"You have a visitor."

Sodapop entered my room and approached me and I had a feeling it was someone important, so I stood up and went into the living room where I would see none other than Johnny standing there in plain sight.

"Johnny!" I cried out as I leapt forward and wrapped him in probably the most crushing hug I’ve ever given. He visibly winced, but did his best to reciprocate it. I could feel my throat closing up and my eyes watering, but I never loosened my grip on him. "God, man, I thought I’d lost you... I thought I’d lost you..." I stood there repeating those same words in incoherent mutters, and the moment never stopped being intense. The world around me slowly closed in on only what was happening between us at that moment, and for a while there the only thing that mattered was me and Johnny. Johnny and me.

"You didn’t. I’m here, Pony." he said, and another waterfall of tears came as I heard him say my name. I never thought I’d hear the sound of his voice again, but now he was here. He was here.

"Wanna know why I was so afraid to lose you?" I sniffed. "Wanna know why? Because I’d never get to do this," Johnny didn’t have time to respond before I pressed my lips against his. It was over in less than a second but I pressed my forehead against his so we’d never stop being close. I kept repeating my words in a panic and I could feel my hands becoming unstable as I kept kissing him over and over. I wanted to feel him like it was the last time I could feel him. I whispered in between kisses—"don’t leave me again, don’t scare me like that."