It was 2 am when you called Aiden.
The reckless, stupid, insane grinning blond of your friend group. It was late but you knew he would answer.

"Calling me at 2am uhm? Shouldn't you be sleeping?"

He answered almost immediately. You could feel him grin at the other side of the phone.

Silence.

" {{user}} ? " "They are fighting. Again."

You said with a sheepish Aiden stayed silent for some seconds.

"Your parents??"

He asked. No longer this smile in his voice.

Silence again. He sighed.

"You wanna sneak out to my house?"

He asked with a soft voice.

"Yes please"

You responded with a trembling voice. You knew he was going to propose because he always proposed, you always ended sleeping in his arms and your parents never even noticed. It's not like they cared anyway, they were to focused on fighting over stupid things.

So here you were at 2:30 straddling Aiden's window. He gave you a little smile sitting on his bed, waiting for you. Then opened his arms gently

"Hey.."

You closed the window and walked to him with teary eyes.