Different (a MIKA fanfic)

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On Saturday we went to get my Clothes from my house before going for our first official date. MIKA decided to take me to laser tag. It was me and him. Only us and we were on opposite teams. I was super excited.

We both said that we didn't want to see a movie because we get bored. That's how we eventually chose laser tag.

I wore a red button up with my jeans and braces and a bow tie. I also wore a SnapBack because MIKA said I was dressed too formal as our date was just a giggle and a bit of fun. We were already boyfriends so we knew each other reasonably well I would say.

We arrived just in time and walked in for the time we had booked. We were just sent in to figure things out on our own. It was so much fun because we had to find the guns first, then the games started and we were chasing each other and getting lost in the maze. Round and round we went after one another.

I hid behind a wall, sure that I had lost him and he wouldn't find me. I turned around and there he was. Centimetres away from my face. I didn't give it a second thought but leaned in and pressed my lips against his. I kissed him for a while. I thought that it had only been a few minutes but the bell rang to say that time was up.

"Oh. Last time I checked, we had half an hour left!" I laughed as we left.

"I know! You have the same effect on me!" He said only just loud enough that I could hear. He took my hand and placed on his chest. I could feel his heart racing but we hadn't been running for ages.

"See?!"he whispered sneakily as we left.

"Same effect" I agreed. I couldn't help but smile.

When we got home, we played some board games like cludo and the game of life. It left us in fits of laughter for hours.

After a while, things got calmer and our conversations got deep. I opened up about school and all that was connected. 

"I just don't know how much longer I can put up with all this" I looked away as the tears fell rapidly from my nose to the carpet. 

 His eyes went dark and sorrowful. without another word, he turned away and walked to the bedroom.

Once I had taken a minute to calm, I followed and I saw him lying on the bed crying himself.

I ran to him and held him close, allowing, once again, my emotions to take over and leak out.

A few hours later, he decided that he was ready to tell me what was wrong.

"Ross? I'm here for you. I don't want you to ever feel like life is too much or you aren't worth the effort. I can't even begin to understand what you are going through but i want to try. I want you to tell me how you feel and let me see how hard things are for you so that I can help. You're not alone in this anymore Ross; I'm with you and..." he took a deep breath and wiped his tears before cupping my face in his hands and wiping mine. He looked deep into my eyes and smiled "I love you" 

"I... I love you too" I beamed back. Through all the rubbish that we were both feeling, we made each other happy and no thing or person could take that away from us. He was my light in the dark as cheesy as that sounds. He was going to do everything in his power for me and i had no say in it. I would do everything I could for him too. We just wanted to make each other happy and so far it was working.

"Phew!" He whispered before kissing me gently. His movements were full of love. It was perfect.

"Right. Dinner?" He pulled away, stood up off of the bed and held his hand out to me.

During dinner, I got super lost in his eyes.

"ROSS!"

"Oh! hi! yeah" I said snapping out of my daydream.

"Finally. "MIKA said with a cheeky smile on his face. He knew what had just happened. "It's getting late. We should sleep so that we're alive, alert and ready for a fun packed Sunday"

"I agree. I'm tired and want some hugs." I said. I was scared about going back to school. He had said enough but I still wanted his reassurance. 

Wrapped in his arms, I drifted to a beautiful and well needed sleep.