Desire Me

25-Miscommunication

"Enzo, please I can't take it anymore." I groan out. "Turn it off, please!"

Enzo chuckles, "but you said I could do what I want tonight."

"Please," I plead, "I can't take it anymore."

Enzo chuckles again from where I'm hiding behind his arm, "ok sweetheart."

He switches off the horrific horror film he coached me into watching before lifting me out from behind his shirt.

"Come on out, gorgeous, it's gone now."

Smiling sweetly at my lovely boyfriend, I press a kiss to his cheek.

"Sorry, I don't really like scary films."

"I can tell," he chuckles and attempts to detangle my tightly gripped fingertips from his arm.

"What you want to do then?" He asks, pulling me onto his lap.

Wrapping my arms around his neck, I press my forehead to his and stare into his handsome brown eyes.

"Show me how you feel about me." I whisper, hoping this will be the moment when Enzo shows me how he feels about me, but his answer disappoints me.

"You want me to fuck you, baby?" He asks as my disappointment grows.

"No... not exactly..."

I pause for a moment, staring hopefully at him with desperation that he will realise what I'm searching for.

I know how I feel about Enzo, but after everything that happened with Ben, I'm too scared to put my heart on the line without some insurance first.

"Want to have some fun but no sex?" Enzo asks, his eyes full of confusion.

Sighing in disappointment, I slide off his lap and brace myself for the conversation that has to happen now.

"Enz..."

"Si, amore."

"We have been going out for a few months now..."

"Si?"

"How-how do you feel about me?" I ask, full of nerves and anxiety.

"What do you mean?"

I swallow hard before continuing, "where are we at in this relationship?"

Enzo frowns for a moment which fills my stomach with nausea, "wait, we're in a relationship?"

"What!" I jump up from the sofa, "are you fucking kidding me Enzo, we have spent months sleeping together and you have the nerve to ask if we are in a relationship!"

"Mi amore?" Enzo stands up and holds his hands out to me in something close to a surrender, "I don't understand why you are mad."

"You don't understand?" I shout, feeling my temper skyrocket, "how can you not understand?"

"Because I love you a hell of a lot more than a friend!" Enzo shouts back making me pause from my pacing.

"Wait, wait, wait." I stand in front of him and press my hands to his shoulders, "what?"

"I love you, sweetheart, why would you ask if we were friends?"

I suddenly realise what has happened and I wrap my arms around his waist. I can practically feel the confusion radiating from Enzo.

"I meant, una relazione romantica non un'amicizia."

"Oh..." Enzo's mouth opens and shuts a few times before he shakes his head with a smile. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart. I didn't mean to upset you."

"You love me?" I mumble as I rest my head on his shoulder.

Enzo sighs deeply and tips my head up to look up at him. He bends down and gently kisses my lips until I'm breathless and panting.

"Of course I love you, Lucia, you're my girl."

Grinning up at him, I wrap my legs around him with a little jump and flick my eyes over to his staircase.

"I love you too." I whisper against his ear as he carries me up the stairs and I feel his heart beat faster against my chest.

I am gently placed on Enzo's bed and he hovers over me, stroking a palm down my cheek as his eyes fill with love.

"Show me how much you love me." I whisper in his ear before his lips crash down onto mine.

"Your water, mi amore." Enzo says softly as he hands me a glass of water to soothe my throat, aching from the moans he wrung from my body.

Flopping back down next to, Enzo and I lay on our sides, staring at one another.

"My uni placement here is up in a few weeks and I'm supposed to be going to the south of France for the rest of the year," I say, hating how Enzo's face drops with dejection, "but, I've checked and I can change and stay here... if that's what you want?"

"Whatever you want, Lucia. I will always want you with me, but if you want to go to France, I won't stop you."

"You really love me, don't you?" I say, smiling at him lovingly before snuggling over until our chests are pressed together.

"What gave it away?" Enzo teases as he kisses the end of my nose and then my lips.

"I would die for you, sweetheart." He says abruptly, "I would kill everyone in the world to keep you. I would die for you."

"Why are you telling me this Enz?" I ask resting my head on my arm.

He swallows thickly, "because it's fucking terrifying. I've never felt like this before."

"It's ok to have feelings you don't understand, you know Enz?"

He smiles half a smile and nods his head. He roles over onto his back and throws an arm under his head.

Shifting myself, I lay my head up on his chest and trace patterns on his exposed skin.

"I want you to meet my sister."

Smiling, I look up at him, "yeah?"

"Yes, I want you to meet her. She's going to love you."

"Can we go shopping?"

He throws his head back in a laugh but nods his head, "if you're going shopping with Sophia, you need my card to keep up."