Oh my god, his birthday.
I don’t think I’ve ever been that excited for anyone else’s day.
He spent the afternoon out with his friends, laughing over coffee, and I tagged along to his favorite shop.
That’s where I bought him the soft blue t-shirt he’d pointed at.
He looked beautiful in it that color was made for him.
He went later to his sister’s place to celebrate with his family.
They didn’t know about me yet; to them I was just his best friend’s brother, another face in the crowd.
It was our little secret, and somehow that made it sweeter.
When night fell, he came back to the Airbnb.
I’d set everything up a small bouquet of red roses, a glass of whiskey, and a tiny bento cake because he’d once joked that birthdays feel incomplete without cake.
When he walked in, his eyes lit up in that way that makes the whole world feel softer.
He kept smiling, laughing, saying it was perfect.
Then came the part I’d been holding inside all day.
I pulled out the little ring I’d kept hidden in my pocket, hands shaking just enough to give me away.
He looked at me, half-confused, half-smiling.
And I told him everything how much he meant to me, how I couldn’t imagine a day without him, how I wanted this love to have a name that would last.
I asked him to be mine, officially.
He said yes.
Later, with the whiskey warm in his hands, he played the playlist he calls his drunk playlist.
(https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2AeDgXI6t1CUlndE6tgKRr)
He leaned into me, words tumbling out between laughter and music.
I could see everything in his eyes the happiness, the trust, the relief of being loved.
And right there, holding him while he swayed to our songs, I made myself a promise:
I will never be the reason those eyes cry.
I will never let this love slip away.
Because that night, with him drunk in my arms and the music humming around us,
I finally understood what love is supposed to feel like safe, simple, and infinite.
💭 “Maybe birthdays aren’t about growing older.
Maybe they’re about finding someone who makes you want to keep growing together.”
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