Confessions (Laurmani Oneshot)

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*Laurens POV*

I was pacing in my room, whispering to myself so I could remember that as much air asIi was inhaling I needed to exhale, hyping myself up to tell Normani how i felt when i heard her cry out from the kitchen.

"Mani what happened?" I said running over to her nearly avoiding the mess on the floor.

She looked over to me, tears brimming her bottom eyelids, cradling her hand, her pointer finger bleeding a bit. She sniffled and let out a soft laugh while shaking her head and holding her hands out to me.

"I may have cut myself just a little bit while chopping the carrots, I'm not too sure" she said, a smile on her tone.

"I can see that," I responded, mimicking her tone and smile "lemme get the first aid kit, I'll be right back"

"Alright, lets see what the damage is." I say, holding her hand under the running water in the kitchen sink. "Well miss Hamilton i think you'll be fine, the worst has passed, I think you just need a hello kitty band-aid and you'll be good to go" 

"Thank you doctor Jauregui, I don't know what I'd do without you" she said while fake swooning, her hand dramatically wiping away faux beads of sweat on her forehead.

I wanted to laugh with her, but all I could do was feel the way my heart fluttered when she did, I could only watch the way her eyes crinkled at the sides and look at the way she always seemed to glow.

"Hey, earth to Lo, can I have my hand back now?" I could hear the teasing in her voice, I could also feel the blood rush to my face and the way it felt to not be touching her anymore.

"Oh, right, yeah, I- I'm, you can have your hand back now"

She furrowed her eyebrows, slowly flexing her hand and jumping off the sink.

"Hey Mani" 

"Hmm?"

"Can i tell you something, I just, I can't hold it anymore I really need to tell you"

"Uh, yeah sure is it, is it something bad" She said turning to face me, thankfully putting down the knife.

"Well , no I don't, I don't think it's bad, unless" I sigh "Just, lemme speak, okay"

She nodded, hopping on the stool next to me, giving me her undivided attention, which terrified me, but to be fair, her presence is kinda overwhelming you know, like if you were to stare directly into the sun, anyway.

"Okay so we've shared an apartment together for about two years now an-"

"ARE YOU MOVING OUT?!"

"What, no , Mani let me finish, good heavens"

"Okay you're right sorry, go on" She said making and zipped lip gesture before nodding for me to continue"

"Yeah, okay, so uh we've been roommates for a while and I, its-,  okay when you walk through the door after dance practice right and you always come look for me to tell me you're home, and when you always make time on a Sunday so we can catch up on Netflix together, when you cut yourself trying to make me dinner, because I made you breakfast"

She nods showing that she's listening, her right leg swinging so I take a deep breath and continue,

"The way your laugh is so contagious, and the way you sing around the house at 6 am everyday while you're making us coffee and the way you make e dance with you, I just, can't help thinking there's no one else quite like you, and that I am so so incredibly blessed to be able to witness all these sides of you, you know what I mean."  

 I hop off the stool, pacing as I did earlier every so often looking up at her face, I stop , take a deep breath clench my hands to the side and exhale.

"Normani, I am so in love with you, and I have been for, I don't know how long, but I do know that I cannot keep this a secret from you for much longer, and i have been so scared you know, because what would happen if you didn't feel the same way, but you make me so nervous you know, and I'm not used to that and I just, I don't want you to think I'm weird or anything but yeah I just, I couldn't keep it a secret anymore"

"Laur-"

"No mani, I wanna be the one that makes you laugh, and smile, and I-I wanna come home and make dinner with you and hold your hand and kiss you."

"Lo"

"And-And I wanna hug you in the rain and take you on dat-"

I was cut off by a hand slapping me at the side of my head,

"Ow, what the heck Mani"

"Shut up Lauren damn, you talk too much" She said before pulling me in by my jersey and kissing me full on the lips.

My hands lay at my sides awkwardly, I mean i was in shock, cause normally i'm like super smooth, like she took me by surprise, she didn't even give me a chance to breathe you know, not that I minded or whatever.

"Okay so when are we going on a date?"

"Huh," i asked absently running my thumb over my bottom lip, a smirk playing on my mouth.

*Normanis POV*

"What am I gonna do with you Lo" I said before getting back to preparing dinner for the two of us.

"Mhm" she said, a smile of her face staring in my general direction, not hearing a word im saying.