AXEL'S P.O.V
Mia was mumbling about how her argument with Carter went last night. We lay on the grass eating chips and burgers with the rays of sunlight shining through the cloudy sky. I always love this rare moment where the sun is shining.
A chip hits me in the face.
"Are you paying attention to me?" She asks me with an adorable frown on her face.
"Jeesh woman! Yeah, I'm paying attention to you. To the things, you say not so much at this point, " I sit up abruptly catching the chip of my face and eating it. I turn to look at her, chuckling.
"What the hell Axel!" She yells.
"What?" I say before taking a bite of my burger.
"You have been going on and on about your boy for like... Let me check the time, " I motion her to wait a minute as I fish out my phone from my front pocket.
"It's been 45 minutes, 45 minutes!" I say looking at her with wide eyes.
"So? with the girls, we speak about these things for at least 2 hours, " she says defensively.
"But I have a dick, " I say motioning towards it.
"How am I supposed to know, I never saw it!" She says pointing at my dick.
"If you want I can wipe it out, " I say grabbing the strings of my sweatpants.
"No!" She yells at me slapping my hand away.
"Not in public!" She goes on to say winking at me.
I lean back on the grass laughing shielding my eyes from the blinding rays of sunlight. I move a bit closer to her. Our noses almost touching as we stare into each other's eyes.
"Are you sure he didn't just ask you out so he can get back on your good side knowing he might lose you? Also, I think deep down he knew he was wrong but he's too proud to admit it, " I take a swift bite of her burger before leaning back on the grass.
"Hey! Don't touch my food!" She says angrily.
"That was my I told you so when you're going to realize that I was right, " I say shrugging.
"For the record, I know Carter way more than you, actually screw that you know nothing about him, you haven't even seen him once! He's not like that, I think he realizes how much little attention he was giving our relationship lately and he is already trying to change that. You need to give him more credit, " she says.
I put my burger on her lips, motioning for her to take a bite and she does.
"Don't worry I will always share my food with you, " I say to her smirking.
"You're smart Mia so why are you playing dumb when it comes to matters of your heart?" I ask her wiping with my thumb a little bit of mayo she has on the corner of her lips.
My question remains unanswered, just like I thought it would. I keep my grasp on her cheek for a few more seconds before clearing my throat and pulling away.
"It's not that easy Axel, " she starts saying her voice a whisper.
"When you love someone, you don't give up on them that easily. Maybe when you'll find someone you love you'll realize that," she keeps her voice on the low and turns her stare from the deep green grass to a pair of deep sea-green eyes.
"What if you're not giving up easily? You're the only one trying for this relationship it seems. You only told me about one of the big problems you're having. How many more are there and how much of a big deal? You fought and you lost. So tell me this, is this still call fighting for someone or something or clinging on?" I ask her sitting cross leg like her bringing my face closer to her not wanting her to look away from my eyes.
Neither of us dares to breathe not wanting to disturb whatever this is. She opens her mouth slightly a few times but nothing comes out of it. She leans a bit forward, the tip of our noses barely touching.
"I have to go. I'll see you on Saturday for home shopping, " she whispers and pulls away grabbing her bag.
Standing up she brushes her leggings and without another word, she hurries towards the bus station.
I get out my phone and text Matt and Luca if they want to go out for beers. I need a drink. They text me back that they have beers and to just go to their place and that is what I do. It takes me 35 minutes, they live quite far of.
"Hey man, how are you?" Luca welcomes me into their home.
"Good you?" I say removing my jacket and throwing it on the sofa before sitting down.
"We're doing great, although your text did interrupt our little time together, " Matt says appearing through the door with 3 beers in his hand, winking at me.
"Oh, please not details, I don't want to know what your little time involves, " I say grabbing one beer thanking him.
"Okay, okay. What about you? You're in need of a beer at 3:44 pm and with company, that means something is bothering you, " Luca says eyeing me.
"Nothing is really going on although, I do have something to ask you guys seen as you're in a relationship and you know a lot more about them than me, " I take a long sip of my beer.
"Go ahead, we're listening, " Luca says sitting down next to his boyfriend with his arm around his shoulders.
"Why...Why do you think someone is staying in a failed relationship?" I ask looking at them, my eyes switching between one another.
"Well, there's a lot of things that could do that, " Matt says shrugging.
"Such as..." I say raising an eyebrow.
"Such as, genuinely loving someone and trying to save the relationship, or if they have been together for many years they might be afraid of the change the breakup will bring. Maybe they're more generally afraid of letting go, or I don't know there are many things, " Matt frowns shaking his head.
Luca stays silent the whole time just eyeing my face, a thoughtful expression on his.
"Oh, that's interesting and good to know, " I say clearing my throat awkwardly.
"Why are you asking?" Matt says furrowing his eyebrow more intensely.
"For knowledge. I want to learn more about relationships, you know, to prepare myself for the future. You never know when I'm going to need them, " I say chuckling.
I know they didn't believe my reasoning for asking but I'm still grateful that they didn't push for it. The truth is, I don't even know why I'm asking or caring so much about Mia's relationship. Maybe because I feel like as her friend I should be looking out for her.
I spent the whole afternoon with them, talking, laughing, rolling my eyes whenever they decided to make out in front of me, and playing video games. It was 8:20 pm when I decided to head back.
Putting on my jacket I hug them goodbye but before leaving Luca stops me.
"Be careful, " he says.
"You're not referring to the driving are you?" I sigh letting my head roll down.
"No, I'm not, " he says.
"Why?"
"Leave me to know the why for now, and you just be careful, " he says point in his finger at me.
"Okay, I'll try, " I say before closing the door behind me.
Going towards my car, I may have an idea of what he's referring to.
Let's hope I'm wrong.
A/N
Tensions are getting high!
Luca knows Axel better than he thinks and what do you think?
Is Mia clinging on to Carter? Or does she truly love him and try to restore their relationship?
Feel free to comment & vote I really appreciate it! ❤️
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Axel
Romance"You don't like it rough?" he asks me. Oh, okay, I smirk back at him, two can play this game. "I like it... but only during sex, " I say to him watching as his smirk drops and eyes widen just for a split second. "What? Didn't expect that?" I ask...
