Say "I Love You" and mean it

........and he said it right back.

this is like a really huge deal. which i realise now.

last night we were walking by the river. we stopped to kiss for a long long time but we didn’t say anything. we kept walking and we were still silent. i said to him “are we just going to walk and kiss in silence?” and he said i dunno. and i just said “ok well we can stand in silence if you want to”. so he goes well you know thw way i hate saying meaningful stuff in texts….well… um (i was kissing him all the while)...well hows this…o god…wait i need to concentrate…” i just said “um don’t say anything you don’t mean or feel like” and continued to kiss him. he whispered in my ear, “i think i’m falling in love with you”
i said that i was too. like it was amazig but i was kinda supprised or i dunno why he didn’t just say “i love you”. like he’s liked me for 2 and a half years and now we’re going out and he has me so….