As he was staring at this girl beside him, he could not even think how in the world he deserved to be in this place. He was just a simple boy with a dream of becoming a successful person, he never thought he would get more than what he bargained for. He did not know that going to college would get him this beautiful creature. He smiled remembering the exact moment he first knew this girl's name.

"HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH THE HELL"

He snapped and turned his head to look for that familiar laugh he always loves to hear. It is loud and for some people irritating but he found it beautiful and very pleasing to his ears, like music. He kept turning his head until his eyes caught sight of the owner of that laugh. She was laughing with her friends (who looked like they were about to die from laughing). He sighed and stared at that particular girl with curly hair whom he found so attractive since day one.

"Seriously though James. You're gonna break your head if you keep staring like that. Want to switch places?" He turned his head back to his friends who were adjacent to him. Of course they knew about his little crush to this girl tables away from them. He just smiled and continued eating what was left of his lunch.

As he was drinking his water, he saw that girl passing by them to go to the dorm. (And yes they stay at the same dorm) He looked at his friends and immediately rushed to catch that girl and finally know her name. Well he knew basic information about her. He knows that they belong to the same department and that they were on the same year level but she was on the other block. But unfortunately he does not know her name. So this was his chance, he reached the dorm just in time. She timed in and he finally... finally saw her name.

"Theresa" He murmured under his breath. A beautiful name for a beautiful girl. He thought.

As he was staring at that same girl, he asked himself what luck has descended on him that he finally got this woman. She was the exact opposite of him but they were compatible in so many ways. It was ridiculous

James nearly dropped his phone.

He rubbed his eyes and glasses. He then gaped at what he saw on his phone screen. IS THIS FUCKUNG REAL?! He thought his eyes were playing tricks on him but when he refreshed the page he really saw that that girl-theresa (or as what her friends call her, thes) sent him a friend request.

"Ooooh what do we have here" His friend, alex, saw what he was gaping at and snatched his phone from his hands. He snapped out from his thoughts and glared at Alex before shoving him and snatching his phone back. Asshole. He muttered under his breath. Before his mind could catch up to what he was doing and clicked the accept button. He mentally slapped himself for doing it so quickly. But then smiled. Finally

The first time he laid his eyes on this girl. His mind went blank. It was a typical first meeting but It wasn't like the textbook signs nor the movie signs, the slow motion and fast beating heart.

"Seriously though. Who the hell does that? HAHAHAHAHAH"

His loud, obnoxious, friends were at it again. It's not like it annoys him or something but it just-okay he's damn annoyed. Normally he would join them in laughing loudly but today was probably not a good day for him. He looked up from his phone when he heard them shushing each other

A group of girls passed by. He stared at the familiar girls passing by and a familiar chubby-ish in ponytails was talking animatedly with a girl with messy hair. When he saw her, His heart immediately did a jump-twirl-thump maneuver. The way she laughed when her friend probably joked about something was so beautiful he could not stop staring. Surprisingly, she looked at his direction while smiling and he felt air knocked out of his lungs she smiled shortly then looked away to look at her friend.

He stared off into space as he went into deep thought again. Thes and James. Even their names look perfect together. He sighed. A smile flitting in his lips at that pet name. It was a name (their ship name) created by his idiot friends.

Luck has not been on his side. He really thought he was gonna be group mates with that girl-thes - but instead he was group mates with her friend which he found out that she was her roommate.

It was their first experiment in the laboratory. She kept calling "thessy pie thessy pie" which drove him nuts (he secretly wished he could call her like that) because not only does Thes go their group but she smiled a lot too. He was frustrated, and annoyed at his group mate but that's not the case anymore. It was the fact that HER SMILE IS SO BEAUTIFUL IT HURTS.

He went to the reagent table to get some powder for his assigned experiment. The moment he got near the table (which was un//fortunately beside her group's working desk) he heard teases from his friends of the said group.

"Ayieee thames thames." He shrugged because they were being crazy as always. But when he looked back and saw his friend's smile (and  heard Thes' beautiful voice as she was laughing) that's when it all sinked in.

Thames. Thes + James

He could not describe how he felt. His mind went blank. All he knew is that it was sounded so perfect. He forgot how annoyed he was. He smiled the whole day.

He startled a little when he saw her smile. She's probably happy. He remembered how much that smile affected him and how his day brightens whenever that girl smiled at him. It was ridiculous how one smile of hers can give him hope and remove all his troubles that day. Those good ol' days he thought.

