12 Days of Enjoltaire

Day 10: Permets-tu?

           On Christmas day, the Amis were gathered at Enjolras and Grantaire's place for a holiday party. Enjolras was doing most of the cooking and trying to burn anything down. Grantaire was finishing putting up the decorations when the others arrived. Cosette saw Enjolras in the kitchen and instantly intervened.

"Hey! Absolutely not! You are still not allowed in the kitchen since the whole curtain fire incident!" She said, shooing him out of the kitchen. Enjolras just huffed and went out to say hello to the others. Grantaire laughed softly and went into the kitchen.

"Hey Sette," he greeted, leaning against the counter. Cosette smiled at him.

"Hey, R. Everything alright?" she asked as she finished up the cookies and put them in the oven.

"Kind of. Well, on my end it is but you might kill me," he said with a smile.

"What did you do?" She asked, crossing her arms. How she could look intimidating at 5 foot tall is beyond Grantaire. He took a deep breath and pulled a small jewelry box out of his pocket and opened it to show Cosette a gold wedding band with a ruby embedded in it with the words 'Mon Ange' engraved inside. Cosette gasped softly and smiled up at him.

"You're going to propose to him tonight?" she asked quietly. Grantaire nodded and slipped in back in his pocket.

"That's the plan," he sighed softly. "And I'm kinda asking you for your blessing. I mean, you're his sister, right?" Cosette shrugged.

"I mean technically but he really is closer with Combeferre and Courfeyrac. They've been like brothers since kindergarten." Grantaire sighed and nodded.

"Alright. Can you help me get distract the others? And Enjolras?" Grantaire asked. Cosette smiled devilishly and nodded.

"Leave it to me," she smiled and left with an innocent smile. She whispered to Combeferre and Courfeyrac to go into the kitchen before addressing the rest of them.

"Who wants to see embarrassing pictures of Enjolras, and Grantaire!" She announced, winking at Grantaire as the others gathered around and Enjolras blushed a bright red.

Combeferre and Courfeyrac met Grantaire in the kitchen.

"What's up?" Courfeyrac asked with a smile, while raiding the cookie jar. Grantaire pulled out the ring box again and showed the two of them. Courfeyrac squealed happily and jumped on him with a tight hug. Combeferre patted his shoulder with a grin.

"I'm so happy for you two," Combeferre smiled. Courfeyrac dropped back down and was still smiling.

"I want to ask you two for your blessing," He explained with a nervous smile. Combeferre and Courfeyrac exchanged a look and nodded.

"You two are perfect for each other," Combeferre replied. "But don't you traditionally ask for the family's blessing?" Grantaire nodded in confusion.

"Isn't that the two of you?" He asked. Courfeyrac shrugged.

"Kind of. But the others are as much of his family as we are." Grantaire sighed and nodded.

"Alright. Just... Can you guys get Enjolras out of the house so I can talk to everyone?" he asked wearily. Courfeyrac nodded and called into the living room.

"Hey Enj! We're out of marshmallows, can you and Sette run and grab some more?" He asked.

"Yeah, sure!" Enjolras replied and got up, going into the kitchen and Grantaire hid the ring under a pot.

"I'll see you in a bit," Enjolras said, kissing his cheek with a loving smile. Grantaire grinned brightly at him and nodded.

"Alright. Be careful with that foot," he teased. Enjolras rolled his eyes with a smile and grabbed his keys. Cosette met him at the door and gave Grantaire a thumbs up. Grantaire took a deep breath and gathered everyone in the living room.

"Alright, I'm just going to go over this once because we don't have much time," Grantaire started, climbing up on the coffee table. He handed the ring to Courfeyrac so that he could pass it around.

"I'm going to propose to Enjolras tonight," he said with a smile. The others instantly started chattering and complimenting and squealing (which was 50% Courfeyrac and 50% Jehan). Grantaire couldn't help but smile but he nodded.

"Thank you, thank you but he's going to be back soon and I need to get all of your blessings because I want to do this right and you guys are his family," he explained. "I promise that I will always love him and never hurt him and make him happy. I love him more than anything," he said, softening up with a smile.Jehan smiled at him and pulled him off the table and into a hug.

"You guys are going to be perfect together," they said and the others agreed. Grantaire let out a sigh of relief and smiled at them.

"Thank you. This really means a lot to me," he smiled.

"So how are you gonna do it?" Gavroche asked curiously and Grantaire froze.

"I, uh. I don't know yet," he admitted. "I've just been hoping to talk to everyone first."

"You've got to make it really romantic," Jehan said.

"And you need to do something spontaneous," Bahorel added.

"And it has to be cute," Joly added.

"And-" Courfeyrac started but Grantaire threw his hands up.

"Alright! Alright! Look, I'm just going to ask him after we do the gift exchange. Is that okay for all of you?" he asked. The others smiled and nodded with a general hum of agreement.

A few minutes later, Enjolras and Cosette came back and the group started exchanging gifts. All the while, Jehan kept giving Grantaire looks and he kept "missing" the garbage bag and throwing balls of wrapping paper at them.

Finally, at the end of the night Grantaire took a deep breath and got up, pulling Enjolras up with him.

"Enjolras, I've loved you since the moment I met you. You're such a beacon of light and happiness in my life and I want to spend every moment I have left with you." Grantaire got down on one knee and revealed the ring while Enjolras stood, dumbfounded and teary eyed.

"Alexandre Enjolras, will you marry me?" He asked hopefully. After a moment of silence, Enjolras' face broke into a bright smile.

"Yes. Oh my god Taire, yes! Of course I will!" he replied throwing his arms around him and giving him a bone crushing hug as the others cheered. Grantaire let out a breath of relief and kissed him happily.

"Thank god," he sighed as he gave Enjolras the ring. "You scared the shit out of me for a moment." Enjolras laughed and took a deep breath.

"Why would I say no? I love you Taire," He smiled.

"I love you too ange," Grantaire replied, holding him tightly.

"Sooooo," Courfeyrac interrupted. "Can I plan the wedding?"