I think I used about an hour on this. I haven't taken myself time to look over it, so I hope it's good enough. Enjoy!
They were sitting on the couch in silent for something that felt like eternity. Both of them reminiscing back to the days when they were married.
"Good old days." Robin heard Barney say, which made her focus back on today. How depressing her life was. She hadn't really had a bad life with Ted, but it wasn't the life she wanted. Of course she hadn't seen herself getting married with anyone for 20 years ago, but Barney had changed her mind about marriage. When she thought back on the days with him she regretted that they ever gave up. She loved being married to Barney. One day she couldn't forget, was their wedding. Definitely the best day of her life. She remembered every little detail and she'd been so much happier on her first wedding with Barney then she'd been on her second wedding with Ted. She married Ted because she thought he would at least make her happy after all, but she realized what a fool she'd been. She'd taken Tracy's spot. Tracy was and would always be Ted's kids mother and she would always be Ted's "the one." She didn't know if Ted thought of it the same way, but for her, it felt like they were using each other as rebounds.
"What are you thinking of?" They were sitting closer than they did earlier. Barney was holding her left hand stroking it with his thumb and looking her straight into her eyes.
"I...I...I" She was sobbing. Tears formed in her beautiful eyes as she tried to talk.
"I remember you said something about Ellie owning your heart, but there was someone else it was missing." She looked into Barney's sparkling eyes as she was talking. Her heart was beating so fast she almost lost her breath. "And you said you needed that person to make it whole." Barney nodded small tears was visible in the corners of his eyes. "Am I that person, Barney?" Her heart was pounding so fast she wouldn't be surprised if she got a heart attack before he answered. Barney sat there staring at her for a long time and all she wanted for him was to answer her before she exploded.
"Robin." He put his hand on her cheek forcing her to look at him. "That's a stupid question." Robin looked back at him confused. Did he mean someone else? She felt like her whole body was about to break. If he said no it would almost feel like the day they divorced all over again.
"Isn't it obvious?" He said as he noticed her sad expression, but he made her even more confused.
"Robin, I've loved you ever since...I don't even remember. I love you as a friend ever since the day we played laser tag for the first time together. I've loved you as something more ever since the first time we did it," he said with a wink before he continued. "It was complicated the first time we dated, but I never stopped loving you." He looked straight into her eyes making sure she heard everything. "You were the best thing that ever happened to me back then. Our marriage was perfect. You meant more to me than everything in this whole world. When you gave me the out I took it because I thought that's what you wanted and that it probably was for the best, but do you have any idea of how depressed I was?"
Robin was about to interrupt. She hadn't expected such a long answer, but Barney wasn't finished.
"I did as I did the first time we broke up. I went back to banging countable chicks. I was so depressed I even did *a perfect month* and I can't even start to explain how happy I am now that I got one of them pregnant. My worst nightmare turned into being the one thing that stopped me from the mad, sick person I'd become. I had to become a dad. A lonely dad." Robin forced herself to not cry. "I was just expecting a yes or a no."
Barney stroked some of her hair behind her air and looked at her with a passion he only had for her. "The answer is yes, Robin. I was talking about you."
Robin didn't know what to say. Her feelings were so confused. It was only one thing she was sure of. She would rather be with Barney than Ted, but how was she supposed to say this to Ted?
"Agh, I feel like an idiot now. I shouldn't have told you all this. You're with Ted now." He put his hand on his forehead trying to calm himself down.
"No, Barney, thank you for telling me. I just remembered why I actually came here. I need to tell you something too."
"I came to tell you that when I married Ted I did it because I was so lonely and depressed. I was still hurting after our divorce and thought it would be better to be with him." She stopped to make sure he got it. He nodded, "I was wrong. I wanted to forget about us, but it made me think of you even more. I was thinking of you all the time. Even when I had sex with him I was thinking of you, wishing I was with you." Barney's mouth was wide open.
"What?" This was the first time they'd talked about their feelings with each other for years and this is his reaction.
"You thought of me while you had sex with him?" Barney laughed.
This was not the right time to just start laughing. Why did he even laugh? They had finally started talking serious about their feelings and he ends up laughing in the middle of the conversation.
"What's so funny?"
"I don't know if it's funny, but I just feel a bit relieved."
Robin looked down at their hands, which were intertwined with each other. She loved the feeling of his hands. It felt like they belonged with hers.
"I want to be with you, Barney."
Barney came even closer to her. Taking his hands around her pulling her to him. "And I want to be with you, Robin."
Robin turned to look him straight into his blue sparkly eyes. It felt like a magnet pulling her to him, but it was just her needing to taste his lips again. She pushed their lips together and she felt safer than she had in a long time. She pulled away slowly "What am I gonna tell Ted?" she said almost losing her breath. Barney pulled her closer so their foreheads touched. "We'll think about that later." And then he kissed her like there was no tomorrow. It felt like she'd been away on a long journey for years and now, she was finally home where she belong.