For the most part Thais was used to Gerard leaving her speechless. However, it was moments like this where she gets her fair chance at doing the same to him. With her free hand, she narrowed her eyes in a playful manner and jokingly gestured a finger gun at him before saying, “Aha! Gotcha there!…” Soon after she joined him on the laughter and leaned against him as she relaxed and admired the still scenery before them.
The she-wolf waited patiently and listened carefully to Gerard’s reply. She may have also cheated a little by honing in on here were-senses and seeing if he was completely nervous. Surprisingly she was right, but it wasn’t anything too alarming. Maybe it was because she was calling him out that made him feel that way and so she awaited for the truth to unfold in hopes of understanding where he was coming from.
Raising a brow, she was confused at the complete reassurance. If everything was perfectly fine then why was he acting in such a weird way? However, as soon as he admitted that something was on his mind, Thais urged him to go on as she gestured a brief nod and listened attentively. “You got something for me?” she reiterated in disbelief. “I know you’re like the king of surprises and I love it Gerard, I do…But what’s the occasion? Especially since this ‘something’ seems serious…” Her voice trailed off as her eyes travelled to his pocket, “And it’s small too…What are you…?” To say she was confused is an understatement, but after a few seconds, it suddenly dawned on her. It had to be that and judging by the size of it, she could only assume that his nervousness was caused by how she’d react. Letting go of his hand, she fully turned her body, so that she was facing him completely with her full attention and sat there patiently in silence. She didn’t want to jump into any conclusions, but now she too was nervous as fuck as to what he wanted to tell her.
“One hundred percent, yout totally did” he admitted, still laughing about it. It was some sort of unspoken rule between them, a constant in their dynamic when they were being a bit playful together. They often left the other speechless, outwitted one another with their comebacks or sometimes just resorted to kissing as means of rendering each other silent. The laughter was still dying down when she leaned against him and the man drapped an arm around her, slightly turning his face to her.
The last thing the airbender wanted was for her to worry about him, especially since he didn’t want this moment to feel tense in any way. Sure. this wasn’t a flashmob, write-it-in-the-clouds, serenade, big kind of moment but Gerard hoped it could go as smoothly as possible. He hoped that they could just calmly and honestly talk about it as they always did about every other thing. “Nah, it’s not serious. I mean, it is a serious topic, but not in a grave, negative way” the man spoke with a reassuring smile curving his lips, giving her hand a light squeeze.
It dawned on her before he could even explain further. He could tell by the look on her face that she suspected what was the small object inside his pocket. Frankly, he couldn’t tell if the look of shock she gave him was a negative reaction or just her response to being caught so off guard by it. He better just fully bring up the topic since Thais clearly suspected that was what he was going to say next. So the airbender took out of his pocket the little velvety box and held it in his hands, eyes locked on it. “Sorry, I uh- I didn’t mean to shock you like this with it” the man said in a lower tone, a light chuckle mixed with his words. It was a nervous chuckle, really. Gerard opened the box with care, revealing the engagement ring. It wasn’t one of those massive diamonds some women loved to flaunt on their fingers, instead he picked a dainty little thing that seemed more tasteful to him, a ring that just had 'Thais’ written all over it.
“I didn’t really plan to get this ring, you know? I ended up getting it because of how I feel about you. I have to admit that I even surprised myself a little because for a really long time I was set on the idea that I would never get married. It never felt like something I wanted to do, or that I uh... that I would be good at, being someone’s husband” the man spoke, his last words sounding like it was such a weird concept, like it was still something he didn’t know if he could do right. “I love you, Thais. It’s ridiculous how much in love with you I am” he added with a grin, fully facing her and keeping his eyes set on her own. The airbender was never too good at putting his feelings into words because for a long time he didn’t face how he felt, he just ran from it. But not with Thais, with her he stayed in every possible way, he didn’t run anymore and instead faced everything with her by his side. “And I understand if this isn’t something you want to do, I really do. I don’t know, maybe you think it’s too fast for me to even be talking about this, or maybe it’s something that you don’t want to discuss at all. But I just- well, if there’s one thing I’m sure of is that I want to spend my life with you. I want to be with you for as long as you’ll let me. And I already talked a lot, maybe it’d be good if I shut up and finally let you say something” the airbender added with a sheepish smile, running a hand through his messy hair.
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