Chapter 67
"Ye!" I say in Korean. "Yes!" I say in English. "Oh my god yes!" I scream. He gets up and throws his arms around me and kisses me and it feels so amazing. I didn't realise how much I had missed him until that very moment. He fumbles in his pocket and pulls out a ring box, clearly being swept up in the moment previously and had forgotten to get it out before plunging on to his knee. He opens it to reveal a stunning pink diamond ring. The diamond is square and a gorgeous baby pink colour with smaller clear diamonds around its edge all on a lovely delicate silver band. He places it on to my finger and we kiss again. Lori stands up from her seated position and cheers, coming and hugging us both.
"I'm sorry it's not more of a grand gesture, and we are not in Paris or on a beach somewhere tropical but when I had to leave I just couldn't cope with being without you. Lori and I arranged that when you woke up no matter when that would be that I would fly over straight away and do this. We wanted it to be a surprise and that's why I acted so casual yesterday. I had the ring made as soon as I got home" he explains.
"You were in on this?" I say to Lori jumping off my bed and hugging her. She laughs and says she is sorry, and that her one stipulation to helping was being able to witness my face as he asked. I look at my fiancé and say "this was absolutely perfect. I didn't need Paris or fancy showy things. I just needed to know you love me and you want me!" I cry, big huge tears of joy!
After we have all calmed down a little he FaceTimes the boys back in Korea and when they answer they all just shout "Did she say yes?" So they clearly all knew he was going to propose. He excitedly replies with "she did!" and holds my hand up to the screen. They all erupt into massive cheers! Jimin claps and shouts "gwihan I am so happy for you both! Now you get to come and live with us too!" I smile the biggest cheesiest grin at the concept of being with the man I love and my best friend. "I know Jimin, how great is it going to be all of us together!" I reply back super excited.
Lori makes a move as she still has more packing to do and she wants to give us some time to ourselves. She says she will see him in a little while, I assume he is going to stay at hers. She congratulates us again and gives me another huge hug before leaving.
Namjoon turns to me and says "I am the happiest man alive Aimee. Not only are you awake and ok, but you are going to be my wife!" He leans in and kisses me. "I have never been so scared in my life. When I found you I didn't know what to do, it was the worst day of my life" he says looking really sad. "You found me?" I ask. "I haven't been told about how I ended up here, just what injuries I had and that I had been mugged. "Will you tell me your side of the story?" I ask him intrigued to know what happened after the attack.
He takes my hands in his and I lean my head on his shoulder, getting more comfortable and he begins. "I got a text message from Lori to say you had left her and that you were a little drunk, so I kept an eye out for you coming down the road. I saw you staggering a little but make it to the front door and then out of nowhere these 2 guys grabbed you and threw you to the floor. My heart jumped into my throat, my stomach flipped and I ran as quick as I could down to the street to get to you. As I got out of the door you had already been beaten pretty badly and they were just getting the ring off of your finger. They both ran when they saw me, and as much as I wanted to chase after them my main concern was you. You looked so tiny, so delicate, you were gasping for air and making gurgling noises. I grabbed my phone and rang 999. The lady on the phone was great, kept me calm and told me what to do before the ambulance got there. It seemed like forever for it to turn up. I kept telling you to stay with me, that I loved you and that I needed you to be ok. By this time and as the ambulance turned up there were some passers by that had stopped, and some of your neighbours had come out. Someone must have recognised me and started filming, the day after it was all over the news. Girlfriend of BTS band member RM seriously injured in mugging. Then there was a fair bit of speculation about you being photographed initially with Jimin. Thankfully Big Hit managed to suppress some of it. They released a statement saying that we had met through Jimin, but that you were just a liaison for him from the studio he was recording in. The press had no evidence that you and Jimin were an item. We couldn't argue with the film of me telling you I loved you though. Army took the news really well and flooded the internet with well wishes for you and congratulations for me finding love. They have been amazing. I had already told my family about you so it wasn't a surprise for them, but obviously they were concerned for your welfare. I rode in the ambulance with you to the hospital and called Lori to tell her to meet me there. Her Yoongi and Jimin came straight away, Lori rang your parents who got the first flight they could. They worked on you for a while, and when they told us that your brain was swelling and that they needed to put you into an induced coma I was so scared that you wouldn't wake up". He sounds like he is going to cry, the emotion cracking in his throat.
"I'm so glad that you were there with me, and i'm sorry you had to go through all of that. I'm pleased that army has been supporting you. My Mum told me that before you had to leave you took really good care of me". I place my hand on his cheek and pull him down for a kiss. "I must have looked a right state" I say.
He takes his phone out of his pocket and opens it up and goes to his photos. He scrolls through and opens one up of my battered face. I gasp and immediately start crying out of the shock. I have a tube in my mouth, bruised cheeks, my eyes are black and swollen shut. I look awful. "Oh my god! Look at the state of me! How traumatic for you to have found me like that" I say feeling bad for him.
"It was the worst moment of my life, thinking I could lose you and not had the chance to truly love you. I'm making the most of every moment with you now. How quickly do you think you can arrange to move over?" He asks. I have no idea. "I mean I suppose going by Lori's timescale maybe 8 weeks" I say but a little unsure. "I will have to hand in my notice and I have 4 weeks of rehab I have to do, I will need a visa, my flat will have to be packed up and put on the market".
"Your visa will be no worries, we can get that waved through like we did Lori's. I can arrange for people to help you pack up your stuff and we can start getting it shipped over. It would be great to get you home as soon as possible.