"I never hated you. I thought you were wasting your potential," I tell him, gaze cutting to the side as I continue to mumble. "And I thought you were... attractive. And it annoyed me."

I laugh and reach up to brush his hair back away from his face. "Obviously I got over that. The being annoyed part."

He kisses me, and I close my eyes to take it all in. What he says makes me groan and I twist to bury my face into the pillow. "Oh god, mon chou."