“I won’t. It’s what’s best for me too,” I say quickly. “What do you say? Want a roommate in the fall?” He breaks out in the biggest smile I’ve ever seen and throws himself into my unprepared arms. We stumble a bit as he wraps his legs around my waist, but I would never let him fall. I hold onto him, crushing him against my chest, knowing that the life we’re going to build together is going to be worth all the bullshit we went through.
