All I Know | Bojan Cvjetićanin

16. So About Us Just Being Us

Eva's POV

The two of us walked hand in hand along the banks of the Ljubljanica, the river flowing through the Slovenian capital city. The sun was in the process of setting, and Bojan was ever so eager to tell me something about the city wherever we walked. Not necessarily any historical information, but about the places he went to study for his Sociology degree, where he had been busking on the street before Joker Out became a serious thing, where he thought you could find the best Slovenian dishes, which there were a lot of. And well, I preferred the tour this way. He seemed so proud to share his story, and I loved getting to know every single new fact about him.

"I have a feeling we've been spotted." Bojan said as he leaned over to whisper in my ear before nodding in the direction of a group of mainly girls, who I estimated to be around 16 to 18 years old. They were looking and pointing in our direction, the phones all angled in our direction.

"Let's just keep walking." I said softly and squeezed his hand. I couldn't say I minded. It were things that came along with being a public figure. At least they kept their distance and didn't interrupt us. I usually didn't mind people who politely asked for a picture or a signature, or those who just wanted to express their appreciation for what you did, but I was really enjoying the one on one time we were having right now.

Bojan visibly relaxed and returned my gesture with a squeeze of his own. "So you don't mind whatever photos or videos they took being on social media?"

"Honestly? I'm used to being photographed without knowing. We'll just get paranoid if we try to avoid it." It was inevitable, especially with the plans he and I had for the next couple of weeks. Avoiding paparazzi was one thing, which was fairly easy by avoiding all the celebrity hotspots in places like LA, New York and London, but avoiding people with cellphones, that was just impossible in today's day and age.

"So about us just being us..." Bojan murmured softly and stopped walking to face me.

I laughed and nodded, knowing what he was hinting at. "We'll always be just us." I hummed softly. "But I think we're at the stage where we can put a label on us being just us." The both of us knew exactly what that meant. Even since the first time we spoke about it back on our first date. Just dating seemed like the perfect phase to be in. See where things lead us, wherever that may be. Which was right here, knowing that our feelings were too strong to casually be 'just dating', especially now that I'd be staying with Bojan for two weeks straight. It seemed only right to make this official. 

"I would love nothing more than to kiss you right now, but maybe somewhere where we wouldn't end up online would be a better place to do so." Bojan's smile turned into a grin and he gently squeezed my hand again. "I can't believe you're officially my girlfriend now."

"Mmm, say that again." I hummed, biting my lower lip before I laughed. "Let's head back to yours?"

"My girlfriend." Bojan whispered again. In response, my smile grew even more than I thought was possible. It just felt so good to hear those words from his lips. After last night it became all the more clear that I cared about him more than I realised before. The way he looked at me, the way I could get lost in his eyes, just... everything about him caused me not to be scared of what was growing between us. It excited me more than anything, and even if this wasn't going to last a lifetime, which I really didn't want to think about, I'd forever be grateful for him getting me to open up my heart again. "You're gonna be the death of me one day." Bojan laughed and tugged me along as he started jogging back to the apartment.

"Bojč!" I laughed as I ran after him. "Stoooop! I'm not wearing the right shoes for this."

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