The Stars In Your Eyes

Jian Kang Lu felt helpless. His kitten ignored him last night, and until noon when he picked him up to go back to B city, his kitten was still giving him cold treatment.

Last night, Jian Kang Lu told Lu Hua that he will take care of their wedding first this year, then look for surrogacy next year. Hopefully, the baby will be born and delivered to them when Bai Yutang and Jian Kang Lu finish their postgrad.

At night, when they arrived at their apartment, Jian Kang Lu took a deep breath to see his kitten took a bath alone and then buried himself inside the quilt.

Jian Kang Lu kneeled beside the bed, he knew his angry kitten was not yet sleeping. His kitten was rarely mad at him, but every time he got mad, it was so scary. His kitten basically will treat him like he did not exist.

"Baby.. TangTang... I'm sorry.. Can we talk, please.." Jian Kang Lu pleaded softly.

In fact, Jian Kang Lu owes so many things to his kitten, while his kitten always gives him all he had, unconditionally.

Jian Kang Lu owes a grand confession, which he ruined by kissing and rolling in the bed before he says he loves this man.

Jian Kang Lu owes a proper introduction, which he is always late to conduct, resulting in his kitten telling his friends first and also there's rumors about him spreading wildly. Jian Kang Lu's parents abducted Bai Yutang first, and Lu Hua also knew about them not from Jian Kang Lu coming clean asking for her blessing.

And now, instead of doing a beautiful sincere proposal which should be a once in a lifetime memory, Jian Kang Lu shoved the idea as a requirement for Lu Hua's request.

Jian Kang Lu's heart ached. Once he also had so many dreams about what ideal life he could give to his beloved, yet life didn't allow him to realise his dream.

"Baby.. I'm sorry.. I should ask you first. Please, could you show your face to me? I want to talk with you face to face." Jian Kang Lu speaks to the lump of quilt which is supposed to be Bai Yutang's ear under.

"TangTang.. My love.."

Bai Yutang was still not moving, until Jian Kang Lu peeled him out from the quilt.

"Why do I need to talk now? You didn't bother to ask for my opinion last night?" He said resentfully while closing his eyes. He refuses to see his lover's face right now. Every time they fought and debated, he always lost if he saw his lover's face. He could never say no to that face.

"Yes, I was wrong. Please forgive me.. Let's talk right now, please? Can you see me? Open your eyes."

Bai Yutang steeled his heart even though his lover's lips softly rained him with kisses all over his face. 

Humph! If this man thought he was so easy to coax this time, then he was very wrong!

Jian Kang Lu spent almost thirty minutes coaxing his angry kitten until finally his kitten opened his eyes resentfully when Jian Kang Lu kissed his lips and shoving his tongue inside.

"Bai Yutang.. I love you so much. No words could describe how much I love you, how I depend on you, how much you mean to me. Can you pity this old man, and bless him by marrying him? Make him your husband for the rest of our life? I promise I will always love you, take care of you, cherish you, honour you, and try to annoy you less."

Bai Yutang snorted, "What kind of proposal is this?"

Bai Yutang just snorted before his eyes widened, dazed when a small square velvet blue box appeared in front of him. Jian Kang Lu opened the box and two silvery rings laid inside. The design is very simple, just a plain platinum ring with the brand and their name engraved on the inner side of the band. 

Jian Kang Lu properly kneeled beside the bed again. His eyes straight looking at his kitten, full of adoration, hope, and unyielded devotion. 

"Would you marry me?"

Bai Yutang still laid on the bed with his pajamas. He was so shocked until his mouth wide opened, and forgot to close it.

He straightened his back and looked at his lover kneeling in front of him. Right now, he only blurted the first things which came to his mind.

"When did you buy this ring, gege?"

Jian Kang Lu still kneeling with the box opened in his hand, "Long time ago. I always missed the chance to give this to you. I actually wanted to propose to you a long time ago, always looking for excuses, waiting for the perfect moment. But last night i realised, there is no perfect time. I just want to be with you. I know I'm not perfect, a man with many flaws. But I hope you were kind enough to let you be my person. The one that I could spend all my life with, forever. Please.."

Bai Yutang knew this brand. Cartier is so damn expensive, engraving it will take time. This definitely is not something Jian Kang Lu could buy in a short moment. He can't deny that he was touched that his lover thought about this for a long time.

