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What does it mean 8years later still wanting one another? how would it be to have one another in each others arms after so long, even our first time?

8 years ago I was absolutely in love with this guy and we were very young and immature so he always acted like he didn’t like me and would tell his friends he didn’t like me. He used to be cold since almost everyone found out I was in love with him and they would make up things and tell him all the time. But anytime we would be placed in the same room, cafeteria, hallways, (anywhere), He would ALWAYS stare at me so intensely and even want to get closer so I’d notice him to the point that I was start blushing and one day he even told his own friend that liked me to that I was his and to back off. During the summer I moved to a different city 40 mins away and my best friend that still lived in the city would tell me how anytime she spoke about me in front of him, he immediately would stop everything and listen. One day my best friend told me he had a girlfriend and I was heartbroken but kept my head up. But then all my other close friends would see him always deeply invested and noisy listening in any conversations that related to me. Everyone including his friends started calling me “the girl that got away” or “the one that got away”. Until eventually she called me yelling saying they broke up because his girlfriend found photos of me either saved or screenshotted on his phone everywhere. He didn’t care about it at all. Anytime I would drive down to visit my best friend, I discreetly pretended I didn’t see him sitting in his car staring right at me. He’s been single ever since. Now 8 years later, we’ve finally followed one another, he liked my stories and I started liking his stories too in return and even wished him a happy birthday. When it was my birthday he text me saying happy birthday and how pretty I looked. I completely melted and took that opportunity to have a sincere conversation with him. I told him he’s handsome too and then he said he’s glad I think so and to send him my number so we can hang out. We’ve been texting ever since and it feels unreal :)
What does it mean 8years later still wanting one another? how would it be to have one another in each others arms after so long, even our first time?
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