MUTE [A Chris Colfer Imagine]

Mute 20/?

Moving in with Chris wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. I had the most important things with me, and my dad was going to be driving a van down with the rest of my things after his AA meeting in 2 days time.

I was worried that he would go back to drinking, but he promised that he wouldn't and I believed him, he had been sober for nearly 2 months now and that was the longest he had ever gone.

It had been an exhausting day, so me and Chris agreed that we would stay in tonight, and wake up early tomorrow so that Chris could show me around the city, and show me his favourite places. We didn't do much, just cuddled on the couch, watch cheesy movies and ordered take-out. I say it wasn't much, but it was perfect for the both of us and I was just so happy.

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I woke up the next morning and rolled over, I was expecting to cuddle into Chris, but I got an empty space and when I opened my eyes fully, I saw that the bed was empty and that Chris was nowhere to be found.

I wondered where he was, but got my answer when I heard banging coming from the somewhere in the apartment. I climbed out of bed and went into the bathroom so that I could go to the toilet, brush my teeth and brush my hair before I went back into our room and got changed into my pyjama shorts and one of Chris' sweatshirts that I pulled out of his wardrobe. I loved wearing his clothes.

I walked out of our room and started following the noise, to my surprise, Chris was standing at the cooker in the kitchen, and whatever he was cooking smelled delicious. I walked up behind him and wrapped my arms around his waist, standing on my tip toes so that I could press a kiss to his neck. I heard him suck in a breath before he was turning around wrapping his arms around my waist. "Good morning." He murmured giving me a kiss on the lips causing me to moan. "You're wearing my clothes."

I moved out of his embrace and gave him a shy smile. 'I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND.' I signed.

"Of course I don't mind beautiful," He beamed. "In fact, you should do it more often."

I gave him another shy smile and took at seat at the table while he continued to make breakfast. Chris carried on making the breakfast talking to me about what he planned for us to do today, I just gazed at him adoringly and listened to every single thing he had to say. About 10 minutes later, Chris was placing a full breakfast down on the table infront of me, and I was already full just looking at it. 'THANK YOU FOR THIS.'

He took his place at the table also and grinned at me. "No need to thank me sweetheart, I always want to cook for you."

'SO WHAT ARE OUR PLANS TODAY?' I picked up my knife and fork and started cutting into my breakfast. I couldn't wait to explore.

"I was thinking, I could take you to some of my favourite places, and then we could end the day having a date night at my favourite park. It's where I go to get peace and quiet when even the apartment is too loud for me."

'IT SOUNDS PERFECT.' I gave a shy smile, the fact that he wanted to share his favourite places with me just made me all fuzzy on the inside.

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I had fallen in love with the city. We had been exploring all day, and Chris had taken me to all of his favourite places, by far my favourite place was a little section right back at the local park. Chris told me that it was his place to go to when he wrote, and he needed to get out of the house and I could understand why. Benches were littered over the place, and literally nobody came up here - I knew for sure that this would be my place to go when I needed time alone.

It was now night time, and we were going on a date. Chris described it as "the first date of many in the city we both live".

We went bowling first, where Chris whooped my ass. I'd never been good at bowling, but it was fun trying to beat Chris, and the arena was practically empty, so it was just me, Chris and 2 families that were there.

After 5 games of bowling, we went out to eat at the restaurant around the corner, where the conversation didn't stop and we had an awesome game of 21 questions, and what's your favourite? I knew alot about Chris, but these games helped me learn what I didn't already know.

Chris suggested that we walk home through the park, I was nervous because I heard about things that happened to people in the park late at night, and Chris seeing my nervousness, promised me that this area was safe, and that he would never let anything happen to me.

It was raining when we walked out of the restaurant, and I wrapped my coat tighter around myself. Chris instantly wrapped his arms around my waist as we started walking and I loved it - it was easier for him to do that rather than us hold hands because then I could sign to him with both hands whilst he talked to me.

It was quiet as we walked, but it was a comfortable silence and even though it was raining fast, we didn't care, because we were both enjoying each others company.

"So how was your first full day in the city?" Chris asked me about 5 minutes later.

'AMAZING.' I held my hands out ahead of me so Chris could see what I was signing. 'THANKS FOR MAKING MY FIRST DAY IN THE CITY THE BEST DAY IN THE CITY CHRIS.'

"You don't need to thank me baby, you know I'd do anything to make you happy." He left a kiss on my cheek before hesitating with his next words. "Plus, I know tomorrow's gonna be hard trying to find a new therapist for you."

I sighed as Chris said this. I was still having therapy sessions, and my dad made me promise that I would look for a new therapist whilst I was here. I didn't want to because I was better now, or so I thought I was. My current therapist even told me that I was getting better and better each and every day. 'DO I HAVE TO? I'M BETTER NOW CHRIS.'

"Hey.." He put his hand on my arm to stop me from walking. I turned to face him and looked into his eyes. "I'm not making you do it, but I think it would be best for you. I couldn't be more proud of you, and I'll support you in every decision you make, you know that."

'YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME CHRIS.' I didn't know when I started crying, but I did. 'YOU'RE MY WHOLE WORLD. THANK YOU.'

"Beautiful don't cry," He cupped my face and wiped away tears. "You mean so much to me too, you're my whole world and I wanted this to be more special when I said it, but I really do mean it when I say that I love you [Y/N]."

I stood there in shock, that was the first time Chris had ever told me that he loved me and I thought my heart was going to burst out my chest. Seeing the trusting, loving sparkle in his eye, I just knew what I had to do.
With my dad supportive of me, my best friend Liam a phone call away, and Chris by my side forever - I knew nobody could hurt me, and I knew for the first time, that I was safe.

So with all the encouraging words of my therapist, and with all the courage I could muster, a sob burst from my lips and for the first time in over a decade (excluding that time at the hospital) words came from my mouth. My voice was small and crackly, but that didn't matter. All that did matter was the words coming from my mouth. "I love you too Chris."