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in all the times they’d done this , rydell was sure that he’d never seen this sort of reaction from boo , not even the first time he confessed his feelings to her , but he imagined it was more to do with the acceptance of her family , the appreciation for all she’d done for them from someone on the outside , thanks she’d never really gotten from her parents . perhaps in that moment he got his answer , before she’d even given her verbal response , rydell knew he was right to wait , right to do this here than before .
he lifted himself up from the ground , leaning into boo and deepening their kiss slightly , his hands lifting to brush away the tears that spilled down her cheek still . they melted into one another , resting back against the other , their arms wrapping around one another – clinging to each other before rydell finally pulled back slightly to breathe , his head bowing against boo’s own , “ wanna put your ring on ? ” he chuckled breathlessly , “ I really do love you . ”
boo had to admit that they were nice words to hear . she wanted to pretend that everyone elses opinion didn’t matter , and it shouldn’t have , but it got to be a lot with a lot of people feeling as if they had any say when it came to the rabbits or feeling as if they had any right to try and judge boo and how she raised her family . she didn’t know what she was doing half of the time . all she ever wanted was for the kids to have a better life than she did and to hear ry say it meant more than what he probably realized . she knew being involved with someone like her wasn’t easy but knowing that he was all in , no matter what , filled her with a sense of relief .
she stayed close to rydell , an arm slipping around his shoulders as she kept him closer to her . boo knew that she wouldn’t have been able to accept this before . she wasn’t ready then but she knew that she was ready now . for a moment , the ring was forgotten about until ry broke the silence . she smiled , ‘ yeah , i want to put the ring on . ‘ she looked back at ry , pushing some of his hair back , ‘ i know . ‘ that wasn’t something boo was ever going to question . and maybe that was part of the reason what archie said got under her skin even if it shouldn’t have . ‘ i really do love you too . ‘








