drown × calum hood [complete]

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Chapter Thirty-Five: Won't you drag the lake and bring me home again

he's such a cutie

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"So what are we going to do?"

"Uhh..."

A laugh bubbled out of her throat, and she walked over to sit next to him.

"So you're telling me you got everything ready and didn't plan what we were going to do?"

"Well I didn't think I would have the guts to ask you."

"Oh Cal-culator." She leaned her head against his shoulder and he tried to ignore the fire that burned where she rested her head, tried to ignore the butterflies that awoke in his stomach.

His arm remained by his side as he sat there, awkward and unsure of what to do.

"I thought you said you liked cuddles," she mumbled, pushing her nose into his shoulder.

"I do."

"Then cuddle me."

"You hate cud-"

"Hush. Enjoy the date." Calum waggled his eyebrows at her, emphasizing the "date".

The fact that she had referred to it as a "date" made things a billion times better, in Calum's eyes.

She crawled into his lap, pulling his arms around her. Her fingers tangled with his, her head leaning against his shoulder.

"This is nice, yeah?"

"Yeah," Calum choked out. He was finding it hard to breathe because he was having trouble grasping the fact that he was finally - finally - on a date with the girl he had loved.

"You okay?" Her voice was soft as she traced the initials on his hand.

"Mhmm. Just... thinking."

"About?"

"Things."

She was quiet for a moment. "Things I need to know about?"

"They're happy thoughts."

She craned her neck to look at him and smiled, the dimple prominent in her now slightly chubby cheek.

"Happy thoughts, happy life. Happy couple," he added.

"We're not happy-"

"We're messed up." Calum finished her sentence, pecking her lips right after to cut her complaints off.

"Messed up?"

"Messed up."

"Maybe messed up will be our always," Bella told him, giggling lightly.

"Maybe."

They cuddled for a bit and watched the sunset, Calum fiddling with his fingers.

He was happy for once in his life. No scars, no suicidal thoughts, nothing. He was livingthe moment, trying to enjoy it before it was too late and it disappeared.

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been stuck on this chapter for a bit

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