Chapter 26: The proposal

            KANA

I make my way out from Yoo Mi's room and saw Yoo Han waiting. He stands when he sees my presence and approached me.

"How was it?" He asks and I smiled at him.

"She gave me meds to slow it down from eating my body up."

"That's good to hear but," he stops when he realized that I know what he's going to say next and sighs. "Alright then. I won't ask anymore."

"Dr. Xi, the chief's calling for you."

He looks back to me and I nod. "You should go."

"I'll visit you later."

"Bring food okay?" He laughs and waves goodbye. I make my way to the exit and saw Chanyeol. He's panting. "Chanyeol?"

"Are... you finished... already?" He asks while catching his breath.

"Yeah."

"Damn..." he holds on his knees for support as he chase his breath.

"Are you okay?"

"Traffic... I ran all the way.. here."

"What? Why did you do that?"

"I... was worried... that you... would go back.. alone." He groans frustrated and I laugh.

"Sit down first okay?" I helped him as we go to the bench. "I'll go get you something to drink." I head to the vending machine and got drinks for both of us. He takes one and thanked me.

"I didn't make it in the end."

"I'm still on my way home. You managed to make it at least." We stare at the family in front of us. The Dad is chasing the kid as the Mom watch them from afar, warning the both of them to be careful, scared of that the both of them might get hurt. "Chanyeol."

"Mm?" I can tell that he's looking at me as I called his name. Can we be like that too? Soah, you and me. Can we be a family too? I'm too scared of going to you because I might lose you again. I stare at him hoping that he can hear my thoughts. He smiles and pats my head.

"Did you hear it? What I'm thinking right now." He didn't reply and stared at me. He's still smiling at me.

"Here's another proposal." He takes the film container from his bag and placed it on my hand. "Will you marry me?"

I laughed. "You don't give up do you?"

"I will never give up on you." He tucks a lock of my hair on my ear and continued smiling. "Is it still a no?"

I stand from my seat and tossed the empty bottle on the bin. "Take me somewhere. I'm hungry." I walked ahead of him and hear him laugh.

"I guess I'm rejected for the third time huh?"

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            CHANYEOL

Kana stares to me then shifted her look to the grocery store. I grab a cart then her hand as we make our way inside. She stops me from walking and I grabbed the cart immediately because Kana stopping me made me let go of the cart wanting to hold her instead.

"I thought I asked you to feed me."

"I am feeding you. I just need things to let me feed you properly." I walk pass through her and hold the cart properly this time to be able to hold her properly in the future. I make a stop at the meat section and picked the most favorable that I can see. I can see Kana watch beside me as I do my thing. Fallen again huh? I smiled a bit and headed to get vegetables. "Still not liking potatoes?"

"Not in french fries form." I laugh and tossed them on my cart.

"In that form it is." I finish by getting the other things I need and headed to pay for all of it. We make our way back to the car and Kana helped me carry some of them. I drive on our way back and she opens the door for me. Headed to the kitchen, I turn and she disappeared. "Where did she run off too?" I walked to the sink and washed my hands after placing the things that I bought out from the paper bag.

Kana returns with her hair up and an apron on her. "So what do we do first?" She gives me another apron and I chuckle. She's excited about this. I took it and wrapped it around me tying the two ends.

"Chop the potatoes so they'll be good in fries."

"Roger that." She runs to my side and gets the chopping board along with the knife. She begins chopping and I begin staring as I wash the remaining vegetables. She noticed me and stops chopping. "I think starting with your task is better than staring?"

I laugh. I grabbed another knife and a chopping board starting my task. "Every chef needs a little inspiration."

"You're not a chef Chan, you're a photographer." I let go of my knife and walked close to her. "What?" I grab her waist and kissed her. I felt her gasp at my action. As usual, she struggled at first but slowly melts with my kiss afterwards. I pulled back and returned to my spot.

"That was damn phenomenal."

"What is? The damn erted guy who just kissed me without consent?"

"No. You called me Chan." She was held back with what I just said and continued chopping. "And did I mention that you kissed me back again?"

"SHUT UP AND DO YOUR WORK." I smile. I see it. I'm going to be a potential groom soon.

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            KANA

I stare at him as we eat our lunch.

God, I've found my groom.

If only my pride isn't with me right now, I would yell yes even if he is not proposing to me right now. What happened today was him brushing death off my hands and my anxiety in marriage. I want to marry him right here and now. He noticed me staring and he stops eating.

"What?"

"Can I ask something?"

"That's dumb. I will answer all of your questions."

I smile taking more interest to him. "Why are you so desperate in marrying me?"

He puts his fork down and looks at me appreciatively. "That's a good question Ms. Byun." I chew my cheek forcing myself not to grin at the thought that I want to be called Ms. Park in the future. "It's because I'm crazy in love with you. Explain it further? Okay. I'm desperately in love with you." I laugh at his answer.

"Can I tell you something then?"

