Closed Panic

[Professor Killian Borisyuk]

This was going to be a good date night for Killian Borisyuk and his long time girlfriend, Courtney Warby. Kirill and Kalia were both at Kieran’s home for the night, to give the parents a break. Killian knew what he needed to do too. He had this perfect meal fixed, and knew that this was going to be a surprise to Courtney since she was at work, and he was home a day earlier than expected. He wanted everything to be perfect since he planned on proposing, perhaps, or seeing how she would react to his thought of marrying her - even though he had no idea what she already thought of them as married without having the certificate. The entire premise of marriage still freaked him out. He was also in a whirlwind of emotions when he found out about Kaelan’s love life, and then Kieran had not one but two women on his arms - and both women knew of the other.

It just blew his mind. Killian wondered how anyone had the energy to do that. Courtney wore him out anytime he was home with her. He chuckled at the thought of having more than one Courtney. He would have to take frequent vacations. He took out his wand and waved it so that the mood was set, a few snacks on the table in the living room with wine and vodka, as well as candles illuminating the room. It was perfect. Now, he needed one thing just in case the time was right. He walked into the bedroom and opened his nightstand to look for that little box. He grabbed it, and popped it open with his thumb to look at… the empty box. Where was the ring? Killian felt himself start to panic. Has someone found it? ​

 

[Courtney Warby]

Courtney usually had her day down to a tee whenever Killian was at school. It was hard not to have a routine, considering she had two kids under her roof - two very young part-giant kids. If she just went on with her day with no plan in sight, she'd be run through the ground whenever her husband would find himself off teaching. Today, however, there was something odd that she couldn't quite shake the feeling off. It had started in the morning, and for some bizarre reason, both children were against her going to work and refused to be left with the babysitter. Then work, somehow, became impossible to deal with today. The ancient texts she needed to tackle kept blurring in front of her. Whoever thought that hieroglyphics were a smart way to write needed to be dead fifty times over. Anyway, when work was finally over - she'd had to stay back an hour later than usual, which was just awful - she lamented facing the rest of the night. But something wasn't quite right when she entered her own home, which had her pulling out her wand. The utter silence - which meant the kids were somehow miraculously quiet - was unnerving. "Hello?" she called out into the house as she stepped into the living room and found the whole setup, making her finally relax. Her husband has apparently decided to be home early to surprise her - he was such a dork. "Killian? Honey?" she called out as she went up to their bedroom in search of him, although there was a niggling feeling that she was forgetting something. As she finally finds Killian, she remembers what it was she's forgetting. He was home a day early, which meant she was still wearing the ring on her finger. The ring he had been unsuccessfully hiding for however long now. Oops? Would he panic less if she's wearing it or would he panic more? Well, she didn't want to have to continue hiding the ring when he was obviously panicking that it was gone. "Looking for something baby?"​

 

[Professor Killian Borisyuk]

Where the hell had it went to? Killian heard Courtney's voice from the within the house, and immediately went to look once more for the ring, and then heard her come in the bedroom. 'F**k,' he thought as he slammed the table drawer shut - which promptly broke the bedside table. That was definitely not suspicious at all. He winced as he slowly turned around to face his girlfriend. "No, no... Just, got frustrated with the table drawer. It got stuck," Killian lied, though it was a terrible lie to begin with. He could not hide the expression of panic in his green eyes, even though his face remained somewhat neutral.

But the fact still remained, where was the ring? How was he supposed to propose without it? He spent a hell of a lot of money on that damn ring. Was it Kaelan? What if Kirill walked around and got into it and ate it? There were so many options and he was not liking a single one - yet not one of the options in his head was the fact that his girlfriend could have found it, and was, in fact, wearing it. "Um, let's go to the living room and have a glass of wine." Although, with how he felt, maybe he should have gotten out his vodka.​