Sunshine, Starlight | Aryan Simhadri

Part 71

I looked at him, the stars where shining bright above us and I suddenly grew more conscious of everything surrounding me, the few birds still singing, the squeaking of the swings we were on, the noise from the event that was more quiet now that we were further away but most importantly Aryan sitting there on the swing next to me

I love you

My mind was blank while thinking so many thoughts at the same time

Maybe Jason had scarred me more than I thought, or allowed myself to think because I was genuinely terrified, more than half our relationship was a complete lie

But then looking into Aryans eyes all I could see was genuine love, everything felt so different with Aryan, everything just felt so much more

"I love you" I finally said, it was more of a whisper, more of a realisation, like I was just now starting to allow myself to love again, maybe I was unlovable, but maybe Aryan saw something that I couldn't see, he always looked like that, like he knew more about me than I did myself, like he saw more in me than I did. Maybe he saw something that was lovable in me that I couldn't see myself

I saw him smiling in the light of the moon and the lanterns

We sat there and just enjoyed the silence for a bit until deciding to take a walk around the playground before heading back

"You think Walker will be mad that we just left ?" I grin at Aryan who shakes his head

"He was with Logan Lerman when I left I don't even think he noticed yet"

"You met Logan Lerman ?!"

"Yep it was amazing"

"You know what also was amazing ? You fangirling over Giancarlo Espositos" he grinned again

"I can't believe we actually just met him"

"He called me majestic"

"I know, dudes trying to steal my girl"

"Everybody wanna steal my girl, everybody wants to take her heart away, couple million in the whole wide world we'll find another cause she belongs to me" I sang to distract from how much I blushed when he called me my girl

"How do you always connect anything we say with a song ?"

"I have like one singular thought in my head all the time so I'm only capable of thinking in song lyrics" I laugh

"You're weird" I shrugged smiling happily

"I might be, but you love me" it felt so great to just say it

"I do" I stopped slowly and turned to stand in front of him "it's kind of risky here, there are probably paparazzi everywhere-"

"I really don't care"

"You don't ?"

"Not at all" he grinned, put one hand on my waist and the other on my cheek and pulled me into a kiss, I might've been thinking the same thing every time but damn it felt good, he was an amazing kisser it made me never want to let go of his lips

Until his phone rang of course, Aryan groaned in annoyance and pulled his phone out of his pocket

"What do you want ?/ I thought you were taking pictures/ we'll be there in a minute calm down/ we just went to take a walk and sit down/ yeah she's fine/ we'll be there in a minute" he hung up the phone and looked at me "I really can't wait until we tell him"

"Let's just do it, he wouldn't hurt you he's just blabbering"

"Now ?"

"No. Tomorrow" my boyfriend grinned and placed a quick kiss on my lips, then another and another

We went back to the event and found Walker talking to an interviewer looking a little lost, like always of course, we took a bunch more pictures and did a few more interviews and just enjoyed the evening meeting so many of our idols

After the premier we went to Chick-fil-A, still very much in gown and suits but it fit the vibe, it was really fun and great, we called Leah too to include her even if she couldn't be with us right now

We would be staying in a hotel the next few nights so we could have little time in Los Angeles before heading back to Aryans so we went to the hotel and sat there in the lobby for a while, I went up and changed into my pjs after a bit because while the dress was gorgeous walking with the crutches wasn't actually that easy

I put on short pj pants and a basic little top and joined the boys downstairs again

I rested my head on Aryans shoulder while him and Walker were talking cause I hated to admit but I was actually exhausted, the pain meds weren't making that any better

"You can go to sleep if you want you know ?"

"I'm not tired" Aryans took of his suit jacket and wrapped it around my shoulders carefully before getting back to his conversation with Walker

Honestly I didn't know how Walker hadn't noticed yet because we were not all that good at hiding but again, we're talking about Walker so I shouldn't be surprised, he wouldn't notice if we spelled it out for him

At one point we went upstairs into my room, I just got into bed already and did end up falling asleep, of course, since I was tired and exhausted already

It was more of a nap though because I woke up an hour later with no tiredness left in my body

Authors note:
This one's a bit of a filler chapter so i still hope you enjoyed it 🫶🪻