Chapter 192 - Its Nice To Be Home (1/2)

They held hands as they walked and Abby was so happy to be next to him again that she wrapped her other arm around his bicep and leaned her head against his shoulder. ”I missed you so much!”

”I missed you too. It's nice to be home,” Blaise said with a content sigh.

Home? He thought of Ilmar as home now instead of Shibatsu? Or…maybe it was her who was home to him. A song lyric flashed through her head; she couldn't remember any other part of the song but the line ”you put your arms around me and I'm home.”

That was how she felt with him. Though Ilmir had become her home while he was off in Shibatsu, once he came back and inserted himself into the life she had built here it didn't feel the same having him gone.

She hadn't gone anywhere but home hadn't felt as much like home without him. He was her home too.

”Hey, Blaise?”

”Yes?”

”I love you. Just thought you should know that,” Abby said quietly.

It had been true for a while now but she had never mustered up the courage to say it because their time together in Raisha was always so brief. But it had been building up inside of her since the day she last saw him and it had to come out.

Blaise stopped dead in his tracks and turned to hug her tightly. ”I love you too Abby. I do not ever wish to be parted from you again.”

He let go of her and got down on one knee in the snow, holding a beautiful ring obviously made with jewels from Kanta mines. She recognized the craftsmanship as belonging to the jeweler in Raisha.

Kneeling to propose wasn't a tradition in this world. He must have talked to Katie before this and asked her for permission. But when? They hadn't been in the same place for months. That didn't matter. He was proposing to her!

”Abigail Pullman, I cannot imagine living another day without you by my side. Will you marry me?” Blaise asked simply.

She nodded with a crazy grin on her face and took her glove off so he could slide the ring onto her finger. She admired it for 0.2 seconds before tackling him to the ground and peppering his face with kisses.

He laughed in delight and sat up to hug her properly. Abby was so happy that she didn't feel cold at all. That is, until she made it back to Katie's house and realized she had icicles hanging from her nose.