Behind the Time - Herophine

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HERO

After half an hour talking about everything we went through after the new year, the last time we really talked, Jô was already leaning against me, I was stroking her hair, and she was stroking my arm, which was wrapped around her.
"This is so good..."
"Uhmmm."
"When do you go back to London?"
"Tomorrow..."
"But already?" She pulls away looking at me.
"Uhum... I have a friend's birthday, I promised her I would..."
Jô changes her expression... I know what she was thinking...
"She's just a friend..."
"Who knows... You don't even remember the number of girls who..."
I give her a quick kiss on the mouth to stop talking, that mouth that attracts mine so easily. She stares at me laughing when I walk away, rolls her eyes, which makes me smile again.
"Stop shutting me up with kisses!"
"I learned from the best!"
It was our moment, just us, alone. For me, it was her... Only her!
"And now? What are we going to do?" She stares at me.
"You always ask me that... What do you want to do?"
"I'm afraid to say what I want, you agree and then we need to split up again and it will be all difficult again."
"I wanted to take you to the hotel I'm staying with, stay with you all night, before I go back to London."
"And then what? It will be just like last year, you there, me here, until someday you come and visit us..."
"Or you can go there..."
"Which is almost impossible..."
"But one day it might happen..." She smiles after I say this.
"Okay, I won't be begging you to agree to go with me..."
"Don't you see, it's going to be hard to deal with this later..."
"I know! But... We will stop doing something, for fear of what will happen next, Jô?! Tomorrow the world could change, there could be a zombie apocalypse and we won't have spent an entire night having sex and having fun together."
"Hero..." She smiles. "I think..."
"Okay, sorry... I agree with you. The rest of the conscience that I have left, agrees with you, Jô..."
She holds my face. And she kisses me, over and over again.
"You always agree with me! And... I'm dying to be with you again... It's just... It was so hard to understand that this wasn't exist anymore, and then, when I accept that, you show up and mess it up again."
"Sorry for existing!" We laughed again. "But I agree, Jô... And you have that guy there too..."
"Hero, I don't have anyone! He's a really nice person, I like talking to him, we have a lot in common, he's funny and we hang out sometimes. Only that! We don't date."
"He seems very special, just from what you say..." Dude! How can she let someone into her life like that?!
"Hey! I don't feel 3% for him than I feel for you."
Those words make me shiver, my smile starts to show and she smiles too, which ends up killing me.
"I unfortunately can't forget you like this, Hero... Not as easy as you can forget me!"
"What? Are you crazy? And when did I get it?!"
"When you fucked all these girls!"
"It feels like I've fucked the whole London when you say it!"
"And you still want to talk about the only boy I had sex with."
"Did you guys have sex?" I already imagined she had sex with the guy, but saying it out loud made it more real.
"Does Let forget this? I don't ask you about the thousand girls you stayed with, and you don't ask about Henry."
"Oh, we have the guy's name then!"
"Hey, if you remembered the number of girls who you had sex with, maybe we would have their names too!"
I didn't know if we were fighting or if it was a joke, because we laughed in the middle of each line, but when we felt the tension building again, there was silence and we could only face each other. Gradually our side smile was appearing and we approached again.
"You are silly!"
"I am silly for a blonde who turned everything upside down."
I pull her closer and she hugs me.
"What do we do..."
I shrug and we hold our foreheads together for a long moment, it's funny how something simple like being in a park in the afternoon with someone feels so good, we forget who we were, our busy life, fame, everything, and just enjoy that moment, in an empty park, now without the running child and desperate mother behind him.

We bought ice cream from a older man that passed us, our kisses turned sweet and cold, we couldn't stop smiling and staring at each other, it felt like we were shooting a movie to watch later when we were away again. After all, I'm leaving for my country tomorrow already.
"Oh no!"
"What Jô?"
"Your ice cream!"
"What is the problem with my ice cream?"
"A fly fell on its, Hero! Did not see?"
"Where?"
I was stupid, the moment I looked at the place she was pointing to my ice cream she pushed the cone in my face, my nose was cold and chocolatey.
"No! You didn't do it!" Her mouth made a big "O" and I laughed. She gets up to run as soon as I make a move to grab her ice cream, still with my nose all dirty. We run through the park holding the ice creams, I manage to hold her easily, my legs are much bigger than hers, I hold her in a hug and I take the opportunity to hear her laugh and see her face.
We calmed down, our ice creams were melted, there was only liquid in the cone. Jô gets up on her tiptoes, puts her arms over my shoulders, I pull her closer and she kisses me, smearing my ice cream on her nose, but we didn't care, I loved being there with her, I love her:
"Love you."
Her blue eyes stare at me wide, then she smiles and I'm relieved.
"I love you Hero."
We kissed again, this time more intensely. The cones were already turned upside down and the melted ice cream was running.

I left my girl at the uber, watched the car go away, until it turned the corner of the hotel. Jô had accompanied me to the door, which wasn't that far from the park we were in. I know I promised not to insist that she come up with me, but I invited her again, she didn't want to, and deeeep, deep down, I think it was the best choice, after all, I'm leaving tomorrow, with no date to return. One more time without seeing us... Yeah, it would be really hard to deal with what we wouldn't have anymore. Anyway, it was nice to come here, see the cast, spend these little moments with her again, being able to feel her with me again. We promised to talk more, tell us the news.

I go into the room all tidy and untouched, I had ordered a pizza at the reception and it was almost there to arrive. I take a quick shower and pack my things to come back tomorrow. I look at my cell phone and have a message from Jô, which makes my heart race and the smile appear.

"Have a good trip Hero, and a good night."

Entitled to emojis sending kisses, winking and stars. She's so beautiful, I write back to her and hear a knock at the door. My pizza has arrived! I open the door and a pizza box appears at the height of my face, covering the supposed deliveryman's face with the strange voice.
"Did you order a pizza?"
I soon realized...
"No!! You didn't do thaaat!"
Jô was there, I took the box from her hands, her eyes brighter than I had ever seen them.
"I came! Imagine if tomorrow a zombie apocalypse started and I didn't enjoy my last night with you!"
She jumps on me, hugs me with her legs, almost making me drop the pizza I was holding in one hand. We go into the bedroom, I close the door with my foot, leave the pizza on one small table in the room and kiss my girl with all the desire I was to be with her again.