Aris Jones X Reader One Shots

Missing You (Part 3)

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“I've loved you for a long time, Aris. A long, long time,”I promised.

“I’ve loved you for even longer. I love you more than you'll ever know,”He whispered, his hand in mine as he traced circles on my skin.

“I won’t stop loving you. Nothing can tear my heart from you. Absolutely nothing in the world.”

“My love for you is infinite. Absolutely infinite.”

“You mean everything to me, Aris. Everything. And I don't know what I’ll do when I lose you.”

“It won't be forever. I’ll be by your side before you even know it, and we'll start all over. We’ll fall in love again.”

“You never get worried that we won’t?”

“No. I love you so much that I know I have nothing to worry about. I already know that you are the only one I will love like this, the only one I will ever be with,”He said softly, slowly leaning in.

“I’ll only ever be yours,”I promised, doing the same.

“Yeah?”

“Yes.”

The second I answered he closed the gap between us, gently pressing his lips against mine. I kissed back as I cupped his cheek in my palm, a soft love felt from my fingers to my toes at the touch.

When he pulled away far too soon I kept my eyes shut for a moment, savoring what it’s like when he kisses me. Not just because of the kiss but all the emotions he brings with it. The way his lips fit so perfectly against mine and how he’s always so gentle feels like a dream sometimes.

If it is, I hope I never wake up.

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“You can't separate us. We won't let you,”I swore, keeping my hand in his. He tightly squeezed, clearly just as afraid as I was.

We won't show it though. Not to them at least.

“We can't send a boy in a Maze full of girls. That'd be inappropriate,”Ava restated.

“How would it be inappropriate? You’ve already seen how I act with the girls, and I get along better with them anyway. Why would it make sense to separate me from them?”

“Pregnancy, hormones-”
“We’ve been together for years now, and in case you haven't noticed, I’m nowhere near pregnant. It won't change in the Maze,”I promised.

“You don't know that. Without your memories-”
“We called you, the person who's going to take everything from us, just to plead our case. How could you give reasons that don't even match our personalities? That isn't fair,”I pointed out.

“See? This is why we didn't want anybody dating. You’ll get attached-”
“But we love each other. We can't push that down. Not with how deep our feelings are,”Aris said firmly, his head held high. I squeezed his hand in gratefulness at the sweet words and as a silent way to say I'm thankful for how lucky I am to have him. Almost instantly, he squeezed back, silently assuring me that it would be okay. That no matter what, we will always find our way back to each other.

“Please just think about it?”I begged.

She stayed silent for what felt like hours but couldn't actually be more than five minutes. During that duration, my heart was practically beating out of my chest.

The answer to if we get to be another lifetime is all in her hands. We need her to say yes.

“I’ll think about it,”She finally answered.

Knowing that was all we would get, I held back a sigh as I walked out, our hands still laced together as I did.

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It was both a nightmare and a dream. We would get to be together forever but at the cost of our memories.

As we were led to the box, all the questions started piling up. Would we rekindle our relationship? Would we catch feelings again? What if only one of us did? Would it even work out?

“I’m scared,”I admitted, clinging to him as the box lifted us up.

“It's okay. It’ll work out,”He soothed.

“I don't want to forget you,”I whispered, tears starting to drip down my cheeks as I held on to his shirt.

“I know, but we’re going to pass out any second now. We need to lay down and think about everything good. Think about us. Okay?”

“Yeah. Okay,”I whispered.

Even so, I kept my face buried in his neck as the worry overcame me.

Eventually, so did the exhaustion.