May twenty second, 2020

Shawn's point of view

My beautiful and amazing girlfriend of five months, Y/n Y/l/n and I, just went public with our relationship today. I smiled at my girlfriend as she sat next to me and cuddled herself into my side. She's so effortlessly beautiful. She never has to wear makeup - she thinks she does, but she doesn't - to take my breath away. She rested her head on my chest, and I placed my arm around her shoulders before kissing the top of her head.

"I love you bunny." I said. I started calling her that nickname the month before, on her birthday. Whenever she gets excited, she starts hopping around like a bunny, so I couldn't help the nickname. She looked up at me with that damn smile that I'm pretty sure could cure everything bad in the world.

"I love you too angel." She said. She had recently started to call me that, said that I'm her angel because I have a good heart and I make her happy. I smiled at her words and kissed the side of her head a few times.

"I want to show you off, my love. Would you mind if I posted some pictures and videos on my Instagram story of you and I? I'll show it to you before I post it." I asked. Y/n is an incredible woman, and I'm extremely proud to be her boyfriend. I love showing her off to the world. She smiled at me.

"That's fine babe." She said. I smiled and grabbed my phone. Some of mine and Y/n's friends and family had been posting pictures and videos they had of us. Sylvie, someone on my team, had posted a picture of me staring lovingly at Y/n while she ate ramen noodles.

"Find yourself someone who looks at you like @ShawnMendes does when @yourusername is eating ramen noodles, AND find yourself someone who loves ramen noodles like @yourusername does, because she loves ramen noodles A LOT!" Sylvie captioned it. I showed it to Y/n, who instantly grabbed her phone and went to the post. Sylvie had limited the comments, probably because she knew that some people would be mean.

"I may love ramen noodles with every single fiber in my body, but I love Shawn more than I love ramen noodles and anything red velvet, combined." Y/n commented. I responded to her comment.

"Holy crap!!! That's a lot!!!" I commented. Brian, one of my best friends, also responded.

"Oh my gosh Shawn, you know how much she loves ramen noodles and red velvet, and she loves you more? Get married ASAP bro." Brian commented, and I liked the comment right away. Y/n responded to the comments again.

"One of my bff's, Liz, when I first told her about meeting Shawn, and that I knew right away that he's the one that I'm going to marry someday, she was like 'Y/n, it's SHAWN MENDES, you're not going to marry him.' so I said 'Let me tell my story!' and then I told her that we took the picture, and Shawn was like 'Can you text that to me?' and I said, 'But then I would have your number.' and he said 'Yeah, but I trust that you won't give it out.' and Liz said 'Y/n, it's SHAWN MENDES! He didn't ask for your number!' and I yelled at her again and look at Shawn and I now!!!" Y/n commented.

"Liz has known you since you were in the womb. Doesn't she know that if you were lying, your lips would've twitch?" I commented.

"FACTS." Y/n wrote.

"How do you know Y/n's tell?" Brian wrote.

"I asked her if she liked those three remixes I released in 2018, and her lips wouldn't stop twitching when she said yes LOL. She couldn't lie if her life depended on it." I wrote.

"*Y/n has left the comments forever*" Y/n commented. I laughed and liked the comment before turning to my girl and kissing her forehead.

"All right my sweet girl. I'm going to post stuff about you on my Instagram story now." I said. Y/n smiled and scooted closer to me.

"Can I lean on you while you do this?" She asked. I nodded and opened up my arms for her to come into. She immediately nestled herself into my side and put her head on my chest. I couldn't help but notice that she fits perfectly into me. I kissed the top of her head and then began to go through the photos and videos that I have of her on my phone so I could post them.

The first thing that I posted on my Instagram story was our first picture together. Of course the date popped up "AUG 16, 2019" and then I wrote at top "Our first pic together!!! So proud to show you off baby!!!"

"You're so cute." Y/n said as she watched this. I laughed and then posted it on my Instagram story. The next thing I posted was a selfie of Y/n and I on our second date. We were sitting on a bench, sipping our iced coffees while she leaned her body into mine, my arm around her shoulders. The date, once again popped up: "AUG 17, 2019".

Due to the fact that I was on tour when we first met, we didn't get to see each other a lot. The next time we saw each other, that wasn't over FaceTime, was when I flew to Massachusetts in December to ask her to my girlfriend. Her mom took a picture of us later that day. My arms were around her shoulders, her arms were around my torso, and we were smiling at each other. "DEC 22, 2019" The date read. "My girlfriend and I!!!" I wrote. I had flown back home to Pickering the next day, and then a few days later I flew back to Massachusetts so Y/n and I could kiss on New Years.

I posted a picture on my Instagram story of Y/n and I from New Years Eve, I posted a picture I took of her on Valentine's Day, I posted a couple of pictures of us from when she in Toronto with me in March for spring break. I posted a picture of us at the park on her birthday. We were standing near a mini man made waterfall.

