“Thank you.” Leo’s mom said.

“Yes, thank you.” His father agreed.

Both sets of parents hugged the doctor who didn’t look all that surprised, I guess that happens a lot.

“You ready to go?” I ask them.

“Definitely.” Leo nods.

“I was born ready.” Liam grins.

“Hey so since I’m out now guess what I realized.” Leo says to me.

“What?” I ask, curiously.

“We’ve never gone on a real date.” He says.

“Probably because you landed yourself in the hospital and nearly died.” I laugh.

“Yes, and granted I still can’t really take you to a fancy restaurant, mostly because I’m broke, but also because I’m supposed to be careful and my parents are going to be extra protective after this, which also means that I probably wont ever leave the house again. But that’s not the point, the point is there is ice cream at my house and I know you love ice cream so you want to come over and we can call it a date?” Leo asks, blushing slightly.

“It’s a date.” I smile, and I’m sure I’m blushing as well.

“That one looks like a dot.” Leo says, pointing to a cloud.

I laugh. “You have no imagination.”

I hear a noise I don’t recognize I sit up to look at him. We’re lying on the grass looking up at the sky, but Leo is blinking back tears.

“I’m sorry, what-“ I start. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine, I’m fine.” Leo says, sitting up and wrapping his arms around me. I awkwardly pat him on the back, still confused.

“Sorry,” he says, pulling back and looking at me, his blue eyes still filled with tears. “I just never thought-“ He lets out a shaky breath. “I never thought I’d get to be with you, I thought I’d always want to and never get to. It’s just real now.”

I feel tears sting my own eyes, because those thoughts had raced through my own mind a million times.

“I’m sorry, it’s stupid, I’m crying.” He says, wiping his eyes.

“It’s not stupid,” I say. “The idea that crying makes you stupid is a stupid stigma that comes with being human.”

He gives me a teary smile. “This is such an unlikely relationship.” He says.

“Which doesn’t make it any less perfect.”