Stained Glass Breaks and So Do Hearts

VK Day and A Royal Proposal

Carlos and Ben had settled into their relationship with seemingly endless months of bliss. They had yet to go all the way with one another, the timing never right. They were the perfect couple, few arguments and they worked together as if they were in each other's minds.

It was peaceful in Auradon when they started planning for VK Day. VK Day was the day the first four VK's choose four new VKs to come to Auradon and go to Auradon Prep. It took King Ben, Mal and Carlos months of convincing and planning to get to this day. It was the morning of VK Day and Carlos was nervous. Ben came around to him on the balcony, wrapping his arms around his waist. The comfort reminded Carlos to breathe, causing him to gasp.

"Breath pup, Mal is doing a flyover in dragon form and I have men watching. Don't worry about Uma. Just worry about picking the right VKs to come." Ben chuckled teasing him. Carlos whined like an actual puppy for a moment.

"Aren't you supposed to tell me not to worry at all?" Carlos gave him a fake glare.

"Probably but it's to much fun to hear you whine..." Ben smirked, squeezing him tighter. There was a subtext to this conversation that Carlos blushed at.

"Maybe if you stopped teasing me and finally gave it to me, you would hear all the whining you want." He teased back making Ben blush now and clear his throat.

"I thought... I uh..."

"I'm talking about the advice about not worrying..." He continued to tease. "but it's fun to watch you all flustered like this..." Ben growled lowly and squeezed his pup tightly. They both shared a bit of a laugh at themselves before Mal descended next to them in a cloud of purple smoke. She growled a bit.

"No sign of Uma. So that's good, but I have a bad feeling about this, guys. Increase the guards and take no chances." Mal suggests and Ben nodded letting go of Carlos and going to prepare things. Carlos whined and sighed.

"Are you sure we should worry about Uma? It has been months and she hasn't shown a single ugly tentacle this whole time." Carlos frowned, crossing his arms looking out to the ocean. After their first date, Ben told Carlos about the threat on his life, Uma made. It made the hair on his neck raise nervously.

"You and I both know, Shrimpy isn't to be dismissed. She may be weak, but she knows how to mess things up really well. I don't trust her as far as I can throw her." Mal said sternly giving him a hard look. They both sighed heavily and headed for the limo. The time had come.

"From the North to the South, From the East to the West, Lost boys, lost girls you all know you're the best hit the streets, it's your day turn it up, now's your chance!" The little song they had to mark the day played as the isle's bridge pavilion swarmed with hopeful VKs.

"I can't believe this day has finally arrived. I honestly wish we could take you all with us and someday, very soon, maybe we can." Evie said setting things off an in her best announcement voice.

"Yeah, we're gonna be back here so many times. You're going to be so sick of us." Mal added making everyone laugh or cheer. "So sick of us."

"Can I get a drum roll, please? First, I would like to begin, with the granddaughter of Lady Tremaine, daughter of Drizella, my sweet, sweet friend. My Dizzy." Evie sweetly posed. Dizzy cheered and ran up to her, hugging her.

"Next, is son of Smee. Come on, Squeaky." Carlos called motioning him over.

"And no way, we're splitting up the twins, so get over here, Squirmy, come on. Bring it in, buddy!" Jay announced, pulling the boy in for a tiny bit of roughhousing.

"And last, but certainly not least, we all picked this girl because we all agreed that she could use a little bit of Fairy Godmother's goodness class. Give it on up for Dr. Facilier's daughter, Celia." Mal announced, gesturing down to her.

"I'm back." Celia said with pure swagger.

"We'll be back for you guys, next week, okay?" Evie added just as excited as the majority of the new VKs.

"And so, pack your stuff, your own stuff. Where are we going?" Jay questioned with a big smile.

"We're going to...Auradon!" Everyone cheered in unison!

Meanwhile, Uma was just outside the barrier, taking her time and looking for a hole, a gap. Anything that could set her brother VKs free. Anger still burned in her veins. She had a promise to keep. A promise to make that king suffer and to get revenge on his little pup. She agreed with what the original four VKs were doing. They were giving her brothers the chance she wanted to give them, but it wasn't enough to sate her. She wanted them all free, all of them allowed to enjoy. She wanted her glory though, Mal was stealing even this from her. She roared with absolute frustration before continuing her search.

The week went by relatively fast and finally, the celebration for the New VKs was waiting. Everyone was excited. Carlos had walked out with Ben but was stopped from leaving the stage by Fairy Godmother. He just looked confused and stood by Ben quietly. Everyone was seemingly staring at them.

"Bippity-boppity, one, two, one, two. Can everybody hear me?" Fairy Godmother said holding a golden microphone

"Yes." The crowd cheered. She handed the microphone to Ben.

"Thank you, Fairy Godmother. What's up, Auradon?" Ben grinned and paused as everyone rallied and cheered. "Thank you. Thank you so much for coming out to welcome our new arrivals. They'll be here soon. It worked out pretty well for the first four. Carlos, this is the exact spot we first met not so long ago. I feel like I've known you my whole life. But did I mention, I'm in love with you?" Ben said smirking. Carlos chuckled and blushed, smiling from ear to ear.

"Aw." He said as Doug started strumming the notes to the song for Ben.

"I met this guy, that rocked my world like it's never been rocked. And now I'm living just for him and I won't ever stop. I never thought that it could happen to a guy like me. But now look at what you've done you got me down on my knee. "He knelt down while Carlos was distracted. Carlos stared at him. This wasn't happening. He wasn't. He wouldn't. Then he went bright red. HE WOULD.

"Carlos, it's you and me. It's you and me forever. Will you marry me? Will you be my King?" There was a long pause that made everyone nervous. Ben's face was suddenly full of panic before Carlos grinned evilly.

"Yes! Of course, Ben!" He screamed into the microphone. Ben finally breathed putting the ring on his finger before they kissed. It was not a kiss for the public, but no one cared. This was their moment. The crowd whistled and cheered for the two newly engaged.