Through You - Reneé Rapp

I do

Taking a deep breath, Reneé turned to face Natasha, her heart pounding with anticipation.

"What's on your mind, Reneé?" she asked quietly, her tone guarded.

Taking a deep breath, Reneé gathered her thoughts before speaking. "Nat, I need to apologize to you," she began, her voice tinged with regret. "I wasn't clear with my feelings the last weeks, to be honest since we met, I've been growing feelings for you and I've been thinking of how to approach you with this without scaring you off or making our friendship weird. I have a very strong and scary feeling for you, something that I don't know how to put in words yet. You helped me so much and you're so pure and honest with everything you do. I saw myself wanting things that I never even thought about with other people..."

Natasha listened in silence, her expression unreadable as Reneé poured her heart out. When Reneé finished speaking, Natasha's eyes softened, a glimmer of understanding and happiness flickering in their depths.

"Reneé, I appreciate your honesty," Natasha said softly. "But I need to know something. Why did you act the way you did? Why did you kiss those girls in front of me if you feel like that?"

Reneé took a deep breath, steeling herself for what she was about to say. "I've been struggling with this for a while... And then when my manager warned me about the rumors and told me to distance myself from you, I panicked. I didn't want to ruin your career or mine, so I acted out of fear."

As Reneé spoke, Natasha's eyes widened in surprise, her expression softening with understanding. "Reneé, I had no idea" she said, her voice filled with compassion. "I'm so sorry for what you've been going through."

Reneé's heart fluttered with hope at Natasha's words, her pulse quickening with anticipation. "Nat, I need to know," she said earnestly. "Do you feel...? Do you feel the same...?"

For a moment, Natasha was silent, her eyes searching Reneé's face with a mixture of longing and uncertainty. And then, with a trembling breath, she spoke the words that Reneé had been longing to hear.

"Yes, Reneé," Natasha whispered, her voice filled with emotion. "I do."

As the weight of their confessions hung in the air, a palpable tension crackled between Reneé and Natasha, their hearts racing with anticipation. And then, without a word, Reneé closed the distance between them, her lips meeting Natasha's in a tender, hesitant kiss.

In that moment, time seemed to stand still as Reneé poured her heart and soul into the kiss, her emotions overflowing like a river bursting its banks. And as their lips met in a sweet and gentle embrace, Natasha responded in kind, her arms wrapping around Reneé as she pulled her closer, their bodies melting together as one.

For Reneé, the kiss was a revelation—a confirmation of the feelings she had buried deep within her heart, finally allowed to rise to the surface and be acknowledged. And for Natasha, it was a balm for the wounds of the past, a promise of a future filled with love and possibility.

As they pulled away from each other, their eyes met in a silent understanding, a shared recognition of the journey that lay ahead. And as they stood there, wrapped in each other's arms, Reneé knew that no matter what obstacles they faced, as long as they had each other, they could overcome anything.