Cigarettes [Bennoda] ✔

Chapter 52

Mike's POV
I woke up at around ten that next morning with Chester curled up to my side. He looked like a tiny child in the oversized hoodie of mine he was wearing. I smiled and stroked his hair the best I could with his head lying on part of my arm.

"I love you." I whispered after a few minutes. I knew he probably wouldn't hear me, but I felt like I needed to say it at that moment. I almost had a heart attack when he whispered, "I love you too." back to me. "You're awake?" I asked. "Mmhm." He hummed back. "You little possum." I said. He giggled and raised his head up a little to look at me.

"It's cute that you told me you loved me while you thought I was asleep." He said. I smiled and blushed a little. "Well I didn't think I'd get caught." I said. He chuckled and put his head back where he had it.

"Did you sleep well?" I asked. "I always sleep well with you by my side." He said. I smiled. "Then it's a good thing I won't be leaving your side." I said. "You better not be." He said. "I would never."

Chester rolled over onto his stomach to look at me and we just stared into eachothers eyes for a while in silence. Then Chester broke the silence. "You're so pretty." He whispered as he brought his hand up to caress my cheek. "So are you, my love." I said back. He gave me a little peck on the lips and then rested his head on my chest.

"What time do we need to leave for your interviews?" Chester asked. "Noon." I said. "I'm kinda nervous. I mean, I know they aren't my interviews, but I don't want the interviewer making it weird because I'm there watching. You know what I mean?" He asked. "Yeah I know what you mean. I'm sure they won't make it weird. Yesterday and the day before, out of all of the interviews I did, I bet there were only three or four questions about our relationship." I said. He nodded.

"Let's get dressed and get some breakfast before we have to go." I said. "Okay." He said.

Chester put on some black jeans, his converse and a black hoodie. I put on some light wash jeans, my DC shoes that I did a collab with them on, and a plaid button up shirt that Chester bought me for Christmas.

We ate and then not long after, it was time to go to my first interview of the day.

We walked into the radio station that it was at and Chester stayed close by me. We were led by a woman to where the interview was being held and Chester and I sat by eachother.

"We'll start the interview in a second." The interviewer said. I nodded. "Oh I see you brought Chester with you. Would you like to be part of the interview?" He asked Chester. "Um... not really actually." Chester said nervously. "Oh well that's fine. You can put on the headphones to just listen if you'd like." Chester nodded. We both put on the headphones and a few minutes later the guy started the interview.

"Okay this morning we have Mike Shinoda and boyfriend Chester here with us. How are you doing Mike?" He asked. "Good. I'm doing pretty good this morning." I said. He went on to ask me what seemed like a million questions. I had already heard most of them from the interviews from the days before, but it was whatever. Before we knew it the interview was over and we went to the next one.

I could tell Chester was bored out of his mind, but at least he was with me and not in our hotel room alone. In each interview he'd sit in a chair off to the side or behind the camera and listen to music or do something on his phone. None of the interviewers were disrespectful or really asked about our relationship, so that was good.

Finally after hours of interviews, they were over with and we got to go back to the hotel room. "That was honestly boring as hell." Chester said as we got to the door of our hotel room. I laughed and stuck the keycard in the door. "Really? I thought it was just riviting." I said jokingly as we went in. "Don't get me wrong, I love your voice and hearing you talk, but I already knew most of the answers to the questions they asked, so it was boring hearing them over and over today. Ya know?" "Yeah it was pretty boring repeating them over and over." I said.