More Than

Mixtapes

It had been a few days since the two had begun to date.
"Come on!" Michael said happily, as he ran to his house, hand-in-hand with Jeremy.
"I don't--- hold-----on" Jeremy wheezed back as an attempt of replying.
"But it's exiting! I want to show it to you as soon as possible!" Michael said, slowing down a little to let his friend catch up.
"And I'm sure it is, but I don't have the stamina to race to it." As he spoke, he looked as if he was going to collapse from exhaustion at any given moment.
"Okay, I guess if we need to slow down, we can." Michael spoke with a soft and comforting tone.
Even though it felt like eons to Jeremy, they finally arrived at Michael's house. As soon as they entered, Michael sprinted upstairs, still full of energy.
"I've wanted to show you this for awhile." Michael said while he pulled out a box from underneath his
"Okay, okay! Calm down, what is it?" Jeremy asked, almost anxious to find out what could possibly be in that box.
"Okay, close your eyes~" Michael said with a mischievous  grin on his face.
"Fine" Jeremy huffed, closing both of his eyes. He could hear the faint noise from the lid of the wooden box as Micheal slowly took it off with caution.
"Okay, you can open them!"
"What are- are these cassettes? Dude, you're so old school."
"Cassettes? They are not merely Cassettes" said Michael, being extremely melodramatic. "Look at them closely."
"Are these... mix tapes?"
Michael nodded with a big and childish grin on his face.
"Wow, that's... that's so cool and thoughtful!" Jeremy beamed, only to be met with the same expression.
"There's no need to thank me" Michael replied, surprised that Jeremy had taken interest in his lame mix tapes.
"Do-do you have anything to play these with?" Jeremy asked "I want to listen to these as soon as possible."
"Actually, I have a radio that plays Cassettes. Do you seriously wanna play these?"
"With all my heart!" Jeremy said without any hesitation.
"Okay, I guess I can do that!" Michael said as he got up off the floor he had been laying on with Jeremy, and went to dust off a radio that had obviously not been used in years. He put in the first one that was labeled "For Jeremy". There was a small pause of static before the song began.
Slowly and softly, "I will follow you into the dark" started to play.
"This one? I didn't know you were such a romanticist!" Jeremy exclaimed.
"I have the tendency to be from time to time~" Michael laughed a bit under his breath.
"Hey Michael?"
"Yeah Jeremy?"
"Thank you for these. I really appreciate them."
Michael's cheeks turned a brilliant red. "Wow, um, I didn't know you would like them that much." He laughed nervously.
"Seriously? You worked really hard on these. I couldn't want anything more." Jeremy gave a genuine smile that was truly grateful. The two slowly walked over to each other until they were both holding onto the other as tight as they possibly could, and sat in a warm and loving silence as they listened to the mixtape full of romantic and passionate songs play on.