Home Again- V.Z. (Completed)

9

After the sad morning, I tried to push everything to the back of my mind. "I told Falcone and he gave us the week off." Zsasz said over our smoothies at the dining room table. I nodded and decided I wasn't going to stay mad about everything that happened yesterday. I was already in a tremendous amount of pain, it wasn't going to help by mourning someone I didn't even know. I looked up at Zsasz. "Maybe we could go home for a little bit." I suggested. He met my eyes and nodded. I was surprised he was so quick to agree. We packed some bags and he drove us all the way back out.

I sighed out slowly, a small smile coming to my lips. I was home again and was so glad I was finally back into my home. We walked through the front door and Zsasz seemed almost hesitant. Everything was fine and still in the big house. I walked us up to my bedroom and he began putting things away. Afterwards I went to the living room and laid downstairs on the couch, Zsasz wondered around the house and finally settled in a chair next to me.

"So this is where you've been hiding out for the past few years." He said, looking around. "Yeah, and I am sorry I didn't tell you Zsasz, but I couldn't do it anymore and for good reason. Look at me now." I said, gesturing to my bruised body. He flinched at the gesture of my body in pain. "You know we are going to have to go back." He said, preparing me. "Are we?" I asked, closing my eyes. He didn't respond. I knew he would go back and while I didn't want to, I couldn't just leave him to be alone after everything we've gone through again. Maybe we could figure something out.

***********************skip two days****************************************************

Victor had finally become calm and at home. He had fallen asleep in my bedroom and I was finally able to feel like my old self again. The later it got, the hungrier I got. I opened my cabinets and started making a simple dinner. As I cooked I heard Zsasz get up and walk into the kitchen. He was shirtless again. I rolled my eyes and smiled. "It's nice out here. Quieter." He said, walking up beside me. I nodded and focused on my cooking. "Kate. Are we friends or are we doing this again?" He asked pointing his finger between us. I shrugged my shoulders, "What do you want to do?" He leaned back against the counter. "You know I missed you and I'm sticking beside you. We have a whole history." "Yeah good and bad." I chimed in. He nodded. "How about, we eat dinner and see where that leads us." He smiled and set the table as I finished dinner.

After dinner I started to shower. My shower was huge and I loved it. Afterwards I pulled on my clothes and walked out of the bathroom. Zsasz was laying in bed and stared out the big window to his side. I climbed in my bed, closer now, as it wasn't his king sized bed. "I just feel like I can't let me guard down." He said, still staring out the window. I stopped and looked at him. He felt vulnerable here. This wasn't somewhere he knew and it was intimidating. A small smile came across my lips. "Maybe I can help you focus on something else."

His eyes wandered over to me. I sat next to him, running a finger up and down his chest. He swallowed deeply. I leaned down by his face, looking closer at his features. Even though we have been together everyday for months now, we haven't been this close. Other than that one night but that wasn't personal, everything was fast. I moved my face down, kissing his lips slowly. I felt him kiss back and move his hands to my hips. When I came back up he smiled and held out his arm. I laid my head on his chest and we continued to stare out the window.