reached his pocket and took out a tiny bunch that seemed to be wrapped up in a pink fabric.

It looked like shiny, soft silk, and there was a delicate but magnificent butterfly that had been hand-embroidered on it.

Hae Wong's eyes now shone with an ardent light as he started under Jimin's clueless look.

"I ... I wanted -... this ... this is for you..." he stuttered as he unwrapped the pink silk from around its contents, uncovering a small, velvety square box.

He turned the opening side towards the younger and slowly disclosed its contents.

Hae Wong put his hand out and forward for Jimin to hold it as he also stepped closer.

The smaller one's hand was shaking as he slowly lay his fingers on his man's palm.

Jimin was voiceless and his jaw had slightly dropped.

He couldn't help but gape and gawk at what his eyes beheld.

His hypnotized stare could not detach from the black velvet area inside the tiny case.

The matte platinum of the ring beautifully contrasted with the two sparkling diamonds that were set side by side on the magnificent jewel. A tiny butterfly was engraved next to the two gems.

Hae Wong's eyes had not left Jimin for a single second and they were still sporting that glint of resolute fondness his boy had witnessed just minutes before.

He took one more step nearer him; still holding his angel's hand in his, his lips parted as he was about to speak.

Jimin held his breath.

"My love," Hae Wong started "I know you wish we could meet more often... I would love that too... even if you can't always see it, I'm trying my best to make things work out that way... And I know that we can't have all the things the other couples have, or we can't have it the same way they have it, because our relationship is quite unconventional yet. But I can see nothing wrong in it. Because you're the one who makes me truly happy. Jimin... You're the grace of my life. You're my heart's music, my peace of mind, my soul's content..."

Jimin's chin started to tremble and silent, emotional tears escaped his beautiful eyes in a continuous stream along his lovely cheeks.

"I get this feeling that before you came into my life, I wasn't really living... you breathed life into me..." Hae Wong pursued, as he came into a still more intimate distance, until he could wrap Jimin in his two powerful arms and hold him tight, pecking his divine face, his blessed hair, his holy tears.

"Those moments I'm with you are the ones I want to keep on living every single day," he softly whispered in his beloved's perfect ear.

He breathed in his scent in a deep huff.

Then he stepped back a little, his gaze lowering to the jewel.

He slid the ring out of the black velvet casing, slightly lifted his hand and resumed.

"This ring... there are two gems... they're close... they're strongly set together... Platinum is ... the most durable metal on earth... I ... I wanted a symbol of what you mean to me..."

He lifted his eyes to his love's.

"Jimin... you're the one I want... I don't want anyone else... I just want you... You... No one else..."

Jimin looked as his prince held up the platinum ring nearer his fingers and his eyes glistened with emotion while watching him, displaying all the love he held in for him.