It's one thing flying out to another country and spending a week in your best friend's home, but it's another thing if you're in love with said best friend. That's a whole different story, but luckily, that's what this story is about. -------- Cross-posted from AO3 under the same account name. My friend Pi drew the cover for me and I'm so blessed!!! Please check them out on Tumblr: https://prettyinaccurate.tumblr.com/ and/or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prettyinaccurate/

You set your phone down when a customer walked in - a boy with fluffy brown hair and an oversized jumper. You watched him wander between the shelves for a few moments, looking sort of lost, as most boyfriends and/or husbands did when they came looking for gifts. Shame too - he was cute. Still, you walked around the counter and over to him to offer your help. You stepped up beside him next to the candles. "Hi, are you finding everything okay?" You asked. "Oh, uh." The boy jumped a little. "I'm just looking for some candles." He said. "Gonna be honest... I'm kind of lost, yeah." You laughed a little. "Would you like some help?" "Yes, thank you." He sounded relieved. You grabbed one of the shopping bags from the nearby rack and handed it to him with a smile. "So are we looking for something for the girlfriend, or mom, maybe?" "Oh, um no." He said, flushing slightly. "I just needed some candles for me, actually." Your smile widened. So no girlfriend... a interesting development.

"𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗲. 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲-𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗲?" #𝟷 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚐: 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚕𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚘𝚋𝚜 ; 𝟻𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥: 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑆𝑀𝑃, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑀𝑃 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑁𝑂𝑇 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦. 𝐍𝐎 𝐒𝐌𝐔𝐓