Page 191 of (Not So) Simple Lyrics

I kiss him again, and this time it’s messier—salted with tears, stitched together with laughter I can’t hold back.My hands are in his hair.His arms are wrapped around me like he doesn’t trust the world to keep me upright.

“I love you,” I whisper against his mouth, like it’s the only language I still remember.“I love you so much I don’t know how I ever existed before you.”

He blinks like he’s trying to hold that in his hands.

Then,softly—like it costs him everything and gives him back more—he says it.

“I love you too.”His voice breaks open.“I’ve loved you through all of it.I loved you when I thought I’d never deserve you.I love you now, and I’ll love you every fucking day after this one.”

“Kit.”His voice is low and raw.“You saved me.”

I pull back just enough to meet his eyes.

“No.You saved yourself,” I say, brushing my thumb across his cheek.“But you let me love you while you did it.You still let me love you.That’s the bravest thing anyone’s ever done.”

He smiles like it hurts.Like it heals.

And then we’re simply holding each other in the middle of our home, surrounded by fairy lights, fireflies, and every version of us that had to break to get here.

We stay like that until the crickets quiet and the night folds around us.

The ring is still in the box, resting between us on the grass.We’ll put it on later.There’s no rush.

Because he’s mine.I’m his.

And this—this right here—is the start of everything.