A little boy is stealing hearts across the internet this week, and restoring people’s faith in love with his Valentine’s Day gesture for a fellow classmate.
Anthony Small is making waves on TikTok after his mom posted a video of the 5-year-old boy dressed up in a tuxedo, delivering flowers to his Valentine.
In the now-viral clip, which has now been viewed over 56 million times, Anthony walks up a set of snowy steps in his Sunday best, holding a bouquet of flowers in one hand, a rainbow stuffed unicorn in the other, and a box of chocolates to seal the deal.
“Hi, may I please see Lyla?” He asks as a man answers the door.
@shelbysmall1♬ original sound – Shelby Small
As Lyla makes her way to the door, Anthony patiently waits in the snow, excited to see his crush.
While Anthony’s mom filmed the exchange outside, Lyla’s mom filmed it inside. The look on both kids’ faces is enough to make anyone’s day.
“I got really nervous,” Anthony later told Good Morning America.
“He actually went to go take his tux off multiple times,” his mom Shelby added.
Anthony and Lyla are classmates who sometimes sit on the bus together.
A Budding Romance
All of that bus-riding led to some sneaky plans and big dreams for these 5-year-olds. According to their bus monitor, the kindergarteners were talking about “escaping their houses to meet up with each other” after bed.
I think it’s safe to say, the affection goes both ways.
While shopping at Dollar General with his mom, Anthony saw a box of chocolates and asked if he could buy them for his valentine.
After learning of his plan, Anthony’s sister informed him he couldn’t give a girl a box of chocolates without a stuffed animal to accompany it.
A few days later, Anthony learned that you give flowers on Valentine’s Day, and had to have those to go with his gifts for Lyla.
Along with his flowers, Anthony wrote Lyla a note that read: “You look like an angel and are perfect like one too.”
Anthony and all of his charm are swooning people all over with over two hundred thousand people flocking to the comments.
“She’s never gonna settle for less after getting this from a young age,” one commenter wrote.
“When he stepped back out after giving her the flowers I cried,” wrote another. “What a gentleman.”
“And that’s how I met your mother,” one user wrote, a nod to the popular TV show.