"I do.."

Jian Kang Lu's smile bloomed.

"But I'm still angry with you."

Jian Kang Lu hurriedly took the ring and grabbed his kitten's hand. Smoothly shove the ring to his kitten's beautiful finger. It fits perfectly. 

"Your finger size has not changed from three years ago." Jian Kang Lu said with a silly smile.

Bai Yutang snorted, and looked at his lover's hopeful face, still holding the box. He sighed, then took the ring and raised his palm, gesturing to his lover to give him his paws.

Jian Kang Lu obediently raised his paws, letting his kitten slide the ring to his own finger.

Bai Yutang pushed this big old man who wanted to hug and kiss him. "I'm still angry! Don't hug and kiss me before you appease my anger."

Jian Kang Lu kneeled back in front of his kitten. "How could I appease your anger, my little husband."

"We're not married yet, you're not allowed to call me that way." Bai Yutang tries to flatten his mouth, subconsciously wanting to smile.

He clears his throat, tries to talk seriously. "What kind of nonsense you promised my mom? Do you not mind if I have children with another woman?"

Jian Kang Lu still kneeled. He needs to thank God this is not a feudal era where the husband was punished by their wife and needed to kneel on the washboard.

"It's surrogacy, you won't have real intercourse with the woman. And we also won't ever see and know the woman. It will be our child, and will make your mother happy. I don't mind."

"But I do mind!" Bai Yutang snarled. "I do mind, gege.. I don't mind if we don't have children. I'm content with both of us. What will your parents think of me if they know my own mother forced me to have a child with another woman?"

Jian Kang Lu hurriedly said, "Don't you know what my parents like? They will be happy and love our child. If you're not comfortable with that, we don't need to tell anyone else about this. Just tell them this is our decision."

Jian Kang Lu saw his kitten's face still full of black lines. "Then, how to appease your anger? I'll follow your words. I will always follow my husband."

Bai Yutang studies his lover's face, it seems his lover will grant all his wishes right now, due to his floating happiness. His heart softened to see his silly lover so happy from the successful proposal.

"Then.. I want you to have children also, gege. If I need to have one, then you also need to give me one. I don't mind when we don't have children. But if we have, he will be lonely if he was an only child."

Bai Yutang lowered his head, and softly said again, "Actually, I just want to hold your child, gege.."

Jian Kang Lu truly is not interested in having his own child. Until this time, he still believed in adoption rather than raising his own seed. But.. His kitten's happiness is his happiness. He took a deep breath.

"Okay." He smiled. "I told you, I'll follow my husband."

After his lover easily agreed, suddenly Bai Yutang remembered something. "By the way, how much is the surrogacy cost, gege? I know it's expensive.." Now he starts to regret his impulse wishes. One is already expensive, paid by his lover's money. It's impossible for Bai Yutang to pay surrogacy right now or the next five years. And now Bai Yutang selfishly asks for two.

Jian Kang Lu held his kitten's hand, kissed it softly, rubbed it on his cheek. "It's okay, we could afford it. Why don't you focus on our wedding first. Do you want to plan for it, or let me handle it?"

Bai Yutang forgot he just agreed to marry this sly old man. He looked at his silly lover who looked back at him with millions of stars sparkling bright inside those beautiful eyes, and shot him with rays of pure happiness. Unknowingly, it brought a smile upon his own face.

He had no idea what kind of wedding he wanted, nor he never felt he needed it. All he needs is just the man in front of him.

But, if he lets this man handle it, he has a feeling this man will just try to compensate him with giving him an expensive wedding. It is better for him to restrain this man.

"I want to see your plan first, gege. But I need to have the final words and modify the plan according to my wish. And you're not allowed to add anything I don't approve of." Bai Yutang said. 

Right now, everything his kitten says is all beautiful. Jian Kang Lu could only nod his head repeatedly like chicken pecking grains in the ground. All his kitten asked, he will make sure he fulfills it. 

For his whole life, tonight could count as the top 10 best moments in Jian Kang Lu's life. A perfect man he desired agreed being tied to him for the rest of their life. What else could he ask for? 

This man is definitely not the first man to come into his life. But Jian Kang Lu hoped, and he will try his best, to make this man the last man who will fill his life.