It was spring break for Marco, he was glad to have a break from school. This was an important week for Marco. He has passed on his friends going to the beach so he could come home and see Jean. Last week had been his spring break, he was taking classes at the local community college, and he had his second knee surgery. Not only that, Jean had decided he was ready to tell his parents about his new choice of college major, and about his relationship with Marco.
Marco remembered their zoom call a few weeks ago.
"I just don't think I can do this by myself" he said. "I'm terrified"
"Jean this is a very big moment in your life I would be surprised if you weren't."
"I hate that you're missing your beach trip" Jean said.
"Jean it's not like I had any money on it, a friend of mine's parents own the house so as long as I put in the beer money they'll be fine. Plus they know you are important to me"
"Do they know about us?"
"Not really, but I think some might suspect" Marco said with a slight laugh. "So maybe it won't be a huge shock when you transfer here in the fall."
It was early in the morning as Marco left his house and headed towards Jean's.
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Jean was exhausted. He was still on some of the stronger pain medications for night time, but they made him super groggy in the morning. He was grateful that he didn't have to go to class at all this week as he recovered. He was hoping his knee was fully repaired, having surgery sucked. He couldn't sleep on his side either, he didn't like sleeping on his back.
He looked at his phone and saw it was 8:03am. His parents gone at work, he rolled over and went back to sleep.
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Marco smiled as he pulled out the spare key the Kirschtein's had given him. Letting himself into Jean's house.
He kicked off his shoes, and made his way upstairs, hoping Jean was still asleep. Jean's cat led the way.
Marco quietly opened Jean's door, a small bit of sunlight peaking in through the curtains. Jean was snuggled up in his bed.
He tip-toed over and slowly lifted the covers, sliding into bed next to Jean.
Jean's eyes fluttered open. Turning his head to look and see Marco smiling at him.
"Hi there" he said softly.
"Hi" Marco leaned over a kissed him on the nose.
"I'm glad you're here, I wasn't expecting you so early though, but I can't complain"
Jean opened his arms and allowed for Marco to lay his head on his chest.
Marco dozed back off to the soft thumping of Jean's heart.
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Jean was tense. He wasn't trying not to show the tension on his face. Was trying to eat, but his stomach felt nervous.
"Jean, sweetheart are you ok? You have barely touched your dinner" his mom asked.
"Yeah, just you know how some of these meds can be"
"So Erwin you guys in the home stretch for school?" Jean's dad asked.
Erwin took a sip of his wine, "yeah pretty much, the last of this is us getting ready for EOCs and AP exams. But my countdown started the first day of school"
