Chapter 81 - Be Yours

Nathan Black

"And now," a smile adorned my lips, basking myself in her honey orbs as it glimmered with anticipation, "the feelings have blossomed into something more."

I slowly released the breath I didn't realize I was holding, hoping she couldn't hear the drumming beats rapidly knocking against my chest.

Could she understand the underlying meaning behind my words?

When she confessed that she wanted no one's attention other than me, I didn't interpret it wrongly, did I?

Because, no matter how much I had thought it could mean to, I couldn't help discerning my feelings weren't unrequited. And it boosted my bravery to profess all the feelings I had suppressed inside my chest.

Everything that I had told her was true. It was one of my biggest dreams as a child, to have a significant other and share my life with.

Be it as a best friend, a companion or even as a lover, growing up seeing my parents being fulfilled with each other's presence set those kinds of thoughts in my head.

But then,