Goodnight Confessions

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Ryan gasped, pressing his hand against his chest. His heart was pounding.

"Rose! You scared me," Ryan called out softly as he breathed a few times to calm himself down. Both Lisa and Rose dropped their bombs at him at the same time which made him troubled.

"Haha," Rose laughed and questioned playfully, "Did you do something naughty to get this scared?"

"I didn't… I brushed my teeth, cleaned the kitchen and then when I realized you are still away, I decided to message that substitute teacher so I can get the presentation for you," Ryan explained in a casual tone, but he felt a bit guilty inside.

He didn't consider talking to Lisa as anything bad as long as his intentions stayed pure but he did watch Lisa's sexy pic just as he was talking to Rose which wasn't exactly right. Her question also made him wonder if she really sent the pictures by mistake.

Unfortunately, he didn't have time to think about it as Rose scolded him right after.

"Dummy, why did you bother your teacher this late? You know I could wait till tomorrow..."

"Ah, It's okay. She didn't mind it at all and replied right away. She also sent me the presentation a moment later. Don't worry, she was more than happy to help me." Ryan assured her and teased, "But well, if you don't want it now then I guess I will send it to you tomorrow."

"Noooo!" Rose quickly protested, changing her mind momentarily. "Send it to me. Now that the milk is spilled, there is nothing we can do."

"Haha, sure." Ryan agreed in laughter, finding her behavior really cute. "Give me a minute. I need to first download the files and then I will send them to you on the messenger."

"Okay~ I will go talk to my mother before sleeping and return to bed really quickly. I also need a minute," Rose said happily before leaving him once again. He could hear her hurried steps as she ran out of the room.

Beep, beep.

He switched to his email inbox when he received another notification from Lisa. He realized that he didn't respond to her question yet so he clicked on her message first, having a bad premonition.

'It's okay, don't answer… I know it was bad, that's why I didn't want to show anyone… I guess I will delete them all…'

Ryan couldn't really figure out if she was playing or not so he played it safe, messaging her back.

'Sorry, I am currently on a call with someone. You looked amazing in this picture so don't delete anything. It probably took a lot of courage to take such shots so you should keep them. Anyway, I will be going to sleep after the call as I need to wake up early tomorrow. Thanks once again for the data. See you, Ryan.'

He didn't prolong the chat, knowing Rose would be back at any moment. Talking to two women at the same time just didn't go well with him, especially when both were really nice to him. He wanted to give his one hundred percent on something so important like love.

His feelings were complicated regarding the two. If he only cared about money, choosing Lisa looked like the most logical and obvious choice but money never motivated him. Ryan wished to finally be accepted by someone for a long time and Rose was the first who approached him with such honesty. Just based on that he was willing to bet on her.

Seeing that Lisa didn't respond yet, he focused on the files instead and sent them to Rose just on time for another notification.

'You have something special planned for tomorrow? I'm just curious… Don't answer if I am too much...'

It wasn't really a secret for Ryan so he replied honestly.

'Yes, I'm going for some shopping, meeting with my mom before picking up my girlfriend from her University. Will be quite busy.'

He already told Lisa about Rose but knowing Lisa was one of the candidates, he felt as if he was rubbing salt on her wounds. Thankfully, Lisa didn't seem to care as she took it well.

'Your girlfriend is really lucky. I won't disturb you anymore then. Goodnighty~'

He was about to wish her the same when Rose came back with her cheerful and sweet voice, "I'm back! Did you keep yourself busy?"

"Mhmm, I was just replying to my substitute teacher," Ryan admitted, making Rose suspicious.

"Huh, why are you still talking to her?" Rose asked curiously, not really accusing him of anything.

"Well, just now she asked what I'm up to tomorrow so I replied honestly that I have a date with my girlfriend. She said you are really lucky to be with me and wished me goodnight," Ryan described shortly, not bothered by the question. He already planned to tell Rose everything about Lisa and Jennie by tomorrow anyway.

To his surprise, Rose didn't question that and confessed directly, "I enjoyed today. Since the morning incident, I thought my day would be ruined but because of you, it was really nice. Thank you."

