A Wave Of Desire

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Ocean

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I can't believe that Makai completely forgot about valentine's day. I mean, yeah, we didn't talk about the holiday at all. We didn't make plans. We didn't say anything about it at all. We had been training too much for that lately. I myself had almost forgotten about it until Friday of last week. That was when Ben and I went to get something for Makai and Ryan from the store. We only got them little things. I bought Makai a black watch and a chain that had a wave pendant on it. I just knew that he would laugh about the pendant and say that it reminded him of me. And while he was there, Ben talked to me about how he and Ryan couldn't live together when they went off to UCLA.

"You can't live off campus as a freshman unless you're married." Man, was I happy that Makai and I were actually getting married this summer. If not, we would be stuck on campus and not in our recently decorated condo.

"So, what are you going to do about it?" I was really sad to hear what he had to say.

"W..well, I was thinking about asking Ryan to marry me. I..I don't know if he is ready for that though. I mean, I know that I am. I have loved him for my entire life. He is all that I want. But what if I ask him and I scare him off?"

"I don't think that will happen, Ben. Ryan loves you with all of his heart. I think that it will be just fine. You should definitely ask him."

"You think so?"

"Yeah. And you know what, pick out some rings. I will buy them for you." I was happy that I could help him with this. I knew that he was worried about money.

"You can't do that, Ocean."

"Shut up, Ben. You're my brother now, remember. My mom adopted you. You need to just accept that in my family, we do stuff like this." I wouldn't take no for an answer. So, he picked out some rings and even had them engraved. Then when it came time to pay, I took care of it all.

However, when the day came around, both Makai and Ryan completely forgot about the special occasion. I wanted to remind them about it, but then that would just diminish the specialness of the whole thing. I mean, I didn't want to be treated like the girl in this situation, but well, I was the bottom. That meant that he was supposed to take the initiative, right? Well, I could take it too, I guess. And that was exactly what I had decided that I was going to do when I got out of the shower.

If Makai was going to completely forget about valentine's day, that was fine. I knew that he had been so busy lately, so it was to be expected. I wouldn't remind him. I would give him the gifts and the chocolates that I had gotten for him. And I knew that Ben would do the same for him and Ryan at some point. He wasn't a quitter either.

I finished drying off after my shower and then got dressed. I had even taken some nicer clothes into the bathroom so that when I came out, I would be dressed for a date. Not that we were about to have a date at all. It was just going to be me giving him his gift and then us making dinner in the kitchen.

I can't even describe the level of shock that I got when I opened the bathroom door and walked back out to the bedroom. There was romantic music playing softly, candles and flowers all over the room, the lights were dimmed, and there was a table set with dinner and dessert.

"Happy valentine's day, my love." Makai said in a low and deep voice. "I am sorry that I made you think that I forgot about it. I just wanted to surprise you. I love you, Ocean. I have since the moment that I first saw you and I will for the rest of my life. This is just one of many Valentine's days that we will celebrate together."

"M..Makai!" I was at a loss. I truly did think that he hadn't remembered. So, all of this was definitely a shock to me.

"Are you upset with me?" He was looking at me with worried eyes. I think he thought I was angry and not happy right now.

"No. I am not upset, Makai. I am happy. I am surprised, yes, but in a good way. I never expected this. And I am so happy that you have done this for me. Thank you."

"You're welcome, my love." He came over then and kissed me sweetly on my cheek. "Come on, baby, let's have dinner together. I have your favorites."

He took me by the hand and led me over to the table. Sure enough, he had the exact same foods that he had gotten for our new year's date at this very spot. All of my favorite foods complete with cannoli and chocolate cake for dessert.

"Thank you, Makai. Thank you so much." I couldn't believe that I ever thought that he would forget about our first Valentine's night together. This was the first we had together and it was special, and of course it was going to be perfect. Makai was the best.

"Come on, let's eat before it gets cold."

I was starving too, so it was a good thing that we were getting to eat right away. Swimming practice and homework both make me hungry, and I had yet to eat after either of them. My mouth was already watering and ready for the meal even before Makai pulled my chair out for me and pushed it in for me when I sat. Sometimes, he really did treat me like a girl. As long as he didn't do it with other people around, I really didn't care at all. I was content letting him dote on me in private like this, because I was the only one that got to see this side of him.

The food was amazing, of course. And I couldn't get enough of it. I ate four plates full of food and that was before the dessert. I was just really, really glad that I ate a lot as a shifter. It meant that I didn't need to worry about gaining weight when I ate like this. And that I had an almost zero percent chance of ever getting fat. Not that I think Makai would mind, but I didn't want to be that way if I could avoid it.

"Well, Ocean, now that we have eaten, it's time for me to give you your gift." Makai looked so excited. I should have known that he would get me something to go along with this amazing date.

"Isn't that just perfect? Because I got you a gift too." I started to walk over to my dresser and dig around until I found the spot where I hid his gift. He was at his dresser doing the same thing and the similarity between it made me want to laugh. We were so much alike at times that it just made everything seem so surreal. I was happy about it though, we got along so well because of it.

Now that we had both retrieved the gifts that we had bought, we went back to the table and pulled out chairs closer to each other. I could tell that Makai was excited to give me his gift, which he had wrapped in a nice looking shiny blue paper. I thought that was funny, since I had chosen the same paper but in green so that it suited him even more.

"Alright, Ocean baby, on the count of three, we give each other our first ever Valentine's gifts from each other." I think he might be even more excited about this than I was. He was so sweet and doting that I was sure that I was going to love his gift. He always thought about the best things for me. Just like I tried to think about the best things for him.

"One." Makai started the countdown.

"Two." I continued it.

"Three." We both said that one at the same time and handed each other the gifts that we had bought for each other.

I started to tear into the wrap as quickly and fiercely as Makai had. We went to the boxes and opened them at the same time. We lifted the lids and looked at the contents at the same time.

I saw that we both wore equal looks of shock and questioning as we looked at the gifts. Then we looked at each other and we both started to laugh.

"Is this serious?" I asked him. "Did we seriously buy each other the same gift? I mean the one hundred percent same gift."

"Yeah, it looked like it. The chain and the watch are the exact same ones. And even the pendant is identical. That is too funny. But hey, I know that there is something that you didn't copy." He got up and went to his closet. I did the same.

"Yeah, these should be different."

We both walked into the closets and pulled out the candies that we had hidden and showed them to each other. And the moment that we saw them, we started to laugh. They were also identical. The same heart shaped box of candies. The same little puppy plushie holding a bag of sweets. All of the candy was completely the same.

"I guess we just know each other so well." Makai leaned in and kissed me. This was the funniest Valentine's day in the history of Valentine's days.. I was just glad that it wasn't over yet.