Warnings: Alcohol-induced shenanigans

Word Count: 1944

Author's Note: I think this might be one of my favorite chapters. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do :)

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"She's the tear in my heart, I'm alive! She's the tear in my heart, I'm on fire! She's the te-"

"Ty, love, can you please stop yelling?" Y/N asked. "I'm trying to drive and that's very distracting."

I sighed and dramatically leaned further back into my seat. Thanks to a couple more drinks before we left the wedding, I was feeling the drunkest that I had in quite some time. This, of course, also meant that Y/N was having to put up with all of my antics.

"I just wanted to serenade you," I mumbled. "Do you not like it?"

"I do like it." Y/N reached over and grabbed one of my hands. "It's just a little loud."

"She's the tear in my heart, take me higher than I've ever been," I finished, quieter than before.

"Thank you."

Y/N slowly pulled into the driveway of our house, making my body bounce around as she drove over the pavement. As soon as she came to a stop, I practically fell out of the car, barely landing on my feet.

"Ty? Are you ok?"

"Yeah, just a little wiggly."

"Ok," she laughed.

With some help from Y/N, I finally managed to get myself upstairs and into our bedroom. I immediately collapsed down in the middle of the bed, spreading my arms out as far as they would go. Y/N laughed as she took off her bracelet.

"Hey, hey," I said, waving one of my arms in her direction.

"Yes, love?"

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"Really?"

Y/N turned and looked at me over her shoulder, "Yes, really."

"You love me?"

"Yes, Ty, I love you."

"Wow. That's awesome."

"Yes, it is," she laughed quietly.

I watched as Y/N set her jewelry down on the dresser and then crossed the room to the bathroom.

"Where are you going?" I frowned.

"I have to get ready for bed."

"But I want you to come cuddle with me."

"I can come cuddle once I'm in pajamas."

"No," I whined. "I want to cuddle with you now."

Y/N crossed her arms as she leaned against the doorframe, watching me carefully. I hardly even noticed, I was too busy admiring how beautiful she looked.

"Wow, look at you," I said, propping myself up on my elbows so that I could get a better look at her. "Are you sure that you're my girlfriend and not a celebrity? There's no way that I could score someone as stunning as you."

Her stern expression softened into a smile, making me smile right back at her.

"Ty, you are a celebrity."

"Oh right."

"I'm going to go get ready for bed now. I suggest you do the same."

With that, Y/N shut the bathroom door. I sighed and laid back onto the bed again, deciding I might as well start to get undressed. After taking off my tie and tossing it aside, I slowly started to undo the buttons of my shirt. The sides slowly started to fall open until I undid the last button, revealing the entirety of my chest. That seemed like enough progress for now.

"Y/N!" I called. "Are you almost done?"

"Why?"

"I miss you."

"I just have to brush my teeth and then I'm done. Are you undressed yet?"

I looked down at my bare chest, "Yeah!"

"Ok, I can bring you some pajamas. Do you want sweatpants?"

"Yes, please."

"And a shirt?"

"No shirt. It's too hot."

"Ok."

I quietly sang Screen to myself while I waited for Y/N to come back with my pajamas. The effects of the alcohol were slowly starting to wear off, but I was definitely still more than a little tipsy.

The bathroom door swung open, revealing Y/N wearing an oversized t-shirt and holding a pair of my sweatpants. Disappointment crossed her face when she realized that I hadn't exactly told the truth about being undressed.

"Ty, unbuttoning your shirt doesn't count as getting undressed."

"Sure it does. Look, you can see my skin!"

"Doesn't count," she said.

"Does."

"Doesn't."

"Does."

"Tyler."

"Y/N."

"Can you finish getting undressed?"

"No."

"No?"

"Not until you kiss me," I grinned.

Y/N sighed deeply, considering my offer. After a few seconds, she walked over to me and pressed a quick kiss to my lips. I, not wanting to let her go just yet, took this opportunity to wrap my arms around her waist and pull her down onto the bed with me. She squealed at first, but quickly began to laugh once she realized what had happened.

"That's not fair," she said. Her nose was a few inches away from mine.

"Yes it is."

She didn't seem convinced, but she also didn't press the subject any further. That was probably for the best, because I had already become distracted by admiring her again.

"Did you know that you have the prettiest eyes I've ever seen?" I asked, noticing how nicely they were shining in the moonlight. "I've never seen anyone with eyes that are quite the color of yours."

"Stop," she smiled.

"No," I returned her smile, bringing my face even closer to hers. "You're too amazing for me to ever stop complimenting you. Like your laugh, it's the best thing I've ever heard. And your smile makes me smile every time. It's infectious. I really do love every last thing about you, Y/N."

"You're just trying to distract me from getting undressed," she said.