He nods.

"I'm afraid of marriage. You know that. That's the reason why you've been rejected three times. Also, I'm afraid of being hurt and hurting others. The thought of me being sick makes me afraid of leaving this world all of a sudden without even experiencing all of the possible happiness that I can get. Because whenever I feel happy, something bad happens. That makes me more afraid. What if I marry you, will I die all of a sudden? Another one. If I make you happy, I would also make you feel hurt and pain if I die."

I am not supposed to cry telling him this but I cry. I push the chair away from the table and walked out from the dining area. I hear another chair pull out and he's behind me. He's hugging me wishing that all of my thoughts disappear right here and then.

"Hey look at me." He whispers and I turn to face him. He lets out a sad smile and I hate it that I made him cry right now. He reaches for my cheeks and wipes the tears that are falling from my eyes. "Can I tell you something right now?" I nod. "What you said just now made me feel awful and incredible at the same time. Awful because that's not what I would like you to feel. I'm asking you for marriage because I want to give you all the happiness that you deserve in life Kana. I know I don't deserve somebody as perfect as you are Kana but I am taking the risk to give you all the happiness that you deserve in this lifetime. That illness of yours? that because hell you don't deserve to be given a time that you have left.”

I cry harder because I want to marry him right now. I love him even harder.

"I also felt incredible because just now, just now you told me that you had a thought of marrying me and damn that made me the happiest man on earth." He smiles and takes out the film container on his pocket. I laughed looking at him. "So taking advantage of this moment, Ms. Byun, will you marry me so that I'll be able to start and give you all the happiness that you deserve?"

I cry even harder. But this time because I already felt him giving me the happiness that he thought I deserve. "Yes.. hell yes." He stands straight, shocked with my answer and covers his mouth gasping.

"Sh*t. I never thought that what I searched was really true." I laughed again. He's beginning to look cute right now.

"What did you even searched?"

"Ten ways on how to make a girl say yes."

"What did it tell you?"

"A lot of things. But I really tried the last one because it had a lot of reviews."

"What is the last one?"

"Cook for her. Damn that blogger. I have to give that a perfect eleven." I laugh again and hugged him close. He hugs me back and rested his chin on my head.

"Thank you Chanyeol and I love you."

He pulls back and leans closer to me. "No, thank you and I love you too Ms. Park."

I grin. It was just seconds ago when I thought I loved to be called Ms. Park in the future and now I was called by that name. Not to mention, I was called by the man that I will marry.

 KANA

I make my way out from Yoo Mi's room and saw Yoo Han waiting. He stands when he sees my presence and approached me.

"How was it?" He asks and I smiled at him.

"She gave me meds to slow it down from eating my body up."

"That's good to hear but," he stops when he realized that I know what he's going to say next and sighs. "Alright then. I won't ask anymore."

"Dr. Xi, the chief's calling for you."

He looks back to me and I nod. "You should go."

"I'll visit you later."

"Bring food okay?" He laughs and waves goodbye. I make my way to the exit and saw Chanyeol. He's panting. "Chanyeol?"

"Are... you finished... already?" He asks while catching his breath.

"Yeah."

"Damn..." he holds on his knees for support as he chase his breath.

"Are you okay?"

"Traffic... I ran all the way.. here."

"What? Why did you do that?"

"I... was worried... that you... would go back.. alone." He groans frustrated and I laugh.

"Sit down first okay?" I helped him as we go to the bench. "I'll go get you something to drink." I head to the vending machine and got drinks for both of us. He takes one and thanked me.

"I didn't make it in the end."

"I'm still on my way home. You managed to make it at least." We stare at the family in front of us. The Dad is chasing the kid as the Mom watch them from afar, warning the both of them to be careful, scared of that the both of them might get hurt. "Chanyeol."

"Mm?" I can tell that he's looking at me as I called his name. Can we be like that too? Soah, you and me. Can we be a family too? I'm too scared of going to you because I might lose you again. I stare at him hoping that he can hear my thoughts. He smiles and pats my head.

"Did you hear it? What I'm thinking right now." He didn't reply and stared at me. He's still smiling at me.

"Here's another proposal." He takes the film container from his bag and placed it on my hand. "Will you marry me?"

I laughed. "You don't give up do you?"

"I will never give up on you." He tucks a lock of my hair on my ear and continued smiling. "Is it still a no?"

I stand from my seat and tossed the empty bottle on the bin. "Take me somewhere. I'm hungry." I walked ahead of him and hear him laugh.

"I guess I'm rejected for the third time huh?"

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            CHANYEOL

Kana stares to me then shifted her look to the grocery store. I grab a cart then her hand as we make our way inside. She stops me from walking and I grabbed the cart immediately because Kana stopping me made me let go of the cart wanting to hold her instead.

"I thought I asked you to feed me."

