Aceshi Engagement Ramble.....
The voices... The fucking voices..
(I am Alexander Hamilton. Yes this is a long ass essay. Please read it please please π₯Ί)
(p.s. This is very informal I'm just rambling, it's not really a fic just kind of a play by play of what happens tehe <3)
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Okay okay okay, if ace were to plan a day out to do Yuushi's favourite things for the proposal, I think this is how it would go:
First off, bus ride. Yuushi loves bus rides, especially LOOONG bus rides. Like how dogs love car rides. So Ace wakes her up to catch an early bus, probably somewhere around 7 am, from their apartment to a train station. Yuushi has never really been on a train, she's been on one once as a child and never again. She very much enjoys the train ride and just sitting there chatting with him while enjoying the scenery and pointing stuff out to him. Ace would usually be relatively bored to death, but not only is he talking with Yuushi which makes the whole thing 10x better, his nerves are also on FIRE.
They get to a little coastal town close to 11. It's relatively peaceful, it gets tourists but it doesn't have the usual tacky tourist attractions and obviously overpriced food stands with mediocre half stale desserts. He's been here a few times with his family to visit his grandparents, and he thought it would be a great place to propose because this is exactly where his parents got engaged. Perfect.
First thing they do when they get there: food. They're both hungry, they've been on moving vehicles for about 3 and a half hours, almost 4, not ideal but yuushi doesn't really seem to mind and she keeps checking up on him to make sure he's okay so he feels a bit less irritated. They get to a little restaurant owned by an old married couple who are very happy to have some customers, they sell THE BEST fried eggs Yuushi has ever had in her life. Yuushi also gets a soda float and they share a Sunday, yes it's got strawberries and cherries in it. Yes it's loaded with whip cream which Yuushi scoffs down faster than a vacuum and Ace gives the most exhausted but loving sigh as he wipes it off her cheek cus she's a messy eater.
Next: shopping! They go around browsing through store windows, only popping into stores that Yuushi points out because Ace is constantly discreetly checking his pockets to make sure he definitely did not forget the cards or the ring. Yuushi points out stores with cute jewellery or some charity shops with fun trinkets, and she's constantly pointing out random things to ace asking if he wants them or if he likes them. Half the stores she points out are more for him than for her. Frustrating, but she seems pretty happy about flustering him with her extensive knowledge of his one off mentioned interests.
At some point during their little trip Yuushi and Ace walk into a market place. It's got loads of random trinkets and accessories and knick knacks, totally up Yuushi's alley. As expected she's super excited and keeps seeing cute things she wants which Ace notes in his mental journal and occasionally sneaks off to grab. He probably considers making a little gift basket but he's worried it might be too much or she'd scold him for "wasting" money. (he doesn't think it's a waste, it's her after all) however, at some point he finds Yuushi chatting with a stall owner whose selling, you guessed it, custom card sets. They've got detailed designs and beautiful colours, and Ace practically has a heart attack strong enough to make him feel 90. He's genuinely worried she might know what he's doing, but when he gets over there to let her know he's ready to move on Yuushi seems absolutely oblivious. She picks up one of the example cards and shows it to him, asking him if he likes it, and his panic only increases. Of course he's being very brave about it and hides it pretty well but Yuushi is very perceptive when it comes to him by now and worries he doesn't actually like the card (which, mind you, she'd already payed for.) for the next few minutes of browsing they're both a little on edge, but eventually Yuushi forgets all about it because Ace has steered her in the direction of a little boutique. Yuushi likes being pretty, Ace knows that, he also likes seeing Yuushi feel pretty and he'd be damned if he didn't take the chance to see her in some cute dresses. This is his (hopefully) future wife he is completely allowed to be a smitten loser for her for a bit knowing none of his friends are their to tear down his pride.
Yuushi finds a dress she really likes, it's a cute sun dress, not too hefty and not too long but it's got cute frills, lace and ribbons and she's LOVING IT. She looks like a little angel, atleast thats what ace says. He encourages her to keep wearing it and buys it as a "Because I love you" gift, and suddenly his face is peppered in lip gloss (Absolute win if he does say so himself) They have a little teasing battle in the boutique while he's helping pack up her previous outfit, which promptly gets a little cough from the owner who gives them a knowing look and a little finger wag. They leave, both embarrassed but cackling their assets off.
Finally, after a little bit more browsing around, something happens. Ace spots a few familiar faces.... And Yuushi rushes over to greet Deuce Epel, Jack, Sebek and Ortho who are very happy to see her. Now you might think Ace invited them as a little surprise before the proposal, but no, he infact did NOT invite them. The bastards followed them here. Ace is kinda shocked, a little annoyed, but it eventually wears off seeing how happy Yuushi is. Slowly one by one as they get down to where Ace is planning on proposing, they see even more people they know.
