I loved you in secret - walter x henry (young royals)

I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day

Henry

When I woke up, the room was unfamiliar to me at first and I was confused about where I was. I turned around in the bed, facing the whole room. I propped my head up with one hand and looked around, seeing the white closet and the white desk until I saw a picture on the nightstand next to me. It was a picture of Walter and me at Wille's initiation party. Then I remembered. Everything that happened yesterday came back to my mind. I let my head fall back onto the pillow.

'But where is Walter?' He wasn't laying next to me like we fell asleep yesterday and he was also nowhere else in the room. Did he leave? Was it too much for him after everything I told him yesterday? Doesn't he want to be my boyfriend anymore after I told him about my parents? No that's not true, he wouldn't do that! But what if he would? What if this changed his view on our relationship? I fucked up several times before, what if that was his last straw?

Then the door opened.

It was Walter. He looked at me and then rushed over, kneeling down next to me.

"What's up?" He caressed my cheek with his hand.

"Nothing" I tried acting like everything was fine.

"It's not nothing, there are tears in your face!" I didn't even recognise it but now I could also feel tears on my cheeks.

"You weren't here when I woke up and...I thought maybe you didn't want to see me again...after yesterday..." I let my words fade out.

"Oh Hen" He wiped the tears out of my face and hugged me around my chest, looking up at me,"I would never leave you. Nothing of that is your fault and I will always be there for you. I love you."

"I love you too" I stroked my hand through his hair, "But I shouldn't have told you all that. I understand if you don't want to be dragged into this"

"Everything is fine, nothing your parents do has any impact on my love for you and that is no reason I would ever leave you for, I promise"

"Really?" He sat up next to me on the bed.

"Of course" Then he leaned forward and put a kiss on my forehead, "Come here now" He pulled me up into a hug. I closed my eyes, breathing in the comforting scent of Walter. He closed his arms around my chest and I pulled him closer by his neck. Then I pulled away a bit and stroked strands of hair out of his face, "Thank you. I love you"

I closed the gap between us and kissed him on his lips. Feeling his soft lips against mine again, his breath against my face was everything I needed. Walter was everything I needed. Feeling his skin against mine was everything I needed to know as long as we were together everything is going to be fine. It's going to be fine.

"I talked to my parents earlier" Walter started a while later when he was laying in my lap, head resting on my belly, "and they said you can stay here for as long as you want. I don't want you to go back there and I don't think you want to either but if you want to stay here, you need to tell your parents where you are at least."

I really didn't want to go back there. It was only a couple of days since the holidays started and it was already too much for me. I couldn't take this and now I actually had someone I could talk to and stay with. I didn't have to think about it long.

"I will, thank you" I fiddled my fingers through his hair.

"You don't have to thank me, it's really no problem, I help you whenever I can" He turned his eyes, looking up at me. I just smiled at him, nodding in acknowledgement.

"One thing I wonder though" Walter was playing with my fingers, "How did you know where I live? I never gave you my address."

"Well" I was giggling, braiding his hair, "I tried calling you but you didn't answer your phone–"