Do I have to know who you are? / Måneskin / Damiano David

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"Damiano! Wake up, wake up we're gonna be late! Damiano come on boy, we really have to leave right now! DAMIANO"

Damiano wakes up because of an angry Victoria who's none stop knocking on his door and shouting. He torments himself out of his bed. He feels numb. His eyes are red and puffy and he probably has the worse headache ever.
He opens the door and looks at Victoria already dressed for the day and ready to go.

"Omg Damiano are you okay? You look horrible what happened?" Victoria is speechless and doesn't know what to do. She feels guilty for waking him up while he is in such a bad condition. A tear rolls down her cheek and she falls into his chest and gives him a big hug. It hurts her to see him like this.

They're standing between the door, Victoria is just crying into Damiano's chest and Damiano is comforting her.
After some minutes the still clueless Thomas comes wanting to beat their asses up because they really have to leave:

"Guys please hurry the fuck up, what is taking you both so long we literally- " he stops as soon as he sees the scene they're in right now.

"omg I'm so sorry Damiano and also Victoria are you both okay," Thomas asks worriedly

Victoria looks up from Damiano's chest and into Thomas eyes. Her eye makeup is ruined and now all over her face and Damianos chest.

"I'm okay but Damiano is not," she says rubbing her hands through her eyes ruining her makeup even more. After realizing what she just did she quickly goes into her room to remove it and trying to do it again in the time she has left. This leaves the two boys alone in the hallway of the hotel. Damiano, who still hasn't really processed what just happened, and a worried Thomas, who doesn't know how to act in situations like this.
Luckily Ethan joins them to check why they're taking so long since their uber just arrived.

"Hey uhm Thomas what you're doing here on the floor I thought you wanted to check on Victoria and Damiano and talking about Victoria where is she and btw our uber just arrived," Ethan says still not noticing the situation they're in right now.

"Oh yeah Victoria and I are ready she just needed to fresh up her makeup but I guess we have to go without Damiano today or cancel everything," Thomas says, escapes the situation, and goes straight into Victoria's room without explaining anything.

Ethan only realizes now how bad Damiano's condition really is. He leans against the door frame, too tired to stand by himself, massive dark eye bags and red puffy eyes.

"It's because of her isn't it?" Ethan sighs

"I don't know what to do this girl drives me crazy and I don't know why. I never felt the way I feel for her and the thought of it seeing her destroys me" Damiano starts crying. He normally never cries and if he does, he does it alone. Ethan gives him a huge hug and Damiano really needed this.

"You know you don't have to join us today. We can go without you or just cancel and postpone everything and spent the day all together here playing some games or I don't know. But if there's one thing I really want to tell you then it is that I don't want you to destroy yourself because of her. You can never know and after our time here when we go back home you don't know if you will ever see her again. Of course, it's possible but you'll never know. Don't forget what you loved doing before you met her- music, music is your life and music will stay as well as Victoria, Thomas and me. We are your family and it hurts our souls seeing you like this." Ethan comforts Damiano

Damiano starts thinking. He knows he's been doing this way too much for the last few days but this time it's important. He can't let the other down for Luna. Yes, she is special but the others are his family and he can't disappoint them.

"give me 20 minutes and I'm ready" Damiano lets go of the hug enters his room and closes the door. That was something Ethan didn't expect. He was 100% sure he's gonna stay here and go to the coffee shop again.

"Hey, Ethan?" Victoria suddenly asks.
She did her make-up again and looks stunning as always.

"so Thomas and I are ready and we're already late are you and Damiano coming or is he staying here," Victoria asks carefully

"No, he said he needs 20 minutes and then he's ready. How about you and Thomas already drive forward and Damiano and I come later?" Ethan suggests

"Yeah that's a good idea we can do it like that and I don't know what you said to Damiano but thank you so much your words are worth gold" Victoria answers giving Ethan a goodbye hug and leaving with Thomas.

Inside if the hotel room Ethan is waiting you can find an overwhelmed Damiano. He doesn't know what to do and how to get ready. He takes a quick shower and puts on some clothes.
Nothing special since he's not in the Ewood for it just some black pants, his belt, one of those white tops he often wears, white shoes, and a dark red hoodie. He grabs his phone and takes one last glance into the mirror.

He can't go out like that not with these eyes and that's the reason why he puts on his large black mirrored sunglasses.

He opens the door and looks at Ethan who is sitting on the floor across from his door.

"I'm ready to go," Damiano says acting like nothing happened.

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