Anniversary

It’s a gray day today. The sun is nowhere to be found and the clouds flood the skies, giving the town a gloomy feel. It’s the kind of day wherein you want to curl up in a blanket and read a good book but this day is special. It's the day of our anniversary. My S.O and I have been together for 2 years now and I treasure every moment we're together, may it be an uphill or a downfall. I was lost in thought when I received a text from him asking me to meet him by the bench near the docks for our date.

"Hey beautiful, meet me by the docks, the usual bench, for our awesome date! See you at 9. Love you!"

He would always make me smile by just the little things.

"Okay love, see you in a while. Love you more! xoxo"

After I replied to him, I immediately got ready. I put on a nice cozy purple sweater and matched it with jeans and brown boots that reached just below my knees. I sat down in front of the mirror and applied light makeup in my face. I also wrapped a black scarf around my neck just in case it gets too cold outside. For the finishing touches, I wore an amethyst stud earrings and the necklace my S.O gave me for our first anniversary. It was a gold ring with our initials engraved on it.

As I go out the door, a cool breeze greeted me. Good thing that I chose to wear a sweater and scarf today. Since the docks is just near my home, I decided to walk to get some exercise and to warm me up as well. As I got near the bench, I smiled as I saw my S.O already there waiting for me but my smile was replaced with a worried look when I saw him looking like he’s troubled or something.

Immediately, I didn't feel good and my palms started to sweat even though the weather’s cold. I walked towards the bench, sat beside him and started to rub his back in circular motions as if to soothe him.

“Love, what wrong? You seem troubled.” I asked.

“Hey baby, nothing’s wrong… Don’t worry.” he said as he held my hand tightly.

By the looks of what I saw a while ago, that’s just not ‘nothing’ at all.

“Love, you know that you can tell me anything, right? You know I’ll listen to you no matter what it is.”

I squeezed his hand for reassurance.

His lips twitched as if trying to smile but it didn’t reach his eyes. This just made me even more nervous and the weather’s condition today just made it worse. He closed his eyes for a good 5 seconds then looked my straight in the eye.

“Do you trust me, baby?” he asked.

“With all my heart.” I replied.

He started to fidget. Now I’m anxious. What the hell is going on?!

“It’s just that... I want to say this to you for a long time already… but…”

“But what?”

“I don’t know how… and I’m afraid you might not fathom what I’ll say to you…”

I was already annoyed at this time but I kept my cool.

“Just tell me, love. I assure you that I’ll do my best to understand whatever you’re going to say to me.”

“Well… how would I put this…” he trailed off.

“Just spill it already.” I cracked.

“Well… here goes…”

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“I’m Batman.”

I stared at him then the next thing I knew, all hell broke loose.