I shook my head, "I just wanted to tell you."

"I love you too, Ty."

She leaned forward and pressed a gentle kiss to my lips.

"You taste like toothpaste," I laughed.

"And you taste like alcohol."

I wrinkled my nose, "Gross."

"Now will you please get undressed? I want to cuddle with you, but I can't do that when you're still in a suit."

"Sure you can."

I shifted forward so that I was laying on top of Y/N with my arms wound around her. She started to poke and prod at my sides.

"Ty!" she laughed. "Get off!"

"No, we're cuddling."

"Ty-ler!"

"Ok, ok, I'm getting up."

I finally sat up so that I would be able to pull off the sleeves of my shirt, which took some help from Y/N to get the buttons around my wrists undone. Thankfully, I was able to manage getting my pants on and off by myself. She was also nice enough to sit on the bathroom counter while I went through my nightly routine, since I refused to be more than five feet away from her at any given moment.

"Did you know that I'm the luckiest guy in the world?" I asked once I was finally crawling under the covers.

"Are you?"

"Yes. I have the most perfect girlfriend in the world, I'm in a band with my best friend, and I get to travel the world with both of them. What more could a guy ask for?"

"You've got it all, Ty."

"Hey, Y/N?"

"Hm?"

I turned to look at Y/N. She was still sitting up, having just been looking at her phone a few minutes before. There was a hint of a smile on her face as she turned to look at me.

"You still love me, right?"

She reached out and ran a hand through my hair, "Of course I do, more than anything."

A smile quickly overtook my face. "Good, because I love you too."

"I know, you've made that very clear tonight."

"Have I?"

"Mhmm."

"You deserve to hear it."

Y/N turned off her bedside lamp before getting comfortable laying down. I watched her as she did so, unable to pull my eyes away. Even when doing the simplest things, she was the most beautiful person in the world.

"You should try to drink more water before you go to bed, Ty."

"Is that bottle still on my bedside table?" I asked, rolling over to check. "Yes it is."

"Just be careful not to spill."

"I won't spill."

I carefully unscrewed the cap of the water bottle and lined it up with my mouth so that it wouldn't get all over the bed. Unfortunately, my calculations weren't as good as they seemed and water ended up spilling all over the comforter and sheets.

"Tyler," Y/N frowned.

"I thought it would work!"

"When has it ever worked?"

"A couple times."

"I'll go grab a towel."

"No, look, it's fine."

Y/N stopped moving and turned to look at me. I used the comforter to dab off the water that had spilled all over my chest, which only seemed to frustrate her more.

"All you're doing is making the comforter more wet."

"Yes, but now my chest is less wet."

"It doesn't really work like that," she giggled.

"Yes it does. Feel."

"Ty..."

"Come on, Y/N! Feel my chest."

She sighed and then reached out to lightly touch my chest where there had previously been water all over it.

"See? It's dry now."

"Yes, now feel the comforter."

I grabbed the edge of the comforter where it was completely dry and held it up for Y/N to see.

"Dry," I smiled.

"I'm just going to go grab a towel," she smiled.

"But you're supposed to cuddle with me."

"You should have thought about that before you spilled water everywhere," she said as she stepped into the bathroom.

She came back a moment later with a clean towel. I got up and grabbed my phone so that we could use the flashlight to find the really wet spots and dry them up, which seemed to make Y/N happy. In a matter of minutes, we managed to get things dried up so that we could lay back down.

"Sorry I made a mess," I said when Y/N finally crawled into bed again. "I didn't mean to."

"I know you didn't," she said, scooting closer to me.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

I held my arms out so that she could get comfortable against my chest. Although I didn't feel particularly tired, I was never one to give up an opportunity to cuddle with her. Being close to her was my favorite thing in the world.

"Are you tired?" I asked.

Y/N paused for a moment. "You know, now that I think about it, not really."

"Me neither," I laughed. "Do you want to watch a movie?"

"Yeah, that's a good idea."

Y/N started to reach for the remote, but I stopped her. She turned to look at me with furrowed eyebrows.

"What?"

"I just wanted to take one more opportunity to tell you how much you mean to me," I smiled. "I'm sorry that I'm busy all the time, but I really hope that days like today help make it up to you a little bit. I would give anything in the world just to have a whole week with you. No meetings, no phone calls, just you and me."

"It's ok, Ty. I know your job keeps you busy. The most important thing to me is that at the end of the day, you still come home to me."

"I'll always come home to you."

I kissed her again. It was slower and more deliberate this time, less like the kisses I had given her earlier just to annoy her. One of her hands went up to my hair and I was sure that I was going to melt straight into her hand.

"I love you," I whispered.

"I love you too."

"Now, what movie should we watch?"