Aren't you happy for me?

23) Your eyes sparkle

Dec saw the sparkle in Ant's eyes when they walked to the arena whenever he looked at him and he saw how happy he was and he was actually the same. Now he knew what Ant had been talking about, this sparkling in his eyes, Dec had never noticed it before.

"What?" Ant asked and giggled when he noticed Dec staring at him.

"Nothing, just your eyes" Dec smiled and stopped walking.

Ant stopped as well and laughed. "What's with my eyes?" he asked and looked at Dec.

"They sparkle" Dec said sheepishly and he plucked up all his courage and grabbed Ant's hands. Ant grinned from ear to ear and smiled at Dec. "Now even more" Dec giggled.

"Oh really?" Ant said softly and moved his body a bit closer to Dec. "I wonder why that is..."

There were people passing by, all heading for the concert, but for Ant there was only him and Dec. They stood in front of each other, still holding hands, looking into each other's eyes, their lips slowly approaching and up until the last possible second Ant thought he was in a dream and he would wake up once their lips touched.

But he didn't, this was real. He felt Dec's lips on his own and it just felt so fucking right and he knew it had been worth it, all the wait, all this confusion from Dec's side, all this shit with Stephen, all this waiting, all had led up to this moment and Ant melted into the kiss whilst his hands found their way to Dec's waist, holding him steady when Dec's hands wandered to his face.

Dec had never imagined that it would feel like this to kiss his best friend. He had imagined it would be weird in the end. Still, after all this time apart and all this thinking. But it wasn't in any way. It just felt so right, Dec had never felt anything like it. It felt absolutely fucking right and he wished for this moment never to end.

But eventually, they broke the kiss and Dec snuggled against Ant's chest. "Was it like you imagined it to be?"

"No" Ant said and kissed Dec's head. "It was a quadrillion times better."

"How many zeros is that?" Dec giggled.

"Shut up" Ant laughed and grabbed Dec's hand and the two men walked towards the arena.

Throughout the whole concert, Ant held Dec close, he had his arms around him from behind, they sang along and swayed left and right, they stole a few kisses from time to time and Ant thought there wasn't any place in the world where he would rather be than this right now.

He knew this was a very special start to their relationship and once they were back in his house, he still couldn't believe it when Dec turned to him and stroked his cheek.

Then he felt lips against his own once more and his hands wrapped themselves around Dec's upper body and he melted into this kiss. He still thought that he was dreaming in a way, it was just all he had ever wished for.

Dec still couldn't get his head around what was happening, he was kissing Ant and it felt amazing. Ant, his best friend of over 10 years, Ant who had always been there, who had always understood him and who had always cared so much about him.

And Ant who had waited for him, for which he would be forever thankful, he knew this had been hard on him. But Dec also knew it had been exactly right this way, it wouldn't have been fair on Ant any other way and he could burst with happiness now, kissing him and holding him in his arms.

Dec looked Ant in the eyes afterwards and he knew Ant had heard all his thoughts, he didn't need to say them out loud, he knew Ant understood. And it was the most amazing feeling in the world, to be understood and to be loved like this.

Ant saw all those emotions in Dec's eyes and he knew this was right. This just felt right and he knew he wanted this to last forever. He knew they just had this connection and the last year had brought them even closer together on this whole other level and it was just crazy.

All this waiting had been worth it because now he could be sure that Dec really wanted him and only him, he could see it in his eyes and he could feel it in his touches and kisses and it was bloody amazing!

Still holding Dec close with his hands around his waist, Ant smiled at him and he knew Dec understood him as well, just by the way he looked back at him. And Ant knew that Dec agreed that this felt fucking right.

And in the moment he thought that, Dec's hand wandered to his face again and he caressed Ant's cheek lovingly with his thumb. Ant closed his eyes and smiled, leaning into the touch before resting his forehead against Dec's.

After a while where they just enjoyed this new found intimacy, standing as close as possible to each other and enjoying the loving touches, Dec kissed Ant tenderly once more, before looking into his eyes and whispering in this lovely voice Ant had missed so much:

"I think I'm moving back to London."

The end.