You are waiting inside the van. To be honest you aren’t so sure why you agreed on staying. You could've left a long time ago. But something inside you keeps saying not to leave Nero alone.
You could smell his scent from afar and even seeing him smile makes your heart flutter a little more, now that you know he is single, you just can’t help it.
It’s like his haircut made your interest in him grow. You could kiss him anytime but you aren’t alone, at least until now. As Nico finally leaves to buy some cigarrettes you try to find Nero's eyes but he looks away rubbing his nose. Is he interested in you, too? Maybe, maybe not.
"Would you like to work with me again?" You finally ask. “I'm planning on opening the club and you know, that always means trouble.”
"Yeah" You hear him say. “Why not?"
"Well if you agree, then why don't you come to my house later and we’ll talk about your paycheck."
"Sounds great" He answers coldly and rather uninterested.
Nico comes back after a few minutes talking about how the cashier made her buy something if she wanted to use the bathroom. You laugh a little catching how Nero turns to look at you. He’s finally smiling too.
Then the van stops at your house.
"See you later" You hear them say. You wave a short goodbye and go inside.
It feels lonely without your father’s presence but you don’t have many friends to call when the sadness is too much to handle.
So you decide to go upstairs to your bedroom and listen to some music.
Your phone rings a few hours after, no name attached to the incomming call, so you wait a little before answering. "Hello?"
"Hi, this is Nero.”
"Oh, Nero, what's up?"
"Well, I was wondering if I... nevermind I don't think it's a good idea."
"Just tell me" You insist.
"Can i come to your house? To talk about, you know..."
"Your pay?"
"Yeah" He murmurs.
"Yeah yeah, come here, are you free right now or you can come to dinner?"
"I'm free right now."
"Then I'll be waiting."
"Ok, see you soon."
He sounded really excited but maybe you are just making things up.
It took him five minutes to get there
he knows he cheated, to be honest, Nero was near your house even before calling you.
He wanted to talk to you so badly, you were the reason why he knew he wasn't in love with Kyrie.
Yes, he likes her like a sister but that was it.
The truth was he fell in love with you at first sight, you were strong willed and knew exactly what you wanted. The only bad thing was that you didn't want him.
In fact he was sure that you hated him.
"Hey" You say opening the door. “Come in!"
"Oh yeah, thanks." He feels as awkward as hell.
"Take a seat, I'm going to bring something to drink."
He looks around, eyeing some pictures with friends, your father and a dog on it.
He’s thankful you don’t seem to have any sort of love interest.
"Sometimes i miss him" You say catching Nero looking at the picture with you and your father.
"He was a good man."
"I'm sorry for being a bitch and closing the club."
"No, it's alright." Your eyes meet his as your heart skips a beat.
"Here, your water."
Nero extends his arm and your fingers touch for a few seconds.
You are surprised to see him blush a little and then a smile appears in your face, a smile that means something more to him.
Maybe, after all you like him too.
Hey! So here's chapter 3. I wanted to say thanks (again) to _goblin_child_ for take the time and help me with this.
