I made a mistake :(

Update: Unfortunately the shelter did not give me any preference on adoption and approved the application ahead of mine. While I do understand, I am heartbroken. My partner is too. It's the first time in our 8 years together that I've seen him tear up. We brought home our new litter of fosters, but I can't help but just feel a hole in my heart and I'm not sure how to handle it.

Original Post: I took all my foster babies back to the shelter yesterday. Bittersweet since they were my first bottle babies. There was one that my partner and I felt particularly bonded with, but we thought it was maybe because of the bottle feeding. Well we are at the next day and both realized that we were still stuck in this little guy. He fits into our little cat family perfectly and we want to adopt him. Since the shelter was closed, we submitted an after hours adoption form to the cat cafe they placed him in. The cafe told us 1 person put in an application only 25 minutes before us. I am planning to stop at the shelter to see if there is any way they could consider me, as his foster mom, for adoption, but I don't know if that will be enough. I'm emotional and scared that he won't be coming back home with me. Anyone else have this happen? I feel sick to my stomach at the thought of losing him.