Me and the sturniolo triplets.

the crazy joke and the intimacy

Matteo came back a couple of hours after that with some food and we ate together.

"So..." Matt said. "You're fucking my brother?"

Matteo choked with his food and went red like a tomato.

"Matt!" I called his attention mad. "The fuck?"

"I'm just sayin'" Matt continued. "Take care of him, I want him walking normally alright?"

"Oh my god Mathew!" I said again. "Too much" My face was red as well.

Matteo was still recovering.

"Are you ok?" I asked him worried.

He nodded and swallowed.

"Never say some shit like that Matt" he struggled to say.

Matt just laughed and kept eating.

"You're crazy," I said to Matt and continued my meal.

Chris was laughing too.

"You guys are idiots, the day y'all bring a girlfriend I'm gonna say the same shit," I said mad

"No but seriously," Matt said after finishing our food. "I'm glad you guys are together" he smiled.

"Thanks" Matteo whispered.

I smiled at Matt and looked at Chris, he was in his own little world thinking about who knows what.

When he realized I was looking at him he snapped out of it and said "Yeah me too, I am too" having no idea what we were talking about.

After lunch, Matt and Chris left with the excuse of them needing more clothes, clearly a lie, and I found Matteo sitting on the couch.

"Hi" I whispered as I approached him.

He slightly spread his legs and I stood between them.

I ran my fingers through his hair and his hands moved to caress my legs.

"Hey... about what Matt said... I don't-" he started saying, but I interrupted him.

"No" I whispered. "You don't have to explain anything, there's no rush, seriously, don't worry" I cupped his face making him look at me and his eyes watered. "Baby, no, it's ok" I sat on his lap.

"I'm sorry" he whispered, almost inaudible.

"Don't be" I said. "We'll figure it out later, it's seriously not a big deal" I kissed him gently and hugged him.

"It's just... I don't want to let you down" he whispered. "If you want to um... do that with someone else I'll let you"

"What are you saying?" I asked as I pulled away from the hug and looked him in the eyes again. "That will not be happening"

His expressions relaxed and he smiled as he closed his eyes and rested his head on my chest.

"I... I love you, Nick"

I was a little in shock.

Most people wait to say that.

Like... for real, wait.

"Me too" I paused. "I love you too" I whispered and hugged him tighter.

"Should I tell Matt and Chris that they can come back?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" he asked confused. "I thought they needed clothes"

"Baby, have you seen their closet? they got enough clothes, they just thought we needed some... privacy, so they left with that excuse" I explained.

"Oh..." he said kinda sad "So they think we're having sex?" he said worried.

"I guess" I shrugged.

He let out a heavy sigh.

"See" he mumbled.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"We are supposed to be having sex" he said almost mad at himself.

"Stop. We're not supposed to do anything, it's our time"

"But what if there is no time" he said worried.

"Matteo" I made him look at me. "Intimacy is more than just sex," I said. "There are a ton of things we can do that we feel comfortable doing that still count as intimacy and that will be good for us, seriously, don't worry" I hugged him again.

"Fuck" he whispered. "You're so amazing" he wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Can I do this?" I asked approaching my mouth to his neck.

"Mhm" he nodded.

I kissed his neck and explored his back with my hands, trying to show him the intimacy that I had said before.

"D'you wanna go to our room?" I whispered. "No pressure, I promise, just some minutes for us" I smiled.

He just nodded, he was blushing really hard.

"I just gave you a hickey by the way" I said as I followed him upstairs.

I heard him chuckle and look back at me.

He stopped before entering the room and he turned around.

"Please," He whispered. "Don't expect much, I mean, I wanna do everything but I'm not sure how to" he started talking anxiously.

"Hey, look at me," I grabbed him by his chin. "I have no expectations, all I want is for us to be comfortable, so no anxiety, no over-thinking, none of it, just relax and go with it" I took his hand and dragged him inside the room, closing the door behind me.