<completed>Promise (Juliantina)

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Val walks into the bedroom with a bowl of hot chicken soup, she can hear Jul is still crying even though she is hiding underneath the blanket. She puts down the bowl on the side table, and climbs onto the bed, she let herself in underneath the blanket. She wipes off the hot tears streaming down from Jul's eyes, she gently strokes Jul's cheeks with her thumb, she strokes her hair before she slowly pull down the blanket so she can see Jul properly.

Jul is in a hot mess, her eyes are swollen from the crying, she is too embarrassed to let Val see her in this state so she turns to the other side of the bed so Val can't see her. Val spoons her from the back and gently stroke her hair to calm her down, she whispers to her ear, "mi amor, what exactly has happened? why are you crying, you are making me sad too if you don't let me help you..."

Jul slowly turns around to face Val and tears are still flowing down. Val kisses Jul's forehead, her nose and her lips, "hey mi guapa, let me help you, tell me what's going on? I don't want to see you suffer in silence, you can share anything with me."
"Lupe, she... wants me to break things off with you... " Jul stutters because she cannot bear to bring the words out of her mouth, she fears that Val will be hurt by Lupe's words after she told her.

"Hey Jul, it's ok I don't blame you or Lupe. Stop crying mi amor, we can overcome this together so please trust me on this one. We will talk about this later once we get you clean up, let me run you a hot bath to calm you down."

"Do you think it's wrong for us to fall in love?"

"Mírame mi amor, you can't deny the connection between us, what we have is real. Don't let people words get into you, you feel happy when you are with me right? I feel the same way for you too so we can try to persuade Lupe to change her mind with the proof of our love."

"I don't understand why girl falling in love with another girl make such a huge deal for Lupe, it's just so happened that I fall in love with you, I see nothing wrong with it, why can't she understand me?"

"Jul, let me give you the hot bath and we will talk about it later."

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The both of them are lying down on the bed, intertwining their hands together, looking up to the ceiling. Jul broke the silence, "Val, what should I do now? I think Lupe will call again to check in with me, I really love you, but do you think we should take a break first to cool things off?"

"No Jul, I can't lose you again, you are the light to my darkness, you bring laughters to my life. I am so in love with you, you made my day even with the slightest thing, nothing and no one can stop us. Promise me, no matter what happens, we won't leave each other?"

Jul slowly raises her pinky to meet with Val's and she made the promise to Val that she won't leave her. Jul decides to make a call to Lupe when she thinks that Lupe is ready to talk again.

"I promise I will let Lupe change her mind, I will be around for the video call when you both are ready, let's face this together? If it's necessary, I can fly her over here so you two can talk things out to clear the air, I want her to be happy for you, most importantly you should be proud of your relationship."

Jul nods her head slightly, Val snuggles up to her, Jul holds onto Val's arm whose wrapped tightly around her waist, this is what she wants, this is her happiness, she won't let anyone stop her from pursuing her happiness.

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