"Then believe me. Take the risk. I promise, I'll...I'll always be honest with you. I'll tell you anything you ask. Just don't...don't go. Don't ask me to leave you."
His hands reach for hers. "Not now." It's going to be long, and probably messy, and he doesn't want to abandon her to deal with all that alone.
"Tell me you love me." Squeezing Cassian's fingers, Ruby looks down at the ring he'd given her; her grandmother's ring that her dad had given to him before he'd proposed. It's an extravagant diamond that she wore for him and not because it suited her style at all.
"I love you." She looks at the ring and so does he, clearing his throat after a second and procuring a box out of his pocket. The ring inside has skulls and a pigeon blood ruby in its setting - much darker than Ruby's current engagement ring. "It doesn't have to mean we're getting married," he says, as he takes the heirloom off her finger and replaces it with the ring he bought for a fraction of the cost with his own money, his own small savings. "If you don't want to. But it is my promise to you. That I love you no matter the rest."
The ring comes off her finger and for a moment, she hesitates, worried, but then he's replacing it with a new ring, a ring that is much more her and she knows -she knows- he chose that for her himself, that he knows her well enough to know what she'd like.
Pushing forward into his space, Ruby steals another kiss, curling her hand around the back of his head to hold him close, fingers tangled into his hair. When she pulls back, their foreheads are pressed together and they're sharing air.
"Hey. Te amo mucho, okay?" He lets out a little sound, to relieve some of the tension in his chest. He had no idea that he was so afraid of losing her until it became a real risk.
Did she want that? To start over like everything was new? Not really. Despite the lies and the arrangement she'd been kept out of, they'd built something, something that was true at it's core and she didn't want to ignore that. Even if it meant keeping the bad.
"No more lies. I promise, on my heart." It's his turn to kiss her again, parting his lips almost immediately. He doesn't know where they go from this point but they can figure it out together, right?
It's easy to fall into the kiss, familiar and comforting and it feels a little lot like home. There's things they'll have to work out and the shit with her parents is far from over, but they're together and they can fix it.
"I bought it...six months ago. I know, I should've given it to you sooner, but..." But with all this drama he knew was going to shake out, he wasn't sure. Too afraid, maybe, that he didn't really deserve her.
Well. Ruby always got what she wanted and she wanted him. He wasn't going to argue with her about it.
"Today is perfect." She lets out a sharp laugh and shakes her head. "No it isn't. Today is awful. My parents are horrible people and my life has just fallen apart and I have not idea what I'm going to do tomorrow. But it... The ring is perfect."
She leans her head against Cassian's chest and lets out a soft sigh. "You know what I'd love right now? A bath and a massage."
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His hands reach for hers. "Not now." It's going to be long, and probably messy, and he doesn't want to abandon her to deal with all that alone.
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"Tell me you love me and make me believe it."
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Pushing forward into his space, Ruby steals another kiss, curling her hand around the back of his head to hold him close, fingers tangled into his hair. When she pulls back, their foreheads are pressed together and they're sharing air.
"Te amo."
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"We can start over, if you want."
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"No. I don't want that. Just... no more lies."
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lotlike home. There's things they'll have to work out and the shit with her parents is far from over, but they're together and they can fix it.Ruby always got what she wanted.
"I love the ring. Thank you."
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Well. Ruby always got what she wanted and she wanted him. He wasn't going to argue with her about it.
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She leans her head against Cassian's chest and lets out a soft sigh. "You know what I'd love right now? A bath and a massage."