#tobjizzle

He held your gloved hand in his as you walked out to the car. Opening your car door for you was the norm for him of course. Always a gentleman, always so respectful and thinking of you in every aspect. He held your hand as he drove, rubbing circles into the top of it and pointing out all the Christmas decorations you passed. He knows you love seeing the colorful lights and giant Christmas tree adorned in gold ornaments and tinsel sitting in the roundabout near the church. 

He walked your face light up as you neared the church. The bright glow of the warm lights wrapped around the Nativity scene outside a beacon for church goers. 

Opening your door again, you took his hand as you two walked up the giant steps into the beautiful church building. You’ve been to mass with him a couple times but this was different. 

The vibe was so lively, there were families with young children, older couples, younger couples all with smiles on their faces as they took their seats in the pews. 

Tobi led you to his usual spot, the beginning of the pew near the middle of the rows. “Here love.” He said handing you a paper with hymnals and the pew bible. You took it in your hands and read over the words, trying to get the rhythm.

As mass began, Tobi took his hand in yours and squeezed it gently exchanging a look filled with love and warmth. He was so happy that you were here with him, in the house of God and on the eve of Jesus’ birthday. 

During the service, you listened deeply, you sang with the hymns that were sung, and enjoyed listening to the Nativity story. Tobi glanced at you every now and then, watching you as you sang or just watched. 

“What?” You asked smiling at him. “Nothing, you’re just beautiful.” You felt yourself blush as his kind words. 

“Thank you.” He continued. 

“For what?”

“For being here.” You wrapped your arm around his, snuggling closer as you listened to the priest continue their sermon. 

Once mass concluded, you walked out to the garden where many others walked down the illuminated path that was decorated with lights and festive decorations leading to a much larger Nativity scene. 

You two walked around the scene, talking about the service or admiring all the decorations before you decided to finally go home. 

The ride home was silent. Not an awkward silence but a comfortable silence as you both processed the service and decompressed from the night out.

Once you arrived home, you both changed into the Christmas couple pjs that you bought and sat on the couch. The room was illuminated by the color Christmas tree and the fireplace which was burning bright. 

He pulled you onto his lap, wrapping his arms around you. “I love you so much.” He said placing a soft kiss on your cheek.

“I love you too.” You replied back, this time pecking his lips.

And that’s where the night ended, you and Tobi in each other’s embrace on this winter night surrounded by the warmth of the fireplace and each other. 

"So, what've you been up to?" He asked, leaning back into the booth as you sipped your drink. "Not much, though I'm going on month long solo backpacking trip to Australia in two weeks," you replied calmly.

His eyes widened slightly. "Oh wow... a month? You never mentioned that." He added, trying not to show the disappointment that he wouldn't see you for that long in his voice. "Mhm," you hummed in response, "I guess it just slipped my mind, I booked it all ages ago."

The two of you spent the remainder of the night talking. The boys would often complain about how when Tobi and you were both at the function no one else could get a word in edge ways, though you didn't bat an eyelid at their words.

After that night the amount you and Tobi texted, called and visited each other's apartments increased dramatically, though it wasn't something ether of you did on purpose. You saw him every other day and you were beginning to notice the growing tension between you two.

You'd never looked at him as a possible boyfriend candidate but suddenly you were seeing him in a completely different light, though you were too nervous to say anything.

A week before you left for Australia it finally happened... you were sat on your couch with Tobi next to you in your apartment, watching a random movie after you'd just shared a large dominos pizza.

You'd slowly been moving closer together throughout the last half an hour, you were now so close that you could feel his warmth through your hoodie. His gaze was on you, you could feel it and when you looked up at him and stared into his deep brown eyes you knew you were absolutely fucked.

The kiss felt so natural... so right, like you weren't kissing your best friend but someone you'd been with for years. When you eventually pulled away, now straddling his lap as his hands sat on your hips the both of you laughed, a slightly relieved and happy laugh that broke any tension that still lingered in the room.

For the next five days you barely left each other's arms. It was like everything now made sense. You'd finally found your person and he'd been right in front of your eyes for years.

When it eventually came time for you to leave he drove you to the airport and squeezed you so hard you thought your eyes might've popped out of your head. "I'm gonna miss you so fucking much," he mumbled into your hair.

Once you pulled back you kissed him, a long sweet kiss, a goodbye. "We'll text every day and call at three in the morning," you reminded him lightheartedly. You knew the completely different time zones were going to be frustrating but it was a month, only a month.

Even though you'd officially been together for under a week it felt like forever and leaving during the start of a relationship, which was always so exciting, was hard.

The first week of your trip was okay, texting him seemed to be filling the Tobi shaped hole in your life and you were keeping yourself super busy but you missed him, bad.

You had one of the best trips of your life, saw so many things, had the greatest experiences, ate some amazing food, met new people and loved every moment though by the time it was time to go home you were ecstatic.

When you got off the plane and spotted your boyfriend standing across the airport with a big bouquet of red roses in his hands you ran, actually ran, towards him. He scooped you up in his arms and you both let out a deep sigh of relief.

"Miss me?" You asked teasingly, your arms looped around his neck as you looked up at him. He chuckled. "More than you'll ever know."