"Are you sleeping?" Pedri asked reluctantly with a soft voice.
"No, I can't sleep." I told him, turning around to his face.
"You really meant that?" he asked me with some kind of hope in his eyes.
"What exactly?" I told him, trying to figure out what was on his mind.
"That you want to move here after studies." Pedri said, and I could feel a fear in his voice as he was waiting for my answer.
"I did some thinking about it, yes. But I wasn't sure, I'm still not, if that could be realistically achieved this soon." I explained, and I saw his eyes wandering around at my words.
"Yeah, I understand..." he said, still quietly, "It's just that, I did my part of thinking too, and I can't let you alone. It happened so much when I was far away, and you have no idea how much I hated myself for not being able to be there for you and protect you. Besides, I need you by my side, Ariana." he continued, holding my hand.
"Pedri, it breaks my heart to hear you talking, thinking like that, you have no reason to hate yourself. What happened it's already history, and that won't repeat." I told him, but he was all of a sudden sighing.
"What kind of boyfriend am I if I can't do anything for you?" he questioned, trying to leave the room, but I stopped him.
"You don't get you, do you?" I said and he furrowed his eyebrows confused, "You are the best thing that could have ever happened to me. You are my angel. Just because we have to spend some time away from each other that doesn't mean we can't be good soon. We just have to do our things right now and then we can be free. I will find a way to be here with you, there must be something I can do from here." I explained and could see the corner of his mouth rising slightly.
"I don't want to be the one that is taking away your power to do something with your life." he continued, wiping a tear from his eyes.
"You can only add to my life, Pedri. I want you in my life, I want you to be the shiniest part of it. It's only one year. You are thinking like this for 12 full months? I'm not even counting the 4th year, that will pass instantly. My love, we will make it." I told him, who was nodding at me.
"I'm sorry for being like this, I don't know what's with me." he said as he got me into his arms, softly caressing my cheek.
"I'm happy that you open up to me and you tell me what's bothering you. I'm glad that you feel safe enough to tell me these things." I told him as I placed a kiss on his forehead, holding him closer to my chest.
"Well, you're my angel too. And I'm sorry that I did some things that made you upset, I regret this to this day." he continued.
"That doesn't matter now, okay?" I told him with a soft smile on my face as reassurance.
"I promise, I will make you the happiest in the whole world." Pedri told me.
"We will be the happiest." I told him, as I was playing with his hair.
"I can't wait to wake up every day with you by my side." he said tracing random lines with his fingertips on my skin.
"Can you imagine our lives in a few years from now?" I said as I fell into my thoughts.
"Mini me and mini you walking around the house, toys left at every step, us trying to put them to sleep but eventually Aunt Gabby and Uncle Gavi doing a better job than us..." Pedri said, thinking of all these possibilities.
