Maybe, Baby ||《Jaerosé》

Then Comes Marriage

"If I get 'have a baby', I'm starting now." Chaeyoung watches Jaehyun over his shoulder as he plays with an Instagram filter; one that "tells" you you're supposed future. She smiles at his silliness, Jaehyun filming them all whilst waiting for the little box to stop on something.

Clinging to his shoulders, she watches as the block of text stops at 'you're going to buy a house' and laughs when he deletes the video and tries again.

"If I get it-"

"This is, like, your fifth try."

"You know what they say, Babe: fifth times the charm."

"That's really not what they say," she retorts with a snort, watching as the text stops at 'you become a soundcloud rapper'.

He grunts, leaning his head on to Chaeyoung's shoulder. "This thing hates me."

"Hmm... I don't know, maybe it's trying to say something." She thinks, for a moment, of the possibility of Jaehyun being a rapper. Almost immediately, she shoves it away, giggling to herself.

He sighs, propping his phone up on a potted plant on the table in front of him. "Here, Chaeng, you try."

She stands to sit in front of him, making herself comfortable in the space between his legs on the floor. Chaeyoung hits the record button and false anticipation. The first result she gets pops up as 'you'll become a famous singer'. She turns to him with a smile, "Hm, maybe in another life."

He kisses the top of her head. "Try again." Jaehyun reaches over her, restarting the process.

Chaeyoung merely rolls her eyes, turning back towards the camera. The second result read 'you'll become a dog mom/dad'. Jaehyun sighs exasperatedly and Chaeyoung merely comments, "oooh, I've always wanted a dog."

"Okay, wait, try one more time."

"Jaehyun-"

"Please?"

"Why?" She lifts her chin in clear defiance.

He pouts. "I'm trying to do something cute."

Taking a deep breathe through her nose, she smiles up at him, feelings of endearment welling up inside her chest. "Okay, Okay, fine." She relents, turning around, once again, to face the camera. She sees him smile over her shoulder through the camera as she reached to press record. Her third result read, 'you'll get married this year.'

Chaeyoung shifts to fully turn to him, about to make a snide comment about her result, when she suddenly comes face to face with a velvet box. "Third times the charm, eh?" He says, opening the box to reveal a silver band with a diamond perched on top of it.

"I... what?"

He holds her hand, lifting her to stand as he kneels onto the floor. "Park Chaeyoung, I am asking you to make me the happiest man on earth. Will you marry me?"

She's speechless, staring down at the love of her life. "Did you... did you really use an Instagram filter to propose to me...?" she blurts, unable to completely wrap her head around it.

"It's a good way to capture the moment on camera. Don't take too long to answer, though, we only have a minute."

She laughs as tears of joy sting the corners of her eyes, "you idiot," she says, smiling, "of course I'll marry you."