Both Sides, Now

CHAPTER 8

Dell left the office and returned to his own room. He needed to think of a plan to get the others to apologize and listen to him when he explains about Mick and Josef. He tapped his hard hat and looked out his window.

"I just hope the men are okay," Dell sighed, "I just need to know if they're gonna come back 'n fight with us, and hopefully they'll accept my personal apologies..."

It was a calm evening. The sky was amber and the moon shone through the cracks of the rolling clouds. The trees rolled back and forth with the light wind, and the curtains in Dell's room were moving, too. It was relaxing and soothing, Dell just kept his gaze at the sky, letting the wind hit his face as he thought of a way to apologize to Mick and Josef alone, and eventually another way to get the others on RED to apologize as well.

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The amber sky was intriguing for Josef and Mick, too. They sat on the private rooftop balcony of the restaurant itself where no-one can see them. It wasn't used by anybody in the facility, so they had it lucky. They could see everything; the lights of the city, the lights of the nearby nightclubs, and the neon flashes of casino signs. It was stunning.

"Ist a nice view, ja?" Josef asked, "Ist almost like in those girl flicks from back in zhe day... you know, all zhe lovey-dovey stuff?"

"Heh, girls indeed," Mick responded, "It really does look nice though."

"You know... " Josef said again with a sigh, "It really does make me wish I was in a romantic movie... ist been years since I've ever felt love from someone, und I just wish I was seen as someone who is extremely attractive and all zhat stuff from someone."

"Yeah, I hear ya..." Mick responded, feeling his face turn red and his thoughts rising again, he covers himself up once more as his elbow and arm rests on the railing in front of him, "I've... never had any real serious relationship with anyone in my life, mainly because I've been waiting for a specific person to do all that with..."

"Well, ist like zhey all say; zhere are plenty of fish in zhe ocean... but one of zhem is zhe genuine and only creature you want to keep with you forever," Josef said as he turned to gaze his moonlit blue eyes into Mick's again, "It takes time, but zhe day will come for you... hopefully for me, too."

Those blue eyes again. He couldn't even hide himself anymore. The longer he kept his gaze, the more anticipation filled up in his body. He began to feel himself throb and ache against himself from all the thinking he had done that day, his heart racing along with it. He felt as if both his shirt and pants were going to bust open at any moment. He couldn't contain it anymore.

"Oi, Doc," Mick exclaimed, "Can I tell ya something?"

"Yes! Ist zhere anything wrong?" Josef ask, tilting his head a little.

Mick got up from the railing and bit his lip; his foot digging into the ground with a bit of a sinking feeling eating him alive. He needed to say something now. No waiting can be done anymore. He looked at the cityscape and back into Josef's eyes. He took a giant breath, followed by a sigh.

"Jo... you've been there for me more than anyone else had ever been there. Hell, I can't even get myself to believe in this reality, that's how surreal it is to me. I can't remember when I last had a nice time like this, and I believe that you have helped me become a better version of who I used to be. The first night we met, the first night we vented to eachother, the first time we've cried into eachother's arms, and the first time of us knowing eachother in general has really been a wonderful experience for me, and has taught me the importance of having a fellow partner in crime who had to endure the same thing I had to go through. It's meant so much to me that... it got me to think for a while. I would stay up when I was at your place and imagine so many things... and one of them led to me realizing something that I never knew I could feel... and all I can really say is that it's more intense than how I felt the first night we spent time with one another..."

"What are you talking about?" Josef asks with tears of joy in his eyes, "I'm more zhan happy to know zhat you feel zhe way you do... because I, too, feel zhat way towards you..."

Mick continued, "But there's much more I need to mention... and I feel as if I'm going to lose you if I say it..."

"You can tell me anything, mein Liebe!" Josef said, "I'm not going anywhere."

Hearing Josef call him "love" in German made his heart skip a beat. He firmly closed his eyes and gave out another deep sigh.

"Josef... I love you... I am absolutely in love with you. I'm not sure how it all happened, but everything that you have managed to do for me has made me go completely insane for you... you make me feel so special... and I want to dedicate my life into making you happy, just like you made me happy. I need you in my life, and that leads me to one more question..."

Josef's hand was placed over his mouth; his face completely red as more tears spilled down his eyes, "Go on, Mick..."

Mick smiled as he grabbed hold of Josef's free hand, kissing his knuckles softly, "Will you make me a happy assassin and be my beloved Nurse?"

Josef bowed his head and gave out a giggle mixed with sentimental tears and more red spreading on his cheeks. His heart was racing, too. He lifted his head up a bit so that his eyes would meet with the younger man's eyes. He gave a small smile as he took Mick's hand back, the last of his tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes.

"Absolutely, mein Liebe... absolutely."

Mick was now revealing an emotional side of him, leaving both men in sentiment. They looked into eachother's eyes once again, remembering everything that had happened in such a short time span.

"Believe it or not..." Josef started again, "I too have felt zhe same way about you... und I will also be sure to protect you and look out for you for as long as I live."

Mick nodded at the older man, smiling at his response. He slid his hand up Josef's face, feeling the light scruff begin to grow underneath his smooth skin. Josef did the same to Mick and gave his face a gentle squeeze. They both were completely enamoured now. Mick licked his lips as he slowly began to move in towards Josef, smiling and humming happily. Josef knew what was about to happen next. He too began to move in closer, his lips parting as his eyes slowly close, feeling the moment. Mick slid his hand from Josef's cheek, to his chin and closed his eyes as well, pulling him in with a finger as both of their lips touched, their bodies illuminating with the glowing of the moon and the neon splashes of colour from the signs in the city. Both men groaned at the feeling of closeness; a strong feeling of bliss and wonder that they should have felt sooner. Their hands make their ways over their bodies, soon pulling eachother in for a hug as their embrace continued with more passion. All was quiet except for the sound of their heartbeats and breathing, followed by the odd smacking of their lips. The kiss was broken as soon as they needed to catch their breaths, their bodies warmed up and their hands back holding one another. They look at eachother and back out to the cityscape.

"It really does look so beautiful," Mick said, "But now I can actually say that... it's more beautiful when I'm with you."

Josef nodded, his head laying on Mick's shoulder as both men looked up at the amber sky once more.

"Ist definitely more beautiful here with you, too."