Take A Chance On Me | A Juan GDL Epistolary (Completed)

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We're back at the Sunken Garden. Sitting down side-by-side on the stone bench. Watching fellow students play on the green grass. Feeling the sun subtly kiss our skin. Hands entangled in each other's.

Home.

I looked at him, engraving every single detail of this moment in my mind, kind of hoping time would stop. I then traced his face like a blind person memorizing every piece of his likeness. His eyes smiled at me, bringing out magic that even the stars envied.

"What are you doing? You're weirding me out." He asked while laughing lightly.

"Convincing myself that you're real." I said as I brought my hand back down from his face. In turn, he tucked away loose strands of hair under my ear so he could cup his hand around my cheek.

It was warm. Cozy. So I succumbed to the rapture and snuggled in.

"I should be the one doing that, honestly. An angel right at the palm of my hands? That's surreal." His voice melted like hot choco on a cold evening, just pleasing to the ears.

"Thank you for giving me the chance to be with you, Pen. It has been an amazing two months. But now, I want to ask you something much more than a chance."

"Will you please be mine?"