"I am feeding you. I just need things to let me feed you properly." I walk pass through her and hold the cart properly this time to be able to hold her properly in the future. I make a stop at the meat section and picked the most favorable that I can see. I can see Kana watch beside me as I do my thing. Fallen again huh? I smiled a bit and headed to get vegetables. "Still not liking potatoes?"

"Not in french fries form." I laugh and tossed them on my cart.

"In that form it is." I finish by getting the other things I need and headed to pay for all of it. We make our way back to the car and Kana helped me carry some of them. I drive on our way back and she opens the door for me. Headed to the kitchen, I turn and she disappeared. "Where did she run off too?" I walked to the sink and washed my hands after placing the things that I bought out from the paper bag.

Kana returns with her hair up and an apron on her. "So what do we do first?" She gives me another apron and I chuckle. She's excited about this. I took it and wrapped it around me tying the two ends.

"Chop the potatoes so they'll be good in fries."

"Roger that." She runs to my side and gets the chopping board along with the knife. She begins chopping and I begin staring as I wash the remaining vegetables. She noticed me and stops chopping. "I think starting with your task is better than staring?"

I laugh. I grabbed another knife and a chopping board starting my task. "Every chef needs a little inspiration."

"You're not a chef Chan, you're a photographer." I let go of my knife and walked close to her. "What?" I grab her waist and kissed her. I felt her gasp at my action. As usual, she struggled at first but slowly melts with my kiss afterwards. I pulled back and returned to my spot.

"That was damn phenomenal."

"What is? The damn erted guy who just kissed me without consent?"

"No. You called me Chan." She was held back with what I just said and continued chopping. "And did I mention that you kissed me back again?"

"SHUT UP AND DO YOUR WORK." I smile. I see it. I'm going to be a potential groom soon.

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            KANA

I stare at him as we eat our lunch.

God, I've found my groom.

If only my pride isn't with me right now, I would yell yes even if he is not proposing to me right now. What happened today was him brushing death off my hands and my anxiety in marriage. I want to marry him right here and now. He noticed me staring and he stops eating.

"What?"

"Can I ask something?"

"That's dumb. I will answer all of your questions."

I smile taking more interest to him. "Why are you so desperate in marrying me?"

He puts his fork down and looks at me appreciatively. "That's a good question Ms. Byun." I chew my cheek forcing myself not to grin at the thought that I want to be called Ms. Park in the future. "It's because I'm crazy in love with you. Explain it further? Okay. I'm desperately in love with you." I laugh at his answer.

"Can I tell you something then?"

He nods.

"I'm afraid of marriage. You know that. That's the reason why you've been rejected three times. Also, I'm afraid of being hurt and hurting others. The thought of me being sick makes me afraid of leaving this world all of a sudden without even experiencing all of the possible happiness that I can get. Because whenever I feel happy, something bad happens. That makes me more afraid. What if I marry you, will I die all of a sudden? Another one. If I make you happy, I would also make you feel hurt and pain if I die."

I am not supposed to cry telling him this but I cry. I push the chair away from the table and walked out from the dining area. I hear another chair pull out and he's behind me. He's hugging me wishing that all of my thoughts disappear right here and then.

"Hey look at me." He whispers and I turn to face him. He lets out a sad smile and I hate it that I made him cry right now. He reaches for my cheeks and wipes the tears that are falling from my eyes. "Can I tell you something right now?" I nod. "What you said just now made me feel awful and incredible at the same time. Awful because that's not what I would like you to feel. I'm asking you for marriage because I want to give you all the happiness that you deserve in life Kana. I know I don't deserve somebody as perfect as you are Kana but I am taking the risk to give you all the happiness that you deserve in this lifetime. That illness of yours? that because hell you don't deserve to be given a time that you have left.”

I cry harder because I want to marry him right now. I love him even harder.

"I also felt incredible because just now, just now you told me that you had a thought of marrying me and damn that made me the happiest man on earth." He smiles and takes out the film container on his pocket. I laughed looking at him. "So taking advantage of this moment, Ms. Byun, will you marry me so that I'll be able to start and give you all the happiness that you deserve?"

I cry even harder. But this time because I already felt him giving me the happiness that he thought I deserve. "Yes.. hell yes." He stands straight, shocked with my answer and covers his mouth gasping.

"Sh*t. I never thought that what I searched was really true." I laughed again. He's beginning to look cute right now.

"What did you even searched?"

"Ten ways on how to make a girl say yes."

"What did it tell you?"

"A lot of things. But I really tried the last one because it had a lot of reviews."

"What is the last one?"

"Cook for her. Damn that blogger. I have to give that a perfect eleven." I laugh again and hugged him close. He hugs me back and rested his chin on my head.

"Thank you Chanyeol and I love you."

He pulls back and leans closer to me. "No, thank you and I love you too Ms. Park."

I grin. It was just seconds ago when I thought I loved to be called Ms. Park in the future and now I was called by that name. Not to mention, I was called by the man that I will marry.

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