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

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He looks at his phone like he just saw a ghost flying out of it.

"Am I already dreaming? Is this real?"
He asks himself.

Turns out he is not dreaming because in a dream the call wouldn't have ended only seconds before he's about to pick up, but it did. He knows who this is, he knows exactly who just called him, he can feel it.

"SHIT" he shouts angry, throwing his pillow at the wall. He just missed her, he missed his chance. Or maybe not?

He gets another phone call, the same unknown number, the same feeling in his chest but this time he doesn't hesitate and instantly answers the call.

It's quiet. Nobody is talking and neither is one of them planning to. Damiano is just laying on his bed and enjoying the silence, it's a comfortable silence, he feels safe.

But Luna isn't enjoying this silence. It makes her believe she did something wrong and Damiano never wants to talk or see her ever again. She never should have written that letter. It was way too early they only know each other for a couple of days it was stupid.

A tear rolls down her cheek and small sobs escape her mouth. She tries to stay as silent as possible because she doesn't want Damiano to hear her cry but she fails.

"shhhhhh don't cry everything is okay" he comforts her but hearing his voice makes her cry even more.

"Please don't cry that little stupid smile you always put on when you see me walking into your coffee shop suits you way more and I would love to see that again" Damiano whispers in his phone smiling like an idiot.

Luna chuckles through her tears.
"You will get to see it again whenever you decide to come back to annoy me"

"Oh I will come back, I definitely will" Damiano answers "also I'm sorry for not showing up today and making you wait but I was out of the city for work the whole day and only came back like 20 minutes ago" he explains

"don't be sorry it is totally my fault I interpreted this whole situation wrong but I have to say sorry for this dumb letter I wrote" Luna sighs

"I don't know what you're talking about" Damiano decides to mess around with her

Luna gets nervous. "oh I guess you didn't receive it then but I wrote you like a little short note asking if you are okay, nothing special just stupid thoughts" she tries to claim but Damiano who obviously saw the letter just starts laughing.

"Why are you laughing," Luna asks confused

Damiano takes a deep breath before starts talking:
"You know it's not that I didn't get a letter, I got one but it wasn't stupid at all. I think it's the most cutest letter someone ever wrote me and I will keep it forever."

There's the silence again but this time Luna enjoys it too. They both stare at their phone smiling.

"Thank you for caring for me" Damiano interrupts the silence

"Thank you for not thinking I'm weird and hating me forever" Luna chuckles

"I could never think you're weird or hate you although you're normally mean to me" Damiano declares and they both start laughing

"This one letter doesn't change anything you're still scary and I hate you" Luna smiles

"We both know that you don't" the boy replies.

Luna knows that what he's saying is true, he doesn't hate him, he wants to hug him and look him deep in the eyes but she can't say her wishes out loud. She's too shy and scared to do it and quickly changes the topic.

"anyways do you want to tell me about your day since you said it was pretty hard," the girl asks

"well I had a shooting and the shooting itself wasn't hard but the streets were crowded and the drive was horrible and long" Damiano responds

"I'm sorry because of that but what kind of shooting did you have?" Luna wants to know

"one with a lot of puppies" Damiano smirks

"puppies?! omg I've always wanted one" Luna shouts excited

"yeah me too.  You know somewhere in the future I really want to have a wife, kids, a little puppy, and a beautiful house somewhere at the sea. I want to teach my kids how to ride a bike and play the guitar. I want to sing them to sleep and read them stories while they are sleeping next to our dog. I still hope to be in the band tho and continue exploring the world with my best friends and make the music I love but my family will be exploring the world with me." Damiano lets out a sigh

No response.
Luna did fall asleep to the sound of Damiano's voice still on the call.

Damiano lays down and puts the blanket over his body. He puts the phone on his nightstand next to him.

"I don't know what you're doing to me but I never want it to stop."
Damiano says to the sleeping Luna before falling asleep too.

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