Pulling under the fluorescent lights of the underground parking garage of the airport. Pulling the car right up against the curb, he parked the car as you knew that this was goodbye. Unbuckling yourself, he did the same before he held your hand tighter. Catching your attention, he lifted your conjoined hands up to his perfect lips, his eyes kept contact with yours as the lingering kiss told more than words ever could.

“I love you” You whispered, the tightening in your chest became hard to ignore.

“I love you too, so so so much” Zelo whispered taking in the moment.

After a moment or two, the two of you parted hands and stepped out of your car. Closing the doors to your car, the valet grabbed the suitcases from the trunk that he had packed in the trunk while you were getting ready for the day. Standing on the edge of the curb, the members huddled by the door as Zelo got called over. Trotting up to the group, they began to laugh and fill one another in with the travel plans as you stood on the edge of the curb. Shifting your weight from one foot to the other, you clasped your hands and began to spin the promise ring around your finger once more.

After a few minutes, Zelo glanced over his shoulder to see you standing there all alone while tears dropped on the toes of your shoes. Turning around, he carefully approached you as his arms wrapped around you and pulled you back into his chest. Feeling tears sting his eyes, he heard all of the guys grab their bags as he just held you tighter.

“I’ll come back as soon as I can.” Zelo whispered as you just nodded knowing that you couldn’t speak in this moment. “I love you so much, my beautiful girl.”

More tears began to fall as you couldn’t help but hold him closer. Tightening his arms around you for one last time he kissed the crown of your head before he placed his hands over yours and slowly pulled you away from him.

“This is just temporary” He whispered as you watched him walk away from you slowly. Turning around and then trotting to catch up with the group, restraining from balling, the restraint was now broken as you leaned back against your car and just allowed your eyes to release all of the tears that you had been keeping in for the past couple of days.

The group of guys slowly left your view as you slowly snapped back into reality with a few delayed blinks. Turning around, you rounded the hood of your car before your hand slipped around the door handle and pulled the door open. Sliding behind the wheel, you slid the key into the ignition as the engine. The engine purred as you pulled the seat belt over yourself. Shifting the car into gear, you pulled out into traffic and slowly exited the airport. Rolling your finger over the volume button, the music softly floated throughout the cab.

Leaning your arm against the top of the door interior, the cool glass pressed against your skin as you rested your head against your closed fist. Mindlessly driving down the highway, tears dripped from your eyes and carved their wet path down your cheeks.

Eventually pulling into an emptied parking space at your place, darkness began overtaking the sunlight as dusk fell upon you while you exited your car. Grabbing your purse, you lifted the strap onto your shoulder as you closed the door of your car and locked it while heading inside.

The jingling of your keys echoed into the emptied home as you pushed open the front door. Peering into the dark interior, you couldn’t help but think that just this morning the two of you were laughing between these walls and within twenty-four hours the two of you wouldn’t be in the same country. More tears slipped from your eyes as you closed the front door behind you. Placing your purse and keys on the counter top, you embraced the ghostly feeling within your home as you shuffled to your bedroom. Kicking off your shoes, you dressed down into comfy yoga pants, rifling through possible options for a shirt, you stumbled upon one of his t shirts with the sleeves cut off creating a tank top. Slipping that over your head, you allowed the fabric to fall over your torso as the cologne of Zelo washed over you.

Dropping your head, you cleaned up your scattered clothes from the days in an attempt to keep you busy in order to keep your mind off of missing him. Hours passed as you had cleaned the whole apartment. Settling down on the couch, you allowed a Netflix series to play as you laid on the couch with a blanket, that he gifted to you, tucked underneath your chin while the rest laid carefully over your body.

Pulling out your phone after a few episodes, darkness crept over every inch of your apartment. Touching your phone, light pushed away from the darkness as a picture of Zelo remained on your lock and home screen. Opening up the gallery of pictures on your phone, you couldn’t help but thumb through your favorites of him and you. Tears slowly trailed down your dried cheeks as your hand rested on your stomach.

“I should have told you before you left…” You whispered to yourself as you grasped the fabric of his shirt over your stomach. “Zelo… you’re gonna be a daddy…”

Hearing those words spill from your lips, you lips trembled as your tears cascaded down your cheeks. Tears accompanied you that night as you drifted to sleep into a lonely and empty sleep.