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I opened up the door. My jaws dropped, I was in complete shocked.

The tall man in the casual London outfit took off his shades. It was actually him. Sanemi freaking Shinazugawa was standing in front of my porch.

After nearly 11 years. That same purple eyes, pink lips and those beautiful scars that make him who he is. But he still looked gorgeous as that day we were together.

I was too stunned to speak.

"Is this just an illusion or is this reality?" - I thought to myself.

"What the heck? Sanemi?!" - I bursted out.

I was so shocked that I shoved myself into his body, hugged him as tight as the last time we did. I never wanted to let him go, ever again.

"Sanemi! Where the hell have you been this whole ten years? Do you know how much I missed you? I've been waiting for you to come back."

"Gabrielle, hello! I'm so glad I have a chance to meet you again."

"Sanemi, oh my god!" - I started to cry like a child.

"It's been so long. How have you been?"

"I've been okay, but life wasn't.. you know, kind of, the same way anymore ever since you moved to England."

"Gabrielle, I miss you too. A whole decade went by, not a day goes by that I didn't think about you."

"Really Sanemi?"

"Yes dear."

I pulled him away and caressed the healed wounds on his face.

"My darling, you look so depressed. God who did this to you?" - He lifted my chin up to take a clearer look at my lifeless face.

I shook my head.

"Goodness."

I'm really sure that we were holding each other for so long.

"Gabrielle, I got something for you." - Then he pulled out a thing that looks super familiar to me.

My diary.

"Where did you get this?.."

"Your mom, she gave me this."

Turned out my mum contacted him and told him everything about that asshole who cheated on me and he came to New York to try to help me feel better.

And that day when I lost my diary. He was the one who took it.

"What?!" - I blushed as I looked away.

What if he read it? He did anyway. And that's also why he decided to came here, here to tell me how he actually felt all along.

My cheeks was turning red just like back in the day when we spent time together.

"Sanemi.."

I shoved into his embrace again.

"Sanemi, I fucking love you. You have been absent from my dull life for 10 years. Ever since you moved away, nothing else mattered to me. I was hopelessly waiting for you."

"Gabrielle, I love you too, I always do. Ever since we were little kids. I never wanted to leave you. I couldn't stop thinking about you. I want to stick with you for the rest of our life. I'm sorry you had to feel that way for 10 whole years, I'm really sorry." - He said as he held my hands.

Then he pulled me in, and kissed me. Time seemed to froze the moment our lips touched. I had been waiting for this moment my whole life.

I broke our kiss.

"Come in."

"Wow! You got a nice place, Gabrielle."

"Thank you, it's a mess right now though. I didn't feel like cleaning up the house. I'm sorry."

"Hey, it's fine."

We were having conversation filled with love, kisses and memories.

He told me about his all of former girlfriends and I told him about how my heart got destroyed by Michael and the betrayal. He felt sorry for me and blamed himself for leaving me that day that I had to be with that jerk face.

He also told me that he is a singer and a musician now. Which is the job that he dreamt of for 15 years since we met each other. Then I disrupted in the middle of our conversation.

"Uhm Sanemi? Do you want to come to Paris with me?" - I took all of my courage and asked him because the flights was already booked.

"Obviously I do Gabrielle, I would love to. I also have a surprise for you, but you probably have to wait until we arrive in Paris." - He smirked slightly.

The moment we were having a chat, I felt like I relived my teenage years and spending time with him there.

Next week, we flew to Paris and had the best time of our life.

We went to the Eiffel Tower and visited my old town, my family's traditional bakery where I mentally and physically spent my whole life there.

It was incredible. It felt like a dream.

One day, when we were still staying France. I was at the hotel and was drinking some tea.

I got a text from Sanemi.

"Hey Gabby baby, I've got a few things that needed to be done so why don't you go to a spa on the third floor and take care of yourself for a bit, love?" - He demanded.

"What for?"

"Don't ask questions. Just go take care of yourself. You will find out later."

"Okay." - I replied.

"Remember to wear the new dress I placed on our bed."

"Sure. Bye xx."

"Bye, love you baby."

"I love you too <3"

I got downstairs and went to the spa, took care of my hair and stuffs. After I was done, I got another text from Sanemi.

"Meet me on the roof of hotel after you done dressing up xx"

"What for?"  - I texted back.

"Come on just do what i said. See you later, love u."

"i love you too."

Yes, he was a romantic man like that.

I went back to our hotel room where he already placed a sparkling black dress for me to wear on our bed.

I put it on, sprayed some perfume, did my makeup, put on my red heels then went to the roof as he told me to.

Oh. My. God. I couldn't believe my eyes, there were like thousands of rose petals on the floor created a long path.

At the end of it was my soulmate, Sanemi Shinazugawa, the one who I was ready to spend the rest of my life with.

He was in a white suit with black satin shirt which was nicely buttoned inside, a black pair of leather shoes and slicked back hair, he looked bad-ass and charming at the same time.

"I love you so much Gabrielle, I have loved you since we were both children, I want to protect you and your heart, I want to be beside you for the rest of our life. Will you make me the happiest man on earth and be my wife?"

He was down on one knee, asking to marry me, I can't control me feelings. It was so surreal. I covered my mouth.

"YES! I will. Sanemi, ever since the day you come back to find me, I've been on ninth clouds, counting seconds until I became your bride." - The moment I've been dreaming of for my whole life. That one exact dream I had when I was twelve came true.

He smiled, that violet eyes of his glueing onto mine made my cheeks turned even more red.

"Now that I have, I want to tell you that I will spend the rest of my life being the kind of wife you deserve. You're my best friend, my partner and my lifetime love." - I held his hand.

He put the ring on my finger and stood up. He pulled me in for a kissed.

While his one of his songs was playing behind us, turned out this song that became one of his biggest hit was written about me.

The girl that he was in love with when he was little in the song was me.

We kissed each other so enthusiastically during the whole song. I pulled him back breaking our kiss.

"I love you so much Sanemi, I can't imagine what my life would look like without you one more time."

"Gabrielle, me too. I love you baby."

"I love you too, my prince charming. You make my life complete."

He alternated between kissing me and watching me gently swaying my hips along his to the music, doing both things with an intensity I'm not sure I've ever experienced.

He paused his lips so they just hovered above mine.

"I can't wait any longer to make you Mrs Shinazugawa, Gabrielle my love." - He smiled against my lips.

I guess that it took us a while to get this far in the relationship, it took me nearly half of my lifetime.

This dream comes true was definitely worth everything.

I'm so grateful that we were both patient enough to wait for our significant other and neither of us took it for granted.

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To be continued...