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“Let him I don’t care” And it was true I wasn’t jealous anymore, if I’d ever truly been I’d been hurt and einning of this whole thing I’d hated how inadequate the breakup hadtis

And from the very first kiss, I’d wanted Arthur He, not Steve, had consuhts for months and he was truly all I cared about

“He lost out” Arthur tugged me closer for another kiss, this one way , I kissed him back

“You’re cute when you go all caveman,” I said to him

“I could say the sa to you” He beamed at me There was sohere was a, but it was a start not an endpoint I was ecstatic, but not deludingwould work out from here onward

However, right then, I only wanted to kiss him more, bask in his realness and there-ness True conversation could wait

“You got n He’d had balloons too, but those seemed to have escaped at some point

“I did” Eyes deep withit But I was co anyway, and I want you to know that”

“For real?” Ito suss out whether he was si nice

“For real and also not because you left me your sweet ride” His chuckle was as welco for me”

“Good” I grabbed his hand because I couldn’t not touch hi pictures, a chaos I was so happy to be a part of And for maybe the first time ever, I did feel part of the festivities, not re at a distance

“Welco

“You both caistered the presence of Arthur’s parents on the other side of Sabrina

“Wouldn’t miss it You’re practically an honorary Euler at this point Good work, son” That was o My chest went so tight, it was surprising that my uniform didn’t crack

“Thank you, sir” I maybe should have been a little embarrassed that Arthur’s parents had had to witness yet another highly enthusiastic kiss between Arthur and me But this one had been real, not fake, and there was no ruse about iddy to care overly about shocking anyone right then