(e.g Azul and the Tweels, His brother and his parents, The heartslabyul boys (Riddle has to hold himself back from congratulating Ace too early and too formally) Ruggie with Leona on the phone (he's a prince and he's busy he can't run off willy nilly even for his not-actually-his-daughter) , Kalim and Jamil (who he was especially surprised to see since they're so busy back home, apparently Cater had mentioned it to Kalim and he INSISTED on coming) and Lilia and Silver who are ready to give them Malleus's best wishes (He's a king, he also cannot come out willy nilly) and finally rook who he's honestly not surprised to see and who has Vil on the phone)
which not only grinds Ace's gears a bit knowing these weirdos he calls his friends pulled a prank on him on the most anxious day of his life, but it also feels kind of relieving to know they all have his back.
THEN FINALLY, AFTER A LONG LONG DAY..... They have a long walk. It's just the two of them, and Ace is leading her up to what he says will be the best view of her life. Along the path they have little chats, Ace prompting her to talk about memories like how they met, their first date, what she thought of him when she first saw him and vice versa... They both tease eachother for being cheesy, jabbing eachother with elbows, rolling their eyes, making stupid comments and shoving eachother off the path all the while laughing like little kids. It feels... Normal. Casual. For the first time that day Ace doesn't actually feel nervous, now he's even questioning why he was nervous at all. He made it this whole big thing, the anxious voice in his head telling him it needed to be perfect, he needed to impress her, but in that moment he remembers exactly why he feels so light on his feet and can let his guard down around Yuushi.
She doesn't care. Their entire relationship Yuushi has proven time and time again that she really doesn't care if Ace acts super cool or not, because she already thinks he is. She has this undying, undeniable faith in him, but it doesn't feel like a pressuring expectation coming from her. It's a breath of fresh air, and for a moment he almost feels airheaded, like his brains been replaced with cotton. His usual snide remarks are a little sloppy, his smirk is lopsided, his usually teasing stare is softer and almost giddy. He doesn't have to worry about looking like a loser around Yuushi because she knows he's a total loser, and she doesn't care. She never has, if anything him being a total dork is what she finds so special about him. Who does he need to impress? The girl whose seen him cry over over worrying time and time again he'll fail and has always encouraged him to pick himself back up? The girl who he's tried countless times to flirt with only for it to flop PATHETICALLY? The girl whose literally had to help him clean the puke off of his clothes after getting sick and still dared to kiss him and complain after? The girl who laughed so hard she cried when he missed a basketball shot dedicated to her that smacked him in the face, but then rushed down to make sure he was alright and kiss him saying it was the sweetest thing she'd ever seen? The girl whose been with him through his highs, his lows, and his down right despicable moments and never fails to challenge him when he's being an asshole? The girl who once poured him a bath and attempted to make him one of his favourite meals (one of his mom's recipes), put it on a tray, take it to him in the bath and offered to wash his hair after a bad day? The same girl who can always tell when he gets out of bed and gets upset when he leaves for even 5 seconds and waddles over to him in the middle of the night when he's up getting a drink? Yeah, he doesn't need to act cool.
Eventually they arrive on a cliff face. It's a flower field, and it over looks the entire town and out into the line where the sea meets the sky. The sun is starting to set and it's golden as far as the eye can see. Yuushi, who's completely marvelled by it, is a little caught off guard by Ace asking to show her a magic trick. By now she'd assumed she knew all of the secrets to his little tricks, so why? She agrees, obviously, (because who is she to deny him his fun) and so he asks her to pick a card. She does, he shuffles the deck, makes a reall big deal out of it doing every cool trick he can with the cards just to mess with her, but she notices the exact point he slips a different card in. She rolls her eyes and smiles, but his eyes are sparkling like he's performing the best magic trick in the world. She finds it kind of endearing how sweet he looks when he's excited, like a little boy showing his dad a cool move on his skateboard before falling flat on his face while his dad claps anyway. He hands the deck back to Yuushi, telling her to turn around and look at the first card on the deck. Yuushi is suspicious, she knows how mischevious he is and she gives him a sceptical glance, but does as he says anyway.
The card, the one he slipped in during his trick, obviously says: "Will you marry me?" which upon seeing Yuushi makes a strangled noise and flips around before he can even tell her to, wide eyed like a deer in headlights. And there he is, in the flowers, down on one knee with the ring. The ring box is shaped like a little cake.
Yuushi, with her entire body weight, tackles ace to the floor and they roll down the back of the cliff collecting flowers as they go. The end up at the bottom, laughing so hard they can't breath and so loud the towns people could probably hear it, now both a complete and utter mess. Despite being messy, they're both utterly ridiculously stupidly pathetically in love, so the mix of flower petals, grass and dirt doesn't bother them. Yuushi obviously says yes when Ace asks again, a little worried they'd gotten side tracked, and she hits him over the head like she did when they first met before kissing him and taking the ring.
Now, you might be wondering, did Yuushi actually know what Ace was planning? Well, when they reunited with their friends and got cleaned up and congratulated, Ace asked her. Her response?
"no I didnt! It was a total surprise!!! I really just thought we were hanging out...."
This did infact get a loud rumble of laughter across the group, and Ace let's out a sigh realising he really had no reason to worry because....
Yuushi takes everything at face value.
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Tag list.... I dunno why I wanna tag people so bad but I wanna share my stupid sillies and I'm super proud and I love my boyfriend a lot and I think you guys might like this so so please indulge me please.... π₯Ί
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