I Proposed to My Childhood Friend After Regressing - Chapter 106

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After the Regression, I Confessed to My Childhood Friend
106
As Beatrice listened to Clyde’s confession, her mind spun through calculations.
‘This angle, this moment, this voice and those eyes! This bastard…… He planned this all out! No question about it.’
Otherwise, there was no way his face would glimmer so brilliantly in the sunset light that suddenly poured down at this exact moment.
It wasn’t easy to show off such handsome features and those melancholy eyes at the same time without any calculation.
‘And what’s with that voice, tinged with just a hint of coy charm?’
If that too was a calculated move, Beatrice could have sworn it was an excellent choice.
After all the time they’d spent together, if he’d only ever approached her with excessive seriousness and perfection, she would have been at a loss for what to do.
How could she put it—it felt like the person standing before her was different from the one she’d known all this time.
‘And when I think about it, I’ve always been a bit weak to that side of Clyde.’
Though she’d told him to back off a hundred times before, the truth was she’d often given in to his words.
Even as Beatrice thought his confession was so very “Clyde Dalton,” she narrowed her eyes slightly.
It was because she could almost see a fox’s tail swishing behind Clyde as he confessed.
‘Of course, that doesn’t mean I dislike it.’
Truth be told, unlike how she’d imagined it alone in bed last night, the world didn’t turn upside down the moment she heard his confession, nor did she become flustered with embarrassment.
She didn’t cover her mouth with both hands or shed tears like the heroines in novels or like her friends described.
Yet strangely, Beatrice found herself liking this confession.
‘My heart was already racing from when he asked if I’d enjoyed our date.’
More than any words, all the things he’d done throughout the day had proven his feelings for her.
Or more precisely, even the time he must have spent worrying over every detail of this date.
Perhaps that’s why Beatrice thought that Clyde wasn’t looking for some romantic-novel-scene kind of answer from her either.
‘Besides, from the moment I kissed him yesterday, my heart was basically exposed.’
So she decided to return his confession just as comfortably as he’d given it.
“You’re something else. Skipping so many steps with one confession? Usually proposals and confessions are separate, aren’t they?”
“What’s this, Beatrice? Did you want a proposal?”
“It’s not that I wanted a proposal—it’s that I thought passing it off with just ‘I’ll do my best’ was presumptuous.”
Beatrice pouted deliberately and tilted her chin up stubbornly, glancing at Clyde sideways.
“Or I could see how sincere you really are.”
“That so?”
Clyde didn’t miss her words.
Just as if he’d been waiting for this, he gazed at her with serious eyes and began pouring out his feelings without hesitation.
“Well then, first I should tell you how I realized I liked you. The trigger was Cassian’s confession. At first I denied it, but once I gave it serious thought, I found myself annoyed and upset whenever someone else was at your side. But feeling jealousy toward a friend isn’t just some simple emotion, is it?”
“Hey…….”
“So I started tracing back through time—when these feelings started, whether they were really just because of the Regression’s strangeness, why I felt so relieved when I told you about things before the Regression, when I held you, and when I received the Ring. And…….”
“Wait, hold on……. Huh?”
Unlike what she’d expected, his earnest manner caught her off guard. She’d imagined him playfully pushing back the way they usually teased each other.
‘Something like confidently baring his chest and asking if she could see his sincerity…….’
But contrary to her expectations, Clyde began explaining methodically how he’d come to recognize his own feelings.
And while Beatrice was momentarily bewildered, he was already recounting the things about her that he’d come to love, one by one.
“Once I became aware of my feelings, all the aspects of you I never noticed before began catching my eye. Like how beautifully your eyes crinkle when you smile, or how adorable your little fangs look when you smile while biting your lower lip. Ah, I also love how your cheeks flush red and your eyes sparkle when you realize something and get excited. And……. Mmpf!”
“Stop. Stop it now…….”
Caught off guard by Clyde’s sudden barrage, Beatrice quickly covered his mouth with her hand.
Being openly praised by someone turned out to be far more embarrassing and mortifying than she’d imagined.
With her face flushed redder than yesterday, Beatrice cut off his words and issued what was barely a threat.
“You, you really…… I think you’re doing this because you know I can’t! But I can do it just like you, you know? If you keep it up, I can describe you just like I’m giving a presentation at the Academy!”
Of course it was a hollow threat.
Watching her reaction, Clyde smiled warmly and gently moved her hand away from his mouth.
Then, smoothly twisting his wrist, he pressed a light kiss into her palm.
“I like it though.”
“What, what!”
Suddenly having received three kisses across her hand, fingers, and palm, Beatrice started in surprise and quickly stepped away from him.
As if he’d expected exactly this reaction, he smiled easily, then approached her again with a more solemn expression.
And then, naturally, he dropped to one knee and drew a small box from inside his jacket pocket.
It was the size of a box that would contain the very thing people think of first when they imagine a proposal.
Beatrice’s eyes widened at the sudden plot twist.
“…… You, what, this is…….”
“First date, first confession, and if we do a first proposal today too, it seemed like it would be too much pressure. So actually, I hadn’t planned on doing this.”
After all, our beginning was already marked by a proposal, even if it was more of an alliance.
“But you asked me to show my sincerity, so what could I do?”
As if he couldn’t help himself, he shrugged casually, his eyes holding equal measures of playfulness and genuine feeling as he looked up at her.
At the sight of the pair of platinum rings nestled in the box, Beatrice’s lips parted in astonishment.
“No, but how did you even get the rings…….”
“Ah. This?”
After a brief pause, Clyde turned his gaze to the side somewhat sheepishly.
“To be honest, I made them right after coming back from the Marquis Territory, the moment I realized my feelings. I planned that if everything between us was over and you told me you wanted to break up, then I’d seriously start courting you from that point on. But…….”
“…….”
“Yesterday, you kissed me.”
“…….”
“So my patience ran out. If our hearts are aligned, I don’t want to wait another moment.”
Having said that much, Clyde smiled at her much like before.
It was nearly the same expression as his earlier confession, but this time there was no fox’s tail in sight.
Instead, his voice—honest and steady—settled calmly into her heart.
“Marry me, Beatrice. I promise you. This time, I’ll be by your side in every moment you need me. Without fail.”
As Beatrice listened to his words, she found herself nodding without thinking.
It was all right. From the very beginning, her answer had only ever been yes.

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