Micah & Levi

Chapter 7

Levi was nervous. If this went well, he would have a boyfriend, and life would be complete. Obviously. Because Micah was sweet and perfect and cute and, oh God. Levi didn't deserve him. What was he thinking? Micah would never want him. Just because they kissed doesn't mean that Micah loves him the way Levi does. No, yes he does. Levi kept monologuing himself to convince his inner voices that this would work. 

"Hey, you almost done?" He asked Micah who was finishing a tiramisu.

"Yeah, hold on." He said finishing the last bite.

"Micah I wanna show you something." 

"Uhm, ok? Where to?" Micah asked brushing his hair back.

Levi took Micah's hand and led into the forest. He knew where he was going, because this is where he came to think about Micah when they weren't working on the project. Which they had finished. They finally came to a white gazebo with thin, pink ribbon twisting down around its posts. Okay, so maybe Levi had come up and done up the gazebo a tiny bit. There were flowers surrounding the base of the little structure and rose vines climbed up the walls.A small spring burbled nearby. There was a box on the table. The box had the special piece of Key stone for Micah. 

"Ok, so...what do you think?" Levi asked tentatively .

"Oh wow. It's so pretty." Micah said giving him a quick hug and walking off to explore.

"Over here Micah. I have a present for you." 

"More?" Micah asked, cocking his head slightly, "But you've already done so much!"

"Trust me, this is the best part. Actually I have 2 surprises. Potentially 2 presents. But we'll start with this."

"Ok!" Micah walked over and came up to the table next to Levi.

"So, I got this for you after you picked it out, and I know you like it because you chose it so..!" Levi said, picking up the box. 

Micah took the box gently and opened it. 

"Oh my God! No way, this is so expensive! Why would you get this? I don't deserve this."

"Yah, you do... because you're really sweet...and cute..." Levi said stepping a little bit closer to Micah, "And you can totally say no, but I wanted to know if you would ever, maybe wanna be my boyfriend...?"

Levi prepared for Micah's rejection, but Micah just stood there with his mouth slightly open.

"I-are you...sure? You could have anyone. Why me?"

"I-forget it!" Levi ran off back towards the lake. 

"No! Levi, wait!" Tears started falling from Micah's eyes. He couldn't lose Levi. He needed him. Micah ran after Levi, catching up faster than he thought. He grabbed Levi's arm and yanked him backwards so hard that they were an inch away from each other. Micah gently cupped Levi's face and kissed him. Micah poured everything into the kiss, tears continuing to fall down, streaking across his face. Levi grabbed his waist lightly, one hand there, one hand on Micah's face. He gently pushed Micah backwards so that they were leaning up against the tree. Micah pulled back briefly, panting but Levi pushed back into the kiss. Micah pushed Levi off just for a second.

"Yes." He whispered. Before closing the distance between them again.