Falling Slowly

Bufan - Bad Day

You walk into your apartment after a long, long, long day at work. You saw that your boyfriend's shoes have already tucked away in the shoe rack, "he must have gotten home early," you said to yourself.
You went inside and saw him in the kitchen, his hair pulled back by the headband he is wearing. He's preparing dinner for the two of you.

"Hey, you're here, finally!" Bufan said. "Wait let me just finish this."

You went to him and hugged from behind, you closed your eyes and just felt tiredness overcome your entire body. Then suddenly tears were streaming down your face. You had the worst day at work today and have just lost all energy. You just wanted to cry.

"Babe, what's wrong? What's wrong?" Bufan said panicking. He turned around and put both his hands on your face making you look up to him. You can see that he's also tired, dark circles have formed around his eyes. Then you felt bad for acting like such a baby, he must be really, really tired, but here he is making dinner for the both of you. You sniffed and shook your head, "nothing, it's nothing," you told him and then pulled away, leaving Bufan in kitchen all confused.

You walked towards your bedroom and changed into your pajamas and lied in bed. You closed your eyes, then suddenly you heard him knock, "hey babe,"
"Hey, come in," you said without looking at him.
He came in and lied down beside you, you turned to face him and he pulled you in and hugged you, then you cried again.

"Aiyaaaa, I knew it's not nothing. Tell me, what's wrong," Bufan said, hugging you tighter, "please tell me."

You sat up and crossed both legs and told him what happened to you the entire day. He looked at you intently, listening. You were a crying mess after you told him everything.

When you finished, he pulled you back in and hugged you again. "Oh, my poor baby, it's alright, just let it all out," he said and then he kissed you on the head. You looked up at him and sniffed, he booped your red nose and said, "It's just one bad day, baby. Everything will be fine now, I'm here." You buried your face in his chest and he hugged you tighter.

"I'm here," he hummed.

You're usually not this vulnerable, you are quite independent and strong. You are most thankful that you have Bufan with whom you can show your weaknesses to and share your insecurities with knowing that he'll love you just the same.

You stayed like that for a while until your stomach grumbled. Bufan laughed, "Oh, is my baby hungry?" You nodded cutely at him. He laughed again, "Okay, stay, I'll bring the food here."

He got up and started walking, you called to him, "Bufan.."

"Yeah?" he turned around.

"Thank you." You told him.

"I love you," he said smiling as he walked out towards the kitchen to get the food.