His Sunflower

23.Commit&Confess

"Tell me sunflower, will you save me from the wrath of the dragon?" Archer whispered and clearly was stressed as he bent and kept his head on her shoulder and hugged her. Elara tried to comfort him, barely able to hold her laugh, and finally broke into a burst of full-fledged laughter. After all, they had done something they shouldn't have. First, Elara had lied to her about the photo shoot and got her all dressed up, and then when she was traumatized after seeing Jasper in the treehouse up with her and Archer using his presence of mind, quickly climbing up the stairs and locking the tree house from outside and asking the management to only open it after an hour. 

"We both are so gone! She's going to kill me for bringing her here, all we can wish for is to be buried next to each other." She said and hugged him comfortingly, dreading inside that she hadn't yet told him about New York and she knew that it wasn't going to be pleasant when she would tell him, but she had to tell him now.

"Archer there is something you need to know, but can we go somewhere else, home maybe?" She said in a timid voice not letting him go from the hug and he tensed hearing her words and pulled back, holding her shoulders.

"What's wrong love? Are you not feeling right? We can-" 

" Give me your car keys, I gave mine to Romalda." Elara said and took out her hand for him to keep his keys in her hands. His eye travelled from hers to her hand and then back up to her. He smirked taking his hand his kissing it and Elara blushed, and he pulled her closer and caged her with his hands around her waist. She let out a gasp and bit her lips not meeting her eyes. He pulled her to his chest by her waist by using one arm and with other, his finger laced around her chin and he lifted her head up before bringing his lips on hers and kissing the daylights out of her.

When he pulled back and opened his eyes, the sight in front of him drove him crazy. Her eyes were still closed and a shy smile danced graciously on her lips as she touched them, reminiscing with the magic of the kiss.

"How can I get enough of you Sunflower, when your simple acts drive me nuts?" He whispered against her lips and she opened her eyes and then standing on her toe-tips and kissed him on his head and put her arms around his neck and kept her head on his chest listening to his heartbeat and a small tear escaped from her eye. She would miss him so much because she loved him so much.

"All I want and all I need is you Elara, I can't imagine my life without you, you have so many parts of me that I don't even think there is any part of me left that doesn't want you so desperately as the others." He whispered in her ears and kept his chin on her head and pulling her closer. She tried so hard not to cry and pulled her head off his chest and looked at him.

" Car keys please." 

"Here, but where are we going?" He asked as she pulled him with her by his arms taking him to his car and settling in the driver's seat and securing the seatbelt, she knew exactly where to go, this was spontaneous, but she had wanted to go there for a while now.

"You're really not going to tell me where are we going?" He asked for the thirteenth time and Elara smirked and shook her head and continued to drive on the country road, and as Archer could have guessed it, they were on the country road and were going to the place where they first met. 

There it was, as magical as it was ten months ago, with the fireflies bustling around, and the reflection of their dim lights on the surface of the water of the silent pond, little and wildflowers adorning the groove and the chirps of the insects here and there making the mood pleasant and blissful.

"This is where we first met, when I was upset and I got lost while walking. You sat here, right there beside those violet flowers and you told me pointing to that house surrounded by the woods is your grandmother's. I never asked you, what were you doing?" Elara asked him pointing her petite finger in various directions.

"I don't know what I was doing, maybe I was waiting for my sunflower. Sitting here, at night, in dark, I found someone that lit my life up. I don't know Elara, I came out to take a breather, and when you walked by, you took it away." He whispered standing close to her and taking off his coat and wrapping it around her shoulders while she turned to him and smiled.

"Tell me, what did you want to say to me?" He asked turning to her and holding her hands to keep them warm. She looked down at her shoes and then took a deep breath looking up and meeting her eyes with his. Hers filled with tears and she held clutch tightly in her hands.

"Archer, I-I'll have to go to New York sooner, before graduation, I just have two weeks before I go to New York and I-I don't want to leave y-you. You have become my weakness and you have made me so vulnerable." She choked on her sob and he comforted her immediately. Threading his fingers through her hairs and stroking her back, he comforted her.

"Please don't cry, I can't see y-you c-cry, please don't." His voice cracked and tears made their way down both their cheeks and they both cried in each other's arms.

"I love you, I love you so much that I don't want to leave you ever, I never want to be away from you." Elara cried quietly and he stiffened immediately and pulled back and Elara looked at him with surprise or rather shock.

"Wha-what did you say?" Archer stuttered and took a step back in disbelief and Elara sobbed again before shouting and confessing her love for him, "I love you, you idiot, I fell for you and I'm not sorry for that, I'm not sorry that I met you, I am not sorry to crave you, each and every second of the day. Hence, I'm doing this..." She pulled the box that she had in her clutch and sat on one knee opening the box. While Archer stood there, glued to the ground, not able to process what was happening. 

"This is a promise ring, the infinity sign stands for eternity, I know that forever is nothing, eternity doesn't exists, we both think beyond that. But you make it, all of this better for me." She stops and then chuckles before continuing, "Fortunately for you, I love you enough and so much more that I want to spend my whole freaking life with you, I want to share each and every moment of it with you. So, will you be mine, stand by me, fight me and love me as I do?" She smiled sadly at him, while his jaw was dropping to the floor and he nodded his head with a ghostly smile and dropped down to his knees and hugged her and sobbed.

" I love you Elara, I have loved you since the day you ate that chocolate cake and asked me if I was allergic to hazelnut. I love you so much Elara that words feel too small to describe it. And yes I promise to stand by you, to fight you, and to love as I have from the beginning. And I don't really care if you are in New York and I am in London, We'll make it work out. I need you too much to ever let you walk away. Sunflower, I'm all yours." He whispered into her ears and she slid the ring on his finger.

They took no time bringing their lips together into a melody, their favorite melody.

"This feels so beautiful, doesn't it?" Archer asked Elara who laid her head on his chest when they sat by the groove. Archer plucked a yellow wildflower and weaved it in Elara's hair right behind her ear.

"Absolutely." She answered sighing and turning her head towards his and pecking his jaw. He shifted and sat with his back straight and pulling Elara to his lap so she could face him. She bent and touched her head with his when he moved forward and captured her lips into a simple and blissful kiss.

" What do you want to do before you go?" He asked when he pulled away, diving into her eyes. She smiled and stayed silent thinking of something and then finally thought of something, "I will do anything, I just want you near me as much as I can get"

"What about going out of town for a few days?" He asked and she nodded, "Anything you say."

Hearing her words, his eyes darkened and a smirk appeared on his face and she looked at him questioningly.

"Anything?" He aksed with his husky voice.