Petal

Chapter 7 - All the beautiful things

A/N: Thank you all for coming with me on this ride. <3

"Among the most beautiful things I've ever known, I only recognized your beautiful colors when I saw you. Among the welcomed things I have ever received, I recognized my colors in her so I saw myself. It is high up with the sky and the moon. Time of the days, weeks, months, years, decades and centuries, millennia that will pass. Aquamarine puts stars in the sea. Beaches, bays, arms, cables, seas, gulfs and peninsulas and oceans that will not dry. And beautiful things are even more beautiful when you are here. Where are you? Today you are in the most beautiful things, because you are. Where are you? Today you are in the most beautiful things."

5 months later

Sanem was belly up, feeling the sun on her naked skin. The yellow of her bikini was a nice contrast to the tan she had developed those last 2 months. Can was now kissed by the sun as well and she enjoyed the different tone he had on his buttocks and hips.

The gentle sway of the boat was making Sanem sleepy but she knew Can would wake her up if she fell asleep so she dozed.

Can made his way up from their cabin, eyes immediately looking for Sanem. His mouth curled into a smile when he found her stretched out on the deck enjoying the warmth of the sun like a lazy kitten.

It seemed impossible that everytime he looked at her he'd seem to fall deeper in love. For two months now they had been 24 hours in each others face and Can couldn't say if he'd be able to let her go.

For a month he'd been toying with the idea of asking her to marry him. And for a month he had been postponing it; waiting for the perfect moment, the perfect opportunity.

He approached her slowly and quietly, observing his woman with heavy eyes. Everything in him clenched as the sudden memory of her, riding him on that same deck last night, under the moon and stars, popped suddenly into his head.

Sanem stretched like a feline as he covered her with his body and shielded her from the sun. "Hi, sevgilim...." Her eyes opened behind the lenses and she gave him a half smile that spoke of satisfaction. Her skin was warm, soft breasts pressing against his chest. When he kissed her mouth, she nibbled on his lower lip. He turned them over so she could lay on his chest. He buried his nose into her hair to drop a kiss on her temple and smell her. "Sanem... "

"Hmm?" She was getting sleepy again. Lately it seemed all she could do was sleep.

"Will you marry me?"

With her eyes still closed, she smiled. The curled tongue one. At last. Any longer and they'd have a problem.

"Well... Can, I guess I'll have to."

He snickered and tickled her ribs.

"You'll HAVE to?"

"Evet. And we'll have to do it fast, I suppose."

"Fast? Why?"

Can stared down at her but could only see a part of her profile. She moved up from his chest and stared down at him; an expression on her face he'd never seen before. He titled his head in confusion and waited for her to answer his question.

"Well Can Divit, you took your sweet time, didn't you? I don't wanna tell my mom I'm pregnant before I tell her we're married."

He froze. His whole world titled on its axis. His ears started ringing. He gaped at her like a fish and she laughed at him. He sat up suddenly.

"Sanem? Sanem? You're pregnant? Sanem?"

She just laughed and laughed then cried, her arms around his neck as he pulled her impossibly close.