He was having a bad day. From the shitty teachers to the very hard exam. It was not that he did not study. He did. However he found the exam very hard because he studied but it was still fucking hard.

He grumbled while walking towards the canteen. His friends must've noticed his bad mood because they were not loud today he was thankful for that. As they were about to sit down he noticed two girls approaching.

"Can we sit here? Our friends went somewhere." His eyes flitted up to the two girls in front of him and that was when he realized it was her and her friend. His immediate reaction was to look away and he cleared his throat. He could literally feel his friends' stares it was annoying.

"Sure sure. There's lots of space feel free to sit." He was thankful for Adi because he was always the sane one out of all of them. (Next to him of course) the girls sat down but to his surprise, she was sitting adjacent to him. He got his phone and kind of played with it to distract him because He was internally freaking out but he just kept a cold facade since he did not want her to think of him as weird (even though he is)

"The exam was hard right?" Her friend asked which earned lots of responses from his friends.
"I think i'm flunking this subject."
"Yeah it was damn hard."
"Yes to take 2 then."
"Fuck life i'm dropping this subject."

"No guys you shouldn't say that."  He looked up from playing with his phone when he heard that girl talk. Adi must've felt him flinch because he poked him.

"Yeah of course the exam was hard. I mean I studied but it was still so hard. And c'mon guys it's just one exam we have lots of exams to come okay? We can do this." She finished her statement with a smile. He did not understand how that simple tugged ng of lips affected him so much. As he was looking at that smile, he saw the stars. He saw hope. He saw happiness. And he was more than thankful for that

He smiled the whole day.

She stirred in her sleep. She probably felt the stares that he was given to her. He thought she would wake up but she just wrapped her arms around him and dozed off again. James sighed in relief. She thought he was creepy before and she would definitely think he was a creep because he has been staring at her from the moment he woke up.

A big sigh of relief was what he released as soon as he finished his assigned experiment just as the Professor entered the laboratory to check their work.

"Thessy pieee are you done?" He heard his group mate yell from their table. The said girl turned and nodded and gestured for her friend to come to her.

James stared at her back. He thought about how someone can be so perfect with those messy braided curls. He drew a breath out when she and her friend turned to ask a classmate from another table.

He witnessed how her eyes scrunched up when her friend made a joke and how she dodged her friend's hand when she was about to slap her arm. He saw how she smiled gratefully at her friend when she gave her the answer. He saw how she fixed her eyeglasses when it slid down her nose. He saw how she laughed at her friend's horrified face (for some reason he does not know). He saw how she put her hair up because it was bothering her. He saw her smile. And most definitely, he saw how her eyes turned into crescents, and how her lips turned up into a smile when she met his eyes. He can no longer control his smile so he smiled back. They stared at each other for a few seconds with smiles on their faces but got cut when her friend asked her a question and then looking at james before smirking. He coughed and looked away as his group mate went back to their table.

"Ew james you're being creeepy." He heard her friend say as he was again staring at that girl. James just waved her off and continued staring.

"Thes says you're being creepy too." He snapped and looked at the girl he then turned to glare at her but she was talking to another group mate. He just rolled his eyes and checked his experiment.

He sighed blissfully remembering that moment. Aaah memories. He stared up the ceiling and asked God how he was this lucky. He shook his head because he was being a love struck fool again. She made a noise in her sleep which caused him to look at her again.

"All I know is a new found grace.~
All my days I'll know your face
All I know since yesterday is
Everything has changed~" James was in awe when Thes finished singing. He was stars trucked. He was mesmerized. And As usual he was in stalker mode. Although it was not really stalking since she was just sitting in front of him.

"Yay thessy sing another oneeee." Her friends was begging cutely. She was childish and it was an obvious fact. Nevertheless, Thes tolerated her despite their opposite personality. Another thing he had come to like about her.

"All my walls stood tall painted blue
And I'll table em down, take em down
And open up the door for you
And all I feel in my stomach is butterfl-ies" She laughed at her vibrating voice. Her friend joined her in laughing. In which James found himself laughing too. Her voice was somehow addicting and beautiful to his ears. It was weird but James found it so endearing

"This is weird but I really love hearing your vibrating voice." He heard her friend say

James couldn't agree more.

