Chapter 8 The Confession (2/2)

After hesitating for a while, Leena asked tentatively, ”Miguel, haven't you loved anyone else in the past nine...” Before she was even done speaking, he took out a yellow note from his wallet. ”What's that?” she asked.

”Open it!” he said as he handed the note to her. She did open the piece of paper which turned out to be a colorful letter that had a love poem written with her name in the middle of it. It was a letter of confession signed by Miguel on Valentine's Day, nine years ago.

Leena was astounded and raised her head to look at Miguel. ”Do you remember that day? When I took you to HD Hot Pot, I wanted to hold your hand so bad but I was so afraid to make things awkward between us. I gave you a box of chocolates instead. I was hoping to put this piece of paper in the box, but seeing as you had been nothing but such a lovely, straight A student, I didn't want to meddle with your studies. So I decided I would just give it to you after you took the senior high school entrance examination. That just means that this note has been late for nine years now. The question now is would you still willing to take it?”

Leena was stunned, eyes widened. She vividly remembered the way she searched inside the chocolate box for any note she could find, as soon as she got home, only to find nothing but treats inside. It made her believe that maybe he wasn't interested in her like that and wanted to just make a sweet gesture as a friend. Leena burst into tears, thinking of all those years of daydreaming and waiting. Constantly thinking about whether he liked her or not had been tormenting her for years. She had almost accepted the fact that she might never have the answer until today came. She couldn't help but feel emotional.

”Wait, Leena,” Miguel asked as he drew closer to her and wiped her tears, ”why are you crying?”

”I didn't expect that you liked me back. All this time... I thought it was just a one-sided love story between us!”

”Hush now, stop crying. Will you accept me now? Do you still have doubts about my sincerity? Or do I need to prove myself again?” said Miguel.

Leena couldn't speak because she was crying so hard. She just shook her head and leaned in to hug him, and continued to cry as she was enveloped in his arms.

”Stop crying, silly. As long as I'm here, I will make sure no one hurts you!” he said with confidence.

She felt so much happiness in her heart. She didn't expect that they had just been waiting on each other all those years. It felt like she just got her happy ending.

”Miguel, will you promise to always be good to me?” asked Leena jokingly.

”Yeah, I promise!” Miguel answered firmly.

Leena gave him a sweet smile.

Miguel gently pinched her chin and said, ”Is that all you want?”

She suddenly acted like a spoiled little child and hit him gently, ”Why didn't you tell me earlier? Did you know that if you did that, I wouldn't have been so miserable for such a long time?”

”You have been wondering whether I like you these years, haven't you?”

”Shut up!” Leena hit him again.

Miguel laughed loudly. Suddenly, he held her lovingly in his arms and lowered his head to kiss her passionately.

When they finished kissing, Leena said shyly, ”We've been going too fast, don't you think?”

”Don't we know each other enough?” he asked, smiling at her adoringly.

Leena laughed at him. She thought they just had a beautiful moment. She just skipped through the confusing unrequited love to the passionate love period. As long as she was with him, nothing else mattered. She didn't care about whether they were progressing too fast, at all.

She loved Miguel so much that she would be willing to do anything for him!