I Still Need You

Chapter 14

Daniels POV

"Joey?"

There he sat in one of the bar stools. He looked so precious. My little baby boy with hope in his eyes staring me up and down.

I stood there blankly taking him all in.

I missed him.

I was so caught up with seeing Joey that we were already outside of the bar.

Only me and him.

I finally came back to my senses and hugged him tightly. I finally felt Joey in my arms again.

I missed his touch.

He hugged back as tightly as possible and started to sob into my chest. We stayed there for a little while in complete silence only with the sounds of Joey's sobs.

I finally broke the silence.

"Let's go back to mine. We need to talk." I said staring at him when he released himself from the hug.

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We were finally back home and I insisted on Joey changing into any comfy clothes that he wanted. I was sitting on the couch waiting for Joey to come back downstairs. I heard his little footsteps coming down and I stayed in awe with what he was wearing.

A really big sweater with only his boxers on.

I missed him wearing my clothes.

He sat down right in front of me with his legs crossed. I gave him a little smirk and he smiled back until his smile faded into a frown. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion because I didn't know what made him upset. I stared at him until I noticed something.

His glossy eyes.

'Is he going to cry?' I asked myself. Before I could answer Joey jumped up into my lap and wrapped his legs around my waist and started crying hysterically into my shoulder.

"Shh baby it's okay." I reassured him while rubbing his back.

"N-No it's n-not Daniel. I-I'm really s-sorry I did t-this to you." He said in between sobs.

I continued rubbing his back until he finally calmed down and he had his face on the crook of my neck. I swayed us a little because I knew that Joey thought of it as relaxing whenever he breaks down.

He started leaving little kisses on my neck when I swayed us.

"T-Thank you." He whispered but loud enough that I could still here it.

"No problem baby." I told him.

"Why do you still call me baby when I broke your heart?" He said removing his face from my neck.

"Because as the note said 3 months ago I will never change anything about you even if you never take me back I'll never stop calling you baby because you're my baby." I said hugging him again.

"D-Danny please forgive me. I'm miserable without you. I know I fucked up but I learned from my mistake and that mistake was losing you and I never want to lose you again. Please take me back! Please! I need you! I love you!" Joey said staring straight into my eyes.

I stayed silent for a moment before I finally said what I always wanted to say.

"No."