True Love
Synopsis: You and Valko have been friends for years, but what happens when Valko starts to feel something more?
Note: Story inspired by the song True Love by Taylor Swift
Warnings: none
You can hear it in the silence, silence, you
You can feel it on the way home, way home, you
You can see it with the lights out, lights out
You are in love, true love
You are in love
When was the moment Valko realized he loved you? He remembered it perfectly, it was a day in July, you stayed at his house for the night after spending hours and hours chatting and watching series on his couch. Valko insisted that you should stay for the night, it was raining and it was late, and it wasn’t like it was the first time you stayed in each other’s houses to sleep. So you did, you stayed at his house and when the next morning, you appeared in front of Valko with one of his long T-shirts, covering your body, something inside him turned.
You left after eating breakfast with him and Valko couldn’t shake you from his head. He left to work but even then, even after his shift, you were still on his mind. He started thinking about all the moments you have spent together. He started thinking about your smile, your excitement for the smallest things, your love for reading, your curiosity, your love for rainy days, the way you would fall asleep whenever you said you could still watch more episodes… He kept thinking about all those moments, all those details, all about you.
He was on his way home and his mind was only thinking when the two of you were going to meet again, when he was going to be able to embrace your body, when he was going to smell your cologne, when he was going to feel your hands on his hair while giving him a massage. All those questions were on his head, but one stood out. Why was he feeling like that? It couldn’t possibly be right? You were his best friends. He couldn’t be thinking about you otherwise, he just couldn’t.
But as much as Valko wanted to deny the feeling that was growing inside of him was there and he knew what it meant. He was in love, true love.
One night, he wakes
Strange look on his face
Pauses, then says "You're my best friend"
And you knew what it was, he is in love
You turn on the light in the living room, it was already dark outside and you wanted to keep reading the book you recently bought. Just like the other night it was raining, you loved rainy days, reading books while hearing the sound of the rain, gave you some type of comfort.
You sighed, turning the page, the memories of the other night in Valko's apartment came to your mind. It was no secret for any of your friends that you were so down for him, everybody knew, except for Valko who simply saw you as his friend. And you didn’t want to complain, because you knew how difficult it was for Valko to open to others and to even consider them friends, but the feelings he would make you feel whenever he was around, were something you couldn’t control and it was ripping your heart open.
And you have tried, for months, to shake those feelings out, going out on dates to see if you could click with someone else but at the end of the date your mind would be always thinking about Valko and how it would be going on a date with him. You even tried to stay away from him, but nothing worked. You always ended up hanging out in his apartment or vice versa, sharing small hugs, caresses, touches, that meant everything to you but to him they were nothing.
You closed the book and threw it away, reading romantic novels were the two protagonists ended up having the most romantic moments, wasn’t something that could help your feelings.
“What should I do?” You looked at your cat, who was on top of you looking at you with his big eyes. You stroked her head and closed your eyes.
You didn’t want to lose Valko, you wanted to keep his friendship, even if that meant never confessing your feelings and suffering that agony in silence.
Two knocks on the door took you out of your mind. It was late, no one should be knocking at your door at those hours. You stood up slowly, trying not to make too much noise, and you looked through the peephole. You sighed when you saw that it was Valko and opened the door to welcome him.
“Hi Valko…” You looked at him and realized he was completely wet. “Wait, what happened to you? You didn’t bring your umbrella with you? You will catch a cold.” You held his arm.
Valko didn’t speak, he didn’t say a single word, not even when you dragged him inside your apartment or when you threw your towels to his face. Nothing came out of him, he just looked at you.
“Valko… you’re scaring me. Did something happen?” You sat next to him.
You could not describe the look on his face, a strange look, something you never saw before on Valko.
“You’re my best friend.” He whispered.
A silent tear rolled down your cheek, but Valko whipped out.
“Yes…” You responded, feeling the tears in your eyes.
You knew at that moment, you saw it in his eyes, you knew what those words meant and you knew what that look on his face meant. He was in love. Valko didn't need more to know that you were both in love.
He took your face and brought it closer to his, kissing you in the warmest, most affectionate and loving way possible.
And you understand now
Why they lost their minds and fought the wars
And why I've spent my whole life trying to put it into words
December came in a blink of an eye, snow started to fall on the city and you were looking at yourself in the mirror. Valko was going to take you out on a date that day. Ever since you started dating he would take you on dates as much as he could.
You walked out of your bedroom to see Valko playing with your cat on the couch.
When he looked at you, his whole world stopped, you looked beautiful, he felt like he was falling in love all over again.
“Doesn’t matter which words I use to tell you how beautiful you look today, because they will never be enough to describe your beauty.”
You blushed. “Shut up Valko.”
“Make me. But it’s the truth baby. I try to put it into words, but all I know baby is that I’m completely in love with you. True love.” He kissed you.
“Me too. I love you Valko.”