Aris Jones X Reader One Shots

Missing You (Part 2)

My heart hearts. Everyday, it breaks more and more.

I miss Aris. I miss him more than anybody understands. All I want is to see him again. I just want to be with him, to hold him, to love him. I want to kiss him, hear his voice, whisper sweet nothings in his ear as he falls asleep.

I want Aris. I miss him. I miss him so much it physically aches. My heart is heavy in my chest, and all my mind can think of is him.

If I had known that catching feelings would end up making me feel like this, would I still let myself fall in love?

~ ~ ~

It was still difficult to believe. Even as I was cuddled into his side, inches away from his face, it didn't quite seem real yet.

I had been pining over him for months now, just waiting for him to notice. I had been waiting for him to see me as more, to tell me that he feels the same.

And he does. Even if I couldn't believe it at first, he actually feels everything that I do.

“I love you,”He whispered to me in the dark, his hands slowly going up and down my arm as he traced his fingertips on my skin.

“I love you too,”I whispered back, a smile creeping across my lips.

“I’ve wanted to tell you that for so long. I just couldn't get the words out. I didn't know how.”

“Well, you did. It just took some threats, but you said the words just right,”I promised, lightly tangling my hands in his hair.

“I’m glad you're here right now with me. I can't imagine what it would be like to not have you in my life. You're my first memory and my favorite one.”

“You're my favorite memory too. I still remember how you used to always be so awkward around everyone, but you were still really sweet.”

“Really?”

“Really,”I promised, curling up to his side even more as my eyes shut. Wrapping my arms around his shoulders, I clung to him as he brought this sense of peace over me. “And by the way, I know you haven't just been falling asleep early when you hold me at night,”I added.

“Well, I wanted you to sleep somehow,”He defended.

“I would have said yes, you know?”

“Yeah. I know you would have.”

~ ~ ~

The bed was comfortable for the first time in forever. I was so used to waking up to it being cold and empty that I had forgotten what it was like to wake up beside him, with his hair ruffled about, his chest rising and falling, and his eyes firmly shut as he mumbled in his sleep.

It's different now though. The fact that I’m waking up beside him knowing we're more than friends changes so much.

He looks peaceful when he sleeps. He looks completely relaxed.

“Hey, wake up,”I loudly demanded, lightly tugging on his arm.

“No,”He groaned, turning over and burying his face in the cot.

“We have work which you need to wake up for,”I reminded him.

“I don't wanna go to work.”

“Aris Jones, get your lazy self out of bed,”I repeated.

“You just want me up so you can have breakfast faster,”He accused.

“No. You're going to be late if you don't get dressed,”I corrected, throwing his shirt at him.