Dreaming Out Loud (for Co-hopeless romantics out there)
It marked their 365 days since that special day he asked her to be his girl and finally start the remake of new memories. She knew he had work all day, but what she didn’t know was that he was busy pretending to be at work all day, just to make sure everything went smooth for their special day. That way, she expected nothing, while he’s giving everything - ‘cause for once, he chose to leave work behind, for this important date.
She was innocently accompanying her mom to do errands, and this was actually part of his plan. She got home around 5pm, with a bit of sadness as she was celebrating that day alone. She understood, but she can’t help but wish otherwise. She was ready to crash in bed, but the moment she opened her door, she was caught by surprise to see a beautiful black cocktail dress waiting for her, with the perfect silver shoes to pair it up. With a rose and a note beside it, she was too shaky to even register everything. When she was ready to cry, she carefully opened the note,
“To My Princess: who said i’ll let this special day pass without anything? Dress up tonight, My Love. be ready by 7 :) A car will pick you up and bring you to me.. can’t wait to see you :)”
Her mom was by the door, smiling at her. She couldn’t hold back her tears, that her mom just hugged her and said, “you enjoy tonight” and for once, she just let her off. I guess she also knew about this, she thought. Her giddy-nervous anticipation got her all dressed up and ready as early as 630pm. She was trying to hold out her excitement, as she didn’t want to expect much. A driver came to pick her up, with a bouquet of her favorite Stargazers waiting in her seat. As though the flowers were smiling at her, she found another note - just the flowers and all these preparations already overwhelmed her. She couldn’t help but think what else could happen tonight?
“You look beautiful, my darling. No, I don’t need to see you to say that. Here’s a dozen of your favorite Stargazers, as a thank you for each month that you stood by me, loving me, and being everything to me. You are my favorite girl, did you know that? :3” ..after reading this note, she couldn’t help but smile to herself. Tears were forming but she had to hold it -no, she said to herself, my make-up will be useless if I cry.
She got down to a red carpet with a bellboy asking for her, and leading her up. What a strange venue, she thought to herself. These are just buildings! But ohwell, we’ll see how this goes. With these thoughts, she blindly followed the bellboy and took the elevator to the penthouse. The moment she stepped out, she could barely hold her breath - candles, rose petals, and the citylights view! She followed the trail of roses, which of course led her to him. He was there, in the most perfect tux, with his hand ready to take her for a dance. She has always been wanting a dance with him, but he wasn’t a dancer and he was too shy to show her his twisted moves. But today was different. He prepared, he wanted everything that she had always dreamt of. And it was nothing short of it, but even more that she could imagine.
“And I wanna know if I could live inside your world..”
It was one of her favorite senti songs, and as they danced together with arms wrapped around each other, they melted in each other’s stare and couldn’t help but smile at how surreal everything is. They were dancing literally in the middle of a bed of roses, with candles all over. Next minute, as she lay by his chest and savored the moment with her favorite song and favorite boy, he said, “hey hun, look out..” - to her surprise of all the surprises (if that’s even possible), 12 sky lanterns were circling the sky as they stood around. And he whispered, “make a wish” ..in that moment, she could barely wish for anything anymore, she’s got everything in her arms.
Despite how he’s always feared heights, he chose a penthouse that made them feel as though they’re on top of the world in that moment.. and indeed, he felt no fear, having her in his arms. The night was more than just surreal, and boy, did she know from then on what it felt like to cry out of sheer joy and happiness. They shared their laughs, their picture-perfect year of memories, and endlessly nostalgic stories together as they enjoyed dinner, as prepared by him, of course. They were serenaded, they danced like there’s no tomorrow, they savored each others’ company, they daydreamed, they fooled around like kids.. and unlike the usual, he took care of hiring a photographer for once, so as they could capture all the moments together.
And of course, as it is uniquely theirs, they continued their month/niversary tradition - saying their own pieces of “Why I love You” to each other. Each month is always new, as they always have new reasons why they love each other. I guess that’s how a long-lasting love is bound to be - you never run out of reasons to fall in love with each other. And that night, was more than just picture-perfect. It was surreal, filled with all the love in the world in one penthouse and 2 people madly in love with each other.
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And someday, one day, hopefully one lucky girl somewhere in this corner of the world out there will live out this dream.
