Through my eyes||Dino

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Sara closed the door closely behind her, her heart still pounding from the events on the rooftop. She could still feel Chan's hand in hers, the way he'd looked at her with such tenderness. Not skipping their intense make-out session in his apartment. It was everything she'd ever imagined--even better.

As she stepped into the living room, she spotted Taylor on the couch, her head buried in a book. Taylor her best friend, always knew when something was off--whether Sara was happy, sad, or completely overwhelmed. Tonight, Sara was definitely feeling the latter.

"Hey," Taylor said without looking up, sensing Sara's presence in the room. "How'd the date go?" Sara stopped in her tracks, blinking. "You already know, don't you? Taylor looked up, her expression playful but knowing. "You've been taxting me non-stop for the last hour and a half. I saw the text--"I'm on the rooftop with Chan"--then "I'm dead" followed by a bunch of heart emojis. I think I've got a pretty good guess."

Sara couldn't help but laugh, though a blush crept across her cheeks. "Okay, Okay, so I might have been a little... distracted. But you won't believe what happened." Taylor sat up, dropping the book onto the coffee table. "Tell me everything. I'M DYING HERE"

Sara plopped down next to her, taking a deep breath. "So, we're on the roof, right? Chan set it all up--candles, flowers, fairy lights, the whole thing. It was perfect." She smiled, the memory of it still making her heart flutter. "And then--out of nowhere--he kissed me." Taylor's eyes widened, her mouth forming a perfect "O." "Wait--he kissed you?!" she repeated, almost incredulously. "And you didn't like die from shock? Or fall off the roof?"

"I--" Sara paused, trying to find the right words. "So... this might not be the first time he...kissed me" she said covering her face with both her palms. "WHAT- SARAAA?!!!!" Taylor went crazy. "I need full on details, PLEASE" Sara laughed, her face red as a tomato. " It was yesterday, he went into the make up room asking of his lip color was weird, and I-I told him he could use a darker color like the one I was using at the moment and he-"

"HE KISSED YOU AFTER??????. This is straight out of a Kdrama, what a life you have, Sara." I was just standing there, completely frozen. I mean, I've never been kissed before Tay! so I was like--whats happening? is this real? and now today's kiss--he pulled back and, like looked at me, you know? like, really looked at me."

Taylor's grin grew wider, and she grabbed Sara's hands in hers, nearly jumping off the couch. "Oh my God, Sara! This is HUGE! This is... Chan who could literally have any girl he wanted, and he chose YOU!" Sara's cheeks turned even more red, a mix of both embarrassment and joy."I've never though something like that could happen to me. Like for real. I mean, he's so good-looking, Tay. and he's famous! And me? I'm just me."

"Sara," Taylor said, her voice soft and serious. She gently turned Sara's face toward her, looking her in the eyes. "You're kind, you're real, and you're you. You're everything he's looking for. Don't you dare tell me you don't deserve this, because I know you do." Sara swalload hard, her heart racing at the intensity in Taylor's words. "But...that wasn'y even the end of it. After the kiss, he asked me... to be his girlfriend, Tay."

Taylors eyes nearly popped out of her head. "WHAT?!OH MY GOD, he asked you to be his GIRLFRIEND?!" "Yeah.' Sara leaned back against the couch, letting the words settle in. "He said he liked me, he really liked me, and that he wanted us to be something real. He said he wanted to be with me, not just for the fun of it, but like... for real."

Taylor covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes sparkling with excitement. "Sara, you're dating Dino from Seventeen! Oh my god, I can't believe this is happening!' She squaled, completely unable to contain her excitement.

Sara couldn't help but laugh at Taylor's over-the-top reaction. "It's insane. I still can't believe it myself. Bit I said yes. I told him yes." "OH HELL YES, YOU DID!" Taylor screamed, jumping up from the couch and pacing around the living room like an excited schoolgirl. "I'm so proud of you. So proud, I could cry. Wait, no, I AM CRYING!" She wiped away a happy tear from her eye. "You vae no idea how long I've waited for this moment. You deserve this so much."

Sara smiled, feeling the warmth of Taylor's worde wrap around her like a comforting hug. "I don't know how I got here. It's just... it's all so new. "So, when do I get to meet this guy? I mean I've met him before as Dino from seventeen, but now he's Dino from seventeen AND Sara's boyfriend!!!!" Sara laughed , her nerves easing as Taylor's humor took over the moment. "Soon. But let's take this one step at a time, i still don't even know how to be a girlfriend."

"You're gonna be amazing, Sara," Taylor said, her tone full of confidence. "I've got your back, always. Now tell me about the kiss. Was it, like, slow and romantic? Or was it more of a (I can't believe this is happening) kiss?"

Sara smiled, "It was both of those things, And it was so.... unexpected" "I'm dying," Taylor gasped, and then both of them turned into laughter, the sound echoing around the apartment.

"Oh I'll definitely won't tell her about what happened in his apartment, she might really die" Sara thought, as they kept laughing.

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Hi pookies, I think next chapter is a bit short but I'll be talking more in depth about Taylor and her mystery man MHM. Thank you for reading my book!