Your heart was beating so fast, and it felt like the world around you was crumbling. Escalating breathing, and temperature increasing on your body was making it hard to calm down.
"Hey, it's just me." He whispers, and your eyes finally look up at his face. "It's just me. Breathe babygirl." He holds onto you, and caresses your arms with his hands. "I've got you." Without another thought, you lean forward and press your lips to his. Roman doesn't even have to think about it, before kissing you back. When you pull away, your breathing has slowed way down.
"I'm sorry, I-" You began to stutter again, but he just shook his head. "I don't know what I was thinking."
"Just breathe for me. Okay?" Roman says, and you nod. He holds your hands in his, and you need him to be closer. "What do you need from me?"
"Hold me?" You ask him, and he gives you a small nod with a smile, and pulls you into his arms. At this moment, you're so glad that he decided to meet you at his own home instead of in public. You wrap your entire body around him, and he holds you. Just like he used to do. He hums in your ear quietly as you try to block out the noise.
"That brilliant brain of yours still likes to be mean to you, huh?" He asks, and you nod. "It's okay. I'm here. I've got you." You dip your head back down to kiss him again to which he easily responds. You go back to holding onto him, and before you know it, you were asleep.
When you wake up, Roman is already there looking at you. He smiles when you fully wake up, and offers you some water. "How are you feeling this morning?"
"Better, but embarrassed." You chuckle lightly, and he gives you a small smile. "I was so nervous about seeing you again after all this time, and for it to be an article about you and your historic run I guess all the feelings hit me at once. I haven't had one that bad since I left."
Roman's eyes narrow down to the bed at the last sentence, and you just know that he still feels that hurt too. "You can always come to me for anything, you know that."
"I know, and I'm sorry for kissing you. That wasn't right."
"Stop apologizing and get ready to pick my brain. I know you've got quite a few questions to ask me for this article."
"Right, yes I do. Let me just get dressed, and I'll be right back." Roman nods, and watches as you leave to go to the bathroom. What you didn't know is that Roman, besides the circumstances of what had occurred, missed the feeling of your lips on his. Sleeping with you in his arms was something that he had truly missed. He misses you every second of every day. Maybe this was his fate? Maybe this was the way that you two come back to each other. Maybe this is the true love story of him, and you.
When you walk out of the room, Roman's gaze is all over you. The woman he is destined to be with. "Ready?"
"Yeah, I just need to make a call first."
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Roman really does Reign. By the time you are reading this, Roman Reigns will have surpassed 1,000 days as Universal Champion. How does he do it? I am here to tell you...
"Y/N, this is so good. My phone hasn't stopped ringing. So many people are asking who wrote such an authentic piece on me." Roman tells you, and you smile at him. "Seriously, you are amazing at what you do."
"As are you, apparently." You tell him with a light laugh. "You made it easy. Being able to be here and to talk to you has been such a weight off of my shoulders. Minus the panic attack."
"In all seriousness, I wouldn't have made it here without you. Thank you for shedding a light on me that normal everyday viewers don't get to see so much of. It was so real, and open. I owe you big time for this."
"Nonsense. It was really good catching up with you." You look at him, and he does the same to you. A small smile on his face while his hand laid upon yours on the table. "Well, where is Seth? Shouldn't he be here now?"
Roman clears his throat, withdrawing his hand from yours and checks his phone. "Yeah, he should. It's already getting loud here." Just then, he walks in with Becky and their daughter. "There they are!"
Seth looks at you while Roman greets them, and hugs Becky. "Hey man, where is your lovely other half?" He asks, and your heart sinks to your stomach. Of course he wouldn't still be single.
"She won't be able to make it." Roman says, and the way he says it makes it seem like there is more to the story. "Besides, I've got everyone I need right here. So, let's eat!"
//Flashback//
"Am I making the right decision?" You ask Roman who stood in front of you. Both of you with tears in your eyes.
"The fact that you have to ask that makes the answer yes." He smiles through his pain. "You have been incredibly supportive of me with my career, and you shouldn't have to feel guilty for you being able to be the one to live out their dream."
"One year." You tell him, and he nods at you. "Okay, one year and we will be together again." You turn to grab your bags. Roman spins you around quickly and presses his lips to yours before holding you tightly.
"I'm so proud of you. You've grown so much, and this is just the beginning." He pauses briefly to bring us face to face. "I love you so much, and I will never stop."
"I love you so much." You weep, and press your forehead against his. "I'll never stop loving you."
//End Flashback//
You watch as Roman engages with all the people close to him, and you can't help but smile. He turns his head to look at you, giving you the same smile back. Your heart bursts inside of your chest at the love and admiration you have for him. He turns back to the people he was talking to and you take that as your cue to leave.
You stand up, grab your purse and make your way outside. As you're approaching your car a voice calls out your name. "I was just leaving." You tell Seth, and he stops your car door.
"I'm sorry for asking about his fiance earlier, that wasn't right for me."
"Fiance?" You ask, and Seth realizes what he just said. "He's getting married?"
"He was, but they haven't been on the best of terms lately. I mean how would you feel if your fiance bailed on wedding plans with you to do an article with his ex?"
"So, that was the call he made the other night?" You ask, and Seth nods at you. "I was strictly here for work, I wasn't trying to do anything."
"I know, but you still love him right?" Seth asks, and you nod. "I think he still loves you, too. Maybe the two of you should talk."
"Seth, I have a flight home in three hours. I was hoping to leave before he noticed that I was gone."
"Please don't leave him like you did last time. I've never seen him so heartbroken."
"He's getting married, Seth. He doesn't need me."
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All packed and ready to go you make your way to check out of the hotel and into your car. As you unload your bags from the car at the airport, you hear his voice...
"I thought we would always say goodbye to one another?" You turn your head quickly to see Roman standing there.
"Jesus, give a girl a warning will you? Scared the shit out of me." You try to keep the conversation light, but there wasn't a hint of humor on the Tribal Chief's face.
"Don't leave." Those were the only two words he had spoken to you.
"Roman-" He cuts you off with the most powerful kiss you have ever felt in your entire life. The familiarity of it had the butterflies erupting in your stomach.
"Please don't leave , baby." He begs against your lips, and you let out a whine that turned to tears. You move your face into his shirt and sob into it. "There was a reason you were brought back to me. Please don't leave me again. I need you."
"You're getting married, Roman..." You say, and he looks hurt. "You love someone else now, and that's okay."
"I don't love her like I love you. No one will ever compare to you. Please baby girl, don't do this. Not again, please."
"I have to go, Roman. I'm sorry."