dad jokes //// sulay

fifty-five.

yixing nervously knocked on junmyeon's parent's door, holding the box tightly in his pocket. minji opened the door.

"hello, yixing! come in, come in! why are you visiting?" minji asked, moving out of the way to let yixing in. yixing nervously stepped in.

"hello," yixing said, "is junmyeon's father here?"

"yes, i'll go get him! can i get you anything? a coke, beer?" minji asked.

"ah, no thank you," yixing said, "i'm sorry for dropping by so unexpectedly."

"no issue! it was a nice surprise," minji smiled pleasantly, "heechul, come here!"

junmyeon's father walked into the living room. he smiled when he saw yixing.

"hey, son. is junmyeon also here?" heechul asked.

"oh, no, it's just me," yixing said, nerves getting to him, "i only stopped by to ask you guys a very important question."

"what's that?" minji asked.

"for junmyeon's hand in marriage," yixing blurted out, watching their faces. they both seemed shocked, but minji was the first to break out of her trance.

"i thought you two were already married?"

"i meant for real this time," yixing explained, "that was to protect our image from the public. this one's real."

"yes! you have my permission!" minji grinned, obviously overjoyed from this news. yixing smiled, but then looked to heechul.

"do you love him as much as you did five years ago?" heechul asked, "in that can't eat, can't sleep, reach for the stars, smile like an idiot type of way?"

"no, sir," yixing shook his head, "i him more than that."

heechul smiled, "i thought so. you'll take good care of my son for me, won't you?"

"i will," yixing nodded, "i promise you i will."

"then you have my blessing," heechul nodded. yixing sighed in relief.

"oh, great," yixing said, pulling out the ring box, "would you like to see the ring?"

"you got him another ring?" minji asked, "but you spent seven million on the last!"

"yeah, well, that one was for our sham marriage. i couldn't expect him to use the same one," yixing frowned, "i got him a better one."

"let's see it, then," heechul said, he and minji scooting closer to yixing. yixing opened the box, exposing the ring.

"holy fucking shit, that's worth more than my house!" heechul screeched, taking the box from yixing. minji stared at it.

"oh my god," minji said, "thank god you can afford that. surely this must put a dent in your bank account."

"actually no. as of yesterday, i reached billionaire status," yixing said, "i wouldn't buy anything i couldn't afford."

"kid, you're twenty-three," heechul gaped, "what have i been doing all my life?"

yixing chuckled, staring at the ring, "he'll like it, won't he?"

"absolutely," minji said, "how much was this?"

"fifteen mil," yixing answered. they gaped at him.

"what? you can't put a price on love!"

"fifteen million- fifteen million dollars. don't let me hold this anymore, i may drop it," heechul said, handing the box back to yixing. yixing tucked it safely into his pocket.