Denial - a Breddy fanfic

101.

Time stopped for Brett as he waited for Eddy's reply. He hadn't even considered what he'd do if he said no at this point, honestly.
Eddy couldn't help but smile, and Brett mirrored his smile without even thinking about it, still on one knee in front of him. His heart rate was going through the roof, he could hear it in his ears. He almost fainted when Eddy finally gave his answer.
"Y... Yes of course, Brett", he stuttered out, pulling Brett to his feet to kiss him deeply, one hand placed on his cheek. He hadn't been prepared for the speech beforehand, and Brett broke the kiss when he felt Eddy's tears on his face.
"Shh, Eddy love, don't cry... Shh..." he whispered, even though he himself was crying. He took the ring out of the box and with shaky hands slid it onto his left ring finger. Brett kissed his hand softly, before looking up at Eddy again.
"I love you so fucking much, okay?", he said, sniffling and wiping away some tears. Eddy just nodded and pulled him into a tight hug.
"I love you too."

After the first minutes of adrenaline and nerves had worn up, the two finally remembered their Chinese food getting cold on the glass table by the comfy chairs and sat down to eat finally. Eddy caught himself looking down at his hand with the ring on it, taking note of how it shimmered in the light from the streetlights outside the window and feeling the butterflies start up all over again.
"You're insane, is this real gold?" Eddy asked with food in his mouth, still looking at the ring. Brett nodded to himself, swallowing his food before replying.
"It is, real proper gold. I don't know why that makes me insane though, it just felt right, you know?" He shrugged as if it wasn't important how much money he had spent on the ring before he took another bite.
"Can I ask how much?", Eddy asked, looking at Brett in the other chair without taking another bite of his food. "It looks hella expensive, and I wanna know exactly how insane you are."
Brett shrugged again.
"I dunno, like 7000 Norwegian money? I don't really know how much that is in dollars", Brett said casually, taking another bite. "I didn't really look that much at the price when I chose it. Is it alright, though? The ring I mean?"
Eddy pulled out his phone and made a quick search of how much money 7000 Norwegian kroner was in Australian dollars and almost fell out of his chair.
"Brett Yang, you are actually insane!" he exclaimed, leaning over to playfully punch Brett's arm. "And of course I like the ring, you picked it, you idiot." Brett laughed a bit at the "idiot"-remark.
"Well, this idiot is gonna be your husband, so get used to it. How much is it?" Eddy's cheeks lit up at the word "husband", again feeling the tickles in his stomach. The word felt almost unreal.
"Like a bit over a thousand dollars", he said, looking over at Brett for a reaction. He shrugged again.
"Not too bad, then", he said with a smile, grabbing another bite of his food. Eddy snorted.
"Not too bad? You're insane, honestly", he mumbled, taking another bite of the food, getting yet another glimpse of his ring, feeling that giddy feeling in his stomach again. 

"It's a bit insane in one aspect, though", Brett said while placing the empty takeaway container on the table. Eddy did the same moments later before replying.
"You're finally realizing how insane you are? That's great, Bretty, a step in the right direction", he joked with a wide grin. Brett stuck out his tongue at him.
"I mean, the fact that we haven't really told anyone we're boyfriends yet and now we're jumping straight to fiancés." Eddy felt the blush creep over his cheeks again. He hadn't even told his mom yet, not that he was looking particularily forward to that.
"I mean, yeah, that is a bit insane." He looked down at his ring again, biting his lip. "I should probably tell mom..."
Brett reached out and took Eddy's hand.
"I was thinking of calling my parents later tonight, when it is a reasonable time in Australia. We could do it together, if you want."
"That would be nice, yeah", Eddy mumbled, feeling the nervousness attack him again. He really had no idea how his parents would react to something like this. Sure, they were really fond of Brett. Sometimes to the point of comparing him to Brett, using Brett as a good example in school, in violin playing, socially... Maybe it could work to his advantage now, the affection his parents obviously felt towards Brett.
"Cool, I'm thinking to call in a few hours, a bit after midnight."
"Alright", Eddy said, leaning over the edge of his chair to kiss Brett's cheek. "We'll call then."

//Hey, just wanted to thank all of you for following the story so far! It feels a bit unrealistic, seeing the three digit chapter number, honestly. As always, I love seeing comments and theories! I hope you'll stay for the next 100 chapters, or however many I will write! Thank you! Would definitely not have gotten here without y'all//