"one day."

prologue

-2 years ago

emma's pov

"oh wilbur! this house is so nice," i squeal, looking at the gorgeous house me and my boyfriend soon will be moving into. "everything about it is perfect, oh my gosh!"

"yes, yes, i know, i love it too. i can't wait for us to get all moved in." wilbur gives me a hug, pulling me into a soft kiss, smiling through it.

the house is a small, one-story white home with some brick accents throughout. the garden and plants around it are wonderful as well. there's an abundance of trees, greenery, and flowers - especially tulips, my favorite. it's just so lively and homey. there's 2 bedrooms and an office, which perfect for wilbur so he can set up his streaming things and not have to get a separate office. the kitchen is super open and has plenty of counter space, as well as an island, which is really nice. the living room is also very welcoming and has plenty of space for seating and decor. the whole house just makes me so happy. it's also nearby the café where i work at, which is a good bonus.

after a few minutes relishing in what we now own, we get back into our cars, driving our separate ways. we'll be moving in a few days, so i start thinking about everything that i'm going to pack. obviously, i'm going to bring most of my stuff, but i can leave some of it behind too, like the bigger furniture that i won't need, since i'm living with my mom at the moment. i smile on the drive home, almost shaking from excitement, because i'll be living with wil, the love of my life, in just a couple days.

-a few days later

i pull my car up into the wide driveway, wilbur pulling in next to me shortly after. i open my door and immediately run up to the car next to me, giving wil a huge hug as he steps out.

"we did it! this house is ours! i mean obviously it was, but it didn't really feel like it until now," i squeal at him, pulling out of the hug as i jump up and down, excitement running through my veins as i grab his hands.

"i know, i'm so excited too. i can't wait to be with the love of my life forever," he gives me one of those big teethy smiles - the ones that he'll give you when he's really happy about something, the ones that'll make you melt inside and out. he looks deeply into my blue eyes as i stand on my tip toes and give him a small kiss, our lips fitting perfectly together, like puzzle pieces. i pull away after a moment and begin reaching into my car to unpack my things.

i pull out my boxes one by one and stack them next to my car, then bringing them in 2 at a time because, well, they're quite heavy. most of them are filled with clothes, but some have pictures, makeup, and small decorations. wilbur does the same, but i notice one odd thing with him - his cat.

the cat's name is anvil, and it's a white british shorthair. personally, i'm not really an animal person, and definitely not a cat person, so i'm not really looking forward to that. i mean, anvil is cute and all, but cats are also
always so dirty and smelly, and their hair gets everywhere, and i don't want to have to deal with it. but it's worth it for wil, for us, for this life. and i can live with a cat for a while. i mean, it's not like it's going to hurt anybody.

we finish unloading and putting everything into it's respective rooms. me and wilbur, obviously, are going to be sharing a room. he put his gaming things in the office, leaving an extra empty bedroom. i'm not sure what we'll do with it yet, but we'll eventually think of something. so far, we have only really unboxed some clothes to get us through the next few days until we get our furniture in. we have a mattress, though, which is good. i look up at wil, smiling.

"i'm so lucky to have you, to have this. i'm so grateful for all of it," i place a kiss on his soft lips, my hands in his. he moves one hand up to my cheek, the other grabbing both of mine and holding them gently. once we pull away, we just sit there. we take in the moment, foreheads against each other's, and we relish in the fact that we have what we've always dreamed of - each other, and a beautiful house to spend our lives together in.

-

i wake up early the next morning, a rancid smell filling the house. besides the obvious overwhelming scent of cardboard, the room smells like urine. i clearly didn't piss anywhere i wasn't supposed to, and i'm assuming wilbur didn't either, so there's only one other thing it could be.

anvil is sat on top of one of the boxes, his pee on the hardwood floor in front of him, staring at me with a slightly devious look on his face. i roll my eyes and start to move to get up, when i feel wil rustle and begin waking up.

"oh thank god you've woken up, anvil just pissed all over the floor! can you clean it up so we can go back to sleep?" i ask wil, but he just looks at me briefly and turns over, ignoring my request.

"no, you can, you're already sitting up anyways," he says, his raspy voice muffled as he's trying to go back to sleep.

"but it's your cat? aren't you going to take care of it?"

"c'mom emma, we just moved in together, he's your cat now too. you can clean up after him," he mumbles, burying his head further into the pillow. i roll my eyes, keeping my response to myself. i don't want to start an argument over something that shouldn't really matter, so i just get up, grab some toilet paper and wipes, and clean it up.

-

later that day, me and wilbur went to the nearby tescos to stock up on some food. when we get back to the house, i unlock the door and open it to a mess covering the living room and kitchen floor. i look around and saw anvil, once again, sitting guilty on top of a cardboard box, and then look next to him and see a trash can tipped over. i roll my eyes, and set our bags down.

"wil, can you clean up the mess anvil made? i'm unloading the groceries," i ask, not wanting to almost start a fight again. however, wilbur and i were not on the same page.

"why can't you do it? you're closer to him," he says, walking over and sitting down on the couch. i sigh, not even bothering to plead with him, and clean it up, realizing this just might be my fate, my destiny and my purpose in life.

let's just hope this cat grows on me.