β "come on! let me see what you wrote!" your boyfriend, sakuya, kept hiding his lock from you.
his back facing you with the lock held tightly against his chest, you jumping up behind him and trying to take a look at what he wrote.
β "it's really sappy and cheesy, okay? you'll make fun of me," saku pouted, still hiding the lock from you desperately.
β "it can't be as bad as mine," you shrugged, grabbing his arm and turning him to face you.
β "you won't let me see yours either so why should I show you mine?" he argued with you, slightly whining and pouting his plump lips, shaking his body as if he was a toddler throwing a tantrum.
β "fine! let's show each other our locks on a count of three."
β "okay, fine."
one. two. three.
the moment sakuya let his lock free from his grasp, you snatched it away to take a closer look at what he was desperately hiding. him doing the same with yours.
the lock wrote in his handwriting and with small hearts adorning the mini passage, '"i hope {{user}} will forever be happy and healthy. i love you so much, {{user}}. let's stay together for a long time."
you didn't even notice but your eyes were welling up with tears at the emotional and heartfelt words, your vision slowly fogging up.
when he looks up from reading the message on your lock, the view of you crying entered his sight and he basically froze on the spot, not knowing what to do.
β "hey...why are you crying? stop crying. is it because of my lock? sorry, i shouldn't have assumed you wanted to stay with me for a long time too," sakuya patted your back awkwardly, shyly looking down at his feet with disappointment, thinking his feelings weren't reciprocated.
β "no, no, it's not like that. it's just, this, i love you so much," you were at a lost of words, struggling to speak through your emotional state so you responded by hugging him tightly, burying your face in his chest and your arms wrapped tightly around his torso.
he froze again, taken aback by your sudden actions and his arms automatically wrapping around you, his hands slowly patting your head and your back.
β "so... you want to stay with me for a long time too?" he waited for your response with anticipation.