I am yours FOREVER (A Zac and Tom story)

A big surprise

*Lumi*
I have been out for dinner with Meri as Tom is at the theater and now we walk through the door. "Seriously we should have gone out or something".

Suddenly I see Meri stop and gasp and I turn, seeing a dark form standing in the hallway. Before I can call out, Meri turns on the light and I realise it is Zac. Meri sounds shocked. "Zac !"

"Hi !" He lifts his hand, a sheepish look on his face.

"Zac, what are you doing here, you were not supposed to come over before late next week". I stare at him, unable to understand he is here.

I can instantly see that something is.. wrong. He steps closer, almost tripping over his own feet. "I.. I can't do this Lumi.. the long distance, the being apart.. it's not working for me..".

"Oh..". My heart feels like it is going to literally break apart. Is he.. is he breaking up with me ?

He walks closer and grabs my hands, as he goes down on one knee. "Lumi, I can't function without you being close. The pain and loneliness without you is too much to bear.. I want you with me, I want to see your beautiful face when I wake up and I want to kiss you goodnight. Please marry me ?"

Behind me I hear Meri gasp at the exactly same time as me. I am totally floored, I had not expected this. Even though he had proposed once, he has kept telling me that when the time was right, he would do it again. "Zac I..".

"Before you answer I .. I need to tell you something". He breathes in slowly. "I.. have done something.. really bad".

I see Meri sneak off to the kitchen to give us privacy. And I pull Zac on his feet. "What is it ? What did you do ?"

"That... girl I saved.. her family". He breathes out slowly. "I have been spending a lot of time with them".

"Okay.. how is that bad ?" I feel dread built inside my stomach.

He rubs a hand over his face. "I.. I have been flirting with the girl.. I missed you so badly and I.. might have craved the attention.. I am so sorry.. She.. she kissed me".

"And.. what did you do". My chest is contracting painfully. Someone else kissed him. My Zac.

"I.. I was confused for a moment.. but all I could think of was you". He looks at me with moist eyes. "I told her nicely to stop, that I was sorry if I had made it seem like I wanted it and that I love you too much to ever want to fuck it up".

I breathe in deeply and slowly. "So.. this girl.. woman.. you did not sleep with her ?"

"Sleep with her ?" He looks like I have been talking Russian for a moment. "No. Oh definitely no.. I would never".

"So you have been spending time with her and her family.. and you have been flirting. She misunderstood and kissed you and you stopped her.. is that the full story". I look at him.

*Zac*
"Yeah.. I am sorry Lumi". I reach for her. "I am not good at being away from such a big part of myself.. I feel lost and I .. try to fill the emptiness".

She shrugs slightly, but I can see the anger flash behind her eyes. "It was flirting Zac.. everyone is flirting.. it doesn't really mean anything".

"It does, Lumi". A part of me feels angry that she seems not to care.. I want her to care and to show it. "So if everyone does it.. who did you flirt with ?"

"Just some guy at school.. he kind of.. wants me". She bites her lip, looking at me for a reaction. "I was lost and lonely too, so the attention felt good".

I slowly walk closer, shaking my head at her. "I am sorry for that Lumi, for putting you in a position where you feel like you need another man's attention to make you feel good.. but never ever tell me that some guy is trying to move in on my.. woman".

"Woman.. your woman". She puffs herself up. "Oh no 'Mr I can flirt and kiss with young girls, but you have to behave'.. you don't own me".

"No I don't own you". I walk closer, making her back up against the wall. Placing a hand on each side of her. "But you own my heart and my soul. I did you wrong and I put you in a situation where you did too, because I let you down. But when it comes to other men.. you are my woman, the only woman for me".

Her breathing has picked up. "It was nothing.. he flirted with me, I flirted back.. it was innocent".

I lean in, letting my lips grace her ear as I whisper. "See this is what I can't stand.. you being away from me, us being so far apart. And you being so damn fantastic that guys start flirting with you. I am so fucking scared of losing you, because at some point you're going to realize that I am not good enough for you.. It almost made me push you away first, just to spare myself".

"Who says you didn't manage". She is trying her best not to look at me, but I can hear her breathing catch. I nipple on her earlobe, hearing her whimper.

"I am, because by damn I am gonna fight with everything I got to make you marry me and come home with me. To our home". I run my nose up along her jaw. "So now I ask again, will you complete me ? Please Lumi, marry me".

She literally jumps into my arms, winding her legs around me, almost making me lose my balance. "Yes Zac, yes I'll marry you, I'll go with you wherever you need me to be. I don't want to miss you like that again".

"Thank you, That's all I ever wanted to hear". I pull out the new ring I got her, slipping it on her finger where she already wears the first one. "I know it's a bit different, but I thought it suited you".

She lifts her hand, looking at the clouded moonstone surrounded by diamonds. "It is beautiful, Zac and absolutely perfect. And now take me to bed, because I am so freaking turned on right now".

I chuckle. "As my woman demands.. and now I recognise my Lumi again".