Five years
When I was seventeen, a boy held my hand at a local gig and I was so incredibly happy I got a twitch in my cheek because my face couldn't handle the emotions. We didn't say a thing, we just held hands and continued through the gig being generally akward teenagers.
The following night a group of my friends and I were camping near a lake. The boy arrived late after work and as he sat down next to me, we continued where we left off the night before with the holding of hands. By the end of the night, we had emptied the tent because of our smushieness and kissing.
Whilst walking towards my lift the following morning, I texted him. I have no idea what I said but I know that I assumed that we were now boyfriend and girlfriend because that's how things work.
A few days later I was in his house and we noticed that neither of us had asked the other out. He asked me out. After thinking, I said yes. The smushieness resumed.
Five years later and I'm still sharing a single bed with him. I sleep next to the wall because I'm afraid to fall out otherwise. I sleep as close as possible to the wall so that he has as much room as possible because I love him. He sleeps as close as possible to the edge to give me as much room as possible because he loves me. The duvet enjoyes the middle of the bed with each of us assuming its the other.
After five years of sleeping in a single bed together, I have discovered that the best sleep I get is in the half an hour between he gets up for work and I get the whole bed, and when he kisses me goodbye and I relise that he's actually going.
Hwyl a sbrii
