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"WHAT THE ... FVCK ?!" the moment I got the chance to enter and observe the whole room, I actually shouted that cuss loudly. My tears suddenly stop from falling and all that I want to do is to punch someone. I don't know what to feel nor say.

The whole room is full of black, gold, and white balloons hanging on the ceiling, and even the floor has lots of balloons and rose petals.

"Well, uhm ... surprise?" a voice spoke from the inside of the room. And when I turned my gaze to the owner of that voice, my tears started to fall again, like a water falls.

It was Aius.

I don't know but my legs just moved on purpose and I ran the close of the distance between the two of us, and when I got close to him I had no inhibition that I worshiped him with a tight hug.

"H-hey, stop crying. Why are you crying? Don't you like my surprise for you, Love?" Aius, asked while caressing my back as if calming me.

But I didn't dare to answer him, and all I did is to just hug him. I don't know but my heart still hurts. I just cried crying even though it was hard to breathe.

"Shh ... stop, love. I'm ... I'm so sorry. Stop crying, baby. Just by seeing your tears falling because of me is making my heart break into tiny pieces. I can't take it "I'm so sorry, please." Aius said with his voice full of pain.

I shook quickly when I heard his apologies. With my aching heart and sobbing voice, I force myself to answer him. "No, Aius. Love, you don't have to say sorry. It's me who have to say sorry, for acting so immature and for being selfish. I'm so sorry, baby. I'm sorry if I have to leave you, I'm sorry for realizing all your efforts and love for me this late. I'm sorry. " while I was saying those words I was just crying, I'm not even sure if he understood what I said or what.

"Shh, don't worry, love. I understand you for doing that. You don't have to say sorry. I love you, stoo crying." he said. And I feel like I'm stupid 'cause the moment he asked me to stop crying, I didn't stop. Instead, I just cried even more.

"I ... I thought I really lost you. I thought, I thought you left me, your son and I. I thought, I thought you were fed up with me, I thought I was punishing you. I thought you really were gone , I thought ... I thought I couldn't hug you anymore and I couldn't hear your voice anymore, I thought- "I can barely talk and finish my words, because my heart really hurts. I'm happy but at the same time I'm sick.

"Baby, no. I won't ever leave you and our son. No matter how difficult the situations are I'll still understand you, and stay with you because I love you so much that I can't afford to lose you, even if it means hurting me or whatever. I'll always choose you, because choosing you and staying at your side is the best that I can do. Loving you and our son is my life, love. " he said.

Then, suddenly a soft and lovely song filled the room together with my sobs that became even more louder because I just realized the lyrics of the song that's now playing.

"I'm so sorry, for all the wrong that I've done. For all the pain and sufferings that I've caused you." I whispered in his chest. I can feel his heartbeating wildly inside his chest.

"You don't have to say sorry, baby. All the wrong things and actions that we've done are just part of our past now. Let's not keep the memory of painful yesterday. Today and the next day and months and years are the day that matter. " He then, said making my heart beat loudly inside my chest. Feels like my heart wants to get out of my ribcage.

"Sorry, for making you wait for too long. And thank you for waiting for me, for not giving up on waiting. I love you so much." i whispered, and then I hug him even more tight. He hug me back.

Aius accompanied the lyrics of that song. And it's so sweet of him, to the point that I cried again. But this time, I don't feel any pain anymore because all I feel is pure joy and love.

"Baby, wherever you go and whatever you do, I will always be right here waiting for you. Even how far you go in this world, I'll always wait for you, I don't care how long I'll wait for you to comeback, I won't ever get tired of waiting for your comeback, because I know being with you is nothing to the pain of waiting compare to the joy that I'll feel the moment your now back in my arms again. 're the best wait that I want. " he sweetly said, while wiping all the tears in my face using his thumb. He even tucked his hair behind my ear.

"You'll still wait for me, even if it's hurting you?" i asked, with my voice so low.

"Yes, love. Because I know, all the pain and sufferings are worth it when it comes to you." he then kissed my head.

That lines, are all suited for me. It seems like the lines of that song are really for me, because it's true. I took for granted all the times that Aius was flirting with me, but there's just a difference. Because until now I'm still by Aius' side, and I'm thankful for that. I'm so lucky to have him.

"I'm so lucky to have you, love." I said.

Aius pressed our foreheads together, then he said, "And so do I. I'm the luckiest man to have your love. Come to think of it, you have a lot of suitors and admirers back then, but you choose me. And I thank you for that. " then he kissed my lips.

