summary: robbe has been wallowing on his couch for the last year because his boyfriend had moved out of europe for art. zoe, and her wonderful roommate senses, came up with a little surprise. or the long distance surprise no one asked for.

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“I think my favorite thing when our faces are very close, but not touching. Just almost.”

Sander who is lying down raises himself on one elbow.

“You prefer almost kissing me to kissing me?” he asked, and Robbe could see on his face that he was ready to get offended. But he (Robbe) kept his cool.

“Yes,” he confirmed. “You know why?”

“Why?”

“Because that moment always means that we kissed and/or we’re about to kiss again.”

“Okay...” Sander doesn’t seemed convinced yet, but Robbe remains very calm as he continues.

“It’s the best kind of in-between. The high from before, and/or the promise of more. I want to live in that in-between forever. That space and time.”

He kept help but chew a little on his lower lip just thinking about it, sat cross-legged on his bed in the early fall evening.

“Okay...” Sander says again before suddenly sitting all the way up and getting all up in Robbe’s space, faces almost touching. Just hovering a little slightly above him. “Like that?” he asks in a whisper.

“Yeah...” Robbe whispers back, and he knows his breath touched Sander’s face, and his skin is very close, and his eyes are very dark, and his lips are very red.

And they let the moment last and last, savoring the possibilities it opened, relishing the tension, working to keep the rising giddiness under control, suddenly aware of the rise and fall of their chest, the warmth from their bodies, the tingle of their skin at the very idea of

Sander can't spend the whole day with Robbe on their anniversary, but he still figures out a way to make him fall in love with him all over again.

I made sure you’re not gonna miss me too much before we can finally see each other tonight. I wrote you 12 notes with 12 things I love about you to celebrate us being together for 12 months and they are scattered all over your apartment.

Your quest begins now!

PS: Did I mention that I love you yet?

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Friday, 15:47

Song: Lauv - I Like Me Better

“You can still change your mind.”

Jens raises his brows. “Are you trying to talk me out of it?”

Lucas tugs him closer by the shoulders, shaking his head as he rolls his eyes. “Why would I do that?”

- all the photos and drawings they’ll have of each other around the place, some pinned to their fridge, some on their bedroom wall, some on their bathroom mirror, two or three on portraits because those were too important to let time and sun let them fade so they bought nice frames and put those pictures there, some still lying on the drawer on their bedside table because they’re still unsure of where they want to hang them, some still left on the camera roll waiting for when sander has the time to develop them

- sander’s art adorning each and every room because when they rented the place the landlord agreed on letting them paint the rooms however they pleased as long as they painted the walls back to white when they moved out, so sander adds a little bit to every room as time goes on, sometimes being extremely inspired and not leaving a single inch of the wall without his art, other times just adding little words and drawings here and there because something happened and he never wants to forget it so he paints it on their walls, and sometimes sander asking robbe to draw and paint with him and them making fun of robbe’s art because he’s definitely not an artist but he deserves some rights for effort

- robbe’s guitar laying around on their small living room, next to sander’s record player and his countless records, and right next to it there’s a notebook where robbe keeps track of all the songs he’s learned how to play and the ones he still wants to learn, and also some very personal lyrics he dares to write sometimes when he’s feeling especially in love with sander

- robbe’s skateboard never being in its rightful place and it always pissing sander off to no end because it always makes him trip and he just knows that one of these days he’s going to end up with a broken arm if robbe doesn’t learn how to put it away when he gets home and if it ever gets to that robbe will be getting none for 3 months (they both know it’s a lie but it’s enough of threat to make robbe put his skateboard on their room, behind the door, where it belongs, whenever he gets home from that day on)

- their kitchen having an adorable plethora of mismatched utensils, plates, cups and glasses and it always making them smile when they’re having breakfast and sander’s having coffee in his black mug and robbe’s having coffee in his white unicorn one, a gift from aaron when they first moved in together and threw a party to celebrate their milestone

- and of course all the videos they have of them there:

them visiting the place for the first time, when it was still empty and they had just gotten the keys - it was at the end of the afternoon and the sun was starting to set when robbe finally got his camera out saying that moment needed to be recorded and sander had this beautiful and gentle, sweet and extremely soft smile on his face when he looked at robbe through the camera and the golden light that filtered through the windows made him look ethereal when he said “this is our first home, baby” and robbe almost cried at his words because home, not house, not apartment, home. because that was the truth, even though they were standing in the middle of an empty place it was still home. wherever they were together was home. and that’s probably one of robbe’s favourite videos and memories ever

when they were moving in and the boys and the girls were all there helping them - yasmina, zoë and jana trying to set up the place nicely, amber trying to get aaron to stop lazying around and actually help, moyo and jens pretending they were hating all the heavy lifting they were doing but not being able to hide their proud smiles at their friends taking such a big step in their relationship, luca pretending she was setting things up at their living room but she was just laying on the couch taking a nap because she was tired, senne and milan taking a water break at the kitchen and sander carrying a box to their room, moving his eyebrows up and down in a funny way to get robbe to laugh because of course he would be dirty minded about this

all the countless parties and drinks and all of them having fun while being drunk out of their asses and all the morning after videos that robbe took of everyone sleeping on their couch, floor and spare bedroom, saying it would be enough to convince them to never drink that much ever again and it never happening, them doing it over and over again because they’re young and they want to enjoy life

omg i love questions this!! thank you<3

ok so first i feel like aaron and jens would definitely want to create their own company about a random idea they would have had and think they are geniuses and they are going to revolutionize the world

yasmina will definitely do long biology studies and she will end up working in a prestigious lab

luca would be a great animator or she will be perfect to work in the event industry with her good vibes and sunshine energy

i really see zoe going to law school and she would be the greatest lawyer

ok so i had no idea for amber so i asked my friends and they told me that she would be a great interior designer.. at first she would just daydream about her and aaron’s dream house and she will end up doing something and really enjoy it

i feel like jana is going to come back to antwerp and she will open a cute café/bar where you can chill/meet with people during the day and party at night!!

moyo is going to be a dance teacher for sure!! maybe even for kids/teenagers.. look how good he is with his brother🥺

i know absolutely nothing about what you can do after studying visual arts, but sander will most likely start with a photographer job and after he will found another art job maybe in a art gallery and will end up art gallery director? the only thing i’m sure is that sander will do and test many different jobs during his life

for robbe it’s really hard to choose tbh.. at first i would have said that he will end up studying biology and become a biology teacher/professor bc he seems to really like kids and he is patient enough to teach but now i want him to be a filmmaker or director!! whatever jobs he will end up doing i am convinced he will be amazing at it😌

britt is definitely gonna work for a media company maybe a fashion magazine?