Bound by freckles (Sebastian Sallow x Garreth Weasley x f!MC modern AU)

11th Chapter - Understanding

Sebastian explained to Garreth who Anne was and why she was in hospital. This time he was much calmer than on the roof of our therapy.

"And I'll come with you to your family tomorrow, Caelie. As who I am to you. But I'll leave that to you to explain," he said softly, "Your parents didn't seem to believe that this morning anyway. The room smelled too much like sex for that and I think your dad had seen the cummed shirt too.", he laughed.

"This should be super fun.", I laughed slightly embarrassed, "But I think we need to walk over. We still have to take a shower." "Why don't you do that here? I've got some women's shampoo and body wash too." "Is this from one of your sluts you nailed here?" "No, it's from Anne. She was well enough for a short while over Easter to come here with me. And even though she has lost her hair, she likes to continue using shampoo." "Oh, sorry." "It's all right, the slut thing wasn't unrealistic," he said with a laugh, reaching for his phone.

Suddenly he held it up and grinned broadly into the front camera. "Smile!"

He had taken a picture of us and looked at it proudly before getting up to hand us towels.

"How do you manage to keep your home so tidy?" asked Garreth as he stood up too.

"Whenever I'm sad, I start cleaning. Then the place is clean and I'm still sad. Must not be enough to clean, or I'm sad too often," he said, scratching his head in shame.

"You can carry on at our place if it makes you feel better," Garreth interjected with a laugh. "I know you didn't mean it, but it's a great idea. Oh, I can think of something else, too," he said, walking into the hallway. "Here, my spare key." he said, handing the key to Garreth, "It's a locking system. The key goes upstairs and downstairs."

Sebastian showed us to the bathroom, with a large, ground-level shower that three of us could fit into without any problem.

"You really are quite a poser," Garreth laughed. "Yeah, but it was there before. That's actually a coincidence. Only this rainforest shower I put in.", Sebastian replied almost a little proudly, "Look.", he said and pushed the shower, which suddenly lit up.

"You really wanted to brag," I said laughing. "I had to make my mark somehow. It was all entirely my lack of self-worth. That goes for the showing off as well as my whoring around. I had no one. I was lonely. So the recognition was good. Whether it was for my big dick or my flat. If I had a driver's licence, I'd surely have a fat show-off car like that. I'm a terrible person sometimes." "Oh, don't say that. In the time we've known each other, you've never bragged. You also preferred hanging out with us in our mini flat instead of showing us this palace right away," Garreth interjected as he soaped himself up.

"Well, I had to grow up sometime. And besides, I like your place. It's alive. It has a character. You can tell people live in it." "No, we're just too lazy to clean." "No, I don't mean the untidiness at all. But also your decor, all the little decorative elements. I think it's lovely."

"Why don't you decorate your flat a bit more, then?" "I don't know what with. I don't want the mementos of my parents standing out in the open, and I haven't had anyone else to make nice memories with in the last few years." "I just get depressed listening to you," Garreth said a little sheepishly.

"I promised you full honesty. It's not my fault my life is such a mess." he said laughing, eh the smile disappeared from his face again, "I hope things are finally starting to get better. I can't take more antidepressants."

"I'm sure it will get better. At least you have people to talk to now. Who you can trust," I said and gave him a kiss.

"And with whom you can make wonderful memories," Garreth added and gave Sebastian a kiss as well.