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IT'S NOW OR NEVER - Chapter 3

2 years later

Miles was in the kitchen preparing breakfast. He had woken up very early and he had stayed in bed for almost one hour just looking at Alex with a stupid smile on his face and embarrassing heart-shaped eyes before deciding to get up and do something else. He walked to the kitchen feeling ridiculously happy and he began to prepare something special for breakfast because, after all, it was a special day even if he knew that he was not going to celebrate it properly. The previous year he had decided not to pay too much attention at the fact that one year had passed and he had deliberately avoided to be too enthusiastic about the fact that Alex hadn't run away as he was used to do but, today, he decided that a two years commitment deserved some kind of celebration, even if it would be a silent one and with just one party guest.

Despite he couldn't say that they were into a relationship and that Alex was his boyfriend, they were behaving exactly like that and for him  it was enough to be optimistic about the future and was sure that, sooner or later, Alex would give up his stupid conditions. Things had gone rather smoothly during the past two years; despite some arguments, Alex had been able to keep his promises and love him unconditionally, without any second thought, and they have lived together almost the whole time because Alex had been able to follow him discreetly for almost half of the tour. It had been hard sometimes not to imagine Alex suddenly change his mind and leave him because he had met someone when they were separated, but he had managed to keep his fears under control and he had been able to live his life with Alex in the best way possible.

Alex woke up and sadly noticed that his arms were wrapped around a pillow instead of being wrapped around Miles. Being in bed with him was always the best part of the day; he loved being held into Miles' strong arms, listen to his heartbeat, smell his scent and feel the warmth radiating from his body. And he was a sucker for Miles' cuddles; he loved hearing Miles' voice humming his favorite tunes while the fingers of his beautiful hand were stroking his scalp as well as he loved when Miles was silent and placed dozens of little kisses on the top of his head, breaking the silence only to whisper I love you. He had no more doubts that his place was next to Miles and sometimes he felt guilty for having lost so many years and, most of all, for having made Miles suffering unnecessarily. Luckily, Miles had never thrown that in his face or scolded him for that and that night, when they decided to start afresh, Miles had forgiven him everything happened in the past. Now it was scary to think that he had been really close to lose Miles and he thanked his lucky star for making him jump on the Kane train before it was too late.

Alex hugged the pillow tightly, inhaled the scent on it and smiled again thinking about the fact that the past two years had been the best years of his whole life. Things hadn't been always easy because Miles had never accepted his behavior unconditionally, pleasing him in every single thing just for fear he could go away or leave him. Every time he had behaved like an idiot, Miles had let him know it explicitly; they had had three or four fights with screams, slammed doors and long silences. Once Miles was so mad at him that had slept on the couch for two nights in a row and another time Miles had walked to the entrance door opening it and gesturing him to leave. Luckily, at the end, they had always managed to solve their incomprehension and they got even closer after every fight. Miles had been very patient and brave and there were no doubts that that nobody would ever make him feel loved the way Miles did. 

Alex could hear Miles humming in the kitchen and he smiled at Miles' good mood, knowing the reason of that. Not that being in a good mood was something strange for Miles, rather the opposite, but he knew perfectly that today it was special to Miles and he would not let the day pass as if it were an ordinary day because Miles deserved something more. He got up and stopped in front of the mirror checking himself in order to be sure to look adorable and then, he walked to the kitchen searching for Miles. His idea was bringing his man back to bed so he could pamper him a bit and have a nice talk with him but Miles was already halfway finishing to prepare breakfast so it was too late for that plan. He approached Miles silently and when he arrived behind him, he wrapped one arm around his waist and the other across his naked chest, placing a kiss on the side of his neck.