Chapter 18

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"So, whats all in the back?" hinlo giggled, seeing the covers vilanteo put back there. Vilanteo laughed, taking his hand off of hinlo's thigh and placing it on the side of his head, gently turning his head away.

"My surprise, so no looking." vilanteo said. Hinlo giggled again, holding vilanteo's hand. The two talked about whatever they could think of as vilanteo drove for thirty minutes with his extraordinary short cuts through the city. Hinlo's eyes were wide as they drove through the city, looking at all of the lights and signs.

Vilanteo looked around as well, so happy to be there. After twenty minutes of driving around the city, pointing things out with a hinlo, he drove up a huge hill. At the top was the cherry blossom tree waiting. Hinlo gasped, immediately getting out of the car. Vilanteo had called up an old friend from fighting and he had helped set this up for him. There was a blanket with candles, strawberry foods galore, and a stuffed teddy bear that vilanteo had bought. Hinlo squealed, jumping up to hug vilanteo.

Vilanteo laughed, hugging him back. "Go sit down and I'll grab my presents. Don't look." vilanteo warned. Hinlo giggled, nodding. He covered his eyes and faced the other way of the car, and vilanteo grabbed all of the wrapped presents he had dont himself. He tried his best, and did a decent job.

After two trips, he had brought all of the presents. There were nine boxes, mostly small, and one envelope. The last gift was only if he said yes. Vilanteo carefully took his hands off of his face and hinlo looked in shock at all of the gifts in front of him. Vilanteo smiled softly.

"Open them." vilanteo urged. He slid one of the last ones more to him so Hinlo wouldnt open that one first. Hinlo immediately grabbed one, a huge sappy smile on his face. He unwrapped it and giggled when he saw it. A huge box full of all different kinds of candy. Even rare types, and weird types.

He opened the next one, a big rectangular box, and when he opened it, he rolled his eyes, smiling, saying how much of a helpless romantic vilanteo was as he held the bouquet of roses close to him. Vilanteo laughed, encouraging him to open the next one.

It was vilanteo's hoodie. Hinlo blushed and slipped it over his head. He was drowned in it, it even covered his skirt. Hinlo had to pull up the sleeves a bit to open the rest of the presents, because they all went too far past his hands.

The next gift he opened was a huge blanket with a figure skater on it, in the middle of a big fancy move. Hinlo had hugged vilanteo so tightly, he thought he would suffocate. Hinlo was so happy his aw hurt from smiling so much.

The next present had hinlo in shock. He knew vilanteo had carried a camera around with them, but he didnt know he would use it for this. It was a huge board with pictures of all of their dates, and there was one missing from the center. Vilanteo still needed to take the photo, and it had to be when hinlo was out of the closet (if he said yes that he was gay or at least bi) in order to put it up.

Hinlo opened the next one, the envelope. Hinlo gasped when he saw it. "I spent hours on these. I had to make sure to get every word right, and that it was the neatest ive ever written." vilanteo chuckled, gesturing towards hinlo's favorite poems. Hinlo hugged him tightly, burying his face in vilanteo's neck.

"Thank you!" he cried, clutching the poems close to his chest. Vilanteo smiled, really wanting to kiss him, but he forced himself away from him. He needed hinlo's trust to make a relationship work. He wouldn't do it until he said yes. "Open the others!" vilanteo urged.

Hinlo giggled and opened the next one. It was a book and Hinlo saw the cover. A romantic book. He blushed and vilanteo smiled softly. He opened the book to a random page and hinlo looked at vilanteo in shock.

"I read it during lunch and late at night, when we were not having a date, that is. And I highlighted things in different colors, a color code is at the front. Um, and there's a single code for each chapter." vilanteo explained. Hinlo smiled at the book and placed it gently in the pile of gifts.

"It is the next book im reading." hinlo smiled, thanking vilanteo. Vilanteo smiled brightly, happy that hinlo was liking his gifts.

The next gift was a painted over shoebox. Hinlo giggled at the child-like drawings, but gasped when he opened it. It was little things from all of their adventures.

The first thing in the box was the receipt for their boba and books they had gotten on the first date, as well as a few coins that vilanteo had jokingly snatched from the fountain.

The second thing in the box was their movie tickets from the second date.

The third in the box was little pressed weeping willow leaves from their third date.

The fourth item in the box was a few small prizes and their tickets from the amusement park.

The fifth item was the red piece of chalk vilanteo had used to draw the huge heart with hinlo.

The sixth item was a cookie they had made together. It had gotten the most over-baked, and it was black, causing hinlo to laugh.

The seventh item in the box was the wrappers to their ice cream cones they had eaten.

The eighth thing in the box was a small toy that vilanteo had won in a claw machine as they were shopping around the town.

The ninth thing in the box was a pencil the two had accidentally stolen, sling with some of the bean bag stuffing that had started to come out of the beanbag as soon as vilanteo jumped on it.

The tenth thing in the box was seashells they had found on the beach, along with a small vial of the beach's sand. Vilanteo had secretly grabbed it to put it on a necklace, but had grabbed the wrong vile.

"V-Vilanteo...you saved all of this?" hinlo asked, gesturing towards the box of all the trinkets. Vilanteo nodded with a shy smile. Hinlo stared at all of the objects, not believing his eyes. He knew vilanteo liked going out on dates with him, but not this much.

"I-i know it's weird, and it seems like only something a crazy person would do, but I wanted to remember my every date with you, if it was only going to be eleven. And now that we've made it here...I want you to remember them." vilanteo explained.

"Vilanteo, this is amazing...i don't think i can think of anything else to say.'' Hinlo laughed in shock, running his hands over the small objects. Vilanteo smiled and rubbed the back of his neck. 

He handed vilanteo one of the last presents.

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