His Tesoro (MxM)

Chapter 98

Stefano

"I can't believe I knew you as a kid and I didn't remember you, not until I saw that picture of you and Luke" Matteo muttered with his fingers playing with my hair, I looked up at him and I just shrugged, I mean I could understand him not recognizing me, it's been a long time, but I should have recognized him sooner

Nothing really changed about him, except for the small scruffle of beards scattered on his face "it's been almost 16 years Teo, even I didn't remember you, and I was much older than you back then" I said looking into his eyes, he smiled and chuckled a little bit, I know it was still a lot to take in, him turning out to be my highschool crush, even I still can't believe it, if I had never shown him that drawing of him, then neither of us would have ever known about knowing each other before now.
"You know..." I started, facing Matteo, while he played with my hair "I always had this strong thought that you some how reminded me of the blonde kid I used to like in highschool" I told him truthfully.

Looking at his facial features, his face, his hair, the color of his eyes, the only thing that changed in Matteo was his innocence, he didn't look like the innocent ten year old I had met then in highschool
"When I fell in love with you after I saw you with Spade for the first time, I kept telling myself that it only happened because you reminded me of my first crush, who would have known, that you were actually him" I said softly.

"You said you changed your name"? He asked causing me to look at him quizzically "one time you told me you changed your name when you left" he stated, and I just nodded, I remember telling him I had changed my name when I ran away from home, one because I didn't want my father finding me, and two because I didn't want my past to follow me around "what was your name before"? He asked and I sighed out.

"Originally, my name was Christian Stefano Winston, but then..." He cut me off smiling, I know he was about to make a snarky remark about my name.

"Your name was Christian"? He asked and I just rolled my eyes at him

"Not my fault baby, my father is American, my mom was the Italian in our family, she gave me my middle name" I told him, and he nodded slowly, stroking my cheek "so when I left, I just picked up my middle name and completely lost my first and last name" I explained to him

"You know... I looked for you" he stated causing me to frown and he just smiled and nodded "yes Stef, I looked for you in the crowd at school, the bleachers during practice, even every morning when I came to school, but I only saw Luke" he muttered out, placing his free hand on top of mine, I intertwined our fingers together

"You noticed"? I asked and he just shrugged

"It's hard not to when all you do everytime you're close to me is stare at me, at a point I found it weird and somewhat stalkerish, but I didn't really have a choice" he chuckled lightly, I placed his hand close to my lips and gave it a kiss "you made it so obvious, I couldn't even ignore it if I wanted to" he said causing me to roll my eyes at him.

"I was a fourteen year old teenager, that was having feelings for the first time, you can't blame me if I was infatuated by you" I deadpanned and he just smiled "but why were you always alone"? I asked and his features shifted, his eyes grew sad and I stroked the back of his hand reassuringly

He let out a deep sigh, I know it had something to do with Spade "that was around the time my mother died and my.. Michael put Spade in jail" he forced out, I know having his life flipped up side down would take a while to get used to "he had to change my school, because our former school... Spade had a lot of friends, people that would ask questions, if Spade disappeared and I was still in school"

"That's fucked up" I whispered and he just shrugged as if it was nothing, before he resumed with playing with my hair "why didn't you ever tell anyone, friends, teacher"? I asked and he just cocked his brows at me