Marry You pt. 7

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Flashback/Dream

Spring of 2005, 

You and Bruno have been dating for about two years now. It has just started to get really warm but at night it's still rather cool out.


"Babe, keep your eyes closed," Bruno says. "No peeking," he chuckles. You squeeze his hand.

"What's the big surprise?"

"You'll see, hold on." Once the two of you clear the steps, he lets you go and you hear the jingling of keys then a door opening. He takes your had again and leads you forward then you hear the door close. "Open 'em." You take your hand from you face and open your eyes. You stand on a simple black rectangular rug in a foyer of sorts. To your right is an open sliding door that leads to a bathroom. To your left is a pole mounted on the wall that coats hang from and beneath them is a set of cabinets low to the floor. Ahead of you to the right it a close siding door and to the left of it is another open sliding door.

"This is my new place," he says grinning. "Just finished moving in today." The little caverns in his cheeks show and the light gets caught in his eyes. He shows you forward you start into the open room on your left. You enter into a kitchen/lounge area with a small rectangular dining table with two chairs. Beyond that is a small love-seat and an arm chair with a foot rest in the corner of the the room. and next to that is a window with sunshine showing through it. Along the wall opposite the couch is a TV on a slim accent table and on the opposite the chair on the other side of the TV are two guitars, one acoustic, one electric both very clearly well-loved. The acoustic has several scratches in the enamel from pick-strumming and the frets on the electric have started to ware. There's simple grey tiles in the kitchen area and the rest of the floor is bare, unpolished wooden boards. The colors are muted and soft look just like most of Bruno's casual ear with pops of color here and there. There are a few frame photos on the wall but not much else. It's all SO him.

"No way," you breathe as you raise your hand and cover your mouth. You feel your eyes widen as you look over the space again then you look at him.

"Yeah, f'real." He takes your hand then walk you back out into the foyer and opens the closed room to the right. "And this is my bedroom." The bed sits just off the center of the room with the headboard to the wall on the right. There are lamps on both side and on the far side of the room is a desk with a smaller lamp, a chair and several marble notebooks on it. Opposite the desk is a small bookshelf in a corner half full of messily placed books.

"This is your..." He smiles and nods and pulls you closer by the hand. "We don't have to dodge your mom or scrape together enough money to stay in a hotel for just a night. I can come and see you when ever I want now, no phone required and you can come and stay over whenever." He steps to you, and cups the left side of your jawline placing his thumb on your chin. You feel his other hand on her right bicep gently placed. "I even have my own phone, all you need to do is call me."

"Bruno..." you muse between your fingers. You feel your already softening expression slip further. Heat rises at the back of your eyes; you blink and your vision blurs a little.

"This is my space. You're always welcome to it." You take his face in your hands and press your lips to his. You kisses you back tenderly then kisses your forehead. He draws away from you and look into your eyes.

"Congratulations, it's very you." You kiss him again and smirk then he takes your hand and leads you into the living room. You both take a seat on the couch and he turns on the TV.

Later that evening...

"Thanks man," you hear Bruno say as the door closes and the rustling of plastic and paper bags follow. He enters the kitchen living space and sets the bags in the dining table. You come over and help him take out and set up the food. Once your plates are prepared, you walk over to the couch where you both take a seat and start you newly created movie binge list. You sit on the couch with your legs crossed and your plate in your lap while Bruno sits beside you with his resting on the little round coffee-table in front of him. You both dive back into the movies and have your meal. Once you both finish, you set your plates inside one another's and then cuddle and watch through the rest of the film. When it finishes you glance at your watch and then look at Bruno and and stick out your lower lip and open your eyes a little to make them appear a little larger and nearly just as soft as a child's eyes.

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