"I enjoyed it too…" Ryan muttered in agreement, hugging onto the sheets comfortably. He was missing the soft body of Rose he touched so much today.

There was a moment of silence between them when Rose continued, confessing honestly, "You know… I always wanted to have a boyfriend. Someone I could trust, someone I could talk to for hours and never get bored or someone I can fall asleep while listening to his voice… I don't trust you fully yet, but I am glad it was you I met this morning. I just wanted to tell you that."

"Mhmm… I'm happy to hear that." Ryan couldn't help but feel warmer in his chest. "I also have something to tell you… You are the first person who accepted me the way I am. Thank you for that."

"Your parents don't know about your condition?" Rose questioned.

"I only told a few people. Those I thought I could trust. But in the end, they all left me…" Ryan answered with a sad sigh.

He didn't know if that was because she felt bad for him but Rose immediately cheered him up, "I'm still here, okay? So far, I'm not planning on leaving. I'm sure your condition is not that bad and can actually be healed. They just lacked patience."

"What if we cannot fix it and I will always be like that?" Ryan asked curiously, knowing he already tried many times but that didn't lower Rose's confidence.

"It's okay. It can be stopped anyway as long as I don't want it, right? I should be fine then," Rose concluded courageously. "Maybe with time, you will get used to me and even manage to control it. I'm quite curious about how this happens, so I wanted to test it anyway."

Ryan paused for a moment, closing his eyes tightly. He placed his phone on his chest and rubbed his eyes, trying to stop what he felt was coming.

He was suddenly really happy after her words. He knew she really meant what she said. A gentle smile slowly appeared on his face as he expressed himself with gratitude, "Thank you, Rose."

"Why are you thanking me again… You said you will try to be a perfect boyfriend so it's only natural for me to be a perfect girlfriend too… Even if we are only pretending now… It doesn't mean that we can't be a real couple…" Rose said softly, her voice lowering in volume, causing her to almost whisper.

"Actually… I thought the same too," Ryan confessed honestly. "I can't do anything half-heartedly so If I can't be like your real boyfriend, I will feel awkward. Hope you understand."

"I know, you told me before…" Rose replied quietly before adding in agreement, "Okay."

"You mean you agree to me being your real boyfriend?" Ryan asked to confirm, trying not to overthink.

He could hear Rose take a deep breath as she answered, "We can be a real couple for now… We can try it at least… If it doesn't work out, we can always break up, right? You already did everything to me what a boyfriend would do, so..."

Ryan sat up with a smile and punched the air as the sign of victory, clenching his fists. Acquiring Rose's trust like this on the first day was an immense success.

As he was celebrating, Rose questioned in surprise, "What? You don't want it?"

"No, no! I want it!" Ryan called out right after her, slapping his face to regain his focus. "I was just really happy… I wanted that from the start but I know we shouldn't rush too much. The last thing I want is to make you uncomfortable. We only met today after all."

Rose paused and admitted uncertainty, "You know… For some reason, I feel as if we knew each other for a long time. Maybe it's because you jumped from base one to fifty in a single day…"

Yawn…

Just as he wanted to reply, he heard her cute yawn which she tried to cover with her hand. Too bad she couldn't silence everything.

"Let's go to sleep if you are tired," Ryan decided for her. "We can finish our talk tomorrow. We have time."

"But I don't want to yet~" Rose replied in a sweet tone, but Ryan didn't fall for that. "You have classes tomorrow and we are meeting later. I don't want you to yawn on our date."

"Our first date…" Rose muttered tenderly and quickly agreed, "Okay, I will sleep then. Goodnight Ryan."

"Goodnight Rose," Ryan responded with the same and waited for her to end the call.

"..."

"..."

"Rose, you are supposed to disconnect the call…" Ryan reminded but only received a lazy reply, "No, you do it."

"Fine, then I will wait for you to fall asleep first."

He didn't want to argue so he plugged the phone to the charger and placed it next to his pillow.

"Sleep well," Ryan wished as he put the phone on speaker and closed his eyes, wanting to sleep as well.

He didn't plan on ending the call unless she did it first yet Rose thought otherwise and pleaded quietly.

"Ryan... Can we stay like this for the night…?"

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