Meet me in the måneskin DamianoxThomas

3.

Thanks to FankYouNeill for motivating me❤️
I am sorry the new chapter took so long but I was really busy. I hope the next weeks aren't that stressful. Enjoy :)

Ahoy was giant. It was bigger than everything the young band performed in until now. Damiano was a little bit shocked by visiting the actual arena where the show was going to take place. The stage was huge and there were so many spotlights around it. Everywhere people were busy cleaning and fixing something, talking and do other important stuff. The air was filled with stress and excitement, with happiness and noise. But especially there was music, wherever D and his band were going to. People singing, rehearsing and playing diverse instruments. This was the thing he liked the most about Eurovision. Music was the language they used at the contest, borders didn't play a role.

Even the rooms for the press conferences, the lounge, bar and dressing rooms for the delegations were giant.
Because of all this excitement and new impressions Damiano almost forgot about how tired he was. The night was horrible. He didn't really sleep instead he just looked at his little baby boy, being too cute for the world.

When måneskin finally arrived at their dressing room to relax for a while, Damiano lay down on the white sofa. At this moment the whole tiredness came down on him. "This is too much for me. I didn't expect everything to be so overwhelming. And it is just 3pm." He said while closing his eyes and taking a deep breath.
"The arena is cool, did you guys have seen the green room? Can't wait to celebrate grand final there." Victoria opened a bottle of sparkling water. She seemed to be the happiest girl ever but D was just annoyed by her excitement right now.

The door opened and Andrea and Chiara entered. Chiara was a gorgeous woman with curly hair and without her as their manager, the band would have been totally lost.
"Guys I know it is a rough day but you know you have a interview with a British journalist right? So just refresh yourself and come over to the pressrooms ok?" Chiara said with a strict voice, didn't accept any protest.
"Yes sir! We will be in time!" Ethan answered.

"Hey D, what's the matter with you today?" Thomas sat down next to him, looking with a sorrowful glance. He were whispering so the others didn't noticed it. "You didn't sleep that much last night, right?"
Damiano opend his eyes quickly, staring at Thomas beautiful eyes. Suddenly he was scared that his crush noticed that he had looked at him the whole night. "How do you know that?" "I woke up a few times and heard that you turned around in bed very often. A sign that you didn't sleep. I wanted to say something to you but to be honest I was too tired and falled asleep again very quickly."

"Everything is extremely exciting and overwhelming. My mind was full of things so I couldn't sleep even if I was very tired. I don't know how to survive the next weeks if I don't get some sleep at night." Damiano couldn't look in Thomas eyes anymore since he had to lie.
"Shhh don't panic. I have an idea to fix it." Thomas stroked D's dark brown hair to calm him down. "Maybe in a few days you are a little bit more used to this situation. And remember, you're not alone right?" But he will never get used to sleep next to his love, Damiano thought.

They were interrupt by Chiara who waved her hand. "C'mon guys. The journalists are waiting for you."
"Thank you Thomas. This helps me a lot." D said while standing up and smiling at his crush. "You're welcome. You can always talk to me, don't forget about it." He took Damianos Hand for a second and squeezed it.

The interview wasn't long and the questions easy, since they had answered them very often in the past few days. Why they were called måneskin, how the knew each other and so on. But also when it wasn't difficult, Damiano couldn't pay full attention on it. His thoughts roamed to the little moment he shared with Thomas. For him this little touch may was meaningless, but for D it was everything but meaningless. He could still feel Thomas warm skin.

"Damiano? Hey D, this was your question!" Ethan tapped him on the shoulder. "Oh really? I am so sorry, what did you asked?" Damiano shaked his head slightly. He had to concentrate and to be professional. "Soon we're done. You will do it."
Thomas whispered. This didn't help at all since Damiano got goosebumps by hearing Thomas voice so close but Damiano had to show some strength now.
"I asked you if you are nervous about singing live on that stage, in front of the biggest audience a TV show can have?"

"Well you know, in Ahoy there are just around 3000 people this year. And even if there were more, this is just a little part of the audience. We already had concerts with so many fans. And since we just see the people in the arena but not the ones sitting in front of their TVs, it is not as nerve-wracking as you think. You have to concentrate on the stage and your performance and try to forget about everything what is happening around you."

Damiano felt bad for lying, since every bandmember knew the truth. Of course things weren't as easy as he claimed them to be. Actually, he was really anxious about the Final, knowing that the number of live fans may was the same as by other events they had in the past but the pressure was just incomparable. Their international successes depended on how the performance was going to be. Also if success wasn't everything like Thomas said, the band wanted to get known by more people to share their music since this was their dream. They wouldn't be sad if they weren't going to win but Eurovision was just a unique chance and a giant springboard for international attention. And therefore he wasn't allowed to fail.

"This is true. And with rehashing you will be more confident." Victoria added and interrupted Damianos thoughts.
The guy nodded. "All right, thank you guys for your time and the interview. I wish you the best of luck in the competition. Have a great time!"
He stood up and leaved.
"Good answer, D!" Ethan smiled and tapped gently on his shoulder, knowing it wasn't the whole truth. "But what the fuck is going on with you? The whole day I see you not concentrate on what we're doing."

"I am just exhausted. I will go to bed early tonight ok?" Damiano mumbled while looking at the floor. "I hope so..." Ethan stood up. "C'mon E. Everyone has good and bad days." said Thomas, hugged Damiano and D wanted everything but Thomas let him go. This moment was the best at the whole day.