Mutuals

[64]

His front door opens. The moment I'd been anticipating for the past three minutes, and he comes out from behind the door. He checks the road and then jogs over to my car so I put the window down.
"Do you wanna come in or do you wanna chat in the car?" He asks
"Can we do it in the car?" I ask unlocking my car and he nods getting in and closing the door behind him

"So erm... what's good?" He asks awkwardly
"Look let's be straight we're a shit show" I comment and he lets out a breathy laugh
"We're not that bad"
"You asked me out on a date and then stood me up" I deadpan and he scratches the back of his head

"Anyways forget that, we have too much history together, we can't just throw it away..." I look up at him fiddling with the hem of my hoodie, "...it means too much"
He sighs rubbing his eyes, "fuck, Zara I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart I'm so so so sorry if it wasn't for me we would be married by now"

He rests his hands on my knee, "Harris stop apologising it doesn't magically change what happened"
"I know but I don't know what else to do man"
"I want you to show me you won't do the same thing again, I want effort from you I want to be able to feel like I can trust you again, enough to bring you back to my parents" my eyebrows were furrowed -
"I'm trying I swear to God I'm trying and I will try" he sounds really sincere
"Starting from now can we forget what happened, I won't bring it up and neither will you, we need to start again" I state and he nods his head
"Done"
"Cool"

"So will you come inside now, it's freezing out here" he asks
"I have the heating on" I argue
"Just come insiiiiiiide" he whinges and I sigh
"Who's home?"
"Just AJ and Yusha"
"Where's your mum and sisters?"
"They've gone out shopping or something they won't be back until the evening"

I take a second to think and then turn the engine off giving in.
I follow behind him and just as we walk in through the front door Yusha is walking down the hallway with a blanket around his head
"Zara" he says with wide eyes
"Hi" I say awkwardly
He looks from me to Harris to me again and then at Harris
"Are you guys..." he trails off
"It's none of your business Yusha where's AJ" Harris says and I roll my eyes
"Stop being rude Harris, we're fixing things" I smile at Yusha and he nods his head
"AJ's in bed" he says before running up the stairs

"We'll sit in the living room then" he says leading me into the room where I met all his friends for the first time
I sit down and put my feet up as Harris grabs the TV remote and sits down next to me
"What we watching" I ask and he shrugs
"TV is background noise, I just wanna talk to you" he looks at me and I feel butterflies in my stomach

Oh god they're back

He leans back so I turn my body to face him, leaning my head on the back of the sofa.
"How you been, how's work going?" He asks
"I been good, working with a small lash business at the moment" I explain, "what about you, how's the music going?"
"Me and AJ released a song recently" he says and I nod my head
"Heard it" I comment
"And?..." he prompts for more and I chuckle
"It's good, I like it" I say and he smiles

Instinctively I reach out for his hands and hold them in mine. He looks a little taken aback and I smile slightly,
"I really missed you, you know" I say quietly and he nods his head
"Me too babe" I feel a lump in my throat and my eyes fill with tears
"Don't cry" he says shuffling towards me and I move my legs so he can hug me

I wipe my eyes and take a deep breath,
"I need to stop crying all the time" I let out a breathy laugh and he smiles, showing off his dimples
I hold his face in my hands, just taking in his features

He really is such a gorgeous man jheez

"You're beautiful" he whispers and I smile
"You're gorgeous" I whisper back
He repositions himself and places his head on my chest,
"I don't wanna make you feel like we're moving too fast but as soon as I've got your trust back I wanna see your dad"
"Really?" I ask a little shocked
"Mmm" he hums and I feel my chest vibrate
"We've waited too long and I know you're what I want so there's no point waiting even longer" he explains
"So you're depending on me now?" I ask
"No don't feel like you have to rush into trusting me, but when you do let me know" he replies
"I will" I say playing with his curls

Something tells me it's not gonna take me long to fall for him again, after all I never really fell out of love

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Just a little cute chapter for you guys🥺