"APR 11, 2020" The date read. "When it's your girl's twenty-first birthday, and she wants to go to the park, you go to the park! Take her wherever she wants!" I wrote. Y/n giggled when she read it.

"You said you would take me anywhere I wanted." She reminded me. I nodded as I rubbed her shoulders.

"That's right, and I loved going to the park with you darling." I said. Y/n's smile widened, causing butterflies in my stomach.

"Good, that makes me happy." She said. I smiled and kissed the side of her head. The day after her birthday, we went to the President John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. I took a picture of her smiling next a picture of Jackie Kennedy.

"APR 12, 2020" The date said. "My queen, with her queen!" I wrote. The next thing I posted on my Instagram story was a video. I had picked Y/n up from her college on the following Monday, and I knew how she was going to react when she saw me, so I had videotaped it. Y/n had a huge smile on her face as she speed walked, and then ran a bit to me in the parking lot before giving me a big hug. You could hear me laughing and talking in the background.

"Hi baby! Hello my college girl! You're so cute! Hi bunny!" I said as she enveloped me in a big hug.

"Hi! You picked me up today!" She said.

"Of course I did." I said.

"Can I put my backpack in the backseat please?" She asked, and then the video ended.

"APR 13, 2020" The date said. "This is Y/n's reaction every time I pick her up from school or work and it's the most wholesome thing you'll ever see." I wrote.

"Would you mind if, when you're done posting about me, if I posted stuff on my Instagram story about you? I want to show you off baby, I'm very proud that you're my man." Y/n asked me. I smiled at her, gave her a kiss, and shrugged my shoulders.

"That's fine with me sweetheart. I love you." I said.

"I love you too." She said. I posted on my Instagram story, a selfie that her and I had taken a day ago at the park.

"MAY 21, 2020" The date read. "Park days with my wonderful girl! I'll love you forever @yourusername." I wrote.

"I'll love you forever too. Do you mind if I post stuff about you now?" Y/n asked me when she saw what I had just posted. I shook my head.

"That's fine baby." I said.

"I know you already posted our first picture together, but I want to post it too. Do you think it would be okay if I posted a picture that you already posted?" She asked. I nodded.

"Yeah, that's fine Y/n." I said. She smiled, grabbed her phone, and went to Instagram. She still had her body up against mine. She posted our first picture together on her Instagram story.

"AUG 16, 2020" The date read. "The day I met my love!" Y/n wrote.

She then posted a little video she had taken on our second date. She had taken a video of the view around us, the river and the pathway, before aiming her phone at me. I just smiled a huge smile at her and then opened my arms up and waved for her to come closer.

"Come here." I said to her in the video.

"AUG 17, 2019" The date read. "Second date with this hunk." She wrote and then put a couple of heart eye emojis. The next thing she posted was from the day we started dating. She has a couple of small posters of me at the end of her bed, so she took a picture of me smiling near them. Y/n would take a picture or video of me on Snapchat, but not post it on her story, she would just post it into certain groups, where she knew those friends wouldn't tell anyone about us.

"DEC 22, 2019" The date read. "Same, but different." Y/n wrote as the Snapchat caption. The next picture she posted was of me driving her to her first day back to school on our one month anniversary. She had been so beyond nervous because she had taken a semester off to focus on her health. The picture of me driving was one that she had posted to certain groups on Snapchat.

"JAN 22, 2020" The date read. "He really flew in for our one month anniversary and then said that he wants to drive me to my first day back to school because he knows how nervous I am. I'm one lucky girl!!" She wrote. The next picture wasn't from Snapchat, it was just a regular picture that Y/n had taken. I was wearing a gray suit, and Y/n was wearing a beautiful red dress. We had taken a picture in the bathroom mirror of our hotel room.

"FEB 14, 2020" The date read. Y/n put a couple of heart emojis on the picture. The next video was of me ordering Y/n's coffee in the Dunkin Donuts drive through.

"Hi, can I get a medium iced coffee, French vanilla swirl, regular, with a hot cup please?" I asked.

"FEB 15, 2020" The date read. "He memorized my coffee order, even the hot cup. We're basically husband and wife now." Y/n put as the Snapchat caption. The next video that Y/n posted on her Instagram story was from the first time that she was at my place in Toronto. She had gotten me a couple of presents and she gave them to me right away when she got to my place. One of them was a sorting hat, which I was wearing, and I was trying to figure out the little Harry Potter themed box that Y/n had given me.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Open up the top, and then turn that thing on the side." Y/n said. I did as told with a confused look on my face, but as soon as the Harry Potter theme song started playing, my whole face lit up with excitement as I let out a little yell.

"Ah! Oh my gosh! Thank you so much baby!" I said as Y/n laughed. I gave her a hug and then went back to playing with the music box.

"You're welcome honey." She said.

"Wow, this is so cool." I said as I kept playing with the music box.

"MAR 13, 2020" The date read. "My happy boy!!!" Y/n wrote.

