𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐚 - A condition in which the heart beats irregularly, too fast, or too slowly. ༺♡༻ "The first time I said I love you was when you decided you didn't want to go to prom because only students were allowed. You were wearing your pink unicorn bodysuit pajamas, and we were downstairs microwaving popcorn. Shit was like a movie, the way it happened, the electricity that shocked me when our hands touched as we reached for the party bowl. It took you by surprise. I grabbed your waist and pulled you into my arms before whispering, 'I love you,' in your ear until it wasn't a whisper anymore," "The second time was a few months later. Our first date. You dressed to impress that day, and I got reckless. I pulled you onto my lap and kissed you. Then, staring into your eyes, I said it again. "I love you so much. Your smile was so fucking beautiful and genuine.'" "Stop," "The third time was when we were on the phone. I sent you flowers and a human-sized teddy bear because you said you missed me the day before. I came to Vermont the next day. The moment you ran into my arms, it slipped. "I missed you too, baby. I love you so fucking much.' "You completely froze because, out of all those times, it was the first time I said it in English," (Will start editing once I have time.)

"𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧... 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲." ❦ ───────── ✦ ───────── ❦ 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐧 knows the odds are against her. She's obsessed 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨 and she knows she can't have him. Until one drunk decision to save him changes everything. What starts as obsession becomes something far more tangible. ♡ #Black-Asian relationship ♡#Urban

Two years have passed since 𝐙𝐈𝐎𝐍 made his decision and kissed Ameri before being shipped off for his first Army duty. He didn't have a choice about leaving. But that kiss? No explanation needed. That was him letting his actions say what needed to be said. 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈 Now 20 years old, a college dropout, he got himself caught up in the same life Zion warned him about. The exact shit he said Ameri wasn't built for. And that kiss? Ameri didn't think nothing of it. It never even crossed his mind that all the attention, the way 𝐙𝐈𝐎𝐍 always watched over him, shielded him, and pushed him toward school, was anything more than normal. To him, that was Zion being Zion. It was just an "I'ma miss you, lil bro." Never once did it cross his mind that a foundation had been building towards that moment. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗭𝗶𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸. Car sitting in the middle of the hood, posted in front of Ameri's place like he didn't graduate top of his class at Harvard and join the Army. Waiting for none other than Ameri. Zion came back knowing Ameri was already his. But Ameri never even knew he'd been taken. His laid back personality, his lack of awareness of intent, and the way he moves too friendly with everyone is clearly a problem. It didn't just catch up to him now, it will keep catching up to him. And he's about to learn that Zion doesn't play those games.