I wrote a short little story in my journal with Xavier in mind today. Don't know if it'll get any traction, but I'll share it anyway.
Note: I used Mickey D's because it's related to specific memory of mine. I'll be changing it slightly for the written version.
Sneaking Out at Midnight for Snacks
✧ Xavier x OC
✧ Fluffy, Falling in Love, Sweetness
✧ Maybe a College/University/School AU?
The night I knew I wanted to be with him forever was the night he offered to go with me to a nearby restaurant at midnight, in that dark cusp between late Friday night and early Saturday morning. I was hungry for French fries and apple pies. You weren't hungry, but you also didn't want me to be out late, on my own. So you met me at my door, and we walked side by side to the restaurant under the bright glow of the street lights.
The city streets were alive with life, cars whizzing to and fro, going who knows where. People were out and about, looking for ways to have fun on the weekend. Clouds were thick and gray, but you could still see stars peeking out, shining proudly, the moon a silvery whole of light high in the sky.
Taking in the sight of your silvery blonde hair and blue eyes walking beside me...I felt like I could walk on air.
You sat across from me and watched me eat my food, bite by bite. I tried to offer you some, but you wouldn't take any - you said you were fine. "I'm hear to make you that you eat your food and that you get back home safe and sound" - that's what you said. You watched me with this soft smile, your blue eyes so calm and soothing, a healing balm to my soul. You could be so mysterious sometimes - a handsome of enigma difficult to solve - but in that moment, there was no mistaking your care for me.
Though you stole a few friends when you thought I wasn't looking. I did see it - I just was too happy to care about what you did. You deserved them. I never bothered to tell you that.
Do you know what else I didn't get to tell you? That I never wanted that night to end.
We took our sweet time getting back to my house. It wasn't far away, but it felt like we walked for hours. You told me to call you whenever I wanted to go out for a late night snack again. I promised you I would...and I did.
Now, every time we go out for midnight snacks and you steal some from me, I think of the first time we went out together. You stole more than just a few fries from me that night.
You stole my heart as well.
I first got into journaling through youtube. I stumbled across one of those "journal with me" videos and suddenly, for a few days, all I could watch were people decorating their journals. And I'd thought "I wish I could do that, but my life is not interesting like that", you know? Most days I just stay home and do some chores and play with the cats, and that's not worth documenting, is it?
But still I couldn't get the idea off my mind. So I made a notebook from scratch, and decided it was gonna be my journal. I didn't have anything to write on it, but I could decorate the pages anyway. And then I discovered art journal and junk journal, and for a while I did that and I was happy.
After a while, I found a pretty notebook and bought it without realizing it had lined paper. Now I had to write on it, right? So I did. Instead of writing about my day, I write about the animes I watch, the music I listen, the things that make me happy... I don't write every day, but I write about things I love and that I think are gonna be worth to remember in the future.
So, if someone out there reads this, and is thinking about journaling but doesn't know what to write, well, write about what makes you happy. It's the best advice I could give you.
Another layout meant to cover bleed-through from the previous entry. I really like this one!! Also, shout out to the lovely washi tape I used, a gift from a seller!