The next picture she posted was one that my friend Jon had taken of her and I at the club. She was wearing a black, lace, slightly see through tank top and black skinny jeans. I was wearing black skinny jeans, a black shirt, a denim jacket, and black boots. My arm was around Y/n's waist as her head rested on my chest, her hand resting on my clothed abs, I had put my chin on top of her head, and we smiled at the camera.

"MAR 17, 2020" The date read. "Imagine thinking we didn't have the time of our lives that night." Y/n wrote. I grabbed my phone, shared the story onto mine and wrote on it.

"Imagine thinking I was able to keep my hands off of my girl at all that night. Sheesh, she's GORGEOUS!" I wrote. Y/n laughed and blushed when I showed it to her, and then she went back to posting on her story. The next picture she posted was from the same night, we had taken it in the mirror of my dresser when we got back to my place. I was holding Y/n bridal style, our smiles huge, we were still in the clothes that we had worn to the club.

"MAR 17, 2020" The date read. "I love this pic so much!" Y/n wrote. She had made it her profile picture almost right after she had made her first post about us. The next picture that Y/n posted on her Instagram story was one that she had taken on Snapchat. It was a picture of me sitting at the table that's on my balcony. I was holding a packet of papers, it was Y/n's homework. She had been struggling to understand it, so I looked at it to see if I could help.

"MAR 18, 2020" The date read. "I've been struggling with my homework so look who came to help me!!! My man is the sweetest!!!" Y/n had written as her Snapchat caption. The next picture was of just me, it was from Y/n's birthday. We had gone to Barnes and Noble, and Y/n showed me the Harry Potter section, and I had a huge smile on my face as I looked at the wands.

"APR 11, 2020" The date read. "Shawn brought me to the bookstore on my birthday and I asked if he wanted to see the Harry Potter section and he said that it was my day, but I could tell that he wanted to see it, so I said 'Let's go see the Harry Potter section.' and then just brought him to it, and look at the happiness on his face!" Y/n wrote.

"You're so cute baby." I said to Y/n. She smiled and kissed my chin. The next picture she posted was from that same day. I had taken her to dinner that night at a restaurant by the lake. She was wearing a red jumpsuit, her gorgeous hair was curled, and I was wearing black dress pants, a white button down shirt, and a black suit jacket. My arm was around her waist, her hand was on my chest, and the view of the beautiful lake was behind us.

"APR 11, 2020" The date read. "Winner, winner, LAKESIDE dinner." Y/n wrote. I chuckled when I saw what she had written. Y/n turned around and looked at me with a smile.

"Get it? Instead of winner winner chicken dinner, I wrote lakeside dinner. It's clever, right?" Y/n asked as I smiled at her and nodded.

"It's very clever babe. Give me a kiss." I said. She gave me a kiss and then turned around and sat back down so she could post more. The next picture Y/n posted was a selfie that I had taken of her and I the day after her birthday. The front of the President John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Y/n's favorite museum, was behind us.

"APR 12, 2020" The date read. "Favorite day at my favorite place with my favorite person." Y/n wrote. The next picture was of me smiling at Y/n while I stood in front of a President Kennedy quote that was on the wall at the museum.

"All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin." The quote said.

"APR 12, 2020" The date read. Y/n put an American flag emoji on the picture. The next picture she posted on her Instagram story was of her and I cuddling while smiling at the camera. My back was against her chest, and her arms were around my chest. My hands were placed on the sides of her legs, our faces resting together, and we smiled at the camera.

"APR 13, 2020" The date read. "Cuddles with my whole heart. I love you so much Shawny baby." Y/n wrote. I kissed the side of her head.

"I love you too baby girl." I said. The next video that Y/n posted was from the day after she got to my place this month. She told me that she loved the band Dream Street growing up, so when I started to sing and dance along to their song Sugar Rush, her favorite song, she was pretty happy. She recorded a clip of me and sent it in the groups on Snapchat.

"MAY 18, 2020" The date read. "My bf/favorite singer is singing my favorite song from my favorite childhood boyband. IS THIS REAL?!" Y/n wrote as the Snapchat caption. Y/n turned around and looked at me.

"Can I take a little video of you waving or something and that can be that last post in this spam?" Y/n asked. I nodded.

"Of course." I said. She got her phone and then aimed it at me.

"Okay, go." She said when she started recording. I smiled and waved at her phone.

"Bye guys! That was the end of our love spam, Y/n and I will show each other off again some other time! We love you guys!" I said before blowing a kiss to Y/n's phone. She smiled and stopped recording.

"Perfect." She said and then posted it to her Instagram story. She turned to me, put her chin on my chest, and smiled at me. I took my index finger and brushed some stray hair out of her face. When my skin touched hers, I noticed that her eyes fluttered shut and she had a content smile on her face. I began to massage the back of her head, and her smile grew.

"I love you bunny. Happy five month anniversary." I said.

"I love you too angel. Happy five month anniversary." She said. I'm so happy that Y/n and I made those posts and showed each other off to the world.