Ten signs of true love

4. He surprises you for no reason

AN: I'm writing too much today, I should be studying x)

Dec POV

I was sitting in the sofa in my joggers, my most comfortable hoodie and with a basket of ice cream, crying over The Notebook when I heard a key in my front door. "Ant?" I asked, drying my cheeks. "Aaw, have you been crying over The Notebook?" he asked me with a grin on his face when he saw me. "Don't laugh at me." I mumbled. "I don't laugh at you, you're adorable." Ant winked. I was sure I blushed. "But I'll have to pull you out of your comfortable couch. I have a surprise for you." Ant said way too enthusiastically. I lifted my eyebrow. "You're serious, aren't ya?" I asked. Ant nodded enthusiastically. "Come on, put some clothes on in which you don't mind being seen and pack a suitcase." "What?" I asked. "Yeah, you heard me." Ant said.

"London St Pancras railway station." I said. "Where are you taking me?" Ant grinned. "Come on, we'll miss the train if you stay here." "Eurostar. The next one is to Brussels. Are we going to Belgium?" I asked. Ant nodded enthusiastically. "I heard Ghent is very beautiful." He said.

After 2 hours in the Eurostar and another half an hour in the local train, we arrived in Ghent. We checked in in our hotel and walked in the city centre. "It is beautiful here." I said, enjoying every minute. "All those medieval houses, the castle, the water..." "I told you." Ant said smiling. We went to the touristic information bureau and sat down on a bench outside. "Okay, Ghent is the largest student city of Belgium, with a lot of medieval buildings, churches and a lot of water." Ant read from a brochure he had got. "This castle is The Gravensteen. There were a lot of castles in Ghent, but this is the only one that is conserved this good." "Okay, let's visit the castle and then have a walk around the city." I proposed. "Let's do that." Ant smiled and he pulled me on my feet.

I stopped walking in the middle of a bridge, enjoying the view. "Why?" I asked. Ant looked at me questionably. "Why did you bring me here?" I asked, not looking at Ant. He laid his arm around my shoulder. We stood there in complete silence, hearing all the tourists and students around us, seeing the medieval houses, the boats on the water, the sunset. "Because I needed to be away for a couple of days, now we're free." He said after at least ten minutes of silence. "And I wanted to share that with you." My eyes were watering. I turned myself so I could look Ant in the eyes. I put my arms around his waist and hugged him. "Thank you." I whispered. "Thank you." Ant gave me a kiss on my head before he let me go. "Come on, I reserved a table at a tapas bar here nearby." He smiled. I kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks." I said one last time.

AN: I'm in college in Ghent, I have a student room there and I'm totally in love with the city. This is the place I imagined them standing. Normally it's a lot busier than on the picture, especially on nights as beautiful as this one ;)