React and Interact

Pair: Double Dee and Sarah (romance)

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"OOOOHH! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!"

"Sarah, please! I've apologized 10 times in the past half hour, and that's no exaggeration! It was an honest mistake."

Sarah huffed and scowled at her boyfriend of three years. They had just arrived home from what was meant to be their anniversary dinner and she was, to say the least, displeased. "I don't care what kind of mistake it was! You had me waiting at that restaurant for 40 minutes, Double Dee!"

"Well, I certainly would have come sooner, but the establishment has a strictly formal dress code and I had to come home to change…"

"You would have been there sooner if you actually remembered that dinner was tonight!" Sarah screeched. "You stood me up so you could write a damn paper!"

The flustered young man tried one final argument. "Well… graduate work is very important and if I don't get something published…"

"ARGH!" Sarah threw her arms up in frustration and stomped off to their bedroom, slamming the door behind her.

Edd sighed and waited a minute before approaching the door. "Sarah?" He called, knocking quietly.

There was no reply, but he could imagine her glaring scorch marks into the door. "Sarah, please… you really do have my deepest, sincerest, most heartfelt apologies. I would do anything to right this mistake I've made, but may I remind you of something?" No answer came to the contrary, so he continued speaking. "You… you told me you love me, if you remember. And that means all of me. Even the parts of myself that get far too enthralled with academia and are late to dinner. And… I have told you that I love you, as well. Which means all of you. Even the parts that shout so loudly that the neighbors call the police,"

Double Dee paused and sighed. "And it means that absolutely nothing will take your place in my life. No amount of school work could ever make me want to stay away from you. But it also means you have to forgive me from time to time…"

Having spoken his piece, he stood outside the door for a full minute without receiving a response. Drooping visibly, Edd turned away just as the wooden barrier swung open. Sarah stood there, devoid of makeup and jewelry, still wearing her dress, and frowning. "I hate it when you get all preachy… and sweet." She ended with a half-smile.

The 23-year-old brightened and turned back to her, revealing a large, slightly gapped smile. "C'mon. The bed's too cold without you, Silly." Sarah told him, briefly throwing back to a name she'd called him when they were so much younger.

Edd found he wanted nothing more than to comply.

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Author's Note: So much muuuuuuuuush! But Edd seems like the type to give RomCom speeches, doesn't he?