Aris Jones X Reader One Shots

Five Years (Part 3)

The Safe Haven and everything that's happened is certainly interesting. I've been here for five years now, and it's nice enough. There's food, water, and good people. Even more importantly it's, as the name suggests, safe.

With a sigh, I looked out at the ocean and listened to the waves crash below me. I basked in the setting sunshine and breathed in the scent of the sea. I just felt truly at peace.

"Hey,"Someone greeted. I looked back to see Aris standing there with his hands in his pockets.

"Hey. What's up?"I asked, giving him a small smile. He glanced around before taking a seat next to me. I moved over to give him more room but kept my eyes fixated on the view in front of me.

He however, was not. He was practically burning holes into my skin as he stared at me.

"Are you okay?"I asked, turning to face him.

"Five years,"He whispered.

"What are you talking about?"

"It's been five years since I last asked if you would be my girlfriend,"He reminded me.

"Yeah. I know,"I shrugged.

"You do?"

"Yeah. I just accidentally counted the days without realizing,"I explained, looking forward again. He still hadn't though. "It's weird. It was just some silly bet, and I think about it a lot,"I admitted.

"That wasn't a bet,"He whispered. I turned my head to the side to look at him, as if to silently gesture for him to go on. "That wasn't a bet. That was a promise. There's still nobody else but you. You're still the only girl I had ever wanted, and I waited five years just to prove it. Just to prove that I could wait for you, and it was hard. Not because of other girls but because I wanted to ask you so many times. It's been five years though, and now I can."

"Then, ask what you've been waiting for. Right here while it's just us,"I murmured, feeling in awe at his speech. Feeling flattered and like all of a sudden everything in my life made sense.

I wasn't angry anymore. I hadn't been for a while. As I had grown I had significantly calmed down. I wasn't so mean to people.

Yet he has remained special. I couldn't help but like him more than anybody else.

"It's been five years so what do you say? Will you be my girl?"

"Yeah. I think I'd like that,"I agreed, placing my hand on top of his. Through the corner of my eyes I saw that him look at our hands then mine. As he faced the sky I also saw that small smile I had always loved.

Because no matter how angry or cruel I could be, I had always loved him. I just needed to grow so that I could learn how to show it, and I have. I can confidently say that waiting was the best decision I've ever made.

I could love now. I could love properly, and now I would show that to him forever.