The song just kept on playing, as we felt each other’s lips. We're kissing each other with full of love and affection. Damn, I miss him so much, so much that I forgot where we are and all the people that's waiting for us outside. I don't care about anything at this moment, because for me it's him and me that's important and matters, only at the moment. I want to feel every bit of seconds we have now.

"I love you." it was Aius who broke the kiss between the two of us.

"I love you even more." i answered.

"You see, love. You got me gone and crazy for your love. I don't want to lose you. I want to keep you, to be with you, and I want to spend the rest of my remaining life with you. I love you so damn much that I don't let you go. " Aius said while getting something in his pocket.

He pulled out a red velvet box. And my heart didn't stop from beating wildly and loudly inside my chest. I know what he is up to.

"Aius ..." I could only pronounce his name, my tears started to fall again. This time I think I'm crying more tears, I don't know what to feel, too much. But I can only say one thing, of all the things I feel, it's just pure pleasure and satisfaction.

Aius sang those lines, while slowly kneeling infront of me. When he knelt straight, he opened the small box he was holding, and there was a very beautiful diamond ring greeted my crying eyes. My vision is blurry because of tears but, still I can say that the ring is beautiful that cost a million or even billion, but I don't care about the price. I only care about the person kneeling infront of me while holding that diamond ring.

"Aius, oh my ... I ... I can't say anything." I just got my mouth wet and I cried even more.

Aius spoked, "No more buts and what ifs, because I know and I'll make sure that we are together in the end. And at this moment, here I am ... kneeling infront of the woman I love the most, the woman who bring me to life, the woman who painted my dull and empty life, here I am infront of you to ask you this most important and most awaited question that I wanted so bad to ask you for a very long time. " said Aius at length.

He sighed as if he was nervous without knowing it. "Sariel Arguaza, the most beautiful woman who happened to be the mother of my handsome son. Are you willing to spend the rest of your life with me, just like how I wanted so bad to spend the rest of my life with you? Will you marry me, love? "

"Yes !! Yes, love. I want to be with you for the rest of my life. I want to spend all the rainy days, the sunny days, and all the season with you and our son and our future children! I will marry you, Aius ... "I said emotionally.

Aius smiled, and a bunch of tears streamed down his manly face, he's crying while putting the ring on my ring finger. "I love you so much, Sariel. No words can express how happy you made me." he said after putting the ring in my finger and then he kissed the back or my palm. He stood up and kissed me in the lips, hard and full of love. I kissed back.

We spent more a couple of minutes while kissing. Our lips separate from each other the moment we heard a lot of clapping hands followed by a loud tease.

"It's a praaaaaaank!" loud shout of a man, and I know so much who's the owner of that voice. It's none other than Alexander.

"I hate you." it's as if I'm just sulking when I say that even though I'm laughing.

"Oh, sorry, Sariel. You know you're my friend but Aius is my best friend." he laughed and then he hugged me tightly. "Congrats, Sariel. I'm so happy for both of you. You both deserve this." weak but I understand his whisper, although I can see sadness in his voice, sadness that I don't know if it's true or I'm just playing with my hearing and mind.

"Hey, stop." Alexander and I broke our embrace when Aius pulled me closer to his waist.

Laughing raised both hands. "Yah, so possessive, eh? Don't worry I won't kidnap you. Oh, well but the next time you make her cry, I'll make my own move to steal her from you." Alexander and Aius laughed as he himself threw a punch on Xander's arm. He's irritated. I just laughed at what he was saying. And well, it's not only me who laugh, especially when Aius grab Alexander's collar because of too much irritation.

"Damn, bro. I was just kidding. You're not kidding anymore." Alexander laughed and said that Aius had let him go.

"Don't hurt my papa Xander, daddy!" we all laughed even more when we heard our son’s very cute voice. Aius was just shaking as he carried the child.

"Thank you so much, thank you for helping me with this proposal of mine." Aius said sincerely to everyone inside this room.

And now I just realized, all the nurses and doctors outside Aius's room were just the ones we were with on the production team back then.

I was shaking and I was just laughing. I'm so happy and contented now.

The next hours is filled with laughters and story.

It is so overwhelming, seeing each one of us are now happy with ourlives.

And I can say that I now realize more that every pain and sufferings has a purpose and a reward. We just have to wait for the rewards.

Love is not only about happiness, because it is also about forgiveness, patience and perfect timing. And there's always a 'pain', when it comes to love. Because it isn't love if there's no pain.

And that, there's always a perfect timing for everything. And I can say that this is our perfect timing ...