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TRIGGER WARNING: Violence, physical abuse, mentions of blood.

3 MONTHS LATER

Normani POV

The past three months with Y/n  have been everything I could ever imagine and more. I hate to sound cliché, but she's perfect in every way. She makes me feel like happy endings exist. Since she's been taking me anywhere and giving me everything I could ask for, I decided to take her to one of her favorite places she mentions all the time: the aquarium, in celebration of our three month anniversary. 

It was a complete surprise for her, I just wanted to see her smile like an idiot for once instead of me. I watched as she walked up to each tank, paused as she admired each fish for a few moments, then gave me a random fun fact about the most interesting creature she saw. Next up was whale sharks, which she had no idea were here. I chose the Georgia Aquarium specifically because of that. It was one of the largest in the world and the only one that is home to a whale shark. So I was hoping that would be the main attraction.

We walked into the tunnel attraction and honestly, I was amazed at the sight myself. We were completely entranced by the blue water. Content and calmness washed over my body. My hand settled into Y/n's as we stopped to take everything in. Soon after that, the whale shark swam over our heads and I heard Y/n audibly gasp.

"NO WAY!" she said as she walked over to the glass to watch it swim around. "THERE"S A WHALE SHARK HERE?" she gasped again as I chuckled, admiring her childlike behavior. "You brought me here on purpose!"

"Guilty." I put my hand up as if I had been caught. She grabbed my hand and walked me over to the glass to watch with her. 

"Best girlfriend ever." she kissed the back of my hand and went to speak again. "Did you know that whale sharks are ovoviviparous?"

"I don't know what you just said but it sounded like a scientific slur..." I cautiously turned towards her. She burst into laughter before she continued.

"It means that the females can produce eggs that hatch inside them. They can give birth to live young and can produce around 300 babies at a time." She said still staring in awe of the beautiful creature.

"Wow, 300 babies? That sounds impossible." I responded in awe of both the shark and the intelligence of my beautiful girlfriend.

"I'll give you 300 babies." Y/n smirks.

"And I'll give you the boot. 300 is insane." I chuckle at her confidence.

She throws her hands up in defeat, "Point taken... speaking of making babies-"

"I'm not having 300 babies Y/n!"

"What? No! I was just gonna say how much I loved that trick you did last night." she wiggles her eyebrows playfully

"I told you," I turn towards her and pull her in by the waist of her jeans, "a little ice never hurt nobody baby." I look into her eyes and bite my lip as I watch her turn red from blushing at my remarks. "I can do it again if you'd like... just... how you like it." I say, closing the distance between us with each word, kissing the side of her mouth, and turning to walk away leaving her shocked and speechless.

"I- wait!" she runs after me. I smirk and chuckle internally knowing I'm gonna have to pay for that later.

She finally catches up to me, spins me around, and smashes our lips together forcing the air from my lungs, leaving nothing but her scent to breathe in. I couldn't complain, it was my favorite after all. Her hands cupped my face, thumbs caressing my cheeks lovingly, making my heart flutter and my body finally relax. As she pulled away, my eyes remained closed as I sucked in a breath to relieve my breathlessness. She placed her forehead onto mine, hands still holding my face. The world seemed to stop spinning, the air became calm. My heartbeat and hers were the only things I could hear, calling out to the other waiting for a response as if they were in a crowd... until they synced. The smell of churros filled the air as I reveled in this moment of tranquility with my lover. My girlfriend. Her grip on my face tightened slightly causing my breath to hitch before I whispered, "I love you."