✔Lost Love [Taennie Adaption]

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Jennie's pov

"So we knew each other from childhood" was what
I blurted out even though I had been planning this
conversation in my mind for a while now.

"No, that's not what I meant to ask. It's obvious that we did. I just didn't know how to start the conversation so I said the first thing...." Before I can continue with my ramblings his lips are on mine. The kiss is soft and gentle. His lips warm against mine. The conversation was forgotten.

He slightly pulls back before running his tongue over my bottom lip taking it between his teeth and biting it gently. Pulling away after a brief second leaving my body heated with need.

"I apologize. I couldn't resist after being away from
you for almost a week" he said almost in a daze

"So you were saying?" He says and I suddenly
remembered that we were about to have an important discussion

"Do you kill people?" I asked scared of what he is
gonna say

"Yes." I expected this but that doesn't mean I was
ready to accept it. But how could I blame him when he was born in this? I was too and if I wasn't kidnapped then I probably wouldn't be too different or atleast not opposed to this"Do they at least deserve it?" I asked sighing

"We don't kill innocents. No one who didn't betray us
or is a threat to our mafia or family" he explained

"Okay that's justified" I said because I would kill for my family too.

"You really hurt me by hiding everything from me" I murmured after a few minutes of silence

"I know. I apologize for not telling you about the
mafia. I was scared that you were gonna leave me
again" he said running his hands through his hair.

"And about our past?"

"I know you deserved to know but I wanted to protect you," he said taking my hand in his and I let him hold it.

"Do you believe in fate Jennie?" He asked suddenly,
startling me

"I don't know" I answered

"I didn't but don't you think it's too much of a
coincidence that I bumped into you after nine years?
New York is a big city and of all the people, I bumped into you" he said his grey eyes staring at me with so much intensity that it is making me breathless"Its fate, my love. It was fate when I met you the first time and it was fate when we met again"

Is it? Maybe it is

"Did you love me all those years?" I asked cause I
really needed to know what he felt for me.

"Yes Jennie I loved you more than anything and
I still do. You might as well be the only thing I ever
loved" he said and honesty shone through his eyes. It makes me feel so special. It makes me feel like I am important to someone. Like I am someone's everything Leaning my head against his I kissed him. Saying with the kiss what I couldn't with my words. Displaying all my emotions to him

"I am falling in love with you too." I said and he smiles. His smile is so bright it nearly blinds me

"So will you give me a chance?"

"I will be a fool to give this up. To give you up. Not
everyone gets a chance at love this pure and who
are we to interfere with fate's plan" I said matching
his smile"Tell me about our childhood. How did we first meet?
Our friendship? I may not remember it but I can live
with your memories" I said sitting in his lap before
snuggling against his chest. It's been so long since I
have felt his comfort

"Come on. I will tell you all the stories behind the
photos you saw that day" he said picking me up in his arms and taking me to his room. He went to his closet after sitting me on his bed and brought out all the photos, spreading them on the bed in front of us.

"This one is my favourite," he said pointing towards
the photo of child me pecking his lips causing my
cheeks to heat up

"I consider it our first kiss. You just pecked me out
of nowhere because someone said to you that we
kiss the people we love and you claimed that you
loved me the most" he said with a pink mist on his
cheeks

I spent the rest of the night embracing all the
memories I forgot and relishing in his warmth. He told me everything about our childhood and how we met and it was magical. It was like a fantasy.

"It was so bad Jennie when I lost you. I had only been
thirteen when I first thought of dying. You had been
like sunshine in my life and when you left, all that was there was darkness. The only thing that kept me alive was hope that I would see you again. And I am glad that I survived to be here today. I love you so much" he had told me kissing my forehead so tenderly and I had felt so much sympathy for him. I thought of being in his shoes. How he must have felt.How much did he love me to think of dying because I wasn't there? I wonder if I ever will be able to return it to this extent.

I hope someday I do because he deserves nothing
less

I would have still loved him if not for that. But I will
love him again. it's hard not to.

I looked up at him from where my head is in his chest but he is already staring at me

"I know it's too soon but I will try to be patient till you can love me again." He said sensing my thoughts and I just smiled

I wonder what would it be like if we hadn't been
ripped apart? would we have been together?
Probably.

I missed out on so much but not again. I am not gonna miss out on this second chance I had been given. neither with him nor with my family

"Can I meet my family?" I asked him in a groggy
voice exhausted from all the day's events.