Epilogue

A strange sense of déjà vu washed over Tino as the lift abruptly came to a halt. Especially since it was again only him and Berwald trapped in the rectangular box.

It had been exactly a year since him and Berwald had started dating. They had already started living together a couple of months ago, wanting to spend as much time together as possible. Tino had never been so in love before. No, he wasn't just in love. What he felt was more than a mere infatuation. He loved Berwald, more than anything in the world. Every day was like another day in paradise. Sure, they'd had a couple of disputes, but they were always minor ones that could be easily taken care of. Yes, Tino was happy.

But it was very ironic they were stuck in the elevator once more. Tino giggled.

Berwald was staring at him, just as he had one year ago.

"Seems pretty familiar, huh?" Tino explained his giggling fit to him.

Berwald smiled, happy yet a tat nervous for some reason.

"You r'm'mber," he sighed.

"Of course I do, how could I forget?" Tino answered, smiling blissfully as he thought about the day that had started it all. He would have never expected getting stuck in the elevator would bring him such happiness.

"Y' know," Berwald said, bringing Tino back to the present.

"I w's in l've with y' b'fore that day."

Tino blushed at those words. This information was new.

"I've l'ved y' f'r a v'ry l'ng t'me n'w," Berwald continued.

Tino had never seen him this nervous. His own heart sped up at the sight of it. It was racing by the time Berwald got down to one knee. Berwald pulled out a tiny blue box, and looked Tino in the eyes. Were his eyes always this mesmerizing?

"Will you marry me?" Berwald asked, being very careful with the pronunciation.

He opened the box to reveal a simple yet dazzling engagement ring. Tino was speechless. He wondered if his heart would explode, it certainly could if it kept beating like that.

Tears started forming in the corners of his eyes as he slowly pulled Berwald back up.

"Yes," he whispered, before deeply kissing his lover.

Berwald felt his anxiety flow away as he kissed back. He had been nervous for no reason at all.

As they broke away for air, Berwald gently slipped the ring onto his finger. Tino looked at it for a moment, then back up at Berwald. He was the happiest man in the world right now. Berwald was too, finally making Tino his actual 'wife'.

Tino grinned as he realized something. "You made the lift stop, didn't you?"

Berwald smiled apologetically. Tino leant forward and kissed him on the tip of his nose.

"I love you."

"L've y' too."

xoxox

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