The house was new inside and out, and Albus thought it looked like the Biscuit Shack from a Muggle fairy tale, if I had to compare it.Before he put his fingertips in his mouth and sucked it, Gellert caught him.The owner of the house raised his eyebrows, "Oh dear, did I bother you to taste the wallpaper?"

"To tell you the truth, I'm really not flattered." Albus also raised his eyebrows, "How about it, do you want to use a 'repair' on my stomach?"

"I'd rather use 'Orchid in Bloom' in front of you." Gellert waved his hand, and a bouquet of red roses in full bloom immediately appeared from the tip of the dead branch-like wand, "Here—but your dear sister Liana once complained that the flowers conjured up by the spell are not as good as real ones. Let’s just let it go. Didn’t I send you flowers?”

"You sent me a bouquet of daisies before," Albus said, sniffing at the roses. "Okay, back to my stomach. It's all right, isn't it?"

"Almost," Gellert replied ambiguously, calling for a teapot and cups, and a plate of biscuits.The two sat quietly in the sun, and after a while, Albus said, "The therapist looked at me as if evaluating how much love potion I gave you."

"If you're willing to give me a love potion, I'd rather not take it for the rest of my life," Gellert said. "So... would you?"

"I think..." Albus pretended to consider, "the possibility should be..."

"Should I beg you?" Gellert pretended to be pitiful, "if only you could show me a little more love."

Albus' relaxed expression froze.He lowered his eyes and sipped the fragrant black tea. "I'm afraid I can't give you any more." He put down the cup, his slender fingers trembling slightly, "Because, my love is so much, Gellert, it's all for you."

Gellert's banter fades away, until it's a blank slate. With a "bang", he accidentally knocked over the teacup, and the tea dripped down, making him suddenly look a bit embarrassed. "I don't know," he jumped up and his voice was high-pitched, "I don't know," he said, spinning around twice and stomping his feet vigorously, "No, I guessed it, but I'm not sure ...You are so good! Many people like you, you will have countless choices..." He suddenly knelt down on one knee and took Albus's hand on his knee, "Albus Percival Wulfric Bryan Dumbledore—”

"Wait," Abu thought withdrew his hand, he had already foreseen the next scene, and he didn't need the talent of prophecy, "we—"

"Will you marry me—Gellert Grindelwald—?" Gellert said, squeezing the hand tightly. "Would you?"

"Gellert," said Albus softly, "marriage is not the only way to apologize."

Gellert was full of remorse—you didn't have to use Legilimency to see it in his eyes.He was distraught, tears were running down his cheeks, and the front of his neat shirt was stained with tea.He was trembling, as if he had received a huge blow.

Poor devil, for a split second, Albus laughed at the thought.He had never seen Gellert like this.During those two months, Gellert was always defiant, with, in Aberforth's complaint, "arrogance soaking through every hair." Gellert Grindelwald never seemed to feel remorse or waver, even He was defeated in the duel, but still maintained his due tough attitude.As for the ten years——

Gellert's thoughts were interrupted by a choking sob before he could recall the years God or Merlin had re-given. "So you think I'm with you... to apologize? I mean to apologize, but I will never marry! I told you, Albus, I only marry people I like. I like You're the one who—well, I've done so many wrong things that you won't forgive me. Did I mention the chocolate frog picture? I got a picture of you in Nurmengard, but Even you in the picture don't want to see me! The frame of that picture is always empty... I waited for several years, but it was always blank. In the end, I threw the picture away in a fit of anger..." After a while For decades, thinking of that damn picture, he still broods, "You haven't even sent a letter! I can't expect you to visit me, but you should at least write a letter to sneer, although that's not your usual style. You And turned me down...to be friends. You didn't even get me a present for Christmas last year!"

Albus couldn't help but laugh.Gellert is like a wronged child, sad because he didn't get a gift. "Actually, I'm more afraid of you." He finally withdrew his hand and slowly stroked Gellert's face, "I was worried that you would write... For a while, when I saw an owl, I was terrified. I was afraid that you would write me a letter. Admit it, you really never loved me, you just used it. Even though I have accepted it deep down in my heart, I no longer have even the slightest expectation."

"I'm a smug fool," Gellert muttered, "a pompous, supercilious fool."

"We are all the same," said Albus. "I tried to forget you and failed miserably. The love for you was so painful...it made me feel ashamed and hopeless. I fell in love with someone who didn't love me. Guy. He treated me cruelly, and I loved him beyond reproach. Albus Dumbledore is a love-struck fool." He said, his stiff shoulders relaxing, "Did I say it? Good, it makes I'm much more relaxed..."

A tear slowly slipped out of the eye socket, "Ah, I thought I would never cry again." Albus murmured, "Because I can confess my feelings frankly... no longer cowardly avoiding them. Okay," He reached out and tried to lift Gellert up. "Shall we talk about something else? Of course, I didn't mean to—"

"I love you," Gellert said, "Albus, I love you."

"Oh." Albus froze.That day, he left the Gaunt's house, and was going to check out the Muggle Riddle's house along the road.Accompanied by the orange-red sunset, a silver phoenix broke through the air and came to him.

"I know you love me," he said, bowing his head and cupping Gellert's face. "I hear you."

"I want to marry you," Gellert repeated. "Will you?"

"It's so fast..." Albus muttered, "We just—"

"I don't care, you have to marry me." Gellert wiped his eyes vigorously, took out a branch from the bouquet of magic roses, and shrunk it. "For Merlin's sake, the ring isn't ready yet... You never know how long a craftsman can take. We can make an appointment first, a real engagement, not a verbal agreement." He circled the shrunken rose branch into a small The ring, involuntarily put on Albus's left ring finger.

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