“To Youngjae,” it reads. The message was scribbled in a familiar handwriting. A handwriting neater than his own, although it had its own degree of illegibility.

With footsteps as light as feathers, Daehyun walks up behind Youngjae. He prepares his giddy heart for his next actions. While softly resting his head on the other’s shoulder, he wraps one arm around and holds up an object in front of Youngjae’s face. A silver ring shines in between his fingers. As Daehyun gazes at the ring with affectionate eyes, he whispers soothingly.

“I love you. Always and forever.”

Youngjae stares at the ring in awe and notices that on his significant other’s hand is a matching ring. His hands slowly reach up to the ring as if he were questioning whether such wonderful dreams could come true. Daehyun soon feels the two hands caress his own, and he smiles. And he knows that Youngjae is smiling too.

This is exactly what Daehyun wanted. He wanted him to always be happy like this. He wanted him to always smile like this. Always and forever.

“Happy birthday.”