He wrapped his arms around her, he then kissed her forehead in which he felt her smile on his bare chest. He felt so so so lucky. He could not imagine what could've happened to his life if he didn't fight for this girl hugging him right now.

He was getting annoyed. They're fighting over the same thing again. He was tired.

"Look. You don't understand. I was busy okay? You know how tough our work can be." He sighed angrily. He did not notice the harsh breath she released.

"Well you don't understand too. You kn-" He had enough

"Okay shut up. Shut the hell up!" Thes did not expect that she felt small in front of the angry James. She was about to retort but shut her mouth when she met the angry eyes of the man she loves.

"It's the same thing over and over again. Don't you ever get-" James stopped talking when he saw the cuts on her wrist. Thes must've noticed because she hid her arms behind her. But James was quick to grab one of her arms.

"What did you do? What's this?" As if on cue, her tears fell down from her eyes like waterfalls. James' once angry demeanor softened when he saw the tears. He let go of her arms and pulled her in for a hug. She released a breath and totally broke down in his embrace.

"I was.. I was sad.. i- I felt so alone. I.. didn't know what to....." She was cut off with a kiss. The kiss tasted salty. They both broke away and James hugged her tight

"Shhh. I'm sorry. The next time you feel lonely, call me okay? You know i'd do anything for you in a heartbeat, Love." He murmured in her hair before he kissed it.

"I'm... i'm so sorr-" He cupped her face in his palms

"Shhh baby no more apologies. If anyone has to apologize it has to be me." Thes shook her head.

"No listen to me." He wiped a tear that fell off from her beautiful eyes. The action made Thes shut her eyes and cried more.

"Look at me." And she did. As soon as their eyes met James whispered.

"I love you." It was Thes who leaned in and kissed him this time.

"I love you too."

~

It was 7pm Thes is still not there. He was waiting impatiently. Tapping his foot on the smooth floor. He was getting annoyed because it was their 5th anniversary date for freak's sake. And they haven't seen each other for weeks because of work. He got his phone when it vibrated

From: Thes
I'm sorry.

What the actual- he was about to get really annoyed and reply an angry text to her when he received another message. It was from her friend this time.

"James, Thes is crying."

And that's when it snapped. He immediately ran to her apartment which was close to their meeting place.

"Thes? Love? Where are you?" He heard a sob from a corner. He turned on the lights and saw the girl he loves so dearly crouched on a corner, in a dress, crying her heart out. He wasted no time and ran to her.

"Hey. What's wrong?" A sob.

"Look at me. Babe look at me." He cupped her face in his hands. As soon as she looked up, he saw his love, eyeliner messed up but she still looked so beautiful, breathtaking even. James stopped staring when she spoke.

"Will... will you still love me even when I'm like this?" She asked tentatively with bated breath. She feared his answer. But she would accept it wholeheartedly.

"Babe." Her breath hitched. "Babe I love you."

"I love you even when you're like this. Even if you turn into a shark, I will still love you." He leaned in.

"I love you so much. You don't even know." He then kissed her. A kiss full of love and assurance. A kiss that says "I love you. It's okay"

"I love you too. I'm sorry I'm like this. I'll do my best-" she was cut off with a kiss again

"Babe it's okay. Don't say sorry for what you are." He kissed her forehead.

"We'll get through this together yeah?"

James was thankful she became open to him since that day. 6 years in their relationship and he decided to step up his game.

"Will you marry me?"

Thes thought she won't be shocked when he will pop that question.  But here she is tears trickling down her face. Hands at her mouth. She can hear her friends hollering but she ignored them and focused on this one man in front of him. One knee down and arms up with a ring in his hand.

"Yes"

James smiled at the memory. It felt so long ago. That was of the best memories they had. But of course, nothing would beat the memory they shared yesterday. The time they shared I do's. When he kissed her in front of their family and friends, in front of God. He remembered exactly how they proclaimed their love to one another when they parted from the kiss. And of course... he would not forget how he laid her down on this bed. He was in awe when he saw her completely. She was so beautiful. Even when she cried when they connected she was still so beautiful. He remembered their cuddling after it was over. And now he's waking up with her. He is so lucky.

"Mmmmh"

James looked down as she groaned in her sleep. She must be waking up. He watched as she slowly opened her eyes.

"Good Morning wifey."

Thes smiled and kissed him despite just waking up.

"Good Morning hubby."

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Love you thessythes