>>METANOIA<<

>>a transformative change of heart<<

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they finally arrived at their flat. home sweet home.

along the taxi drive, ringo ignored his phone's constant buzzing and john pretended to be asleep just to lay on his shoulder.

"hey," ringo lightly tapped the end of his pointy nose, making him crinkle it. "we're home, johnny."

he slowly opened his eyes. "home?" he said groggily, like a child who's been woken up from a deep sleep.

ringo paid the taxi driver while john got out of the car, stumbling a bit. ringo fished out the house key out of his pocket.

because of john's "drunkeness", his foot nudged against ringo's. he would've crushed him (let's be honest here, ringo's a shrimp compared to john) if it weren't for his hands splayed on the wall as a support for his weight.

john's eyesight may be pretty crap but he could still see the blush on ringo's face. and he suddenly had this unexplainable urge to just kiss the shit out of him. maybe it was the alcohol, or the fact that john really, really wanted to kiss him for a long time now. but there was this fact that john was ballsy and grabbed every possibility.

like the fact that he was leaning in right now---

"j-john?" ringo squeaked, eyes widening in realization.

in his panic, ringo's hand shot up to cover john's mouth.

emotions flashed in john's eyes so quick ringo only saw it as a blur. like pictures played on speed, they dissapeared as quickly as they came.

then the taller took a hold of his hand and kissed that instead.

"i love you," he murmured quietly, lips moving against ringo's knuckles as if he wanted the words to imprint themselves on his skin.

"john," ringo stuttered. "w-what.."

john looked at him and in that very momeny ringo knew he wasn't drunk when he said those three words. because that is john right now, not a drunk, jealousy-fueled guy. he was speaking the truth.

and ringo probably wanted to speak truth as well.

"love you too," ringo gave him a warm smile. "now let's go cuddle, yeah?"

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i think i sort of owe you guys this fluffy romanticesque chapter after stressing you guys on the previous :3

hows the story so far? remember: feedback! feedback! FEEDBACK!!

also: CONTEST!!!

Reenact the most cringey romantic scene and replace the characters in it with your Beatle OTP and the best one (and by best i mean, the most hilarious one) GET'S TO BE PAUL'S GIRLFRIEND

Yes, girlfriend.

YES, PAUL IS GOING TO APPEAR IN THE STORY.

It'll happen a little later on but we still have a lot of drama coming in and I have to give Macca crucial timing for this shit