Solo en Mis Ojos (Carlando & Lestappen)

Chapter 26

Charles and Max wake up and are able to bask in each other's presence.

"I will get up and make breakfast" Max says only to get drug back down to his previous position. Charles doesn't say anything but instead shoves his face into Max's chest. Max smiles because of his boyfriend's antics. Max looks at the time on his phone and it says 11am which is the time he normally heads out to exercise.

Max tries to get up again this time fighting against the falcon grip that is basically holding him to the bed.

"Charlie let go of me. We need to get our day started although we are a couple we still need to be humans and eat." Max says hearing a dramatic sigh from his boyfriend who releases him.

Max immediately gets up and makes his side of the bed leaving his stubborn boyfriend to sulk. Max doesn't look back and heads downstairs to be met with everything being how they left on the table last night. He quickly takes Charles's dish into the kitchen and washes it. He then starts to make breakfast with a smile on his face.

In Croatia...

Lando is the first one to wake up. He uses the bathroom and sees that Carlos is still sleeping so he decides that he wants to take a jog along the beach. He changes into his workout clothes and is about to take his phone that's on the nightstand when he hears nonstop buzzing coming from the other side of the bed. He watches his feet as if not to wake up Carlos.

Once he is to the object of the noise he looks back at his boyfriend and then quietly snatches the phone and heads towards the bathroom and locks the door.

Lando turns on the screen to see hundreds of texts all in Spanish from 3 different people. There is: Vero, PaPa, and abogado Luís.

Lando feels really bad looking thru his boyfriend's phone but in all honesty he still feels useless even if Carlos has reassured him that he is taking care of it. It just isn't enough...

He presses the name he is curious about the most, Vero.

He reads:

Vero:
No me importa! Si me quieres escuchar a tus padres sobre cómo soy una persona horrible porque tengo tu hijo. Carlos. Escúchame! yo quiero el dinero para el dolor causado por ti. Uy, Tienes un novio ahora? Ah qué mono 😒!

(I don't care! If you want me to listen to your parents about how I am a horrible person because I have your kid. Carlos. Listen to me! I want the money for the pain caused by you. Oh, do you have a boyfriend now? Oh how cute 😒!)

Vero:

Tu hijo tiene 5 años. Te necesita en su vida, Carlos! Por qué me estás ignorando?! Te echo de menos, cariño! 😘

(Your son is 5 years old. He needs you in his life, Carlos! Why are you ignoring me?! I miss you, sweetheart! 😘)

Lando quickly shuts off the phone as he feels the tears already sliding down his cheeks. He knows Carlos didn't cheat on him that's not why he is crying; he is crying because he feels that he is a burden and that he is breaking up a family.

Lando stays in the bathroom silently crying his heart out. He gets startled when he hears the doorknob twist. The door cautiously opens probably because Carlos isn't fully awake at the moment.

Once the door is fully opened he comes face to face with the love of his life. In the few seconds the make eye contact Carlos expression changes from sleepy to confused to concerned. Carlos sees the dried tear streaks on Lando's cheeks. He slowly walks over to Lando who is sitting on the closed toilet lid. Carlos gets on his knees infront of Lando and grabs both of Lando's hands in his.

"What is wrong, cariño? It is too early for anything extremely bad to have had happened." Carlos looks up at Lando expectantly whilst rubbing his thumbs on the back of Lando's hands.

"Do you want to see your son?" Lando says taking Carlos be surprise because of all the things he was expecting Lando to say that was not one of them.

"Huh? What are you saying Lando? Where is this coming from?" Carlos is now more confused than before.

"I feel like I'm a burden in the whole Vero situation Carlos. Now that you found out you have a son... you should be with him Carlos. Make up for all those lost years with him not knowing he had a father." Lando says defeatedly.

Carlos stands up from his before kneeling position and grabs Lando's hand and pulls into a standing hug.

"I don't know what has gotten into you but whatever it is tell it to "Fuck off". And give me Lando back." Carlos says feeling his t-shirt moisten from Lando's new tears.

Carlos still holding his boyfriend Looks at his surroundings and sees his phone place on the vanity counter. He shuffles with Lando attached to him to get it; to see if there is anything that can describe Lando's current mood.

He opens his messages and sees that the one's from his dad and Lawyer Luís haven't been opened but 3rd from the top of the list sits the dread name, Vero.

He presses on Vero's chat and quickly reads the messages while patting Lando's back soothingly.

Carlos feels his emotions switch from nonchalant to angry in the span of 2 sentences. Carlos doesn't even finish reading all of it and instead shuts off his phone and drags his boyfriend to the bed and pushes him to sit on the edge.

Carlos goes then to the wardrobe to change into decent attire.

Lando looks to see his boyfriend's clothes changed and Carlos grabbing his wallet and keys then coming back to him and his hand out for him to take.

"Where are we going?" Lando asks.

"I don't believe we have had breakfast yet?" Carlos says looking down at him smiling.