Love, Will [byler]

I woke up next to Will but, unlike the last time, I wanted to stay next to him.

When he saw I wasn't asleep anymore, he tried to stand up, but I pulled him back down.

"No, Will, please, don't leave."

"Wha- Mike. I have to go now."

"We can make up lots of excuses. Please, stay here."

"Mike, I'll be late to class."

"Who cares. You can call and say you're sick."

"Alright, but-" he looked at me "Aren't you scared people are going to see us here?"

"Well- yeah, a bit, but this is my secret garden, remember? No one can see us."

I could see in his eyes he was a bit dissapointed. Only a bit. As if he actually expected me to say "I don't care if someone sees us", and I wanted to, but I just wasn't ready.
But then he changed his expression again and he looked at me. 

"You have beautiful eyes" he whispered.

"That's really sweet, but I have the most boring eyes ever. Just look at the mirror, because y-" I couldn't finish my sentence because he cut me off with a kiss.

"Will you admit you have beautiful eyes now?" he looked at me.

"I love you"

"I love you too" and now it was me who kissed him. 

That kiss was longer, softer than before. It was only me and him, him and me, and no one else around. Just us.

(note from the author: i feel so single rn)

We stayed there for hours, under the shadow of the tree. We listened to music, made out for hours, looked at the clouds and their original shapes... It was just how I imagined heaven.

...

He eventually had to leave, and even though I still wanted him to stay, I understood his reasons so I kissed him goodbye.

"Meet me here again tonight. 3am." he said.

"I will" I replied, and he left.

I kept staring at the sky for a couple minutes when I started asking myself questions. "How didn't I realise before I liked Will?" was the one I really wanted to answer.

But I couldn't find an answer, it was just as simple as "I love him". And that's it.