The Experience Buddy [Completed]

Chapter 21

People say that an eligible bachelor is defined to possess the following criteria:

Condominium, Car, Credit card, Cash, Career

I have ever thought of what my future boyfriend should be like, and it's a different set of 5Cs.

Charismatic, Caring, Considerate, Courageous, Cute

Now that I think about it, Hero seems to fit all ten.

But the problem is, he also possesses an 11th C.

Casanova.

And I am also afraid of a 12th C.

Cheater.

On the rooftop of a stranger's house, with fireworks in the background, kissing the hottest, if not, one of the hottest guys on campus on the first day of the new year. I have never imagined this would happen to me. It feels so surreal.

"Ouch!" Hero flinched.

"Sorry I needed to make sure this is not a dream nor my imagination." I rubbed the spot on his arm where I had pinched a second ago.

"You could have just asked me to slap you." He said and my eyes widened.

"Just kidding." He chuckled and pecked me on my forehead.

"I don't think you were kidding." I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Yeah, you're right. I was only half kidding." He snorted.

"So you wanted to half slap me?"

The playful bickering ensued until I surrendered after not being able to withstand the tickling on my sides. Then he held me tightly in his arms.

"Can we stay like this for a minute?"

I stayed still in his arms, listened to his pounding heart and breathed in his scent. He said that he has never thought of being with someone until he met me. While I have never thought that I would get together with someone before graduating college until he came along.

"This is for you." Hero took a box out from his pocket and pulled out a necklace from within the box. He put it on my hand and I saw my name. "Did you really think I didn't get you something? Look at the underside."

I looked at him quizzically and flipped the necklace. He pointed out to a corner and I could feel the engraving. Using the light from my phone, I saw that it read "is Hero's".

"I am asking you to be mine." He confessed.

"Why can't you be mine instead?" I blurted without thinking.

"If that's what you want, I would gladly oblige." He said in a low, husky voice, causing me to blush.

Afterwards, Hero revealed that he actually wanted to use the wish that he kept to ask me to be his girlfriend when he confesses. He blames me that things didn't go according to his plan. But he also said that he thinks he knows me well enough to foresee his stumbling blocks so it wasn't hard to improvise.

Of course, I have my reservations about getting together with him. For a guy who has slept with several girls, didn't want any commitment, how could I feel secure being with someone like him?

"You will just have to take a leap of faith and trust me. I will work hard to prove to you that your trust is not misplaced." Hero said firmly.

My heart said yes but my mind said no. Then again, don't others always advise to "follow your heart"? After some consideration, that's what I had decided to do and I seriously hope they are not wrong.