She clicked the door shut and turned to Ethan, raising the hand where her engagement ring now sat.
"What is this, Ethan?"
Ethan didn't reply immediately. Instead, he leaned his back against the door while a hint of nervousness crept onto his face.
"I fucked it all up, didn't I? I should have known it will end this way," he murmured. "I'm sorry. I tried to check if you would hate a public proposal or would prefer a private one. It has hard trying to decrypt your answers but I thought... I'm so sorry I thought you were leaning more on the public's side. What more? That must have been a crappy proposal. I'm so sorry, Princess... It's just..."
Shikera stared at him, confusion written all over her face like he was speaking a language she could not understand.
"And what are you going on about, Honey?" she managed to ask, when no explanation seemed to be forthcoming.
Honey...
