love me, seavey

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"I LOVE THE WAY YOU kiss me." daniel smirked, detaching their lips briefly as he spoke. "actually, fuck that. i love every inch of you."

"woah there, seavey. we're only making out."

"so? i can still compliment you no matter what, sage."

"true."

they reconnected their lips, meshed together passionately as daniel's arms ran up and down her back before resting back on her hips, a firm grip so she wouldn't go anywhere.

"did i tell you that i really like you yet?"

"i think you already confessed it by doing this, dani." she giggled, pecking his lips as they both relaxed, remaining in one another's grasps.

"i like your eyes." sage gushed, running a hand through his hair but neither of them minded.

"yeah well-"

"i don't want any more compliments, i'm just simply commenting about your stunning features. let me do that, okay?"

"i still remember when you walked into the apartment for the first time and when you saw me shirtless you were speechless." daniel chuckled, sage feeling his thumb rubbing against her hip.

"okay, it was like my second or third time meeting you- how could i not stare? try rooming with you, it's very distracting."

"sure, blame it on me that you can't focus on filming."

"it's true."

"and i'm zach herron." he joked, kissing her forehead before pulling her to the couch, daniel letting the girl lay directly on top of him.

"i wouldn't be interested in you if you were zach- gross." she fake gagged, daniel chuckling at her comment.

"i bet he could pull you if he wanted."

"so you want me to ask my sister's boyfriend to try to flirt with me to see if i fall for him? where do you fit into this?"

"please, i'm the better option."

"jealous now, seavey?"

"no-" he paused, meeting her eyes as she turned to face him. "okay maybe i might be and try really hard to make you fall for only me if you did fall for zach. but you wouldn't dare to ever date him, would you?"

"i wouldn't ever think about dating him, dani. not the other guys either."

"i know we aren't officially together yet but i want you to only like me. i promise i'll ask you in the most special way possible- but i just want to make sure this is what i want."

"so us making out and living together doesn't help in this, does it?"

"your lips are very convincing." daniel laughed, sage sitting up.

"i forgot that we came home so i can edit my videos- i'll go edit in my room."

"can i watch-"

"no!" she stopped, watching the boy's reaction appear evident on his face. "sorry, that came out wrong. but um, maybe another time? i really wanna get this done tonight and get to bed at a reasonable hour."

"sure, sage. let me know if you want to spend time with me."

"i do, daniel. as i said earlier, you're a distraction. you know out of all people how horrible i sleep. i just want to sleep properly for once."

"right." he replied shortly, not wanting to say much as he was hurt by her words.

"i'll come see you when i'm done?" she offered, the boy shaking his head.

"i'm actually gonna go spend the night with the boys. i'll see you tomorrow i guess."

the boy walked into his room, most likely to grab some clothing and whatever he might need for the next day and left the apartment without another word, sage sitting alone in her room regretting what she said.

"i hate hurting him." she sighed admittedly, knowing this was the first time she hurt him- but she got hurt to begin with.

he needed time, sage understood that. but the fact that he decided to tell her this after they made out, it was purely just bad timing. spending a couple of hours editing, she finished before turning off all her lights, falling asleep with a stressed out mind.

at 2am in the morning, she was awoken by her own screams, crying out of pure horror of her nightmare.

grabbing her phone, she called daniel who seemed to not answer, which left her to not want to call anyone else.

instead of trying to call him again, she headed over to his bedroom and buried herself underneath all his bedding, the cool mattress a sting to her heart as she knew they technically fought already.

without realizing, she relaxed into his bed and fell back asleep, waking up when she felt a body curl up next to her.

turning over, sage instantly calmed down once seeing daniel's face, tears threatening to fall from her eyes as guilt and the same terrified feeling resting in her chest as it remained there all night.

"what's wrong? why'd you come sleep in my bed?" he asked gently, worry crossing his face as he brushed a tear off of her face.

"i had a nightmare and i called you but you didn't answer so i came in here and fell asleep. i'm sorry, i can go-"

"sage, no. i don't want you to go back into that bedroom scared. what happened?"

she started from the beginning, explaining every last detail as small tears ran down her cheeks as she felt so insecure and alone, staring down at her lap as she didn't know what to say to the boy.

"i'm so sorry for not being here for you, ramirez."

"it's not your fault. you left because you were uncomfortable and unhappy with me. i'm sorry."

"nothing was because of you. i shouldn't have said that i was checking to see if i truly wanted this because i do- i really do, i just don't want us living together to be a problem, you know?"

"so what? do you want me to move out?"

"no, not at all! i just- i don't want us to fight more often or get sick of one another and break both of our hearts. plus, what if we break up? do you move out? do we both move out? do we try to avoid each other as much as possible? it's just a lot to think about, sage."

"no, no. i get it, i do. i just wish you told me sooner about your doubts."

"i know, i should've expressed them the second you moved in but i wasn't willing to make us both worry. can i ask you something?" she nodded for the boy to continue, him sighing nervously. "will you be my girlfriend?"

"seavey, is this your most special way possible of asking me?" she giggled, her eyes sparkling with adoration as she caressed his cheek.

"i guess it is. what do you say?"

"i was your since i moved in, daniel." sage grinned, their lips meeting once more, both smiling into the kiss.