A/N: Yay for The Beatles! XD Hehe. As per usual, please R&R! Thanks to all you wonderful peeps who have done so in the chapters before. :3 :3 :3 Happy happy! :)

I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles

Rating: K

Word Count: 333

It was a nice enough movie. It was pleasant and unassuming but it wasn't enough to distract from your inescapable presence beside me: the broad strength of your shoulders, the warm, husky tone of your laughter, and the brush of your fingers as we share a big tub of buttered popcorn.

The movie ends and we leave, bumping into each other as we shuffled out of the theater. Your hand lightly squeezes my wrist for a second to anchor me by your side lest I am swept away with the crowd. I can feel the rough pads of your fingertips on my pulse even after you've let go of me.

The weather outside, as you walk me home, is chilly. I shiver a bit from the autumn breeze and you silently drape your scarf around my neck, winding it securely until I can no longer feel the wind creeping up my neck, just the trail of heat your soft touch left behind.

We walk side-by-side, not touching but not avoiding each other either. We talk and laugh, none of the awkwardness I was expecting. Your hands swoop up and down as you talk and when they are not moving about excitedly, your hands are at your side, twitching a bit from the cold.

I reach over and take your hand in mine and you pause for a second in mid-sentence, surprised. Your hand is large and masculine, the complete opposite of my much smaller one. Your fingers are surprisingly long and slender but I can feel the power behind them, honed from years of playing basketball. For a split-second, you don't know what to do, speechless and tense, but then you relax and you reciprocate by weaving our fingers together and rubbing my hand with your thumb. We both smile at each other, silent understanding flowing between our intertwined digits.

We hold hands all throughout the remaining trip to my house like it's the most natural thing in the world.

And it is.

… And when I touch you I feel happy inside,

It's such a feeling that my love, I can't hide…